Olympic Runner Enters a POWERLIFTING Competition

[@nicksymmonds]

Do you think I can go even heavier? Find out next week over on my other channel! kzbin.info/door/jwHFdNdfBxdmEHCxJzyCHw

[@Shleerp]

Most likely because you can do whatever you put your mind to.

[@kingron3495]

I'm your biggest fan I love your videos so much

[@Dmahaffey]

if you put in all your effort your going to do great

[@Shleerp]

You kinda just copied my comment

[@nicksymmonds]

@@Shleerp EXACTLY!!!! That's a winning mindset.

[@Hes2sthetic]

That was DEFINITELY a fair lift!

[@nicksymmonds]

I KNOW!!!!

[@barbaduzas]

Knowing how pathetic looking bench press is considered "fair" in powerlifting, this squat was fair for sure

[@whatever12345101]

@@nicksymmonds if you watch closely you step forward as her hand is still in motion. I think you needed to wait for her hand to complete the gesture and then re reack. That being said, very harsh.

[@TDeslip]

Nick , you gotta admit that you didn’t even look at the main judge and forgot to look for the signal. Just because in slow motion it was close in timing with her hand in the air it doesn’t matter. You have to show a motionless locked out knees position at the end and you simply didn’t accomplish that. Sorry man.

[@Astro2024]

@@whatever12345101 if I was a judge, I would be cognizant of the fact that someone has 300+ pounds on their back so it doesn't matter. The very next judge stopped using gestures after the first lift!

[@alancantu2557]

I think it’s fair to say we all wanna see Nick attempt another powerlifting competition in the future and bring home that gold! This was a great video 💪

[@ioutlivedthequeen3629]

uhh i dont know why i’m replying just no one replied so i just wanted to reply

[@alancantu2557]

@@ioutlivedthequeen3629 I understand. Have a blessed day 😁

[@ahmetturgut6131]

Winner was way ahead. With more experience Nick would have come 2nd. Left 30 pounds in the tank.

[@eb_tigers0775]

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[@craigstewart1532]

@@ahmetturgut6131 Very true. That comes from experience. The adrenalin factor of the competition makes a big difference. All of my PR's were set in meets, not in training.

[@Mayne-1]

Nick Symmonds is on beast mode. 10 years post Olympics and still motivated

[@nicksymmonds]

I honestly am addicted to working out. It is impossible for me to go a day without training for something.

[@davidgiezyng4195]

Did you use run gum for this competition ? If so you can lift a lot more.

[@Mikesco10]

@@nicksymmonds which is why u made it to the Olympics in the first place. working hard is a talent

[@nickr7703]

@@nicksymmonds that’s how it be

[@keenanfernandes1627]

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[@notsure1276]

That was a good squat. Congratulations on getting the bronze!

[@nicksymmonds]

Thank you!!

[@gracielac.p.reiser4320]

Really excellent. Congrats on another medal!! Youbrelly worked hard this last weeks! 🥉🥉🥉

[@dirty_siege7816]

Hand was still in motion had the same thing happen

[@joshmccraney4020]

A little shocked by the final deadlift weight decision: you had WAY more in ya. Mad respect! Sco Ducks

[@noventium]

Hey Nick, I was a competitor that day at the Branch Warren Classic who got silver in your weight class! I'm shown squatting at 2:09 . Nice to see you got bronze and that you and I weren't far off each other totalwise! Hope to see you around in another CO local meet sometime this year! As for the squat, you did jump the rerack command. Your hip crease is below the top of the knee so you weren't called on depth. The side refs were looking to see you lockout completely before moving forward.

[@oumardiop1]

is silver 2nd? also nice job

[@herissmon9878]

Xajavion Seabrum

[@nicolsson_yt8344]

@@oumardiop1 yes

[@noventium]

@@herissmon9878 yeah that's me

[@moayedal-obaid8687]

@@noventium how do we know it's you?

[@matthewkowalik276]

Between the DQ on squat #3, and the somewhat conservative bench and deadlift, you definitely had over 1100 in you today Nick. And great to see that deadlift number climbing. The 500lb + 5:00 challenge is definitely attainable for you later this year.

[@mikemasterson9694]

I really like how you keep your commentary's hyped for yourself, a lot of people would be afraid to do that but it really makes the video way better

[@anirudh0102]

Your journey is inspiring Nick! Take a bow!

[@les2701]

Ok 🏹👋

[@FPSChipmunk]

Fair lift in my book! Met you in Philly, New York, and Boston in September and it's insane to see your strength build since then! Looking forward to the Nick Symmonds Too vid.

