6:45 it is the main training hall of the romanian national weightlifting team, from Bucharest, and if you look closely into those trees you will see headquarters of ANAD!
The point about goal setting was something that bothered me a lot before I got sick. I was able to hit a 138 clean a year and a half into my training, and became obsessed with how high I should be aiming for. Turns out it might be the biggest lift I ever hit. You never know what the future holds
I just wish we had one more Ilya run without him getting popped. As far as the prep goes I think Ilya himself mentioned it in an interview in the last couple of years (or someone else being a respectful source) that during the prep he did not use anything since he was doing GPP with max outs that were pretty rare in comparison to 2014. I can fully see a natty Ilya doing 175 - 215 natty. After all he is super talented. If you also see his overhead position deteriorated slowly in the recent years which was possibly an aftermath of his spine injury. If you see in his second comeback recently he was shaking overhead with 180 or 190 which was not normal and he seemed in quite bit of pain. The comeback that was never to be. It sucks cause Ilya is possibly the most talented weightlifter ever - surely of our generation.
Aramnau was stronger and more talented than him. His masterpiece at Beijing 08 OG is still the biggest weightlifting performance of this century. He was only 20 years old at the time.
Off the top of my head for elite lifters - Dimas other fake Greek teammate, Kakhi Kakhiashvili and Hossein Rezazadeh (tho he was forced to retire due to injury and had some personal drama in Iran.) I’m assuming this is meant for athletes post 2000ish era and not before, which eliminates Naim, Weller, Botev and those before them
12:00 Clarence said that he actually limited himself mentally because he thought through internet research that his potential was lower than what it waas
hello there carpet. They absolutely should. His lifts when he was -94 were insane, and even after his retirement when he got really big he pulled some impressive stunts as well.
One thing I remember, and I could be remembering way wrong is that Ilya was supposedly being coached by a Swedish coach for some part of this prep. Either Sweden or some other Western European country. The idea was that coach knew how to program for a drug free athlete, and he wanted to start fresh that way with programming. I could be in fact totally wrong about this, though. As far as drugs, too, I remember Seb talking about drugs and being around Ilya for part of this prep (I think in Qatar) and at least Seb attesting to Ilya's natty status during that time, but that Ilya was so used to training with drugs just as a ritual that he would do things like inject painkillers instead of taking them orally, just to have the feeling of injecting something and getting a boost from it, and Seb described it as having decaf coffee. So with that, he probably used stuff like Neoton (injectable creatine which is super popular in the Eastern bloc) and probably injectable vitamins, L-Carnitine, etc, that Alex Kikel talked about in your last podcast. As far as banned substances there's zero way to definitively know, but Seb talked about that and I found it interesting as I kinda do a similar thing with supplements (non-WADA banned ones) of just needing them for a psychological boost.
I take umeboshi paste with orange bitters, and have synced up some meditation and hypnosis to pretend it's a fast acting cross-dimensional steroid that attaches itself to my latent alien DNA. I know a few other strongmen that do stuff like that, including having small metal on-off switches that they carry in their pockets, unhinged as that all sounds.
Crazy that you even have this footage. It wouldn’t even be too far fetched to believe even Ilya doesn’t have it himself. The sika boys never disappoint
Oh, yes, a post script about Dimas. Even he was compromised due to the statements of a former weightlifter of corruption and doping - forgot the names and google seems to be memory holed it, so in that sense Dimas is clean
6:45 it is the main training hall of the romanian national weightlifting team, from Bucharest, and if you look closely into those trees you will see headquarters of ANAD!
Thanks Gabe!
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holy cow the 85kg commentary AND Ilya footage. You lads are feeding us this Christmas 🙏
Been sat waiting for this in pure exitement since the no sound version dropped an hour ago
85kg Houston 2015 commentary plz lads
YES
The point about goal setting was something that bothered me a lot before I got sick. I was able to hit a 138 clean a year and a half into my training, and became obsessed with how high I should be aiming for. Turns out it might be the biggest lift I ever hit. You never know what the future holds
The 2014 prep was and always will be the pinnacle of RUclips weightlifting!
