The Rogue Legends Series - Chapter 3: Hackenschmidt / 8K

In the golden age of professional wrestling, he was the most famous wrestler of them all. But George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968), aka “The Russian Lion,” was much more than that. A body builder, weightlifting champion, nutritionist, philosopher, and writer, he has been described by Terry Todd as “the outlier’s outlier,” and his story makes a worthy entry as Chapter 3 of the Rogue Legends Series.

[@kingloki-yz5yl]

No juicing here. Happy days. The size of his biceps, triceps and lats are astounding. Brilliant stuff.

[@karmaakabane2165]

His legs too

[@БогданГурин-б8к]

Very interesting, Hackenschmidt was very power and strong man, and saved good shape in elder age , even after 80 he also realized as a writer , and philisofer , knew 6 languages

[@alexanderconstantini6447]

Who is the band at 2:50? What is the name of that kind of music?

[@OndaBoosters]

Sounds like it's from Braveheart🍷

[@PokemonFreaaakkk187]

can someone tell me the name of, or where i could find the flier @0:43

[@MrRalph2000]

Rogue propaganda. Value framing.

[@gendale9992]

Propaganda of what?

[@emmanuelmasih2296]

@@gendale9992 don't feed the troll. He is another attention whore... Nothing more

[@FpsRix]

And not a word of him inventing the bench press...

[@slumtrome]

its the anti bench press strongman illuminati

[@josephperkins4857]

he didn't invent the bench press he invented the precurser the floor press

[@mikafoxx2717]

At least the Hack squat got named after him. Just like Jack Lalaine's jumping jacks

[@stephm4047]

His training method in "The way to live", using dumbbells and barbells, is actually based on principles such as progressive overload or range of 5 to 15 repetitions per set that we still use today exactly the same way.

[@josephperkins4857]

yep

[@peterl.1574]

23:47 he looks like a tank. Wow

[@ljnv]

Awesome style back then as well

[@Valdna]

How Hackenschmidt and his fellow men has influenced Estonians in a way - is if you look at Estonian olympic achievements in general (both independent and as being part of Russia/Soviets). No other country has so high and severe achievements compared to it's population and size. Hackenschmidt's ideas are kind of a basis of most of estonians.

[@AlCarou]

I heard from old-timers that after-war generation was mostly Eastern segment. About 100 000 was killed in the war or did not return from Siberia. Another part, 100 000 went to the west as refugees. Estonian education was crippled because all the high society and people with university education left Estonia before the Soviet occupation. That modern Estonians are either semi-Bolsheviks or the quarter-Russians.

[@LauriElias]

@@AlCarou nope.

[@onemanarmyEST]

@@AlCarou It's actually quite segregated, Estonians and Russians in Estonia live in two different worlds. Most young Estonians can't even speak Russian, even though it's often taught as a third language (English being the second language). Most Estonians strongly dislike bolshevism and Russification. Estonians in Estonia go to Estonian speaking schools and most of the Russians in Estonia go to schools where most subjects are taught in Russian. Many Russians in Estonia only watch Russian media and communicate with people who can speak Russian.

[@AlCarou]

I heard that century ago there were three languages recognized as local. All people in towns, if not completely stupefied (except Germans), could master Estonian, Russian and German.

[@Itstime1231]

@@AlCarou lots of hearsay

[@TimeStrider]

These documentaries are great, thanks!

[@thadeadmusic]

They're all so well done. Thanks Rogue

[@mj7237]

Great episode! Sounds like a great human. Now a Hackenschmidt fan.

[@robertgiudice4854]

Another home run for Rogue! RIP Terry Todd, truly a legend in his own right.

[@EL0phile]

I think this was my favorite. I had never heard of any of these men. Really wonderful documentaries! Are there more to come?

[@tommytaylor109]

RIP Terry Todd crazy strong and an awesome historian may your legend live on

[@gusseford3457]

That's my good friend Mike Murphy featured in this great documentary on George Hackenschmidt. What a great story. Love the Teddy Roosevelt reference -- well done Mike!

[@vaibhavsinghal3060]

1898 we have him 1998 we have Goldberg 2-4 mins matches

[@Mediocaliente19]

Please do one on Louis Cyr! It would be awesome to see. A movie was made about him. Louis Cyr, Victor Delamarre, Baillargeon's Brother, Hugo Girard and now J-F Caron. All very strong French Canadian and well known in ours culture.

[@dannymckernan4283]

Great documentary, I have a really good copy of his book The way to live

[@iuutuube]

Estonians are always very offended when someone calls our national hero russian. His mother was an estonian and his father was baltic german, but he was born and raised in Estonia and always considered himself as an estonian. Calling him a russian is an insult to all estonians.

