[quote]LBramble wrote:
Hey,
i think that’s the dude who got dusted in the beijing olympics by some kid who was only like 20 years-old. That was 5 years ago. I always wondered what happened to him cause i didn’t see him in London. So he’s making u-tube exercise videos. OK.
LB[/quote]
You are a douchebag.
[quote]sprogg wrote:
klokov is pretty much sex on legs
i tried out those oly style deadlifts yesterday for some fun, never felt me spinal erectors working so hard. today my back is sore but i can still move.
could be nonsense but im thinking that not locking out at the top, whilst providing all the benefits to the o-lifts that aragorn pointed out, also reduces the amount of compressive force on the spine as the load is never transferred off of the erectors and onto the spine. either way i dont feel nearly as wrecked as i would after a heavy session of conventional pulls.
the fact that he is posting so many vids has enriched my life no end, and the step climbing craziness is just that…[/quote]
Very possibly. I’m not sure about that, but I do know that deadlift style is exactly the reason his back is so FUCKING big (as you just found out lol).
THIS JUST IN: Rumor says Klokov says he wants to do the CrossFit Games after this years World Championships. I can’t confirm it but I’ve heard it now several times.
God I hope this is true. I am going to laugh sooo hard when he kills, eats, and craps out the other competitors.
and on that note: 340 lb thrusters. Rich Froning is doomed, mwahaha.
Translation of the intro: “That’s my trainer. He won’t understand what the fuck I’m doing, only our American friends will understand this.”
Then after: “If anyone can do it, reply with a video”. Right. I’ll get right on that…after I get hydaulic lifts for muscles.
OH MAMA
i would die laughing if he actually did that
i think the thing i love the most about klokov is just his “bite me” attitude. seems like most every top olympic lifter won’t expend an extra calorie without accounting for its source and benefit to the lifts. on the other hand klokov seems intent on disproving every piece of accepted wisdom about joint health and volume.
demi-god…
It wouldn’t even be fair if he did the crossfit games
[quote]Highjumper wrote:
It wouldn’t even be fair if he did the crossfit games[/quote]
Why not? He hasn’t specifically trained for many of the Crossfit Game events… especially the surprise secret challenges. He may have the barbell lifts bagged but some of the other events will prove to be a real challenge for him… thus making it an even playing field for all. Plus, his current size will be a major obstacle in regards to some of the more endurance related and calisthenics aimed events. Even though he is indeed one of the world’s top athletes he is still strongly sport specific by training.
im pretty sure he would boss most of the events. his conditioning is outrageous, as evinced by his recent step climbing heroics. not to mention another recent video of his where he reps out handstand pressups with the most extreme range of motion imaginable (if i remember right his hands are on stacks of 4 25kg bumpers, and no kipping here). also another recent video where he alternates klokov presses with behind the neck pullups.
he’s russian, so i think its a safe bet that he has some experience with kettlebells.
so yeah, he might have to learn how to do 50 double-unders (if he hasnt already, pretty sure hes doing various bits of crossfit training just for jokes at the moment)
in terms of bodyweight, thats what everyone always says about the crossfit games, and there dont seem to have been any real monsters that have been successful so far but i dont see it being prohibitive. i read a long discussion somewhere a while ago about the very topic, much was made of how konstaninovs would fare in the games. the point has been made many a time on this very site that strength training is more transferable to other areas of fitness seeing as by virtue of being stronger you are using less of your total capacity to move a given load. watch kk’s video of him doing about 50 pullups with a minimal kip, not to mention doing the same thing for reps with band tension, and then lets discuss relative strength for the big boys.
[quote]sexyxe wrote:
[quote]ishinator wrote:
Lower back of strength, peace, and prosperity.[/quote]
All those people who claim some lower back rounding will send you to an early grave must be having seizures around now. [/quote]
Not far off, but I just have to remain calm and remind myself that I am not Klokov. Most of the people in the world actually, in fact, are not Klokov. If I attempted snatch-grip, stiff-legged, deficit deadlifts with a rounded back like that I know precisely what would happen.
I am tempted to increase my deadlift frequency though. Maybe then one day I can do complexes with 200% of a normal person’s max.
[quote]LBramble wrote:
Hey,
i think that’s the dude who got dusted in the beijing olympics by some kid who was only like 20 years-old. That was 5 years ago. I always wondered what happened to him cause i didn’t see him in London. So he’s making u-tube exercise videos. OK.
LB[/quote]
You my ignorant poster deserve the troll of the day award…congratulations!
