Q&A with Zack Telander - Mobility, Strict Press for Weightlifting and More!

[@zacktelander]

WHAT'S UP FITFREAKZ? IT'S YOUR BOYZ TELLIE AND KENNY AKA CKSTRENGTH!

[@SachAlvarez]

I guess you got the cycling joke, sorry about that.

[@Brickcellent]

Oh God, America's here.

[@ag9297]

Cultural Appropriation now Zack? Really?

[@ag9297]

RE; 13:10 The Idiom you're looking for is 'The worst Athletes make the best Coaches'

[@jaredrichmond9948]

Didnt Colin Burns win Pan Ams last year as a 94?

[@jaybailey202]

zack, in over 2000 words, what is your favorite color?

[@rul1175]

Zack guy is so annoying.

[@matthewhoffman3911]

*Cycling* haha. Almost caught me off guard.

[@DronZizzle]

i was like "oh yea we know you do clarence"

[@dordo123]

tOUR DE FRANCE RIGHT?

[@matthewhoffman3911]

Tour de Ireland

[@dickpiano1802]

Weightlifters are practically natty in comparison with other sports. My friend set the snatch world record and he has only done 2 cycles in his life. Peace.

[@garethlewis4010]

@@dickpiano1802 which weightlifer was ur friend?

[@hookgrip]

Russia's last gold was 2004 with Berestov

[@clarence0]

Hello Hookgrip!

[@TC-dh7zi]

Last male, Oxana SIlvenko has gold in the female 69kg in 2008

[@hookgrip]

Hi Clarence! Also, TC, re Slivenko, at this stage, nah -- show me a picture of her getting the gold medal then we can talk.

[@GypsyKingTF]

T C Oxana is not FEMALEEE!

[@ancelmox5395]

hookgrip Do I smell a collab? That would be sick!!

[@flaffa4837]

im afraid to clean my snatch

[@leedowner2249]

flaffa besseling lol that's a good weightlifting joke.

[@flaffa4837]

Lee Downer righttttt

[@overlord6815]

Why are people with rabbit profile pics always hilarious lol

[@AsiunBoi]

Hey Clarence I'm gonna be the next big thing in weightlifting. My work ethic is unparalleled and even though I have great potential in the snatch, my specialty is the Jerk and Clean

[@SCB_01]

AsiunBoi LOL

[@wildside4661]

AsiunBoi you’ve gotta get deep into some big snatches, although your jerk will go down

[@user-zz5og2lf7p]

Lol.

[@samharris9559]

I love your work, Sample Video was a masterpiece

[@AsiunBoi]

@@samharris9559 like and subscribe

[@alexisvnc]

3:13 there you go folks

[@sherlockodile]

Zack is the smartest giraffe

[@austinkunch710]

Yes clarence we know u cycle

[@MrSpicyAlCi]

Perfect for tonight before bed. Thanks guy and awesome to watch the 2 of you together. #nohomo #brolifters ;)

[@Dfgoodall]

110% agree with the strict press split jerk ratio. My strict press is terrible, put can power jerk and split jerk more than 200% of my strict press. All in the legs

[@09thespecialone]

Yes. The jerk is 90% lower body movement. You jump ''under'' the bar actually. In the press, you press the bar overhead only with shoulders and arms (much more difficult).

[@Lee-ic2yn]

5 years later I can push press 110kg so how much should I be be able to jerk if technique is good? Seems like not much more?

[@o-neil]

​​@@Lee-ic2ynit's so individual. Klokov push pressed 225 and jerked 250 which is just 110%. Ilya ilyin push pressed just 180, yet could still jerk 250, which is 140%. My ratio is 125%. So basically if you were like klokov you could jerk 122.5, but if you were like Ilya you could jerk 155.

[@nolliefsflip]

Digging for gold @9:34 in the background

[@JustinK0]

Tanks for the video!

[@HDvisionPro]

Damn Clarence makes me wanna hop on a bike

[@waynebarnes4756]

These guys are the 2 smartest guys i know and the strongest,,,

[@MrToweleySlowMo]

Aww yus my favourite natty vegan bodybuilder and some tall guy.

[@danlightowler7207]

Bobby Treacy Rip rich pianini, worlds best vegan pro natty bodybuilder

[@frankchen4229]

Comment was 8 hours ago 8 hours.

