Ilya Ilyin's Childhood, and Evolution of Training | WH Exclusive Part 1

Whilst living with Ilya and Meso in Doha, I sat down with Ilya for a long conversation about his career.
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[@Danr52504]

undefeated for his age group his entire life. Competing against professionals at 12 years old. Was denied the national record because he was too young...Amazing.

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

Illya be illin’

[@jacob_7567]

Popped or not Ilya is still my favourite!

[@usapower6208]

Dopped or not?

[@jacob_7567]

@@usapower6208 popped as in caught using banned substances

[@TheTexasOiler]

I love what you do for the sport, when i changed my training from the basic American bodybuilding formula to Olympic lifting. There wasn't much info or interviews with athletes of the sport thanks for bridging the gap, its inspiring and informative...

[@WeightliftingHouse]

I love to hear that!

[@ktnwood21]

Totally agree! Probably first channel to have athletes perspective and story. We only see them perform most of the time. This is great channel that is why I subscribed. Can't wait for next video. Thanks a lot

[@JG-ce6op]

Same here!!!! I love the channel.

[@zagato77904]

Damn, his English has gotten better

[@petermiller9628]

Ilya #1 in our hearts

[@r.c.6940]

Man before I started weightlifting, anytime I thought about Kazakhstan I thought of Borat lol. Now all I think about when I think of Kazakhstan is the GOAT, ILYA ILYIN

[@jacobusveeger5641]

Once again, one of the reasons I love KZbin. Great vídeo! Incredible content. Regards from Argentina.

[@RenegadeRanga]

The 🐐🐐🐐 I know he was juiced to the gills when he broke the world record but it doesn't matter. Seriously everyone is on it.

[@LuisGarcia-vi5rj]

Honestly fuck the IWF and the Olympics for pretending that their athletes are natural

[@naothi]

@@LuisGarcia-vi5rj Exactly! Every pro athlete at the very elite level are on something

[@eddieyoshida9627]

Ilya very cheeky guy...very unique competitor & my favorite lifter of ALL TIME💪☝️🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

[@harmond614]

能跟世界顶尖运动员这么近距离、像朋友一样的交流这么长时间，分享这么多的个人经历，在其他的运动领域简直是不能想象的。good job WH!

[@mozzer920]

Ilya is a legend-incredible weightlifter and performer. To go undefeated for such a long time is unbelievable. Really enjoy watching him perform.

[@philosophia7631]

Thank you again, Seb. This is insight into Ilya the personality ,not just the athlete, that the weightlifting spectatorship have been hungry for for a long time.

[@SHADOW5487]

Thank you for the interview

[@kingfua2988]

This is so awesome!!!

[@israelbardo]

Gracias WH, estas entrevistas se agradecen. Saludos

[@JannibalForKing]

Awesome content! I've watched every single video you have uploaded thanks to the quarantine haha

[@Hairy.Whodini]

Just looking at the movement of his empty bar warmups, the guy is a fucking machine! His lifts are so smooth and precise.

[@IvaneKatsitadze]

All the best for him! From 🇬🇪

[@usapower6208]

Georgia power!

[@garrylitvinov8028]

All is well that ends well.

[@RHR147]

Great channel!!

[@jingduolin298]

Amazing video

[@TheSkatingreptile]

Alexey Ni had a nice way of putting how I feel about all this..."Kazakhstan Number One ☝️"

[@usapower6208]

After Georgia, of course.

[@nndb9639]

Seb you seems to be a Nice Guy thanks for all!

[@disagio9517]

ilya is so adorable

[@abhishekudupa3818]

Ilya is wholesome.

[@ninjawithglasess2736]

I wish seb u could understand his language cause it seems like he had so much to talk but just because of language barrier he is struggling...But still 100s of athletes will come and go ilya will remain forever...Love to u channel and big ❤️ to GOD

[@pffthulu6545]

ILYAAAA!!

[@psyxex]

Good interview but you have to made available for everyone the rest of the parts!!!

[@WeightliftingHouse]

They are coming!

[@psyxex]

@@WeightliftingHouse Thanks Seb!

[@kayyyte]

Legend

[@hookedj7184]

2 weeks after he just started training he particpated in local championship and won competing with older kids being just 8 years old? He's truly gifted!

[@sabertoothwallaby2937]

His English is so good

[@garrylitvinov8028]

Michael Shaleen Yep. His English is perfectly well.))) But you don't have to judge do hastily of this.

[@GilBatesLovesyou]

It's kinda weird thinking about Ilya and his childhood numbers. Before my parents divorced (after the divorce it got lost unfortunately) my father got me some smaller 5 foot standard barbell and about 100lbs of plates when I was about 10 years old, and kinda taught me a vague power clean and jerk and the press, and I'd spend time at night as a kid just basically screwing around with it totally unsupervised, doing some floor presses/etc. Anyway, I remember being a bit proud of myself at I believe 80lbs or so that I could clean and press 60lbs for 2-3 reps after training maybe a year just totally randomly. It kinda pains me to think where I'd have gone if I kept lifting for those 10 years from when I first touched an Olympic bar at 20, but the bar got lost after the divorce and living with my mom she had no care about me in sports/etc. Hearing Ilya's numbers being similar to my own at his age is really interesting to me.

