[quote]shizen wrote:
chriscarani wrote:
shizen wrote:
lol almost everyone on this site has known about reza for a long time. He is just a strength/power freak, one of the best ever look for him to win this year also if he is healthy.
Well you should feel special for spending so much time on a forum. I’ll send the cookie in the mail. ; )
I am not a huge PW fan, but I have seen a couple of live meets, and a few YT video’s, but nothing like this guy. WOW, again.
you don’t have to spend time on the forum to know that guy, if you have been lifting for much at all you will know the big names in the sport. [/quote]
Guy? Like I mentioned not into PL or OL. Couldn’t name you more than three guys in either sport. Though my wife’s uncle still competes at over 50 (PL). He won a DL contest and guess I was inspired, and came across this guy.
[quote]Shammy wrote:
Always impressed by Rezazadeh’s performances.
However I am always flat out leveled by the performance of the smaller weight classes.
I like to judge the awesomeness of an Olympic lifter by his Total divided by his Body weight.
Rez’s Olympic ratio: (472.5kg / 156.6kg) = 3.02
Compared to the Gold Medalist of the 77kg weight class Tener Sagir
Sagir’s Olympic ratio: (375/77) = 4.87
So pound for pound you get diminishing returns on lift numbers as you go up in weight. Which athlete is called “Strongest man in the world” Rezazadeh obviously, but which am I more impressed with? Sagir.
[quote]SquatDr wrote:
chriscarani wrote:
Wow. I don’t thing I have ever seen anyone do this lift as smoothly as this guy, and with as much weight. Amazing.
everytime i see that video i am just amazed. i know strong guys that cant deadlift that much, and he just picks it up and front squats it up like nothing. i have always been curious as to what reza can max clean because its evident that he had much more in the tank for the clean.
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Yea really, there could have been at least another 50 pounds on the bar before it would even appear he was trying.
[quote]Donut62 wrote:
superscience wrote:
Rezazadeh has the ability to clean and jerk 280kg he just needs to master the technique. His jerk is more like a push press.
Aren’t you the same “genius” who argued for 20 pages that if Rezazadeh lost weight he would be stronger?[/quote]
[quote]GhorigTheBeefy wrote:
superscience wrote:
Rezazadeh has the ability to clean and jerk 280kg he just needs to master the technique. His jerk is more like a push press.
[quote]superscience wrote:
Donut62 wrote:
superscience wrote:
Rezazadeh has the ability to clean and jerk 280kg he just needs to master the technique. His jerk is more like a push press.
Aren’t you the same “genius” who argued for 20 pages that if Rezazadeh lost weight he would be stronger?
[quote]Shammy wrote:
Always impressed by Rezazadeh’s performances.
However I am always flat out leveled by the performance of the smaller weight classes.
I like to judge the awesomeness of an Olympic lifter by his Total divided by his Body weight.
Rez’s Olympic ratio: (472.5kg / 156.6kg) = 3.02
Compared to the Gold Medalist of the 77kg weight class Tener Sagir
Sagir’s Olympic ratio: (375/77) = 4.87
So pound for pound you get diminishing returns on lift numbers as you go up in weight. Which athlete is called “Strongest man in the world” Rezazadeh obviously, but which am I more impressed with? Sagir.
Just some food for thought.[/quote]
I think more often than not the term “pound for pound” is over-rated. Lighter class strength athletes lifting more over their bodyweight compared to the heavier weight classes tends to be the norm.
Heavier athletes are at a similar level as the lighter ones, studies show that their limb angular velocity is as fast as the shorter and lighter athletes. Heavier athletes have to overcome their longer limbs, greater distance and heavier bodyweight also.
For example a 150kg athlete would have to lift his own body weight and the weight of the bar, athletes at around 70kg have less than half bodyweight to lift.
