Author Topic: Great documentary on the best strength athlete ever!!! (Read 20334 times)

Fortress · « **Reply #75 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:27:35 PM »

Quote from: MuscleMcMannus on April 27, 2009, 10:38:11 AM

Athelte? LMAO! I would call the guy freaky strong and a great lifter but hardly a fucking athlete. Come on! An athlete he is not! The guy probably has/had ZERO stamina when it came to anything other than lifting heavy shit.

So by your definition a marathon runner isn't an athlete because he has relatively shit absolute strength and power.

You're such a total goof it's alarming.

Fortress · « **Reply #76 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:28:19 PM »

Oh, and Alexeyev wasn't drug-free, for fuck sakes. 'Tards everywhere.

funk51 · « **Reply #77 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:29:51 PM »

Quote from: OneManGang on April 27, 2009, 07:37:32 AM

A photo of the great man

that's one big powerful ab....

Fortress · « **Reply #78 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:30:55 PM »

Quote from: JOHN MATRIX on April 27, 2009, 11:06:00 AM

somethings not right here, the guy is big but his muscular develpoment doesnt even look that impressive, i mean for a guy who is pressing 500lb overhead his triceps dont look all that special, his forearms arent huge, his legs look like a regular fat guys legs...wher did this monster strength come from???

Paul anderson was a fat shit too but you could see he had the biggest most muscular legs ever even through the fat...this guy is pressing absurd amounts of weight but his arms and legs look like nothing special...i dont get it

Olympic lifting success = neuromuscular superiority (limited muscular dependency)

Powerlifting success = absolute muscle strength superiority combined with a well-conditioned neuromuscular system

Hope this helps.

Fortress · « **Reply #79 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:33:49 PM »

Quote from: MuscleMcMannus on April 27, 2009, 11:25:16 AM

A superior athlete is one who has above average physical skills (strength, agility, and endurance) and is thus more suited for physical competition.

Athlete is a term thrown around very loosely these days. Ronnie Coleman is an athlete? LOL.

And elite athletes mostly are above-average in one of the physical attributes.

To be a master you cannot be a jack of all trades.

High-level athletes usually are superior in one arena to the exclusion of the others.

Truly "fit" folks usually are those who engage in little bits of everything that modestly condition all the physical attributes.

The Abdominal Snoman · « **Reply #80 on:** July 11, 2012, 12:55:43 PM »

Quote from: OneManGang on April 27, 2009, 07:47:23 AM

Alekseyev, for the most did not train with the other Sovjet lifters. He followed mainly his own training regimen and his own diet, hence his different physique compared to the other Sovjet lifters at that time. If youlook at the documentary, his body looks exactly the same as when he was training. No after-drug shrinkage

Steroids and body type mean nothing. I use to train in a power lifting gym back in the day and most of guys were juiced to the gills/esp real American anadrol. Yet some looked like they never touched a weight in their life but could pull 650-700 pounds and squat close to the same. One guy would eat 5 to 8 anadrols a day but couldn't gain a pound. Yet just about everyone else in the gym was taking the same anadrol and would blow up in the first/second week. The guy who didn't gain any bodyweight still got unbelievable strength gains. Really weird how hormones work on different body types.

OneManGang · « **Reply #81 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:32:03 AM »

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OneManGang · « **Reply #83 on:** July 12, 2012, 01:54:30 AM »

OneManGang · « **Reply #84 on:** July 12, 2012, 06:46:20 AM »

kimo · « **Reply #85 on:** July 12, 2012, 08:09:39 AM »

great picture of the late alexeev .

Griffith · « **Reply #86 on:** July 12, 2012, 08:12:40 AM »

I will be training high-volume tomorrow....

Rami · « **Reply #87 on:** July 12, 2012, 08:15:22 AM »

fat probably adds more strength than muscle

Lord Humungous · « **Reply #88 on:** July 12, 2012, 11:16:14 AM »

muscle strength and tendon strength are totally different

kimo · « **Reply #89 on:** July 12, 2012, 11:56:41 AM »

vasili was a great lifter . but his shape was horrible a bit like hossein rzazadeh closer to us . . some are strong and well built like maruis pudz and a couple others . but weightlifting is a sport were you need flexibility . technique and athletic ability . . . as much as strentgh .

Fortress · « **Reply #90 on:** July 12, 2012, 12:06:48 PM »

Quote from: Rami on July 12, 2012, 08:15:22 AM

fat probably adds more strength than muscle

Way to put a target of idiocy on your head, fella.

OneManGang · « **Reply #91 on:** July 13, 2012, 02:41:20 AM »

Perfect form:

OneManGang · « **Reply #92 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:41:52 AM »

Quote from: kimo on July 12, 2012, 11:56:41 AM

vasili was a great lifter . but his shape was horrible a bit like hossein rzazadeh closer to us . . some are strong and well built like maruis pudz and a couple others . but weightlifting is a sport were you need flexibility . technique and athletic ability . . . as much as strentgh .

I would not say his shape was horrible. He looked much stronger than most of the pro bodybuilders

orion · « **Reply #93 on:** July 13, 2012, 09:11:09 AM »

I remember watching Wide World of Sports years ago and Alexeev missed a lift and a photographer got in his face backstage and he swatted him aside with one hand and he went flying. Alexeev just kept walking like nothing happened. A truly powerful man.

kimo · « **Reply #94 on:** July 13, 2012, 10:36:26 AM »

the huge eyebrows on him .. this unique belly . well some people admire him others dont . . was also a cook a singer a mining ingeneer . and a wife named olympiada .

OneManGang · « **Reply #95 on:** July 15, 2012, 08:30:45 PM »

Quote from: orion on July 13, 2012, 09:11:09 AM

I remember watching Wide World of Sports years ago and Alexeev missed a lift and a photographer got in his face backstage and he swatted him aside with one hand and he went flying. Alexeev just kept walking like nothing happened. A truly powerful man.

That was epic

Hurricane Beef ! · « **Reply #96 on:** July 15, 2012, 09:08:34 PM »

Paul Anderson was the strongest man who ever lived.

THE BEEF

OneManGang · « **Reply #97 on:** July 15, 2012, 10:23:27 PM »

Quote from: Hurricane Beef ! on July 15, 2012, 09:08:34 PM

Paul Anderson was the strongest man who ever lived.

THE BEEF

Nonsense. His strength was more of an urban myth. He did win gold in 1956 olympics, but the level of competition in those days was nothing compared to when Alexeyev compteted. Yes, Anderson was a strong man, but he does not hold 81 world records performed in competition.

Mattyh7688 · « **Reply #98 on:** July 15, 2012, 11:52:06 PM »

That's not Trey Brewer.

kimo · « **Reply #99 on:** July 16, 2012, 06:02:49 AM »

jeez the man who started this thread really admire vassili ...