[@empireofhypertrophy]

I saw your comment on an old clarence video as well, just want to say that bro, the best time is now! despite what you may think or feel. Get after it.

[@GilBatesLovesyou]

@@empireofhypertrophy I'm happy in another non-lifting sport, though my lifting numbers are pretty mediocre, I'm older and my recovery has to be for the sport, so I only do things like say, squatting once a week, for that sake. But thanks, I made too many KZbin comments over the years. :/

[@empireofhypertrophy]

Glad to hear youre doing well@@GilBatesLovesyou

[@DR0SUS]

awesome

[@Cloud-Radio]

people do all kinds of exercise to improve voice but what a voice iliya has like a engine.

[@TomLaios]

Onya Ilya.The guy has a lot of personality.

[@andrewgordon777]

216 in Doha!

[@MonsterhunterFTWWTF]

What is your intro music? It's so good.

[@NM-bk3sk]

Illya illyan of Kazakhstan 🥰😍

[@TheTillhammer]

I can't find the rest of the interview on your patreon. (Yes I support you on there)

[@WeightliftingHouse]

It's uploading really slowly, sorry for the delay!

[@TheTillhammer]

Weightlifting House No worries 🙌

[@NM-bk3sk]

illya illyan for Ever

[@johntogher7356]

This is gold, love your channel. Ilya the best end of

[@harmond614]

虽然Ilyin表达的不那么清晰，但基本都听懂了。他只是在语言班学了一段时间的英语，能达到这种水平已经很棒了。

[@TehRealChruZ]

Where's part 2 and 3? They're not on the patreon

[@WeightliftingHouse]

It's up now!

[@TehRealChruZ]

@@WeightliftingHouse already in my watch later list😉

[@hookedj7184]

"I finished kindergarden, then I had 4 month free time before I started going to school". Sounds so gorgeous xD As its like Ilya manages his time from kindergarden)) Huge respect!

[@powerlifting4888]

👏👏

[@user-yg5rq7md5j]

Where is the part 3

[@ayushtserenkhash-erdene2150]

I noticed that he has a tattoo of a text on his inner right bicep. I wonder what it says.

[@ayushtserenkhash-erdene2150]

@Kamikaze Gorilla Thanks, bro.

[@Hairy.Whodini]

@Kamikaze Gorilla 😂😂😂

[@boskiromanfirma]

@Kamikaze Gorilla hahahha

[@pffthulu6545]

Damnit, Now I gotta learn whatever they speak in Kazakhstan in case I ever run into him.

[@haczabim]

Does anybody know what "jerje" or something like that means? what the coach screams everytime he lifts at competition

[@henderyjem6881]

"Держи!/Derzhi!" It means "hold!" in Russian

[@haczabim]

@@henderyjem6881 thanks!

[@kingfua2988]

I’m naming my first son ilya

[@edgarpizano823]

I can see coach Ni in the back

[@UofO08]

Top 5 weightlifter. Definitely one in a billion talent.

[@r.c.6940]

Ilya my favorite lifter of all time

[@serhiyrostotskyy3110]

but the most important is u u didnt watch him taking steroids....im the one who was in that theam....

[@mme9646]

but why is the video called like that when you dont discuss on when he got popped??

[@mme9646]

@Winner Nehra yeah, thought as much. but it's just clickbait

[@PS7601]

Мутко завидует тебе черной завистью, Ильюха! )))

[@dumahh6887]

where is the bit about him getting popped??

[@khvbl]

www.patreon.com/weightliftinghouse/posts

[@AntonioGranjo]

Still the best!!

[@guilhermesequeira9373]

First

[@usapower6208]

After Georgia

[@lorenzobenitezbarboza]

0:21 in the same bed uwu

[@dkr-fq3lt]

Everyone's on steroids, even lasha. He got popped for it back in 2013, and he's back breaking WR. It's just a corrupt system, when he was breaking the world records he was the poster boy of weightlifting, and once he got caught they threw him under the bus a shame tbh, yet no one mentions the other athletes they caught in the past some current world and olympic champions: moradi, lasha, aramnau etc. Not a steroid advocate but everyone's on it, its just those who are gifted and train that bit harder who become elite.

[@jonmendoza4790]

Hey man, I know this is late and you probably don’t care, but to clarify on one of those athletes. Moradi actually got popped for pain killers in the form of an opiate. Everyone else, I agree man.

[@dkr-fq3lt]

@@jonmendoza4790 yeh I made a mistake on that one you're on point, but honestly just because he passed his drug test doesnt mean he's drug free and with tamas ajan hiding tons of failed drug tests we don't really know, a drugged up ilya lifted 233, moradi went 189/233, to be at that level you need 'assistance' no normal 94kg lifter can lift near that naturally, but you're right bro; he is still my favourite weightlifter regardless.

