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I was looking at your weightlifting programs and there wasn't anything to teach the basics of weightlifting, do you have anything or anyone to help with learning the clean and jerk and the snatch
what you said in this video is extremely true. not only does this apply to lifting, but pretty much everything else in life. being willing to slow down, take time as it is, and be intricate rather than trying to push everything will benefit you in the long run. great video
Exactly. Someone learning to code in 10 hours simply won't have the same depth of understanding that someone doing it for 6 months would. Even if they were looking at similar materials. You just can't see how all things fit together going too quickly, and eventually you'll get to a problem where your missing base of knowledge bites you in the ass.
@@sucraloss Learning "fast" in weight lifting would be putting together more hours say in 12 weeks of highly motivated sessions vs 8 months of 60% engagement sessions. Say in that 12 weeks you were able to get at it 4 hours per day with split up sessions 5 days per week of highly productive and motivated sessions ( 240 hours at 90% engagement and focus ) versus 8 months of 4 hours per week ( 128 hours at 60% engagement and focus ) . So in that 8 months you are not as engaged and motivated and not learning the material as quickly versus the 12 weeks, you are engaged and learning and retaining information much more quickly and powerfully.
Absolutely agree. I cared way too much about how much I deadlifted/benched/squat after a certain timeframe. I lied to myself by saying "I didn't actually work out for 2 years, I could have hit that in a year if I did more". When I stopped caring about the exact goal and started focussing on the process, enjoying it as much as possible for the long term, a huge weight dropped off of my chest. I could actually give it my all and feel good about my achievements. I'm ironically getting better bodybuilding results and general strength results as well. I'm not boucing the weights on the bench press, I'm not cutting the depth of my squats and I'm not rounding my back on my deadlifts. It took a few months to be able to hit the same numbers with good texhnique again, but every PR feels so much more rewarding. I don't have to worry about whether or not it "counted", of course it did if I did it, I simply would have stopped if I couldn't do it well!
As a newbie programmer & powerlifter this is what I needed the most.. I wasted a tons of time trying to achieve big in small time, instead slow but steady approach is what's needed
I was stuck at 140kgs on the deadlift for a year while aggressively pursuing progressive overload, when I got a coach who gave me a program that seemed "too slow" for me i put 20kgs on my deadlift in about two months.
I weightlift as an accessory to training. I’ve been competing as a track and field thrower at a high level for some time, and it’s amazing how much crossover there is in training and ideologies. I see very similar tendencies in younger throwers just trying to throw as hard as they can even in training. Slow training throws focusing on the multiple highly technical cues has really progressed my development and has given me a greater appreciation for the finer details and made throwing further a lot easier.
As a programmer my best tip for you when learning from a book is to experiment with the code examples as much as you can. If something doesn't click though, feel free to mark it and come back to it later. But do not ever rush through, thinking that you'll "get it" when you're done with the book
I’m an aspiring programmer, and after learning python and c#, I’m realizing that I need to know html, css, and JavaScript in order to be full stack. I’ve been avoiding learning the front stack thinking that it wasn’t important, but now that I’ve gone back to learn the front stack, I’m realizing that I shouldn’t be too impatient in trying to get job. I should take my time and truly learn the material before moving on.
make the reps clean, make em' beautiful, make em' as technically proficient as possible. Rings true for anything from a basic push up to some really advanced movement
This is why so many ppl say to "enjoy the process." It doesn't just mean to have fun. It means to not focus on the outcome and enjoy the hardships of learning a new skill because it takes YEARS to master something as technical as weightlifting. It's the same exact thing with trying to learn golf
I felt this so much I spent 2 months and got to a 80kg power clean just to try a full clean and do miserably 6 months later I'm now clean and jerking 80kg as a PR with pretty good form
I remembered watching your video with Omar and I grinded the fuck out of those drills for 4 to 5 months. Then I got coached by Gabriel and all he told me was large volumes of c&j and snatch, variants, 4 months and im improving (75,95 @79bw). Weightlifting truly tests one's patience and mindset.
