IWF Lift the World Weightlifting Documentary

[@bernieperez]

"I don't consider the members of the other federations my rivals. The only opponent I'm fighting against is the world record" - Lu Xiaojun

[@ke3285]

Bernie Perez Lu is our nigga, Lu is our idol

[@你的父親-j3h]

in chinese, i mean in mandarin , he said it like I'm compete to myself ,totally not arrogant , he is a super nice and humble person

[@leonleonov1305]

''I don't consider other weightlifters as my rivals.I know I am better prepared than them. The only oponent I'm fighting with is myself. If I resist the temptations of going to a night clubs, drinking or doing other stupid things, no body can defeat me!'' - Angel Genchev. The haviest man to lift three times his own body weight.

[@Dance1617]

Lu has to think like that, he has no human competition

[@tomsoleymanbik3266]

Bernie Perez maybe you should watch 1988 Seol Naim Suleymanoglu. See what dominance means.

[@plasmadrip4633]

0:00 this opening is absolutely beautiful.

[@XtarShoter]

what a pairing right, Weightlifting is the classical genre in weight training.

[@euphoricrun]

Having practiced as olympic weightlifter in the past, this documentary brought back some good memories and made me want to get back to it. Maybe I will.

[@openedboxgaming1719]

Hope you did friend

[@allgoo1964]

I think the weight lifting competition has the most diverse participants and countries. A country nobody ever heard of gets a podium and the lifter becoming instant national heroes. It's largely dependent on individual strength and skill.

[@brycebyte]

This was just fantastic, thank you

[@KarthiKeyan-gp6et]

The Strength Athlete Hhii

[@tryphon20]

Very nice documentary!Weightlifting deserves these things.Deserves the "King of Sports" title.The most demanding sport requiring agility,strength,speed,concentration among others and all those at the highest value.No fancy clothes and arrogant athletes.Humble and hard working modern Hercules guys! We love weightlifting!

[@proudHughesfan]

Sir, that was very well put. Especially the last 2 sentences.

[@Ainttrippin]

Tryfon Plessias ..and lots and lots of steroids.

[@Ainttrippin]

No. Not all successful athletes take steroids. And you sound like a moron when you say that.

[@jureslegel3877]

Profesional sports at its best are all on so high level you must using lets say enhancers for your body to get to that level. Athletes use the enhancers because the competition is crazy and there are a lot of money for medals. Simple as that.

[@bradleybunch2029]

@Joseph Doe lol

[@hobit7585]

"in weightlifting in order to win first place, 90% of the time you must beat the chinese and is damn hard to do so"

[@leonleonov1305]

@@wolfdog5981 If they change the training method to bulgarian system they will probably beat the Chinesse. Bulgaria was only 8 million people and they were still the best in the 70s and 80s and even some of the 90s

[@stefanfreestylez]

Luckily the big boys dont have to worry about the lil china men in their category

[@Dayum286]

arde how to explain the China’s male football team

[@hsuchenjie]

@@stefanfreestylez 109 kg silver medalist 2018 worlds = Chinese man. You = dumb:( also china dominates almost all the heavier weight classes haha, 96kg, 85 kg... r u ok?

[@liquidsquid101]

@@wolfdog5981 You clearly haven't been to India :D That's gonna take a aaaaaaaaaaages. Half the people don't even use cutlery, don't expect global reign from India anytime soon. Also poor genetics for lifting. Don't get me wrong, I love India, but that was just a silly comment

[@DJHEV]

As an athlete of the iron, much respect for weightlifting.

[@SjorsGameplay]

LMAO lu xiaojun and liao hui in the club this is awesome ahaha

[@harrisonsloan6036]

post mortem russia: train hardddd, die die die die China: lets go clubbing lol

[@lukelee2074]

That is just showing off for documentary

[@Uzumatha]

I LOVED this documentary! Thank you IWF!

