Love this whole set up, reminds me of when I had two a days in high school with the boys and we would just sit around watching videos while we waited for the second practice to begin.
Weighfing training just hits different, I’ve watched powerlifting, strongman and bodybuilding sessions and nothing compares to old school weightlifting, it’s just so badass
In the end what matters are the comps, but as someone who got into weight training because of bodybuilding and got in love with weightlifting later, these training footages are what made me fall in love with the sport. Thats maybe the reason Ilya and Klokov are my favorites. That 200kg paused snatch is engraved in my mind.
Astana is the former Akmola, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd and Nur-Sultan. I think its in the Guinness Book of World Records for the city with the most name changes. Almaty is a completely different city in the south of KZ (former capital till 1997)
The athlete at 21:30 is Aslambek Ediev, and the black mustache man his coach Kosum Mahamadov both from Chechen Republic, if you wanna know about them more - i can tell you,
Dude. I certainly research a deep aggregate of lifting and training videos… But I really appreciate your content; it’s extremely authentic and still very very informative at the same time. Good shit man 🤝
My first year of training at age 13 I shared a gym with these surnames. Sarkisian, Vlad, Blagoev, Kunev, Marinov, Botev. I was so spoiled and seeing the impossible became just another day in the gym.
Today my knee hurt from yesterday, was planning to do something different tomorrow, now I might snatch tomorrow 😁great video- most fun though to see you guys so stoked up about it 😍
I love how that child has no idea that these guys are in the top .01% best lifters in the world, and I assume they are just waiting for dad to get off of work.
I watch y'all's videos to get pumped to train, glad to know you guys do the same haha Ilya is a fucking FREAK. You guys touched on how the culture of weightlifting has changed, I'd love to hear you guys talk about that a bit more in depth.
Of course he knows him, how many other weightlifters have names rhyming with Seb? Gleb’s face going red and the scream on that 255 clean made my night.
Ilya’s fucking front squat is like when a kid gets of a bike and lets it roll to a crash, walks in the house to a get a drink and gets back on it with no thought… just second nature with peoples deadlift pr on his front rack, so crazy
A shame there’s so many more sessions Ilya uploaded to RUclips that he later took down. Including the 242 clean & jerk training session pre Almaty. Edit: around 4:30-4:40, when you refer to “uppers” are they taking amphetamines or something to keep the energy and hunger down during cutting? Or is it another substance / gear they’re taking that you’re referring to?
@@CromwellCutaran thank you. Didn’t pick that up on the first listen. Makes sense that they’d use something like 1,3 DMAA or similar in training to keep the energy and mood elevated during these brutal sessions.
You guys need someone who knows all the politics and drama of this period in russian weightlifting 2004 - 2012, like Pisarevsky vs Klokov, the whole struggle in 105 kategory etc Might be interesting. Maybe Polovnikov could spill the beans
I’d love if you elaborate on the ‘identity’ of WL as perceived by you guys. I can understand serious differences in the culture and substance use between the Russian and Kazaks shown in this video. It is true that they, therefore, take bigger jumps and have more aggressive lifting sessions. On the other hand, the no talking, focus and silence of the room is noticeable. As content creators, I could imagine you guys understand you can’t be like this. That would bore many. But is that what’s missing in training gyms nowadays. Less music, noise, talk and video taking; and more raw pure unadulterated effort ?
I've never seen anything like the pisarevski clip before. Is there anyone else who hits those types of numbers at their relative weightclasses? This makes me think of the south korean lee sang (67) clean-deadlifting 260kg but I can't think of anything with insane weight disparity
That was a high pressure phone call for me
*Who wants to be a Millionaire Suspense theme plays*
This is the liturgical aspect of weightlifting. The training room is a church and we are the believers. More of this guys.
The training room is our bakery and we are the freshly baked baguettes
They did change Astana into Nursultan, but have changed it back to Astana last year. Almaty is a different place though.
Love this whole set up, reminds me of when I had two a days in high school with the boys and we would just sit around watching videos while we waited for the second practice to begin.
Would love to see more session reactions like this!
Weighfing training just hits different, I’ve watched powerlifting, strongman and bodybuilding sessions and nothing compares to old school weightlifting, it’s just so badass
Lol, Seb is awesome. Just show him some obscure Russian training footage and he can give you the name of the lifter on sight.
