Amazing! Now that I'm learning these lifts I have a new appreciation for it.

awesome!!!!! how can anyone dislike this power?

i was by this competition... live.. in this hall in athen, it was unbelivable to see reza, to see his record lift, i believe..i can hear my voice on this video. best wishes eisenkrieger

My two favorite lifts!

I feel intimidated just WATCHING THIS!! GREAT VID, DUDE!!!

so relaxed during the process

Thank you! THis is a genious way of training :D i wasnt the one asking, but still :D thank you friend

rezazadeh is just amazing man. Clean and Jerk that kind of weight is just amazing. Ive seen few of the WORLD STRONGEST MAN competitors in training attempting clean and jerk but they can only manage to do 200lb less that rezazadeh. that is how difficult and amazing this difficult lift is. rezazdeh also amazing human being too, very nice guy

this guy set the world record for clean and jerk so yes he is

Hossein Rezazadeh (Persian: حسین رضازاده , born May 12, 1978 in Ardabil, Iran) is an Iranian weightlifter and the current world record holder in the sport.

The song at the beginning is So Cold by Breaking Benjamin.

amazing!!

Just wondering, can you drop bumper plates on cement or do you need something under the bumper plates too?

Powerlifters have an incorrect title. Power is how much work is done divided by how long it took to do it. These lifters have such incredible explosive power and their power generating capabilities are unparalleled

i loved watching this... amazing!!

@AlanCSSNub So I'm confused, what's the difference between a clean and jerk and a clean and press? And a power clean?

I'm so happy im half persian, im striving to be a personal trainer so this is perfect! Go Reza! Shame he didn't play in this summers olympics.

To me, being healthy is the most important thing about exercising. Being as strong as these people = amazing!

Reza could probably front squat a metric ton. That clean is incredible .

I just realized how he cleans it so easily. He bounces it off his lower belly fat during the triple extension. What a win strategy haha.

what about reza´s second lift which he missed, anyone got a video of that? i never saw him miss a lift...

incredible

hahahah wow that was one hell of a line!! hahaahah you have made me smile for today!! thanks

They use a hook grip. It locks the hands to the bar. That means; they first grip the bar with the thumb, then the remaining fingers grips both the thumb and the barbell

Awesome...Awesome....Awesome !!!

awesome!!!!!

perrsian pride good opening song my fav band

How do they clean it when they don't look nearly half as explosive?

strength and power is important in power lifting, but technique is a major factor in MMA.

this man could tear someone in half.

Such discussions are so utterly beside the point. Only if you truly feel the love and respect that comes with weightlifting in your heart can you truly grasp the essence of Olympic weightlifting. That is why Pyrros's Bronze Medal is an epic feat. Trust me, upon leaving his shoes out there, he will have wept. Not out of mourning, but out of gratitude for all that weightlifting gave him.

reza is a beast

thats even more amazing cos he carries his own weight plus all that extra weight. remember its the same human frame and it does not matter if ur heavy or light , as long as u get the job done.

The winner of the OG in the SHW division is officially crowned "The strongest man in the world".

What's the name of the song that is used in the intro of the tv coverage? Thanks for posting this awesome session.

what kind of lifting routine do these guys have?

BEAST!

now he can spot that cape

how do you get the bar to your shoulders then........

i wanna see rezazadeh's second lift, i haven't been able to see it anywhere, the failed 263.5 on his second attempt, wanna see what went wrong.

rezazadeh ftw, though its a shame couldn't participate in 2008 olympics

Rezaz.. one bad ass human being. that was impressive.

what muscle does this work

Reza Zadeh is strong as hell

was that song really on the opening of this olympics event? lol if so that would be epic

@RapRnB4u Yes, if you have progressive overload and a calorie surplus.

Which is easier, going from builder to lifter or lifter to builder? :p

"he was our leader coming out of the snatch"...awesome

rezazadeh is the man!

this is the most beautiful sport, i yousto lift but i was too tall and skinny to excell at it but i love watching it!

