Weightlifters DEALING Enormous Amounts of Gear

Coach ZT watches the competition and report wherein Anatoly Pisarenko and Aleksandr Kurlovich get busted trying to smuggle massive amounts of anabolic steroids into Canada.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
01:09 - The Competition
12:31 - The Steroid Scandal
22:18 - Wrap Up

[@nicholastanzola488]

Steiner gold medal with him having the photo of his wife is also up there in the weightlifting photo hall of fame

[@Gigantasy]

“Soviet super heavies push weight around” is a fucking spectacular headline.

[@ericespinoza6129]

"Who's this guy talking, what's his total" 💀

[@gsincraian]

Drugs were not for them, Zack. I guess they wanted to sell them!

[@petershepherd4296]

The blue suade weightlifting boots with layered leather solid sole (with a thin layer of latex anti slip ). The shoe brand is ADIDAS , I used these in 1984 - 86 on the inspiration of Dean Lukin at the Olympics ( I met him saw him lift 200kgs in a traing session with Gino Frantangelo , this was the heaviest weight I had ever seen lifted live ,standing 3 metres away. We didn't have KZbin in those days and the TV coverage was disappointing unless it was football or cricket. I shook Dean's hand . And I still have my ADIDAS weightlifting shoes ! I am disappointed about the Russian guy , I would loved to see him lift 280 kgs , and get the recognition he deserved, but Dean Lukin totally transformed weightlifting in Australia.

[@user-sy5qq9fv4j]

bro, it was USSR, not Russia. Pisarenko in particular is Ukrainian.

[@user-sy5qq9fv4j]

P.S. 15 republics (countries)

[@karfa87]

when we talk about medals is russian, when we talk about doping is ukrainian. Hm

[@user-sy5qq9fv4j]

I'm Ukrainian myself. Pisarenko is from Kyiv.@@karfa87

[@philipgilliam3400]

If you can track him down, please consider interviewing Anatoly Pisarenko. That would be AWESOME! 😎

[@user-sy5qq9fv4j]

And little bit about why they chose Pisarenko. At the time the head coach was Vasilii Alekseev. It's partly rumor, but probably true: Alekseev didn't like Pisarenko's approach to training, so when confronted him about it, Pisarenko's response was basically: "Dude, i lift more than you so STFU and get lost". So after that it was a matter of time he gonna be kicked out.

[@Metalblowing]

The fun part is that Alekseev hated trainers and training as well. He was known for using his own methods for training. But likely he got pissed off because Pisarenko was Ukrainian. And russians are notoriously xenophobic so hearing "go **ck yourself" form a Ukrainian was a 1 way ticket. 2 big guys, 2 big characters.

[@markfocacci5174]

Prilepin was the national coach at that time. He died the next year. Rigert became his replacement for the next 2 years, he resigned and next it was Medvedev.

[@jkizzle9953]

My dad competed in the 1984 and 1988 Olympics (weightlifting) including a bunch of international comps in between. He got offered to buy drugs constantly from other athletes and coaches. Primarily from the eastern block guys.

[@cuolema]

You told that your dad was helicopter driver in other video. He served in Vietnam. Sama dad?

[@kamikaze8625]

@@cuolema He actually was & he did.

[@jkizzle9953]

@@cuolema I have never said that lmao check the username again if u remember where the comment was. I feel weird giving this much info ab my personal life to strangers already

[@kamikaze8625]

My dad was my uncle during the 21st century Clash Royale competition

[@simak2391]

I don't know anything about weightlifting. I've never even tried the lifts. Still, the lore you post is pretty entertaining. Cheers Zack!

[@goodfella_]

Start. Start tomorrow. You are ready my son.

[@nicholaskoenig3106]

I KNOW RIGHT?!

[@DanDavisHistory]

This was fascinating, thank you.

[@aaroncorbett2904]

The shoes are either Adidas Specials, which I think they started making in 1979, or Moska's (not Adidas) who are a Polish company which made an almost identical copy. The only noticeable difference was the Adidas name and logo on the side and heel of the shoe. Can't tell which from this angle but it's one of them.

[@astrudlang7557]

Absolutely great video thanks Zack

[@AlmostHTC]

Pisarenko was only 26 here, 2 years younger than Taranenko. Gunyashev (a Russian) brought drugs over too said Pis, but IWF let USSR ban the Ukrainian and Belarusian athletes and spin the narrative. Having previously being absent from world championships for anti-communist rhetoric, Taranenko was allowed back in ‘85 as a light super. But he and an injury-prone Gunyashev couldn’t beat a rising Krastev. So both Pis and Kurlovich made comebacks in ‘86 but Kurlovich prevailed and the rest is history

[@zacktelander]

Wow thank you for this

[@Andreastheduck]

not a even a weightlifter but really enjoy the historical coverage of the sport

[@therealforestelf]

great entertaining video, also loved the background, the view from the bridge near the elevator that leads to the Academy of Raya Lucaria with that view on The Four Belfries is stunning. gotta love Elden Ring ( - ) need that DLC this winter!

