The Life & Training of Naim Süleymanoglu (GOAT of Weightlifting)

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  • Опубліковано 31 тра 2024
  • This video is a deep dive into one of the greatest athletes of all time. A look at Naim Süleymanoğlu, featuring details of his life, his training, and the 2019 movie about him!
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    We look at:
    - Naim’s origins as part of the Turkish minority in Bulgaria
    - his training schedule under the infamous coach Ivan Abadjiev
    - his defection to Turkey,
    - and much, much more.
    Plus we review the movie that came out about him in 2019, which you can watch on UA-cam, Apple TV, and elsewhere depending on your country.
    Chapter Markers:
    00:00 Intro
    02:46 Part I: Childhood in Bulgaria and Start in weightlifting
    05:45 Early Competition Results and Training
    06:39 Part II: Abadjiev and the Bulgarian System
    08:08 School of Champions Documentary
    09:13 PEDs?
    11:33 Naim's Bulgarian Training
    13:17 Teenage Results and Records
    14:49 1984 Olympics Soviet Boycott
    16:06 US Athletes on the 1980 Boycott
    16:44 Naim's Turkish Heritage
    18:39 Forced Name Change
    19:22 Escape!
    20:54 New Country, New Name
    22:00 1988 Olympics
    23:29 Naim Movie
    27:47 Americans Try to Buy Naim?
    30:26 The Wrestler and Aging Athletes
    30:40 Closing Credits
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  • @altugdemircan7228
    @altugdemircan7228 Рік тому +47

    As a Turk, I feel proud whenever Naim Süleymanoğlu is mentioned.. He is very important for us. For Turkish nation. Rest in peace

    • @penchopeev7314
      @penchopeev7314 19 днів тому +1

      he is Bulgarian, he was created as a weightlifter in the Bulgarian school! ivan abadjiev is a master of bars!

  • @Kuzeybeyful
    @Kuzeybeyful Рік тому +9

    he is a legend.

  • @gustavhviid4673
    @gustavhviid4673 Рік тому +66

    All Things Gym is like Christmas. Only once a year do they send us a present.

    • @bmstylee
      @bmstylee Рік тому +7

      Hookgrip is the same.

  • @freshmacarons
    @freshmacarons Рік тому +24

    My coach talks about Suleymanoglu a lot. Thanks for this! 🙏

    • @zombi3lif3
      @zombi3lif3 Рік тому +1

      He should! And you should join him
      RIP Naim Süleymanoğlu

    • @metalcl0ne
      @metalcl0ne Рік тому

      @@zombi3lif3 what????

    • @lafargaa
      @lafargaa Рік тому

      @@metalcl0ne talking about him? lol

    • @metalcl0ne
      @metalcl0ne Рік тому +2

      @@lafargaa i thought he meant u should join süleymanoğlu(by dying) xD

    • @D.-NeverGoBack-
      @D.-NeverGoBack- Рік тому

      @@metalcl0ne lol

  • @penchopeev7314
    @penchopeev7314 19 днів тому +1

    he is Bulgarian, he was created as a weightlifter in the Bulgarian school! ivan abadjiev is a master of bars!

  • @gunes706
    @gunes706 4 місяці тому +2

    He was a legend of our century like Muhammad Ali, Michael Jordan or Ronaldo... rest in peace Naim ❤

  • @leslieabradshaw
    @leslieabradshaw Рік тому +23

    This was fantastic. Thank you for making it.

  • @CaptMeMo_350
    @CaptMeMo_350 Місяць тому

    I have been following ATG contents more than 10 years and all are gem. Thanks for great content regarding Naim the legend.

  • @domyew
    @domyew Рік тому +1

    Amazing content! thank you for putting this out ❤️‍🔥

  • @williamshine1346
    @williamshine1346 Рік тому +10

    A friend of mine was the NBC announcer for lifting at the 1988 Olympics and the word was that Naim received his total (342.5) in gold from the Turkish government. I had the pleasure of seeing him battle with Leonidas in Atlanta and although this was a great competition he never equaled his peak at Seoul. Another friend was on the U.S. junior world team in Brazil where I thought he was 14 years old not 15. In 1996 a German told me that Naim had a late night talk show similar to the tonight show with Johnny Carson which was shown in Germany because of the large amount of Turks living in Germany.

    • @88usa
      @88usa 2 місяці тому

      😊Just saw this comment. Who was your friend on the 82 USA Jr World/USA National Team? I was on that team in Sao Paulo and got to hang out with the Soviets- Solodov, Kuznietsov, Arsamakov and the Bulgarian Team. Naim, Terziiski, Tuporov, Galabarov. Naim and I traded stuff and I got his National Team shirt for a Rocky 2 motion picture book . We met and talked a few times over the years in the 80s. And you're correct, he was 14 in Brazil. Also met the great Abadjiev.

    • @88usa
      @88usa Місяць тому

      Who is your buddy on the 82 USA National Team? I was on that team.

