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[ Invalid YouTube link ] - Documentary of the greatest strength athlete ever to live.
Vasili Alexeyev - The strongest man ever to have lived. Holder of 81 world records and several olympic golds. No lifting suits or equipment. Drug free (tested many times)
Documentary mentions his famous 36 egg omelette! :P
- 507 lbs overhead press!!!!!!!!!!!
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that's not kegdrainer.
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[ Invalid YouTube link ] - Documentary of the greatest strength athlete ever to live.
Vasili Alexeyev - The strongest man ever to have lived. Holder of 81 world records and several olympic golds. No lifting suits or equipment. Drug free (tested many times)
Documentary mentions his famous 36 egg omelette! :P
- 507 lbs overhead press!!!!!!!!!!!
Alekseyev was an amazing weightlifter but he was not naturaldespite the drug testing. Soviet athletes (and Americans also) were all juiced to the gills at the time. The testing was a joke.
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A photo of the great man
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Alekseyev was an amazing weightlifter but he was not naturaldespite the drug testing. Soviet athletes (and Americans also) were all juiced to the gills at the time. The testing was a joke.
Testing was not a joke. Yes, test routines were simpler, but so were the drugs. And take a look at Alekseyevs body....48 inch waist, thin legs, 350lbs body weight....and compare that to a known juiced body. The man was simply amazingly strong...and drug free.
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The drugs were simpler, yes, but not one athlete of the Eastern block was drug free. Drugs were part of the system. This has been well-documented. The atheletes had no choice. They had to abide. So were the other competitors. it doesn't take away the fact that he was one of the best athletes of the century, if not the best.
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The drugs were simpler, yes, but not one athlete of the Eastern block was drug free. Drugs were part of the system. This has been well-documented. The atheletes had no choice. They had to abide. Most so were the other competitors. it doesn't take away the fact that he was one of the best athletes of the century, if not the best.
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
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That is one strong Russian.
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looks like a fat bastard but you would break your hand if you hit him in the gut
solid as a tree
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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.
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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.
Who are you to judge, just some guy behind a keyboard?
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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
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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.
He had stamina to workout multiple times a day, almost every day. You of course have no idea what it is to be a top athlete.
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He's still a fat fuck
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He had stamina to workout multiple times a day, almost every day. You of course have no idea what it is to be a top athlete.
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.
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He had stamina to workout multiple times a day, almost every day. You of course have no idea what it is to be a top athlete.
I played Division I in college. I have some semblance of what it means to be an athlete. If that man is your definition of athletic prowess more power to you.
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I played Division I in college. I have some semblance of what it means to be an athlete. If that man is your definition of athletic prowess more power to you.
It's funny how you deduct from his appearance that he didn't have any stamina. But hey this is a bodybuilding site.
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I played Division I in college. I have some semblance of what it means to be an athlete. If that man is your definition of athletic prowess more power to you.
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Yep. Another football fanatic who thinks all football players are the greatest athletes on Earth.
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Yep. Another football fanatic who thinks football players are the greatest athletes on Earth.
Actually I hate football. There are other Divisioin I sports in college besides football. Basketball, soccer, hockey, etc.
Quaker you don't think I played D I or you don't think D I players are athletes? LOL.
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Actually I hate football. There are other Divisioin I sports in college besides football. Basketball, soccer, hockey, etc.
Quaker you don't think I played D I or you don't think D I players are athletes? LOL.
i don't think you played D-1 and yes D-1 football players are GREAT athletes.
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Actually I hate football.
Good to hear.
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i don't think you played D-1 and yes D-1 football players are GREAT athletes.
I played DI soccer. ;D
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I played DI soccer. ;D
where?
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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
That is why this is an educational thread. Strength and muscular looks is not always corresponding. Alekseyev has that genetic gift of producing imense strength out of his unathletic looking body. Off course his bodyfat from eating that 36 egg ommelete breakfast may be hiding more of his muscles than we know. The man pobably has outrageous core strength
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More pics of the greatest of greats
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he doesnt look russian. he looks either Armenian or greek.
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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
That's how he appears to look when standing by himself, but put him next to a normal sized person and he would dwarf them in every dimension.
(http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/7342/1971.jpg)
(http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/7342/Va2.jpg)
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That's how he appears to look when standing by himself, but put him next to a normal sized person and he would dwarf them in every dimension.
(http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/7342/1971.jpg)
(http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/Field/7342/Va2.jpg)
That last pic....was not a healhy weight for him. He got a little to big in the end. I think that was abt. 370lbs...
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amazing how you can look like absolute shit and still be one of the strongest dudes in the world.
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He wasn't the best. There are stories of his rivals getting poisoned on contest date, and better lifters who didn't get their chance because alexeyev was still in the game.
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Still alive?