@@dennisrobinson8008 snatch 60-> 75, C&J 90->95. Honestly my jerk was pretty bad, I had to start all over, but my clean speed and catch has improved a lot. I dont miss cleans ever.
Nicee.. Another great content right there.. Love this kind of vids... Technique is very important.. Leave the ego at the door ... sustainability is the key.. Thank you Man..😬😌
Personally, I usually approach a new pastime skill as lifelong journey to improve. Maybe I'll have breaks, but I never quit just because I reach or don't reach a result in specific time frame. If you get there faster than expected, there's no reason to stop there. If you never get there, you can still always keep improving and gaining new territory. And if you take a break and return, there's nothing wrong with that. Specifically I've learned with everything that getting a result is not the key to satisfaction, it is striving for perfection in technique. It makes every achievement so much better the more finesse you manage to have in it. For the longest time I wanted to play specific things on guitar, now I want everything I play to feel great. It improved a lot of things, caused realisation that it's about being musical, not technical. And to Clarence's point, I wasted 10-15 years trying to rush things in the first 5-10 years. After 15 years I spent 5-10 years relearnig the basics. It was annoying but satisfying because learning new things and surpassing the previous progress point was easier and faster every time. Practicing became more tedious going very slow for a long time and only slowly ramping up speed, but it produced faster results and more finesse and control. When I started lifting, I had already reached the lesson of perfecting technique so the numbers progressing in certain way didn't bring as much satisfaction as doing it really nicely. The numbers didn't grow fast at all, they would be embarrassing to say the least if compared to others and how much time was spent. But I kept improving myself. With judo I also wanted to learn more new things as I gained the first marks of progress. Then I realised I couldn't do any of it well. Spent months of summer doing 1-2 basic throw shapes without partner, step by step only progressing when I felt I could do the previous step comfortably and consistently, eventually combining all the steps to fluid motion, twice a week for 2 hours. The end of the summer was glorious when I could always reach the positions consistently, comfortably, in control and with speed. All parts happening the right way, not needing to fix something different every rep. The body feels good when you can do things consistently with speed, even power. It's the same as with weightlifting, you just get satisfaction from doing it correctly and fast, when it feels effortless and light. When I started learning magic tricks and cardistry, it shows especially, because it's an art whose purpose is solely to look good. It's not acceptable to perform a card trick and have every move shine through and reveal all the sleight of hand, it has to look perfect so the audience can get the satisfaction of not knowing how it happened, and the magical feeling of witnessing the impossible.
true af !!! i have been and still training a client of mine in handstand ! i always told her to go slow after 2 years of training kick ups and technique stuff she is about to hit her handstand AND her form is beautiful better than all people after like 6 months of training
You know in a weird way this is really speaking to me for my career. I'm probably coming up on senior engineer soon but I have this creeping feeling of not being ready. I've been chasing getting the title of senior engineer pretty hard but I've only been out of college for three years. I'm thinking I should stop worrying about hitting the promotion and start worrying about just building and extremely solid core engineering skillset. Otherwise I worry I'll find myself stressed to meet the expectations of a role I chased after too quickly.
Thank you for this video. I only started training 7 months ago. I wouldn't even think of trying a snatch at this point. I did start doing lunges two months ago. I first tried just the bar and realized I needed to start with no weights at all to get the form. Now I do them with dumbells. I know I'm not ready for doing lunges with a weighted bar.
Definitely agree with this and went through this when I started powerlifting. It was my goal to deadlift 200 kilos and squat 160 kilos, and I managed to reach it after like 9 months of training (I had some background before but just lifted for fun before focusing powerlifting). However, because of my shotty technique and because I overtrained and didn't have a proper routine, I tweaked my back squatting and had to stop training anything involving my back at all. It really sucked having to deadlift with just the bar and doing good mornings with a pvc pipe, but I'm really glad I had that reality check. After around 6 months of recovery and focusing on my technique, I managed to reach my old numbers again, but with much better technique and a better baseline to grow. Still got a lot to learn, but building that foundation is really important for longevity and really enjoying yourself.
