Rarely Video of Soviet Weightlifter - David Rigert - Мастера железной игры

[@dutchdaedalus]

Wes Anderson should do a film about an Oly lifter at the 1976 Olympics. Music, fashion, funny hair and moustaches, fat dudes in tiny singlets surrounded by smartly dressed refs and officials in coat and tie, all quirky elements are there.

[@GKJavelinThrower]

That is a fantastic idea!

[@Scouter5050]

This is bro footage at it's finest.

[@jeffmuenster9457]

Folks, if I had to spend the day as a spectator in a gym, THIS would be the place, any day, over any US gym currently out there. Think of what one could learn from the calibre of talent walking around in there vs. the mirror-gawking pumpers and pasty doughboy-looking tatooed "powerlifters" currently residing in our gyms here. Rigert was, for many of us, our idol back then, and hands down was one of the sport's greatest achievers. I remember meeting him back in Dec '75 at the Continental Europe vs. The Americas competition in Gettysburg, after he set a new world record C&J of 485. The man just glowed, and what a stage presence! I shall never forget it, nor that near-legendary Soviet team he lifted for. Yeah, he has just one Olympic gold medal, but he also has 62 world records.

[@6subswith0vids80]

So you prefer to learn about Olympic weightlifting by spending time on an Olympic weightlifting dedicated gym full of Olympic calibre competitors instead of a powerlifting gym. I mean, it only makes sense...

[@aalishah4941]

I love classic weightlifters and classic weightlifting 👊☝💪

[@kendesjarlais7577]

rigert was the man, in those days..... beast

all of them great athletes...

[@legatuslegionis6750]

Alexeev, Osmanaliev, Rakhmanov, Pisarenko, Vardanian, Rigert ect....Russians, Kirgizs, Uzbeks, Ukrainians, Armenians, Wolga-Germans in one great team....USSR!

[@robertcrist4749]

Dude- don't forget the East Germans and Bulgarians before "perestroika".

[@ashini9511]

Who was the head coach of the national team in this time?

[@legatuslegionis6750]

@@ashini9511 you can see him on 2:27,-Kudyukov Igor Savich

[@ashini9511]

@@legatuslegionis6750 Thank you my friend. You have some informations to give me about him?

[@arsen2506]

@@ashini9511 I may answer your questions due to me understanding Russian. Igor Kudyukov Savich, soviet weightlifter, coach, and head coach of Soviet weightlifting team (1975-1980).

[@justindc5362]

Man soviet athletes were just on another fucking level

[@GOAT-rl2uq]

Rigert looks sort of like Michael Palin. Also, holy fuck these guys were built.

[@ПорфирийИванов-з2ф]

Ба,какие лица!!!😲👍 Варданян,Ригерт, Алексеев, Рахманов!

[@healthyyou9887]

I request to KZbin please don't delete or remove this video 🙏🙏🙏 .. doesn't matter what century is goin on 🙂

[@alfredmorganroth9349]

Awesome video ,thank you

[@cristinadullius1993]

Sehr gute Dokumentation aus der besten Zeit des Gewichthebens.!!! Leider Vergangenheit. Rolf

[@howardmenkes2926]

My Coach was Naum Kelmansky. All respect to the great teachers and champions.

[@НурсултанМаматов-ч1э]

Настоящие любители спорта

[@cjmarsh321]

Is this the russian version of pumping iron?

[@joseantoniomoch4006]

Pumping iron is about narcissistic nances.

[@mr.billthrower7392]

Man I love that music in the beginning. 0:27

[@dakotahayden6937]

Another legend, perhaps the greatest of that era, Vasily Alekseyev, at 0:22.

[@Андрей-и7г4м]

Такая плеяда Великих спортсменов была возможна только в СССР. Вечная им память!!!

[@Arthur-th9zd]

не мели ерунду, ага только в совке и нигде больше, расскажи это Писаренко, которого как только мог сливал госком спорт. Так что не мели хуйню дядя

[@rahulmitra6171]

Man...I think my testosterone just shot up 200 points!

[@cannonfodder8287]

So now it's at 200 points! Good for you!

[@noyouareracist4431]

@@cannonfodder8287 nice one

[@peterkerslake3201]

David was Russian head coach until a few years ago. He was by then a small slight grey haired man but his lifters were inspired and in awe of his knowledge and inspiration and he slapped the shoulders of the big men and sent them out onto the stage to beat the world.

[@rfjohns4452]

I was shocked when I saw how much weight he lost .Truly shocking...

[@LK-oi6bq]

@@rfjohns4452 When you are no longer on roids.

[@1000JackFoster]

Спасибо!

[@JohnCook-bx4gv]

1:06 that haircut tho...

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Rigert to me was the greatest weightlifter of all time though he has only one Olympic Gold Metal to show for his effort. He pushed himself to the limit at every contest he competed in. He was no slacker like Alexeev could be or head case like Valery Shary. Here is my analogy to my two great sport heros. David Rigert is to Olympic Weightlifting as Carlos Lopes is to Marathon running!!

[@418cjpaul]

why do you think Shary was a head case?! I saw him lift and he seemed very normal

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

@@418cjpaul You didn't see him in the 72 Olympics where he and Rigert both bombed out. Both of them were inconsolable and were ignominiously sent back to the USSR in disgrace. A bemused Lief Jenssen quickly pulled his starting lifts down to lighter weights and coasted to victory being the first and still the only Norwegian weightlifter to ever win a gold metal in the summer Olympics! In fact, I belive he is the only Norwegian to win a Gold metal in the summer Olympics.

[@EzMDr]

Any idea about the background music at 0.27?