[@jamesholton29]

Getting mad strong bro, hope you keep it up cause your making progress

[@nicksymmonds]

It feels SO GOOD to feel strong!!

[@abnuridd24]

Hey Nick, love your energy bro, you're an inspiration. I separated my shoulder a few years ago and my body hasn't been the same but I've been trying my best to salvage what I have and still push forward to be my strongest. Thanks for sharing your experience and I wish you the best! ✊✊

[@rocky007123]

big up Champ !!! thats how you do it .... you easily got another 5 to 8 kgs on the Squat, 2 to 5 kgs on the bench and at least 10 kgs on the deadlift. Very excited to see you get to your absolute best !!!

[@bentykhonchuk2217]

Thanks Nick for the quality uploads, you've inspired me to work out and thousands more!!

[@nicksymmonds]

That is my goal! Enjoy your fitness journey!!

[@Thonck-]

That 450 deadlift FLEW up. The big 500 is closer than you think!

[@cubes7692]

Congrats on your first competition nick! I just wanna thank you for inspiring so many people like me out there and showing everyone that anything is possible ❤️

[@fstanley1903]

Dude are the captions for every word really needed.

[@17k-i1k]

I love your videos nick keep up the good work!

[@nicksymmonds]

Thank you for watching them!!

[@glennrudolph]

I just ran for the first time in a long time. 5 time Ironman and ran xc in college, but fell off the boat hard after having kids. Your channel just inspired me to run 5 miles. I’m commenting this so that hopefully I will force myself to become the boy I use to be.

[@Краснаяармиясамаясильная-б9ы]

Don't do it it's a bot

[@KingKobra49]

If you see this… I want you to know that whatever you put your mind into the reward you will get it success! It may not be the way you want it , but you’re in the right place 🙏🏽. Keep pushing 💞

[@Iamabot31]

thanks, that really hits heavy. i have a bball game in a couple of hours, and our team hasn't been going too good. imma win this game

[@micahdai8691]

Boy is on every channel commenting the same thing, most likely looking for likes or some like fhat

[@Kryptic517]

@@micahdai8691 or just be polite

[@KingKobra49]

@@Iamabot31 you got the dub? 🔥🙌🏽

[@iMercy_]

Truly inspiring content. Also your smile is really contagious. Always smiling even if you lose to someone that is positive energy.

[@leolaurassa1894]

Whenever I’m lifting and think I can’t, I hear Nick’s voice saying, “leave it on the track”. Jeez something about that gets me pumped 👏🏼 Thanks Nick!

[@cedrictolson6902]

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH THE BEAT IS FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS A WONDERFUL VIDEO

[@jonathankruger2715]

I actually never knew Nick was in the Olympics

[@M_Sp_]

Nick "what's that in pounds" Symmonds ;) jokes aside, fantastic athlete, big respect from Austria!

[@carebearboo4247]

That squat was totally fair!! 😩😩 I’m upset for you!! I love to see you hitting those PRs and you did them with ease!! Great job Nick!! You are a wonderful inspiration. My meet is in eight weeks 🤩 I am taking your tips and making sure all my ducks 🦆 are in a row so I don’t get any mess ups and get all white lights!! 😬😬

[@logangaudreau7702]

yo mate I was the side spotter at that meet and I'm sorry to tell you it is a auditory command not a visual one she said rack after you took the first so it was a no lift

[@jaronroberts3155]

You definitely have a 5 plate deadlift in you! Congrats on the PRs!

[@chrismatamoros5937]

Gosh Nick I'm so proud of you. You truly inspire me and your subscribers to be active and push for goals that are difficult

[@TheLarson25]

I remember watching you in the Olympics and you definitely put your foot down, telling everyone what a great athlete you are

[@Raddy_N]

You've literally motivated me to get active again after retiring from track and field 6 years ago. This is so inspiring, thank you!

[@JT54CompsHD]

followed you since your running days lol crazy to see you doing powerlifting now 😊

[@MaxwellChan0]

Yes we've been waiting for this video!

[@foppish3715]

I love your videos nick you inspire me to become a greater athlete every day!

[@michaellaviani719]

Great job, the hard work always pays off. Really enjoyed watching you power-lift. 3rd place first’s competition! Good job!

[@user-fp5co6qn7h]

You should make a video on your second channel about staying motivated and how to not lose passion when training hard. That’s would be really helpful because I’m recovering from injuries and fighting to stay passionate

[@matthewlucas7108]

Love watching the progress! Killing it dude!