[@alonsobarrera2997]

At 29:45, It seems that Lu Xiaojun was at that club only for eating hehehe

[@WEI-lu4io]

Coz his wife will be angry if he wanna hook "grip" gal HAHA.

[@trexbattle]

Pour manger et dancer

[@zemstone]

Yes! Finally it's out Based Klokov

[@Mktgaming2023]

Worth the wait! Brilliantly produced, shame there was no Ilya, but it's really motivating! Can feel a 200KG Snatch coming tomorrow morning :-) THANKS IWF!

[@TheTigerRunner]

Lu Xiaojun is the best. :) So glad this documentary finally came out.

[@anitam9502]

The best video that i never saw in my whole life, this define the weight lifting in all forms. weightlifting will be always the best sport in the whole world!

[@PrometeoDLMR]

Wow! Who would’ve known! The first story is located in my hometown! San Luis Potosí! México. Greetings.

[@AnthonyMcqueen1987]

Great documentary on these amazing athletes much respect to all the discipline and time it took to get them where they are.

[@stelliumeleven2889]

klokov father and son scene on the couch gave me feels. 30:30 if you want a good laugh

[@Darkmaster3694]

Funny to see in 2015, Dmitry Klokov had hopes of winning gold then the same comity (IWF) that made a documentary starring him decides to ban the Russian lifters, sort of disheartening.

[@stefanfreestylez]

Theyre literally allll on it that does nothing for the sport

[@danielhenderson762]

IWF don't have that authority. If wada pops someone, they're banned. IWF has no say

[@HeathWatts]

When will we stop pretending that high-level and pro athletes aren’t all using PEDs? It’s been that way for decades in most sports and about 70 years in Olympic weightlifting.

[@justindenver5692]

This documentary was made 6 years ago.. cant believe Lu Xiaojun is still the best one all over the world....He just won another gold medal in Tokyo Olympics 2021 😂😂😂 Congratulations! Lu Xiaojun!

[@ohioman008]

lu hasnt compete yet, i think u are talking about the other chinese weightlifter

[@angelkilier]

@@ohioman008 Maybe he's a psychic or something. Lu actually won the gold. LOL

[@ohioman008]

@@angelkilier lol hahahah he must be

[@KavishBatra]

Dimitry Klokov the only reason i watched it nd Then i Just Loved the whole thing..... Loved the documentary...... thanks a lot

[@SpartanBaron16]

Absolutely fantastic work. Hopefully this helps more people find the beauty in the sport.

[@moses-fitness-gym]

Thought it was great, but there is so much more to the world of weightlifting. Please make more!

[@Palestineexists]

Competitive weightlifting gave me lots of confidence and discipline. ❤️ 🏋️‍♀️

[@germanolivera2188]

The best documentary that I´ve ever seen. Thanks

[@MrHg914]

Wow.... one of the best dcoumentarys I ever seen.. 11/10 Nice Job.....

[@deppwaswho]

the piano song at the beginning was beautiful, does anyone know what it is?

[@KingElrosTarMinyatur]

***** One of the most famous pieces of history, Clair de lune by Debusse.

[@sergiogodoy340]

***** Claude Debussy's Clair de lune

[@Daluke61]

***** Like others have said, 'Clair de lune'. It's a favorite of mine mainly because my mom used to play that on the piano quite frequently at home when I was growing up. Always love hearing it!

[@Matrix-wg2iq]

***** the Evil Within by Sebastian Castellanos

[@frankieimpastato9133]

This is incredible! I am very happy to have seen this video, this is a must share.

[@muhammadbegaliev9198]

It is so Beautiful. Thanks to those who worked on this film. It is amazing!!!!

[@cyruscruz90]

Thank you IWF! #olympicweightlifting #LIFTTHEWORLD

[@atuldixit007]

Leg day every day

[@kekw9928]

true bros skip leg days

[@nathanielsablan2474]

Eyre Borne I was once a true bro. I have since learned the error of my ways

[@heshamaldhahiry95]

@@kekw9928 and look like a lollipop

[@AZ-rg3rf]

the way it should be

[@immxrtalized]

@@kekw9928 true men train for a massive chest, massive arms, and massive legs. And most importantly, back.

