Who Is Karlos Nasar? Bulgarian Sensation

At the 2021 European Championships 16 year old Karlos Nasar (BUL) set the weightlifting world into discussion with his 206kg clean and jerk at 81kg in bodyweight.
So who is Karlos Nasar, how did he get so strong, and how does he compare to the best ever?
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00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Europeans Performance
01:47 - Who is He?
02:35 - Insane Progress
05:00 - Comparisons
07:20 - Conclusion
07:52 - Outro

[@ngPHILONG]

Puberty hitting differently in Bulgaria.. 🥴

[@mme9646]

What about usa and cj cummings, Hampton morris, etc?

[@SP1x5]

@@mme9646 exactly! I never see these kinds of comments when we're talking about US prodigies...

[@dickdaney]

CJ wasn’t setting senior world records as a Junior. And Shi still has him beat. If CJ Clean and jerked 198 at 16, WODA/USADA would be at his house every day

[@rookiebird9382]

They train hard. So their body produces more hormone.

[@ngPHILONG]

@@rookiebird9382 Tren hard*

[@aristotelinho4543]

"Puberty is one heck of a drug." Yeah, puberty.

[@WeightliftingHouse]

I hope you sensed my tone/emphasis on that line

[@javiersanz29]

@@WeightliftingHouse Very much sensed.

[@seangadson3085]

@@javiersanz29 that’s what I was thinking too. But we will see eventually that is for sure

[@jawee6144]

@@seangadson3085 we won't see anything when Karlos hits 18 and blots out the Sun

[@una1662]

@@jawee6144 hahaahah

[@fluiddynamics3591]

Bulgaria is making a comeback, it seems. Would be interesting to see them win worlds.

[@gabrielemanfrin2219]

@@robjj4769 cosa vorrebbe dire ?🤣

[@robjj4769]

@@gabrielemanfrin2219 dovresti saperlo

[@gabrielemanfrin2219]

@@robjj4769 non ne ho idea 🤣

[@robjj4769]

@@gabrielemanfrin2219 male. Molto male. Non sei italiano, allora

[@juliawilliams1355]

I could see Andreev's acne scars sitting all the way across my room watching it on my pretty old TV. Come back is certainly one word for it. I hope this kid comes out of all of this better than he went into it. Once in a generation talent for sure.

[@vredneckv]

If he's 16 then I never hit puberty.

[@CCSABCD]

If he's 16 im still a little bitch

[@Ease54]

I hit it...and bounced off.

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

He just came off a blast

[@hardowider5054]

Roids, and more roids.

[@TomLaios]

Now you know how we felt in 1982 when a 14 year old kid called Naim set a Senior World Record.

[@shifty220]

Long live Bulgarian weightlifting!

[@ivanraynovski7886]

Thanks for that video, Seb. He is a rock star in Bulgaria at the moment. 😄

[@ArmwrestlingJoe]

Why isn’t this talked about more? This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen

[@javiersanz29]

Glad you made a video about this. It was mind boggling. I was repeating to myself "no way he is 16 years old". The best part is that the kid is ferocious because at the end, when Pizzolato lifted that 206 to win the gold medal you can see he (Nasar) is pretty upset about it. Like, they were opting for the gold medal!!!!!

[@unAbated.]

You do know Nasar was lifting even more in training, so ofc the team knew they are going for gold.

[@vladimirtahchiev5617]

Dude, no one in Bulgarian team expected Nino to lift 206...other wise Nasar would go for 210. Nasar is not noone, he started at 9! just last year he reach and beat other bulgarian representative in this category.

[@matthewjames5201]

I believe the Bulgarian coach Ivan Ivanov competed as a 56 in the late 90s. There's vids of him out there, including a 210 front squat in training

[@ivelinkamenov]

He is 1992 olympic champion and 2000 silver medalist

[@davidec.4021]

Looking forward to Nino’s next steps, finally the man is getting some love and harvesting the hard work he has put in over the years. 6 white lighted lifts, 2 golds and 1 silver, man’s got numbers

[@fastrelief]

He's a beast, at the european he seemed on fire!

[@usmanfarooq96]

Seb: "Anti Doping is good" also Seb: this

[@superliro100]

Do you think he was on drugs at 13? Or when did he start?

