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Stefan Botev 200kg Snatch

August 16, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Thanks to Roberto who keeps the Bulgarians 1988 clips coming.

We continue with Stefan Botev and a 200kg Snatch (? 3 big reds + 1 slimmer 15kg?).

Also check out this article (Update: original article was removed.) about Botev where he talks about modifying his Bulgarian-ish training to accommodate for his age. Mixing in more exercises and shortening training sessions.

I have another system not as tough as, for example Abadjiev used to train us up to about 8 hours / day. But now I work out only 6 hours / day. This is enough for me because my age (29 years) is increasing, so if I would train as hard as before, I would not “survive”.

Also, he confirms what came up in the last Stefan Botev Clean video.

In the case of Clean & Jerks, it is 260kg max, and I have not tried the heavier weight.

In 1988, I was really strong before the Olympics in Korea. I could C&J 260kg then. I wanted to try to 270kg a few times, but Abadjiev did not give me permission to do so. He meant that I could get hurt. I have done 260kg about 10 times before the 1988 Olympics. It was unlikely that someone else had done this weight.

Filed Under: snatch, Stefan Botev, videos, weightlifting

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Comments

  1. Faisal says

    August 17, 2012 at 10:10

    the amazing thing about bulgarians is the manner that they dominate the heaviest weights as if their light warm ups, its a spectacle and one of the most beautiful aspects of this sport!

  2. Jay says

    October 21, 2014 at 12:29

    Gregor do you have the direct link to this article I can’t seem to get it to pull up?

    • Gregor says

      October 21, 2014 at 14:05

      Looks like the article was removed. I don’t have another source for it.

  3. av1998wl says

    August 23, 2015 at 03:58

    @GregorATG:disqus do you still have the link to the article

    I know, I know, very late and unlikely, but perhaps you can view the past edits? to find the link?

    • Gregor says

      August 23, 2015 at 08:47

      Nope Sorry

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