In the end what matters are the comps, but as someone who got into weight training because of bodybuilding and got in love with weightlifting later, these training footages are what made me fall in love with the sport.
Thats maybe the reason Ilya and Klokov are my favorites. That 200kg paused snatch is engraved in my mind.
The sika boys did a video on Gleb a while back as well. Very good footage from a bit very well known lifter. Dude was a stallion
An absolute Harse
@@williewillie5622 read this in Eoin's voice LOL
Fun Fact: the Oleg from Austin Barbell is Oleg Kechko 155/195 @ 77. He's also moved from Austin Barbell, but that's a different matter.
For me, it was Klokov & Polovnikov squatting. One going super slow and paused rep, the other super fast.
Astana is the former Akmola, Akmolinsk, Tselinograd and Nur-Sultan. I think its in the Guinness Book of World Records for the city with the most name changes. Almaty is a completely different city in the south of KZ (former capital till 1997)
The athlete at 21:30 is Aslambek Ediev, and the black mustache man his coach Kosum Mahamadov both from Chechen Republic, if you wanna know about them more - i can tell you,
oh man I almost had tears of joy in my eyes when you just facetimed Seb :D that was so wholesome!
Was just watching the Sika boys breaking down these sessions. I like the watch along type thing
Gunna need more of this, also sprinkle in some old cal strength, and maybe some current stuff?!??
Keep it up guys!
Thanks for posting back to back days guys! Love the dawg kings!
Dude. I certainly research a deep aggregate of lifting and training videos… But I really appreciate your content; it’s extremely authentic and still very very informative at the same time. Good shit man 🤝
Love this video. The lifting, the reactions. I get excited just from seeing Zack's enthusiasm
First 🎉
Klokov’s pause hang snatch session in the TMNT shirt has my vote
The passion in this video is so great
I don't have 5% of the knowledge these guys do but watching them geek out over these videos is just awesome stuff and highly entertaining.
Thank you guys, awesome video!
My first year of training at age 13 I shared a gym with these surnames. Sarkisian, Vlad, Blagoev, Kunev, Marinov, Botev. I was so spoiled and seeing the impossible became just another day in the gym.
love these type of videos!
This video was class, going playing a rugby match soon and I'm psyched
We need hundreds of hours of this please
Another Perfect setup! Hit us with more oldschool lifting!
Thank you guys for sharing this!!!!
Great content especially for new oly lifters
this is a good video style - more of this pls
Inject these training videos straight into my veins for big Friday.
Today my knee hurt from yesterday, was planning to do something different tomorrow, now I might snatch tomorrow 😁great video- most fun though to see you guys so stoked up about it 😍
Beautiful video
I love how that child has no idea that these guys are in the top .01% best lifters in the world, and I assume they are just waiting for dad to get off of work.
Ilya's front squats are like ASMR for my eyes
I won’t ever try weightlifting but I will watch Zack and pay close attention to everything he says as if I were competing😂
I watch y'all's videos to get pumped to train, glad to know you guys do the same haha Ilya is a fucking FREAK.
You guys touched on how the culture of weightlifting has changed, I'd love to hear you guys talk about that a bit more in depth.
Of course he knows him, how many other weightlifters have names rhyming with Seb? Gleb’s face going red and the scream on that 255 clean made my night.
More of this pleaaaaseeee
Ilya’s fucking front squat is like when a kid gets of a bike and lets it roll to a crash, walks in the house to a get a drink and gets back on it with no thought… just second nature with peoples deadlift pr on his front rack, so crazy
Absolute fuken classic. Adorable.
Now do the in-house competition they held in that training hall. Same lifters and big numbers.
A shame there’s so many more sessions Ilya uploaded to RUclips that he later took down. Including the 242 clean & jerk training session pre Almaty.
Edit: around 4:30-4:40, when you refer to “uppers” are they taking amphetamines or something to keep the energy and hunger down during cutting? Or is it another substance / gear they’re taking that you’re referring to?
Dylan says "1, 3" as in 1,3-dimethylamylamine (DMAA)
@@CromwellCutaran thank you. Didn’t pick that up on the first listen. Makes sense that they’d use something like 1,3 DMAA or similar in training to keep the energy and mood elevated during these brutal sessions.