[@evagenesiz7802]

i do a lot from bodybuilding, powerlifting or even a little bit of crossfit no "bs movement like flapping pull ups etc" but i fell in love with weightlifting.

[@sinlokemp]

Beautiful documentary.. really inspiring

[@PermanentHigh]

9:10 "You merely adopted lifting. I was born in it, molded by it"

[@06livefast]

I appreciate that the U.S. wasn't even mentioned once in this documentary for 2 reasons: The U.S. sucks at weightlifting and The U.S. sucks at weightlifting!

[@meathook3000]

06livefast lol... but they started out by talking about Mexico (wtf?)... they also left out many renown WL countries like Bulgaria, Khazakhstan, Iran, North Korea, etc.

[@06livefast]

***** Yes, but it wasn't about acknowledging all the great countries, it was about talking about the future of Olympic Weightlifting and how Weightlifting has touched even the poorest and war-torn countries like Mexico and shown how the future is bright with Weightlifting. Also, to mention the Chinese and Russians (because they are currently the masters of Weightlifting) is only suitable, and finally to not mention the US at all in regards to Weightlifting is just out of respect for the sport and not sugar coating reality, because when you swallow that cup of pride, its not hard to see that the US is fucking garbage at anything besides Gymnastics, Track and Field, and coming in second for every time in hockey.

[@Sam22music]

We have some great lifters... Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they suck. And yes, most Americans have little respect for oly lifting, but that doesn't defeat that there are some amazing lifters in the US.

[@Rsx6speed]

Sam 22 The US has amazing weightlifters? Please, give me a list of current world champions we have. How many world record holders do we have? How many Olympic medals have we brought home in the 21st century? While many of us would like the US to be at the forefront, don't be delusional, our lifters don't necessarily bring fear into the eyes of the international weightlifting community. Perhaps in the future, but not today nor in the recent past.

[@182chaos]

Did the first reply just say north korea? Lol

[@MeleDrummer]

Great documentary, I really enjoyed it, specially because it shows different approaches to the art of weightlifting. In future features, I would enjoy seeing Illya Illin and Lydia Valentin. Thanks for the film IWF!

[@W67w]

I don't follow weight lifting but these guys are p4p strongest men on the planet. And it is functional strength

[@Roosyer]

Agree. I was gonna argue gymnasts are close but gymnasts have zero lower body strength.

[@MrBreakingbad]

@Nosferatu He mentioned pound for pound. Yet you had to compare that with strong men. Usually fatsos resort to that bullshit.

[@slicedcucumber935]

+Nosferatu Zodd his name is Lu Xiaojun, not lyu. lol

[@slicedcucumber935]

+Nosferatu Zodd the extra "y" is just there to help english speaker to say his name right.

[@Roosyer]

Nosferatu Zodd YES, officially it's LYU but more commonly used is LU. Like Michael and Mike for example.

[@muthaflela5548]

I wish to do weight lifting but I have no weights and gym in my village :(

[@TanayGurjar]

Had tears in my eyes at the end

[@narayankannan9679]

This video is pure gold for weightlifting fans

[@alexskromniy698]

PERFECT, GUYS MAKE MORE DOCUMENTARY FILMS PLEASE

[@StavrosC3]

Where is the amazing Pyrros Dimas? :(

[@evilsnox6830]

+Stavros Man he is playing blacklight retribution

[@AlexiosKarakatsanis]

+Stavros Man him and Ilya Iliin are missing

[@qewr4231]

You be illin LOL

[@LunkHead5150]

Incredible video. I noticed a few seconds of Lidia Valentin. Well done.

[@OlyLiftingNut]

Brilliant video, loved it!!! Great to see the animations to help explain how the sport works too.

[@tanujgodara1243]

30:17 the big man bringin the heat with those moves. dude was killin it

[@PatrickSam]

Now this is a beautiful piece of work!

