Thursday, January 21, 2010
Yuri VlasovIt was Yuri Vlasov who came along and broke most of Paul Anderson's records at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. In order to do so, he became the first man to Clean & Jerk over 400 pounds(402-1/2 pounds).
Anderson did not compete at these games as by that time he was no longer an amateur athlete. Just to prove a point, however, shortly afterwards at an exhibition Anderson took Vlasov's winning lift and performed three reps with it!
Labels: 1960 Olympics, Paul Anderson, Russian, Russian Olympic Set, Russian Weightlifter, Yuri Vlasov
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Friday, October 02, 2009
Gennady IvanchenkoGennady Ivanchenko, the great Russian weightlifter, was the first light heavyweight ever to surpass the 500 kg total. This shot is from a training session prior to the 1971 Sr. European Championships in Budapest, Hungary (where he unsurprisingly took gold).
Labels: Back Development, Gennady Ivanchenko, olympic weightlifter, Russian Weightlifter
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Thursday, July 23, 2009
Yuri Vlasov in TrainingHow does a World Champion Olympic weight lifter build upper-body strength? The great Russian lifter Yuri Vlasov used the bench press (among other exercises) in his program back in the 50s and 60s. Of course, by the looks of things he sure didn't mess around like the gym lifters of today.
"Getting stronger" and plenty of technique work were part of the game back then. It seems to have worked quite well for Mr. Vlasov, who set 34 Weightlifting World Records during his career... Maybe the bench press isn't so bad after all?
Labels: Bench Press, olympic weightlifter, Russian Weightlifter, Yuri Vlasov
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Alexeev and KettlebellsAlexeev is among the many Russian Champions who maintained a love of kettlebells training throughout his career. Based on the throwing circle at his feet he's using the kettlebell to warm up and probably about to do a little shot putting.
Labels: Kettlebell, Russian Kettlebells, Russian Strongman, Russian Weightlifter, Shot Put, Vasily Alexeev
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Yuri Vlasov - Russian KettlebellsAs young trainees, many Russian weightlifters were introduced to physical training in the form of Kettlebells. Many of them maintained this practice even in later years as they became great champions. Among them is the great Soviet lifter Yuri Vlasov, who was a Gold Medal winner at the 1960 Rome Olympics, a four-time Senior World Champion (1959, 1961-1963) and Six-time Consecutive Senior European Champion (1959-1964). Vlasov set 34 World records over his career. You may not be able to make it out but the kettlebell at his feet is marked "32" i.e. 32 kilograms or just over 70 pounds.
Labels: 1960 Olympics, Kettlebell, Olympic Weightlifting, Russian Kettlebells, Russian Weightlifter, Yuri Vlasov
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