[@iuutuube]

@Douglas E. Heeren Just pointing out clear error in nickname, but some people just want to be stupid and be proud of it :)

[@ljnv]

His mother was Swedish

[@iuutuube]

@@ljnv His mother's father was swedish, but mother's mother was estonian. In those cases it's important how person identifies him/herself. George Hackenschmidt identified himself as an estonian.

[@bobroberts7029]

I always thought he looked north western European.

[@gaugamela4759]

People that care if you're offended: 0. People that care about Estonia: even less.

[@kitchengorilla5346]

Wonderful documentary! Thank you for filming it and sharing another fitness legend

[@merilinhallik1180]

The Facebook page about the monument of George Hackenschmidt: facebook.com/Georg-Hackenschmidti-ausammas-332836490402914/

[@amankhalsa5436]

It's so good 💯 . Make one about the great gama

[@jessekellerthecollectingne5058]

I'm mainly here because I'm obsessed with wrestling lol

[@nohbuddy1]

Right? This was such a random find for me

[@mohammedcohen]

...my dad (born 1918) had Hackenschmidt's book "The Way to Live" as a young boy...he gave it to me (born 1949) when I was a teenager (senioy ter in HS- 1967 - i FOLLOWED HIS REGIMEN FOR ABOUT A YEAR UNTIL AN OPERATION MADE ME STOP - NEVER RESUMED AFTRWARDS unfortunately...

[@fiendfolio]

Why would someone dislike this. I think if you dislike a video you should leave a comment

[@thunderbirdstsa6013]

Great documentary! It would be awesome to have one about Dan Kolov. Not many ppl know about his great and dramatic story

[@ziaakbar2535]

hackenschmidt and gotch were the pinacle of professional wrestling and absolute legends in the industry along with many others such as farmer burns, Ed strangler Lewis and Lou Thesz

[@abhinavkumar547]

Also the great gama who was undefeated in his wrestling career. He challenged Frank Gotch for a match but Gotch backed off from that challenge.

[@Dave-gk6si]

@@abhinavkumar547 Lies Great Gama has lost bouts before. The great Jack Taylor defeated Gama in India. Gama would not stand a chance against Gotch.

[@abhinavkumar547]

Where did u get this information from?

[@Dave-gk6si]

@@abhinavkumar547 I looked it up by accident. Many years ago while I was looking into guys like Stu Hart.

[@williamwatson4625]

It should be noted, however, that Gotch used foul tactics to defeat Hackenschmidt during their first match. For their second match, Hackenschmidt came to the ring with an injured knee that he suffered while training with Roller but, not wishing to disappoint the audience, he wrestled Gotch anyway and allowed him to have his 2 falls in just 27 minutes. Hackenschmidt would go on living for another 56 years, writing several books and teaching physical education to members of the House of Lords. "The Cheater", on the other hand, would die in 6 years following a year of health problems.

[@MasonMcLeodFilms]

I love the stories of these old strongmen before rules and regulations and steroids and equipped and unequipped and this and that, it’s so much more exciting hearing about some dude picking up a horse

[@NARANJO1980CR]

Señores Rogue por favor subtitulado al español 🙏

[@nohbuddy1]

Idk about the crooked ref in the Gotch matches. Never heard of that until this video. Also don't forget Gotch died like 6 years after the rematch. Hack had literal decades to tell his side of the story

[@Bingusginghs]

And to think he became an icon of wrestling all because he got injured and couldn’t lift with both hands anymore

[@cinematicheroes4184]

How do you acquire that power.

[@johnrawlings2161]

This my people is the birth of mondern day WRESTLING! Gotch and George worked the crowd perfectly and made alot of money!

[@theinoaksein3119]

Keep it up rogue loving these long videos!!

[@stormpack66]

I would love to read his biography/journal entries. That, to me, would be extremely interesting.

[@dredfunn]

you guys need a talented artists to do a series of images from the past...i know a guy

[@peterredgray2008]

Another legendary documentary, thanks :)

[@OdinAesthetic]

More of these. So awesome. Love em all.

[@9989Wolverine]

I love these documentaries

[@death2552]

We changed it from schmidt to smith. I am currently the youngest generation. Family lives on still.

[@howardparkes8787]

Names mean a lot in history. Why would you change it?

[@Jeffro5564]

I call bs

[@bobroberts7029]

Bollocks lol

[@adigitalsmith]

Very cool documentary he looks timeless

[@michaelhackenschmidt6243]

To hear the name over and over again is awesome :D and no, i am not directly related to him, more like go back to the 13th century.