[@Thanos23]

Roidhead

[@naeemsalemi1712]

This is a good example of what @Clarence0 is talking about

[@sqb2]

What do you mean? :)

[@naeemsalemi1712]

@@sqb2 doping

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

“Are you natty?” “No.”

[@swagmassa6702]

Yep I agree

[@SINGER.1195]

Yeah

[@ConservativeEastEuropean]

BULGARIA 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬 LOVE ❤️❤️❤️ KARLOS Nasar 🥇🥇🥇

[@WeightliftingHouse]

What does the career of Karlos Nasar look like from here on out? Need the book from in the video? Greatest Weightlifters Book www.weightliftinghouse.com/products/greatest-weightlifters-vol-1/

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

I hope he gets heavier!

[@Eipotttatsch]

Definitely a ton of potential, as long as he doesn't pop anytime soon.

[@ivanraynovski7886]

He looks like a 96kg beast and one hell of a headache for Tian and Meso. I can't wait to see it.

[@StrateOutdoors]

These dudes would be in high school looking like they're about to graduation with a masters

[@dorcohen3522]

I think you should do more of these short DD videos about eccentric weightlifters. I found it to be one of your best so far

[@loralori57]

Thank you for this video!!! Great job!!!

[@sunnibird]

Going to go out on a limb and say that's an enhanced puberty.

[@IvanIvanov-fn1nu]

Looks like 16 years old Lasha Talakhadze! And Naim Suleimanoglu is born, raised and lifting for Bulgaria at the beginning of his career!

[@janvesterskov1376]

This is such good content! Nerdy and entertaining at the same time ☺ Just exellent! Thank You

[@lorenzoferrando7291]

I was waiting for this video!

[@mikeplant6027]

I love the subtle tape application at the start of the videos lately. Great way to advertise, makes me want to buy a box!

[@yaka4821]

Tremendous content

[@WeightliftingHouse]

Thank you, Yaka

[@joshuaschaafsma9420]

kaki with the 235 cj, while the cameras were off. at the olympics in 1992 i think?

[@steadyp111]

Actually was Anatoly Khrapaty, he held the WR at that weight and time, Kaki just tied it.

[@Cavar21]

Ofcourse he is on juice. But all the other athletes are. To lift this much weight at only 16 years old is crazy even with all the drugs on the world. One of a billion genetics.

[@ThatWhiteKid704]

Not all athletes are on gear. Ridiculous accusation.

[@Cavar21]

@@ThatWhiteKid704 most of top level strength athletes..

[@ThatWhiteKid704]

@@Cavar21 a lot, yes. Most, no. Especially not in the US. Maybe most in other countries that have state sponsored doping programs.

[@pixytorres7117]

@@ThatWhiteKid704 Typical American that thinks his country is clean and all others are taking drugs.

[@ThatWhiteKid704]

@@pixytorres7117 me? No. I’m fully aware that doping is an issue in the US, but I feel like it’s mostly losers and no names here. Not that high level athletes don’t also use, but if USADA treats all those at the top like they do Mattie I doubt many of them are doping. On the other hand, it seems other countries internal doping agencies aren’t as active as USADA so stuff like this video happens. This dude is clearly on gear, but CJ is also a freak of nature so for all we know he is too.

[@haydn.oneill]

Great video!

[@stefanodellanna8452]

I didn't finish to watch the video yet, but ehi you are the only one on the YouLifting that mentioned Nino Pizzolato. Everybody are talking about the second place and not the first one, so thanks from Italy :D

[@pawesowianski7845]

a lot of health for tis guy no injurys etc

[@kialljacobs8331]

I love this this is awesome and it makes me wanna do the clean press since I'm in the home gym everyday 💪

[@manueljn1094]

Akakios C&J was at 1992 Olympics 235 I think that's the heaviest of all time, and a awesome jump to get the first place

[@panx9158]

Could you make a vid reacting to some of Szymon kołecki lifting? He moved so well. Pure athlete

[@yoanadimitrova3556]

I know him,he is legend!😀

[@danohara8485]

Great content

[@emilkoch4098]

wow, this kid looks like a million dollars. He's real jacked for 16. I'm originally from Bulgaria. I would love to see this kid win some gold medals for Bulgaria. It's been a long time since Bulgaria has done very well in the Olympics, or brought back a gold medal for that matter. I just hope he's doing this properly in terms of the training. I'm pulling for this kid big time to do well in the olympic games and win.

