Iron Mind Big Lift Series: Zlaten Vanev 210 kg Clean Jerk: 5 Attempts

Shop the IronMind estore: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: Grit Earlier that year (1998), 77kg weightlifter Zlaten Vanev (Bulgaria) had dislocated his arm attempting a world record clean and jerk. Some months later, IronMinds Randall Strossen was on site in the Bulgarian Weightlifting Federations training hall and captured Vanev cleaning 210 kg five times, only to miss the jerk each timeall under the watchful eye of fabled coach Ivan Abadjiev. You can experience the five attempts herethe 170lb. Vanev attacking 463 lb. And if you want to be reminded of what persistence looks like when youre training, youll find the story and Strossens photo of Vanev again missing the jerk after cleaning the same 210 kg on IronMinds Grit poster, now available in the IronMind estore By the way, about a week later, Van