In the Soviet weightlifting era, top athletes trained for two to two and a half hours, but training times have since become shorter.

“what's too long it's really hard to know at this point in the Soviet weightlifting practice the top guys would spend two two and a half hours they would for them that work that seemed appropriate but then again don't forget that that point they're juicing and in the pr steroid eras those times are shorter and this is one of the difference in steroids by the way that's in your training when use steroids or not the uh as I mentioned”