We've taken six of the world's top athletes,
to find out what it takes to make a true Olympian.
That's it, come on!
As we push their bodies to the max.
(ANATOMY OF A WEIGHTLIFTER)
Weightlifting is an incredibly transient sport,
in other words, it only lasts
for very short periods of time, just seconds.
But in those few seconds,
weightlifters are lifting enormous weights,
often over twice their own body mass.
Dmytro Chumak is one of the most popular
sports stars in the Ukraine.
His sixth-place finish in the Olympic Games Rio 2016
in the 94kg class and his silver medal
in the European Championships have marked him out as one
of his sport's leading performers.
Kilo for kilo, weightlifters are some of the strongest
athletes on the planet.
And to raise a fully-loaded bar above your head,
weighing over twice your own body mass, all in control,
requires an unparalleled level of commitment.
There's always fear, even if an athlete says
he's not frightened, it's always there.
But the best athletes learn to use this fear,
they learn to harness it and use it to push themselves
to achieve their best.
Dmytro's strength and power have made him one
of the most feared competitors in world weightlifting
and with the help of Buckinghamshire New University
and its elite-level Human Performance Lab,
we're going to push Dmytro to the limits
of his physical capabilities,
exploring the anatomy of a world-class weightlifter
and just what it takes to make it to the top of the sport.
During weightlifting, the weightlifter has to exert force
through the entire body and so
therefore we are looking at very, very compact,
very muscular, very strong
and incredibly powerful athletes.
Lifters compete within very strict categories
and cannot be even one gram over their competition weight.
The Bod Pod will not only confirm Dmytro's total mass
but also how it is divided between lean muscle and fat.
OK, Dmytro, that's that test finished,
if you want to step out.
OK, good stuff, so it's about 10%, 9.5%,
which is very lean.
You must be really happy?
Yes, not bad, I'm really happy.
I mean, he is a very solid individual,
weighing in at 96 kilos.
But the really intriguing factor is
that he's got almost 87kg of lean tissue.
And it's that lean tissue,
the muscle mass, which is absolutely
crucial for force production
and performance in weightlifting.
(GRIP)
The Hand Grip Dynamometer test is a simple test,
but it's incredibly important in measuring strength.
Not only strength of the arm
but also it gives us an indication
of whole body strength.
In general, stronger individuals
have a stronger hand grip.
The Handgrip Strength test is often used
in elite US sport to assess the relative strength
of athletes without the risk of causing
injury by using heavy weights.
It focuses on the muscles of the hand,
forearm and upper arm but also
recruits the muscles in the back,
shoulders and chest.
We're going to start with
the hand grip dynamometer up in the air.
You're going to squeeze for about three seconds
and during those three seconds, you're going to move
your arm back down to by your side, OK?
In your own time!
Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze! Squeeze!
As the grip test is used so widely in elite-level sport,
a high score for Dmytro will allow us
to see just how he measures up
against other top-level athletes.
Go on, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze! Squeeze, squeeze!
Wow! Very nice!
Olympic weightlifting consists of two distinct types of lift,
the "snatch" and the "clean and jerk".
Key to both these dynamic lifting movements
is grip strength,
to provide that initial injection of power and impetus.
Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze! Squeeze, squeeze!
OK, and just one more, so big effort for the last one.
Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze! Squeeze, squeeze!
Yes, brilliant, best one yet.
What that tells us is that your combined force production
is 134kg.
- It's a good result? - It's a brilliant result!
So, you're right up there amongst...about as strong
as you're going to be.
- I'm really happy. - Yeah? Good stuff!
The test results for Dmytro are absolutely incredible.
Enormous force production from his hands,
it really does demonstrate one key aspect
to Dmytro's performance,
and that is strength.
(PEAK FORCE)
The Isometric Thigh Pull test
is actually becoming one of the key measures
of weightlifting performance.
So it is measuring force production in the legs,
in the gluteals, in the core and crucially, it's measuring
force production at the trapezoids as he attempts
to accelerate the bar.
This really is a critical measure
for weightlifting performance.
The Isometric Thigh Pull, or Peak Force test,
requires Dmytro to apply a maximal lifting effort
to a static bar,
carrying nearly 400 kilos
of weight while standing
on a specially-calibrated force plate.
- OK, ready to go? - Let's do it.
OK, if you want to step in and in your own time,
whenever you're ready.
Three, two, one, and pull, pull, pull! Keep going!
No test better demonstrates the huge power Dmytro needs
to be at the top of his sport.
And relax, brilliant!
Pull, pull, pull! Keep going! Keep going! Keep going!
That's strong!
For Olympic weightlifters, four years of preparation
comes down to just six maximal efforts.
Each of these performances demand
massive power and strength and also
an astonishing level of control.
In this sport, truly, only the strongest survive.
Real big effort this time, yeah?
To finish off with.
Three, two, one, pull, pull, pull
and relax!
Brilliant, good stuff!
- How did that feel? - I feel good.
These results for Dmytro are really outstanding.
He's able to generate 3,333 newtons of peak force
at that critical point at the start of the second pull.
