1977 World Powerlifting Championships Part 1

[migsluck1]

1 person is a jealous BBer who can't stand these non pretty boys being able to move more weight than he ever will. ha

[stuqua]

The rodent at 5:07 should've been disqualified for using its tail.

[BBS350]

I wish all powerlifting today was raw. The guys today are animals just like these guys, but wearing suits (equipment) is flat out cheating and really dilutes the sport. The only equipment they should be able to wear is a 10 mm belt, no knee wraps, nothing else. If your knees are messed up than than your better off not competing in the squat.

[MelbShufffler]

holy shit at the beginning Deadlifts. No one max's that hard anymore. haha

[BodyByGamma]

1 person dislikes the hair styles of the 70's

[mpsicily]

Larry Pacifico was "The Man" in the golden days of Powerlifting during the 1970's...So was Big Doug Young, etc.....Wonder why they didn't show him lifting???

[thehyborian]

Does anybody know who is the man at 0:18 and 0:36?

[MrZuffasback]

@thehyborian paul jordan.  if you mean the one with the long blond hair.

[mpsicily]

@thehyborian That's Paul Jordan and there is a pretty big story behind this meet......Paul Jordan had a very terrible accident at this meet that they did not show on television (for obvious reasons).....

[fukidomev2]

raw harcore real

[VikingPowerlifter]

This is real powerlifting...notice how a lot of the guy's are lean too...

[serrano24]

does anyone know what that stuff that theyre smelling pre-lift is?

[Heimsi]

@serrano24 If I were to take a wild guess, ammonia probably or perhaps some smelling salts?

[GrinderFX]

@serrano24

It is ammoniac.

[abbcccxyyzzz]

@ 0:39 what is the name of that man?

[Marinisp]

@abbcccxyyzzz paul jordan.

[herc410]

@abbcccxyyzzz doc rhodes, thats 655lbs, pulling for the win.

[hudavy]

raw or not ?

[Koge8]

What the fuck? These people look like superheroes from comicbooks. And I tought I was a powerlifter...

[shwan152]

im sure they did bodybuilding, but moved off that into powerlifting, usually people realize whats important later on in life :P im sure your great

[hudavy]

raw?

[lift2live1]

the first minute of the video is a good melody for a waking up...

[WESTHOE]

Oh for the good old days, wonder if the networks would pick up the sport again.

[dbarnett87]

that would be awesome. you know what else? what if today's powerlifters actually did the work instead of making their suits do it. then they might actually be strong

[jonnosferatu]

The raw records in all three lifts have gone up concurrently with the geared ones and are in several cases being set by the same people. Given that and the fact that many of the geared lifters train in equipment rarely and then only to practice exploiting it to the maximum possible extent, I'd say you need to go check your sources on modern powerlifters not being strong.

Given that gear keeps the business side going, there's also no chance of it being televised if gear is taken out.

[bec1981]

Amazing

[TheKingClem]

Anello really doesn't get enough credit for how good of a deadlifter he really was

[Luzhnov08]

Вот это были реально сильные люди!!! Тяга без комбеза, да и химии явно столько тогда не было сколько сейчас!

[CronaciousD]

Вака досми лькс!!!! реаль были комбеза? ко сейчас гдареал столько!

[goose700]

Is that Doc Rhodes at 0:39?

[museguest]

best powerlifiting video on youtube.

the first minute is intense.

[datfuriouswon]

Did anyone else hear the anouncers call anello's opener in squat a deadlift? lol

[mpsicily]

@datfuriouswon Yeah everybody did....That's Bryant Gumbel (Goober)....

[powerlifter95]

I love this videos ... Raw is the way!!!

[sprytal]

before the suits....

love it

[raider75alljesus]

its amazing how far the sport has come in all the lifts except for the deadlift this is some good history

[sugarpuddin88]

Ha! Bryant Gumbel!

Who would have thought people like Vogelpohl are squatting in the 1200's today?!

[sugarpuddin88]

Wow!

Vince was from Cleveland - interesting

[museguest]

the best powerlifitng video on youtube !

[Eisenbieger86]

This is real powerlifting and not the equipment shit nowerdays

[JRHart220]

Powerlifting at its best...

[Beerynose]

Anello has got to be one of the best deadlifters of all time.

[JD1985]

Wow, he went under parallel

[SyntaxEddie]

This is real powerlifting

[enricomanca]

Thank you,great video,great age for powerlifting..

[sb413197]

cool video!

[squatfreak1184]

great video, please keep em coming!

[dmarotta7]

anello...wotta hairstyle

[powerlifter95]

Raw is the way!!!!!