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He wasn't the best. There are stories of his rivals getting poisoned on contest date, and better lifters who didn't get their chance because alexeyev was still in the game.
LOL! Epic conspiracy theory! 81 world records....he poisoned the whole world!
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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.
In different sports it means different things.
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I think I'm going to be upping the volume of my training even more after seeing this.... :-\
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More pics of the greatest. Notice...there are no lifting suits or extreme straps. Just a tiny little belt.
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More pics of the greatest. Notice...there are no lifting suits or extreme straps. Just a tiny little belt.
Nor are they used in Olympic Lifting today.
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Nor are they used in Olympic Lifting today.
True, but some people on this board thinks that monster strength comes from suits and straps
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kaz, ed coan, and paul anderson are all better strength athletes than alexxy.
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kaz, ed coan, and paul anderson are all better strength athletes than alexxy.
Nonsense. None of them were drug free and none of them competed at the highest level (the olympics). They were great but not as good.
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Actually I hate football. There are other Divisioin I sports in college besides football. Basketball, soccer, hockey, etc.
Quaker you don't think I played D I or you don't think D I players are athletes? LOL.
i played D1 football also did track... and compared to other sports i participated in football isnt so athletic... i think the most athletic people in the world are either wrestlers or boxers
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I just made an 12 egg omelette (with egg yolks) for dinner and I felt that was quite enough together with the side dishes. I can only imagine how I would feel after eating a 36 egg omelette like The Great One.
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i hope the drug free comment was tounge in cheek, its more than well known that all Olympic prospects in Russia or east germany were routinely doped from a very early age,,, and there was no opting out, you did it there way or you didn't do it at all...
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i hope the drug free comment was tounge in cheek, its more than well known that all Olympic prospects in Russia or east germany were routinely doped from a very early age,,, and there was no opting out, you did it there way or you didn't do it at all...
That is true, but not for Alexeev. His physique is different. He trained differently and on his own. I believe he was drug free even though many others were not.
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How the fuck do you set 80 world records in a sport with 2 events??? Set both records in 40 different countries??? Somebody please es'plain 'at ta me. ;D
Great thought re: greatest athlete, McMannus - deserves its own thread.
There was a third event, the press. Also, all records in total count also...so if he happened to do a world record press, snatch and clean and jerk that would equal 4 new world records.
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wasn't there a rumor here that he was a rampant homosexual? he would often hire gypsies to massage his testicles for him.
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I played Division I in college. I have some semblance of what it means to be an athlete. If that man is your definition of athletic prowess more power to you.
::) ::) ::) A water boy is NOT a player. Drugs were NOT part of Alexeevs regime. He ate like a mother fucker and trained heavy all the time. His joints were strong as hell.
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I rather have abs and only bench 225 than be the strongest guy in the world and look like a Sasquatch
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There was another RUssian I think around the end of Alexeevs career that was strong as hell but also looked pretty good. Can't remember his name but would know it if I heard it
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I rather have abs and only bench 225 than be the strongest guy in the world and look like a Sasquatch
Spoken like a true gay man.... ::)
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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
These types of people exist...Just silly strong with nothing to show for it muscle wise...
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So the drugs weren't the "finishing touch" when it came to Alexeev?
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Testing was not a joke. Yes, test routines were simpler, but so were the drugs. And take a look at Alekseyevs body....48 inch waist, thin legs, 350lbs body weight....and compare that to a known juiced body. The man was simply amazingly strong...and drug free.
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OneManGang - he was an amazing lifter. He was not however drug free. He may not look like a body-builder, but he was for sure juiced to the gills (as were all top Russian lifters at that time).
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OneManGang - he was an amazing lifter. He was not however drug free. He may not look like a body-builder, but he was for sure juiced to the gills (as were all top Russian lifters at that time).
Compare his physique to the rest of the Soviet and eastern european lifters at the time. His physique is very different. Perhaps he took some supplements in addition to his 36 egg omelette, but he was not "juiced to the gills". After he quit, his physique remained the same. Look at lifters and bodybuilders who come off the sauce...they shrink and change. This guy was just different. One of a kind.
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Yes, he was an amazing athlete in his day.
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There was another RUssian I think around the end of Alexeevs career that was strong as hell but also looked pretty good. Can't remember his name but would know it if I heard it
The two that come to mind are Sultan Rakhmanov, a shw lifter that was built a bit like Alexeev but was much leaner, and had huge legs.
The other is Anatoli Pisarenko, an absolutely great shw who was extremely lean. In my opinion he would of been the best the Russians ever fielded, if not for receiving a lifetime ban for dealing steriods.
Also, it was mentioned by someone else in this thread that Paul Anderson never competed in the Olympics, not true. He won the Gold in 1956 and set the record in the press with 402 lbs. He was not allowed to compete in later games, as he turned professional.
