Ruben Aleksanyan (ARM) took fourth in Rio this past summer and is apparently back to training heavy. How heavy? How about one of the heaviest jerks of all time: 270kg/595lb:

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This is the third 270kg jerk ever caught on camera (and the second 270kg jerk from the front rack recorded on camera) with the other two honors belonging to Artem Udachyn (UKR) and Misha Koklyaev (RUS).



Aleksanyan joins Udachyn as the only other man to jerk 270kg from the front rack. Koklyaev's jerk was from behind the neck: