valantin dikul 450 squat 260 bench 460 deadlift

strongman valantin dikulgets 1170kg total

[@guitarslasher3100]

i saw 450 and 260 in the title and was like "big deal" then i realized it was kgs and not lbs lol

[@alanaliyev456GT]

He had 60/65 later at 75 he squats allways more 225 (500 lbs)

[@joaojoaozin2658]

@@alanaliyev456GT ele tinha 50 anos nesse video!!

[@Rus1977]

Это не человек, это ЧЕЛОВЕЧИЩЕ! Без лямок, без страхователей, со сломанным хребтом ,в таком возрасте.... Нынешние химики-кабанчики рядом не валялись.....огромный респект!!!

[@dustinkerikke]

he was 51 at this time if i remeber right. besides that this is a result of a whole life of healthy training:) he does also hold the record as the only man who has walked 10 meters with 1 tons og his back

[@EricLilliebridge]

2,579 raw total....holy fuck O: doubt anyone will ever beat that.....most guys can't even do that in full gear....

[@ottowelt4378]

Your boy Dan Bell finally did haha

[@Monctonite]

Hi -I have reviewed these tapes and Dikul's long version deadlift too.The wt's are real. Note he walks out the squat and reracks it. He owns a WR in the heaviest walk -2,200 lbs for 14 feet.The long version 460 deadlift(youtube) shows assistant add wt 3 times as he warms up to 460. Dikul is enormously strong,similar to Louis Cyr.Note in the deadlift his shins are against the bar , no straps. The raw bench is also a no spotter. He's saying to the challengers- try to beat that.

[@PowerliftingUK]

youknow, some people dont give a crap about winning trophys or breaking records - this guy is just an awsome lifter. I LOVE VALANTIN

[@vardaspavarde8480]

Some people love fake weights

[@danielprashtakov4810]

Exactly ! Enough said ! :) :) :)

[@Misha878]

Can you believe that early before his spine was broken and he couldn't walk? It's just amazing!!!

[@Monctonite]

I don't think he's a fake. His videos of twenty years ago and even more recent show him tossing 180 pound kettle drums into the air with one numerous times. Also- he holds other world records for "tossing" an 80 lb steel ball and capturing it at the abse of his neck .Also, "juggling" high into the air 60-80 lb steel balls. That shows his massive strength right away .Similar to Louis Cyr in my opinion. He is a legendary strong man.

[@Monctonite]

Just to reiterate- this man holds a world record in: a 2000 lbs yoke walk of I think 20 or 40 feet. Unmatched today in 2015. . He has a world record in kettle drum lifts -repeat throws forward of I think 12 reps with 190 lbs. These feats cannot be faked. Theere is nothing fake about him- and I think he is natural .These prodigies exist. .

[@Worldinvest]

It's real, he is the strongest man who ever lived.

[@NickTheCasualGuy]

Guys this is legit, take it or leave it. But I can see how someone would think its fake.

[@Monctonite]

well you cannot say that walking with 1440 lbs 50 feet is more taxing than walking 12- 14 feet feet with 2000 lbs -that's an extra 560 lbs on the shoulders to carry. Dikul holds the current WR in that particular type of strength event. He also holds records in juggling ( yes juggling) 80 lb steel balls .

[@Monctonite]

The wiggling of the bar is directly related to the temper of the steel. York Olympic bars will bend and giggle -I know because I own a 405 pound set. Medium temper will be stiffer. The high quality tempered steel bars will flex and giggle severely - but will never get bent out of round.

[@michmcc]

I've never seen anyone with the balls to rack the weight up again like that in the bench. He just friggin throws it!!

[@PavelCS]

he had his back broken, was paralized, but amazingly recovered, and became really really strong. I do not want to pass judgement on these lifts, but bar looks bent and I saw a picture of this guy with Garry Frank, if you who that is.

[@richmodetv]

At that age is amazing imagine if he concentrated on powerlifting when he was at his peak he could prolly do more with that gifted strength he has

[@pointman127]

IPF strength feats = same conditions and same rules EVERY TIME. Guinnes feats = All sorts of weird strength activities were other factors than sheer strength can come into play, records usually held by circus artists and showmen

[@jonnywildboar]

he is just different - its very impressive to walk that much back into a rack , dropping was definatley an option !! awsome strength and awsome ,inspirational guy..

