Olympic Lifting for Athletic Performance | The Power Snatch

[@eugenepoon]

No one: ZT: Hey guys did you know my GF is an Olympic Finalist? :P

[@Gilgamesh827]

(wife)

[@UnFutura93]

@@Gilgamesh827 was that why he was wearing a suit in the video with him and Clarence?

[@zacktelander]

Eugene Poon lolllll

[@wengeance8962]

They're gonna have a baby with elite genetics tbh

[@antonpohrebniak]

@@zacktelander hello, Sir! Thank you very much for your content. I started to do oly lifting month ago for my athletic performance and I find that clean and jerk is much better in that regard, exactly because of: - easier technique - more weights can be used - easier to develop (as push press and front squat are already in athletic S&C program vs OH squat like for snatch supplementary movement for e.g.) - and stance, hand position (narrow) and split stance for jerk is much more carryover to athletic performance as sprint, jump etc. So, I think If athlete of any sport can do Oly twice per week for e.g. maybe instead of 1xSnatch and 1×C&J to focus only on C&J different variations and get really good and proficient at it? What do you think? Thx a lot❤

[@edt8489]

Clear communication is a gift And you certainly have it, my man Keep up the good work 👏

[@koalafam7324]

Youre such a good teacher you could teach the dog to snatch

[@clarence0]

His dog Goku can snatch 200 kilos and poop on the floor everyday

[@toddlincolna95]

@@clarence0 Wow a random clarence comment in the wild, truly majestic.

[@MLDRBRY]

The dog taught HIM how to snatch

[@hundredbucks1322]

My high school football team started us as freshman with snatch, power clean, dead lift, Bench was our daily big 4 with auxiliary after. As freshman we do just the bar until we learned proper techniques then we can add little weight. You couldn’t go past like 15 pounds until sophomore year. I’m glad we learned these things cause I can understand the movements and feel when I feel awkward or where I’m weak. I think those three movements (squats, power cleans, and snatch) are what helped me become very explosive.

[@Belicose777]

I've been training for about a year now. My strength has increased tremendously. At first I got in the gym because the dr told me a few budged discs from a motorcycle accident I had would cause me pain when I'm older. Then I got into the old habit of wanting to train my athleticism so I can get my vert north of 45 inches. Then it evolved into powerlifting and strength oriented training. Now that it's been a couple of months after my anniversary and I've developed an okay amount of strength I took an interest in OLY lifts. I've been working on my mobility so I'm able to complete these movements safely and effectively while garnering all of the information and experience I can under a barbell so I can make a nice transition to these lifts. Thanks for these videos dude. I should have all I need by the time I decide to transition.

[@PovertyBench]

I would love to see a power clean version of this. I know there’s the video with Kristen and Meg, but this video is short and sweet and serves as a good quick refresher for when I practice power snatches.

[@jwb935]

She is so smooth and explosive in her movement, Great example!

[@michaelsenft3608]

As I commented in the past, I only wish I could have incorporated weightlifting movements like this when I was playing football. Playing line for Princeton, I would have benefited from both the increased power development, and the range of motion required. Even at 60, improving my lifts and associated overhead squat, snatch balance etc have added immeasurably to my over physical condition and quality of life

[@daxisperry7644]

I learned the snatch maybe 6 or 7 years ago. Didn’t stick with it in my training because of how much mobility it needed. Never even knew about the Power Snatch. Learned about it from your video with Alan Thrall, now I can’t wait to incorporate it!

[@gehe99]

Zach I watch all of your videos and now you've added Beauden Barrett to the thumb nail. You've out done yourself this go around!!

[@manamejeff2618]

Content just keeps getting better and better man

[@adamjanusz1950]

Thanks Zach, I literally just asked this question on the last video about the olympic variants and sports training. Idk if that had any cause in the video, but regardless you da man.

