Top 10 Lifts of 2023

Coach ZT recounts some of the best lifts of the year, as voted for by you, the people.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - 525lb Reverse Lunge
01:22 - Grizzly Life
02:22 - Martirosyan 250KG C&J
03:52 - Tom Havilands 300KG bench and 700lb Zercher
05:11 - Eoin Murphy 300kg Squat
07:42 - Gigachad 233KG Clean & Jerk
11:38 - Zack Telander's 2023
15:02 - Olivia Reevers World Record an 210KG Squat
16:08 - Karlos Nasar 223KG World Record
18:47 - Rahmat Abdullah 209KG World Record
21:33 - Merry Christmas Y'all

[@woodbyte]

That headcrab nearly got you, man. Stay safe.

[@yetanotherRjven]

Weightlifting and half life. Goated combo.

[@espenstoro]

Get this man a crowbar.

[@therealforestelf]

I love how Alex is just blessing us with the best gaming backgrounds and Zack is giving us the best of the Weightlifting World this channel is really a match made in heaven

[@justinko]

It’s called an underscore

[@briangalloway3684]

Literally triggered me he said under dash 😂

[@buffetline2605]

Glad he can admit he is an idiot for not knowing. Love you ZT

[@MartinhoRamos1990]

I felt that

[@J3susChrist]

209 was when rahmat was competing as a very light 81, 201 was when he was competing at 73. regardless, both world records are INSANE

[@wleng]

I think Rahmat was 76kg when he hit the 214 clean....CRAZY!

[@joecowan3719]

Your 300kg deadlift of 2022 is still my favorite lift of all time...pure joy at the end!

[@jamesguacamole3246]

lift of the year for sure

[@tomcannon-barsch2075]

Tom havilands 300kg bench is one of the lifts of all time

[@espenstoro]

I also wanna add Lucy Underdown's 318kg deadlift. Also Iron Biby's 230kg log press. No one's gonna touch that for quite some time.

[@semi-alternator8129]

For the Golden Era lifter you were referring to, Alexander Varbanov (Bulgaria) C&J'd 215 at 75 kg BW and has hit a 222.5 kg C&J in training at the same BW

[@chrismanich3063]

Something impressive about Karlos Nasar is how often he competes with high numbers in short times. He literally did three competitions in 14 days with a flight from germany to quatar and back

[@Nanapoo]

The dude is like 19, all that youth.. he also just recovered from surgery after slicing his feet ligaments literally off. He has a huge scar on his feet and they look fucked. Incredible…

[@Real28]

​@@Nanapoo oh to be a teenager again...

[@OverG88]

@@NanapooMust be a creatine :)

[@matusmaximilianjedinak2473]

Look up bulgarian weightlifting method or something…the point being is that they go for max weights multiple times a day and its crazy

[@jamesguacamole3246]

Nasar is a frickin' monster - lifts like an animal - a total weightlifting savage

[@jamesguacamole3246]

Gigachad's 233 C&J is pretty amazing at 102 - don't get me wrong.... but Ilya Ilyin's 246 at 105 seems like next level god status stuff

[@MrYesman666]

Ilya also did 185/233 @ 94kg in London, exact same total as Gigachad but 8kg less BW.

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

Yury Zakharevich's 250.5 kg c&j at 110 kg was better.

[@greigite5191]

@@ConnoisseurOfExistence khadzimurat's 245kg at 108kg?

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

@@greigite5191 Also great. Akkaev's and Zakharevich's snatch were great too. Ilyn is also great, but those 2 are better.

[@greigite5191]

@@ConnoisseurOfExistence the 210kg snatch at 108kg bodyweight is outrageous

[@felixtorres3145]

Thank's for all those videos in 2023, i'm 63 years youg retired weighlifter i stil make some traning for me and learn a lot of things from you about snatch and clean n jerk tha nobody as a younger lifter teach me happy holidays, blessings Zack.😀

[@landlocked_lifts332]

2023 was full of injuries, medical setbacks, and then more injuries for me. Im finally getting close to all-time strength on all my big lifts and its really damn exciting

[@ricedonut]

olivia reeves has got to be the best, at least potentially so, weightlifter america ever produced in the 21st century

[@nlm1306]

Came here to say the same thing. She's the best American weightlifter, male or female.

[@mcharipar5]

That Grizzly tearing down the house was epic lol!

[@scottieb1]

Love all your stuff man including the lift companions. Thanks so much for all of it!

[@Ricardo-ty9ob]

Loved it. Merry christmas guys.

[@RileyBurke-dq3gf]

The Knee Crusher Classic was a reverse Lunge competition put on by Alec Blennis, the video of Will doing a lunge was his submission to the competition. Yes, he won.

[@carpetgymolylifting]

Good luck everybody on 2024 goals!

