Saturday, April 17, 2010

Erector Spinae




Grabbed this photo( above) from Dr Hatfields facebook page, where the discussion is whose back this belongs to. I believe it is David Rigert the Olympic Champion Olympic lifter from the 70's and 80's, Dr Squat isnt sure. Whoever it is has some SERIOUS pulling power.

Now I'm ready to go train snatches and hi pulls,lol!

7 comments:

Chris said...

unbelieveable!

Boris T said...

Wow now that is impressive!

Mark Reifkind said...

no kidding, freakazoid.

Unknown said...

Definitely, it's David Rigert on the left photo.

Paul said...
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Unknown said...

Yes, it's Rigert in the top photo; not in the lower photo, though.

Unknown said...

Rigert had, in my opinion, the most impressive traps of any competitive lifter, and Gennadi Ivanchenko (lightheavy ) had the most impressive erector spinae.

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