[@Kylian445]

Love the video! Learnt an amazing new move to boost my overall athleticism and explosive power and all its other amazing benefits, especially traps weirdly enough

[@Andreastheduck]

U along with Candito and Omar. The holy trinity

[@primenathanos4492]

Your name had me confused, then I looked at your dp. *Intellectual voice of Kermit intensifies*

[@commentconnoisseur1001]

@@primenathanos4492 delet this

[@russianaudiobooksinenglish6703]

Little lady hits home. Thanks for the video.

[@sam_metal]

Novel approach with the touch n go, haven't seen that before. Nice, Zack.

[@seabassmorrisMMA]

Definitely your best video so far.

[@axreason]

I saw your IG video on this subject some time ago, and applied it to my training. It worked so well! Thank you.

[@rafasoccer007]

Amazing video Zack! Hope this becomes a series!

[@sambsialia]

Good stuff. I train deadlift from standing up down, as I settle into the bottom position.

[@Conradmlarsen]

More of these please! Excellent work!

[@carloscolon2507]

Wow great tutorial on such a hard movement in a pretty short video; thanks a lot, will be looking for more!!

[@bartbtsful]

Your videos are perfect! Every single one! Thanks bro!

[@roddyregister9455]

I taught myself power cleans, didnt realize how hard it is to teach someone till I tried..

[@alexwilliams5587]

roddy register so true

[@jayvee4165]

Was it hard to learn yourself thinking about adding them

[@deflatedbasketball5688]

Here before this channel blows up with subs

[@joe_black84]

Great drills, thanks for sharing Zack

[@alexarquilla]

Killing it Zack!

[@martinvasilev4533]

Will you do a video about the power clean

[@PHNTR]

Please!

[@MerlinDeLyon]

but is power snatch good for weightlifting?

[@bahadrcoskun6812]

Nah it sucks. There isn't much carry over. You are better off doing banded anti rotation tall kneeling dumbbell press on a bosu ball while trying to solve indefinite integrals.

[@MrCliffhanger44]

No absolutely not you should never snatch in weightlifting

[@brentnelson7251]

The problem is that it's hard to find a commercial gym that is set up for this kind of stuff.

[@seandavchrsn]

Lovely! Thanks for that.

[@zackcareyy]

did not expect you to be a rugby fan? haha beaden barret. awesome

[@LLuann]

Zack Carey ikr

[@riccardos.3427]

Very very interesting, great content!

[@charliefloyd6136]

thank you zack

[@StaleyTraining]

Or you can just do weighted jumps. Thanks for the visual reference of my article, enjoying your channel!

[@StaleyTraining]

Zi Guy I explained my position on the topic - why don’t you explain yours?

[@StaleyTraining]

Zi Guy OK I didn’t realize I was dealing with a 13-year-old.

[@heddj10]

Cheeky Beauden Barrett

[@finnlavelle637]

Haha I didn't expect Zack to know who Beauden Barrett is

[@heddj10]

@@finnlavelle637 everyone should

[@zacktelander]

One of my favorite athletes at the moment

[@lamalditaverdad9243]

Zack, i play rugby and im looking for an off season program to get stonger. If you made one id buy it in a heartbeat

[@cjpearce1407]

I know I'm late but oly lifts then bodybuilding excercises afterwards as accessory work and do sprints 2-3 times a week

[@poma7452]

Great vid!

[@justnguyen228]

when I was an undergrad at ole miss, i asked one of the strength coaches on ig if i could use that training facility to do olympic lifts and the dude didnt even bother responding :(

[@brolicbailo]

Ole miss has an actual Olympic lifting team ... maybe you could’ve walked on there .... i understand if you asked a football strength coach definitely a no no 😂

[@kaionunes7162]

Thanks

[@Yo-ee2qo]

Will you also do a video for the power clean?

[@martmuru]

Heels come off the ground after the hip contact?

[@edthefaxer]

Hey Zack, Would you go about loading earlier drills, while learning/developing the next progressions in the exercise? Ed

[@daytonasayswhat9333]

Good video.