[@pegleggreg3627]

Drugs or not, lifting 210 (ill take his word for it) is insane at such a light bodyweight. The only thing that comes close was Ilya lifting 216 (record was 218) when he was 17to win in 2005 Doha

[@manueljn1094]

all people talking trash about this kid but no one said nothing to Harrison or CJ not even Tian Tao all of those lifters had pretty similar high elite numbers and progress at the same age I remember watching the progress of CJ and it was out of this world besides his weird technique, the same with Tian I think he lifted around 210 kg at 16 yers on a national comp

[@mohmj6815]

that kid's on 100g of creatine a day

[@Scott-zh5ip]

🤣 those are some good multivitamins

[@janci9047]

Not creatine brother...

[@disacane8459]

creaTREN

[@thebarbellboi]

Damn , 81kg is going to be very interesting post the lu xiaojun era. @weightliftung house, opinions?

[@bakarone]

Sadly the post Lu era could coincide with the No-Olympics for WL era

[@dansmith9724]

His coach with the magic has heaps of tubs of Joe Weiders mega mass 5000, that hasnt been on sale for years.

[@richardleewz]

The thumbtape makes a return!

[@hieggagaggu]

I must admit, I still enjoyed Pizzolatos win over this more. Somehow Karlos felt very cold on the stage, like he knew he is one of the best. Pizzolato did his records all senses focused till the end and was really showing emotion & enjoyment over the work he just accomplished the championship. To me that was more impressive 😊

[@hieggagaggu]

@@22448824 yeah I wont be saying that Italians wouldn't be totally "clean". However I like the fact Pizzolato has been constantly improving in results/strength/technical aspects, and it starts to show in results. Not like suddenly there is a +90 kg cap between competition totals (like in Karlos case). I would say its too obvious...

[@davidec.4021]

@@hieggagaggu yeah. I don’t know about them specifically, but as an italian in the sport i can tell you that there’s a lot of stigma and institutional attention on doping. It happened to a couple of Italian athletes in other disciplines and they were ostracised from sport and society. Not saying is good or bad, it just doesn’t incentivise doping i think

[@autokar123]

As always great video ;) As a Polish, I’m giving you advise about pronunciation of Szymon Kołecki’s name. It’s Szymon Coletzky.

[@WeightliftingHouse]

Good to know!

[@noreasonwhy]

Ilya Ilyn hit 170/216 as a 85kg at 17 years old. Hope they don’t ruin my boys career like they did with Ilya.

[@theRaw6]

lol "They", like it's their bad if Ilya took some juice, he ruin his career alone

[@Tom-vu1wr]

@@theRaw6 lol he wouldn't have had a career without juice

[@germanwolf9212]

Reminds of a clip that hookgrip shared a while ago on insta. There was a massive Iranian heavyweight who cleaned, I think 230 kg+, at 15 years of age. He had his own insta for a while but when I searched him again he just disappeared completely and all I could find was said hookgrip clip.

[@ONE-pg7wd]

Whats his name?

[@germanwolf9212]

@@ONE-pg7wd Alireza Yosefi, here's the hookgrip link: instagram.com/p/Bycz4aHguX_/ And he 'only' did 225 kg but it looked like he had a lot left in the tank. Edit: Found a new insta of him: instagram.com/itsalirezayousefi/?hl=de

[@jokeloser]

I wonder what brand protein powder he's using, I need some

[@deadlift4life1]

Please do a commentary on Szymon Kolecki early years video (it include 18 years old 235 clean and jerk at 94)

[@danwong731]

Shot Sebz🤙. Cheers bro.

[@jaxonsevero1045]

Are you going to post your commentary on the 96kg session on patreon or something?

[@asherxs]

Who else is here after Karlos broke Lu's CJ record

[@barath4545]

Taner was no flash in the pan. Olympic gold, Worlds gold and then a spinal injury which I think would have most of us retire from heavy weightlifting alltogether. Taner also has a street named after him in Ankara, so I refuse to believe he was just some flash. He showed up, won, got injured severely and retired.

