8:00 Light squats today. Up to about 280. Nice and light.

@feelsman7837

3 жыл бұрын

Traditional Chinese squat racks

@jonmolina948

Жыл бұрын

He did a 320kg squat before competing. Not sure how many days out.

Botev's best back squat was 350 and he also power cleaned 240 at 110 kg bodyweight. An amazing lifter.

@johnnyfryar

Жыл бұрын

He got screwed by bs weight classes. He should be HW and over 275 super heavy.

@callmeacutekitten8106

Жыл бұрын

@@johnnyfryar bro he was 5'10in or 178cm 110kg he'd just add fat mass

What i like most about this dude is how low-key he looks. No veins popping or abdominals showing. Just a regular Joe, who happens to be able to squat 300kg, power clean 250kg and snatch 200kg.

@ibfreely8952

2 жыл бұрын

He's a white boy and he isn't jacked. Deal with it.

@vintagelifts

2 жыл бұрын

Bro is over 120kg with litteral horse legs still

@grenadeout562

2 жыл бұрын

@@ibfreely8952 what does race have to do with this, not that we are white anyways. Also that guy has tree trunk legs, I don't know what you're talking about

@ibfreely8952

2 жыл бұрын

@@grenadeout562 those who know, know. Not everything is for everyone.

@mattjoshima6181

2 жыл бұрын

@@grenadeout562 It's a reference to a quote by Brock Lesnar.

Very interesting bar path. I have always been taught/told to get my shoulders over the bar after the first pull. He stays incredibly vertical, getting over just slightly. Phenomenal technique.

The training videos featuring Stefan Botev are probably the best ones ever--super thorough, and the workouts are heavy and exciting.

@xgamermudkip7154

Жыл бұрын

Check out the videos of Ilya Ilyin on weightlifting house

Fantastic lifter. They don’t make them like they used to.

@Dashyrre

5 жыл бұрын

Nobody deems BG Light humane anymore.

@ryancope2589

3 жыл бұрын

Pumped with dope

@22448824

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryancope2589 Just like nowadays

@hilmyrahmadani3114

3 жыл бұрын

@@22448824 lesser dope

@mme9646

3 жыл бұрын

They don't dope like they used to either

Wow, just finished the whole clip...very impressive!!! The guy was a work-horse. Thanks for the upload.

Bought this from IronMind back in the 90s. Probably watched it 10 times.

The greatest weightlifting footage ever shot

His style is unique. The 250 clean is magic !!

Thanks for uploading this historical footage. What an incredible athlete!

My favorite lifting video of all time. Thank you so much for posting!!!!!!

@user-xt5qb2yr6x

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that been watching this since day one

After all the snatching and clean and jerk. Hes got energy for the big squats

@alagon

8 жыл бұрын

+J Henn The magic of steroids.

@maxaffe3195

5 жыл бұрын

@@alagon also conditioning. squats arent the most taxing after all.

@mattsalvatore3193

5 жыл бұрын

@@alagon Still possible to train like this without steroids. Obviously less volume & intensity, but same principles.

@Dashyrre

5 жыл бұрын

@@mattsalvatore3193 Stefan has admitted to taking roids tho. You can't work 10/12 hours of weights all day every single day and not be geared up.

@mattsalvatore3193

5 жыл бұрын

@@Dashyrre I don't think even olympic lifters train 12 hours per day. 3 x 1-2 hour sessions?

Thank you very much for uploading this!

Wait... where is his belt?? oh he doesn't need one

Thanks a ton for posting this!

Thank you for posting, love it

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW YESSS THANKYOU IRONMIND!!!

thanks for posting this gem for people Randy, I have this dvd but its always a fun watch

@seancavey5220

7 жыл бұрын

Where can I get the DVD?

@seancavey5220

7 жыл бұрын

Also what's the name of the DVD.

@avwl0

7 жыл бұрын

Sean Cavey I believe this is the Guangzhou DVD, check ironmind store

@qtpie2630

6 жыл бұрын

ironmind.com

@SoulFlyShogun

6 жыл бұрын

SmallersCY zzz zzzi

Първият човек ,който вкара на пазара Musashi в българският пазар.Най-добрите добавки и креатин!!!

One of the best vids.Thank you ironmind

Wow. This guy is so fucking ridiculously strong. He makes 270 kg in the squat look like a toy. Jesus.

@alanaliyev456GT

6 жыл бұрын

Sean Cavey he was more strong than quantity of "supers"...his strenght allowed him to win a Bronze medal at 1996 Atlanta game(gold:Chemerkine Silver:Weller) in king Category (withouth need increase his weight or more than 15kgs ) if my memory is good he weighted 125kg...(15 at 50 under other "Supers")...

amazing video. Great commentary

Thank you!!!!

"Light squat session" 260kg x 5 280kg x 3

Pure inspiration

We need Kurlovich's Training vids... I bet those are hard to get though.

Amazing lifting. Late in the video when he squats 320 after an insane session of snatching up to 200 and c&j to 240 absolute beast.

Absolute beast!

Stefan botev is my favorite weightlifter ever

awesome video!! do you plan on uploading any other long ones like this?

for now i will mimic the right foot tilt before a heavy squat,i think its most important :P

Beast!

The only Bulgarian to bring the Musashi brand to the Bulgarian market.

In 1988 because of this man success along with the other bulgarian phenomenal weigh-lifters, the bulgarian team was discarded from Seoul olympic games as they threatened the great countries titles (USA, USSR...) in weighlifting and would potentially it would have been a dramatic failure in competition for them. Have in mind until then Stefan Botev has never ever been even accused or pointed out as taking forbidden stimulants.