You guys need someone who knows all the politics and drama of this period in russian weightlifting 2004 - 2012, like Pisarevsky vs Klokov, the whole struggle in 105 kategory etc Might be interesting. Maybe Polovnikov could spill the beans
hell yeah im into this, do this again
You can tell Dylan is hard as fuck while watching that Ilya Ilyin session
Bros. This was the one day I literally had to take off and you show me this? 😢
Dylan seeing Okulov everywhere in the Moscow training hall. Okulov would have been 9-11ish years old at the time. Might be Perepetchenov instead
What is ‘supplementing with 1-3’?
These videos are my preworkout.
Hair started sprouting on my chest watching that Russian training hall footage
without stop I watch whole video
Not sure if you guys already reacted but I’d love to see Ilyas 245kg Squat Jerk in the training hall
Gleb is unreasonably good
Legendary Russian training hall. Thank you guys!
That 255 clean is so the ultimate freaking grind
Sure? Looked Like 245
@@GunGarve1985 4x25+15 each side + competition collars, 255
It will be nuts if Eoin, Fitz, Zack, Seb, and Dylan are in the same room just fanboying/commentating on Ilya training videos LOL
I can't believe I'm watching a couple of good dudes watching more good dudes 😂😂
That's the shit right here LOL... What a vibe...what a gym... No BS- just lift...
Does anyone have the link to the second video, the one with Berestov ? Can't find it with any keywords
Link to the orginal video plz!
I could watch this shit all day
David Rigerts son, Vyacheslav Rigert, cameo at 27:25
glebs technique is so clean
What's the name of the Russian video?
Can you react abou a documentary like the swedish or bulgarian ones
26:33 is son of David Rigert Vladislav
Also. We want more
Yo where is the link to the Russian training? Can’t find it
I’d love if you elaborate on the ‘identity’ of WL as perceived by you guys. I can understand serious differences in the culture and substance use between the Russian and Kazaks shown in this video. It is true that they, therefore, take bigger jumps and have more aggressive lifting sessions. On the other hand, the no talking, focus and silence of the room is noticeable. As content creators, I could imagine you guys understand you can’t be like this. That would bore many. But is that what’s missing in training gyms nowadays. Less music, noise, talk and video taking; and more raw pure unadulterated effort ?
sick af
yo link to that russian training video?
7:09 what was they sayin’ ?
you ask at 24-07 Coach is David Rigert
Dylan sounds like a battledroid
7:00 unless he tells the odors to lock the doors. Seriously you have to make shirts and hats that say lock the doors
The capital changed from Almaty to Astana but they are different cities. Astana did have a name change though. At least that's what Wikipedia says.
24:00 David Rigert
This is my typa content!!
What does he mean by waves / wave loading?
ah good old times when you didnt even know Ilya could squat jerk then BAAM he breaks the world record in training with it
We are indeed ducking peasants and this is Olympic weightlifting at its absolute finest
255 clean at 105 is just more than what the fuck
Hey Zack! Are you "Todd in the Shadows?"
Two different cities the capital was moved to Astana from Almaty.
I've never seen anything like the pisarevski clip before. Is there anyone else who hits those types of numbers at their relative weightclasses? This makes me think of the south korean lee sang (67) clean-deadlifting 260kg but I can't think of anything with insane weight disparity
Gleb Pisarevskiy best technique ever.
12:26 😂
when in doubt ask seb
Gleb!!!
This is so masculine. Amazing
I know it’s not a training video but if you can find Russian 105 nationals from 2008 it’s stupid. Lapikov, klokov, gleb. It was insane
What do you guys mean when you're saying the numbers? When you say there's 50 or 60 on the bar it must be way more than lbs and obviously kg.
I'm not in the know but I think it's slang for 150 or 160 kgs.
When they say 50 or 60 they mean with a 100 in front of it. It's just weightlifter speak shorthand. And yes, in kgs
It’s kg but they drop the 100, so 150kg snatch is just said as “50”. Personally 50 for me is just 50 haha
ah nice duke nukem 3d outro song
How is the thumbnail not couch companion??? Hahaha
whats the deal with the chester mustaches?
sauce anyone?
Astana and Almaty are two different cities. For some time, Astana was renamed to Nursultan (the former president's name).
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