Overcome yourself. Vlasov Yu.P.

“Schwarzenegger idols him - this is how they wrote about him in the newspapers. Yuri Vlasov is a weightlifter, the 1960 Olympic champion, multiple world champion, Europe and the USSR, who established a 31 world record, writer, journalist, public and politician. It was he who inspired the very young Arnold Schwarzenegger, the future Terminator and the bodybuilding icon, for sports achievements, and with it - hundreds and thousands of young people who dreamed of a career in sports. Having left the heavy athletics, Vlasov remained an integral part of the world and Russian sports. Already not by achievements, he continued to give people a dream, but in his own words and memories. The stories collected in this book are small sketches from the past of this great athlete. Paris, Budapest, Cuba and Training, competitions, victories and defeats - Vlasov shares the most insignificant details of his life, showing how success is achieved. How to overcome yourself, despite the difficulties in life, is what this book is about.