Antonio Krastev Snatch Technique

[abraves10]

@travisk54, do you have a source saying he missed his last two? I haven't heard that

[snackarific]

Ah I see......the secret is bouncing the bar off a giant belly, and here i was still using my legs :P

[benpalexander]

It's a ME!!!! MARIOOOO!!!

[sconny09]

his balls jiggle hee hee

[DeadbeatXT]

The key to this lift is having the huge balls.

[ahmednabil]

its all about technique , you must have a huge belly to bounce the bar of , that takes for like 50 kilos from the lift , im joking , i think its pat mendes , the guy already snatches 207+ and he is a jr

[ChinaNite89]

@ahmednabil That lift was done with straps

[TBW92]

so goddamn fast 

[spidanez]

i think i watched the wrong video involving the snatch...

[wado03]

I feel so weak

[patrickforrester40]

empire state games?



[dchen345]

He bounced it off his stomach.

[funk192]

@dchen345 No actually it hits the bends at the crease, and the fat got in the way a bit, You can actually hear the bar slide over.

[TheHeartliner]

oh man what a tecnique, strong penis.

[fuckvbox]

I am proud to be Bulgarian

[SmallersCY]

ewhy has the iranian junior been banned for life?

[Zoidypoo89]

@SmallersCY Steroid use

[onetao8]

DICK FLICK @ 0.23

[freedomsoldier187]

he must of been old here and not on the roids, because back in the day he could of power snatched that while he scratches his balls and waits for the bar to land in his hands

[russebla000]

Ball Sack.

[eugenenikolov]

Everyone used and uses drugs but Bulgarians set the records :) . Drugs are not the key obviously . If you say bulgarians use better drugs than russians and americans i will never believe .

[bobmths]

all im going to say not only is that alot of weight but that lift looks so fucking tough even with light weight

[KaiHonsou]

My rotator cuff said "ouch".

Wish I could do that though.

[MrSyfir]

I have to agree, I have big respect for Mendes cos he can lift alot; drugs or not, but I always figured there was a reason he shy'd away from places that would test strictly. Obviously others may use roids for recovery assistance whilst off-season (bulgarians pretty much made it acceptable ages back) but I always suspected he was on something more serious. I hope I'm wrong though, it would be nice to see some new blood breaking those real records.

Good luck to him at any rate.

[AmusingYeti]

Koklyaev has snatched 210kg. Shame he cannot compete in weightlifting at the olympics anymore. Could get 216kg in another competition.

[ONate92]

@AmusingYeti who knows? word is he might be making a comeback for 2012

[nk29382]

Pat mendes is not only 9kg away, aramnau doubled 210 with straps. these supers would be snatching 225kg or more if they could put straps on in competition. ill give pat 195 at the most. which is a shit ton obviously, but now that he is in the drug testing and is going international, we will see what happens to him.

[Rogelio22]

IMO, Aramnau has the potential to beat the record. I really look forward to what he can do as a 105+ if he decides to pursue it.

[nova68nova]

How long will it be before someone breaks his 216kg snatch record in competition? It's already been 23 years, who knows... it might stand for another 23.

[crackyflipside]

@nova68nova I thought it was going to be Chigishev if he would have bulked up to massive size. Now, I don't know. Perhaps that Iranian kid that broke the JR world records might have it, maybe even Pat Mendes. Somebody said Aramnau might bulk up to 105+ and go for it, I don't think Aramnau has the drive for it.

[DrinkAndNeverAskWhy]

@crackyflipside The iranian Jr WR holder has already been banned for life.

[crackyflipside]

@DrinkAndNeverAskWhy Hahaha, then I imagine he will not be the one to break the record!

[ToMiTj]

@DrinkAndNeverAskWhy

As i know iranians had one guy doing 220 - 270 on training.. and when they anounced that he ofc failed on drug test after few weeiks.. Now they have a new 105+ junior guy that is drug negative... He did Something around 208 and 247

[CptCoolXD]

@DrinkAndNeverAskWhy drug cheat just like reza zadeh

[ONate92]

@CptCoolXD and EVERY OTHER world level lifter

[fistthatwillbustlips]

@DrinkAndNeverAskWhy why was he banned bro

[ebutuoy9000]

@fistthatwillbustlips ~ he tested positive for performance drugs

[jtbeast85]

@DrinkAndNeverAskWhy why??

