Simply incredible

[womprat]

dimas is a legend, he's amazing to watch. I think his best snatch was around 180k, 396 lbs , at under 187lbs bodyweight.

Yes, he won something like four gold medals, and then finished off with a bronze in the 2004 Olympics. He most likely didn't get another gold because of a wrist injury that he suffered right before competing.

I'm glad to see that everyone else is enjoying the video as much as I did. I watched it several times and showed it to my wife and she was also impressed. It's inspiring to watch this guy run through his routine. Like Musketeer said, he is very comfortable with the weights. His technique is down to a science, and he's obviously incredibly strong especially if you consider how much he weighs.



Womprat

 

[Tagio]

some pics from athens 2004 (with the wrapped/injured writs), his fourth and last olympics. he got 3 golds previously, and then a bronze at athens, the most olympic medals anyone's ever gotten in the sport. getting a bronze 16 years after your first gold is pretty amazing.

 

[Tagio]

not a bad vertical jump either

 

[seizer]

not a bad vertical jump either

LMAO!

That's insane!

 

[musketeer]

Tried the clean and jerks yesterday and the snatches today.

Been out of training for qte a while but managed:

Clean and split Jerk 242lb

Snatch 165lbs (comfortably - hey I NEVER did them before!)

SO I'm about half as strong on the snatch and 65% on the C&J.

(bump)

 

[hangclean]

I remember watching him on the olympics alst year for his last comp. He was one of the best. There are a few vids of him on irongame.com. Ive seen him do a clean and jerk in comp. without snapping his leg back. It was all upper body. Just for the record those are not 45 pound plates.

 

[musketeer]

some pics from athens 2004 (with the wrapped/injured writs), his fourth and last olympics. he got 3 golds previously, and then a bronze at athens, the most olympic medals anyone's ever gotten in the sport. getting a bronze 16 years after your first gold is pretty amazing.

Twelve years after... he's only 33 years old! He won his gold in 1992 and got his bronze in 2004.

 

[musketeer]

I've been including these oly lifts in my modified 5x5 routine by doing snatch on day one, overhead/front squat on day 3 and C&J on day five (days 2, 4, 6, and 7 being off).

Mon:
Snatch
Back Squat
Bent Row
Dip

Tues OFF

Wed:
Overhead Squat
Front Squat (light)
Bench Press
Deadlift
Chins

Thurs: OFF

Fri:
Clean and Jerk
Back/ Front Squats
Dumbell Press
Row/chins

Sat & Sun: OFF

 

[DieselGunz]

wow That is insane, he is toying with those weights

 

[b fold the truth]

I remember watching him on the olympics alst year for his last comp. He was one of the best. There are a few vids of him on irongame.com. Ive seen him do a clean and jerk in comp. without snapping his leg back. It was all upper body. Just for the record those are not 45 pound plates.

He "power jerks" instead of split jerk. Not many others do this.

Dimas is a GOD here. Given a good "army" status and pay. Said he hasn't spent much time at all with his family in nearly 15 years of training. Competed in Athens just over a month after he broke a bone in his hand/arm/wrist (basically the same word in Greek, so hard to tell what they were saying on TV).

When they put him on the podium at the Athens Olympics...the crowd sang the Greek national anthem while the Russian held the gold medal. It nearly gave me as many chills as it did when he missed his last clean and jerk, walked to the edge of the platform, and took his shoes off and left them there.

B True