[@OLDMANBADGER]

i watched a documentary about him years ago. They showed him juggling with 90lb cannon balls. He is strong as fuck and yes he was in a wheelchair after a bad fall from a trapeze. His job in the circus prior the accident was as a trapeze artist.

[@TheMightykaz]

I can't believe people actually think he did this much weight. A society of gulliables!

[@darkcrane78]

Amazing!

[@agrinjo88]

dude,i have no words!!!

[@pointman127]

Edit: I ment WPO - world powerlifting organisation. Also, let me add, that circust artists are frequently known to manipulate the weights they lift, there is simply NO PROOF whatsoever that these weights are real, it even says in the beginning of the vid that the weights liftet are an EDUCATED GUESS, In addition, look at Dikuls physique compared to real lifters such as Andy Bolton, Savickas and Brian Siders, he isnt even close to matching them.

[@T12J7]

Is there any info on this man's strength training program or strength training principles or anything on that matter at all?

[@naagmasa34]

Человек - легенда

[@theHefa]

a real olympic bar shakes, a powerlifting bar would not shake

[@IvanDrago187]

He's the real deal. His mother died giving birth to him and his dad died during WWII. He grew up in an orphanage and he quickly fell in love with the circus. He was very talented and took up death defying trapeze acts. When he was 16 a rope snapped and he fell, breaking his spine. Doctors said he'd never walk again. Took six grueling years of training to be able to walk weakly. Now in his late 50's he's back the top, and he's a leading authority in Russia on spinal rehabilitation.

[@lordmegatron6145]

wow what a story what a man he was.

[@lukejames2391]

Man is at a different level

[@DonnieBrasco-dy9yd]

It's fake you simpleton.

[@W8liftinG444]

460 kg deadlift is a new world record he is so strong unbelievebel

[@mm.d6354]

12 years later 1100lbs..

[@W8liftinG444]

on this video he is over 60 years old!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!amazing

[@mikko0o]

strong man here ;)

[@Monctonite]

mr. Dikul man has made a few statements via exposition-no spotters and no limit lifts . He jerked and wiggled the bar in the deadlift on purpose because he held the massive weight for a few seconds -which was another statement,reminiscent of the great Dave Rigert who used to flip the bar overhead from a snath grip. Dikul was essentially showing off . Dikul did not do any limit lifts . He was capable of lifting heavier weights .

[@unclerockuca]

please look at the squat he looks like he had about 5 reps in him there come on if you think this is real your as silly as the jelly bar he is using wobble wobble ha ha

[@jonnywildboar]

These are real valantin is a ledgend !! just because he didnt enter any powerlifting comps ...he doesnt care !! a true strongman...

[@alesduron5183]

The Best!

[@krakistophales]

Honestly I think the bar is an olympic bar and the plates are real weights. The only thing I think is off is the estimation of the weights. The video itself produces no claim of weight and the spoken weight is in I'm guessing russian. So we won't know until someone who speaks this language translates the weight amounts. Then again, it could be possible he's incredibly strong. Why not? Too much disbelief in this world.

[@Nippon1971]

GIANT !!!

[@brandell69]

+1 to Androydnyc. I am not sure how much is on the bar but look at it bend in the squat. There is some serious weight on there and Dickul is a man that just tries to help people. Not bad for a guy not supposed to walk again.

[@pointman127]

I know, nobody in their right mind would squat heavy without taking a deep breath first, people that believe this know nothing about powerlifting.

[@salasah]

GREAT

[@barabinyak]

@NiXPredator The point is this man is miracle himself, after started walking with a spinal broken on multiple places. Regarding the medicine, such a person should be invalide 100%. But this man made what we think to be impossible. So I don't think it's so impossible to have those powerlifting results, they're almost the maximum a man can do, so maybe he's just talanted to do it.

[@vardaspavarde8480]

Well most guys how did it had so much more size second why not to do a fucking meet lift ?

[@Apjooz]

It is better to first back up from the rack, because after the squat you can walk forward to put the bar to rack, which is easier than backing up.

[@snizshizzle]

Ask any Russian who has seen this guy perform his feats of strength - they will tell you that he is one of the strongest to ever walk the earth. There are reputable PL's/trainers/strength guru's who can confirm his crazy strength.

[@dustinkerikke]

i do, my father does, and he is former danish heavyweigh champ in weightlift too, and our friend who just won silver in some competition in denmark, and we all disagree with you.