[@reiseleitercostarica]

Very inspiring! I have the same bodyweight as you, but a bit more seasoned in powerlifting than in running. Glad to see both of my passions in your channel! I can rep 500lbs easy on the deadlift, but have trouble getting under 1 minute on the 400m. Hoping to achieve it soon.

[@alexoverdiek8899]

sub 60 400m is nothing easy if you dont train for it, cool combination once you have it though, 500lbs deadlift and sub 60 400m

[@reiseleitercostarica]

@@alexoverdiek8899400m in a minute is more achievable for me than a 5 minute mile.

[@tomba7120]

@@reiseleitercostarica i would say a 500 lb deadlift is much more impressive than a sub60 400m. I would say i am quite athletic and a sub60 400m is something i wouldnt need to train for while a 500 lbs deadlift would take me prob about a year or more to get to.

[@reiseleitercostarica]

@@tomba7120 I'm 195lbs, 5'9. And started powerlifting 10 years ago. Took me 5 years to lift 500 lbs. Now I started running and I'm making about 1'10 on the 400m. So there is my new goal.

[@tomba7120]

@@reiseleitercostarica 195 at 5’9 is def not ideal for running so I get it. A sub60 400 m is much more impressive with those stats.

[@cyklopPL]

Congratulations Nick, awesome job. Great coach as well

[@rickydugan8223]

So with the squat the ref is signaling to the other ref to start the rack command, but you dont rack until you actually hear the ref yell the command.

[@vijaygokhale83]

Been watching your videos for a couple of years now... From a runner to a lifter, what a journey!!!

[@therealforestelf]

you're doing such great work in the fitness community, keeping it real, awesome lifts, absolutely great squat form, I salute you! for being an olympic runner years before your mobility is amazing!

[@doublea4466]

Being a former runner myself (not close as fast as you were), I am also now into strength training and you are a big inspiration for me to see, that all the endurance training does not destroy all your stronger fibers. Thank you man and keep working hard, peace from Germany!

[@coleman4840]

Same. I was definitely nowhere near as fast as him or probably yourself but I’ve been focusing entirely on strength and I love it. Cheers from the US

[@willcopes2109]

Nick that’s a great start to powerlifting I’m a teen powerlifter and I have ran the mile and 800 in track many times it would be amazing and a honor to compete against you in a meet I’d definitely like to get your take on running and lifting you are impressive

[@mikelbozarth6253]

Thanks for all you did for powerlifting in this video!

[@jcfors]

That deadlift looks extremely easy for you nick!

[@nicksymmonds]

yeah I think I can go A LOT heavier!!

[@Lavishous]

Daaaaaamn the 205kg deadlift absolutely FLEW up! I reckon you might be in striking distance of that goal

[@schofrenzy]

That was fair tf

[@InstagramReels_YouTube]

I've been waiting so long for this video!! Congrats on making it to another big stage man! Whoo

[@JarinDaBarbarian]

*I know I’m hella late. Squat looked good, depending on the federation you compete in they can be stingy on commands. Some federations are soft when it comes to depth and the timing of commands and some are suuuuper strict. IPF and USAPL are usually the stricter ones

[@charliem4560]

But she literally waved before he even started to move

[@timothycraig41]

Definitely ready to see another powerlifting competition 💪

[@Ericliaoo]

Nick, you need to do low bar squats and play around with sumo deads!

[@matthewwaks1836]

I’ve got a cool idea - run a race where you start at the finish line and run in opposite directions, so you meet each other every 200m

[@ThomasG1231]

Squat was good. You've also got more in your bench simply by tightening up your technique. You've also got a good amount of room to grow into the 198 class. 1200# total is right around the corner!

[@Jay-kx5cb]

He had more in his bench regardless

[@mjlove07101996]

This was so great! I had a smile on my face the whole time.

[@tinygorillacake]

sounds like it's time for the 500lb and then sub 5 mile 👍

[@nicksymmonds]

Getting close!!

[@timmaynard3348]

As someone who is entering his first PL competition later on this year, this makes me feel a lot better about it and informed me of the singlet rule.

[@jayho7058]

You definitely could’ve lifted heavier seeing how easy the weight went up! Super proud of you, the progres is amazing! Don’t tire your body out too much and give it enough rest. Remember you prob could’ve lifted more at the event because of the adrenaline you get in the arena too;)

[@thatboi9740]

Best videos on youtube. You made me enjoy working out, started going muay thai because of you.

[@TheHayeShawn]

While I consistently look forward to new content from you Nick, next week on your other channel for sure is one of my more anticipated videos.

[@MrSirDudeGuy]

I’ve got stuff to do right now, but pumped to watch this later!

[@scotpak100]

Great first comp and excellent attempt selection.

