From now on when I train I’m gonna imagine some whispering commentator announcing my mediocre numbers before I lift them
whispers “going for 225 now, big jump from last time” 😂

The USSR could not bear its total loss in the bars by the Bulgarian athletes and organized the scandal in Seoul to cover up its loss. Abadjiev is the greatest coach of all time in this sport and his achievements are unsurpassed.

These dudes really knew how to train, if I see the word “Bulgarian” before any exercise I know it’s gonna kick my ass

The sheer power that these 70-90 kilo guys are doing on those bars is something else.

People who can do this have all my respect. I can only imagine amount of training that one leads to these achievements.

So these the assholes who got me doing split squats every leg day

13:40 I love that guy's shirt which reads "Why be normal?" With strength like him, you wouldn't want to be normal.

3:23 Моля, тишина!

Those Bulgarians are indeed, unbelievable

20:13 The most badass squat I have ever seen.  280-300kg? Very very low, very slowly, by a 75-80kg man... Insane.

18:35 Wait, so he missed the 205 three times and then went up to 210 and made it? What a beast!

Bulgaria has always had top level weightlifters. Massive respect from Albania 🇦🇱🇧🇬

The Bulgarian man that’s 85kg doing those high ass snatches is godly. Think of how much mobility, stability, and power you have to have. Impressive feat for anyone on this planet

5:00 total respect, he's a beast.

I love everything about this video: the soft whispering from the narrator, the grain in the video, hum from camera, echos of the shoes across the gymnasium, and the loud animalistic yells of the lifters.

I'm Bulgarian and I had no idea we got such incredible lifters, I always noticed majority of men home are wide and bulky but didn't ever know we had those beasts before. We only hear legends of the incredible athletes during the Soviet Union and how harsh their trainings were similar thing was with wrestling.

LUNK ALARM !!!!!

The dude hitting 210kg multiple times is the definition of mamba mentality

4:29 probably the most grindy clean I've ever seen.

I just love the sound of the gym…the slam of the weights and bar, absolute perfection