How Lesman Trains Differently From The Rest

Lesman Paredes is currently undefeated for 6 straight weightlifting competitions. His world-record snatching and world-beating performances have captivated the minds of many weightlifting fans around the world. But how did he get this way? How has he become arguably the best athlete in weightlifting?
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00:00 Intro
00:51 Lesman breaks onto the scene
03:30 Lesman moves to Bahrain
03:50 (muscle) snatching to gold
07:54 Lesman's upper-body training

[@WeightliftingHouse]

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[@Kiido11]

Side bends are boutta become the new Lu raises

[@LiamBens]

I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@thorthewolf8801]

Shoulders are active part of weightlifting, abs not so much.

[@o-neil]

​@@thorthewolf8801blatantly wrong most weightlifters train abs 3+ times a week

[@clintiacuone1703]

@@thorthewolf8801you couldn’t be any further from the truth lol

[@BHRAGE]

You can do side bends or sit us but please don’t lose that butt. Trained by sir mix a lot.

[@TehSweettooth123]

Love it when this channel showcases pro athletes in this format. It just hyped them the hell up and it so cool seeing what the best of the best do in their sport

[@mambutuomalley2260]

His speed under the bar is absolutely ridiculous.

[@ghubba]

A lot of weightlifters' bodies look very tight and tense. Like as talented as they are, they are very much raw strength athletes who are built perfectly move the bar. Paredes in comparison has such incredible elasticity, range, and stretch reflex to his movement, he can just flow. He seems like a raw athlete who could probably be an elite sprinter, jumper, or footballer if that's what he chose to do instead.

[@oftankoftan]

Awesome pics. Great size. Look thick. Solid. Tight. Keep us all posted on your continued progress with any new progress pics or vid clips. Show us what you got man. Wanna see how freakn' huge, solid, thick and tight you can get. Thanks for the motivation.

[@raymondsmith2040]

I was thinking the same. If I just saw this guy with no context I'd think he was a sprinter, a rugby player, or an American football player.

[@seangadson3085]

I agree when he jumped after his snatched that’s kind of a give away

[@FoneAkcount]

weightlifters are flexible lol, looks deceiving. its powerlifters and bodybuilders that can be tight weightlifters and strongmen not so much

[@tjcogger1974]

You can't be an Olympic weightlifter and be "tight and tense" lol. It's not possible

[@willepooh]

Not only is he strong as fuck but he’s also aesthetic as fuck, dude has crazy genetics

[@woodcabinet]

Not the mention the finest gear in the middle east 🤫

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

@@woodcabinet😂😂

[@willepooh]

@@woodcabinet no shit he's on gear, but so are all the other lifters and they all have no aesthetics

[@_uchiha]

​​@@woodcabinetyou can take gear for 30 years and still lift half of his weight

[@metinotje]

@@_uchiha Correct..you have to have the right genetics..

[@samson_]

He's the kind of guy who clearly would have been elite in literally any sport he tried and just happened to end up in weightlifting.

[@theanimalpage]

Definitely not

[@luisavalos1521]

Could you do an analysis on his technique? Being long-limbed and all

[@Mike-sm5kq]

plenty of juice is all one needs

[@Coldwallbar]

@@Mike-sm5kq lesman is def more than juice, his snatch is ridiculous

[@Mike-sm5kq]

@@Coldwallbar i'm always impressed with stuff like this, but sadly, not for long, it cant be done without drugs

[@drongaming7148]

@@Mike-sm5kq and? Juicing alone wont make you a world champion when everyone else is also juicing

[@sulkoma]

@@Mike-sm5kq well it can but people just excel faster and steal the opportunities from the people who don't take drugs I've never taken performance enhancers & neither have the people I train with & several of them have trained in the comm games and olympics Not everyone is a degenerate cheat Once you cheat once, you can NEVER be considered natural ever again

[@swastikgrover3414]

Yes, warm up and recovery is an often overlooked factor in performance. This guy know that days off allow his body to recover from fatigue. And warm ups are a great way to gauge your physical state

[@daniel.dzhahani]

105kg strict presser here when I look at him I am impressed of his press.

[@spencerphillips2658]

Based on his build, he would’ve been a good 100-400 m sprinter. Crazy strong!

[@ethanwolff7670]

the depth of analysis in this video is extraordinary. amazing content Seb

[@weimergabriel]

Great video, as usual!

[@modemarcoj8026]

Great video across the board! Well done

[@NisimDoesPowerliftingFitness]

Great video. Enjoyed it very much.

[@andrejenz]

Thats some great content. Thanks a lot! greetings from Brazil

[@EmorettaRobinson]

I like seeing the things that the athletes do before each competition like this. And I agree with another commenter that side bends are about to be added to a lot of people's routines. I also wonder if Lesman does plyo work? His leaps are extraordinary.

