IronMind Big Lift Series: Andrei Chemerkin CJ 262.5@108+

Andrei Chemerkin clean and jerks 262.5kgs to win the 1997 Sr World Weightlifting Champs. More: http://www.ironmind.com/

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[crackyflipside]

They changed the weight classes in 1993 and 1997, both times they wiped all the world records. The unofficial world record competition Clean and Jerk of all time is 266kg by Taranenko.

[skirts365]

Compares very well with the big Iranian and only one kilo less, clean and recovery looked good for a good 10 kilos more. He probably did the 272.5 in training.

[skirts365]

@Apjooz There are so many hot heads on You Tube I started to adopt their manners. What was his best snatch, training lifts, height and weight?

[Apjooz]

@skirts365

Heh, relax, I'm not here to take your rights away, sheesh.

[skirts365]

@crackyflipside Arrogant officialdom did their questionable deed so that more current lifters could have a chance. My belief is that no one before the change, and no one after it, set any WR without questionable substances. These guys will shorten their lives by years to get one record. LT has "unofficial" WR, and Pisarenko has "unofficial" BEST ever done by any super a damn easy looking 584.

[skirts365]

@Apjooz What, are you related to him? I can hell well compare any competitor who's within range of others. My post got 9 thumbs up, what's YOUR issue with it? I gave that man his due. If you don't want to compare, then don't. Most will continue to make comparisons because that's part of freedom of speech.

[Apjooz]

@skirts365

You don't compare Chemerkin to anyone. Chemerkin set the standards.

[finrod55]

This is one of the best C&Js ever, partly because it was so sloppy. Big Andrei just muscled it the whole way -- amazing, amazing show of raw strength. Pulled it high, stood up easily in awkward position, and jerked it VERY high. This definitely could have been a 272.5 day. I never heard what Chemerkin could SQ or Front SQ,but the numbers must have been huge. He always looked like he could front squat 700 any day of the week.

[skirts365]

Raw squat but what was the DEPTH? Taranenko did 838 rump on ankles pause. Shane H. was a powerlifter & did 21.5kg more than Henry in the jerk. No one says Henry wasn't strong. But THE strongest? The numbers don't prove it. The powerlifter who most impresses me is the Englishman who deadlifted 1008 it looked like a fine, strict lift. Compare Kazmaier's seated press 203kg x3 to Henry's 216 jerk now we see who the stronger is/was there can be no controversy Bill was The Pinnacle.

[kaga13]

well henry did raw squat something like 950lbs and deadlifted over 930 both raw I believe

[skirts365]

I wince when I hear the wrestling promoters call Mark Henry the "world's strongest man."  Henry's best cj was 46.5 kilos LESS than this.

[DrinkAndNeverAskWhy]

holy shit was that jerk high