[@xxFR12]

You are blind he isnt natty

[@dagopoe]

Fuck off Lahey

[@xxFR12]

S K260790 dear troll / fucktard. That is a joke , yours sincerely, your conscience

[@scottessery100]

you two make such a great doubble act :) please make more content if you can

[@VARIABLE_]

The squaring more than once a week thing is the most important piece of advice I’ve ever used

[@SettleDownBrandon]

pre-'thumbs-up' for the upper body weightlifting strength video

[@JohnSmith-mf7nl]

There is a misconception about things being harder for tall people, it has nothing to do with being tall or short. It's all about the ratios of your limbs to your body. Long Arms(especially forearms, ratio should be 1:1, Vitruvian Man) and long femurs are not ideal for weightlifting/Power Lifting in general. But a 5"3 (160cm) Person with a long Femur to Body Ratio, lets say 0.34(avg is 0.26) and long arms has the same problems that you have in the squat. It also gets more complicated. Zack and Clarence have you ever measured your Femur ratio and Wingspan?

[@aminazik4817]

John Smith taller people still have higher chances of having out of ratio long legs.

[@JohnSmith-mf7nl]

I never seen any study towards this, only with races. Google Hicham El Guerrouj he is only 5"9 (175) and has absurdly long legs. Bascically all runners have long legs. i.pinimg.com/originals/43/27/61/432761373a3933e6e87bd82701b58286.jpg

[@obi-wankenobi9871]

Tall people are at a disadvantage. Why do you think that growth restriced people can lift body weight percentages, that normal people that lift regularly can only dream about?

[@jonathanchildress9865]

It’s also hard to make a smaller weight class than super heavy when you’re 6’ and over.

[@gg025]

​@@obi-wankenobi9871 Not necessarily. If tall people were all really at a disadvantage strength-wise then the strongest people in the world (in basically every strength-oriented discipline) wouldn't all be giants.

[@kd6589]

12:31 That's me! Holy shittttt g'day from Straya

[@misztal2112]

that Clarence starter pack is gold!

[@taylorprobets4661]

god dammit my two fav people in weightlifting together this is christmas for me

[@JuergenNoll]

The insight is strong with those ones!

[@asraelconcreteeatingcat1528]

Cycling everyday bro

[@kristerrs]

blast and cruise

[@Toogas]

clarence for president!

[@landowar2162]

9:24 Guy in the background eating dem bogies

[@nndb9639]

Lets go cycling

[@Cin9999]

nike too Trenning hard to dbolish your goals as always

[@Mongoosemcqueen]

2 Chads Q&A

[@david-wt7td]

Chads?

[@SachAlvarez]

Shaved clarence is just a child. A very strong one

[@TheTillhammer]

David rigert is and will always be the most badass weightlifter imo.

[@MrAndrew990]

3:15 steroid joke?

[@blackhole-chan4619]

it 15 buckening

[@Filaxsan]

Nice chat. I gotta say "the purgatory" concept is an interesting one. We like to think of a small underground community as something familiar (and it is!), but definitely don't serve the sport itself at all.

[@jordeaman]

i hear you gonna make a vid about upper body for weightlifting. can you talk about the chinese then to (why they do behind the neck pull ups, weighted dips for +10 reps,etc). thanks for the good vids!

[@alanheady6829]

You guys are great. Next time you come to America, please bring Eoin.

[@Billy4you4]

Does really Clerence say "whash" instead of "what"?

[@Johnny-Joseph]

4:57 not sure if the table is weightlifting Olympic medals or world's shortest nations

[@gregs570]

Clarence. Are you still in Ontario? Would you be interested in visiting a strength facility in London?

[@mikea6710]

22:12 dudes like 'ok. So can we shut the lights off now, need to fkn sleep'

[@norzpower8235]

Zack says Lasha is stronger than Thor for several reasons, including he competes in drug tested events (“he uses, but just a little and not always”). What’s your opinion on that?

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

What’s your stack, Zack?

[@ethanchaney1139]

Imo we need more power and weight lifting activities in school. If we made it a club or a sport the same way we did Swimming, Wrestling, or Track America would actually have a killer weight lifting team. And the thing too, it would be easier for kids to transition into a sport. When you have little Timmy who played weight lifting freshman and sophomore year that wants to try out for the football or wrestling team junior year with the 315 front squat and a 200 something clean and press it’ll be a lot easier for him to compete with some of the gorillas you’d find in those sports. Man, if every kid just lifted before doing sports they’d be better right off the bat. My inner Mark Rieopetoe is coming out, but the easiest thing you can do to become a better athlete is to simply get stronger.

[@tatebarnum731]

clarence do u ever do strict overhead press or nah?

[@atg-man4679]

I'd say yea

[@tatebarnum731]

@@atg-man4679 jesus 3 years ago lmao

[@jakubrajda6346]

Yeah

[@stephen.f6393]

Did you have tibia tuberosity? Is that why you wear the band on your left knee?

