New world records and incredible fortitude. The World Kettlebell Lifting Championship and Cup ended in Grodno

Kettlebell lifting is a cycle of repetitions of lifting weights as many times as possible over a certain period of time, starting in a standing position. There were, are and will be born such unique athletes who will achieve maximum records with their work and perseverance, and get into the Guinness Book of Records. Competitions for men are held in classical biathlon. This double event takes place in two stages of exercises: a simultaneous push of two weights from the chest, both hands of the athlete are involved, and a jerk of the weight in turn with each hand of the athlete. In the kettlebell clean and jerk, a one-time change of hands is allowed without the opportunity to place the apparatus on the platform. At the end of both exercises, the results are calculated and the total points for the double event are assigned. Regarding the long cycle push, it is as follows: you need to throw the weights on your chest, then push them up from your chest, lower them onto your chest and lower them down without making the slightest contact with the platform. This set of exercises is performed with 2 weights.

History of kettlebell lifting

At the end of the 40s of the 20th century, there was no competition in kettlebell lifting based on strength indicators as such. The concept of a kettlebell in sports, as a piece of equipment, became known only at the end of the 17th century. A kettlebell and a dumbbell barbell were used to increase the strength of an athlete, or as an apparatus for a circus performance.

The opening of the kettlebell lifting competition took place on October 24, 1948 under the patronage of weightlifting masters, in which athletes competed with kettlebells weighing 32 kilograms. As such, the rules had not yet been invented or approved, but competitions were organized on an ongoing basis, and weightlifters saw their advantages in this, recruiting and attracting more people to their ranks. The rules for kettlebell lifting competitions were created and approved in 1962. During the 70s, changes were constantly made to the rules of competition in kettlebell lifting in order to attract more segments of society.

An important date in kettlebell lifting fell in 1985; it received official recognition. 1987 is also a very important date; it was in this year that the All-Union Kettlebell Lifting Federation of the USSR was created.

On October 29, 1992, the All-Union Kettlebell Lifting Federation of the USSR was disbanded, and in its place the International Kettlebell Lifting Federation was organized and created. As in other sports, kettlebell lifting can present the World Kettlebell Lifting Records below:

30+ incredible strength records of the 19th and 20th centuries (28 photos)

It seems to many that progress is inexorably moving forward, technology is becoming more powerful and faster, and athletes are becoming more and more dexterous, fast and powerful. But it turns out that a whole series of achievements of strongmen from the not-so-distant past in our times, not only can no one beat, but even repeat. But it would seem that today’s heroes have all the means and knowledge of modern medicine and pharmaceuticals at their disposal?

They look simply incredible: various “strength records” set by Russian and foreign athletes over the past 150 years.

1. Max Daton (England) bench pressed a 34 kg barbell 845 times in 1891.

2. Georg Hackenschmidt (Russia) spread his arms horizontally to the sides with 32 kg weights bottom down 5 times in 1899.

3. Emil Voss (Germany) pushed a barbell weighing 110 kg with his right hand, and juggled a 49 kg weight with his left in 1903.

4. Sandow (Germany) performed a bench press with his left arm, lay on his back, stood up while holding a 115 kg barbell in his hand in 1896.

5. Arthur Hennig (Germany) lifted a barbell weighing 154 kg to his chest and performed a bench press with his right hand in 1902.

6. Ivan Selykh (Russia) performed a bench press with lifting 3 weights of 32 kg each in 1907.

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7. Znamensky (Russia) performed a left-arm press of two 32 kg weights stacked on top of each other in 1899.

8. Franz Stähr (Austria) performed a right-arm rack press without bending the body and bending the knees 50 kg 25 times in 1897.

9. Karl Svoboda (Austria) performed a right-arm rack press without bending the body and bending the knees of 101 kg in 1912.

10. Pyotr Krylov (Russia) performed a 32 kg kettlebell press with his left hand in a rack position without tilting the body and bending the knees 86 times in 1909.

11. Paris (France) tore an unopened deck of cards in 55 seconds in 1912.

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12. John Grün (Germany) broke a horse's shoe in 23 seconds in 1907.

13. Tom Walter Kennedy (USA) performed a deadlift with straightening the legs and back with a core of 36 pounds in 1893.

14. Louis Cyr (Canada) deadlifted a 669 kg ball barbell in 1894.

15. Hermann Gessler (Germany) lay down and stood up with a 250 kg bag of metal on his back in 1912.

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16. Hans Beck (Germany) lifted a barrel of beer from the floor without any equipment in 1890.

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17. Anton Riha (Czechoslovakia) carried a weight of 854 kg in 1891.

18. Louis Cyr (Canada) lifted a platform weighing 1867 kg from stands with his back in 1892.

19. Louis Cyr (Canada) lifted a ball bar with his right hand to his knees 440 kg in 1892.

20. Sandow (Germany) did a back somersault while holding a 1.5 pound weight in each hand in 1891.

21. Paul Anderson (USA) performed a squat with a barbell weighing 425 kg on his shoulders in 1955.

22. Paul Anderson (USA) performed a half squat with a carriage ramp weighing 900 kg in 1955

23. Ludwig Chaplinsky (Russia) jumped over the dining table with a 40 kg ram in his hands in 1911.

24. Nikolai Vakhturov (Russia) threw a 32 kg weight over a railway carriage in 1912.

25. Willi Kutter (Germany) performed pull-ups on the bar with an overhand grip with his right hand with his own weight of 95 kg 12 times in 1900.

