One of a Kind - Olympic Weightlifting

[@yasinpatel12345]

this is the best form of training i wish they could've had some program in school that taught some sort of weightlifting when i was younger,

[@deanblaze2000]

olympic weight lifting, at the highest level, is the peak of human performance.

[@jiujitsuboy]

Exactly. It's my favourite exercise. Creates explosive power like very few other movements.

[@katrinski]

SAGIR, PYRROS, REZA, just the few kings of this sport! i love this video!

[@hazard52003]

The guy at 1:20 is Pyrros Dimas. Probably the best oly lifter of all time, 3 gold medals 1 bronze.

[@JAHinHK]

I LOVE that Greek lift. That is spirit.

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

Louie Simmons has gotten knowledge from Olympic lifting as well. Supertrainingby Yuri Verkhoshansky (Author), Mel Siff (Author) is one book. Another is Science and Practice of Strength Training by Dr. William Kraemer and Vladimir Zatsiorsky.

[@Warsheeper]

@sk8forlife90 to a certain degree yes, your muscles perform the movement and you have to train certain movements and therefore muscles to bring your weakpoints up because you are only as strong as your weakest link

[@jmacmullen]

There are 215 Olympic Weightlifting clubs registered with USAW. I'd say it's popular if it's what your looking for, you will find it.

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

I guess I was right. in the Westside barbell squat and deadlift manual, on page 153 louie simmons has his lifters do power snatches, barbell cleans, a split snatch and of course other small workouts to assits the powerlifting lifts. I bet powerlifting helps olympic lifting and olympic lifting helps powerlifting.

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

At westside barbell is Louie Simmons who based much of his training off of powerlifters, olympic lifters and just plain strength athletes.

[@existenceful]

Great post!

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

@valgez1 power lifters may only lack the coordination. front delt development and tricep development is not lacking in powerlifters. also they do barbell cleans and good mornings in their workouts at westside barbell to assist the deadlift. After attempting olympic lifts today in the gym i have discovered what i said yesterday was slightly off. both olympic and powerlifters are both strength athletes. they just compete different lifts. they are about the same strength as each other.

[@Krappfiskarn]

@kathryn23xo Pyrros Dimas in the 83 kg class. The lift is from the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.

[@WillSpengler]

It happens when the bar's are heavily loaded and 7ft in length! (plus it helps to be sorter in these events, not as far for the bar to travel!)

[@howardlitt86]

@stilgoin1126 It's not about size, but about creating as much power as possible without losing any of it with poor technique or mechanics. Proper technique will allow smaller guys to lift heavy weights because they are correctly channeling their power throughout the lift. It is hard to see all the many components in these lifts at regular speeds, but when broken down these are the MOST intricate and technical lifts known in the world.

[@Apjooz]

@stilgoin1126 The biggest clean and jerk ever is 266 kg, and the lifter, Taranenko, was about 150 or 160 kg in bodyweight. Massive guy.

[@Jav3001]

A guy from New Jersey in the late 60'ds early 70'ds Bob Benarski (sorry spelling?) was AWESOME! at a weight of 242lbs he could do a clean & Jerk of 485lbs...but you're right most USA athletes just olympic life to train for another sport. In 1971 the USA only had 1,200 register olympic lifter (AAU). The USSR has over 400,000 register olympic lifters, tuff to beat those numbers.

[@patrick230]

I like the look on rezazadeh's face ..it like I own this weight...its weightless!! he's soo cool!!

[@dan7edan7e]

@Apjooz Do not generalize. Olympic weightlifters tend to be "ripped" in weight classes 94 and below. HW and SHW are usually not. Some examples: 105kg class - Andrei Aramnau. 105+ - just about everyone, Rezazadeh, Steiner, Chigishev, Taranenko etc. The only SHW that I know who was somewhat "ripped" - Kurlovich. But this man is an exception. But I agree with you, power and muscle volume have almost nothing to do with each other. Training is completely different, so are the results.

[@MrSammers12]

@AggressiveNarcissism Not to mention the, most widely considered, RAW squat record is 825 by Scott Weech, a whooping 25 lbs more than mendes.

[@orlyrabbit]

That's Pyyros Dimas, 3 time Olympic Gold Medalist. He weighed 82.5kg

[@Canuck0311]

@endorphine99 That's acctually Pyross Dimas. Naim Suleymanoglu is from Turkey, not Greece.

[@sk8forlife90]

@Sleepingpillz your right. but they do have extremely high energy levels and the ability to turn up the adrenaline volantarilly. i olympic lift and believe me, it makes you an animal. crazy how much it makes your adrenaline pump.

