Szymon Kolecki Early Years up to 2000 (incl. 235kg Clean & Jerk at 94kg, 18 years old!)

[@allthingsgym]

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[@Th3N4mE]

Never felt so inspired by a weightlifting video before. What a man!

[@paramite0915]

Best Polish weightlifter.

[@MrAnymeansnecessary]

#1 piece of weightlifting journalism oof all time

[@sevenof9ChristsBride]

Best video yet

[@leeonr]

Along with music this is one of the most beautiful youtube videos ive ever seen.

[@fredrikolsson5178]

Amazing footage, showing us the making of a legend. Thank you so much for this lovely video!

[@AQWorldsChen56]

FINALLY youve posted footage of him, ive followed you since 2011/2012 and i was surprised a bigger deal wasnt made about the beast that he was, 18 years old 232kg

[@aggressorkfd]

235kg ;) he made it at polish nationals ;)

[@bendandsnatch2683]

We are all so lucky his adolescence was so well-documented on video

[@harrispj4205]

+Bend and Snatch dat username tho

[@n3hemiah]

Thank you so much for this. Kolecki was (and is) a huge hero of mine.

[@rafixrafio365]

4:35 my favourite squat ever :P

[@harrispj4205]

holy cow!

[@longher3138]

Lmao

[@ChrisDeBoar]

Haha , unexpected !

[@ShatterTheSkiesAbove]

That’s a failed squat 😂

[@seanfahey5211]

That jerk is so crisp. Even after almost dying from cleans

[@robs9833]

Its mad how it looks like he wont even make the jerk and then bam textbook jerk comes through for the win

[@thebeyonder4113]

Exactly my thoughts

[@annette4082]

They’re a saying that anybody can clean a weight, only champions can jerk.

[@8acun]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! I LOVE KOLECKI!!! I'VE NEVER SEENS THIS FOOTAGE!! YOU MY HERO ATG!

[@robs9833]

incredible compilation. Please make more legend comps like these. thank you

[@Moreredsgym]

Superb video, thank you for making it! So much never seen before footage of this incredible athlete.

[@OfKilmurray]

yes, very good video, we need more videos like this

[@8acun]

THANKS FOR THIS UPLOAD ATG! YOUR AMAZING!. szymon my all time favourite. With a bullet. The king of kings!!!!

[@Bambucza.]

Great video. Now Kołecki is a MMA pro fighter with 6-0-0 record. All wins by the way of KO.

[@Justinh102k]

make that 10-0

[@1vootman]

That was amazing! He's one of my favorite lifters, total phenom!

[@NorwichGrad97]

I watched the whole thing.. im pumped for tomorrow

[@ECGwarrior]

so fucking amazing i feel fortunate to have seen this

[@bike.mp3]

This will certainly help my big friday tomorrow

[@AlexCarter881]

That competition where he barely missed 186 kg snatch and 237.5 kg clean and jerk....INSANE. Maybe his best form ever and he was so young. Damn.

[@1vootman]

17years old!

[@isiahgelterp6070]

Still coming back to this... The best!

[@ironbird7093]

wow! thank you for THIS ONE!!!! will have to watch this over and over

[@Phizzuurp]

honestly one of the most freaky lifters i have ever seen in my life, fuckin incredible.

[@ОлегСидельников-э8ъ]

Шимон по своей натуре хулиган в лучшем смысле этого слова. Сильный, дерзкий .,.взрывной. шимон мужчина умеющий постоять за себя и своих близких. А это самое главное. Шимон, ты настоящий мужчина.

[@__n__p]

Right in the feels...

[@MonsMedia]

Incredible, thanks ATG

[@dest898]

wzruszajace :) piekny film

[@piotrgruszka7044]

Legendary Mośka shoes there!

[@TypowyFitnesiak]

crazy progress boost @ 16yrs also technique-wise

[@przemekl3299]

TypowyFitnesiak Witaj Kuba !

[@slumilioner5332]

Polska jest z ciebie dumna Szymonie

[@mrericmandude]

I this was even better than I thought it'd be!

[@MAQ123]

Excellent compilation!!! Respect for keeping the dashed L in the last name, it is still incorrect in the video title though ;)

[@stockholmstomten]

Nevermind the weights lifted, imagine lugging around balls that size at such a tender age

[@Kuba-te8re]

Fenomen i prawdziwa legenda, tyle w temacie.

[@SebaKot]

mośka King :-D!

[@kapitandynamit9589]

seba kot siema seba😜

[@SebaKot]

Maria Magdalena siema Maria czy Magda :P

[@joewalshdragon8599]

zawsze dziewica? bez obrazy, nie wiem jak wyglądasz :/

[@kakka8684]

ale sam w ASICS zasuwa :D

[@1989banach]

Siema Seba! ☺

[@ait528]

This is one of your best Videos.

[@stormerz8605]

His back is straighter than the avergae teen when hes cleaning 200 kg

[@Marduk19914]

Well l dont know how hard and how much time did it take to find these videos about him but it was worth thank you guys for the great work !

[@xSatanisticx]

4:37 oh man, thats not what I expected :O

[@joemarshalh.6267]

Absolutely amazing, nice!!

[@les12001]

Very very good!!! Thank you !!!

[@powerlifter8541]

Żyjąca legenda:) Brawo Panie Szymonie!

[@grobpote]

He is one of the greats surely!

[@hippynoize]

Killer video ATG

[@Josh_Roberts]

4:37 holy fuck that save

[@maciejkowalski9161]

Wish i saw this video when i was 10..

[@bust3rblader]

Maciej Kowalski why?

[@oliverogaz4224]

This guy has an incredible athetism

[@apocalypticbean]

atheism*

[@this.is.chmiel]

POLSKA GÓRĄ!!! WITAMY Z CHICAGO!!

[@ianparonrmt9278]

it's crazy that he reached his peak at 18 did he have any injuries that held him back? i know he went on to win a silver and gold later in his career but it's a shame his performance dropped off later on

[@aggressorkfd]

few serious back injuries

[@aggressorkfd]

In many interviews he said that injuries were the reason why he must drop his career. He's one of the best in history, imagine if no injuries what would be his lifts if he had chance to keep up his career.

[@CPS]

Elegancko! Mistrz! :)

[@greyishdun]

It's nice to see evolution like that.

[@everestray]

A truly phenomenal video.

[@yushuagreen5546]

SUPER VIDEO!!!

[@AerinQQ]

He increased his snatch by 30 kg and CnJ by 47.5 kg in just under 1 year between 1997 when he was 15 and 1998 when he was 16? Is this info correct? How the hell...incredible video btw

[@ChristosPamp888]

We all know how...

[@qltcn]

Not unprecedented. Zakharevich went from snatching 117 and clean & jerking 142 at 15 to 150/185 at 16. Ilya Ilyin did 117/165 at 14 and then 142/185 at 15.

[@giggity3632]

Beltless too. Only other person that comes to mind is Artem Ivanov

[@ChristosPamp888]

Pyrros Dimas too.

[@christianwijaya6906]

At that time ,Probably Symon Kolecki was so dominant in Clean&Jerk -94kg Class but after his early age his number down a little before 2008 Olympics

[@robertkowalski3007]

Wielki szacunek za ciężką pracę, widać że ciężka praca się opłaca,utrzymać rekord świata 17 lat 👍👌😯. Szymon to mocny i pracowity człowiek, nawet jak zaczął trenować mma to szedł jak burza, tylko kontuzje go zatrzymały ale napewno ruszy dalej.

[@jackdowd-s6g]

16:48 that singlet is so cool. Best in weightlifting

[@Whosj00Daddy]

BEST EVER

[@ECytchannel]

Great evolution... Holy shit

[@sakaue]

7:54 theres no way he was lifting this much when he was 9

[@jasonbennett2194]

wow that competition at 9:00 has a great angle!

[@chrisyoung5434]

my favorite atg

[@pietasharp]

Legend!

[@zachbrewer5414]

Incredible content

[@deadlift4life1]

Love his technique. Those deep split jerks!

[@joaovictorrochadasilva4675]

Biblical

[@19boro76]

Widzilem Klokova, Ilyina siodme poty a teraz ten filmik :). Geba mi sie sama usmiecha, i lezka w oku kreci bo to rodak. Widac, ze od mlodego zaciecie mial pan Kolecki. Pozdrawiam, Marcin

[@piotrdofus8464]

Big inspiration💪thank you Szymon😃

[@epicvonwar]

Awesome!

[@ysphor]

No straps,no belt and no wraps. Cmon... lolol

[@26436416]

One of my favourite lifter 💪

[@trancemadmaz]

If this guy took up powerlifting instead of weightlifting when he was younger, he would have been up there with Ed Coan and John Haack as the goat. Kolecki is 1 of the strongest men to have ever walked on the planet period

[@qltcn]

Not really. His best back squat is 255 for 2 iirc which is not that much. He's just very talented for weightlifting and able to be very technical and efficient with his strength. Doesn't mean he has a lot of brute strength. Quite the oppposite.

[@power_partners]

Pure motivation

[@TheCvac]

wow that is even more impressive than ilya

[@dkaminski6216]

Wow,wow amazing video 💪🇵🇱💪🇵🇱 The Amazing Szymon Kolecki💪💪one of the greatest of the sport🥇

[@sourceartists1353]

The greatest inspiration

[@wojas25]

Kołecki, Pudzianowski, geniusz.

[@lifesabeach8846]

spirit of the champion

[@cristianoeusebi670]

Huge talented athlete

[@chebaskate]

awesome!!

[@thenun5363]

Szacun

[@1988proxy]

Szymon The Best!!!

[@juanvengador5612]

Mis respetos sobre este chico Desde Guatemala

[@piotrszymanski681]

niesamowita determinacja,pozdrawiam

[@maco1985]

Remarkamble!

[@Виктор-з9с7ч]

Чувство толчка идеально толкает за голову сразу уходит в глубокую разножка и главное включение идеальное раз таких говорят лишь бы на грудь взять а с груди не проблема

[@markmoyer3921]

why isn't that 235 clean and jerk listed as the world record? Did he lift that weighing over 94kg?

[@bRoss8989]

Nationals don't count, I believe Akikos also got 235 in a national meet.

[@markmoyer3921]

makes sense, thanks!!

[@MaximFIN88]

King!!

[@tomek3754]

U have proof here no matter how hard you work if u want to be an olympic contender number one thing is great genes after that u can decide if u are willing to train hard

[@fmls8266]

You decide to train hard first ;) Then you find out how high you can go.

[@TheMrFunktastic2]

how close was that 237,5!?

[@1vootman]

TheMrFunktastic2 it was right there. He didn't lack the power as we can all witness.

[@9erMatthew]

He grew up FAST

[@nolanhauck9390]

He makes every lift look so hard lol

[@mk5173]

Szymon to jest Kocur💪👍

[@dodgethehell]

Inspired

[@test0682]

What happened to him?

[@pietasharp]

nothing :) now he train MMA for fun :)

[@adamstrzelecki2890]

Pudzian brał na klatę w wieku 16lat dokładnie 160kg ale w wyciskaniu leżąc na mistrzostwach Polski w roku 1993 a Szymek no kosmos mając 17lat on podrzucał ciężary ponad 230 kilogramowe szok nie mam pytan