[@MellonVegan]

Only 10000 members in the Chines weightlifting federation? As far as I know Germany has 18000 and we downright suck at weightlifting :D Seems like the old argument of "there are just more Chinese" doesn't count much, then. They just do it better.

[@Mike-bt3ki]

Tobias Ommer there just are more chinese, china has the largest genetic pool in the world. the chinese government knows this and searches every nook and crevice for the perfect genetics suitable for the required sport. the chinese will be dominant at almost every sport in the forseeable future, with the monetary funds and support they give their athletes anything is achievable

[@yumengyan1520]

Tobias Ommer the Chinese official said its over 10,000 member, and it must be more than that, because we do not ask them to register (thats what he said in Chinese PS I am Chinese~~~)

[@MellonVegan]

Landroverboy New what?

[@yumengyan1520]

Landroverboy New lol i am speechless...

[@waswaswad]

Tobias Ommer Sag das mal Matthias Steiner

[@dna8269]

Amazing! Thank you for putting this together!

[@sukraatahluwalia5137]

@11:06, the man in the red shirt watching Aukhadov lift is Gennady Anikanov, Klokov and Klokov's father's weightlifting coach. He is the coach Dmitry is talking about here.

[@joshgarcia4968]

For some reason it made me laugh when they said "90% of the time to win you have to beat the Chinese"

[@AlejandroSanchez-pl6jw]

Josh Garcia sad but true

[@dencetrov7099]

I dont see much chinese in 90+ kg

[@trtnec]

@Den Petrov, hence 90% and not 100%

[@dencetrov7099]

It less than 90%

[@trtnec]

Den Petrov , of course not, and did you hear the idiom just before it? You think soccer rules consist of 22 players and Germans winning? Seriously, it will help you in parties to understand things like this

[@Gallagher.661]

Kind of was expecting more out of this documentary. And I would say that Weightlifting is right next to Wrestling with King of Sports.

[@urbanrani752]

Strength, humbleness and discipline at its best

[@romankaikobialkouski]

Круто) Кросс-фит сделал ТА популярным спортом во всем мире и это радует!

[@SheThe1Who]

Thank you for showing the beautiful strong African women!!💪🏿💯🎉

[@andt3316]

On July 31, in the men's 81 kg weightlifting final of the Tokyo Olympics, 37-year-old Chinese athlete Lu Xiaojun won the championship with 170 kg snatch, 204 kg clean and jerk, and a total score of 374 kg. The snatch, clean and jerk, and total scores all broke the Olympic Games Record.

[@ozwunder69]

seriously this was the first olympics to host the 81kg class

[@richard217]

great vid..but once again this documentary was still male dominant, there are so many great female weight lifters the IWF could have used...being a new subscriber to IWF...I've noticed that in a lot of their vids...

[@samshrewsbury2998]

Loved this Docu on weightlifting.

[@justinchu5940]

Why do they always put the 2.5 kg plates after the clips?

[@harleyzeth]

They're friction plates that won't fall off. It does bug me too though, the lazy bastards should put the clips after so it looks better!

[@kuyab9122]

Yeah. My OCD does not approve.

[@jackalacka2887]

It's so they can chance those micro plates faster when they move up the weight. Because it takes more time to take collars on and off just to add 1 kg.

[@portwill]

Nagyon jó dokumentumfilm lett, le a kalappal!

such a nice video..weightlifting it is so addictive...once you try it you never can quite...even though you retire it you will always be one of them...a lifter...

[@austindukes1089]

Lu has the best back development i have ever seen!! Insane.

[@eleanorclub]

Fabulous, engaging and inspirational. So well done. Thank you.

[@TacticalAkimbock]

i was just oloking for this, and it was just released yesterday NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Mnguyen92]

I didn't choose the weightlifting life, the weightinglifting life chose me

[@MrDjcorrupt]

That's deep

[@onLYbyM]

m nguyen 3deep5me

[@djtim06]

m nguyen thug life

[@johannesschaf1301]

Thats what the chinese guys are saying haha, they are the chosen ones

[@davide1000mr]

In Russia, weightlifting choose you.

