How This Guy is Saving Chinese Weightlifting

Liu Huanhua, aka Giga Chad, has become arguably China's best weightlifter on the men's team. After years of total dominance, China's squad has started missing out on Gold medals.
In Thailand, at their most important competition of the entire Olympic quad, 'only' two of the six took home gold medals, two more managed medals, and two fell outside of the medals.
Watch as Liu Huanhua journeys from the third ranked -89kg weightlifter in China to their World no.1 as an -102kg weightlifter.
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[@akhil1996kc]

Liu Huanhua just won Gold in 2024 Paris Olympics Men's 102 kg. Well deserved

[@Kenny-yl9pc]

Yea sure a roided guy and a team fill of roid heads...

[@spraybottle123]

@@Kenny-yl9pceveryones on steroids

[@tortoiselearner4990]

@@Kenny-yl9pc having tons of roid can't make you a man.

[@May16Joe]

@@Kenny-yl9pc 1000% sure you're new to weightlifting.

[@月关馬]

@@Kenny-yl9pc😅😅

[@elomensch9566]

What a productionquality. WOW!

[@WeightliftingHouse]

Pleased you noticed!

[@pannonianfit1582]

i bet the team behind the paris olympics will produce bland videos as usually

[@gtyah]

Absolutely. And the ending is... Just wow!

[@tomkleinsss]

Weightlifting House, the absolute GOLD standard of weightlifting content!

[@vladibarraza]

I'm so hyped after watching this video that I want to go to the gym right now 😮‍💨

[@sheeplepinoy2224]

im so hyped now to buy steroids one month supply

[@georgelaw8978]

Then you realize you can’t even lift the bar lol

[@worldview730]

You go I'll watch you on KZbin (with popcorn)

[@Aymeric-f1y]

Make sure u eat Dog and take Gear.

[@burningknuckle26]

Liu Huanhua is a beast. Big fan.

[@ermal93]

6:24 if all the strongest guys are watching you it’s because you’re one of them.

[@kickyouinhalf]

It's because they know that he is the strongest of them all.

[@jiehuang954]

The reason China weight lifting looked not as good the last few years is because the Olympic committee decided to void some of the weight classes that China was dominating in the past.

[@shadeofape2470]

because no one cares about literal tree branch weight. The moment russia gets unbanned is fucked for the chinese.

[@fanw8669]

@@shadeofape2470 plenty of people care about lower weight classes; just like plenty of people watch boxers and mma fighters from lower weight classes. IOC took out weight classes in order to stifle china from getting more gold medals. gtfo

[@陈小马]

​@@shadeofape2470就你聪明！

[@kolviczd6885]

@@shadeofape2470 lol why so salty!! 😅

[@ryedes]

@@shadeofape2470not so sure. Russian weightlifting has long been on a slide long before their ban. Only 1 gold in 04/08 and nothing in 2012. The Asian countries even outside of China have all improved. If anything Indonesia and most specifically North Korea is gonna be the ones dethrone China. North Korea already is set to surpass them in WRs by 2028 if they keep lifting the way they did this year.

[@HappywifeHappyLife00]

Liu Huanhua won the Olympics Gold medal in his category! Big Congratulation to him absolutely well deserved with all the hard work and dedication

[@morochio]

"The empire is certainly not collapsing, its just a changing of the guard" Amazing..

[@EmorettaRobinson]

That announcer in Thailand was so hype! I liked his energy and enthusiasm. Also thank you WH for the consistently good content.

[@alecscott653]

The moment with Lasha watching in the background is awesome haha

[@antoinecatteau2116]

And saying: nog bad bud ;-)

[@alvinzhoufilms]

14:20 is one of the best song/editing choices I've seen, incredible

[@EarthEngineArch]

Fish Game - Dylan Sitts

[@itsover9008]

@@EarthEngineArch I thought it was Darude Sandstorm.

[@stairfall12345678900]

yeah that was fucking clean, gave me goosebumps

[@MikeAbassi]

The way you tell the chinese team's story is just mesmerizing! This is art in it's purest form 😍

[@GON.Lifting]

The ending is a piece of art. The whole video is great, but the ending... Amazing. Thank you for your efforts

[@AB-gx5zj]

These kind of videos usually don't do a lot for me ("just show me people lifting") but this one is really good...really well put together, great production quality

[@leonf3678]

Fantastic content, superb editing. Great video.

[@Aymeric-f1y]

But Dog EAter

[@Patriotoneable]

Liu Huanhua’s technique is flawless in the clean and jerk. Dude is like a machine. Nutrition and training are definitely on point to create that solid 102kg frame. It’s crazy that he gained something like 13kg of lean mass in two years in order to evolve into what he has become. Amazing success story!

[@furli13]

nutrition science in china is not existent... just eat and push

[@Transformwithpuvi]

All the chinese lifters always have phenomenal physiques too, thats what really sets them apart.

[@WanderingSword]

high reps

[@iielysiumx5811]

More they’re genetic specimens and drugs

[@labibahasan8302]

Shows the quality of their diet and their very hard training

[@yodaichi888]

it's 90% insane genetics, 9% years of insane dedication, and 1% last minute "juicing". 😉

[@thatindiandude4602]

I just assume every one is on it at this point. The training alone requires you to take it.​@@yodaichi888

[@w4yn6]

who is here after 2024 olympic?

[@rodrigobriceno5308]

It's been impresive, seeing his debut as a 89 on international stage, has climbed slowly but sure, in category and competitiveness, what an athlete☝🏻

[@akclau]

There is only 2 snatch kings. Lu Xiaojun & Lasha. Lu snatching 180 in practice and repeatedly going over 170 in comp at his weight is the ultimate.

[@thechosenone93]

I can somewhat agree on the Lu point because he did easily what people in heavier weight classes were struggling to do. The man was 77kg and did 100kg over bodyweight snatch whilst in the current 89s,some of the top ten can't even manage a 175kg snatch

[@TheRockerRoller]

Not to take away from Lu's greatness anything, but you need to consider that the heavier weight class, the harder it is to snatch big weights. To keep it at around 100kg weight class, these guys nowadays still have to catch up to Nicu Vlad who snatched 200.5kg at 100kg class in 1986 world championships. Yes and he C&J-ed 237kg that day too.

[@mateohernandez3426]

Awesome video. Big fan of Liu.

[@shinjiyoshida141]

Thanks Weightlifting house!!!!! LETS GO GIGACHAD!!! LETS GO CHINA!!!!!

[@jiaweiyu9559]

Got goosebumps when Liu lifted 232 kg.

[@victorthompson9357]

Awesome video. Huanhua has quickly become one of my favorites as a heavyweight myself. Love the effort from the WLHouse team to put together this great edit.

[@roncaruso931]

Thanks to steriods.

[@alubchicken]

​@@roncaruso931 ah you again, complaining about steroids when you still can't snatch bodyweight.

[@roncaruso931]

@alubchicken Who the F cares if I can't snatch a body weight. I lift, but I don't give a sh*t about snatching my body weight. First, I do not take roids. Second, having a great job, making very good money, having nice cars, and a great family is way more important than snatching some stupid wright. Third, get a life!

[@alubchicken]

@@roncaruso931 im sorry but if you can't snatch bodyweight you've already failed the very basics of weightlifting, so you have no right to complain about steroids.

[@roncaruso931]

@alubchicken It's not important to me. Can you understand English? I lift weights and also do running. I weigh 180 lbs. I snatch about 150. It's not bad for someone who does not take steriods or other drugs. Also, no trainers. Just a gym in my house.

[@saphna2095]

na forget the numbers, you get the chinese coach approvingly clapping your shoulder, heck almost smiling at you? you did exceptionally well my friend!

[@roncaruso931]

The Chinese coaches know what PEDs to use

[@amoghus]

​@@roncaruso931and you think other coaches from other countries don't ?

[@roncaruso931]

@@amoghus They all cheat. All use steriods or other drugs. Lifters and coaches.

[@dollarstorebarrontrump1141]

@@amoghusChina has very little to no testing while other nations, such as the United States, have biweekly drug testing to ensure no cheating.

[@Steel657]

@@dollarstorebarrontrump1141 you got a source for that? it better not be CNN

[@TheOutlierToday]

The most insane lift I've ever seen. I expected him to do a 226 max. Dude said naa...232.

[@clintiacuone1703]

He did 233 in September brother, we’re just scratching of what he’ll do in his prime, he’s only like 22 so he’s still very young

[@elisabettajdj335]

gotta increase slowly to get all those WR cheques

[@jacksonr260]

And he made the jerk look easy. Unfathomable power.

[@clintiacuone1703]

@@jacksonr260 yep, best jerk tech across probably all of the Olympic classes, impeccable timing and use of the bar whip. I don’t doubt that he could probably jerk 245kg-250kg off the blocks

[@baronmeduse]

And no belt!

[@leonflorence118]

I see Gigachad in thumbnail, I click

[@haikuancheoh2418]

absolute top class content here, thanks!