I think most of these guys are endomorph or meso-endomorph body types, so they probably won't show that much definition, but they are incredibly strong.

man, in 2000 there was like 4 guys who opened at 250, what a difference

anyone know what the intro song is?

don't give up on hossein rezazadeh

so no withdrawal symptoms and u keep the gains for one full year?? WOW I WILL START USING THEM NOW!!

that's his power source

god DAMN tons of respect for that dude.. what a beast.. sucha brute... love it!

that was perfect

Hey how heavy was this?

WELL DONE!!!

With the use of a bench shirt you mean?

don't give up on rezazadeh

Keep in mind, these numbers are in KG not LB. Reza Zadeh is lifting more than 500 lb.

he screams " ya abbas " that's what's written on his shirt too, the Abbas is the prophet's uncle and he is legendary.

World's Strongest Man Competetions are not just tests of strength - they include endurance, agility, balance, and power. The sport that is most about raw strength is powerlifting.

That dude is one strong man!!

"he was our leader coming out of the snatch" nice.

i am 18 and i started to do weight lifting with one plate of 45 on each side.is that good?i just have done it 3 times and i like to do it.

what about the 77kg class what body type is that???

We have all had to carry heavy things in our hands and can appreciate the amount of strength and endurance that it would take to carry 350lbs in each hand for over 100ft. Same goes with odd object handling and loading events.

Strongman competitions focus mostly on strength endurance, as opposed to single-rep lifts that weightlifters and power lifters do. While there is obviously a correlation, I wouldn't expect many single-rep lifters to do well on strength events that last for 30seconds or more.

anyone know the music in the beginning?

Whats the intro song? Also, sick muscles

@benjsy The suits you are talking about are powerlifting shirts, they arnt flexible, not flexible at all, theyre quite hard too, thats why all of them hold their arms in front of theirs chests, cuz the shirts r pushing their arms forward

I am unfamiliar with kilo plates. Are they 25kilo?

If you want to know they competed nude because in the original Olympic games there were several types of garments, derived from a basic tunic.The Olympic Games originally contained one event: the stadion (or "stade") race, a short sprint measuring between 180 and 240 metres.First they ran fully clothed that was difficult because of their tunics.Once a tunic fell of from a competitor and he won outrunning others significantly.From then on more and more competitors ran naked..

@InFlamesAddictive Thats when you are using a bench press shirt.Normal singlets dont help anything.They are just used for better judging of the lift for the judges.

Name of the song plsss

either i suck at clean and press, or these guys are super awesome. right now in a set of 12 reps i am only doing 85lbs

olympic weightlifting is the most badass thing ever

another internet for u SIR!!

While this may be their sport, you'll find that most of these guys are pretty fit all round. While they focus on the techniques which are part of their sport, it does give incredible benifits to other sports and to the body in general.

How easy does he make it look........damn

don't forget Taranenko to mention

its from the rocky films i think

YOU HEARD RIGHT!!!

This guy is a beast.

He got in a car accident a few years back and got seriously injured

Like how you cut out his 2rd attempt when it was a NO LIFT.

If any of the bodybuilders would try pulling what Reza Zadeh pulls here in the Athens Games better have some background with the exercises. A person would have to be crazy to lift with little experience. The Clean and Jerk is a more compound complex exercise compared to the exercises bodybuilders would commonly practice. That and among practicing training principles effectively, food, sleep, etc. Reza Zadeh is where he is because he takes the sport seriously. He doesn't fool around.

I'm just curious as to why all the competitors have such big guts. Do they get extra strength out of solely having more mass?

I am not into weighlifting at all, but I was wondering, wouldn't it be easier for him if he lost a little of his huge belly?

what is olympic training anyway?

@benjsy those suits wont help them lift the weight as much but will ensure theres no restriction in the movements for example the way most pants stop you squatting balls to floor

how many kilos are there?

yeah, me too... last week actually

A clean and jerk cannot possibly test all facets of strength, though in a single lift it comes the closest to it. It means squat as far as real world functional strength,(and I am not counting sports as real world) not everything you have to lift in real life is ergonomically designed to be easy to lift.

So what lifts do we use to define who's strongest in the world? Personally I'd say you have to throw in Zydrunas Savickas and Mikhail Koklyaev.

@thekingisnear whats the point of looking strong if your not.

i think olympic gold is a little more important than being an MMA champion