[@thabest1995]

These guys are insane. I don't do olympic weightlifting and I tried but my form is horrible but man this is insane.

[@malenexbb]

willx13 yes I saw him to. it was really scary

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

@valgez1 they could easily clean comparable weight. I am talking about Westside barbell powerlifters who regularly clean in their workouts. they have both strength and force development. they also do high pulls which is a similar exercise. since powerlifters also do good mornings they lowerbody strength is easily as high as olympic. Since Westsiders max out every week they train heavy all year. in olympic lifting the bar speed is high, meaning the force is low and motor unit recruiment is lower.

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

@valgez1 there is not a thing that you mentioned that westside barbell powerlifters do not due. talk about nervous system getting jacked up, through some band tension on the bar that will pull you down faster and makes you more explosive at the top.. finally, I have discovered that olympic lifts are used in powerlifting training, ESPECIALLY THE POWER CLEAN. I will bet million that Westside powerlifters are as fast as olympic lifters.

[@Apjooz]

@dan7edan7e Power and muscle volume have almost everything to do with each other. That is why weightlifters have quite big muscles!

[@dan7edan7e]

I keep on watching these videos of Olympic Weightlifting and I think HOW STUPID WAS I. I started "bodybuilding" when I was 15, then switched to PL at 19. Now I m 22 and I can bench 175, squat 240 and dl 260 RAW. BUT I SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS. Olympic weightlifting is fuckin awesome. RAW, BRUTAL STRENGTH AND IMMACULATE TECHNIQUE. Fuckit. I am starting some serious flexibility and technique training on OWL. I wanna C & J 200kg.

[@mughalbadshahwrites7927]

wawo wonderful

[@valgez1]

@SplinterCellFugitive Power Clean is not about speed, it's about cleaning big weight, you need high acceleration to be able to clean it. No way Powerlifters can clean, snatch, and jerk comparable weight.

[@Warsheeper]

@blackbelt42boxer wouldnt think the most strongest or powerful in everything, but yes in their sport they are, you cant compare, oly lifters, strongman and powerlifters IMO and do you have to bring your elbow to shoulder lvl when you snatch? cause i cant do that because of my handwrist

[@sk8forlife90]

@PrecisionFitness1 they focus on movements and their nervous system, not muscles. bodybuilders focus on muscles. olympic lifters focus on movements. powerlifters focus on muscle to. but olympic lifters only focus on movement.

[@zacharyninja1]

@dperezservite O... its just the most powerful person who ever has touched

[@jw9626]

i second that fucking amazing

[@sk8forlife90]

@DreamBig2GoBig @DreamBig2GoBig fuck yeah! the thing i love about being a olympic lifter the most is the surprise factor. you don't look that strong, but really your some of the strongest people in the world. like going to a beach, a lot of guys got way bigger muscles than you and they look stronger, but your really easily twice as strong and explosive as them. no one can fuck with olympic lifters.

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

If u study the physiology of band work and chains, these make you more explosive than any free weight exercise and indeed require as much explosive strength as olympic lifting. I bet olympic lifters use them too.

[@buzzkilling]

IronWarrior, you are commenting on a lifter name Kendrick Farris. He has been lifting this way forever. There is no indication that he almost "fucked up" his knee during this lift, no more than any other time he makes a big lift. It's how he has lifted for years. Comments like yours often come from people who don't understand the sport of Olympic-style weightlifting.

[@valgez1]

@SplinterCellFugitive It's not about Delt or Tricep development - that is bodybuidling. Deadlift and squat are most basic lifts, as compared to power clean, snatch and jerk - these require the ultimate physical and mental abilities, joint strength and mobility, unmatchable whole - body strength (the movement is explosive - very different from basic static exercises), not mentioning Million - volts nerve system required to generate the power - with all due respect - powerlifting is not a match.

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

@valgez in what way? while these weights are impressive for THESE lifts, there are plenty of powerlifters who could full squat this weight below parallel as a warm-up since many of them raw squat 700 to 850 pounds to parallel.

[@sharifsammor]

one of a kind

[@Peepsikoala]

@blackbelt42boxer I agree. Its crazy how strong all these guys are. Whats weird is obvioulsy they are big, but not the crazy huge like BB or anything. they are by strongest ppl in the world however. wish i could do shit like that

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

@SplinterCellFugitive in other words a world record powerlifter may not clean 450 at these depths, but they can squat 6-700 at these depths. can these olympic lifters do that?