[@trtnec]

Every mid to lightweight weightlifter can jump at least that high. This sport automatically filters for the highest standing vertical leapers and the lifts themselves train vertical leap.

[@lowbackability]

Those deep side bends are for the sneaky important QL muscles deep in the core. They connect from the hips to the spine on each side. Way more than just ab work…

[@christianwijaya6906]

Seb ,You should review about IWF GrandPrix 2023 .There's so many Legit Lift to watch ,Especially Rahmat Erwin Abdullah as Light 81kg Clean&Jerk 202kg even almost get WR 209kg Clean looks Smooth

[@bruceterrell63]

Amazing I'm speechless this kid rag dolls the weight around like it's nothing no problem. Wholeheartedly, he's the world best.

[@BGeezy4sheezy]

He looks like a converted track and field athlete

[@alistairwillock7266]

Nice piece Seb, but I disagree at least a little with the conclusion. I think Lesman's program actually has a great deal to do with his attaining his place at the very top of the sport... because it's the programme that's allowed him to maximize his obvious gifts. I.e. it may not be the _perfect_ programme for him, but it's the one that's allowed him to achieve true outlier success. And I think that his warmup approach in particular is excellent, and should be mirrored by more high-level weightlifters, and particularly those in the higher weight classes. Maximizing blood flow to muscles and warming connective tissue prior to loading are obviously keys to injury prevention, and his approach is clearly designed to achieve these objectives. Additionally, as muscle (and joint) cross-sectional area rise with overall height and bodyweight, we know that recovery time from exercise trauma also rises. It seems likely that there's some equivalent correlation with the biological changes that take place during warmup activities as well. In the interests of full disclosure: I've used a similar warmup strategy for my own weight training for over thirty years now, and I can report that I've avoided major injury for that entire time period... so yep, I'm probably a not-entirely-unbiased observer 😛 Interestingly, my warmup routines weren't learned in any gym - rather, I learned them while training in martial arts. I never was much of a martial artist, but the approach to prehab that I learned in that pursuit has served me pretty well.

[@mannyuloko7031]

Interesting, I would like to learn more about your warm up approach.

[@howtosnatch]

This is informative. (Muscle) snatching the same weight as a gauge for how heavier weights will feel works for him. For someone else, it might be tall snatches, but you cant go high in weight with that. I know Kuo Hsing-Chun likes to use snatch high-pulls and Mirko Zanni likes to use tall snatch drops. Having a variant as a steady landpost to how well you'll perform that day is genius. Maybe I'll use 60kg or 70kg snatch balances.

[@ukestudio3002]

Really nice video. Never heard of him before. Thick lumbar area . Thanks for video !

[@odil50]

Lesman and Gor next to each other is a fun comparison of body types lol

[@mohammedmuhsin2301]

Any idea where I can buy that Superman tshirt @1:24 ? Could not find it anywhere, it looks badass.

[@chakrow]

Insane muscle snatch

[@01chohan]

You should really record the sessions at 50 or 60fps, you can really get a better feel for how fast these lifts are that way.

[@Mr.ThinkTwice]

That’s shoulder press workouts are insane. Weww

[@neilochando6309]

great athlete with impressive speed

[@octaviolove]

This is just crazy!!

[@danieljung2279]

Now that he's moving up to the higher weight class, I'm curious to see if he can snatch 190+ in competition

[@haodev]

The fast twitch muscle fiber on this guy...

[@ianpier16]

Damn so he is insanely good at snatch but probably cant clean with meso. Who do you think wins the total next time? Meso cleans high 220s but only snatches mid to high 170s. Meso prs at 96 are 178/228 which outtotals 187/212 but maybe this guy can clean more in the future?

[@suiiiiii276]

7:57 what’s this excerise called

[@kennethwatson6525]

This man paid his dues long before this

[@lewieanderson6579]

He makes it look easy

[@jasgamage]

He's got a solid steel core!

[@shupaupei3555]

Nurgisa Adiletuly has been banned from competing, likewise most of the kazakhstan national team who also has been banned from competing including Alexey Churkin, Arli chontey and many more.

[@larryboi2706]

Yes indeed, confirmed in Kazakh News and by athletes.

[@zwryy7622]

Not my boy Antropov bruh. Still salty about it. Fuck the ITA.

[@temurmalikilkhomjonov3881]

Bro is the footage from Uzbekistan?

[@farhanhussain_]

His strict presses are very impressive for me.

[@jeanpierreagostiniderisi-sy3tb]

The Lesman Paredes I was died forever.

[@adern.n694]

I can't get acces with the code :(

[@thereal4114]

How come he looks so jacked? I have an idea😂!!!