  • @ZEvenEsh
    @ZEvenEsh Рік тому +3

    Pocket Hercules was an amazing book!!! I did not know they made a documentary on him, I’ll have to look it up and find it, thank you for the awesome video 🏆🏆🏆

  • @LevantamientoValido
    @LevantamientoValido Рік тому +3

    ¡Obra maestra! Thanks for sharing all this awesome information. ❤️

  • @markovasil1608
    @markovasil1608 Рік тому

    Awesome documentary ❤️💪

  • @jiangshenghai57
    @jiangshenghai57 Рік тому +1

    Awesome video!!!

  • @peterroselli5992
    @peterroselli5992 Рік тому +2

    Very well done Dave!

  • @mertkaptan7718
    @mertkaptan7718 Рік тому +10

    as a turkish weightlifting enthusiast, i would like to thank you to tell about our pocket hercules

  • @tommymalcom6973
    @tommymalcom6973 7 місяців тому

    Great video 👍

  • @STPianoPlayer
    @STPianoPlayer Рік тому +7

    There are more feature films about weightlifting. One is “iron games” (“железные игры»), a 1979 Soviet movie about an old and a young weightlifter competing with each other . Another is “heavyweight” (“тяжеловес”), 2017 movie with Lovchev. Lastly, there is also a Chinese movie “love lifting” (高举爱) which is pretty much what it sounds like.
    The first 2 are available on UA-cam, although I don’t think there are translated versions.

  • @Mr.Ciobanu
    @Mr.Ciobanu Рік тому

    Epic man!

  • @simesonam7728
    @simesonam7728 Рік тому +1

    Na suleyman....sir is my inspiration...💪💪💕🏋️🏋️🏋️🏋️🏋️🏋️

  • @henk11ful
    @henk11ful Рік тому +1

    Nice movie review

  • @bmstylee
    @bmstylee Рік тому +5

    Holy crap ATG lives!!!!!

  • @richiecramiun
    @richiecramiun Рік тому +1

    fantastic 👍🏾

  • @allthingsgym
    @allthingsgym  Рік тому +9

    Chapter Markers:
    00:00 Intro
    02:46 Part I: Childhood in Bulgaria and Start in weightlifting
    05:45 Early Competition Results and Training
    06:39 Part II: Abadjiev and the Bulgarian System
    08:08 School of Champions Documentary
    09:13 PEDs?
    11:33 Naim's Bulgarian Training
    13:17 Teenage Results and Records
    14:49 1984 Olympics Soviet Boycott
    16:06 US Athletes on the 1980 Boycott
    16:44 Naim's Turkish Heritage
    18:39 Forced Name Change
    19:22 Escape!
    20:54 New Country, New Name
    22:00 1988 Olympics
    23:29 Naim Movie
    27:47 Americans Try to Buy Naim?
    30:26 The Wrestler and Aging Athletes
    30:40 Closing Credits

  • @donttakeoffense88
    @donttakeoffense88 Рік тому +2

    Yoooo it’s lit

  • @peterbussell2187
    @peterbussell2187 Рік тому +1

    Unbelievable Great Story . Triple Weight Lifts are by Definition , Top Level , Exceptional. Attain that Status and You are Possibly exempt from normal Criticism..

  • @ricardoacevedo1743
    @ricardoacevedo1743 Рік тому

    Greaat video

  • @samgao
    @samgao 2 місяці тому

    I like how the film doesn't focus on the fact that he was only 4ft 8.5in tall. It briefly mentioned it, but you would only know if you're turkish and know this Pocket Hercules, or if you follow weight lifting.

  • @johnrussell519
    @johnrussell519 Рік тому

    Almost choked on my cereal when I saw the disc comparison.

  • @lifeneverends7068
    @lifeneverends7068 Рік тому +6

    🇹🇷🐺🇹🇷Nurlar içinde uyu efsane Naim

  • @manuelibanez2383
    @manuelibanez2383 Рік тому

    Una joyita

  • @analquiz
    @analquiz Рік тому

    Holy moly!

  • @cuongbui9708
    @cuongbui9708 Рік тому +1

    Props for not stepping over the bar.

  • @es9466
    @es9466 Рік тому +1

    missed u

  • @cengizhanhaddf2386
    @cengizhanhaddf2386 Рік тому

    incredible power

  • @agamenonporto1333
    @agamenonporto1333 Рік тому

    Foi recordista no evento(NAIM) Posso enviar a foto ? Para onde? Address?

  • @shane-irish
    @shane-irish Рік тому

    The king

  • @es9466
    @es9466 Рік тому +1

    yes

  • @superkazan
    @superkazan 6 місяців тому

    there is a documentery in olympics channel. : "The historic battle for Atlanta weightlifting gold..."
    This doc. is 5x better than Naim movie.

  • @richardleewz
    @richardleewz Рік тому +6

    I feel like I've seen an ATG video about Naim before... was this released a while back on Patreon or am I tripping 😂

    • @allthingsgym
      @allthingsgym  Рік тому +4

      That's Right! We release videos first on Patreon.