Hey man this is kinda me currently. Started lifting 8 months ago and have progressed my strength really fast on all the big lifts, but the main flaw I have is I get a bit of posterior tilt out of home when I squat deep. My glutes and lower back take over the movement rather then my quads. My deadlift form is pretty good but I'm still tweaking it up aswell. I just was like a lot of people I guess, obsessed with trying to get PR's all the time but after watching Clarence's videos I want my lifts to look more aesthetic like Clarence's. I guess the only way is to stop chasing PR'S and rather chase perfecting my technique.
@@KGlifts Yeah definitely. It's all about thinking more long term rather than the short term gratification of getting that pr. If you're training strength, I would recommend getting on a proper powerlifting/powerbuilding routine. Also, asking some more experienced people for help can do wonders. Just by tweaking my starting position slightly, my deadlift went up 20 pounds and felt a lot better. Stay consistent!
Yes, I've learned this over the years, the proper process of learning/mastering any skill feels 'slow'. Just enjoy the process. Be discliplined, show up to training/class, try to enjoy the journey. Look back on your progress after 1, 2, 10 years and you'll be amazed at how far you've come.
Right now my elbow to my wrist is mildly injured as the tendon hurts when I flex and extend my arm fully. It happened from increasing weight on bench press. I haven’t worked out for almost a week and will continue to rest until my arm feels good for at least 48 hours, then will start again with lower weight and higher reps to be careful. Thank you for the advice!
Thats why it is incredibly hard to become elite (or even advanced) at anything without a coach who holds you accountable on the fundamentals. You would have to be quite intelligent and patient and have a mature understanding of progress.
This is exactly the issue i had with my guitar playing, been going 10 years but not taking the time to learn to read music and understand it better has left me in a place to be the perfect backup guitarist🤣
That's why we always have to go back to technique training with light weight. Without a coach one may think or feel technique is great even when it isn't. You're wondering as you get stronger and stronger why suddenly one shoulder starts to hurt eg. That's the alert to check for technique and weakpoints, might be a job related issue, overuse, a weak stabilizer due to unsymmetrical technique, or tightness of some muscle. Not only in oly weightlifting, any compound exercise. Most people have unsymmetrical bodies, sooner or later will have to put in the work.
i really like thinking long term and the idea of improving incrementally over time but there was really some death/time paranoia that made me feel like i had to work harder and faster than i should have. accepting that its better to be consistent and patient helped me with that paranoia and i feel a lot more content in general
This is exactly what I’ve been realizing and trying to be strict with during your powerlifting program. I feel like I’m building “better” or more solid layers of strength.
I wanted to be good at cricket and develop the best bowling technique I can. I’m 46 yrs old and it’s taken 20 yrs My children have been developing skills for 6 months and expect to be at national level Thanks social media
Learning "fast" in weight lifting would be putting together more hours say in 16 weeks of highly motivated sessions vs 8 months of 60% engagement sessions. Say in that 16 weeks you were able to get at it 4 hours per day with split up sessions 5 days per week of highly productive and motivated sessions ( 300 hours at 90% engagement and focus ) versus 8 months of 4 hours per week ( 128 hours at 60% engagement and focus ) . So in that 8 months you are not as engaged and motivated and not learning the material as quickly versus the 12 weeks, you are engaged and learning and retaining information much more quickly and powerfully. The "time" and "quality of work" principle can be used at learning and advancing in any skill. Another example was there is a man who put together a system to speed learn spanish, yet at a high level of proficiency. It was done by using 8-10 hours a day for 60 days 6 days a week, completely immersed in the problem ( 480-600 hours on the problem at 90% engagement ). He was a perfectly fluid speaker at the end even more so than people who took 4 years of college study in 3-4 hour credit hours. ( 3-4 hours of class per week and 3-8 hours of study per week ( 560 hours at 60% engagement ). He simply got in more time on the problem with a higher level of engagement and focus.
