Continuing in his Interview series, Vasiliy Polovnikov sat down with Ruslan Albegov.
The Translation + Summary was kindly provided by reader “mindblowned”
Translation
Vasiliy: How did you start lifting?
Ruslan: When I was 11-12 my brother brought me with him. He became Master of sports and won the Russian championship under 18. When I was 14-15 I was lifting almost the same weight as him, so he left weightlifting 😀
Vasiliy: Did you decide to keep going yourself?
Ruslan: In the beginning brother forced me. After some competitions I got addicted. I was with my first trainer Petr Nikolaevich Zboev (not sure if spelled correctly), until age 20.
Vasiliy: I heard you joined the army when you were 20 and before that you didn’t do well in sport before.
Ruslan: Yes.
Vasiliy: Do you think army helped you to improve weights or was it because of the new coach (Kazbek Zoloev)?
Ruslan: Yep, army helped. I became a commander of the tank.
Vasiliy: When did you achieve a good competition result after you came from army?
Ruslan: When I came from army I was smaller than you, Vasya. I was about 109 kg. After two years (2011) I won Russian championship and then Europeans and bronze medal in Olympics.
I think my career just starts
Vasiliy: Do you think you have a room for improving?
Ruslan: I have a plenty of room physically and mentally.
Vasiliy: Do you think you need to gain weight or something else?
Ruslan: My bodyweight is perfect. I just need to heal some injuries. I think my career just starts.
Vasiliy: How do you estimate your current condition?
Ruslan: I think it is only 60%. But everything is going as planned.
Vasiliy: As you know I coach online and I have my pupsiks to train. How do you recommend to train people who lack physical strength.
My physical strength is a joke
Ruslan: My physical strength is a joke, so I’m a wrong person to ask.
- Clean Pull is 290 kg
- Snatch Pull 240 kg
- Squat is 305 kg ×2
Vasiliy: Any advice how to speedup popularization of weightlifting?
Ruslan: Build gyms and show more sport shows.
Vasiliy: Do you have any plans after finishing sport career?
Ruslan: I just got my law degree. No other plans.
Vasiliy: Thanks. Any wishes?
Ruslan: Believe in yourself whatever you do.
AWESOME! My favorite lifter!
wow, vasily steps on the gas
clean pull 290
snatch pull 240
squat 305×2
amazing amount of transfer over to the classical lifts.
Yes, interesting to compare Albegov and Mogushkov. They are about equal in weightlifting competition results, but Mogushkov seems to have much more strength if you go by the numbers in the respective interviews. I wonder if Albegov would get some carry-over to his competition total if he got stronger (not that he isn’t strong already…).
he’s a european champion/Russian champ/bronze Olympian…it’s pretty amazing that he’s not as strong as the rest. He’s probably more like the Bulgarians: works on the classical lifts a ton. The guys is amazingly fast for a SHW. I’m surprised he doesn’t squat more with those tree-trunk legs though.
Might be that he’s faster because he doesn’t squat so much
seems to be a big difference in weightlifting for the guys who muscle up the weights as opposed to the explosive lifters. Speed appears to be of paramount importance.
Here is my version, hope it helps:
V: How did you start lifting?
R: When I was 11-12 my brother brought me. He became Master
of sport and won Russian championship under 18. When I was 14-15 I was lifting
almost the same weight as him, so he left lifting 😀
V: Did you decide to keep going yourself?
R: In the beginning brother forced me. After some
competition I got addicted. I was with my first trainer Petr Nikolaevich Zboev
(not sure if spelled correctly), until 20
V: I heard you joined army when you were 20 and before that
you didn’t do well in sport before
R: yes
V: Do you think army helped you to improve weights or
because of the new coach (Kazbek Zoloev)?
R: Yep, army helped. I became a commander of the tank.
V: When did you achieve a good competition result after you
came from army?
R: When I came from army I was smaller than you, Vasya. I
was about 109 kg. After two years (2011) I won Russian championship and then
Europeans and bronze medal in Olympics
V: Do you think you have a room for improving?
R: I have a plenty of room physically and mentally
V: Do you think you need to gain weight or something else?
R: My bodyweight is perfect. I just need to heal some
injuries. I think my career just starts.
V: How do you estimate your current condition?
R: I think it is only 60%. But everything is going as planned.
V: As you know I coach online and I have my pupsiks to
train. How do you recommend to train people who lacking the physical strength
R: My physical strength is a joke, so I’m a wrong person to
ask. Clean pull is 290 kg …
V: Any advice how to speedup popularization of
weightlifting?
R: Build gyms and show more sport shows
V: Do you have any plans after finishing sport career
R: I just got my law degree. No other plans.
V: Thanks. Any wishes
R: Believe in yourself whatever you do
Thanks!
I seem to remember though that he blamed his 2012 Bronze (and not Gold) on his army time, i.e. not being able to train to the fullest extend. Was this just a rumour…
He said that army helped in some way. He got a rest from lifting and recovered. He didn’t mention negative side in this interview.
Thanks a lot!
So which do you prefer; BS 300 x 10 and snatch 184, or 305 x 2 and snatch 210.
mart seim? 320*10.
anyway, very demonstrative example how significant differences in technique and efficiency are, even in elite athletes.
Mart Seim squats 320×10 and Clean and Jerks 236kg
Albegov squats 305×2 and Clean and Jerks 255kg