[@user-ud9tk4qg6t]

Lift Companion is awesome. Keep it up.

[@andylawson]

I just love seeing someone loving something as much as you show in your videos. It’s contagious.

[@harmonyandhealthyvirtualyo8137]

Thanks for the content and energy! Have a merry Christmas and looking forward to another great time watching your channel in 2024! 🎉🎇

[@g.o.6379]

lets go! great editing! its always nice lifting with others that way u can go for PRs if u want or just nice lifting and socializing nothing wrong with that.

[@ferna2294]

Merry Christmas!

[@wfs2email373]

you are very right. lift companion is so great to watch. keep it coming.

[@almeidajfna]

Varbanov hit 215.5 @75kg in the 80's

[@Waldenweightlifting]

Merry Christmas/Happy new year. :)

[@Knowa23]

dude talk about a golden era, the zack telander channel is popping off for me personally

[@nikhilgouthamsanampudi]

watching your videos gives me a certain vibe.

[@stevehopkins7665]

came across this video randomly Top 10mlifts brought me in haha but you have a new subscriber great video really enjoyed and your enthusiasm for lifting big numbers is fantastic sir stay strong brother

[@BigZ7337]

Merry Christmas Zack.

[@jimsecord4937]

Great year. Thanks

[@BluegillGreg]

While watching the Grizzly clip 3 trees in my backyard fell over.

[@jeremyhohengarten8254]

I enjoyed this thank you

[@nefernoc4361]

Enahoro's 380.5 deadlift after missing 373 on his second attempt @83kg bodyweight was insane too.

[@Topsavv]

MURRRAAY CHRISTMAS MR TELANDER

[@Mr.PotatoAWESOMEFitnessTips]

Lift companion is exactly that, my lift companion, when I lift, I put lift companion on HAHAHA It's absolutely AWESOME Zack, congratz!

[@Real28]

Alex!!! That Juggernaut clip was perfect 😂💀 Also that Half Life background 🤣 headcrab just crawling around.

[@mattnardo]

Grizzly for the win

[@W1LDtracer]

YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT

[@aarondean5192]

The crazy thing about Olivias Squat is that I'm pretty sure it would be a powerlifting record if she were to compete

[@adatud4804]

came for the technique stuff stayed for the lift companion, and informative/rant videos

[@tecknofun97]

“Who’s that Pokemon - uncle Ben” killed me 😂

[@meganbaumann9430]

I mean, I have been lifting for years and finally added weight to my overhead press! 😆 Does that count for something?! Haha

[@BluegillGreg]

Indeed it does.

[@WLCZAR]

Bro said pat mendes has the best American weightlifting squat like I didn’t pause squat 320 for a double 😔🤝

[@user-eg7cd1si7b]

Tom Havilands strength is insane…

[@CacheTaFace2]

Lifting companion rocks dude, let's gooo 🦍

[@antoinegai2641]

Zack on fire for this one haha ^^

[@chevyimp5857]

Loving lift companion..😊

[@michaelsullivan7634]

Lift companion is the best ❤

[@guimello_silva]

loved the half-life background

[@e.c.9468]

Honorable mention : Iron Biby's 230Kg log, nearly strict press

[@mattcooper8403]

Great video. Here's to 2024

[@socalpreston]

Does anyone know where Zack gets his green screen backgrounds? Love them!

[@tigahstyle]

I think anyone who's been doin any strength sport for a while would understand that some days you get to hit a total grinder of a PR, and sometimes it flies. But that might also be all your cns was good for, you try to go up and get stapled. Sometimes it's good to just be happy you crushed the PR leaving an exciting "?" on what you're capable of and a W.

[@chadliampolley6991]

Zach, you funny. 🤣😂 🐸

[@danielamon6978]

I love that the clean is such a technical counterpoint to the snatch. You need to know what you’re doing to snatch well, but man, you can walk into any division 1 track or football weight room and see some random female shot putter smashing 125 off her hips for a set of 3 jumpy reverse curls or a running back doing a 175 smash and dive/pray.

[@leok4445]

You’re the best

[@alejandrokoch54]

Unhinged Zack is the best Zack

[@BillyMyHomey]

soooo insane

[@abramovbeni]

Yuri Zakharevich in 1983 in the category up to 100 kg showed 200 kg in the snatch and 240 in the clean and jerk

[@hugomaricato9045]

Im new to weightlifting, why does Zach mencion the golden era so much but we are seeing a lot of world records?

[@zacktelander]

They have changed the weight classes a few times since the golden era so the current world records aren’t based off of golden era numbers.

[@hugomaricato9045]

@@zacktelander makes sense, thank you!

[@antparts]

Lift companion is my fave

[@kubadomanski8205]

the golden era numbers are crazy, my coach did 210cj in 81kg AND WASNT EVEN THE NATIONAL CHAMPION

[@borjairazustabarrena3747]

Olivia Reeves my new favorite weightlifter this year

[@drip369]

Yeeeeeeeeeah

[@TheLiftingChannel]

Proud to be Bulgarian!