[@cruznunez1910]

New to olympic weightlifting , im still a teenager , but i know what i want in life , a world title in this sport , this beautiful beautiful sport , ill work hard to get it

[@bouliopoulos]

amazing documentary

[@monserratetech]

The words of György Szalai... Fantastic!!!

[@xharekx33]

Please, please, add an undubbed version. All the emotion from the people interviewed is lost and all we get is the saccharined dialog of the dubber. Unbearable.

[@horatius780]

Please do this IWF. It really is unwatchable with the voice overs

[@colemcnair5752]

How many languages do you speak?

[@Fernando-zpt]

Cole McNair he meant subtitles...

[@pawenawrocki5554]

Harek SxE Yeah, I can hear that Klokov says more detailed information and the translation is a little bit different.

[@PrototypeBMX]

Paul Akama think the translation is just faster

[@byza101]

Watching this in 2022, Lu still at the top of his game, Dimitri doing crossfit and Shi has taken centre stage… Weightlifting is in good hands.

[@alessandrosouza9237]

Hello there, the documentary is fantastic! Is it possible to.add the Brazilian Portuguese to the subtitle options? If you need help with translation just hit me. Thank you!

[@Dmitrii_NY]

IWF ,You have to make The second part of the movie. And include other great athlets from Iran,Poland,Kazakhstan and ect. And even ,the third! And of course, thanks for your working.

[@marcelopaulino8939]

Olá, gostaria de pedir a vocês que colocassem legenda em Português/Brasil, vocês fizeram um ótimo trabalho. Obrigado

[@JUKEBOXX1990]

Excellent comments about strength and will in the opening scene.

[@SeanLiu01]

Does anyone know the song that's playing during Poland's title transition? ~ 19:19

[@AllBrawnsNoBrains]

Whats the song at 30:00, in Chinese club?

[@Zyzz69420]

Watching this pre-workout, time to go hit a snatch PR!

[@MonsterBeastFitness]

Chris how did it go?

[@xelhaku]

Chris retired after watching kids lifting more than him

[@Zyzz69420]

Manlylumberjack I actually pr'd for a double :)

[@TheQuigs07]

I think its quite out of the ordinary that Lu can train at such a low body fat %. Even Klokov has a bit more bulk to him. The amount of tension his muscles take must be astronomical incl. the energy output since the Chinese train exceptionally hard. These guys are built for greatness.

[@zee4125]

"out of the ordinary" As in not natural, right? Dude's clearly on roids. Still a beast though. It's a shame the public demonizes PEDs and hence athletes lie about it.

[@jackalacka2887]

The chinese also put a huge emphasis on recovery.

[@pelikhano]

What kind of music is that, at 40:00 the moroccan part?

[@chesterfont7275]

Is there any way to find that song/ melody that starts at 25:33?!?!?! Anyone know it?!?!?!!!

[@chikaamalaha8886]

Wow THIS IS MOTIVATING I love this. Motivational words builds the soul towards a goal.

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

Awesome documentary. As an american kid i wish that weightlifting was more prevalent in america as i would have loved to have started doing it at a young age, I think the USA would dominate if they gave it a chance, instead every great athlete plays football or basketball, but thats were the money is I guess.

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

+Paul Johnson well not really.. it's the same as american swimmers owning in the olympics. or americans being good in track and field. or basketball.. or soccer. its all the same. all olympic level athletes use gear. it's not as black and white as you think it is.

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

+Paul Johnson i bet even the female gymnasts that are 15 and 16 use some peds. you just have to basically accept it and don't let it deter you from embracing aspiring american weightlifters

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

bubbletea8888 Because we are the best country on earth by far lol. Any sport we truly want to dominate in, we could do it. Simple as that. If you think otherwise you are pretty ignorant. The only exception would probably be Jamaican sprinters or those east African marathoners, We still give Jamaica a a run for the money most of the time.