Clarence glad you made this video that is something you want, and not necessarily something you think will get tonnes of views. This is great work and super relatable. Thank you so much. PS this also applies in art. I see it happen all the time. In the 2 year period someone who spent the whole time drawing and constructing in 3d, reaches much further heights than someone who skips and always likes to do "final line art". I think there is a balance though and everyone's journey is different. Leaning too heavy on the "dont skip fundamentals" makes people quit from the start. And so my mentality now is "go as slow as you can, but if it's too boring speed up bc quitting is worse than the non optimal path"
Its common for traditional gymbros to think they can go in the gym, put all the plates, lift all the weights, post all the insta photos " do you even lift bro". Also i understand, when people have done another sport for years and they have aquired a certain level of athletic experience they expect some things to come easier to them (and that is true for other things in life). The problem for the gymbros is, they have never been humbled to realise they have to learn a very advanced athletic skill such as the snatch, so they have to repsect and trust the process or else they risk injury and the problem for the already experienced is that they haven't judged the situation properly, even though it is almost certain they will progress faster because they have the experience to break down a move, realise mistakes and proceed to fix them. Myself, i started snatching with an empty bar 3 years ago and i have build it up to 72,5kg which seems huge number to me, even though i am 82kg of bodyweight. Lifting once a week or some times twice under the eye of an olympian most of the times, it took me around 2 years to reach that weight. So even thought your graphic seems to be "trust me bro" its not very far off.
I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that Clarence is a thoughtful smart individual (given he's reached the highest level of expression in a sport, which requires great physical grit and focus but obviously also intelligence) - but it is.
Get the programs 😬 I got the 4 day week WL program and my snatch went up 20kg (it wasn't impressive to begin with tbf) but it's really simple (yet hard) and definitely could re-run it in the future. What I took away from WL was having patience and doing due diligence when it comes to learning a skill. I was able to apply this to playing guitar and I've learned some new, tricky techniques just by slowing it down and hammering drills. Also, this video doesn't make me feel bad about how long it took for me to hit 80kg in snatch 😂 on the road for 100 now and I feel its way within just reach just by implementing the slow approach.
I've been impatient lately as I work towards a three plate bench, I've been plagued by a problem with my left shoulder. I think I need to chill and work on my shoulder mobility and focus on my form and strength for as long as it takes
I study psychology and our prof for general mermory showed us research that basically shows that if you took a long time to learn and a long and steady interval to repeat the stuff you've learnt you will remember it for a longer period of time. if you learn something very fast and repeat it very infrequently you won't be able to remember it very clearly for very long, so I very much agree with the logic presented in this video!
Those videos are cancer to people's programming expectations lol. It takes dozens of hours of high quality practice to get to where you kind feel like you know what you're doing, and hundreds to actually be a decent programmer with the language. They also cause people to not learn a critical skill for programming: the ability to sit down and focus on something not-so-fun for hours. There's going to be plenty of times where you have a bug that takes 20 hours to fix, or a research paper that will take you three weeks to understand, or a tool that takes you 30 hours to setup and learn enough to use. Even just spending 5 hours to learn a debugging tool is something a lot of junior developers skip. Never focus or get frustrated on your pace of learning, only focus on how many consistent, quality hours of practice you are getting each week. If you can figure out a way to invest more time towards your discipline than towards scrolling through the internet, you'll end up doing better than most people in the long run.
Agreed dude. You guys have so much time - think about 10 years from now, not just a few months. No reason to cram and burn out. Good habits are more important if you want to sustain progress and skills for life.
I've done the fast approach myself and let me tell you, it's not worth. Hell, I almost injuried my shoulder so I had to take 3 months break from lifting anything remotely heavy because I was chasing that high of "progressing" fast.
