IronMind Spotlight on Ivan Chakarov: From the 1993 Worlds Training Hall

Training just days before the 1993 World Championships, Ivan Chakarov does a no-no-no back squat with 270 kgs weighing about 91 kgs for three reps.

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[Kreimehn]

Only Olympic weightlifters know how to squat.

[captainjosue]

@EliteBlackmetalist He's been doing these squats for over 20 years and will be doing them after his competitive days are over. He has no knee injuries because his training has kept his knees healthy.

[jiyanwr]

Only weightlifters know how to squat? Well, if you compare their squat to the squat of the powerlifters in the WPC or whatever it is called, then yes. But if you compare it to powerlifters in the IPF, then no. You have to remember that not all powerlifters compete in those circus-like competetions, where the rules are absolutely silly.

[hsefootball36]

Until he took an arrow to the knee. Ya I shot it.

[R7T7W77]

skirts364 I agree wholeheartedly with your comments. My light sarcasm was directed toward the juvenille remark that, ONLY Olympic weightlifters know how to squat. I am a novice powerlifter and an avid follower of both sports. Both disciplines and their practitioners are deserving of respect.

[leeonr]

also look into chinese weightlifters squatting videos on youtube. they break parallel. ass to grass is not a guideline to perfect squat, doing a perfect squat is.

[leeonr]

@skirts365 1. i would never recommend any beginner lifter to clean or snatch unless supervised by oly coach 2. 99 per cent of strength coaches arent certified to train oly movements. unless you are intermediate level which is for example sohp ur bw i would never consider adding oly movements in my regime for functional strength, unless i want bulgrd disc at age 24. it is in fact the benefits of frequent barbell complex exercises that keeps these guys from being crippled at age 40.

[skirts365]

@leeonr All training causes "injuries" repairs are made by rest & nutrients causing strength increase till potential is reached. Oly lifters go till they pass parallel? Look again, most go butt to ankles. Low squats are not optional, they have to have leg strength at bottom since heaviest weights are racked by going fast & low under bars. You say PL's have healthier knees, show documented medical stats to prove it. We're WAITING. Rusev did 20 tons/day sometimes, no injuries!

[leeonr]

@skirts365 incorrect. volume and intensity of training is main cause of injuries in oly lifters. full squat is beneficial to the knees as long as your posterior chain stays tight and not loose. many of oly lifters backsquat til they break parellel, too

[skirts365]

@leeonr Well their knees do get more pressure due to heavier loads. You're worried about the deep full range squats causing harm. They do NOT. There are questions about tightly wrapped knees and other "gear." Malfunctioning immune system can hurt joints very badly. Small injury occurs, system recognizes it as attack, and starts harming the cartilage. Nutrients make immune system work right.

[skirts365]

@R7T7W77 Coan achieved great strength. In a deeper squat than he was used to doing, these men would have outclassed him and it would have been by a decisive margin. In a bench press he would have won because they seldom train it. Coan could have done well at Olympic lifting. Maybe better than any other American his size. Can US lifters ever achieve world records again? If they had 2% of the public mania backing them that pro football players have---maybe.

[R7T7W77]

Only Olympic weightlifters know how to squat??? Tell Ed Coan that!