I just wish we had one more Ilya run without him getting popped. As far as the prep goes I think Ilya himself mentioned it in an interview in the last couple of years (or someone else being a respectful source) that during the prep he did not use anything since he was doing GPP with max outs that were pretty rare in comparison to 2014. I can fully see a natty Ilya doing 175 - 215 natty. After all he is super talented. If you also see his overhead position deteriorated slowly in the recent years which was possibly an aftermath of his spine injury. If you see in his second comeback recently he was shaking overhead with 180 or 190 which was not normal and he seemed in quite bit of pain. The comeback that was never to be. It sucks cause Ilya is possibly the most talented weightlifter ever - surely of our generation.
Aramnau was stronger and more talented than him. His masterpiece at Beijing 08 OG is still the biggest weightlifting performance of this century. He was only 20 years old at the time.
Off the top of my head for elite lifters - Dimas other fake Greek teammate, Kakhi Kakhiashvili and Hossein Rezazadeh (tho he was forced to retire due to injury and had some personal drama in Iran.) I’m assuming this is meant for athletes post 2000ish era and not before, which eliminates Naim, Weller, Botev and those before them
12:00 Clarence said that he actually limited himself mentally because he thought through internet research that his potential was lower than what it waas
I absolutely dont think these numbers are at all acheiveable at almost any level natural
Could yall think about doing a vasily polovnikov reaction? His lifts are just insane to me
hello there carpet. They absolutely should. His lifts when he was -94 were insane, and even after his retirement when he got really big he pulled some impressive stunts as well.
I've also been saying they should use my boy vyacheslav yarkin as a technical case study, dude is a walking bundle of type IIa muscle fibers
Yes! Peak Polovnikov was insane
@ploonge hes in my opinion the most underrated especially on the powerlifting numbers...I think he deadlifted like 380 or maybe more haha
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We're all proud of ya buddy.
One thing I remember, and I could be remembering way wrong is that Ilya was supposedly being coached by a Swedish coach for some part of this prep. Either Sweden or some other Western European country. The idea was that coach knew how to program for a drug free athlete, and he wanted to start fresh that way with programming. I could be in fact totally wrong about this, though.
As far as drugs, too, I remember Seb talking about drugs and being around Ilya for part of this prep (I think in Qatar) and at least Seb attesting to Ilya's natty status during that time, but that Ilya was so used to training with drugs just as a ritual that he would do things like inject painkillers instead of taking them orally, just to have the feeling of injecting something and getting a boost from it, and Seb described it as having decaf coffee. So with that, he probably used stuff like Neoton (injectable creatine which is super popular in the Eastern bloc) and probably injectable vitamins, L-Carnitine, etc, that Alex Kikel talked about in your last podcast. As far as banned substances there's zero way to definitively know, but Seb talked about that and I found it interesting as I kinda do a similar thing with supplements (non-WADA banned ones) of just needing them for a psychological boost.
I take umeboshi paste with orange bitters, and have synced up some meditation and hypnosis to pretend it's a fast acting cross-dimensional steroid that attaches itself to my latent alien DNA. I know a few other strongmen that do stuff like that, including having small metal on-off switches that they carry in their pockets, unhinged as that all sounds.
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Hope you guys enjoy your Christmas period:) all the best for the new year
Crazy that you even have this footage. It wouldn’t even be too far fetched to believe even Ilya doesn’t have it himself. The sika boys never disappoint
Well khaki retire mostly without drama ..
Get well soon Ilya. That meniscus tear sucks
were Hoss or Bigdaddy Salimi ever popped?
Thank god for that Indiana Jones, eh?
This is huge, loving the content
now this is my jam.
Yaaaaaay
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Oh, yes, a post script about Dimas. Even he was compromised due to the statements of a former weightlifter of corruption and doping - forgot the names and google seems to be memory holed it, so in that sense Dimas is clean
Kakhi Kakhiashvili never got popped ? 🤔 correct me if I'm wrong
Was better without audio, please reupload again.