Pyrros Dimas - 215kg Clean & Jerk - Sydney 2000.flv

[Timbo6830]

i bet the power jerk probably contributes largely to his insane quadricep muscle development, versus if he did a split jerk throughout his career. he's basically front squatting almost 500 lbs

[OrlyDudeGuy]

it's interesting how I'm getting so many replies from my earlier comment, some people already told me and I already figured out, lol

[GZA036]

strange... it's like he does his shrug early, then resets a bit, then explodes with his hips

[Chatellier95]

@GZA036 I don't think Dimas shrugs at all, he lowers his head to throw it back. My guess is that he does that because it helps him with his extension.

[JordanSpecops123]

@Chatellier95 That sounds about right. I thought he did shrug but when I saw what you wrote i dont think he shrugs

[Chatellier95]

@JordanSpecops123 I think your video of Pyrros is when I first noticed that he doesn't shrug lol.

[LayEmOut60]

@GZA036 The only reason I even logged into youtube was to look for this exact issue. I'm not proportioned right to get the bar to the right spot on my hips for the hip pop if I don't shrug before I do my hip extension, so I wanted to check to see if anyone else did the same thing. I've been pleasantly surprised by the answer.

[puppiesNicecream]

badass video!

[santeenl]

So these are <85kg body weight? Incredible... Oo

[TheBircar]

the music is absolutely boss for that first clip, the timing's perfect

[IngarMaximus]

Hehe, I made this video on my previous account, but it got deleted. Nice to see that this video didn't die with it. :)

[Kariakas]

wow, it's nice to see a Pyrros Dimas video with any petty Greece/Albania arguments under it, how refreshing.

[tunney101]

lifting weights is for fags

[adeel1887]

great



[secondhandworldz]

What a beast!

[tldevilsh]

he had elbow injury so he ditched split

[chavios]

i watched this video before i went to the gym. It was so badass that i added 5 pounds to my squat.

[Obsidian1392]

@chavios is 5lbs a lot?

[eowdaoc]

WTF HE POWER CLEANED/JERKED IT

[Bishiup]

@eowdaoc ye hence the title of the video... clean and jerk -.-

[TheAdster2010]

one of my favorite olympic lifters, if not my most favorite.

[tldevilsh]

2000 pyrros's foot stance is not as angled as his other years

[OrlyDudeGuy]

Why does he do it differently? Most people I see doing the clean and jerk do it with one leg in front and one leg behind on the jerk part.

[miaouGR]

@OrlyDudeGuy What you're referring to is a split jerk. Dimas always used a power jerk.

[OrlyDudeGuy]

@miaouGR Yeah, I just watched a video of the two variations. Thx though. Haha, man...

[speedykthx]

@miaouGR although ive never seen him split snatch, i heard somewhere he had a hip flexor injury and couldnt split jerk? could be wrong though

[miaouGR]

@speedykthx some lifters are naturally stronger in the power jerk than they are in the split jerk. Kakhiashvili, Dimas' teammate, also used a power jerk to win three olympic gold medals.

From what I've read/heard, Dimas was a very strong squatter from the first time he tried squatting when he was a young kid; that's probably why he favored the power jerk.

[dcrossdark]

@miaouGR This is true, but there was an earlier stage in his career where Dimas used a split jerk. /watch?v=4N5HdkpFy2M Check it out there. Still pretty impressive.

[miaouGR]

@dcrossdark Dimas always used a power-jerk in competition, even in the early stages of his career.

The video you linked to shows Dimas do an easy 170kg split-jerk at some point during his training; not anything near a max attempt. Just a few days later (in the 1993 Worlds) Dimas snatched 175kg. If you check out any competition C&J videos of Dimas, he always uses the power-jerk (look up his C&J for the 1992 Olympics, which is even earlier than the video you linked to).

[Obsidian1392]

@miaouGR it's a squat jerk not a power jerk

[ChinaNite89]

@Obsidian1392 This is definitely a power jerk where it's caught at or above parallel. If you want to see squat jerk go take a look at Lu Xiaojun, that's a perfect rock bottom badass motherfucking squat jerk

[Obsidian1392]

@ChinaNite89 okay thanks for correcting me

[magicapricot]

@Obsidian1392 no its a power jerk since he's not squatting

[STArRTOSTAO]

he puts central balance with his legs.......

[m4rsoupilami]

@OrlyDudeGuy that's a trick for assist to the knees its a power jerk

[gloup81]

@OrlyDudeGuy if u have butts cracking nutts u can do it this way ...

[OrlyDudeGuy]

@gloup81 oh wow, lol

[AryanBulgar]

@OrlyDudeGuy The greeks use this technique, it's allowed.

[Enongacong]

@OrlyDudeGuy because dimas is a bad ass motherf@#ker