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Just saw another documentary about this great man! Drug free and yet the strongest man who ever lived. Amazing!
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I played Division I in college. I have some semblance of what it means to be an athlete. If that man is your definition of athletic prowess more power to you.
Sure you did ::) ::) Show some photos big mouth
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Just saw another documentary about this great man! Drug free and yet the strongest man who ever lived. Amazing!
Keep dreaming dude, every Olympian is on something...
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Keep dreaming dude, every Olympian is on something...
He does not have the physique obtained by steroids. It is quite obvious.
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Its time again to celebrate the best strength athlete ever to have lived. May he rest in peace.
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- 507 lbs overhead press!!!!!!!!!!!
Sure, but can he do it 4 sets of 10 ? hah!
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Sure, but can he do it 4 sets of 10 ? hah!
Nobody can. This guy was drug free too. He was an olympic athlete and was tested numerous times.
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thought it was about coleman
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thought it was about coleman
Coleman? The man in the inflated body who LOOKED like he could lift 500lbs, but actually couldn't?
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is gangedbyoneman smm's retarded little brother?
they share shades of the same brand of spastic, for sure...
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is gangedbyoneman smm's retarded little brother?
they share shades of the same brand of spastic, for sure...
Thank you for your contribution, "Sir"
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Soviet athletes were picked from a large pool, the best of the best
He was super strong, also super juiced. Add super technique to that, and you get a super athlete.
Like all super heavy big guys in olympic lifts, he started out muscular, and with a weightlifter physique, the extra bulk came later
The whole system was geared towards success, they started ultra young, and don't for a split second doubt they weren't on every available drug, to the excess.
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Some absurdly ignorant people actually think in their minds, that guys like vasileev and anderson, were just naturally big guys that strolled over to an olympic bar every now and then, and lifted it overhead for the fuck of it...
Decades of dedicated, intense training goes towards this, until one day they peak
Fucking ignorance. Like the idiots that believe the one-ball-wonder was drug free on his bicycle
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Nobody can. This guy was drug free too. He was an olympic athlete and was tested numerous times.
Hi Alexev......
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Although all the way to his death (from heart failure, btw) he denied that he used steroids, as many people mentioned on this thread,at that level everyone was on something. Soviet athletes had entire institutes devoted to research in the field of performance enhancing drugs andhow to beat the testing.
P.S. Highly debatable that either Kazmier or Koen were better athletes than Alexeev, but how can someone argue that Paul Anderson, whose every lift was years prior and beaten by many prior to Alexeev's time was a better athlete, beyond me
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Soviet athletes were picked from a large pool, the best of the best
He was super strong, also super juiced. Add super technique to that, and you get a super athlete.
Like all super heavy big guys in olympic lifts, he started out muscular, and with a weightlifter physique, the extra bulk came later
The whole system was geared towards success, they started ultra young, and don't for a split second doubt they weren't on every available drug, to the excess.
He did not juice. Thats obvious. Thats not a physique of someone who use steroids. He was just a gifted athlete. Gifted with good size and extreme strength, and a great work ethic.
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He was born and gifted with rope thick ligaments that allowed him to use super explosive power to lift the weights. You can see he is not muscular, but uses leverage and speed very well.
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He was born and gifted with rope thick ligaments that allowed him to use super explosive power to lift the weights. You can see he is not muscular, but uses leverage and speed very well.
100% correct!!
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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.
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Oh, and Alexeyev wasn't drug-free, for fuck sakes. 'Tards everywhere.
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A photo of the great man
that's one big powerful ab....
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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.
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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.
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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.
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great picture of the late alexeev .
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I will be training high-volume tomorrow....
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fat probably adds more strength than muscle
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muscle strength and tendon strength are totally different
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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 .
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fat probably adds more strength than muscle
Way to put a target of idiocy on your head, fella.
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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
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Paul Anderson was the strongest man who ever lived.
THE BEEF
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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.
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That's not Trey Brewer.
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jeez the man who started this thread really admire vassili ...
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jeez the man who started this thread really admire vassili ...
Many boxing fans like Cassius Clay and basketball fans Michael Jordan. This is the michael Jordan and Cassius Clay of strength sports
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Tito24 just posted a documentary on THE BEST MAN EVER and you nancies are once again opting for the homo option ???
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Tito24 just posted a documentary on THE BEST MAN EVER and you nancies are once again opting for the homo option ???
What is your problem, shrimp face
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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.
You have no fucken idea as to what you are talking about.
Your mother wants you off the computer, she needs to make a phone call.
THE BEEF
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He did not juice. Thats obvious. Thats not a physique of someone who use steroids.
You do realize that physique is not the only marker of anabolic drug use?