[@Richard_Garza]

Congrats on the new PR’s Man! You’ve inspired me as well, and I hit a new Rep PR myself!🙌🏾 315x4 @129!

[@bendeguzpeterbajusz4438]

It's very inspirational how you went from a pro runner to a decenr powerlifter. The two requires 2 way different kind of muscles. Keep up the work, Bison! 👏👏

[@enricopravato6677]

well done! it's really beautiful as a powerlifter to see new people get into the sport! your third squat looked good from the video, plus it's really strange for the head ref to give a white light if you missed a command. A possible explanation would be if she waved her hand before saying the command out loud so you saw the command but the two other judges did not hear it quite yet, in which case you should get your lift (in cases like this, where there are 2 red light your coach is allowed to go talk to the judges to ask for explanation and it can get your lift back on the board). Anyway great job i hope this will help to get more people into the sport and i hope you had a great time competing!!

[@joeydeangelis4032]

Congratulations Nick on your first powerlifting competition

[@deybisbermudez]

You can see all the hard work show up glad to see you on the grind

[@NoNewdlesFound]

That was a fair lift.

[@flisted4475]

Dude this stuff is so awesome. I love this type of video.

[@jaytahoe]

This is amazing! Would love to see more of this. In highschool I had a 250lb bench and 4:54 mile. Thought it was a pretty decent combo

[@KSRRider]

I’m impressed Nick! I’m very close to the same size, weight and age and you’ve motivated me to push to new PRs. I’m stronger than I was in HS and college. 💪

[@miguelsan2741]

Congrats Man! Incredible versatility my bro! Maybe the beggining of such an amazing powelifting carreer. I can see a huge potential.

[@spritelyisback]

Man! You're a beast in every event you try! Bison on top!

[@tflorczak]

Way to go Nick! I knew you were going to put up some big lifts!

[@brycebyte]

Awesome to see you at a powerlifting meet having a blast!!

[@MrMari]

Nice work Nick. Keep up the hard work and dedication you are inspiring

[@krossxeye660]

Between this, Jesse James Wests recent competition, and Will Tennyson's recent competition, it's really cool to see PL getting more attention, it's not a super accessible sport to enter but it's a very easy sport to play

[@ViperChaffin]

Fair lift. I hope whoever gave you the redlight sees this and explains their call.

[@kaisebastian1496]

Love the depth! Looking like an Olympic weightlifter 💪🏼🏋️‍♂️

[@rcjer6473]

You da man nick..love the channel bro. Keep up the great material.

[@christofyeramsanchezmontes2659]

watched it frame by frame, it was a spot on fair lift

[@hajinkim9008]

Love ur videos bro keep pushing!!!!!

[@chaselucas2796]

My first comp is August 9th. I'm super excited

[@betterbodyequipment-]

Thay's nice! We are sure you can go even heavier! We'd love to hear more from you! 👏🏻💪🏼

[@jeremyelliott7586]

Congratulations!!! Quite an accomplishment! 👍

[@mcfarvo]

Unofficial 9/9, good lifts, well done, bro! God bless 🇺🇸

[@jerde_verde]

Man, not what my ego was expecting to find on KZbin this morning.. haha. But for real, good job! Your lifts looked solid, would have never guessed you were a runner

[@emmahales6398]

it was a fair lift! that girl be on her phone that entire time!

[@jsaestheticsandbodybuilding]

You proved science wrong. They say that some people have muscles that is good for endurance and some have muscles for strength. Well you have both man. You have to be a real bison

[@jacksonhebert02]

What a great lift can’t wait for next year!

[@ethaneverette7106]

It’s awesome to see you compete!

[@robocop55555]

I blacked out while lifting stones in the back. Officials grabbed me and once I recovered I tried again! Good to see you in person.

[@dansigmon1559]

Great improvement and great lifts!

[@TheLarson25]

I believe in you, no matter what you do! Great work Nick

[@jeungbou]

That was a well executed powerlifting meet. Getting red lighted for ignoring commands happens. That’s part of the game. Would like to see you competing seriously for some years and see how much you got in you.

[@vigilII]

Nice work. I competed in the morning and it was a very well run meet. You will for sure go heavier on the deadlift.

[@neillas9338]

This is awesome and very impressive. Congrats!

[@TheHavice]

Dang you inspire me. I'm going into my sophomore year of hs and I bench 210 lbs, squat 255 lbs, and dead lift around 250 lbs. I'm proud of my bench but not my squat and dead lift.

[@jeepers4187]

You are truly amazing nick and an amazing inspiration to have fun with working out