Steve Freides
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A 17-minute video about a man who, it can be argued, is the greatest super-heavyweight weightlifter of all time. Enjoy.
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Anatoly Pisarenko, 1980's Weightlifter
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Steve Freides
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Exactly - he's quite a light super. Lasha's C&J is something like 2 or 3 kg higher.
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Pisarenko is my favorite lifter of all time.
In 1995, Mark Cohen, my first coach, gave me a VHS tape of two championships, one in 1982 and one 1983, both in which Pisarenko lifted. I watched Pisarenko in slo-mo so many times to model my technique after, I lost count.
In my mind, he truly is the greatest super of all time due to his bodyweight to strength ratio and the 37 years it took to beat his C+J.
Thanks for posting this, @Steve Freides .
In 1995, Mark Cohen, my first coach, gave me a VHS tape of two championships, one in 1982 and one 1983, both in which Pisarenko lifted. I watched Pisarenko in slo-mo so many times to model my technique after, I lost count.
In my mind, he truly is the greatest super of all time due to his bodyweight to strength ratio and the 37 years it took to beat his C+J.
Thanks for posting this, @Steve Freides .
watchnerd
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He always looked much older to me than he was, too.
I don't know if it's the mustache, or some other je ne se quois of hard living that makes him look older than the 20-something he is in most photos.
Of course, it might also have been the cigarettes between sets.
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WxHerk
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A Russian Burt Reynolds on All the "Whey " and "Creatine" supplements. Regardless, a savage.
Yes, as Anna mentioned, a Ukrainian Burt Reynolds.
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Correct. Born in Kyiv.
Boris Bachmann
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Gotta love those old school OLers lifting in speedos.
I think Eric Bugenhagen should reenact those Pisarenko pics.
I think Eric Bugenhagen should reenact those Pisarenko pics.
He did win many titles, but no Olympic titles.
Haha... Chat GPT fail!
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Just found this. Thank you for sharing @Steve Freides !
There is also a great video about Yurik Vardanyan on the same channel:
There is also a great video about Yurik Vardanyan on the same channel:
Steve Freides
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Steve Freides
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Seems to be the challenge of our time -- say whatever you want, believe whatever you want. I can only hope that the skill of discerning the credibility of "facts" is something that both people and AI will seek to get better at as we go forward.