[@totbfitness]

Look at the bar, see how it bends. Then look at other power lifts bars. Fake plates can not bend bar the same as other videos. Fake bar and plates would have to be very very special to respond as other power lifting videos. What ever we are watching is unbelievable and impressive.

[@MWaever]

Seriously, do people really believe that a sixty year old man can make a 1170 RAW total? 1200 is ELITE in the WPO, which in case you didnt know, are males in their prime age using double and tripple ply equipment. No doubt that he is a strong lad, but those are not the actual weights, i promise you.

[@Colimus]

This is clearly NOT fake. This man has great strength.

[@Entity2009]

Beast

[@krakistophales]

You skeptics don't know shit. Valentin Dikul is a strength icon across the pond and even has honorable mention in Pavel's Beyond Bodybuilding and Power to the People. He's quoted to squat a grand by Pavel Tsatsouline, a guy that himself can deadlift almost 4x bodyweight. Get real, and expand your narrow minds.

[@pointman127]

But the bar shakes for multiple seconds after he has racked it in the bench, a real bar just doesn't do that.

[@raikkonen85]

when he got it off the rack i thought he was gonna tumble to the floor lol, no spotter? hes a brave one

[@PowerliftingUK]

wake up and smell the coffee dufus !!! awsome lifting !!

[@barabinyak]

@jgadiaz Cause Dikul has a record of the total 1170 kg. Plus he uses no gear in this video, while the gear can add 150-200 kg in benchpress or squad).

[@b0bruto]

The weights and bar may not be brand name, but I see these alot on pictures from Russian powerlifting contests. Although I'm not sure they're really 15/25/50 kg as one of the previous posters said. The bar doesn't have to be brand name either, they make all kinds of those. You can't save alot of weight on the bar alone anyway, the lightest I've seen that was full length, weighed 15 kg but those locks probably weigh another 3-5 :)

[@jonnywildboar]

this guy is a legend !! he cag juggle with 90kg kettlebells, just because he doesnt go apeshit around the world - he probably couldnt give a crap about the americans,brits or anyone else he does what he does, and its up to us to believe or not.. i believe !!!!!

[@datadarokki]

yes i heard that too from some document.

[@monsta2679]

totally agree with you

[@powmongo]

@emilwoop Wrong watch the documentary on him where reporters load the bar. The plates are Elan a popular Russian brand.

[@PowerliftingUK]

there is a world beyond america .... people live happy lives ....... and some of them use kilo's

[@cnapta4ok]

this is guinness record

[@ostesooppmelis]

awsome guy! russian bear deluxe. durning the squat, the squat itself looks like the easy part, and getting it up from the wrech, the heavy part hehe.

[@URAGR8M8]

Nope, many from the Russian Powerlifting Federation continue to call his guy a liar. It is fake.

[@alanaliyev456GT]

Now The new VALENTIN DICUL is... MARK FELIX...

[@MBest11x]

dude, not to mention he just pulled "1014lbs". Ya fucking right.

[@fadordo]

Powerlifting suits a legal. If you don't like it, doesn't mean it's wrong. And terrible depth. You know more about it than all the judges and experts.

[@Atsaki13]

Yea that beginning bit of text scrolling the top.. People should read it. "I HAVE MADE AN EDUCATED GUESS AT THE WEIGHTS."

[@URAGR8M8]

That's right I have seen that video - notice how you have NO IDEA how much the kettlebell weighs. For all we (the viewers) know it was 40kg. He was a circus strongman - the entire occupation is built on exaggerating the actual feats to impress people all the more. Maybe you could tell me the source for your quotes? That is the whole point of research. I'm not going to ignore all of my scientific knowledge of exercise physiology and biology and pretend like this is a sure thing.

[@delo01]

fucking respect

[@azuki1982]

well said

[@GripEmpire]

a true russian legend

[@uglymoon78]

No, he really worked as a strong man in a russian circus, and the russians have good traditions for both circuses and strong men, so you shouldn't write him off completely!

[@PietarsaarenVoimaili]

HOLY CRAP!:o

[@cliotrophy230]

I couldn't agree with you more. This makes a mockery of real powerlifters with real strength. What a joke!

[@snizshizzle]

There is video of him flipping an 80kg kettlebell. You might not know how hard this is but it is INSANE. I don't feel like posting the link to the video because its not on youtube. I can send you the link if you want. Pavel Tsatsouline a highly respected strength expert says, "Dikul pulled 460kg in 1999, although he was certified by Guinness rather than the IPF." Also said, "...he is THE MAN." He has written a huge article explaining his background and some of his training. Stop hating.