[@tvraven]

Lol totally find these vids funny to hear your thoughts and reactions! Defo keep making them

[@aelc2829]

thanks for these videos Zack

[@jd9119]

Kurlovich had the perfect last name for being a weight lifter.

[@martinloftus6625]

Great content. A while back you talked about the positives of sitting in a squat position. I have been doing this now a few times a week in warm-ups and think it is really helping me. I suggested this to Hunter McIntyre who has stiffness in lower back.

[@Wayf4rer]

Khaled said it best when he said they dont wanna see you win

[@noagre9777]

Naim holding up his right fist and pyrros dimas holding his jerk gotta be up there for most iconic photos in weightlifting as well

[@Molonlabee_]

@5:32 adidas 1979 special weightlifting style number 72410 . They might be

[@stevefromchicago8277]

Dude looked more like 45 than 23

[@fpupesh]

as kid growing up in bulgaria and playing football and going to a sports school i can tell you it wasn't just in weight lifting. my mate in school was a wrestler and he was told - you either start on the "vitamins" or you won't be able to compete. we're talking 8 grade students here, 14-15 y/o and they already taking dbol and test injections.

[@Gojimaru]

И при тях е същото ама се правят на луди. Тоя Зак е голям филмар. Даже бих казал, че е по-зле при тях.

[@fpupesh]

@@Gojimaru да бе ама само към нас сочат с пръст нали?

[@Gojimaru]

​@@fpupesh Какво ти пука ? Оная Симон Байлс дето я хванаха с адерол ли, какво беше и тя почна да реве, че имала "ментални" проблеми и доктора и го предписал. Щатите финансират най-много и олимпийските комитети, и всякакви антидопингови организации. Затова не ги хващат. Просто американците си зобят легално с лекарски предписания и с дизайнерски стероиди и понеже финансират и контролните органи, няма как да ги хванеш. Преди го гледах, но напоследък се показа, че е много гладък мозък тоя Зак.

[@ouroboroscartel8079]

@@fpupeshyeah the United States are fkin hypocrites regarding most things it’s fkin ridiculous then we have the audacity to call other countries out 😅😅

[@realalbertan]

Read about Renate Vogel. She talks about being given Oral Turinabol starting in 72 after East Germany "underperformed" in the Olympics. 9th in 72 she dropped 3 seconds at the 73 worlds in the 100m Breastroke at 18 winning and setting a world record. By 76 the drugs had ruined her and she wasn't on the team but her team mate was now 2 full seconds faster than her WR time from 73.

[@BossManUtility29]

I love these videos!

[@n00dle_king]

Love to see you talk about UFC breaking with USAADA over McG.

[@Vitaly3548]

Conor's biggest contribution to the sport tbh

[@nattyfatty4.0]

So when are they gonna reinstate all the people they banned over BS?

[@DarthBane-zf8wv]

A PED freedom movement in UFC would bring the sport to even bigger heights. I’m sure Saudi Arabia, Dubai, UAE would host and sanction the fights.

[@-TK-]

​@@DarthBane-zf8wv doping and combst sports sounds like a recipe for disaster. Imagine random motherfuckers punching each other with the force of a thousand suns.

[@DarthBane-zf8wv]

@@-TK- I’m imagining how awesome that would be!!!

[@JeewanthaBandara]

The Cheshire cat grin at 13:15 is just incredible.

[@klaustrainer]

Although based on the headline my expectations were more towards bonus content from the recent trip to Japan and South Korea, however I enjoyed it nevertheless. Thanks for the great video!

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

Those old school suits are something else

[@gm1799]

I think i remember watching a video where pisarenko said he was ready to do a 210 snatch and a 280 clean and jerk. He also claimed to have been set up in regards to the drugs, and that he was being sacrificed by their coach and the soviet federation. He said that from day 1 he disagreed with the Vasily Alekseyev who tried to make him learn new techniques for the lifts and then he never got coached by him again. He was unlucky to have never won the olympics due to politics and then unfortunately he was sacrificed for the same politics while still in his prime. He also said the reason he didn't put on 30kg to make unbreakable records was because he wanted to have an appealing figure on stage rather than a guy with a huge belly and I have the upmost respect for him because of that. He also only started weightlifting because he wanted to bodybuild but in Russia bodybuilders were outlawed so he became one of the strongest heavyweights just as a byproduct of wanting to build muscle why is why he overhead pressed so damn much.

[@cheeks7050]

Amazing. However, utmost*

[@gm1799]

@cheeks7050 Alright, I just googled the difference, and apparently, they are similar words, so I'm not gonna change it, but I'm going to acknowledge your correction and be more careful going forward.