[@NLossyNL]

Nice dude!

[@pelvur]

what would be a disadvantage/insufficiency of using high pulls for athletic performance? Power generation is there, just missing turnover which is not much useful outside of weightlifting for anything other than general coordination development.

[@emiliogonzales7073]

Stabilizing weights overhead, as in the turnover and catch, is great for shoulder health :)

[@MrSmurf459]

Emilio Gonzales then the athlete would be better served with doing a Over head press!

[@MrSmurf459]

Pavel Petukhov wow someone who actually gets it! The high pull is the only O lift that I would prescribe to an athlete for the more difficult lifts take too much coordination to learn and are utterly a waste of time, there are much simpler exercises that can build power in a athlete that also provide the same results if not superior! Don’t do O lifts unless you want to compete!

[@davidschneider6640]

Hi there, as usual, good content, surely helpful for your target group. I wonder what your view is on doing this with a kettlebell instead, for sports that have a more unilateral focus(for example boxing)alternatively, why not skip the snatch and do a snatch pull/clean pull for someone whose goal is not weightlifting but only the power advantage that it holds?

[@xdkwolfx]

Hi there, I am just starting to learn the power snatch. How long should I stay in each progression before moving on to the next?

[@AlvisElvis]

Hey Zack, have you consider collab with Jeff Nippard about his technique Tuesday which he highlight some of the compound lift (mistake, technique, target muscle)??

[@zacktelander]

Freedom Chick it’s not me who needs to consider it. My man Jeff is a celebrity

[@wengeance8962]

Jeff is more focused on bodybuilding, not weightlifting.

[@AlvisElvis]

Ya but in his recent video comments, someone asked him to make Olympic lift video and Jeff did seems interested but he suck at the technique... So maybe cross-over?? =)

[@wengeance8962]

@@AlvisElvis cool!

[@2ndgearspeed264]

Keep it simple, get a sled and sprint. Sled Sprints are more effective, and sport specific then oly lifts for sprint performance.

[@fmls8266]

No.

[@2ndgearspeed264]

Some of the best athletes never did 1 clean or snatch: barry Sanders, bo jackson, Herschel walker, deion sanders to name a few

[@2ndgearspeed264]

@@fmls8266 no you

[@fmls8266]

@@2ndgearspeed264 doesn't prove anything at all. The fastest people on the planet definitely did barbell work and weights work: Bolt, Asafa Powell, Tyson Gay and so on. Most Olympic athletes do barbell and strenght work, European footballers do, basketball players do, rugby player do, American Football players definitely do.

[@MrSmurf459]

Federico Melis Olympic lifts are a waste of time for athletes! Why would an individual waste time learning something that takes so much coordination when there are a plethora of exercises that achieve the same thing that don’t take nearly as much coordination!

[@perexslake]

Happy to see a Texan making such quality content, saddened to see it’s an Aggie :/

[@doomedeagle4622]

Being an Ag is great Gig 'em

[@khmak9387]

I can't get that wide straight arm overhead position, though I have no problems with the narrower jerk. What stretches are good for it?

[@JayzsMr]

I am 6 foot tall but have your wingspan, 6'7. Do I have an excuse for not getting the bar into the right hip position? I really struggle with the hip contact, even when bringing the bar into the hips it results in pubic bone pain.

[@mprokop04]

6'4 with a 6'7 wingspan. I am familiar with this problem.

[@haikuancheoh2418]

awesome video, will give it a try. I'm a bit surprise power clean is not the best tho.

[@zacktelander]

Hai Kuan Cheoh that’s next

[@deliciousjunk5312]

I'd argue the increase allowance of weight is negated by the limited range of movement. The clean without a jerk loses out on any real overhead strength and stability.