[@Seb4asti4n]

Where can one watch the rest of this live? The KZbin channel I used to watch this got terminated.

[@WeightliftingHouse]

Try Frank Rothwell

[@Seb4asti4n]

@@WeightliftingHouse Thank you! 🙏

[@cpthornman]

So sad youtube has to be garbage and kill that channel.

[@krasimirkrasimir1268]

It's disrespectful not to value his achievements and talking about drugs. Take all the doping in the world and do his results...And talk sh1t after that.. Don't be haters guys , be happy about every great result in sports nowadays.

[@NONO-hz4vo]

I am not really a big fan of giving kids drugs. Call me crazy.

[@krasimirkrasimir1268]

@@NONO-hz4vo I understand your point but he is not even caught with it ... So the other guys are alright and they are angels but the kid is on drugs?

[@pannonianfit1582]

Kakhi did 235 kg c&j at 90 kg bodyweight in summer olympics ´92

[@zteaxon7787]

This guy is a unit and a half. Amazing

[@SMydland]

this is the kind of case, that if it is not investigated, and found guilty it will be another nail in the coffin for weightlifting to remain an olympic sport.

[@ramsesii3553]

He is a real threat for Lu...

[@MaCo4LyF]

The question is how dependant on drugs are these lifts and if he will be able to avoid getting caught in a post covid testing environment.

[@alexcramer2878]

Bulgaria back to their old ways I see

[@theodor320]

I'm pretty disappointed by the large majority of the instagram crowd of weightlifing, never seen so much hate and mockery towards a 16--year-old. For fuck sake.

[@ozwunder69]

Nain was born Jan 1967 (not november as was once listed as) he was 16 in Moscow 1983 October

[@vladimirkrylov6468]

Ему сейчас 18 лет, а в мае будет 19. Нашел в интернете протокол участников соревнований до 15 лет в 2017 году в сентябре. Он тогда выступал в категории до 56 кг.

[@user-br9ne3gm9x]

He was 12 years old then

[@terrych6175]

I have always known we have great genetics and great sportspeople. Jordan Jovkov the gymnast many others that have done great things on the Olympics. This boy from Cherven Bryag just found his passion and grabbed his opportunity. We have many supporting people in sport and even coaches who dont practice much the sport know a lot about it and have a lot of info to teach the young. If we had more aspiring young men and women in bulgaria like Karlos we would be famous all over the world with our sports.

[@pjtomtai]

impressive

[@FishbrainMnt]

He have a video lifting 210 in cj, but I don't think he have one for the 175 snatch.

[@zanechapman1825]

Refreshing to hear someone talk about this kid without banging on about drugs in the same conversation.

[@VendettaMax]

How do you avoid that conversation when the guy you're talking about is a 16-year-old who 2 years ago had noodle arms and now lifts 1kg under a senior world record set by a 30-some-year-old legend?

[@JohnWL]

He has an... interesting clean technique.

[@moreplates4782]

Kakhi kakhiashvili is from georgia actually. I know him personally he's president of georgian weightlifting federation. And he clean and jerked 145.5 kgs more than his bodyweight

[@marksinclair2592]

Something tells me this kid is going to take gold in the 81kg category in Tokyo. Bulgaria will take the mens 81kg

[@aleksikarppinen8698]

And prolly lose that gold 6-8yrs later heh.

[@weiliu5827]

He could not go to Tokyo due to the new Olympics qualification system.

[@marksinclair2592]

The weight qualifications? Which ones because last time I checked 81kg is an Olympic category.

[@marksinclair2592]

$$ talks lots of weightlifters from previous eras who still hold their place because someone paid a ranking member of the IOC and IWF to keep quiet so it depends.

[@XabiA11]

that squat progress is mind blowing

[@cpthornman]

Some would say unnatural.

[@XabiA11]

@@cpthornman well, he moved it himself, no wires or jacks. Time will tell. Every now and then somebody has to come along who challenges our defined limits of greatness. It's only a matter of time.

[@S7RANG3]

Khetag Khugaev was another flash in the pan teenage lifter that came out of the blue. Heard he might be coming back though.

[@dalehall-bowden1083]

I’d be very interested to see it. He seemed to lose some of his extraordinary speed as he got older and heavier. At least to my eyes.