[@cheeks7050]

@@gm1799 👌

[@gnagelschmied]

ZT: "say the kilos you dump a**", every europian watching US videos. :)

[@jkizzle9953]

Also Zack about those adidas weightlifting shoes I just looked in my garage cuz my dad has a similar pair. There’s no name or anything on them it just says “made in west Germany” on the inside of the tongue and then adidas on the insole. They’re also pretty narrow, wouldn’t want to lift in them lmao

[@TrenbolognaSARMich]

Would love to see a reaction vid to Hamp the Champ. That kid’s dedication to weightlifting is unreal.

[@PhlintheartGloomgold]

Kurlovich was reinstated in 1987 and he was better than ever. Don't remember Martinez ever getting popped.

[@gregorysuchyta]

Agreed - a ton of US lifters from the 70's and 80's got popped but I don't recall Mario Martinez being one of them. From all accounts just a really good lifter that put a ton into the sport with little very few accolades.

[@BigDaddyBostin]

Loved it❤

[@ars-almadel_salomonis9680]

At 5:35 Gunyashev(and im pretty sure Kurlovich as well) be wearing a model of 1980's Adidas Spezial(sexy AF). Also speaking of Gunyashaev, the dude was yoked and screeched in at narrrow 2nd place to the Piz in "the quintessential Soviet look", and seriously underrated in terms of numbers and technique. Him and Sergey Didyk.

[@LBNMKRS118]

Pisarenko smoking a cig and drinking vodka between sets is badass.

[@shawnmann9491]

Rigert was a big smoker as well.

[@jd9119]

The dude lifts better when he's drunk.

[@nattyfatty4.0]

Getting "busted" for doing nothing wrong as usual. Really tired of state governments and Positivist legal systems

[@almeidajfna]

Word!!

[@Yugemos]

Jimmy and Timmy taught me everything I needed to know about steroids.

[@scottv6726]

3:48 don't step on those blue suede shoes 😂

[@dmonburner8791]

i just developed a Thomas Iana impression and i think its pretty good

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

ZT featuring Giga-renko? Gotta watch!

[@StrengthCircusDD]

I love that Zack is so green when it comes to purchasing or that 83 cents a tablet sounds cheap to him in 1980. Dianabol is only 30-45 cents a tablet in 2023. News outlets always grossly exaggerate the value of drugs.

[@westcoastnaturalwolverine4068]

Robert Kabbas spotted me Bench Pressing 💯💪💪💪

[@theK0SAR]

Pisarenko talked in detail about how the soviet federation basically sacrificed them both and used them as scapegoats. Pisarenko actually went on to become a successful businessman after the fall of USSR

[@stuntvist]

The judged events is why most people think the Olympics are stupid, and I'm inclined to agree. Having rules in place including ones for technique make sense and can be very subjective in many cases, but when they're so strict that the deciding factor is no longer the athleticism or skill of the competitors it just becomes a robot competition. You're no longer trying to find the best athlete, you're trying to find the best human robot who will do everything exactly as someone else feels like it should be done. At least weightlifting has standardized moves you perform and everyone is judged the same (ideally) and honestly it's one of the least stupid events in the Olympics; the weird show events that are more bodybuilding esque beauty pageants more than sports will always take the cake in that regard.

[@steverufus4]

i think those shoes are Moska Model 3. I lift in that shoe. My oldschool Teacher gave them to me as a gift. You can still buy them new for like 100$ or something.

[@lucasp1714]

The Soviets had pretty good equipment deals with Adidas so I think it's the Adidas special model

[@luiscalderon7383]

Just found out Mario Martinez was from my hometown, Salinas, CA 🤯

[@kcb5150]

They used to sell everything before they left.. Even the shoes... But you are spot on about the drugs and children which is why the take of some people is total trash.

[@JamilMusicLoverSingleton]

I want to compete in powerlifting but snatch and clean and jerk never were my fav workouts. I don't like those over the head types of workouts or even power clean cuz I think you have an extreme high chance of injury once you are going toward your max. You can break your spine, shoulders, all type of injuries I'm sure from these workouts. You could fall and have the weight drop on your shins and break your leg, etc. I prefer the regular squat, bench, and deadlift. Snatching is Soo damn dangerous. More props to those that can snatch 300 plus. I can barely deadlift 405 for 8 and jokas throwing it above they heads. That's really impressive but just too dangerous of a workout for me.

[@Calvinlackey81kg]

Mario jumping 12.5 kg from 160 to 172.5🤔🤔🤔

[@nicholaskoenig3106]

I love lifting and am slightly older than Zach (I think, I forget)...have ZERO idea who these Russians are but this is SO FUN and INteresting!!

