The Life & Training of Naim Süleymanoglu (GOAT of Weightlifting)

[@altugdemircan7228]

As a Turk, I feel proud whenever Naim Süleymanoğlu is mentioned.. He is very important for us. For Turkish nation. Rest in peace

[@penchopeev7314]

he is Bulgarian, he was created as a weightlifter in the Bulgarian school! ivan abadjiev is a master of bars!

[@r8dwah]

Anan ami​@@penchopeev7314

[@ozanberkkaya151]

@@penchopeev7314 But he has a Turkish blood. It is genetic :) What ever you say. No other bulgarians achive this kind of thing.

[@Turan-Nomad]

@@penchopeev7314 Thanks to his Bulgarian Master but school does not make him Bulgarian. By the way as Bulgar may be you have much more Turkic blood then Turks in Turkey😀

[@Meaooooooowww]

As a Muslim we are tooo ❤

[@Kuzeybeyful]

he is a legend.

[@freshmacarons]

My coach talks about Suleymanoglu a lot. Thanks for this! 🙏

[@zombi3lif3]

He should! And you should join him RIP Naim Süleymanoğlu

[@metalcl0ne]

@@zombi3lif3 what????

[@lafargaa]

@@metalcl0ne talking about him? lol

[@metalcl0ne]

@@lafargaa i thought he meant u should join süleymanoğlu(by dying) xD

[@D.-NeverGoBack-]

@@metalcl0ne lol

[@Jag.]

First off, thanks a lot for this very detailed and informative video... Actually, this is more than just a video... a short documentary. Secondly, Naim is never just about a sport... he was the hero whose gun is lifting weights... Thanks for spreading the word and creating awareness.

[@gunes706]

He was a legend of our century like Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan or Ronaldo... rest in peace Naim ❤

[@jopatrik2602]

❤❤❤

[@leslieabradshaw]

This was fantastic. Thank you for making it.

[@gustavhviid4673]

All Things Gym is like Christmas. Only once a year do they send us a present.

[@bmstylee]

Hookgrip is the same.

[@johnbarogiannis8580]

His battle with valerios leonidas at the Barcelona games is Legendary

[@CaptMeMo_350]

I have been following ATG contents more than 10 years and all are gem. Thanks for great content regarding Naim the legend.

[@allthingsgym]

Chapter Markers: 00:00 Intro 02:46 Part I: Childhood in Bulgaria and Start in weightlifting 05:45 Early Competition Results and Training 06:39 Part II: Abadjiev and the Bulgarian System 08:08 School of Champions Documentary 09:13 PEDs? 11:33 Naim's Bulgarian Training 13:17 Teenage Results and Records 14:49 1984 Olympics Soviet Boycott 16:06 US Athletes on the 1980 Boycott 16:44 Naim's Turkish Heritage 18:39 Forced Name Change 19:22 Escape! 20:54 New Country, New Name 22:00 1988 Olympics 23:29 Naim Movie 27:47 Americans Try to Buy Naim? 30:26 The Wrestler and Aging Athletes 30:40 Closing Credits

[@yunoscheng3522]

I love watching videos like this.

[@tahsingul8076]

The best all the time, 3 Olympic champion, 7 world champion , 7 European champion, 46 world record

[@ZEvenEsh]

Pocket Hercules was an amazing book!!! I did not know they made a documentary on him, I’ll have to look it up and find it, thank you for the awesome video 🏆🏆🏆

[@williamshine1346]

A friend of mine was the NBC announcer for lifting at the 1988 Olympics and the word was that Naim received his total (342.5) in gold from the Turkish government. I had the pleasure of seeing him battle with Leonidas in Atlanta and although this was a great competition he never equaled his peak at Seoul. Another friend was on the U.S. junior world team in Brazil where I thought he was 14 years old not 15. In 1996 a German told me that Naim had a late night talk show similar to the tonight show with Johnny Carson which was shown in Germany because of the large amount of Turks living in Germany.

[@88usa]

😊Just saw this comment. Who was your friend on the 82 USA Jr World/USA National Team? I was on that team in Sao Paulo and got to hang out with the Soviets- Solodov, Kuznietsov, Arsamakov and the Bulgarian Team. Naim, Terziiski, Tuporov, Galabarov. Naim and I traded stuff and I got his National Team shirt for a Rocky 2 motion picture book . We met and talked a few times over the years in the 80s. And you're correct, he was 14 in Brazil. Also met the great Abadjiev.

[@88usa]

Who is your buddy on the 82 USA National Team? I was on that team.

