Some of the most incredible lifting feats you will ever see

[markofan]

and he doesn't even look like it
and check out his other videos

[Tennisballz]

and he doesn't even look like it
and check out his other videos

That is very impressive indeed.  Does the guy get paid to do this in any way or is he a pro athlete?  If not then it seems pointless.  While impressive, it seems like a good way to wreck your body in the long term.

[SF1900]

Harry Potter is no joke.

[Trapper_Slapper]

That is very impressive indeed.  Does the guy get paid to do this in any way or is he a pro athlete?  If not then it seems pointless.  While impressive, it seems like a good way to wreck your body in the long term.

He's an (Olympic)Weightlifter from Ireland. He hasn't competed in over a year and while he has always been very strong, his squat, snatch, and C&J numbers have skyrocketed over the course of this competition hiatus.
He's like the Dorian Yated of weightlifting, because he has no social media presence for months at a time, then he'll post a video out of nowhere hitting personal record breaking lifts...then goes radio silent again.

[JasonH]

Impressive lifting - those squats with the pauses at the bottom - man, I could feel my back going just watching that.

[Trapper_Slapper]

330kg/728lbs Deadlift. No straps, no belt, and a disadvantage from deadlifting with lifters on...

[Powerlift66]

330kg/728lbs Deadlift. No straps, no belt, and a disadvantage from deadlifting with lifters on...

Plus double-overhand grip is much harder as well... Beast...

[Raymondo]

Harry Potter is no joke.

Brutal Rocky 4 soundtrack on the background.

[Trapper_Slapper]

Plus double-overhand grip is much harder as well... Beast...

Almost overlooked that...

[wes]

650 for a triple on the bench by Glen Chabot in my gym.....circa 2001

Ted Arcidi doing skullcrushers with 3 plastes a side in imecable form.


A 715 squat where the squatter almost got killed but did the lift anyway.


650 pound deadlifts on many occasions and these are all local guys not even taking the power meets that I`ve competed in way back when with Sandow and those cats! 

[SF1900]

Brutal Rocky 4 soundtrack on the background.

haha, its a great soundtrack, but nothing beats "Eye of the Tiger."  

[Rammstein]

Another one:

Young and strong.

Squats look awkward!

[wes]

Boy,did I misunderstand the point of this thread or what  ?  LOL

[SuperTed]

Plus double-overhand grip is much harder as well... Beast...

Used the hook grip which is what most Olympic lifters use when doing deadlifts. Koklyaev does the same below:

[oldtimer1]

Incredible strength and power. A real athlete.

[mac33]

Can he catch Ilyin?

Ummm... no :

[Parker]

Give him more respect than Phillipe.

[Grape Ape]

and he doesn't even look like it

Only if you subscribe to the notion that bloofy useless tear your hamstring from one sprint bodybuliding muscles are what constitutes "strong looking".

[Parker]

Only if you subscribe to the notion that bloofy useless tear your hamstring from one sprint bodybuliding muscles are what constitutes "strong looking".

Huh?

[Grape Ape]

Huh?

He said he doesn't look like he's strong.   He does.

[SF1900]

He's an (Olympic)Weightlifter from Ireland. He hasn't competed in over a year and while he has always been very strong, his squat, snatch, and C&J numbers have skyrocketed over the course of this competition hiatus.
He's like the Dorian Yated of weightlifting, because he has no social media presence for months at a time, then he'll post a video out of nowhere hitting personal record breaking lifts...then goes radio silent again.

When asked why he doesn't like to compete, he responded with:

So many reasons, but the main reasons are: 1: I'm not a fan of competitive sports in general because drug testing isn't equal all across the world. 2: It takes a lot of time off training. 3: The new rules for competing in international competitions for Ireland make it harder. 4: I simply just don't like competing. I will compete internationally in the future, but right now I'm really just focusing on training.

[SuperTed]

When asked why he doesn't like to compete, he responded with:

So many reasons, but the main reasons are: 1: I'm not a fan of competitive sports in general because drug testing isn't equal all across the world. 2: It takes a lot of time off training. 3: The new rules for competing in international competitions for Ireland make it harder. 4: I simply just don't like competing. I will compete internationally in the future, but right now I'm really just focusing on training.

Seems like he's not convinced he'd beat the drug testing.

Drug testing has ruined Olympic weightlifting and stagnated it. Remember Saeid Alihosseini? The Iranian kid who probably would have gone on to break all records but was banned for life before his 22nd birthday. It fucked up Pat Mendes' promising career too.

[SF1900]

Seems like he's not convinced he'd beat the drug testing.

Drug testing has ruined Olympic weightlifting and stagnated it. Remember Saeid Alihosseini? The Iranian kid who probably would have gone on to break all records but was banned for life before his 22nd birthday. It fucked up Pat Mendes' promising career too.

Yup. I just read that he is banned until 2021 from competing-he will be 33 at that time.

[SuperTed]

I just discovered that Aleksey Lovchev broke the world record in the C&J (264kg) and total (475kg) last month, beating the previous record set by Rezazadeh (although the C&J is 2kg below what Taranenko did under the old records). I can't remember reading about this on getbig. Looks like it flew under the radar.

Strongest man on the planet?

[WOOO]

I just discovered that Aleksey Lovchev broke the world record in the C&J (264kg) and total (475kg) last month, beating the previous record set by Rezazadeh (although the C&J is 2kg below what Taranenko did under the old records). I can't remember reading about this on getbig. Looks like it flew under the radar.

Strongest man on the planet?

Smell isn't everything.