[DanielMays88]

@crackyflipside Aramnau is very young still though....if he wanted to then i think he could do it...hes only got to put another 16kg onto his current PR lol

[h4d193]

@DanielMays88 Pat Mendes is now only 9kg away, I see the record falling by London 2012 at most

[DMxNemesis]

@crackyflipside pat mendes is going to, hes snatched 450 lbs at age 20, i also believe he said somewhere Antonio is his coach

[box1467]

@DMxNemesis

I have heard of this Pat Mendes dude.... seems like another Paul Anderson... cool

[RandomStevie]

@DMxNemesis Antonio was John Broz's coach. John Broz is Pat's coach. So, meh, technically you could say that Antonio coached him. Same style.

[asborisov1]

@crackyflipside L0L PAT DIDN'T EVEN MEDAL YET AT W0RLDS 0R WIN JUNI0R W0RLDS AND Y0U'RE SAYING HE'S G0NNA BEAT THE ALL TIME REC0RD. T00 FUNNY.

[LayEmOut60]

@asborisov1 Well at 20 years old he's within 11 kg of it... I would say that at least puts him in the conversation.

[slimjamie1991]

@crackyflipside I think salimi will do it. ;)

[hungarianbeast]

@crackyflipside I would really hate it if any weightlifting record would belong to the usa, no hate but keep weightlifting to the best weightlifters

[MrWeightlifter00]

@hungarianbeast well if an american did break a world record don't you think he would be the best weightlifter?

[MrJervilla]

@crackyflipside isnt Medes' personal best just 9kg below it?

[travisk54]

@MrJervilla I'm all for Americans being great but mendes is a choke artist he can't even come close to the big weights in competition. He did awful at worlds. He is a very strong kid i'm not taking that away from him but he isn't a competitor.

[MrJervilla]

@travisk54 well if he can do it in the gym he can do it in comp. just needs to get his head outta his ass. He's young, if he doesnt injury himself bad hes got plenty of time

[travisk54]

@MrJervilla thats true but some people just don't handle the pressure of a competition as good as others. He is more then capable if he finds a way to get comfortable out there.

[MrJervilla]

@travisk54 maybe one day. hes already got some much potential

[travisk54]

@MrJervilla as long as he doesn't miss his last chance for a drug test

[MrJervilla]

@travisk54 what do you mean?

[travisk54]

@MrJervilla he has missed the last two tests, you get if he misses its suspension, not sure how long though.

[MrJervilla]

@travisk54 ohhhhhhhhhhh i see

[kickenwing30]

@nova68nova At 19 years old, Pat Mendes snatched 207kg. With a future ahead of him, it seems 216kg won't be the record for long...

[Nickball52]

@kickenwing30 yeah steroids can do great things for you, and dont say he doesnt because he doesnt ever compete in national/international competition where he would get drug tested cause he knows he would fail. His 207kg is not without substance.

[ToMiTj]

@nova68nova

Well yea he did 216 thats unbeatable.. But also drugs that was used in that time is unusable now ;p

[silexent]

@nova68nova I say barring injury, Mendes within 18 months.

[dan7edan7e]

@silexent ahaha you made me laugh =)

[DMxNemesis]

@nova68nova pat mendes, hes snatched 450 lbs at age 20, i also believe he said somewhere Antonio is his coach

[sibulxxx]

@nova68nova His best is 218kg in training, offical 216kg, I think someone will break it but not this year.

[AryanBulgar]

@sibulxxx 207 is still far from 216.

[AryanBulgar]

@sibulxxx I know about 220 even.

[madaozeki]

Check out that bar path :) Talk about efficient!

[TheSquataholic]

@madaozeki Just barely missed his junk. A true master

[ellie050394]

@TheSquataholic

That's the bit I fail at... :s

[rohitf117]

all time best Snatch WR record holder :-)