[@highlightedcomment]

No one my age, 61. Imma struggling with 120 lb clean as of last night @ 135lbs bw

[@geraldpena8292]

Bout to go max my side bends out, don’t mind me

[@Subzerowins]

His name might be lesman but he is moreman

[@feliciacoffey6832]

That made me laugh. MoreMan Paredes!!😂

[@CallMeGarrek]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@HannibalBarcaRTW]

9:58 nagissa from kz not competing now seb

[@alistairwillock7266]

Wait, what? I haven't seen any recent news stories about him...

[@HannibalBarcaRTW]

@@alistairwillock7266 IWF framed Antropov, a KZ team mate of nagissa for SARMS, and now team KZ has a ban

[@WeightliftingHouse]

Nurgissa still competing, I think you might be meaning Antropov?

[@HannibalBarcaRTW]

@@WeightliftingHouse I heard that the whole KZ team is banned

[@larryboi2706]

​@@WeightliftingHousei beleive he is right but it is not official yet, altough local News and athletes have confirmed it. Something like 8 athletes got popped and The whole team is probably getting ban

[@HOCM102]

If you are not covering this man's cycle, you are leaving out an important part of "how does he do it".

[@tuckerstevens9689]

What kind of cycle?

[@jonathanr.5968]

@@tuckerstevens9689 His weekly kilometres he cycles to the gym

[@salj.5459]

Nobody cares. Everyone in Olympic weightlifting is on steroids, get over it.

[@TheGiantcube]

This is about what he does differently from the rest, The cycle is probably similar

[@RebelZoe1804]

Everybody’s on something, shut up we don’t care

[@lhoffmom]

Nice

[@bejay69]

How and why did he switch counties?

[@Coldwallbar]

bahrain pays $ but uhhh the why i mean probably financial support

[@bejay69]

@@Coldwallbar Is it that easy to change nationalities?

[@danielfarrell3534]

​@bejay69 guess that depends on the government. They'll do what they want if they think they can benefit from it.

[@Coldwallbar]

@@bejay69 money fixes all issues if any arise

[@bejay69]

@@ColdwallbarSo buying trophies.

[@king_scrapzz2661]

clarence kennedy got him fasho

[@ronniet71]

Black Power, plain and simple.

[@Lee-ic2yn]

And the Colombians exploiting it!

[@shortfattoad7317]

Cool

[@battlemagevlad]

Wow what a specimen of a man

[@gewichthebensud-west9042]

We don´t live under a stone. Lesman is pretty well known since 2015. Gregor from all things gym made some videos of him.

[@bhnane]

it gets scary when you realize 89kg is so close to 96

[@thel9897]

strict OHP 130kg jesus...

[@tabryis]

He looks so damn jacked cause of all that damn test😅

[@Ckjohn77kg]

How come the Colombian kept hiding him for Rivas???

[@vintagelifts]

He had terrible shoulder i juries that reqyired surgery and strted getting back to training around a year before his first world title

[@AyandaKula]

He looks tall. What are his measurements?

[@realguy7808]

190cm or about 6'3

[@celpabedn]

He looks natural as Mike O'Tren...

[@charlesbryant8665]

Doesn't Lasha have a better record?

[@alistairwillock7266]

... than pretty much everyone in history outside of Naim? Why yes, yes he does. That doesn't mean that Lesman's recent dominance isn't noteworthy.

[@WanderingSword]

Lesman is still more athletic

[@charlesbryant8665]

I live in Arlington, TX home of the Dallas Cowboys Football team. Lesman would make a great Wide Receiver.

[@Luis-ln7ob]

​@@WanderingSwordNobody cares, this is weight lifting, and the one who lifts the most kg wins. I hope you can understand something as simple as this, lover of "black lives matter"

[@OTB1395]

Different weight classes

[@johncampolo2177]

Can you do a video on the use of drugs in weightlifting. We all know that all lifters use some sort of drug or PEDs.

[@sparkysparkyB00M]

I don't think Kazakhstan is competing. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[@yoannbirrien3048]

Muscle snatch 115kg 😅

[@elomensch9566]

JUICE

[@SashaLorenzini]

No shit Sherlock

[@jasonscheffler9813]

you should try some, it may help

[@elomensch9566]

@@SashaLorenzini he's a juicy boy

[@6666Azazel]

There's another much simpler explanation to all of your questions, but I'll let you hold your breath until you have another Ilya Ilyin moment.

[@Arbigale]

Is he in the Olympics?

[@a-s7623]

Dont do soviet twist they said

[@Picasso_305]

All of these rop oeople from any country looked jacked because if PEDS

[@Myrslokstok]

How can then place the metal bar on there breast without no bone 🦴 breaking

[@torchzeus6379]

He lets the force go into his hips and knees by dipping into a squat at first and bouncing back once the bar is secure on his collarbone

[@navskygupta5311]

Lesman is simply magical; the only one with the physique to match and beat the Chinese Kids

[@zwryy7622]

You seen Karlos last europeans? Dude's massive.