[@toomuch9762]

Honestly for athletic performance all someone has to do is clean/snatch pull/high pulls from ground and hang. Thats where all the benefits lie. “Catching” a weight is a skill and not really applicable to any sport. After that all an athlete needs to do is front squats or overhead squats

[@MrSmurf459]

too much clean and snatch are not required for athletes, the only O lift that I’d prescribe to an athlete is the high pull because the snatch and clean requires a certain amount of coordination that may take too long to learn and is just a waste of time, also the flexibility required for the O lifts is another issue I wouldn’t even want to talk about!

[@toomuch9762]

MrSmurf459 that’s basically what I’ve said. The power comes from the pull and extension. Catching the weights is just a skill in of itself. But any athlete should have the mobility to squat and overhead squat to full dept. mobility is key to everything athletic

[@silasnew15]

For us guys: how do you not hit your nuts when making contact with the bar??

[@RobzTelecast]

Hey Zack have you watching any MLR?

[@dylann.m8]

Woah I'm early Hi Zack :3

[@clintmagican]

do we do all the progressions in one day

[@sweetpotatoesarereallygood]

What da dog doin

[@JeffO-]

5:20 - Couldn't tell if this was on pause or not! I'm not an Olympic lifter, but it looks like there's such great form and consistency between the two of you. Does the bar actually bang against the hips, or is that just how it looks?

[@MrCliffhanger44]

inhim7777777 yes it should contact the hips

[@jw_armwrestling]

Wassup Zack

[@The_Argent_Inferno]

For the algo

[@meghdaniellama1604]

6'4 with 6'7 wing span. there is this other dude with same number. I think he has like 23 olympic medals or something.

[@yellowcactustvz4929]

Lasha is 6'6

[@meghdaniellama1604]

@@yellowcactustvz4929 I’m talking about Phelps

[@tehArgento]

Very efficiently explained I've been watching sence you started but I'm still not subscribed

[@giannisquats174]

Why not?

[@oliversnelling7064]

I personally feel the methodology (Bulgarian/ussr) is the best takeaway for sports athletes and found my rugby team benefited from the style of training rather than the lifts themselves, just look at Westside barbell and other conjugate style training used in sports

[@rhysharvey4779]

By Bulgarian you mean what exactly? How is that methodology applied for strength training to rugby and what does it look like in practice?

[@oliversnelling7064]

rafael m so I mean the idea of pushing the athlete to the extreme, obviously they don’t train Bulgarian as they don’t have time for that but we use their ideas and adapt it so they have time to recover for games etc. Instead of using Olympic lifts though we address direct weak points like the hamstrings/glutes/low back/chest/shoulders with lifts that address these areas directly and then test absolute strength with timed sled drags/pushes or back/front squats you know that kind of thing, does that make sense?

[@mikesiszka5299]

Zach thanks for the great video I have done two videos on athletes using the Olympic lifts recently one for why they shouldn’t and shouldn’t it would be an honor if you could check them out on my channel and give me your thoughts

[@calm.aware.]

Who's that gorgeous young lady?

[@theylivewesee1674]

3:04 why did you wrote jump and pull, there is no jump in weightlifting, it has similar mechanics to a triple extension at the end of a 2nd pull and prior to pull under, the way I see it if a beginner who is not familiar with the oympic technique he/she will literally jump in the air during full extension raising the hips too high above the ground leaving them with the slower turnover, the best lifters in the world who have totally different 3rd pull like aukhadov (stomping) and Lu (sliding) don't jump and have the front part of the shoes always in contact with the ground at the apex of the full extension and just as they reach full knee extension they explode down under the bar, if they literally jumped at that point they would float in the air with knees extended and their upper body getting height and wasting the time to get under it, hey Zack no hate but that's just the way I see it with my own eyes just look at the slow motion competition lift

[@clintmagican]

sweat

[@Fake--Natty]

Why not Power Clean though?

[@zacktelander]

Fake Natty that’s next!

[@AnananasFanta]

Hope that dog doesn't get hirt on the gym :(

[@Swimlikeafishdrinklikeafish]

Are any of your patreon programs recommended for a swimmer?