NAIM | The Pocket Hercules

Naim '96 | Official poster

The Greatest Weightlifters book

00:00 - Intro
01:22 - The GOAT
02:32 - Childhood
04:04 - First Competitions
07:27 - His Escape
10:14 - 1988 Seoul Olympics
15:05 - After The Olympics
16:55 - 1992 Barcelona Olympics
17:43 - 1996 Atlanta Olympics
20:28 - The End

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[Blackdiamond]

"To equal his Sinclair, Lasha would need to total 501kg."
Lasha: 1 kilo at a time, 1 kilo at a time

[anl]

Valerios actually came to istanbul to attend his funeral.what a legend

[kamo]

"meet the man who became his biggest rival, Leonidas"
what an apt rival for someone called hercules

[radred]

VALERIOS: "Naim, you are the best"
NAIM: "No, Valerios, we are both the best."

absolute legend.

[kcb]

The crazy thing was he was still making bigger lifts than the rest at sydney but he got sick the way he did in 88 but this time it came with no time to address it. "Only one week before the Games he got sick again. What was interesting is that he was still lifting at least 5kgs more than his opponents on the day before the competition. His opponents were intimidated since all athletes were training in the same room. They were all saying: “It is certain that Naim is going to be 1st so we are aiming for the 2nd place.”

[cvdheyden]

I was in a chemical labratory when he won the competitioni in Seoul. It was one of the greatest moments as we had put a television into the lab. The whole lab was dead silent and you could hear the students breathe. 190 kilos. Rest in peace pocket giant.

[plavyn]

“We are both the best” is an epic comeback

[zergbong]

as a Bulgarian I can tell you that his name is spoken with the utmost respect.

[gabrieljohannson]

I am new to weightlifting but as a 5"4" guy I clearly remember watching Naim back in the 80s & he was my sporting go-to reference point. This man is a true legend of the sport. Thank you for doing this.

[webapp]

A copy of his training program got posted on r/Weightlifting a few weeks ago and the sheer amount of volume was what nightmares are made of!

[alfonsorodriguez]

I watched this competition on television. It was 3 PM Kansas USA time (I was an US Army captain stationed in Ft Leavenworth at the time). It was not really a competition but rather a statement. It is only a competition if you can loose, but this was so supreme a performance that has not been equaled to the present day. It was superior pound for pound to Yuri Vardanian's 400kg total of Moscow 1980 in the 82kg class. It was his best and he would come close not not equal that performance in later years. Gone too soon at 50 but it is my understanding that he suffered from liver problems for years prior to his death. Great compendium of his lifting career, I enjoyed it very much. Sure many more will.

[AliKoksal]

The strength this guy packed really was SUMMIN' ELSE I'm telling ya!!

Even today in 2022 I show people the video of him clean and jerking 190kg to weight lifters that go to the gym and half of the time they literally can't believe what they are seeing.

What a career as well 3 Olympic gold medals god knows how many world records he set in his weight class and the best thing of all for me is he was around at a time when cameras were in use so you've got TONS of videos on platforms like YouTube which display this mans great talent!!

[slimshady]

This video is going to be so sick would like to see more like these

[barsatlgan]

Tell me please, how he different from Ali, Jordan, Ronaldo etc is.. the most unknown yet historic story of a man, that has to be treated equally so. Forgive us Naim, that we couldn’t spread your legacy throughout our world, and rest in peace; the man that lifted the world. 🇹🇷

[blackreign]

absolutely brilliant content. hearing his story makes me a little emotional

[quantummechanist]

you've got a gift of story telling my friend!

[mk-rozw]

the strain his body is under and his ability to just absolutely plow through on his 88 lifts is astounding. that 190 is so phenomenal its hard to see lasha capable of a similar level of grit even given his prodigious strength and form; 501 feels so close and yet so far away. im still unconvinced of naims sinclair ever being topped by anyone...

[Devous]

What a beast of a man, that walked the earth. Unbelievable achievements.

[ogjames]

Absolutely a series I’d love to see more of!