[@LevantamientoValido]

¡Obra maestra! Thanks for sharing all this awesome information. ❤️

[@mertkaptan7718]

as a turkish weightlifting enthusiast, i would like to thank you to tell about our pocket hercules

[@STPianoPlayer]

There are more feature films about weightlifting. One is “iron games” (“железные игры»), a 1979 Soviet movie about an old and a young weightlifter competing with each other . Another is “heavyweight” (“тяжеловес”), 2017 movie with Lovchev. Lastly, there is also a Chinese movie “love lifting” (高举爱) which is pretty much what it sounds like. The first 2 are available on KZbin, although I don’t think there are translated versions.

[@domyew]

Amazing content! thank you for putting this out ❤️‍🔥

[@peterbussell2187]

Unbelievable Great Story . Triple Weight Lifts are by Definition , Top Level , Exceptional. Attain that Status and You are Possibly exempt from normal Criticism..

[@peterroselli5992]

Very well done Dave!

[@jiangshenghai57]

Awesome video!!!

[@bmstylee]

Holy crap ATG lives!!!!!

[@RunRunRun16]

Great video 👍

[@markovasil1608]

Awesome documentary ❤️💪

[@lifeneverends7068]

🇹🇷🐺🇹🇷Nurlar içinde uyu efsane Naim

[@henk11ful]

Nice movie review

[@meaninthemirror]

If it wasn't Communist block boycott in 1984, probably Naim would be the only weightlifting athlete with 4 olympic gold medals.

[@simesonam7728]

Na suleyman....sir is my inspiration...💪💪💕🏋️🏋️🏋️🏋️🏋️🏋️

[@donttakeoffense88]

Yoooo it’s lit

[@richiecramiun]

fantastic 👍🏾

[@Mr.Ciobanu]

Epic man!

[@johnrussell89]

Almost choked on my cereal when I saw the disc comparison.

[@babyy6277]

He is unbelievable. He is very handsome btw

[@samgao]

I like how the film doesn't focus on the fact that he was only 4ft 8.5in tall. It briefly mentioned it, but you would only know if you're turkish and know this Pocket Hercules, or if you follow weight lifting.

[@superkazan]

there is a documentery in olympics channel. : "The historic battle for Atlanta weightlifting gold..." This doc. is 5x better than Naim movie.

[@cuongbui9708]

Props for not stepping over the bar.

[@shane-irish]

The king

[@richardleewz]

I feel like I've seen an ATG video about Naim before... was this released a while back on Patreon or am I tripping 😂

[@allthingsgym]

That's Right! We release videos first on Patreon.

[@Zyulkyar-r2u]

Naim has lifted more tan triple body weight more than 20 times in competitions Only! The only person to snach more than 2.5 times body weight! Nobody has ever mach that!😮😊

[@КалоянИгнатов-с2ш]

Its no true ...The first man hoo lifted 3 times body weigt its STEFAN TOPUROV from Bulgaria...60kg 180 c&j... whatever Bulgarian lifters its the best...

[@Theo-ul8qm]

I loved this one! I don't get, though, why focus so much and conclude the video on the Turkish movie about him. From the little bits you've shown here, it's obvious to me that movie can be summed up in one word: melodrama. I'd much rather have heard more about Naim's life and career than about a mediocre movie made about him.

[@es9466]

missed u

[@ricardoacevedo1743]

Greaat video

[@StevenRayW]

Being short-limbed is actually an advantage in weightlifting.

[@agamenonporto1333]

Foi recordista no evento(NAIM) Posso enviar a foto ? Para onde? Address?

[@AleksandarDinkov]

As a Bulgarian I am proud of my country's weightlifting. HOWEVER, I am not proud of what my country did to all Bulgarian Turks and to Naim. This act was a disgrace and Turkish people (both living in and outside of Bulgaria) need to be given the respect that they deserve and Bulgarian weightlifters should learn from Naim's story. 🇧🇬❤🇹🇷

[@larryboi2706]

if you do one of these cool long videos about Luis Mosquera I will grant you three wishes or something

[@chrislaverick6413]

I feel like lasha is one or two amazing performances away from being the goat, and if he totals 500 then it will be indisputable

[@cengizhanhaddf2386]

incredible power

[@Skjorrious]

Your eastern-european cosplay is so good I'm beginning to think that's what you actually look like.

[@Justus_Justice]

Holy moly!

[@manuelibanez2383]

Una joyita

[@ZEvenEsh]

NJ in June? No. July? YES!!!😂😂😂

[@es9466]

yes

[@allthingsgym]

Don't miss 06:39

[@32srt32]

Can someone dub some English subtitles on the Pocket Hercules movie! PLEASE!