  • @larryboi2706
    @larryboi2706 Рік тому

    if you do one of these cool long videos about Luis Mosquera I will grant you three wishes or something

  • @babyy6277
    @babyy6277 Рік тому

    He is unbelievable. He is very handsome btw

  • @StevenRayW
    @StevenRayW Рік тому +1

    Being short-limbed is actually an advantage in weightlifting.

  • @32srt32
    @32srt32 Рік тому

    Can someone dub some English subtitles on the Pocket Hercules movie! PLEASE!

  • @geniemontalvo8932
    @geniemontalvo8932 Рік тому

    👏🏼

  • @ZEvenEsh
    @ZEvenEsh Рік тому

    NJ in June? No. July? YES!!!😂😂😂

  • @agamenonporto1333
    @agamenonporto1333 Рік тому

    Eu tenho uma foto com ele(NAIM) EM São Paulo-BRASIL - 1982 - 1° CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL (14 a 20 anos) Júnior- para onde ENVIAREI? Endereço?

  • @victorgallardo9337
    @victorgallardo9337 Рік тому

    El domino la vestia

  • @youknowstew
    @youknowstew Рік тому +1

    DEEP DIVE

  • @gunawankaka2484
    @gunawankaka2484 Рік тому +1

    😍

  • @b1leader84
    @b1leader84 Рік тому +1

    💪👍

  • @vikaskrishan5098
    @vikaskrishan5098 Рік тому

    1980's Bulgaria... or Jersey in June.... :)

  • @danielgoodwin5902
    @danielgoodwin5902 Рік тому

    Is this why Clarence posted his own 190? 🤔

  • @deineMudda150
    @deineMudda150 Рік тому +4

    🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

  • @chrislaverick6413
    @chrislaverick6413 Рік тому +2

    I feel like lasha is one or two amazing performances away from being the goat, and if he totals 500 then it will be indisputable

  • @agamenonporto1333
    @agamenonporto1333 Рік тому

    Naim com 14 anos e levantou 140 kg no Clean/jeck

  • @edgarespinoza9201
    @edgarespinoza9201 Рік тому

    👍

  • @mustafatalhakolbasar4652
    @mustafatalhakolbasar4652 Рік тому +2

    🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

  • @user-ej7sn4st1p
    @user-ej7sn4st1p 3 місяці тому

    Naim has lifted more tan triple body weight more than 20 times in competitions Only!
    The only person to snach more than 2.5 times body weight!
    Nobody has ever mach that!😮😊

    • @user-xr2jl6ih2l
      @user-xr2jl6ih2l 2 місяці тому

      Its no true ...The first man hoo lifted 3 times body weigt its STEFAN TOPUROV from Bulgaria...60kg 180 c&j... whatever Bulgarian lifters its the best...

  • @Skjorrious
    @Skjorrious Рік тому

    Your eastern-european cosplay is so good I'm beginning to think that's what you actually look like.

  • @allthingsgym
    @allthingsgym  Рік тому +3

    Don't miss 06:39

  • @adriangriffiths4750
    @adriangriffiths4750 4 місяці тому

    Hercules!!!!

  • @G3Number
    @G3Number Рік тому

    Insta like

  • @ozwunder69
    @ozwunder69 Рік тому +3

    naim wasn't held back in 1983 world championships. The Armenian Soviet had to break the just set 161kg WR by the East German Letz by 4kg (8.8 lbs) in order to win so his brother's claim is total BS

  • @onurpolat885
    @onurpolat885 Рік тому

    Some classic Turks. Rest in lights🤘

  • @Mr.grumpy_man
    @Mr.grumpy_man 4 місяці тому

    I think the movie was very weak. Maybe Hollywood could handle Naim's character more accurately. The actor looked just like Naim. But there had to be good shots for weightlifting, too.

  • @burhan.atmaci
    @burhan.atmaci Місяць тому +1

    Just a Fun fact. Kırcaali where Naim was Born had produced 7 gold medals 6 Olympic and world records in weightlifting and all were 3 Turks.

  • @nurmuhammettoychyyev4600
    @nurmuhammettoychyyev4600 Рік тому +1

    Можно на русском языке?

  • @xarisonplay7948
    @xarisonplay7948 Рік тому

    Russian champions

  • @user-eu4dl7jw6g
    @user-eu4dl7jw6g Рік тому +1

    Being a native bulgarian i'd like to adress that you are not including all of the historical data regarding the revival process. Although it may have seemed like an extreme measurement, it certainly was not some form of a discrimination against the turkish "minority". If you do a more thorough research of the balkans' past you will find out that
    when the turks conquered the land in the 14th century, they literally enslaved the natives-bulgarians, serbs, greek, etc. Their tyrannical regime, that is no different that the enslavement of blacks in North America, lasted for almost half a millenium, until the russo-turkish war in 1878-1879, when Bulgaria was oficially reistablished. During the oppression period thins like murder, rape, abduction of male children from their families to train them to fight in the Ottoman army were a part of the everyday life of the bulgarians. So having all the factological data is pretty important when you say that a simple thing like the changing of a person's name, which in many cases were done voluntarily, was an act so harsh, overriding the turkish minority people's rights, when the people from native enslaved nations had the same rights as livestock for centuries.