[@CompoundingTime]

These guys did so many steroids it was insanity. There wasn't much science behind the use outside of "it works" at the time so they just thought "more must be better, da?"

[@sterlingwillis8026]

Weight Lifting is a UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE 🤠💰♠️♣️♥️♦️

[@iPlainSushiCake]

Mirrors, featherweight pipes, and empty hands: essence of emphasis on technique

[@DmitriyVerbov]

🏋️‍♂️Super-Молодцы

[@JoeyLannigan]

The Goat ✌️😎

[@jacksoncollier4524]

What movie / documentary is this from? Does anyone know?

[@robertcrist4749]

Their speed in the lifts was fantastic, and they would kick any Bulgarian on and stage- spoken from someone who watched their warm-ups and lifted against them, specifically A. Pisarenko.

[@chuckbuckbobuck]

Maybe his medal count doesn't show it but David Rigert in my opinion was the greatest weightlifter of all time!

[@anthonyluisi7096]

Charles Moorman I absolutely agree ... pound for pound. 👍🏻

[@tolyazhukov1123]

Чай пьют прикольно.

[@ПорфирийИванов-з2ф]

Интересно,его специально пьют,чтоб пот гонять?

[@paulyricca3881]

👴🏻 SHUT UP RUSSIAN BOY

[@paulyricca3881]

@@ПорфирийИванов-з2ф 🥃😵U STINK

[@Евгений-н1л6п]

​@@ПорфирийИванов-з2ф это не чай. Это разнотравие.

[@호랑이-v1k]

у вас нет видео с Осмоналиевым? его тренировки, там еще Ригерт был помню

[@2wfjn69oj]

Yurik looks great

[@brannocmurphy7527]

What is the song used in this video?

[@paulyricca3881]

MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB , WHY? 🚬👨🏻‍🦰🥃YO MOTHER

[@brannocmurphy7527]

@@paulyricca3881 thank you

[@cannonfodder8287]

Anyone know who the lifter at 0:55 is?

[@JUNGLEsausage]

Could it be Gunyashev?

[@tommarchand4683]

Sergei Arakalov

[@ЕвгенийБуянов-м6м]

Ригерт мог быть трижды олимпийским чемпионом. Из-за его слабой нервной системы он провалил две Олимпиады. Очень обидно

[@salutaldegrandfan6171]

What year was this

[@JoeyLannigan]

Alexander Voronin champion 52 kilo as well 😎

[@MRSLAV]

Christpher Waltz?

[@pavlopixxao7185]

Hi Mr Slav.

[@markboroducker]

Klokov's father at 1:46?

[@markboroducker]

***** Yeah, I mean guy in the glasses on the bench with the other one.

[@DDenissssss]

+markboroducker I think it's Gennadiy Baldin, the team's masseur and also one of the bodybuilding pioneers in the Soviet Union

[@prayingmantis6777]

Where's Arnold?

[@hcg12333]

Strong first!

[@skylar243]

Jesus they are massive

[@shaw9195]

what did they drink? 2:00

[@muwtandoidd]

Tea!=)

[@carlosaraujo1327]

Chamomile tea...

[@SIASOUKHTEH]

Look at samovar and estekan. This is a real chai

[@alanaliyev456GT]

If Alexeev was a good drinker...Rachmanov was a ...king of drinkers

[@sabertoothwallaby2937]

If it is on KZbin it isn't rare

[@RS-ue4wg]

Мужики сидят чай пьют ))) Классно

[@GunGarve1985]

Dat eyebrow.

[@cannonfodder8287]

Don't forget the double chins on those other guys.

[@laughingtothebanklikehahah3618]

The most American looking Soviet I’ve ever seen lmfao dude could be a Communist version of Captain America

[@ХристоР]

He is German

[@carlosaraujo1327]

all the big names..held together...sorry ..i do not speak Russian...

[@victorahmedov3155]

мне одному кажется что Ригерт говорит с легким чеченским акцентом? с 3 23

[@Mark_888]

Это скорее Южный ставрополький акцент нежели чеченский.

[@BULIGNIK]

Казахский акцент

[@Lancista]

That's not in the USSR ...That's the National School in Sofia, Bulgaria in the late 80's ...I've saw Ivan Abajiev!!! 🇧🇬

[@pizdezAmerike]

CCCP

[@Particular_case6601]

What's that they're drinking? I was thinking it could've been liquor? Lol.

[@Acupuncturius]

it's just a tea with sugar

[@Kerry_kit_slayer]

+805max Could very well be vodka. Back in these days, lifters used alcohol and tobacco regularly to stimulate and increase their testosterone. There's actually a wealth of research out there showing how these drugs increase endurance, despite the taboo you'll hear in the media

[@rickcorel5154]

+Kerry Bialo It is hot tea! They did not smoke or drink.

[@goldenoldiesPete]

+Kerry Bialo That's a bunch of crap. Alcohol messes up your balance and markedly hurts your strength especially for the next day or two.

[@rickcorel5154]

goldenoldiesPete Well, alcohol comes in different shapes... It depends what and how much you drank... Glass of red fine is only makes you better...

[@maddenman003]

What are they drinking?

[@Sarge343]

Tea

[@carlosaraujo1327]

Chamomile tea....

[@Lotus1001]

Pepsi

[@to5ov]

And 7 millions Bulgaria would kick their ass on regular basis, lol.. :))

[@prun8893]

The peak of Soviet drug cheating.

[@deadbydaylight6856]

its just another russian cheater

[@АлексейБорода-з1я]

Мошенники воры и убицы вы американцы