1:35 is a tremendous piece of history. The reason it's called clean (as opposed to something else) is because the bar travels upwards without hitting any parts of the body. German weightlifters started cheating on form and hitting the bar with their thighs and extending to generate more altitude on the bar, and that eventually became the modern standard.
World record holder for strict curl I believe is held by Ukrainian arm wrestler Denis Cyplenkov. In his prime Magnus could probably have held that record for a while, no prob.
The steroid abuse, aged him like he was in a time chamber, after 23 he started to age like crazy. He is a very good person, it is very sad that he ruined his health in this manner. If he stayed natty or did lower doses and went for it for the longevity, he would be much healthier and younger today. Maybe he couldn't have beat the people he did in such a shot period of time. But god damn, Glory isn't everything in life...
In one of the recent interviews Denis said that no matter what sports he did in childhood he always was the best in every one of them, he was winning even the kids above his age, so yes he is a freak of nature.
The wrong title should be the destruction of Dennis Cyplenko by steroids from 1 to 40 years of age. To this day, his health is precarious due to a stroke in his liver and arteries, he has lost 35 kilos. And he looks old and weak guys, don't follow this example, it's 10 years of glory to reach 40 and look like you're 60.