[@drip369]

I'm still a huge huge fan of Pocket Hercules

[@up2me967]

Curlovich? Thats a fitting name lol!

[@VelezMedium]

Those Adidas are just sambas with heels 🤣

[@abner2193]

Was it because of the old round plates that made the weightlifting rule so that you couldn't release the bar "without control" above shoulder height?

[@BigBen2314]

The rule actually at one point was “above the waist” without control

[@up2me967]

10k was a fortune then... Inflation yo. Also in the soviet union its a biiiig lifechanging score... You could almost buy 2 appartaments w that in the soviet union...

[@conormullan4901]

Pisarenko was 26 lol, looks older than my da

[@Tren69420]

for a second i thought your background was infinity blade and i got insane nostalgia

[@scottessery100]

18:28 wow … Armstrong never tested positive

[@JerboGod]

Only Pisarenko and Mike Tyson can pull off wearing booty shorts and still look tough 2:00

[@neilmcmahon]

Brilliant. Do you intentionally say "Lady and Gentlemen" at the start of your videos? As in, there is only 1 female subscriber? hahaha

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

Interesting. "Oh what a tangled web we weave" just saying

[@user-km7qc7vl4z]

not Gunjasheev but Guniashev Alexander.

[@BeaudiereLabs]

Ayo wash your mouth. “Back shot” is wild 😂 Good correction doh

[@scottessery100]

Freddy Mercury look jacked

[@MrBroKid]

zack check out muscle control from the bronze era of bodybuilding before STEROIDS!!! makes for a great video hope you see this

[@Rylifts109]

Mario super underrated he’s one of my family friends father and laws

[@scottessery100]

When did Nasar start. 14?

[@W1LDtracer]

You have to live it

[@cw5948]

What is the point of banning substances if you have no laws to punish those who violate the substance policy?

[@gregoriomiller8241]

Lol

[@gregoriomiller8241]

Everyone at the top of the sport is Enhanced

[@gregoriomiller8241]

The drug test is just to make us commoners think the athletes are natty it's just a big joke

[@matte4480]

What was Ajan supposed to do as a citizen of a Warsaw pact country?

[@NickJennison]

It’s amazing how Tamas Ajan managed to maintain such widespread corruption AND sing for legendary Thrash band Megadeth 😂

[@johnarickmedinasyc2546]

Common zack w rizz

[@do_odman]

You're right to be concerned for the children getting on hormones, CJ Mcmahon also did nothing wrong, but i mean teenagers in these fields are going to take steroids regardless of the legality of obtaining them because sports are lucrative and a way out for most of them, my issue is that they are potentially criminalized for this thing that's going to happen one way or another and worse than that is they'll have to adopt a completely shameful lie of a life even if they're successful because it's demonized in the public eye, and that's just going to rot their soul more than having to do blm commercials for pepsi or kelloggs or some other product that comes so fucking ironically from racial eugenics, 'eat your wheaties kids, so you can get cancer and not taint the gene pool' lol. We set up the system to demand them sell their souls to this shit and then we let people tell us that we should punish them socially for it...and because of that we can't even start to fix the criminal association. Land of the Free~

[@SlickRieck]

Mark Henry did it natty

[@harrison3910]

Zack, by saying legal children, you imply the existence of illegal children. Should I be scared?

[@scottessery100]

A 16 yr old is a child

[@o-neil]

An illegal child is an adult

[@stephenr85]

...

[@williamalvarado1419]

Bruh including the Americans. The country with the most available resources and wealth in human history. It would be idiotic to not think the Americans don’t have their own doping campaigns

[@drip369]

Baby age

[@satabdeesahoo]

fourth

[@drip369]

🥉**

[@adouken5414]

First :)

[@drip369]

🥇

[@crockrib9181]

I am worried that I will eventually see a video of someone going through a transitional phase. The video strangely seems LGBTQ2+, Zara.

[@ioniordache8372]

Dude... you gotta stop with the shouting into the microphone, especially after periods of calmly talking into it. I have to constantly fidget with the volume; i love your videos but they're very hard to watch for this reason.

[@drutherslunst4707]

Ur pausing did not work but good video

[@jorge.barcelos]

Why LPO guys have to wear this weird uniform, olympics sucks on uniform

[@skywatcher3718]

Please don't name USSR athletes as "Russia, Russia...", there are the athletes from different soviet republics, for example Pisarenko is an ukrainian from Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic :) "Soviet athlete" will be more correct.

[@PacmanLickThisGuysAs]

People definitely cared about weightlifting in the 1970s and 80's because a lot of the earliest WSM competitors were heavy weight olympian weightlifters

[@braziliannigga]

I too only transport steroids, in my bloodstream.

[@adamlevinsky8627]

after watching this video I can confirm weightlifting has always been boring and will always be boring