[@garionm.8021]

I'm 13 and started powerlifting when i was 12. I enjoy this sport very much and hold some records in powerlifting and I wish more people would weightlift/powerlift and just see how strong they can get I see myself as a pretty average strength kid before i started and now I can lift just under 300 lbs and i think many other kids could acomplish this or more

[@Benaddicted11trkfbal]

bubbletea8888 If you ask the average American what Olympic weightlifting is,99 percent of the time they will have no clue. It has nothing to do with American's capabilities or leg strength. We have a big enough population to pull athletes and make them world champs in any sport, Only if we prioritize them. Why do you think china is so good at weightlifting? Because its not just about strength. Its about having a ton of people to choose from, For example, China has over a billion people living in it. The most populous place on earth. They train their athletes from an extremely young age, and pick the best ones from a young age to train for the Olympics. Has less to do with genetics, more to do with having a large selection and high priority. Our Athletes go were the money is, and don't specifically train to squat the most amount of weight like you mentioned earlier. Our athletes go to the MLB, NBA, NFL, some even to NHL. This is were the money is

[@jkjoker777]

in the opening sequence why do they place small weights after the barbell collar?

[@M3OW]

Mayra A. wish I can find one without the english audio. So far its good though.

[@xdriverzero5415]

Amazing! Thank you for this documentary.

[@fokaskostas]

could you please tell me what is the name of the song that starts at 19:08?

[@adrianqureshi7160]

I have a newfound respect for Klokov.

[@MetalMaineiac]

Indeed.👍

[@bmstylee]

Simplicity of purpose. Complexity in execution.

[@raymondchow7045]

Is there song at 34:27 still clair de lune?

[@arjay2002ph]

weightlifting will accept you just as you are. it will only ask for your passion and your hard work.

[@paulp217]

Long awaited~

[@JorgeBordam1]

hahahaha Lu is a party animal!!!

[@michaelkelland7990]

Fuck yeah he is

[@Roosyer]

22:32 Oscar Figueroa, Olympic Gold medalist, ripped as fuck

[@Diego.cvz98]

gotta say I almost cry when i saw his last performance at rio. Super emotive.

[@VibrantFlow]

What's the song at 9:25? After when Dimitry said,"...it chose me." Please no daraude sandstorm comment.

[@marthaasad815]

+VibrantFlow Sarude Danstrom

[@VibrantFlow]

+Andrew Cashion :(

[@marthaasad815]

+VibrantFlow Ah man even Shazam can't tell ...

[@BottleDeposit]

This is a very interesting side of Dmitry Klokov that we are seeing here. He must know something about these graduates that come from schools like Oxford (where his dad was planning to send him to). Not entirely sure why he doesn't like these guys but Dmitry's got his interests in weightlifting (and competes), so he's been working way harder for a longer period of time than most of the Oxford/Harvard guys study in their college days anyways,

[@Hate2Reg]

Great documentary, thanks IWF!

[@desertwildcat9285]

Louis Litt cameo at 41:06

[@LazyBoyee65]

DesertWildcat ROFL I GOTCHU NIGGA, SUP MY SUITS BROTHA

[@aliray7979]

Great spot!!

[@hardpunk10101]

Xiaojun brings aesthetics to this sport. What a babe.

[@UKpowerlifting1]

Tfw when UK don't even know what weightlifting is

[@compounding_gains]

:'(

[@UKpowerlifting1]

Sooftah I know :'( everything lifting is so shit in uk

[@Tyngdlyftning1]

Harry Scott Clarence Kennedy? That young girl that outlifts most men? Rebecca something.

[@UKpowerlifting1]

( ͡° ͜c ͡° ) it's very rare

[@UKpowerlifting1]

***** what

[@Doe7251]

Brilliant documentary very inspiring

[@nb6918]

Could anyone tell me what the name of the song is at the very beginning? Thanks!