Oleksandr Kutcher Highlights Vid - 2172@165

[breathinglife]

Posted on powerliftingwatch.com. One of the most insane multiply lifters ever.

He was one of the strongest powerlifters in the world.
It is our understanding: "he had a Spinal disc herniation, that ended his carrier in 2007."

[zmcdole]

Cool vid. thanks for posting.

[Ka0s]

loving his post-lift celebrations

[Aaron47pb]

Awesome stuff. I love the celebrations lol...

[Diana Meeque]

good lord. that really sucks about the spinal disc hernia.

[NotCopacetic]

Such a beast too bad about the herniated disk, makes you wonder how much he would have lifted.

[nekkidbear]

good lord. that really sucks about the spinal disc hernia.

Yeah it sucks You can kind of see how it came about with his squats. Many of them seemed to be very lopsided.

[BombDonald]

Yeah it sucks You can kind of see how it came about with his squats. Many of them seemed to be very lopsided.

I noticed that too. I wonder what caused him to do that.

[breathinglife]

He didn't really squat lopsided in the WPO though, which would suggest that he corrected that issue.

I noticed that too. I wonder what caused him to do that.

I have a similar issue when squatting wide. I just started experimenting with a wide stance, and one of my hips is just more flexible than the other, so when I go down it goes down further than the other.


The disc could have just been due to the amount of weight he is lifting. Squatting 870 and pulling 793 can't be easy on a 165 lb frame.

[thesecondrei]

Please excuse my ignorance, but I was under the impression that a herniated disc, although a bad injury, was not exactly career ending and was actually considered a relatively common injury in powerlifting? Plus in the youtube link someone posted that he can still squat 200kg for 5 reps raw during training at BW of 67kg...so if he really wanted to he can probably make a comeback since he is still strong enough to rep nearly triple bodyweight in the squat raw.

[Screwtape]

793 deadlift @ 165 BW.
Getting near 5 times bodyweight.

[BombDonald]

Plus in the youtube link someone posted that he can still squat 200kg for 5 reps raw during training at BW of 67kg...

He is down at 67kg? Jesus. I think I remember that he is only 5'1 or something like that though.

[breathinglife]

Please excuse my ignorance, but I was under the impression that a herniated disc, although a bad injury, was not exactly career ending and was actually considered a relatively common injury in powerlifting? Plus in the youtube link someone posted that he can still squat 200kg for 5 reps raw during training at BW of 67kg...so if he really wanted to he can probably make a comeback since he is still strong enough to rep nearly triple bodyweight in the squat raw.

I think you're correct.

I hope he makes a comeback, that would be awesome. I'd love to see him compete raw more; I remember right before he was injured he did some random raw meet and easily totalled 1509@165. If he trained for it, I bet he could take the all-time raw record in the 165s.

[Newbtime]

Please excuse my ignorance, but I was under the impression that a herniated disc, although a bad injury, was not exactly career ending and was actually considered a relatively common injury in powerlifting? Plus in the youtube link someone posted that he can still squat 200kg for 5 reps raw during training at BW of 67kg...so if he really wanted to he can probably make a comeback since he is still strong enough to rep nearly triple bodyweight in the squat raw.

he competed multiple times after herniating the disc, its not like he gave up.


The guy was young and a top lifter which ever fed he went to, for years...


it depends where the disc is herniated, how badly, lateral or central, and many other things.

[Newbtime]

I think you're correct.

I hope he makes a comeback, that would be awesome. I'd love to see him compete raw more; I remember right before he was injured he did some random raw meet and easily totalled 1509@165. If he trained for it, I bet he could take the all-time raw record in the 165s.

this meet was actually after he was injured

people are talking about his injury in the thread about it

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/6055


he squatted 518 and deadlifted 617 with a destroyed disc.


I wonder if he could get an artificial disk, if it was in his mid or upper back?

[breathinglife]

this meet was actually after he was injured

people are talking about his injury in the thread about it

http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/node/6055


he squatted 518 and deadlifted 617 with a destroyed disc.


I wonder if he could get an artificial disk, if it was in his mid or upper back?

That's right; I was thinking he was less than 100% or something for that meet.

I would love to see him make a comeback and make a run @ Conyer's total.

[Newbtime]

That's right; I was thinking he was less than 100% or something for that meet.

I would love to see him make a comeback and make a run @ Conyer's total.

I'm sure he would too, if he lifted until he had a career ending injury, im sure he loves lifting, but when bad **** happens you need to weigh the benefit and risks...

he could possibly make a come back with raw lifting, but gearing up and squatting 350+ lbs extra would be entirely done with

[breathinglife]

I'm sure he would too, if he lifted until he had a career ending injury, im sure he loves lifting, but when bad **** happens you need to weigh the benefit and risks...

he could possibly make a come back with raw lifting, but gearing up and squatting 350+ lbs extra would be entirely done with

If he is really squatting 440x5@148 raw (as it says on the YouTube comments), he might as well compete. He would be way up there if he still has any of his deadlift or bench strength. He was just so strong on all three lifts, which is unusual for lower bodyweight lifters.

[thesecondrei]

Another Ukrainian lifter Vitaliy Papazov also retired due to an injured back...anyone know any details? I tried google but am getting no results.

[Sash]

What a beast, great vid too.

[lts1ow]

Mother of god.

I feel like an entire waste at my BW and lifts... lol

[EasternHammer]

I can't help but imagine the extreme weight cutting Kutcher was known for contributed to this type of injury. When he lifted IPF with a 2-hour weigh in he was a 181 class lifter. When he went WPO in 2006? he started cutting down to 165, with the 48-hour weigh in. That kind of weight loss, especially for an already lean man...something's got to give.

[Donut62]

He had some jakt spinal fibraz.

[jdude94]

Im glad to see somebody weigh under 165lbs and be that rediculously strong.

Theres a guy im competing against thats gunna total over 1300lbs in the 148s with a 495lbs squat, 290lbs bench, and 545lbs DL.

F*cking insane.

[breathinglife]

Im glad to see somebody weigh under 165lbs and be that rediculously strong.

Theres a guy im competing against thats gunna total over 1300lbs in the 148s with a 495lbs squat, 290lbs bench, and 545lbs DL.

F*cking insane.

Holloway?

[Newbtime]

I can't help but imagine the extreme weight cutting Kutcher was known for contributed to this type of injury. When he lifted IPF with a 2-hour weigh in he was a 181 class lifter. When he went WPO in 2006? he started cutting down to 165, with the 48-hour weigh in. That kind of weight loss, especially for an already lean man...something's got to give.

he would tear a muscle or a tendon from dehydration before blowing a disc out


he was squatting lobsided for years, and when he started overloading it with multiply it finally went.... it was an issue present for years, probably a lateral disc bulge.

not saying everyone that squats lobsided has disc issues, i squat slightly lobsided... but when its that pronounced, it goes beyond soft tissue weaknesses.

[jdude94]

Holloway?

lol wut?

unaware, but his last name is Chester, not Holloway.

[breathinglife]

lol wut?

unaware, but his last name is Chester, not Holloway.

Just curious. Not too long ago I competed against a guy with similar numbers, but a little higher. I think he did more around 500/300/600 raw @ 148.

[bigbawlsy]

strong traps

[BongoBanger]

kutcher was one of my inspirations when i first started, its ashame he had his problems with the ipf.