Konstantin Konstantinovs break raw deadlift world record!

[Gringo]

@jpez: Yeah I was thinking about the same thing. Maybe it's something like "Come on!"

[wobbles]

Another ridiculous display of otherwordly strength from the great Konstantinovs. This is done while recovering from a back injury incurred during squatting. Looks to me like he's bulking up, maybe going after Bolton's record? I think he can do it.

[rere]

Another ridiculous display of otherwordly strength from the great Konstantinovs. This is done while recovering from a back injury incurred during squatting. Looks to me like he's bulking up, maybe going after Bolton's record? I think he can do it.

432kg! That's just sick, real sick weight. I look at him and think his grip strength must be scary, imagine him gripping you by the throat, not that he 's a bad guy et al. I love watching this man you can really see the effort he is putting in, in lifting the bar from the floor.

I think he might be going after Bolton's record, is there a way of finding this out?
Your a true inspiration Konstantin.

[kidsoftheblackhole]

Is that what Nietzsche meant by 'overhuman'?

[JasonLB]

Konstantin "Übermensch" Konstantinovs... has a nice ring to it

[JasonLB]

Some new videos:







And my favorite...



This guy is a fucking animal.

[wobbles]

Great vids Jason! Best part: the introduction of the "JOSKA!" guy!

[jpez]

Most impressive for me were the squats. 285 kg for 6 reps!

[kidsoftheblackhole]

Doesn't it look like he's just touching parallel? Scary weights anyway.

[JasonLB]

Maybe, but then again that's all he really needs to do as a power lifter.



Looks like it would pass to me.

[wobbles]

Read a Konstantinovs interview a while ago in which he specified he only did oly squats. I was looking forward to watching him do ass to grass oly squats (Koklyaev style), but I guess he just meant squatting with a fairly narrow stance and narrow bar grip?

[kidsoftheblackhole]

You don't need to go below parallel in powerlifting competitions?

[tarun]

No, parallel is all you need. And I also look forward to seeing him do ATG high bar squats...I saw a site that had a translation of his workouts, and he said he started doing Olympic squats cause he felt they helped more with deadlifts.

[JasonLB]

"Olympic squats" are just high bar squats; depth doesn't have anything to do with it. O-lifters generally go rock bottom because that's actually the position they are strongest in and a position they need to work on because of their sport. Obviously, that's not the case for a sport like powerlifting.

And it's a pretty common sentiment that high bar squats help more with deads. The start of a conventional pull is all about leg drive, so the more upright position of high bar has more carryover.

[Vlad]

Read a Konstantinovs interview a while ago in which he specified he only did oly squats. I was looking forward to watching him do ass to grass oly squats (Koklyaev style), but I guess he just meant squatting with a fairly narrow stance and narrow bar grip?

I read a recent interview with Konstantinov (in russian) and he said that he used to do Oly squats in the past. Now he does box squats and powerlifting style free squats.