[@jonmendoza4790]

Diveshkr 100% this shit with Ajan is crazy and I’m sure you’re right dude, have a great day king 👑

[@joshuayounan]

Diveshkr I have to disagree with you completely on that. Yes it’s very corrupted and some Athletes don’t get caught for “reasons” but you can’t say “no lifter at 94kg can lift blah and need assistance. Some has and probably will in the future. I’m not starting anything negative but you can’t say something you don’t know 100%! Some athletes ARE clean and lifted such RIDICULOUS weights like illa has. Just pointing that out

[@dkr-fq3lt]

@@joshuayounan bro name me one lifter at 94 that can lift 230 plus that is not doping or any weightlifter who is lifting some serious WR numbers at any weight class , America is supposed to have a really rigorous anti doping scheme in so how did lance Armstrong get caught not by tests but by his own team mates and later then on tests to confirm he was doping, he said it is so easy to past a doping test and a lot of these Eastern block countries require you to state what you are here for before you enter their borders and if you lie that is a straight prison sentence, all these athletes know in advance when anti doping agencies are coming, if lance Armstrong can pass a doping test in America for years do you think a country with state sponsored doping will not be even better at hiding and having measures in place to stop their athletes getting caught . Let's look at a 'clean athlete'. Wes kitts is a 109 he is doing 180 at 109 for the snatch and 220 for a c&j, lu xiaojun is snatching 177 at 77, rybkaou 187 at 85 and sohrab moradi is doing 233 at 94 do you not think something is fishy.

[@32srt32]

wish the translater could just speak for him so i could get a better idea of what he wanted to say to answer to the questions.

[@jeremyweems4916]

You uncultured swine. Use your brain.

[@Subzerowins]

He deserve the gold medals 🏅 he is a legend everybody uses drugs why they get they're rewards

[@32srt32]

enjoyed the interview but it never talked about anything about when he got popped or anything about that!

[@slothbin]

Wait for part 2 and 3 as Seb said in the intro

[@CaptainSamGarrison]

When did he talk about getting popped?

[@ryancope2589]

WMWLC it’s not in this one. Probably on the Patreon

[@thunderstrikkk]

Swindled!

[@WeightliftingHouse]

That's my mistake. This episode cut off just short of that. BUT I will be uploading the rest before too long!

[@serhiyrostotskyy3110]

if you'd like to take interviviev with me....give me a call

[@user-og9ms4oj2h]

Нормуль побазарили

[@aidanivesdavis]

With videos like this with poor audio quality and strong accents, it would be really nice to have subtitles, if it’s not too much trouble. Love the video, thank you Seb!

[@steveshep9234]

ilya puts me in mind of valentino rossi , he was the goat but maybe he cannot get quite back to the top even so he he is still the most loved

[@zm-lw1zf]

Why this polish interviewer doesnt speak russian,torturing the champ with english

[@jessicaostrowicz7150]

*English interviewer with a Polish surname ;)

[@trancemadmaz]

@@jessicaostrowicz7150 Are both your parents Polish?

[@garrylitvinov8028]

Ильин пытается сказать что его брат был страше его на девять лет. He's nine years old than me.))) Who taught you to say that?

[@garrylitvinov8028]

Galym Seihumov, first name Seihumov! )) Goodness, gracious! What are you talking about?

[@user-og9ms4oj2h]

На русском не мог подготовить вопросы

[@grumpycroissant8712]

A competitor's logo sticker on your laptop casing? 🤔

[@dankent8635]

The weightlifting world is small - mostly the people who film/photograph are friendly rather than seeing each other just as competitors

[@snoochpounder]

this dude isnt even close to being the most famous weightlifter of all times

[@WeightliftingHouse]

He really is

[@kingfua2988]

Geezus STFU

[@iswearallthetime]

Ask him if he took drugs. Anything else dont mean shit. Ask him.

[@fmls8266]

Stfu

[@kingfua2988]

@@fmls8266 No kidding right? Douche

[@SuperOlds88]

Drugged up cheater.

[@SuperOlds88]

@Winner Nehra Just because everyone is doing it doesnt make it right . If they have to resort to cheating then they should drop the sport because its no longer a sport, it becomes a game of who can cheat and get away with itj. Thats BS. The results aren't a true reflection of these athletes real capabilities, they are inflated results so whats the point?

[@SuperOlds88]

Well he has proven that without the drugs he is no wheres near the lifter he once was when he used drugs. He is certainly still using drugs but to a point where he can get away with it. Nobody in their right mind thinks an athlete takes a drug and it suddenly makes them a super-hero or a better athlete. Of course it takes work which is exactly what the drugs allow you to do more of then a person that doesnt use them. It would be great to see what humans can do on their own but of course that will never happen because its human nature to try to get an advantage and especially an unfair advantage. Its not fair if everyone supposedly is doing it because the athletes you dont see or hear about are the ones that refuse to cheat so they arent up on a pedestal. The ones who dont cheat are the real winners.

[@Julian1984Iran]

Super doper. Very shameful.