[@nebyou]

god dang can there be anymore plates on that bar

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

therefore there is little difference than I thought before. i am sure olympic lifters do many of the same workouts, although powerlifters would require more chest development. But i am NOw sure olympic lifters can deadlift and squat about the same, but the Bench press might challenge the olympic lifters. I would agree the bench press is the least useful to most athletes while deadlifting and box squatting will help basically most athletes.

[@madaozeki]

Actually they were pressing near the weight they were JERKING, with all the technique "enhancements", which is pretty insane when you think about it. That made it overlap too greatly, plus the judging was too inconsistent, plus the meets were ridiculously long, so it was dropped.

[@1stNeoSpartan]

kicking a ball.

[@DustinOranchuk]

i dont know, it would be inerestiong to see how much weight there could possible be on a bar and still have the compitition clasps on

[@celloprof]

@deanblaze2000 And thats is why most people cant understand why Paul Anderson was strong as he was. You do realize that Paul Anderson never worked out before, he only did weight lifting for a few short weeks before the olympics? I did that kind of exercise before like on this video once, I found it pointless so I never did it again. So how are you going to lift that random heavy object that weighs 300-400Ib's when all you are use to doing is jerking the weight up?

[@dragonpuppy9]

LMAO!4PLATE!!14PLATE1!11

[@NorwichGrad97]

Excellent video.. LMAO at 'powerlifters.' Olympic Weightlifting is the real 'POWERlifting.. WOW..

[@HITTHEM31]

damn...i always workout to this song.. lol but yea. im on a weight lifting team at my high school and i only weikgh about 140-145 so im lightweight and my best shiet is snatch and squat C= does anyone have any tips on a btter workout or diet etc.?

[@marmarymotherofgod]

kudos to the guy at about 2:08 - MACHO MACHO MAAAAN. :)

[@santiagovasquez2575]

@ iRUNgta4 its a good start

[@dperezservite]

who is the guy at 1:13...BAD ASS

[@captainspoof101]

omg who is the oly lifter that push pressed at 1:35?

[@marduk505]

pure brute force

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

for all you powerlifting haters. they can definately squat these weight at these depths. powerlifters have the strength for this easily but dont have the coordination. but could these olympic weight lifters squat 745 at 181 pound body like Phil Harrington? would they bench 715 raw like scot mendelson ?

[@ahkhim]

this is rob van dam's entrance song!

[@DustinOranchuk]

most were over the snatch weight, i think alexiev presses almost 40kgs more then his snatch

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

@RobRVD420 i am sure olympic lifters excell in the olympics but how about at a powerlifting meet? olympic lifts are impressive in their coordination, but powerlifters can lift the heaviest weights. while an olympic lifter may clean and press 450 and a powerlifter cannot, a powerlifter can squat 750 pounds raw just BELOW parrallel. so im quite sure they could full squat 600. can the olympic lifter full squat 600? perhaps the ones that press 550

[@TheWeeklyLawReports]

its not all about size its about power and technique

[@dan7edan7e]

@BiOAtKtv my friend, I live in Russia. We count weight in kilos here. I probably cannot run anywhere near as fast as you, since you are a lineman, but my 175kg stands for 385lbs, which is a decent weight, I assume. I wouldnt call myself a powerlifter, if i could only bench 80kg.

[@dan7edan7e]

@Apjooz well, if you compare them to fat slobs or skinny ppl.... But a regular bodybuilder has chest, legs, back and biceps muscles twice the size of Suleymanouglu. He could never c&j 190 though. Try to understand what I mean, before you start arguing, cuz basically we are saying the same thing.

[@LRkun]

@demathastags13 disciplined training. :)

[@1stNeoSpartan]

LOL!

[@stilgoin1126]

im a bodybuilder and it always puzzles me how these guys are still pretty skinny. Considering the weight they are lifting (even if it is 1 rep) you have to have a massive amount of strengh to do that and with strengh comes size. I could never be able to clean and jerk 312 kg but i am more then twice the guys size and most likley weigh alot more

[@TheLonelyHappyMeal]

how much weight is on these bars? (the bars are 20kg right?)

[@celloprof]

@deanblaze2000 That's a matter of opinion. Jerking up the weight is for weaklings. Most people cant comprehend why Paul Anderson was so strong. Clean and pressing 435Ib with ease as if it were 235Ib pressing a 300Ib dumb bell over his head with ONE ARM as if it were nothing. Guys like Paul Anderson got strong from man handling the weight, using brute strength because there were no machines around.

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

what I was saying is that powerlifters could squat with just as much speed and acceleration at the same percentages of your one rep max than a olympic lifter could snatch and jerk. powerlifters compete at 100% or their one rep max while olympic lifters do not. if olympic lifters did this, they could not move the bar at that speed. Olympic lifter could not squat 100% of their one rep max any faster than a powerlifter could.

