I can remember as a kid reading about some of his unusual lifts Rigert performed and one that stands out is snatching without use of the thumbs. That ain’t no joke.
And also snatching a substantial weight in swim trunks and flip flops whilst relaxing after a comp….plus he was a moderately heavy smoker during his reign.
@@gyorgygajdos1657 If you would look it up yourself and not just yap your mouth you would see, this is from the horses mouth "The team physician admitted to prescribing anabolic steroids to the lifters twice a year to help speed recovery. Over the years, some of the Bulgarian lifters tested positive. But Bulgaria wasn’t the only country to test positive, and weightlifters aren’t the only athletes guilty of steroid usage." And thats how the Bulgarian method was created.
are you sure about your numbers?? i am 70 years old, i start bench press 6 months ago and i do 20tons every 2 day. so 35 for a young athlete is nothing
Shocking high Olympic presses with each lifter having their own style. Back then American super heavy weights were leaders in world from Ernie Pickett ,Joe Dube & Bob Bednarski controlling world records until Vasily Alexeev of USSR took over in late 1969 with only competition was Serge Reding who irritated Alexeev by being first man in competition to press 500 lbs in 1971.
I can remember as a kid reading about some of his unusual lifts Rigert performed and one that stands out is snatching without use of the thumbs. That ain’t no joke.
He was a monster!
And also snatching a substantial weight in swim trunks and flip flops whilst relaxing after a comp….plus he was a moderately heavy smoker during his reign.
Thank u!
Great video
Thank you for the feedback
Rigert is the most technical and driven weightlifting champion. Saw him many times. Makes my 455 clean and jerk seam slow.
Yes I agree, an incredible athlete. Some of his training logs are unbelievable!
Amazing video!
Thank you!
@@winningstrength If you got anymore of Rigerts workouts I would love to see them.
@@TheTillhammer We shall endeavour to do this
All these "crazy volume" (Bulgarian method etc) regimes are based on laying in the bed 20 hours a day.
Also volumes of PEDs
@MrGrumpy3456 weightlifting is tested, so is much less PED involved than in bodybuilding
@@gyorgygajdos1657 If you would look it up yourself and not just yap your mouth you would see, this is from the horses mouth "The team physician admitted to prescribing anabolic steroids to the lifters twice a year to help speed recovery. Over the years, some of the Bulgarian lifters tested positive. But Bulgaria wasn’t the only country to test positive, and weightlifters aren’t the only athletes guilty of steroid usage."
And thats how the Bulgarian method was created.
@@gyorgygajdos1657lmao
are you sure about your numbers?? i am 70 years old, i start bench press 6 months ago and i do 20tons every 2 day. so 35 for a young athlete is nothing
I'm positive
Shocking high Olympic presses with each lifter having their own style.
Back then American super heavy weights were leaders in world from Ernie Pickett ,Joe Dube & Bob Bednarski controlling world records until Vasily Alexeev of USSR took over in late 1969 with only competition was Serge Reding who irritated Alexeev by being first man in competition to press 500 lbs in 1971.