@stan9036

3 жыл бұрын

But, he was. At this level athletes despite being the best of the best, have to take stuff

@ggochkov

3 жыл бұрын

@@stan9036 Legal staff OK but forbidden is a trademark for the great countries only. Who's paying the money after all?! We do what we do, but finally the Olympics are one big lie, and while there is a special permission to use stimulants for definite athletes like Simon Biles, Serena Williams and etc. for example: www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/sports/simone-biles-serena-venus-williams-russian-hackers-doping.html. So what do you think finally?

@FearWarboar4135

2 жыл бұрын

Ivan Abidchiev documented his athletes dosages and some athletes who were taking 240 oral steroids a week. So I’m just saying they were all doping like crazy.

@jeffmuenster5131

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but remember, 2 or 3 of the team's lifters, including Angel Guenchev, tested positive for steroids; thus, they were booted out.

@ggochkov

Жыл бұрын

​@@FearWarboar4135 You'd propably familiar with the training system of Ivan Abadjiev?! Or you propaply know only the steriods dossages? Is there allowed steriods? Or it is fair to compete with one taking bunch of steriods without himself being checked, because he is from USA, UK, Canada and all of these countries investing in the sport all over the world including control organs like WADA?

7:38 when he’s explaining what he was doing in training prior to what he was doing currently in this is insane 🥶

The baddest man to walk the planet 🌎

haha Telstra shirt - onya Australia!

Is the first snatch not 170? It looks like two reds, one blue, one white = (25 + 25 + 20 + 5)x2 + 20 (bar) = 170.

Botev and marc huster have the most solid jerks that i can recall, if they clean it, its going over head

If you play the video at .25 speed it sounds like what I would imagine the inside of an alien spacecraft would sound like.

Anybody know the name of the plates which aren't Eleikos?.....They had 2 different layers of rubber in the bumpers.

12:43 "This is a guy who was rumoured to have clean and jerked 270" Somehow I find this hard to believe because even Lasha ended up maxing out on the C & J when the bar reached that weight during training

SUper strong

just got a sub, IronMind. great stuff

Botev trainning session was insane and he did not use belt at anytime, according to an interview he lifted 270 and he was going to tray in a olympic games but his coach doesn't permit it

@Donantonio26

Жыл бұрын

He did 260 in training. He was getting ready to attempt to C+J 270 but his coach Ivan Abajiev told him not too because the risk was too high. Ivan said he could attempt it after he wins the olympics that year (1988 Seoul, Korea). However, he never got the chance to compete as Bulgaria as a country pulled all of their athletes out after lighter athletes tested positive for banned substances. Had he competed, he was ready to hit 210+260=470@110 which would have given him a Sinclair of 504.5. 4.5 points higher than Niam Soleymanlou.

I wonder what he could squat 100% fresh? 340-350?

Just read Varbanov's interview yesterday. He was asked what were some of the most impressive lifts he had seen in his time and he said Botev did 380kgx5 and 450kgx1

@PPRhydon

4 жыл бұрын

Do you have the source by any chance? Sounds ridiculous asf, but I wouldn't be surprised if he did.

@HIMCULES

4 жыл бұрын

@@PPRhydon www.weightliftinghouse.com/2019/05/03/alexander-varbanov-interview-part-1-biggest-training-lifts-of-the-bulgarian-team/

@PPRhydon

4 жыл бұрын

@@HIMCULES I appreciate it man.

@vintagelifts

2 жыл бұрын

He didnt tho his max back squat is 350 (source botev himself in interview with weightlifting house)

@HIMCULES

2 жыл бұрын

@@vintagelifts Botev should know best

Are these hercules barbell

holy fuck

Does anybody know what shoes is Stefan wearing?

@RainBoxRed

5 жыл бұрын

Giuliano De Sabata looks like adidas.

@davidadeyemo7811

5 жыл бұрын

His own show

@22448824

2 жыл бұрын

Really? Why do you care about the style of lifting shoe? They didn’t.

@surrealtom

Жыл бұрын

@@22448824 its not about style, its about effectiveness (and, in this case, heritage)

174?

bulgarian method???

@dickpiano1802

5 жыл бұрын

Dario Manca No, Stefan Botev always had his own coach and prepared separately from the national team. I read this in an interview.

@IlianNachev

11 ай бұрын

Of course it was the Bulgarian method. All of the elite lifters in Bulgaria had their personal coaches, but they all answered to Ivan Abadjiev. When they went to the national gym to prepare for a competition, they all submitted to his methods and directions. I have very close friends who were training in that gym and I was there watching them in the presence of Ivan Abadjiev.

One of the best natural bodybuilder

@isaacpiper510

Жыл бұрын

Wasn’t natural and quite clearly not a bodybuilder

@Mani_Matter

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacpiper510 hater

@isaacpiper510

Жыл бұрын

@@Mani_Matter I mean, you don’t know what you’re talking about so…

@Mani_Matter

Жыл бұрын

@@isaacpiper510 wanna be a hater now?

@isaacpiper510

Жыл бұрын

@@Mani_Matter all I’m saying is that he was not a bodybuilder as clearly shown and he was also not natural

Bulgarians is only 7 millions

Vrrrrrrooooooom!

We can see Iron Mind on the bottom of the screen so why in the hell is it also showing in the middle of the screen? Viewers deserve to be treated better than this.

with a big blue logo all over? please...can you tell me where is the Bulgarian original of that video?

Putting a watermark over the entire video is a dick move

His forearms are the size of his girlfriends thighs.

Почему-то у болгар, все штангисты сальные, толстые, а советские были прекрасно сложены- Ригерт, Варданян, Михалёв, Кузнецов, Писаренко, Курлович?! Что они ели?

Весь видос посмотрел, тип мощный жесть.

Aussie aussie aussie....