[@DreamBig2GoBig]

screw injury rates, regardless of whatever the truth is behind them, olympic weightlifting is alpha as fuck

[@valgez1]

@SplinterCellFugitive What r u talking about? I guess, it's about comparing Olympic vs Powerlifters? All are as strong as hell, but have different goals. Anyway, Olympic lifters are capable of deadlifting and squating big weights, while you cannot say the same about powerlifters doing jerk and press.

[@mikeyburger1]

200 kg the great kendrick !!

[@LesFayes]

@olylifta Lu Changliang of China, -77 kg class.

[@jiujitsuboy]

I prefer the clean and press. Shame it's not in the Olympics anymore. Apparantly entrants were pressing near the weight they were snatching.

[@cyruscruz90]

after watching this, i bench pressed just to know what gay feels like. HAHAHA! this is true raw strength and power!

[@Apjooz]

@dan7edan7e I wouldn't like to talk about bodybuilders because bodybuilders are bodybuilders and weightlifters are weightlifters. But, I don't want to argue anymore, lets leave at this ok?

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

It is impossible to recruit all myofibrils and motor units even though you are moving 90% of your one rep max at a fast rate. but powerlifter train from 90-105% every week in max effort. they may do 12 sets of their one rep max. A powerlifting training will recruit more motor units than olympic training although the to are similar. Olympic lifters claim to fame is superior coordination, balance and rotator cuff integrity. Powerlifters claim to fame is pure strength in terms of maximum weight.

[@masterdebo1]

dang how he just flipped it over looked like it cud break his elbow...

[@deanblaze2000]

@celloprof Not sure if your serious but just in case....... calling them weaklings is just highly inaccurate and a little ignorant of the facts. The techniques required to move these free weights,which i'm certain you cannot move, take years to master and a lot of functional strength / explosive power. It requires the entire body, without the assistance of machines which balance and stabilise the weight for you. Real strength is developed by moving free weights, not machines. Didn't you know?

[@Indbolwebelieve]

mel gibson at 0:40?

[@Apjooz]

Excuse me, but to my knowledge if you are lifting your max single you are always using your fast twitch muscles. And your example isn't going to happen if both lifters use the same squat technique and know how to do the olympic lifts.

[@jayceylewczuk]

rofl look at the guys mouth at 0:35

[@nolangaudreau]

It really depends on your size

[@pantloaded]

@PowerLift916 coming from powerlift916...

[@ilikecheese946]

Who's the guy at the start?

[@TheLegendaryBalkan]

Pyrros Dimas

[@dan7edan7e]

@BiOAtKtv Well, considering the fact I have stayed clean and my weight is 88kg, i wouldn't say they r terrible. But yeah, plenty of room for improvement, and thats what I m working on. Anyways, I think if you were any better, you wouldnt be posting comments which sound like they come from a heavily abused skinny 18 year old, who has never kissed a girl.

[@celloprof]

@deanblaze2000 Guys today are to use to those cheating exercises&for that matter cheating on other exercises. Putting their but up in the air while doing a bench press,Jerking up the weight while curling a dumb bell. Heck not going down all the way while doing a bench press, curling,doing pushups. Heck,just about everything in the book. When you lift weight in the real world,you either lift it up all the way or you dont. OH&I meant guys like Paul Anderson didnt have machines like tractors

[@idkitsnottheserious]

Almost every athlete in the world lifts weight. The majority of there injuries happen while playing their sport.

[@DustinOranchuk]

its a good video untel u put the B.C. lifters in, not that there bad but they just dont fit in with the great ones (at least not yet :))

[@SplinterCellFugitive]

@SplinterCellFugitive king not kind. tons of spelling errors

[@mradamhowell]

who is the guy in the blue around 1:30

[@shabeehaneef]

Pyros dimas the legend

[@alexmarlow2508]

size of the muscle doesnt = strength of the muscle lets say more than half body builders take creatine ethyl easter, and h=those athletes doesnt, their muscle density is way more tighter than bodybuilders

[@ChrisL1100]

These guys muscles must be soo dense.

[@celloprof]

@jakebrigand Not really, they are all weaklings. Me personally , I have never jerked up any kind of weight while weight lifting and I never will. If I cant just lift that heavy log over my shoulder, then I cant lift it.

[@Apjooz]

@Gardash111 Young lad, explain yourself.

[@haily449]

AT 0:36 HE LOOK'S LIKE A FISH!

[@dan7edan7e]

@valgez They do. You dont. Have respect for all sports.