Youtube vids that don't suck

[Mercere]

He changed his name too. It used to be Shalamanov when he competed in Bulgaria. He is Turkish, just born in Bulgaria and then had the opportunity to move. I hear he was pretty well compensated to do so. Australia also picked up some lifting talent around the same time. Of course the US had Antonio Krastev move here, he offers to lift for us and what - he worked as a bouncer in NY. They never had him on the team and to my knowledge never had him as a trainer. WTF, I'm not one to usually critisize but from what I have seen (and heard time and time again from those involved) there is a lot of bullshit politics in USAW - as if they don't have enough problems.

I was talking about Reza Zadeh. There is a jinx of miscommunication in this thread.

 

[Lifting N Tx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-IadDDsK4

Love this video, Olympic squatting like buttah.

Explosive GM's at the end... with what? 300lbs or so?

That's been one of my favorite videos since the first time I saw it. At first I thought "he's going all the way down but it's not much below parallel". Then, I looked again and saw how far forward his knees came. I think he could front squat almost like that.

I've wondered since I first saw it who the dude is, though. One of the comments says hes a 3 time Olympic medalist.

Sarge or anyone else, do you know who that is?

 

[Madcow2]

I was talking about Reza Zadeh. There is a jinx of miscommunication in this thread.

Who is Perry Como?

 

[silver_shadow]

He changed his name too. It used to be Shalamanov when he competed in Bulgaria. He is Turkish, just born in Bulgaria and then had the opportunity to move. I hear he was pretty well compensated to do so. Australia also picked up some lifting talent around the same time. Of course the US had Antonio Krastev move here, he offers to lift for us and what - he worked as a bouncer in NY. They never had him on the team and to my knowledge never had him as a trainer. WTF, I'm not one to usually critisize but from what I have seen (and heard time and time again from those involved) there is a lot of bullshit politics in USAW - as if they don't have enough problems.

he was, and turkey had offered raza zadeh some big bucks too.