FYI Klokov didn’t make it to London because of a medical reason and he sure as hell didn’t get dusted in Beijing
Thanks for the vid OP, really great.
[quote]BlueCollarTr8n wrote:
[quote]LBramble wrote:
Hey,
i think that’s the dude who got dusted in the beijing olympics by some kid who was only like 20 years-old. That was 5 years ago. I always wondered what happened to him cause i didn’t see him in London. So he’s making u-tube exercise videos. OK.
LB[/quote]
You are a douchebag.
[/quote]
wooooooosh!
[quote]Ricochet wrote:
[quote]Highjumper wrote:
It wouldn’t even be fair if he did the crossfit games[/quote]
Why not? He hasn’t specifically trained for many of the Crossfit Game events… especially the surprise secret challenges. He may have the barbell lifts bagged but some of the other events will prove to be a real challenge for him… thus making it an even playing field for all. Plus, his current size will be a major obstacle in regards to some of the more endurance related and calisthenics aimed events. Even though he is indeed one of the world’s top athletes he is still strongly sport specific by training.[/quote]
I’m willing to bet his conditioning is on par with most of them (not the best but still damn good)
Also if he wins all the lifts (which he easily could) then to win he just needs to post respectable scores on the more “conditioning” based events. I still think he would easily win
260kg/572lbs snatch grip deadlift for a double, and the second one is pretty much stiff legged. What?
I want to see him destroy all the crossfags so bad. I would lol if he waltzed in and just cleaned up without even training for it.
gold medalist Torokhtiy at the Ukraine nationals hitting 240
Clockoff at the Russian Nationals hit what 216? Or was it 217?
And it looked sooooooooooo heavy.
Ukraine sucks Russia ftw
There’s a long, long, interview out there where Klokov interviews Akkayev translated into English on another training site. Very interesting insight to some of Russian lifting politics and just the lives of two world class lifters.
Haha god damn, developing a serious man crush on this beast.
I don’t see it.
I don’t think his pulling and squat strength/numbers are as impressive as people make it out to be.
Nothing with a WTF status, especially given his background and bw stats.
His oly lifts are a different story though.
But maybe I’m just spoiled with all the freaky shit you can find nowadays on da tube.
[quote]LBramble wrote:
gold medalist Torokhtiy at the Ukraine nationals hitting 240
Clockoff at the Russian Nationals hit what 216? Or was it 217?
And it looked sooooooooooo heavy.
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That’s the Ukrainian nationals? If that’s an official competition and it’s really 240, that’s a world record for the weight class. How come none of the world record lists have that lift on them? I think that Torokhtiy was overweight when he did that lift. 240 is less impressive at 105+ (although it’s still pretty good).
In any case, Klokov has hit 232 in competition and hit 225 recently in training (coming back from injury). He may not be the strongest guy in his class, but he’s close. I know everyone on the internet can deadlift 1000 and lock out 600 overhead, but in real life he’s still very elite.
[quote]Silyak wrote:
[quote]LBramble wrote:
gold medalist Torokhtiy at the Ukraine nationals hitting 240
Clockoff at the Russian Nationals hit what 216? Or was it 217?
And it looked sooooooooooo heavy.
[/quote]
That’s the Ukrainian nationals? If that’s an official competition and it’s really 240, that’s a world record for the weight class. How come none of the world record lists have that lift on them? I think that Torokhtiy was overweight when he did that lift. 240 is less impressive at 105+ (although it’s still pretty good).
In any case, Klokov has hit 232 in competition and hit 225 recently in training (coming back from injury). He may not be the strongest guy in his class, but he’s close. I know everyone on the internet can deadlift 1000 and lock out 600 overhead, but in real life he’s still very elite. [/quote]
there’s video of dmitry hitting 242 kg in training as well.
[quote]infinite_shore wrote:
I don’t see it.
I don’t think his pulling and squat strength/numbers are as impressive as people make it out to be.
Nothing with a WTF status, especially given his background and bw stats.
His oly lifts are a different story though.
But maybe I’m just spoiled with all the freaky shit you can find nowadays on da tube.[/quote]
You did notice that he is squatting A2G and deadlifting with a snatch grip and many times from a deficit right?
Highjumper, your damn profile movie clip makes me loose my train of thought every time I scroll past it!! lol
As far as Klokov’s numbers…his 550lbs front squat with about a 15 minute pause at the bottom made me go WTF. I actually have the poster hanging in my office. His stiff-legged, snatchgrip, deficit pulls inolly shoes definately make me go WTF. Then again, maybe im wrong and they really arent as impressive as I belive them to be.