[@Doctorcanniball]

i'm not 100% ok with swimming being low impact, sure if you have proper technique it's going to be fine but very few peoples have actual "correct" technique, i mean correct as in "wont create shoulder impingement" in the short term. So if you are going to be swimming 1 to 2 times a week it's going to be fine but if you really want to get into it it's definitly NOT low impact.

[@xristoforosliv3387]

give me your heart

[@saiyangodbroly26]

*suspicious*

[@JAPANMAN20]

Clarence you should go tear up crossfit for 1 year and show Matt Fraser who's really boss. Powerlifting forever!!

[@Theroadneverending]

“I cycle” We know.

[@maxeaves9985]

Clarence train w/ Tom Martin again pls.

[@wengeance8962]

whats up with clarences right shoulder? looks massive compared to left

[@wengeance8962]

what does periodising mean?

[@markus_265]

Hey clarence, i've watched almost all your videos, in one of your last ones you mentioned a knee injury - how could you fully recover from the injury? I've got an inflammation of the patella tendon myself, which is already getting better due to technic and form adjustments but doesn't seam to heal completely. I train 6 days a week and would like to stay at those 6 days for competition preparations Could you please give me an advise or could tell me what you've done during your injury?

[@valkarcy]

id also like to know

[@mateofremen]

New Clarence video and David Laid same day... fuck, what a delicious day

[@edmund3504]

gr8 vid m8s

[@nickdutton6218]

9:16 we caught you, literally picking your nose and eating it. Edit: They really just walked into some randos flat, hes under a duvet, are they sat on his bed?!

[@barrybobert9294]

That cycling joke hit hard and hit me so delayed

[@brucedickinson12]

gear dosages plz

[@jimmycras599]

How do i get into olympic weightlifting?

[@Entropy__]

Jimmy Carreras pick up barbell and move.

[@frankchen4229]

_Life_is_Meaningless ! PVC PIPE**

[@bitofeverything10]

09:12 this dude on the right just straight up starts picking and eating. WTF

[@andrewcarey5681]

mogged

[@blackhole-chan4619]

kek

[@JakeTheRake1000]

It moggening

[@Bludcraze]

3:13 there you go folks

[@Jeetu0301]

These guys looks more like the computer geeks than weighlifters 😂😂😂

[@SquatSimp]

3:11 🤣

[@wArAtAriz]

That dude on the right side 9:13 digging his nose for boogers and eat them :D

[@jacobnunya808]

#nofucksgiven

[@michaelweston8304]

Lol what else would he be digging for

[@TheArtofBoxing101]

Is DADDY CLARENCE front squatting that 280? Illya watch out Fam shits about to get real.

[@suppositionstudios]

NATIONALISE THE GYMS

[@emilbrandwyne5747]

what does that even mean?

[@Alistair]

Emil Brandwyne it means make it free for everyone, like school/libraries/police

[@ECruz-rb6py]

Take care of your wrists and work on shoulder and thoracic spine mobility so you don't add up to everyday life stressors on your wrists and end up with painful carpal tunnel ... like me. 😿

[@justinalexander5959]

Here for Clarence, and only Clarence.

[@ebinvideopro2564]

Swimming for shoulder health seems contradictory, swimming a lot often leads to shoulder problems

[@vilhelmkron7455]

ebin video pro well that could be because they never work their rear delt?

[@ebinvideopro2564]

Vilhelm Kron no, its definitely not because of that, many swimmers do that and even professional swimmers (very very good form) have get shoulder problems (may it be impingement or else)

[@aminazik4817]

ebin video pro thats right and it is because of the constant passive pressure on every joint and structure while swimming.

[@ronaldomcdonaldo6289]

If you swim free, back & breast you won't have shoulder problems. If you're doing freestyle 4hr a day every day you will start getting a bit stiff in the shoulder department.

[@shanecorrigan8524]

Overuse causes issues with basically any movement

[@fcurcic]

oh this is the guy from discord

[@sebastianapolo8515]

Clarence is 1:32

[@matsthijssen3383]

3:12 nice save hahaha

[@chadcorber6399]

Cyr is pronounced seer

[@stevenhewes1990]

He cycles a lot...so do I.

[@vilhelmkron7455]

Would olympic weightlifting be good to get into if you are struggling to make gains on bodybuilding programs ? My max deadlift is 300lbs, max squat 225 and max bench 180. I also have alot of muscle imbalances. Also got hyper mobile elbows

[@JobeCourtney]

Depends on your goals. If you want to build muscle a ton of muscle, probably not. If you want to bench more, probably not. If you want to snatch, squat, c&j more then perhaps. You will definitely have to work on fixing muscle imbalances and immobilities to make progress no mater what you do, so start with that.

