Last Set Best Set | Olympic Weightlifting Podcast
Aug 11, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min · 13 segments
NEW: Essential Strength System 30-Week Program Bundle → https://bigbendstrength.short.gy/essential-pod \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\** In this episode, Coach Brian and Coach Calvin interview Dr. Sergeii…
Sergey PutsovGuestBrianHost
Calvin LackeyHostHe didn't expect to go for
Oh, he's cleaned it.
He's up with it.
Gets to the fingertips.
Can he make this jerk? World record right now.
No one saw that coming.
No one would have said Norodino is going to break his world record.
And
here he is on the platform, victorious.
He said he wanted a world record.
Today, we're interviewing Dr. Sergei Putsov about the exact training program that led to Ruslan Nuradinov's 242-kilo world record clean and jerk.
It is not normal to have this kind of insight into a world record program.
So get ready.
Let's dive in.
Welcome back to the Last Step, Best Step podcast.
I'm Coach Brian.
I'm the owner of Big Ben Strength, and I've been teaching Olympic lifting for 11 years now.

And I'm Coach Calvin, a coach through Big Ben Strength, as well as owner of Lionheart Weightlifting.
And today we have a special guest for you guys.
We have Sergey Putsov.
He is the head of sports science for Tarakti.
Thank you for joining us.
Hello and welcome.
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