[@Aymeric-f1y]

Chinaman Eat Big Dog

[@user-tz9jh6pv2j]

It's all political. Ask yourself. What Olympic sport has arbitrarily cut the team member count and changed weight classes 4 times in 4 years? Just weightlifting. And count how many countries are disproportionately affected by those changes? Just 1, China. Meanwhile, they're talking about adding 3v3 basketball as a new event. What a joke.

[@nicktubby9710]

Out of a possible 45 Weightlifting Medalists in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 20 were subsequently banned after re-testing a competition sample. That's 44%.. of medalists! Weightlifting is absolutely rife with drug use, it's basically systemic. The USSR dominated weightlifting for decades, and then they fell apart and got caught cheating, the void was filled by China. China isn't good at weightlifting, they're good at drugs, just the same as the USSR before them. Weightlifting isn't a test of an individuals strength, speed, skill, or stamina, it's a test of their ability to utilise a drug program and not get caught. There may be phenoms who are incredibly gifted athletes, but if they're a weightlifter, they are on drugs as well. Because those phenoms cannot outcompete other insanely gifted athletes who are on drugs.. and everyone is on drugs when it comes to weightlifting. When 50% of the field gets caught on drugs, the other 50% isn't clean, they just didn't get caught.

[@Mearex_]

this comment needs to be way higher

[@blitzstriker567]

World Champion, World #1, Olympic Gold. #GIGACHAD

[@JohanMartinez-j9l]

You know you're in another league when Lalayan, Simon and Lasha are watching ur lift carefully 😎

[@Kiido11]

The bulk to 102 really filled-out his face and made him look 10 years younger lmao. He doesn't quite have the gigachad jaw anymore, but the lifts still deserve the title.

[@liambauwens8305]

Such quality WH, thank you!

[@PerfectoKiss]

Very enjoyable video to watch. Top notch production! Narrating and music are subtle, which is appreciated.

[@Adam-ck4vd]

The quality of the channel keeps getting better, absolutely loving it.

[@MisterHui]

This was a really interesting vid. Thank you.

[@Aymeric-f1y]

So was the Dog the Chinese Ate

[@jetfightercn]

very well narrated!

[@dykaplan]

The video editing and sound was AMAZING

[@Aymeric-f1y]

So was the Dog they ate for lunch. Mmmmmm

[@ITlex]

Wow what a great video, thank you for your professional quality content Sebastian!

[@melolinilokeni7024]

Wow. 110x2=220kg + 20kg bar = 240kg (529 pounds). Front Squat! 3 reps!! 232kg Clean & Jerk World Record.

[@jjc5258]

This dude is only 22, Jesus Christ

[@Threefold.]

Dang, that final Liu lift was insane

[@DeMavie123]

Thanking for making it so interesting!

[@mrhdebater1607]

In addition, Li Dayin came from 2 classes down, same with Tian Tao, it was difficult for them to adjust to a new weight category and compete at Lianhuahua's weight.

[@GloOMrr]

I didn't expect that ending, so cold. Nice video

[@Max-gh6px]

2:50 is 190

[@Tooly1007]

Lasha looking at your lift is like getting a medal haha Nice vid as always ; btw what's the music at 7:48 ?

[@andrewwu5241]

back cus bro just won the gold medal

[@AdStellae-]

Instant like! More Liu-posting please.

[@paleszhurts]

Li Fabin with 11kg lead on Hampton : *Am I a joke to you?* Great video btw, keep them coming!

[@victorcallemoff]

I love everything about this… I think I just found my new pre-workout… ‘WLH - Liu Edition’… 🔥 🔥

[@richscar1990]

Amazing video and production

[@ALC0A021]

Really a fantastic production

[@blountout6285]

dropping the weight on floor and the floor dont break is amazing

[@jeffrendered3564]

the story telling is top notch!!!!

[@nicolasruizalt1993]

Damn that was a really high quality video !!

[@poosy2]

What a story. That was incredible

[@HendrikMulder-q1y]

See the Chinese Weightlifting Museum in Shilong,Dongguan.

[@maxzapom]

great narration I was completely engrossed

[@Aymeric-f1y]

I was completely grossed out about the Dogs the China Man ate.

[@GilBatesLovesyou]

Cameo from Gaby from Venus Weightlifting in the background at 2 minutes.

[@xyrussalii]

102 class is exciting! But can’t help but notice how close the 89s are to their numbers. A 180 snatch is a big deal for them while you had almost a handful of 89s hitting just as much.