[@nerron87]

there is no other builder to pick up 460 kg deadlift to watch him bouncing or not ! respect !!! when u reach this high level then u must talk about !!! haters

[@SebastianAlman]

Oh My GOD! Are you people serious?! How can you really believe this? The bar bends, and it's ONLY because it's not a powerlifting bar. It's a weightlifting bar. You can see that just by looking at how the bar wobble throughout the entire lift. Bullcrap all the way through!

[@mulnz8817]

good form

[@Atsaki13]

Certainly not fake, the bar is bent to shit on the 450 when its in the rack.

[@oiskela]

Zavickas just won the wsm, but I think this guy would have beaten him easily! Pure power, even deadlifting more than Andy Bolton, thats just insane.

[@lefkimi]

steroids were around a long time before this video btw

[@vardaspavarde8480]

Is that’s real even on steroids it’s crazy tho I doubt it

[@jimmyjimmyf]

the guy is president of the rehabilitaion center for spinal injuries, doesnt exactly scream dodgy scammer to me, doesnt anybody want to believe that humans get better at things anymore, or is it just that because there is a stereotypical deadlifting style and look, and age it seems, nobody wants to believe that a new WR can be achieved by a man who admittedly is old, but clearly has a better approach and training methods.

[@Nelarsen]

How to get an audience for your circus: Step 1: Find an overweight hobo in the process of eating a burger on the street Step 2: Dress him up like a stronglifter Step 3: Use fake weights to get the wanted audience Step 4: Pay hobo a burger

[@wubbookkels]

The weights on the bar seems too be real. The bar is bending far, and the gren plates are indeed 50 kg. The squat is 10 cm too high, but even then it is great lifting. 260 bench whit no pause is still strong, and the deadlift is unbelieveble, because the record in the superheavyweights is 408,5 kg. 460 kg is beyond all limits. I think it is possibel, What we need too kno is what bodyweight is this man.

[@diesel7777777]

I bet that dude gets boatloads of play.

[@azuki1982]

deadlift 460kg?that is insane

[@cyberkai99]

After he got done benching, the bar was flopping around like it was made of jello.

[@powmongo]

Those plates are similiar to the ones mischa kokaleyev(Sp) uses on some of his squats and lifts. Richard Sorin who makes lifting equipment said "Looks real to me." HE would know if they were fake or not.

[@mustheart]

He s my uncle. :) He s very great!

[@helenaki8]

the pulls the weight without helpers! on squat he moves with the weight- that is more difficult

[@slauge]

@fplaya545 If they want to fake it, they might as well try to do a good job of it. The bar bends because the bar is fake as well and bends easily. I'm also convinced that he is lifting a lot of weight here, just no where near the numbers they were trying to fake.

[@mikeyburger1]

obviously totally real!

[@JimmyD0YLE]

this is how i wanna be when im 60

[@muzimuzi]

@iluecha I think u're right

[@pointman127]

And the guinness book of records? The strength feats recored in this book are not considered valid or official, because the feats performed are often hard to recreate or measure correctly. In addition, no person in his right mind would attempt to squat 460 kilograms without spotters.

[@s1phor]

Ok my bad, even if they arent 460 etc, i still think they are close to that.Because seeing this guy perform on other videos id presume that it is what he claims it is .

[@basshunter8025]

comments here are so old wow

[@URAGR8M8]

And by the way when I say FAKE, I mean some of the plates - by using a mixture of real and fake plates you can get him to struggle and grince in his face - but in truth he is probably only lifting half of what he claims. Many powerlifters in Russia know he is a liar, that is why he will not compete.

[@Monctonite]

hi Dikul is the real deal,similar to other strength prodigies like Louis Cyr and Mr Saxton .These people do exist,although rare. Note, the raw bench and squat without any spotter-indicating he could go higher with the weights and challenging others to do the same. The walk out and re-rack( no spotter) of the squat may be a world record. Who else has done that? Note the age, well beyond prime, yet incredibly strong. another sign of prodigy. No WR powerlifters( on drugs) are doing that at age52.

[@MichaTheLight]

When I Typ in Saxton get to game figure are you kidding me?

[@wasiek1982]

I say hi is brave one, no asekuration on bench press and aquat. and preety weight he leefted

[@pointman127]

Good comment, I think most of the people that believe this is true have never really been involved in the powerlifting circuit, nothing in this video really makes any sense.