[@Geckoliga]

I like the Rogue Legends Series!!! But I miss the datas: height, weight, meassurments, which exercises were carried out with which weights ...

[@twistedtrailerparktales2126]

Thank you so much for these.

[@peterl.1574]

His neck, back, abs and traps are huge. Chest was not great but huge rib cage. They didn’t train chest directly back then.

[@dragos8839]

He's the one who invented the bench press lol

[@bingolevel4846]

@@dragos8839 but he created a primitive version of the bench press. The bench press was executed on the floor back then.

[@dragos8839]

@@bingolevel4846 who says it's a primitive version lol. Floor presses are still a really good variation

[@frankmorris2603]

There's a very strong flavour of Mick Jagger in these guy's posing routines.

[@michaelcornacchione8993]

WOW! What a great story!

[@КровавыйЧе]

Amazing man. Amazing movie

[@Boxer7911]

Hack the Legend

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

DEFINITELY WOW!THOSE BODYBUILDING 🏋BEEFCAKE MUSCULAR PHYSICALY BULGING MUSCULES💪💪 ON GORGEOUS GEORGE HACKENSACK ARE SO AWESOME!

[@ronxxf]

Catch used submissions to pin their opponents not tap them out. What were the rules for their first fight? Sure he probably cheated with the greasing but ... 22;00 the second fight Gotch's boy may have jacked up Hacks knee in training and other rumor was something like they would each win one fall and the thrid I forgot but Gotch took him out fast instead. Either way good doc.

[@OklahomaNative]

So so good! LOVE this series!!!

[@augustkasemaa3290]

Greetings from Tartu!

[@diomauia4295]

Imagine an Alternate universe where Hackenschmidt picks up Catch wrestling rather then greco

[@NARANJO1980CR]

Por favor Subtitulado en español 🙏

[@JFatGlentract]

This is excellent. I’m ready for Chapter 4 already!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

Thanks For Sharing This Video!

[@JosephMiller-hu7bq]

But what was the size difference between Gotch Vs him was it over 10 pounds or more

[@williamdertinger4434]

Legend

[@guillermolopez602]

I’m so excited

[@sokratespoirot7537]

Does someone know where to get access or buy the book ‘man and cosmic antagonism to mind and spirit’ written by George Hackenschmidt?

[@TheCmack21]

I'm just here for David Webster!

[@974battery6]

😭👏

[@raholangsepp7134]

Who would like to donate to the monumt of G. Hackenschmidt, can find the details here: festivitas.ee/index.php?id=11142

[@nedkelly2035]

Never wrestled Gama, did he ?

[@vintageweightspgh]

The Russian Lion! I really enjoyed the connections made to athletes embracing heavy lifting.

[@dylanobedear]

He basically was Brock Lesnar's grandfather

[@mizukarate]

I love how French Wrestling is called Greco-roman.

[@SplashFireFilms]

Amazing Man

[@marekkral1986]

2:40 Praeludium Aeternum - R. Langsepp/FA Schola (2017) Keywords: Raho Langsepp FA Schola Ensembla

[@ramonalvarez19]

This is how wrestler should be. Not like those flip monkeys you see in WWE or AEW

[@tracephage]

31:40, from what this video told us his shoulder and knee would disagree ^_^

[@Lucky73678]

Wish he had wrestled against gama. Gama would have won .

[@tyneeweenah2907]

Yup he didn’t want none of that 😂

[@wakawaka1976]

What’s with the ocarina and 4 piece band? Why is that a focal point?

[@timkerer9682]

I find it funny how at 5:43 all those were mentioned had german last names

[@therightarmofthefreeworld4703]

In my opinion Hackenschmidt and Sandow had the best physiques of all time.

[@fleox2403]

That’s actually my house in Nice

[@stupullenchannel3525]

Although my German is rusty this is excellent learning about the Hack!

[@jeanbaumgartner4052]

ON MY GRANDPA 👴 KRAEMER SIDE I'M PART GERMAN AND PART JEWISH AND ON MY GRANDMA 👵 KRAEMER SIDE I'M PART GERMAN AND PART ITALIAN AND ALSO PART GERMAN AND PART FRENCH!MY GERMAN IS VERY RUSTY!😄😁😆😅🤣😂😜🤪😝🤗🤭

[@tsvettselev9337]

Hats down! That book must be bought

[@pryme2013]

Hands down might have been what you meant to say?

[@tsvettselev9337]

@@pryme2013 Taking your hat down was considered as gesture of respect, back in the days. Would it make any sense if I meant 'hands'? So let me just illuminate your orthography notification system and mainly the "smart ass" syndrome with one of the fundamental acts of mind, which separates us from all other forms of live on Earth - Think before you speak/act! Hope this helps.