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26. Ivan Zaikin (Russia) lifted a 40-bucket barrel of water on his back and carried it across the stage in 1913.

27. Sergei Eliseev (Russia) held a 61 kg weight in a horizontal position with his right hand in 1903.

28. Pyotr Yankovsky (Russia) performed a bench press with a 3-pound weight, holding it in the palm of his hand and sitting on the floor in 1905.

29. Henri Stérnon (France) carried two cannons weighing 456 kg on his back in 1876.

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30. Grigory Kashcheev (Russia) carried a live horse on his back in 1908.

31. Karl Svoboda (Austria) performed a two-arm rack press without body tilt and knee bending of 165 kg with a body weight of 70 kg in 1911.

32. Yuri Vlasov (USSR) performed a straight bench press of 185 kg with his own weight of 135 kg in 1967.

33. Oskar Wahlund (Sweden) lifted a 2105 kg load with his back using straps from a platform in 1912.

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Kettlebell lifting champions

Louis Cyr

The hereditary hero and famous Canadian strongman Louis Cyr lived at the turn of the century (10/10/1863 - 11/10/1912). He weighed 147 kg with a height of 1.75 m and had biceps with a volume of 53 cm.

• At the age of 30, he could lift and hold on his back without the use of special devices a platform with a load weighing 1967 kg.
• 36 times in a row, Sir lifted a 73-kilogram dumbbell vertically with one hand, tilting his torso to the side.
• With his right hand, he lifted a ball barbell (440 kg) to his knees, without using a strap.

Louis Cyr is still considered an unsurpassed strongman today. In Montreal, in memory of his unique talent, there is a statue of Louis Cyr with his favorite weightlifting apparatus.

Snatch with a kettlebell weight of 16 kilograms for women

Women also achieve and set World Records in kettlebell lifting. The results are below:

Kettlebell fitness

Kettlebells give a lot to an athlete; they can be used to perform a full range of exercises: bending, bench press, squats, shoulders, etc., these exercises are in no way related to kettlebell lifting, but belong to kettlebell fitness.

Recently, “kettlebell cardio training” has been developing, which is very close to kettlebell lifting rather than fitness. Kettlebell cardio training and cardio training differ in jerks and swings of small weight kettlebells, which last for quite a long time.

To achieve World Records in kettlebell lifting, you need to devote a lot of time, devote yourself to the sport with soul and spend horsepower of energy. In the list of honor of records you can see many Russian names - this means that our domestic athletes spend a lot of time on kettlebell lifting, hence the result.

Defy gravity

The only kettlebell juggling section in the Urals operates in Nizhny Tagil, led by Rodion Nurgaliev

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Athletes train at the municipal Palace of National Cultures. Two athletes performing in pairs - Mikhail Lemetti
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Kirill Matsyuk
- are two-time Russian champions and three-time European champions.

“When we started juggling, there were no conditions,” says Rodion. “We used to drop weights and break the floor. Then they started adding mattresses, but it was uncomfortable. Now there is a special rubber coating. Today Mikhail and Kirill have grown into great masters; recently, already during quarantine, they took second place in the online world cup.

Peter Krylov

“King of weights” - this was the nickname given to the outstanding Moscow circus strongman Pyotr Krylov (1871 - 1933). He was a legendary man who performed phenomenal exercises.

• He weighed 88 kg and was 1.7 m tall, and with one hand he lifted three unfastened weights of 32 kg each, which means their total weight was 96 kg.
• Also, without bending his legs or bending his torso (in a “soldier’s stance”), he squeezed a two-pound weight with his left hand 86 times. No one has yet been able to repeat this trick.
• Also, Krylov, holding a 40-kg weight in each hand, spread his straight arms to the sides. He did the same exercise, only with a 52 kg weight, with one hand.

All these great strongmen lived at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. They stood at the origins of the creation of heavy sports. Thanks to their unique talent, titanic work, unbending will and devotion to their dream, they were able to achieve phenomenal results and leave to their descendants such records that no one managed to break in all subsequent years.

Georg Hackenschmidt

The greatest circus athlete, nicknamed the “Russian Lion”, who became the first world champion in freestyle wrestling and received prizes at the world weightlifting championships, Georg Hackenschmidt (08/01/1877 – 02/19/1968), at the age of 20 in Vienna, captivated the public with his unusual strength presentation.

• Lying on his back, he pressed 151 kg and pushed a weight of more than 163 kg in the same position.
• Just four years later, sitting cross-legged and picking up a dumbbell weighing about 85 kg, Georg rose to a standing position from the starting position. This is a unique exercise, but with a 50 kg dumbbell, he did it five times in a row.

Having a biceps volume of 47 cm, Gackenschmidt weighed 93 kg with a height of 176 cm.