[@vilhelmkron7455]

Jobe Courtney but clarence has a shitton of muscle, he is jacked as hell and benches squats and deadlifts ALOT

[@JobeCourtney]

He also trains for those things. He doesn’t train Olympic lifting exclusively. He does a mixture of different kinds of lifting and he is a freak of nature to go along with that.

[@vilhelmkron7455]

Jobe Courtney i wanna do a mixture aswell, but no matter what i do i dont progress. Tried lifting full body 5 days a week with 5000 calories a day made small amount of gains. Did push pull legs. Upper lower. Full body 2 times a week. Nothing works. Currently doing alphadestinys novice program 3 days a week. But im going nowhere and it kills me because ive lifted for 2.5 years and im still weak.

[@JobeCourtney]

Vilhelm Kron what kinds of exercises are you doing? If you’re doing mostly machines or “accessory work” with dumbbells you’re obviously not going to make much progress. Do some research, write a program tailored to your goals based on periodization, or find a coach/trainer to help you out. Focus on what you want to get stronger. If you want to squat/deadlift more then you will likely have to decrease time spent on upper body work and vice versa with bench. However, I would not recommend incorporating Olympic lifting into your program if you do not want to spend a large majority of your time on developing proper technique and mobility. Also Olympic lifting doesn’t really seem like it is what you’re going after, if you just want your squat, bench, and deadlift to go up while building some muscle... I would look for a football weight training program as that is what those types of programs are usually geared towards.

[@DrLeroyArch]

Louis Cyr - pronounced "seer" not "sur".

[@Damascus5350]

Why doesn’t America dominate in Olympic weight lifting? It’ll never happen until the NCAA puts as much emphasis and money into weight lifting as they do football! If kids oly weight lifted from youth instead of pee wee football, we would have a ton of guys like Wes Kitts!

[@johnnyditlof3092]

Weightlifting isn't even an NCAA sport

[@vanya_stepanov]

Its funny how nervous clary looked when asking about drug testing, hands locked and with an awkward cough

[@basedlukashenko5249]

Иван Степанов ага я тоже заметил

[@Tom-vu1wr]

He's explained this now

[@LA1SO]

кто с канала "спорт фаза" перезагрузка?

[@eugenepoon]

Lol @ lurking Dom

[@MrPikkabo]

Testo isn't vegan bro

[@slubslub]

I want to see Zack dunking

[@sabertoothwallaby2937]

"Am I really a weightlifter" hahaha

[@bgorley]

If only there was a way you two could make a baby. I would totally subscribe to that baby’s oly channel.

[@GoulashMeansEntropy]

9:15 - 9:45 Man in the corner - why are you picking your nose on the camera ?

[@Ipwned100]

@9:15 stop picking your nose man

[@Entropy__]

Where is the fridge?!?!?

[@pierreyoussef5182]

Hey man how are you i have weird question for you i dont if you will answer it , do you like the IRA ??

[@harleyzeth]

Pierre Youssef Clarence is Irish I doubt he gives a fuck

[@Cin9999]

Lol tryna recruit Harry squatter to throw the bombs

[@MrToweleySlowMo]

I cant tell if this is a meme or not but most Irish people dont like the IRA in its current form.

[@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733]

Pierre Youssef 26 plus 6 equals1!

[@signs80]

Blinky Pinky Inky and Clyde 1 plus 2 equals 3!

[@getstrongby4038]

Fuck I can't swim

[@AyanTheChosenOne]

A fellow Jack White fan :3

[@johnkurt5043]

Did Clarence basically say he's on roids or is he joking, with a 340kg deadlift it's suspicious

[@josko2000]

John Kurt of course he’s on roids, he never denies it and always indirectly mentions he does

[@Dennis-sy1ry]

His numbers are not achievable without roids

[@rudyrich9817]

@@Dennis-sy1ry little pussie

[@Tom-vu1wr]

@@rudyrich9817 aged well

[@MrDanadriga]

Am i the first one?

[@MrDanadriga]

i wanted to be popular

[@Dennis-sy1ry]

No

[@youpabloluis]

the sexual tension..

[@Gtslmfa0]

LMAO JON NORTH CLIP

[@jonathanstuck3918]

9:36 look at the guy in the background yummy

[@wh1s948]

Question and time in the description would help 😒

[@matts285]

Clarence seems like a very conscious athlete and person. So why bother doing PEDs?

[@Alistair]

Matt S well it's not like he's even competing so what does it have to do with conscience? I think he simply wants to see what he can do when he has the same advantages as other world class weightlifters

[@BigGulpsV2]

That dude in the back is picking his nose and eating it D:

[@samurajnovisad3307]

what the fuck, look at his left shoulder