[@davidec.4021]

Yo literally just commented that on your last video lol

[@user-gb2rj7bu7o]

Can you talk about Dadash Dadashbayli?

[@grumpycroissant8712]

3:00 dude got buns, served hot

[@ketam1ne420]

Probably would be Kakhi's 235 at Barcelona when he was a 90?

[@jordanshepard5811]

Do an episode where you max out

[@mariomilcha]

Juiced out of his mind :D

[@joaago1]

Where can we buy this kind of puberty?

[@rickniu4153]

16??

[@JG-ce6op]

His technique is buttery smooth! What a talent. Can anyone tell me why when he snatches he seems slow?

[@ryanreviews8566]

HOLY CRAP WHAT

[@Thanos23]

I wonder how long it will take to catch him 🤔

[@getdusty1]

Seb, you think he looks a bit like Boady from Sarnia??

[@iceboxchamberlain1]

Gotta kick it off with the thumb tape

[@KhanBalkan]

Well I'm happy to see my country doing well, but I'm expecting a pop soon, like always.

[@furezj]

Yeah..."puberty"...rrriiiigghhhtt.

[@NONO-hz4vo]

Hence, puberty is a hell of a "drug"

[@CCSABCD]

7:00 look at that body, it was made for weightlifting, my god look at his arms lmao

[@rookiebird9382]

How can someone has such short arms?!

[@geol5448]

@@rookiebird9382 some form of dwarfism probably.

[@bartomiejmierzejewski2999]

@@geol5448 it is some kind of elvish

[@ieod-ri2zp]

Roids man

[@ieod-ri2zp]

@@robjj4769 enhlish type man

[@nhanlehoang6603]

Where is zulfia chinshanlo?

[@kristianpexlivanski6900]

i have only 1 think to say : HE IS BULGARIAN BECEOUSE OF THIS CAN DO THIS you can check how many world records have bulgaran and how many olimpyc titles

[@vladislavpetkov2271]

Bulgarians: Pre Pubescence: Stickman Post pubescence: Bear

[@robroberts1473]

Puberty in Bulgarian means geared to the gills in English.

[@andrewgordon777]

We need to support Seb on patrion so he can buy a comb. 😁

[@user-hh8xf6jr9i]

It is not a big surprise, we have world records almost in every sport. When I was 15-16 pushing 100kg on the bench was like walking in the park, something really normal, we just love the feel of pain hahahaha....

[@user-hh8xf6jr9i]

@Ayrton Senna Просто са много мързеливи

[@kh-wg9bt]

Remember when that testosterone first hit your brain at 14/15. Imagine then shooting extra androgens into those fresh receptor sites so young. I just can't imagine how this guy feels at 16 shifting weights like that. Going around headbutting moving trains and humping car exhausts.

[@akiwiincanada]

I love watching these videos. Not only for the awesome lifting, but for Seb always looking like he just rolled out of bed ... "moar coffee"

[@davidbale2094]

You just don't know well the bulgarian system. Here we have pure geniuses in weightlifting, wrestling and combining different chemic elements. The problem is that a big corruption and mafia broke the system,but we are trying to make changes now and to reset the sport. You need talent,hard work and good medicine for this sport. Bulgaria is in a big demographic collaps,but the weightlifting system is still working,although it is not good as before 30,40 years. The same is in the wrestling. We have a lot of talents,unique system and medical and chemistry specialist. Bulgarian specialists make champions in weightlifting and wrestling all over the world. We will return soon.

[@77Seven]

Cringe, DrUuuUUuUgs are coOOOoOOl

[@zennappi]

Does he go to Tokyo?

[@gotiniqdenis]

No

[@Scott-zh5ip]

Can you shed some light on Emily godley and what her Olympic possibilities are?? It's confusing! 🤷‍♂️

[@alextheguy1858]

Get Botev's thoughts on this

[@sebastianme6368]

i just he can stay healthy and doesnt ruin his body

[@janci9047]

Bro his liver must be like stone by now

[@ash6415]

This is incredible, has their been a stronger 16 year old in history? Is he actually 16?

[@AbdulBasittrading]

Naim

[@vladimirtahchiev5617]

he is and if you know him personally will see he is normal 16 years old boy. He is also an example for this younger brother who is 11-12 and become second in bulgarian youth championship.