This short video clip really drives home the point of the productive range of motion of the shoulders, spine, and hips. Vasily Ginko’s Olympic lifting background and his historic kettlebell lifting records are no doubt a product of hard work and being aware of specific body mechanics.
Here are some Kettlebell records provided by Eric Liford. They were originally posted at the "dark place" IGX.
Kettlebell Sport Records:
Denisov, Ivan
Jerk 32kg 175
Snatch 32kg 220
LongCycle 32kg 110
No Time Limit "Competition":
Machenikov, Sergei
Jerk 32kg 255
Sachno(sp?), A.
Snatch 32kg 280
Interesting Records:
Nimsof, Ivan (Master of Sport @ around 50yrs old)
Press 370 reps 32kg 1 Arm, no switch
Horoneko (competed KB Sport in the 90’s with Valery)
52 Seconds under water, splits, Press 21 reps 32kg
10 minutes, splits, Press 100 reps 32kg
24 Hours Push Press 18,000+reps 16kg
Greek Kid "200lb Kettlebell guy" Filikidi Student
5 minutes 1 Arm Jerk 90 reps 48kg
Filikidi
20 curls 50kg 
11 reps Chair Press 2x 48kg
20 reps Chair Press 2x 40kg
Snatch 255/255=510 total (Valery counted these reps in 1992 41 yr/s old "about" 28 minutes)
Simonov, Arcady
Push Press 20 reps 48kg @52kg Body-weight,
Cheglov, Konstanin
Bottom Up Press 24kg (staked with 16kg) 1 rep Press
(He was 61 yrs. and had a prosthetic leg)
"Another guy" 73 yrs. old 15 reps 2 x 32kg Jerk
Usanko, Fedor
Jerk 36 reps 1 minute with 2 x 32kg
Ragushenko, Roman
Push Press 16kg 1007 reps 1 hour. 12yr. old boy @39kg body-weight
And here are some of Valery "Personal Records":
Two Arm Jerk
48kg/106lb — 32 reps in 5 minutes
40kg/88lb — 80 reps in 10 minutes
40kg/88lb — 61 reps 6 minutes
40kg/88lb — 52 reps in 5 minutes
36kg/79lb — 100 reps 10 minutes
36kg/79lb — 60 reps 5 minutes
32kg/70lb — 200 reps in 17 minutes
32kg/70lb — 132 reps in 10 minutes
32kg/70lb — 105 reps in 7 minutes
32kg/70lb — 81 reps in 5 minutes
32kg/70lb — 54 reps in 3 minutes
32kg/70lb — 44 reps in 2 minutes
32kg/70lb — 29 reps in 1 minute
28kg/62lb — 150 reps in 10 minutes
28kg/62lb — 90 reps in 5 minutes
24kg/53lb — 215 reps in 15 minutes
24kg/53lb — 182 reps in 10 minutes
24kg/53lb — 111 reps in 5 minutes
One Arm Jerk
48kg/106lb — 50+50=100 reps in 8 minutes
32kg/70lb — 600 reps in 60 minutes
Two Arm LongCycle
32kg/70 lb — 84 reps in 10 minutes
32kg/70 lb — 52 reps in 5 minutes
32kg/70lb — 37 reps in 3 minutes
24kg/53 lb — 115 reps in 10 minutes
24kg/53lb — 70 reps in 5 minutes
One Arm LongCycle
40kg/88lb — 110 reps in 10 minutes
32kg/70lb — 140 reps in 10 minutes
Snatch
52kg/114lb — 25+25 =50 reps 4 minutes
48kg/106lb — 30+30 =60 reps in 5 minutes
40kg/88lb — 56+56 =112 reps 8 minutes
36kg/79lb — 72+72 =144 reps in 8 minutes
32kg/70lb — 110+110 =220 reps in 10 minutes
32kg/70lb — 92+92 =184 reps in 8 minutes
32kg/70lb — 72+72 =144 reps in 6 minutes
32kg/70lb — 52+52 =104 reps 4 minutes
24kg/53lb — 200+200 = 400 reps in 20 minutes
24kg/53lb — 130+130 =260 reps in 10 minutes
Two Arm Clean
32kg — 81 reps 5 minutes
24kg — 110 reps 5 minutes
Two Arm Press
32kg — 50 reps in 5 minutes
24kg — 100 reps in 10 minutes
Two Arm Bottom Up Press
32kg — 3 reps
24kg — 10 reps
One Arm Press
32kg — 100+100 =200 reps
24kg — 170 reps
One Arm Bottom Up Press
40kg — 2 reps
32kg — 10 reps
Push Press
24kg/53lb — 850 reps in 67 minutes
16kg/35lb — 2006 reps in 145 minutes
Mill Press
16kg/35lb — 700 reps in 30 minutes
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