Great Sporting Achievements #1- Pyrros Dimas ’96

I often find myself searching YouTube here and there for some of the best training clips of athletes of all types of sports, lifting heavy shit, throwing objects, running really fast, and jumping really high; I guess you could say I can be a bit obsessive with this stuff- I call it passion, but whatever. Tonight I came across one of my favorite clips of all time. This one comes from the 1996 Summer Olympic Games; Pyrros Dimas of Greece wins the Gold Medal in the Clean and Jerk/83kg weight class (for us Americans, that’s roughly 183 lbs.) What’s so amazing about this? He takes 213 kg from the floor and presses it over his head with amazing STRENGTH, SPEED, and POWER. (213 kg = 469 lbs.!!!) SIMPLY AMAZING.

I’ll be posting more of my favorite videos frequently, but for now, enjoy this clip.

Now go lift something heavy! (Preferably from the floor and over your head like Dimas!)

If this doesn’t inspire you to get stronger, I don’t know what will!!

See ya!

John Cortese