[@pryme2013]

@@tsvettselev9337 not sure what all that was but hats down is not a saying in the United states. Hands down however, is. Hats down must be the equivalent in your area maybe?

[@tsvettselev9337]

@@pryme2013 Oh, it's not a saying in the US... 😂 OK then, I agree

[@solitaryman172]

Thank you so much for it!

[@scottdootson3272]

So interesting thanks 🙏

[@psychodynamicnaturalhistor437]

More.

[@mefisto6669]

Polish subtitles please

[@seraphx26]

The bad-jacketing of Gotch in this documentary is nonsense I respect Hackenschmidt for his hard work and his accomplishments but his initial recounting of the bout with Gotch did not include these remarks about fouls and oil on the body, that came out after he went back to Europe he did an about face to salve his reputation, in fact initially he said he had no desire to wrestle Gotch again because it would not restore his title, meaning he didn't believe he would win a rematch. The knee injury in the second bout wasn't a major injury if we go by what Hackenschmidt himself said he said that he was fit to wrestle for his life, I'm certain that Gotch himself would admit that Hackenschmidt was a great wrestler and an all around gentleman if we could ask him today. Again I don't want this to come off as Nationalistic, they were both great men of their time period who had far more in common than what they had in differences.

[@knoz35]

undefeated 10 years in a row and 3000 matches. Brah... True legend.

[@Alexander-bp2ht]

Al Snow got me here

[@brother.love143]

Alexander Kelley How so? I'm really interested. Please let me know I really need to know badly.

[@Alexander-bp2ht]

@@brother.love143 he mentioned it in a video about how he worked out to get his newest physic.

[@nadasurfelectric5029]

Hack is what all atlhetes should be

[@twistedtrailerparktales2126]

Goch vs Hackenschmidt sounds like Shamrock vs Severn 2.

[@AlCarou]

It is not honest to describe Him as an Estonian man, an average guy or a regular man. Yes, He spoke Estonian, He was there at the side of Amsterdam marathon race introducing Himself, when an Esthonian Lossmann almost did win the contest in 1920. His father was a German and mother an Estonian Swede. His mother had Estonian blood, thats true, but He was also a Saxon! I do not see how the monument project (?) is connected to His person or what He did in Life. It is an abstract Jumbo-Mumbo for Athletes. I want to see His steroidless upper body!

[@rampage5524]

let's look at the facts here Hackenschimdt fought & lost to Gotch twice & both times he had an excuse the first time Gotch cheated & the second time his knee was injured.. Give me a break what's next he'll blame the loss on a death of a family member.

[@frederickstudenheimer3378]

he did cheat though.

[@savagedarksider5934]

I prefer Frank Gotch.

[@roberthowe2910]

Herman Horner......the greatest strongman ever...modern generation not in his league.

[@roberthowe2910]

Herman gorner

[@meginna8354]

he wasn't that good

[@ohayosumodayton1226]

Catch wrestling is about submissions, you don't go into a submission fight not knowing how to use those tools or you lose. The oiling up accusations was sour grapes.

[@Возмездиянеизбежать.Всемусвоев]

I do rise barbell biceps 💪 120 kg 4 repeat. You can?

[@kindafatkindastrong5683]

Imagine bragging about bicep curls lol

[@dynaspinner64]

@@kindafatkindastrong5683 Then why do people brag about SBD? Is it because everyone agreed these arbitrary lifts can be used to boost one's ego by claiming how much they lift in these movements?

[@kindafatkindastrong5683]

@@dynaspinner64 there is a sport surrounding those 3 lifts

[@spiritualrockofstrength8486]

JESUS CHRIST IS COMING BACK PEOPLE REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND ACCEPT JESUS CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR TODAY NOT TOMORROW PEOPLE WHICH IS PROMISED TO NOONE ON THIS EARTH AT ALL

[@spiritualrockofstrength8486]

STOP IDOLIZING THIS MAN PEOPLE AND RUN TO JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH OUR SAVIOR AND KING THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN GET ANYONE OF US WHO BELIEVE IN HIM TO HEAVEN.

[@ie2adm212]

lol the one and only thing he's famous for is his disgraceful defeat when he wrestled against The great Gama. First day he passed hours in the doggy submission pose, getting thrown to the ground in a matter of seconds each time he would try to stand up. Second day he did not even come. So, not only a poor wrestler but also one without honor.

[@abhinavkumar547]

What r u talking about lol? Hackenschmidt and Gama never wrestled. Gama wrestled with stanislaus Zybysko

[@Utubesuxmycock]

LOOK AT THE MUSCULAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARITY