Gerlof Holkema
Gerlof Holkema
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Dirk Urban (Deutchland) beim Kugelstoßen 1990-01-13 Hallen Meeting der Meister Bad Segeberg.
Dirk Urban (Deutchland) beim Kugelstoßen 1990-01-13 Hallen Meeting der Meister Bad Segeberg.
Die Aufnahme entstand am 13. Januar 1990 während der „5. Saalversammlung der Meister“ in Bad Segeberg.
Dies war der erste Auftritt von DDR-Sportlern in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland nach der Grenzöffnung im November 1989.
Dirk URBAN’s progression:
Shot Put
1987 16.54 Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) 09 AUG 1987
1988 16.91 Laurentian University Stadium, Sudbury (CAN) 30 JUL 1988
1993 19.34 Sindelfingen (GER) (i) 28 FEB 1993
1994 18.91 Neumünster (GER) 01 OCT 1994
1995 19.49 Kiel (GER) 13 MAY 1995
1996 20.26 Iffezheim (GER) 13 JUL 1996
1997 18.55 Halle (GER) 17 MAY 1997
1998 20.00 Bad Segeberg (GER) (i) 07 FEB 1998
1999 18.79 Lübeck (GER) 12 JUN 1999
2000 19.10 Lübeck (GER) 17 JUN 2000
2002 18.14 Neumünster (GER) 14 SEP 2002
2003 18.39 Ulm (GER) 28 JUN 2003
2004 18.70 Bad Segeberg (GER) (i) 25 JAN 2004
2005 18.12 Bad Segeberg (GER) (i) 23 JAN 2005
2007 16.89 Erfurt (GER) 22 JUL 2007
Born: 1969-01-14.
Vielen Dank für die Erstellung, Digitalisierung und Zusendung des Films Uwe Mundt.
WER HAT ANDERE ALTE AUFZEICHNUNGEN VON LEICHTATHLETIK (WERFEN), KONTAKTIEREN SIE MICH BITTE (auf VHS, VHS-c digitalisiere ich kostenlos).
Lassen Sie nicht zu, dass alte Aufnahmen verloren gehen!!!!
Grüße: Gerlof Holkema
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Olaf Többen (Deutschland) discus 60.56 meter 1995-09-27 Nordlichter Werfertage Medelby (erster platz
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Olaf Többen (Deutschland) discus 60.56 meter 1995-09-27 Nordlichter Werfertage Medelby (erster platz) persönliche Wurfbestleistung: Discus 65.50 meter 18 SEP 1988. Kugelstossen: 16.40 meter 10 JAN 1998. Discus Throw progression: 1986 62.48 Norden (GER) 20 SEP 1986 1987 62.94 Runkel (FRG) 01 AUG 1987 1988 65.50 Norden (GER) 18 SEP 1988 1989 63.96 Düsseldorf (GER) 17 MAY 1989 1990 65.06 Flensburg...
Roger Bakowski (Deutschland) discus Lyngby Dänemark 1989-07-22.
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Roger Bakowski (Deutschland) discus Lyngby Dänemark 1989-07-22. PB: 64,40 meter 1988-09-18 Norden. Vielen Dank für die Erstellung, Digitalisierung und Zusendung des Films Uwe Mundt
Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) shot put 1990-01-13 Bad Segeberg.
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Astrid Kumbernuss (Germany) shot put 1990-01-13 Bad Segeberg. The recording was made on January 13, 1990 during the “5th Hall Meeting of the Masters” in Bad Segeberg. This was the first appearance of GDR athletes in the Federal Republic of Germany after the border opened in November 1989. Astrid Kumbernuss (born 5 February 1970 in Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former German female ...
Jürgen Schult beim Kugelstoßen 1990-01-13"Hallen-Meeting der Meister" Bad Segeberg.
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Jürgen Schult beim Kugelstoßen 1990-01-13 "Hallen-Meeting der Meister" Bad Segeberg. Dies ist die sehr seltene Aufnahme eines Kugelstoßens von Jürgen Schult. Weitere Aufnahmen des Diskuswerfers Jürgen Schult beim Kugelstoßen sind mir nicht bekannt. Die Aufnahme entstand am 13. Januar 1990 während der „5. Saalversammlung der Meister“ in Bad Segeberg. Dies war der erste Auftritt von DDR-Sportlern...
Parry O'Brien (USA) shot put 19.17 meters 1956.
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Parry O'Brien (USA) shot put 19.17 meters 1956. William Patrick "Parry" O'Brien (January 28, 1932 - April 21, 2007) was an American shot put champion and 2 times Olympic champion shot put. He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics where he won two gold medals (1952, 1956) and one silver medal (1960). In his last Olympic competition (1964) he placed fourth. Full name William Parry O’Brien....
1986 Hammer throwing technique USSR.
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1986 Hammer throwing technique USSR. With the best hammerthrowers. Thanks to Vadim Dubrovskiy for sending me this footage.
Michael Mertens (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17.
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Michael Mertens (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17. Seine serie: 18.15 - 18.08 - 18.37 - 18.43 - 18.72 - 18.48 (Platz 5) . Bestleistungen : Kugelstoßen: 20,24 meter (1998-06-20). Discuswerfen: 56.63 meter (1998-05-13). Geboren: 1965-12-27. Vielen Dank für die Erstellung, Digitalisierung und Zusendung des Films Uwe Mundt
Janusz Sidlo (Poland) javelin 79.49 meters Stuttgart 1957-07-14.
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Janusz Sidlo (Poland) javelin 79.49 meters Stuttgart 1957-07-14. I got this film by an great Facebook friend and the digitizing was paid by Tom Steadman (sponsor for 6 films) and thanks to Rene Peeters for the results .
Jan Kopyto (Poland) javelin 75.32 meters Stuttgart 1957-07-14
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Jan Kopyto (Poland) javelin 75.32 meters Stuttgart 1957-07-14 Jan Antoni Kopyto (born 15 June 1934) is a Polish javelin thrower. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he placed fifth in men's javelin throw Kopyto was born in Goczałki on 15 June 1934 Personal Best: JT - 83.37 (1957). I got this film by an great Facebook friend and the digitizing was paid by Tom Steadman (sp...
Andreas Deuschle (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17.
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Andreas Deuschle (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17. Seine serie: 17.11 - 19.54 - x - 17.07 - x -16.90 (neunter Platz) . Bestleistung kugel: 19.17 meters. Geboren: 11 FEB 1968. Statur mit 1,93 Metern Körpergröße und über 150 Kilogramm. Vielen Dank für die Erstellung, Digitalisierung und Zusendung des Films Uwe Mundt
Dehnungs-schule für speerwerfer (1958) Janusz Sidlo & Jan Kopyto (Poland) stretching school
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Dehnungs-schule für speerwerfer (1958) Janusz Sidlo & Jan Kopyto (Poland) stretching school. Janusz Sidlo PB: 86.22 m (1970). Jan Kopyto: PB: 83.38 m (1957). Ich habe diesen Film von einem tollen Facebook-Freund bekommen und die Digitalisierung wurde von Tom Steadman (Sponsor für 6 Filme) bezahlt.
Hans Höglund (Sweden) shot put 18 meters USA (1972)
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Hans Höglund (Sweden) shot put 18 meters USA (1972) Hans Yngve Höglund (23 July 1952 - 4 October 2012) was a Swedish shot putter. He competed in the 1976 Olympics and finished eighth. Höglund set his personal record of 21.33 m in Provo, Utah, United States, while winning the 1975 NCAA Championships for the University of Texas, El Paso. This results remains the Swedish national record. He also w...
Karsten Stolz (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17.
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Karsten Stolz (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17. Seine serie: 19.20 - 19.10 - 18.96 - 19.91 - 19.52 - x (den ersten Platz : Goldmedaille) . Karsten Stolz (* 23. Juli 1964 in Oberhausen) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Kugelstoßer. Stolz besuchte das Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium (Oberhausen), begann seine sportliche Laufbahn bei der SG Oberhausen und startete später für de...
Kalman Konya (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17.
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Kalman Konya (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17. Kalman Konya (* 27. Oktober 1961 in Zürich) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Leichtathlet. Konya gehörte in der zweiten Hälfte der 1980er Jahre und zu Beginn der 1990er Jahre zur bundesdeutschen Kugelstoßspitze. Bei den Deutschen Meisterschaften 1987 wurde er Dritter, 1988 Vierter, 1989 wurde er Vizemeister und 1990 gewann er...
Bernd Kneißler (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17.
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Bernd Kneißler (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17.
Klaus-Dieter Föhrenbach (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17.
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Klaus-Dieter Föhrenbach (Deutschland) Kugelstoßen hallen-DM Sindelfingen 1990-02-17.
Recordings by Ed Tucker (US throws coach) in the 70ties in Finland
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Recordings by Ed Tucker (US throws coach) in the 70ties in Finland
Elvīra Ozolina javelin at the qualifications 1963 USSR championships.
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Elvīra Ozolina javelin at the qualifications 1963 USSR championships.
Francis Brebner with the 28lb WFD
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Francis Brebner with the 28lb WFD
Aleksandr Baryshnikov (USSR) qualification Shot Put 19.74 meters 1978-08-31 E.C. Prague
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Aleksandr Baryshnikov (USSR) qualification Shot Put 19.74 meters 1978-08-31 E.C. Prague
Tarmo Mitt (age: 47 years) from Estonia: GRIPSTRENGTH walking with 2 X 50 kg plates.
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Tarmo Mitt (age: 47 years) from Estonia: GRIPSTRENGTH walking with 2 X 50 kg plates.
Janusz Sidlo (Poland) javelin 85.56 meter Berlin 1959-09-05
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Janusz Sidlo (Poland) javelin 85.56 meter Berlin 1959-09-05
17 year old Duncan Atwood (USA) javelin 68 meters Chicago 1973 (PB: 94.05 meters).
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17 year old Duncan Atwood (USA) javelin 68 meters Chicago 1973 (PB: 94.05 meters).
De story van André Brilleman (kickbokser) R.I.P. (1959-11-24 = 1985-02-23).
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De story van André Brilleman (kickbokser) R.I.P. (1959-11-24 = 1985-02-23).
Jānis Lūsis (Latvia) javelin final 1971 European Championships Helsinki
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Jānis Lūsis (Latvia) javelin final 1971 European Championships Helsinki
Urs von Wartburg (Switserland) javelin final 1971 European Championships Helsinki.
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Urs von Wartburg (Switserland) javelin final 1971 European Championships Helsinki.
Keith Homer (59 years) Mr. ONE HAND REVERSE BENCH PRESS 110 KG !!!!!!!!!!!
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Keith Homer (59 years) Mr. ONE HAND REVERSE BENCH PRESS 110 KG !!!!!!!!!!!
Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) javelin final 1971 European Championships Helsinki.
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Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) javelin final 1971 European Championships Helsinki.
Battle between Janusz Sidło (Poland) & Jānis Lūsis (Latvia) 1964-07-05 Moscow
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Battle between Janusz Sidło (Poland) & Jānis Lūsis (Latvia) 1964-07-05 Moscow

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  • @alexgallo9802
    @alexgallo9802 13 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Leider links keine Spannung im linken Bein, dadurch vermutlich sogar kurz aus dem Ring gerutscht mit den Zehen. Ansonsten recht flüssig umgesetzt.

  • @wolfenheimer1
    @wolfenheimer1 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    What a great Thrower family ! Bill, Pete had a better left block with the discus here on this film ! I enjoyed watching.

  • @stetsonreeve528
    @stetsonreeve528 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    RIP

  • @tommyvette969
    @tommyvette969 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    John Paul has passed by now .rip

  • @mghff
    @mghff 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Rudy Winkler from Buddeln

  • @GTAFranchise69
    @GTAFranchise69 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Forbes Cowan IS Groundskeeper Willie! 😆

  • @erinbevans5125
    @erinbevans5125 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great old footage.

  • @Gorski213
    @Gorski213 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fantastic film. So many useful and imitative movements that have been forgotten in favor of only power gains. Range of application is most important- lots of core and arching power in these guys. lnteresting to see markers for javelin draw back for the athletes actually on the runway- a shoe for Kopyto and a white ball for Sidlo.

  • @PanzerCrewman
    @PanzerCrewman 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Magnusson girl is a little magnus bum look a like

  • @allanwilliams679
    @allanwilliams679 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Well this just popped up on my feed. It’s made my day!! Great memories. I was actually part of the Athletes team that competed against the Footballers in this first edition of Superteams. Geoff was at the centre of some hilarious stories. Always larger than life. You were a star. Rest now big man…

  • @thinkforyourself2109
    @thinkforyourself2109 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brian Siders is terrifically strong. wow. Raw Squat- 785 lb/356 kg. Raw Bench Press - 650 lb/295 kg. Raw Deadlift - 840 lb/381 kg! His last Arnold was 2010, when he placed low (10th). His highest placing was 5th. And he is natural; no PEDs

  • @thinkforyourself2109
    @thinkforyourself2109 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Arnold did something important with this contest. This was the best strongman contest in the world for a number of years at a critical time when it was needed for the sport. Now there are others but this show pioneered it. WSM had failed for a number of reasons.

  • @jamesnewsom5899
    @jamesnewsom5899 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice! Something not stressed, especially in the west enough. Flexible strength. Johann Vetter for example. Too much over strength training, destroying his body. He has a very developed weightlifting body. But destroying himself in the process.

  • @Gorski213
    @Gorski213 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    l read the articles he wrote while in high school and based my training on the weighted ball throw plan he listed. Got my university coach to buy this film and the ''stubby'' javelins in 1975.

    • @Gorski213
      @Gorski213 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Ed Tucker was coach at the US Coast Guard Academy.

    • @gerlofholkema3110
      @gerlofholkema3110 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Gorski213 Aweseom recordings by mr. Tucker Jeff 👌

  • @ftargr
    @ftargr 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Francis is still heavily involved in the sport

  • @SmedlyButler-cq5iq
    @SmedlyButler-cq5iq 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Takes me back to the late 1990s when I was in highschool and discovered this amazing contest on ESPN2

  • @skinnybirdo
    @skinnybirdo 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ouchie

  • @thinkforyourself2109
    @thinkforyourself2109 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Most of those events have been discontinued because they were too dangerous or else they were not really good tests of strength. Interesting how the sport has evolved to standard events.

    • @gerlofholkema3110
      @gerlofholkema3110 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      now everytime allmost the same events : farmerswalk stones etc .

    • @thinkforyourself2109
      @thinkforyourself2109 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@gerlofholkema3110 It would be good if they came up with some new ones, I suppose. I like the static events, as in the Arnold, because strength is impressive. One thing they used to do but you never see anymore is lift vehicles or platforms with people on them as Louis Cyr did. Arm wrestling, bar bending and sumo type events are probably not wise and best discontinued. Fortissimus had some original and very hardcore events I've not seen before or since.

  • @benfinesilver2250
    @benfinesilver2250 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Geoff Capes must have put out a hell of a lot more power. Pretty shameful loss co side ring his size

  • @mfc1212us
    @mfc1212us 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    RIP cousin Geoff - it was always a pleasure to see him on TV for an event or commercial or on a video

  • @ThaTopStudio
    @ThaTopStudio 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is lowkey raiders vs steelers 😂🤣 Go Raiders‼️🏴‍☠️

  • @MarjaKeesie
    @MarjaKeesie 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Me pa siem zo leuk ❤

  • @MarjaKeesie
    @MarjaKeesie 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Zo leuk me pa ❤

  • @MarjaKeesie
    @MarjaKeesie 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @csb7376
    @csb7376 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He shouldn't be able to go that fast and stay that stable.😯

  • @anthonyluisi7096
    @anthonyluisi7096 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    man … that’s some crazy stuff 😂

  • @RandomUsername34
    @RandomUsername34 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bleu dude looks like his back tiore is flat... that backwheel is jiggling around like crazy....

  • @queenB1963
    @queenB1963 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for posting this. Jim Banich was my high school sweetheart and a dear friend. We lost him to suicide in 2014. His dream was to compete in the Olympics, and I always wondered if his failure to make the team in these Olympic trials began the long spiral to that tragic day.

  • @thinkforyourself2109
    @thinkforyourself2109 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Samuelson looks so young -- and quite a bit smaller than he later appears.

  • @thinkforyourself2109
    @thinkforyourself2109 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    210 kg for overhead is huge (Gary Taylor) Since then Z and Eddie Hall did 215 and 216 kg respectively on the axle press -- which they also cleaned. No cleaning motion in this competition, however, making it easier. Still very impressive though.

  • @VLG105
    @VLG105 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Jeff’s loving wife, softly spoken, devoted and supportive of her husband, behind every great man etc…

  • @bogdanpoprawski1866
    @bogdanpoprawski1866 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great technicians.

  • @الحمدللهعلىنعمةالاسلامالحم-د2ط
    @الحمدللهعلىنعمةالاسلامالحم-د2ط 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Awesome

  • @steg_of_neth.2877
    @steg_of_neth.2877 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I keep watching this to remind myself what decent roads used to look like. Thanks for posting.

  • @warrencundy
    @warrencundy 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I kid u not I was a kid of like 15 years old 1981 the old Track Series we used too have in NZ in the Northern Hemisphere winter Jan-Feb down here Auckland & Geoff Capes had won the Shot Put competition & was leaning on a normal sized bus that the Athletes had come in & he is back to it breathing heavily & the Whole bloody bus was moving if only I had a camera omg I’ve never seen anything like it before or since it was incredible

  • @gavinlovegrove1489
    @gavinlovegrove1489 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    And he goes on to throw 94.58m and win the Olympics in 76! World record and Olympic gold at the same time - awesome!!

  • @DJlegionuk
    @DJlegionuk 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The way they thrown the stones onto the barrels !

  • @dodibenabba525
    @dodibenabba525 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Up the toffees!

  • @shaunlowndes
    @shaunlowndes 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Tremedous.This is what I want to see on telly.Forget the Prem and all the prima donnas,I want to see a lovely street with mums kids and old men smoking pipes watching celebs do random sporting tasks.Great stuff.

  • @DanJohnStrengthCoach
    @DanJohnStrengthCoach 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I absolutely love this...I have Frank Ryan's books and this looks like the field he was coaching (and the trenchcoat!).

  • @andorvogel4768
    @andorvogel4768 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was not a push press. He did initiate the press movement with a body heave (aggressively pushing forward the hips, and using a backbend). This was still a valid olympic press

  • @shotparrot
    @shotparrot 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I wonder what his “real” training was like.

  • @richhand930
    @richhand930 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He deadlifted 500kg before they knew it was a thing. Time passed. In comes Eddie like nothing happened.

  • @weebinniec
    @weebinniec 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ray noble would’ve beat Geoff at any other finale except tug of war I reckon

  • @Leroykincade
    @Leroykincade 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    awesome when the world was a happier place

  • @davidb6681
    @davidb6681 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    George Wood threw me his goalkeepers gloves when he played for Cardiff against Enfield in the FA Cup and Geoff Capes gave me and my brother the V’s when he was behind us in a car on the flyover in Cardiff!

  • @PeteBurns-xv2fz
    @PeteBurns-xv2fz 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As a young boy i remember going to goodison park around this time to see several of evertons new signings in teaining, and george wood was one of them, such a happier time in the UK then, ok, we had the tories 🤮...but as a boy i was incredibly happy, compare it to the absolute madness we're seing now 😖....good to see geoff looking so fit and healthy, both were nice fellers.....where did it go wrong in this country ???

  • @madsleonardholvik3040
    @madsleonardholvik3040 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gentle giant.

  • @magnus263
    @magnus263 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    42:06 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 That's why he is the favorite of the fans

  • @michaellopez2070
    @michaellopez2070 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I feel like these events used to be much more grip and arm focused (no straps, lighter but more awkward implements that you can't easily get your mass under), whereas today they're more tailored to moving sheer weight, taking grip out of it with straps, and locked in with bigger but less awkwards impliments. Nobody talks about this. The old school seems much more athletic to me/ transferable to moving random objects, which aren't necessarily made to be moved, and things like wrestling, arm wrestling etc. For some reason people stopped talking about straps in the deadlift when the established logical standard since the lift was invented was no straps on a normal bar. Benny Magnusson and Andy Bolton are still the best ever in that form. I think Andy still has the stiff bar no strap record.