[@danielgoodwin5902]

Is this why Clarence posted his own 190? 🤔

[@agamenonporto1333]

Naim com 14 anos e levantou 140 kg no Clean/jeck

[@burhan.atmaci]

Just a Fun fact. Kırcaali where Naim was Born had produced 7 gold medals 6 Olympic and world records in weightlifting and all were 3 Turks.

[@agamenonporto1333]

Eu tenho uma foto com ele(NAIM) EM São Paulo-BRASIL - 1982 - 1° CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL (14 a 20 anos) Júnior- para onde ENVIAREI? Endereço?

[@penchopeev7314]

he is Bulgarian, he was created as a weightlifter in the Bulgarian school! ivan abadjiev is a master of bars!

[@r8dwah]

Anan ami

[@user-dy2oq1go8o]

You are lier, you are racist, you are fascist.

[@turbostyler]

He was Bulgarian until Bulgaria decided that he didn't exist. Bulgaria tried to take away a man's identity and he punished them by not only showing Bulgaria, but the whole world, what Turkish pride is. Never try to ease a man's identity.

[@deineMudda150]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@youknowstew]

DEEP DIVE

[@gunawankaka2484]

😍

[@geniemontalvo8932]

👏🏼

[@vikaskrishan5098]

1980's Bulgaria... or Jersey in June.... :)

[@ozwunder69]

naim wasn't held back in 1983 world championships. The Armenian Soviet had to break the just set 161kg WR by the East German Letz by 4kg (8.8 lbs) in order to win so his brother's claim is total BS

[@adeshdhar]

If Bulgaria had treated him nicely he would have won these medals for Bulgaria . A legend

[@mustafatalhakolbasar4652]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@b1leader84]

💪👍

[@edgarespinoza9201]

👍

[@onurpolat885]

Some classic Turks. Rest in lights🤘

[@er_tas]

he,s not born as süleymanov the bulgars change the name at 1985 to süleymanov hes name was at born Süleymanoglu

[@adriangriffiths4750]

Hercules!!!!

[@G3Number]

Insta like

[@nurmuhammettoychyyev4600]

Можно на русском языке?

[@xarisonplay7948]

Russian champions

[@ИванЗапрянов-м8т]

Being a native bulgarian i'd like to adress that you are not including all of the historical data regarding the revival process. Although it may have seemed like an extreme measurement, it certainly was not some form of a discrimination against the turkish "minority". If you do a more thorough research of the balkans' past you will find out that when the turks conquered the land in the 14th century, they literally enslaved the natives-bulgarians, serbs, greek, etc. Their tyrannical regime, that is no different that the enslavement of blacks in North America, lasted for almost half a millenium, until the russo-turkish war in 1878-1879, when Bulgaria was oficially reistablished. During the oppression period thins like murder, rape, abduction of male children from their families to train them to fight in the Ottoman army were a part of the everyday life of the bulgarians. So having all the factological data is pretty important when you say that a simple thing like the changing of a person's name, which in many cases were done voluntarily, was an act so harsh, overriding the turkish minority people's rights, when the people from native enslaved nations had the same rights as livestock for centuries.

[@hasanrızayetiş]

So what happened in the past is an excuse for what you did? Bruh...

[@КалоянИгнатов-с2ш]

Right Facts....

[@tuttuttuttut5061]

So the past justifies the present ?

[@cultureandsportschannel]

"The name Bulgaria is derived from the Bulgars, a tribe of Turkic origin that founded the First Bulgarian Empire. Their name is not completely understood and is difficult to trace it back earlier than the 4th century AD,[8] but it is possibly derived from the Proto-Turkic word bulģha ("to mix", "shake", "stir") and its derivative bulgak ("revolt", "disorder")" (...) " According to the Byzantine sources, Asparuh was a younger son of Kubrat, who had established a spacious state ("Great Bulgaria") in the steppes of modern Ukraine" (...) "The Bulgars, led by Asparuh, attacked from the lands of Old Great Bulgaria and permanently invaded the Balkans in the late 7th century. They established the First Bulgarian Empire, victoriously recognised by treaty in 681 AD by the Byzantine Empire. It dominated most of the Balkans and significantly influenced Slavic cultures by developing the Cyrillic script.The First Bulgarian Empire lasted until the early 11th century, when Byzantine emperor Basil II conquered and dismantled it. " (...) [from WIKIPEDIA]

[@cultureandsportschannel]

There is not a single nation that fell under Ottoman rule and lost its religion, language and culture. If that were the case, today around 50 new states, each of which has preserved its own language, religion and culture, would not have been established in the lands once ruled by the Ottoman Empire. It is obvious that you are proud of your Slavism and Orthodoxy, and this is your right, but you should know that a significant part of your ancestors are of Turkish origin and they lost their language and became Slavs.

[@3aeren]

that movie is effing horrible man lol