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Aleksandr Karelin
Russian Greco-Roman wrestler and three-time Olympic champion
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2 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Aleksandr Karelin pull-ups
Aleksandr Karelin's recorded pull-ups is 42 reps. Source date: 2013-10-22. The effort is unknown. The source at spbdnevnik.ru gives this mark. Source type: interview.
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Historical training recollection; exact age and bodyweight unknown
Source quote and limits
“Я подтягивался 42 раза”
Date uses publication on October 22, 2013. Karelin tells school pupils that he performed 42 pull-ups while recalling his early training. The Russian quote means I did 42 pull-ups. Exact feat date, grip, strictness, added load and bodyweight are not given. No maximum or failure test is explicitly claimed. His later senior 130 kg weight class is not treated as bodyweight for this early-career feat. The athlete’s official site reproduced the account on October 25, 2013: https://web.archive.org/web/20151208062349/http://www.karelin.ru/2510131.php Reader access is used after the original article timed out in the source checker. Original: https://spbdnevnik.ru/news/2013-10-22/aleksandr-karelin--borba---eto-usloviey-zhizni
2013
- Pull-ups42 reps
Quote and details
“Я подтягивался 42 раза”
Aleksandr Karelin Bodyweight squats (no barbell), one set
Aleksandr Karelin's recorded Bodyweight squats (no barbell), one set is 280 reps. Source date: 2022-04-20. This was a working set. The source at web.archive.org gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is low.
Greco-Roman heavyweight (130 kg)
Source quote and limits
“Александр не рассказывал о том, с каким весом работал, но отмечает, что без штанги приседал по 280 раз”
Men Today attributes the count to Karelin's own remark ('отмечает'); the headline calls it 280 squats in one go ('за раз'). 'Приседал по 280 раз' describes a training habit (sets of 280), with no sign of a max test. No other outlet with this number was found. The original interview is not named. Feat time unknown (wrestling career), so the date is the 2022-04-20 publication date. Wayback id_ copy used because the live page times out.
2022
- Bodyweight squats (no barbell), one set× 280
Quote and details
“Александр не рассказывал о том, с каким весом работал, но отмечает, что без штанги приседал по 280 раз”
Photo: duma.gov.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.