[@FilipElfvin]

Rahmats clean technique just has to be efficient or these results wouldnt make sense right? His power position looks to be AFTER hip contact and not at the knees... Think it was on sika strength Gurph pointed out that it is very close to be disqualified lift if there would be a noticable pause before extension. But since it seems to be moving its OK.

[@maggyinahat]

People fail to realize that a lift that looks "easy" was just very well executed. But that lift might have been a 10 RPE.

[@svettysvetlana2198]

What is the saucule? Juice, gear?

[@MrScottyT21]

Christmas Has come early, i have featured on one your videos & more poignant i am shouting out every lifters idol, Grizzly!!

[@Brett733]

Minasyan and Lalayan are both goated, not sure who you meant. I do believe that Lasha had peaks where he had a 500 in the tank via 227 and 273 but I do think right now it's 50/50 if he does it or not.

[@alistairwillock7266]

Unfortunately, watching him move right now has me convinced that his window of possibility for attaining that 500 has closed. His body is clearly breaking down from having had to carry those high bodyweights and training volumes this long. I actually think that if he'd come along 10 or 15 years earlier - when the doping levels you could get away with were relatively higher - would have given him a better chance, as he'd have been able to hit higher strength levels without carrying as much excess bodyfat. I don't believe it's possible for him to even regain his 2021 form now.

[@5milemacc737]

it's about dat time

[@rsanghi24]

The most entertaining part of the video was zack breaking down because his brain just won't work this video 😂😂😂

[@BenjaminL04]

zack, when will the movie come out?

[@jmk261]

rahmat hitting 209 on one breath is fucking bonkers

[@loaderlifts6839]

Zack’s hat being so aggressively crooked bugged me this whole video😂

[@mattxp3389]

the point is you get medals... words of wisdom.

[@FLYWHEELPRIME]

Right around the 10:00 mark I began wondering if you were having a stroke.

[@isaacstetson5720]

Love you bro don’t stop

[@craysmoustache]

Not sure how it stacks up Zack but Ash Hoeta Benched 317.5kg (700lb) suited very recently, current Womens World record holder I believe.

[@mindblown42069]

You left out my 200kg PR deadlift XD

[@drewe51]

dude... RIP everyone's ears after the Grizzly section.

[@m.a.5028]

From the one lady...here's to a great 2024!

[@Baahaz]

I'm surprised this wasn't mentioned but Jesus Olivera the powerlifter did a 431KG deadlift, ON A STIFF BAR and is in the IPF which is a drug tested federation.

[@Shvabicu]

Soft lockout and grip slipped but I'm sure his next Sheffield performance will again shock the world

[@Baahaz]

@@Shvabicu I'm talking about his video posted 6 days ago. He holds the weight at the top for a few seconds as well.

[@greigite5191]

@@Baahaz not the same lift pretty sure

[@RobertB0H]

Sohrab moradi did 233 at 96. But he had the advantage of the power belly

[@floorix9308]

That last lift was insane by Rahmat Abdullah... the clean was weird as fuck, i totally understand why you don't understand either 😮😮

[@xgamermudkip7154]

at least 2 men attempted 242.5 at 100. Popov was one of them

[@ulhasanzk2249]

i made it to the vid yubiiiiiiii

[@jamesmcclain3588]

What about iron beebee pretty much just strict pressing a 230 log

[@tylerfindlay7516]

How you gonna casually forget Gor Minasyan, the second strongest weightlifting man in the world rn, like that

[@linctheweightlifter04]

Like a Spotify wrapped, but for lifts

[@simonsilva250]

Day 1 of asking the name of the song in the outro

[@legendary7708]

I watch lift companion while doing abs.

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

2024 - the olympic freakin games dude! (and the enhanced games ;) )

[@n00dle_king]

You can tell haviland is using a stiff bar with an appropriate bend for the weight. People calling fake plates are just sad.

[@AlgernonBrosplitz]

No Iron Biby or Lucy Underdown?

[@greensp4rk]

audio compression please!!!! Alex!!!!

[@isaacandal]

WILL RATELLE MY S&C GOAT

[@crazyaboutgains157]

Just realized Zack, you look a lot like Nathan FIllion

[@xgamermudkip7154]

I am utterly upalled at the lack of li dayin. He went from a great 81 and people were questioning if he could make the weight, to a fucking barnhouse of A-5 chinese beef. Snatching 180 WELL and 216 with room to grow.

[@GarRoot]

Tian Tao’s 230 at 96 in Thailand seems more impressive to me.

[@misztal2112]

Alex varbanov cj'd 215 at 75kg back in the 70s or 80s I think