[@clintiacuone1703]

Can’t really beat the Chinese if there isn’t a prominent 102kg Chinese lifter to beat lol

[@navskygupta5311]

@@zwryy7622 True, another power monster

[@Gouravs.4605]

You Differentiate Kafirs by your racist thoughts you may not have seen Weightlifters from China seems

[@Naturalcalvezilla]

de caption saying lesbian paredes made me cry lololol

[@whydidyoutubeaddthis]

Side bends are a pretty bad workout for your obliques. Just holding a heavier weight and doing a farmers walk is objectively better core work with less risk of spine injuries with the obviously benefit of grip training.

[@kapoioBCS]

Okey glassback 😂

[@SamSpinelli]

Based on what? I'm a doctor of physical therapy and S&C coach and that's not true. The farmers work isn't objectively better for them, it's at best equivalent, but probably not. A suitcase carry might be closer to, but it's still not given that it's an isometric. And you don't need to worry about spine injuries for them, that's just fear mongering from folks who don't read research.

[@clintiacuone1703]

😂😂😂 with a mindset like that I can guarantee that you will end up with a spinal injury long before anyone who chooses to train core exercises outside of a neutral posture will

[@AfferbeckBeats]

Heavy farmers walks are a huge additional fatigue load that weightlifters really don't need. Weightlifters always have strong grips without training it. Weightlifters get plenty of static core work, which is why they add so much light full ROM work like back extensions, side bends, general ab work.

[@clintiacuone1703]

@@AfferbeckBeats exactly. Why train extra static core work when you get exactly that in literally everything already lol

[@kapoioBCS]

Average vegan natty 13 yo tiktoker

[@thomaswang225]

I don't even have to scroll down and I know some losers will say "Steriods!". Does he on Juice? Very likely, just like everyone on the stage, but these athletes are never taking the drug in order to look like competitive bodybuilders. When everyone on the stage juiced up, to the end they still competing for genetic, hard work and skill.

[@SUPER8ALTERN8]

nahhh didn't you know every single KZbin commenter would rival Arnolds physique and Lashas total with a simple innoculation of "teh juice" genetics, hard work, training - meaningless, just show up and inject, its that simple.

[@victordesousa2370]

Regional and World Championships have had drug testing for a long time. Very unlikely that they are juicing.

[@RogueLifter-nx1qz]

Only if Clarence Kennedy competed.

[@afonsoserro6834]

maybe colombia and armenia dont have an anti-drugs bureau?

[@wing690]

Genetics

[@Evil2035]

Bro looks like A-train

[@fargnbastage]

PEDs

[@domi7073]

Genetics plus roids = Better than everybody else

[@Marc98338]

Yes he has a WR but calling him the best athelte ever is completely overrated.

[@alekosalekadis6095]

New title: How lesman train differently and take steroids the same! Now he must do the same without steroid snd testosterone help to see where he can reach. Peace, no hate here.

[@domdimillo9721]

juice

[@kd-qn9dj]

apart from his asthetic, his records are not impressive as his has touched the 400 mark once only , while moradi ,tian tao, el-bakh, and few have touched this mark more than once

[@Akgolf1234]

Steroids help

[@elliswilliams1050]

Ngl, at first I read “How lesbians train differently from the rest” lol

[@navskygupta5311]

not hard at all...that says all

[@theworldofwoo8320]

No. Lu and other Chinese look way better

[@vi-bb2hx]

100% drug free of course!!!

[@alistairwillock7266]

Yep. Just like every other world-class strength athlete... 😐 _< ... hopefully I don't actually NEED to add this sarcasm alert... right? >_

[@jasonscheffler9813]

You have to be really good in the first place for gear to make noticeable difference.

[@scarred10]

​@@jasonscheffler9813you dont have to be anything just train, it wor,s best in beginners .This guy looks like that due to genetics ,nothing else

[@IconicFootage]

Definitely not natty

[@09thespecialone]

Nobody is natty at this level to be honest.

[@bmstylee]

That's what you get when you eat clen and tren hard.

[@1unsung971]

Sidebends are not abdominal work!!!!!!!!!

[@clintiacuone1703]

Yes they are lol

[@Brave-828]

Superior African genetics, is the short answer

[@Luis-ln7ob]

No

[@Luis-ln7ob]

Whites are superior, which is why they are the champions of weightlifting and strength sports in general. Furthermore, world records belong to Caucasians.

[@feliciacoffey6832]

No

[@ashash5186]

It's obvious he's on gear

[@zammonster6413]

All that achievements don't come from "special" training or steroids. It comes from GENETICS. His achievement will be same even if he train like Chinese/Russia/Iran. Boring & uninteresting, but its the truth.

[@TheWill0fStrength]

Lame