Now, that is a huge amount of force to be able
to produce and really does demonstrate why Dmytro
is one of the best weightlifters in the world.
To be the best in the world, you have to have tenacity.
You may have the talent but not know how to use it
or you may not have the talent and lack the dedication.
In order to become a champion, you need total commitment
and huge desire.
(UP CLOSE)
My role models, those who I look up to,
are the weightlifters of the 1990s.
The Ukrainians, Denis Gotfrid and Timur Taymazov.
They were the athletes I grew up with,
watching them on TV as a 15-year-old boy,
as they competed at the World Championships and Olympic Games
and they became my idols.
When someone steps out onto that platform, lifts the weight
and becomes the champion, I love the atmosphere
and the energy of that moment.
I feel Tokyo 2020 will be the pinnacle of my career
because every day I learn more and every day in training
I get stronger and stronger and that can only help me
when I finally get to Tokyo.
(DYNO)
The Isokinetic Dynamometer test
is an important test for Dmytro.
Firstly, it assesses force production in the quadriceps
and the hamstrings,
those crucial muscles for weightlifting.
Secondly, it actually examines
the symmetry — what a weightlifter
can't afford is to have an imbalance
in force production between left and right leg.
The upper body may grab the attention during
a maximal weightlifting effort, but the real powerhouse
is the legs.
They create the momentum which initialises
the whole lift as well as the stability
which keeps the raised weight in the perfect position.
So, whenever you're ready.
OK, push, push, push, push!
To measure the force that Dmytro's quadriceps
and hamstrings can generate, he's performing a series
of concentric extensions and flexions.
And relax, good stuff! Three, two, one, let's go!
Push, push, push, push!
Multiple efforts to produce the maximum torque.
Pull, pull, pull! Big effort, last one
and pull, pull, pull!!
Good stuff!
For weightlifters, leg strength
has to be applied as evenly as possible
to ensure a successful lift.
Stability relies on excellent technique,
but underpinning it all is symmetry in the all-important
lower body muscle groups.
And let's go! Go, go, go, keep going,
keep going, keep going, go for it, go for it!
Keep going, Dmytro, this is brilliant.
Three, two one! Push! Keep going, push, push, push!
Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going,
keep going, keep going, last one and relax.
Good stuff, brilliant!
Fantastic, that's you done.
Really strong results, really strong quads,
really strong hamstrings,
the strongest we've ever seen in this lab.
Is that a surprise to you?
It's a surprise for me. I think it's not bad for me!
The force that he can produce is absolutely enormous.
In terms of the quadriceps, 374 newtons in the right leg,
354 newtons in the left leg, but critically,
there is a wonderful symmetry to that force production
and that is crucial in a sport like weightlifting where Dmytro
needs to maintain balance throughout the entire
lift to optimise performance.
(PEAK POWER)
The Wingate test is a classic test for anaerobic capacity.
Now, for Dmytro, it's going to be extra difficult
because what we find with individuals with very high
muscle mass, power athletes, is that they produce
huge amounts of blood lactate, that fatiguing by-product,
and the likelihood is we're going to see him in misery
at the end of this test
because of that huge muscle mass that he possesses.
With the typical lift taking less than ten seconds,
Olympic weightlifting is all about anaerobic power
and anaerobic capacity.
For Dmytro, the Wingate test
will be the equivalent of a VO2 Max
for the aerobic specialist.
This is going to be 30 seconds of all-out maximum effort.
- Are you ready for that? - OK, I'm ready.
It will measure not just his peak power output
but also how long he can maintain this maximum level
of anaerobic activity before the power he produces
begins to decline, the fatigue index.
This is the first time Dmytro has taken on the Wingate test,
probably the most punishing measure for
the anaerobic athlete that
exists in the world of sport science.
Three, two, one, go!
Go, go, go, keep going, keep going, keep going,
this is brilliant, keep pushing,
keep pushing, keep pushing!
Brilliant stuff, Dmytro. keep going, keep pushing.
Big effort. Every second counts in this test.
Keep going as long as you can. Push, push!
Last five seconds. Keep going. That's brilliant.
Go on, keep going.
Two, one, and relax!
And stop. OK, good man.
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. OK.
Let's stop this.
His peak power output was over 1,000 watts
at the beginning of the test.
But as expected, because he's very muscular,
he began to fatigue throughout the test,
but crucially, he never gave up.
That resilience is the true mark of a champion
and is why Dmytro is one of the best weightlifters
in the world.
Dmytro has proved that to be at the pinnacle of his sport,
it requires physical excellence in almost
every area of the anatomy.
Keep going! Keep going!
Supreme strength in both the upper and lower body,
high muscle mass,
massive anaerobic power
and, above all else, an ability to push
the body to the very limits of its capabilities.
Dmytro is an incredibly strong, immensely powerful athlete.
He can generate huge forces across his entire body
and he can do that with perfect symmetry.
Dmytro really does define the meaning of elite athlete.
One of the key aspects of weightlifting is that it all
comes down to you.
It's not a team sport,
it's just you up on the platform.
Only you can lift the weights,
only you are the maker of your destiny.
I love it.
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