[@davidstal6908]

Only the top three would have qualified for the 102s so its not close but it is closer than it should be

[@weshu]

Olympic weight class change only happened after Tokyo. The most competitive athletes had to cut 7kg down from 109, or gain 7kg from 96. It’s a difficult and patient process both to lose 5% of body weight and return to peak performance performance, and to gain weight and see that additional body mass fully manifest as gains in the lifts

[@defnotnath4nie129]

@@weshumost of the top 89s had moved up from 81 and most of the top 102s moved up from 96. 89s gained a lot meanwhile liu is pretty much the only one to be pushing the 102s having moved up all the way down from 89. just seems like the 89s are filled with more talent than the 102s (no disrespect to them obviously)

[@SuperSilver316]

Seeing Shi lose in the total and C+J and Tian Tao retiring, it really is an end of era

[@barath4545]

"These ups-and-down ..." ... while filming a squat in motion, hahaha, nice one Seb! xD

[@spacecomunication]

Liao Hui was a beast man.

[@yincitygold9341]

prophetic..... great work olympic 2024 102kg champ !

[@waynesworld227]

510lbs!!!! Just ponder on that for a minute folks.

[@Tate525]

232kg clean & jerk is nuts

[@bernardjameswilson]

And still 4-5 years till he reaches his peak.

[@hypersonic431]

in liu we trust

[@user-lv4ne7nq1h]

Got into weightlifting cause of dayin thanks to your videos

[@derekpowersblight]

It's inspiring how the other lifters spot each other and genuinely care about each other lifts! ❤

[@AustinKim-os1nn]

great vid!! got goosebumps

[@MS21Berlin]

Really great editing

[@TheAxis1275]

This is a great video!

[@qilu2004]

Each country should be allowed to send one player in each weight class, as long as they qualify. The limit of three across all classes is nonsense!

[@dibowrks]

Lesman is crazy good daaamn

[@cameronnealefitness]

Insane video! Can't wait for the Olympics

[@howtosnatch]

I love these movies. Thanks Seb

[@hendrasaputra3339]

liu huanhua salah satu lifter favorit gw dr 3 lifter dr china msh muda tp powernya gk main2... the best china lifters.....

[@3r123]

Fantastic editing

[@tmin90]

I spot @NateCerwinske in the background😉. When is the documentary coming out?

[@kdiamonds]

Seb!! 😊your voice tho! Sick!! Have you ever thought about doing the NFL hard knock series. You'd be good

[@Supermandrama]

Damn that shade towards Li Dayin at 1:19

[@JammyyJay]

I got chills when he made that 232. Good lord almighty.

[@cj-vw9rf]

whoa. is this jason cf media? had no idea. great video

[@HomelessShoe]

Whether they have super genes and/or PED or not, it's still cheap to say they merely rely on those factors. In this high competitive world you still need to strain very hard, sleep enough and your diet has to be top notch. If that wasn't´t the case, then everyone could compete in the Olympics, which is not true.

[@roncaruso931]

They all use PEDs and roids. Not everyone can be in the Olympics. It takes many years of getting the technique perfect. If you have the technique, you can lift heavy weights.

[@JonathanFrancisBoyle]

Brilliant video.

[@tomwalker389]

A 170kg Snatch is simply mind-boggling.

[@torch469]

Gigachad total 418 at 100bw as 109 at Hanzhou Asian games ! Chad of Chad!

[@jacobrocks7]

Awesome channel I iust discovered

[@1000JackFoster]

Спасибо!

[@AndrewBelmont-]

The better question to ask (even though there will never be an actual answer) is what exactly are they all taking, espeically Liu Huanhua. If anyone can figure out their stack, they will unlock the code.

[@kdiamonds]

Wow!! Li huanhua equals dominance, These Chinese athletes must eat fear for breakfast. Can't wait for the Olympics. Wow!!

[@thomasbrown7328]

The Chinese never seem to use the red 25 kg plates in practice lifts. There’s an old reddit post of their hall showing shiny red bumpers amongst the nicely worn other colors. Why don’t they use the red plates in practice? Is it superstition?

[@thechosenone93]

Most likely yes,I got told off by a Chinese student for writing their name in red(they were genuinely offended and I had no idea)

[@justinkiarie9857]

I cant even deadlift that.Respect is due here

[@strathpatt7464]

man he's a true GIGACHAD outside eSport holy

[@pannonianfit1582]

great video Seb, one question are you allowed to film training hall in paris?

[@brandiniron6112]

When you get a ‘not bad’ from Lasha…. Whew buddy. Nice

[@Qiushishuo]

The athletes are our heroes in China.