I noticed this on many of things: When playing instruments, it's more effective when you spend your time playing slow as it will help you play faster. "if you can play it slow, you can play it fast". As an engineering student, I prefer learning advanced mathematics from its very proofs and derivations, intuitively and rigorously instead of learning advanced formulas right away everytime. And I almost always tend to be the best in a group. In competitive video games, chess, cycling I noticed it too.
Its why many teachers set up their curriculum in whats called a "scaffolding education" Spending time building a foundation and base and only then building from those fundamentals. Its a proven method of learning that works. All of these streamlined learning programs basically eliminate the most important part of an education imo. Im not a teacher but I have family who are and I find how they set up lesson plans pretty fascinating. A teacher really has more effect on a students success than I realized before this, they can put effort into crafting their own lessons or just meet the states requirements, both are technically doing their job but 1 is going to produce much better students.
The analogy with learning an instrument is spot on. When I got into guitar I was extremely motivated, and I was surprised at how fast I could learn some of my favorite songs. But I was rushing through the practise, neglecting some very important fundamentals in the process. Though I was playing the correct notes of some really hard songs, my sound was terrible and my rythm inaccurate. And I did hit a wall where some harder stuff seemed forever out of reach because I just didn't know how to make it work. After I realised how aweful I actually sounded it took a long time of going back to the basics before I could finally go back up to speed and finally get past my plateau. Sadly plenty of musicians never take that time and they either quit or get stuck on the same issues their whole career.
The problem is that people are told the lie that "you can do anything you want to". It's total BS. Some people are simply better at somethings than others. Few people are meant to be good weightlifters, but everyone wants on the fashion wagon.
Whenever I go to the gym,people mock me for being extremely slow with my weightlifting progress. But I always remember this video and Clarence himself and he has been training for almost two decades. I think about it like this. Your current 80% won’t be your future 80%
This video hits home. I have applied the same analogy to progress overload...I don't do overload now....my body tells me to up the weight. And also ( philosophical stance), I am not all about gym now....I focus on other parts of my life as well and not to mention things are better now. And the progress was better too when I just decided to take things at their pace and just do my part
That's true. I restart my way of training the snatch this year to zero just to focus on the technic and especially to go the deeper it is humanly possible. I never add weight until I do an excellent motion.
"Why not imagine how good you'll be if you stick with a certain thing for 10 years?" Because there's no guarantee you'll enjoy the thing for that long.
I agree with the overall sentiment here but I have to disagree with one thing. Learning the basics of a skill properly and thoroughly definitely isn’t “slow” and jumping ahead without learning those basics isn’t “fast”. All that’s happening with the “fast” approach is that people are taking what looks like a shortcut but later turns out to be a wrong turn. Rather than being slow or fast; you’re either learning or you’re not. If a skill is worth learning, it’s worth learning properly.
Is it a coincidence that when you say "a much better position to..." at 2:46 there just happens to apear a clip in which's background there is a position poster?
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Heyy Clarence, i was your patreon member since last month but for some certain reason the payment failed. It may be because i live in India and here are some rules of RBI which won't let me pay you. I still want to continue my subscription but the payment is the issue here. If you can add a payment method in rupees it would be helpful.
Any experience with [training] running? Specifically while fully/ almost fully training olympic weightlifting and also on a vegan diet?
I was looking at your weightlifting programs and there wasn't anything to teach the basics of weightlifting, do you have anything or anyone to help with learning the clean and jerk and the snatch
I've been making good progress with the powerlifting program 👍
“I must go now my people need me” (levitates onto a plyometric box)
-Clarence
what you said in this video is extremely true. not only does this apply to lifting, but pretty much everything else in life. being willing to slow down, take time as it is, and be intricate rather than trying to push everything will benefit you in the long run. great video
no it won't
Exactly. Someone learning to code in 10 hours simply won't have the same depth of understanding that someone doing it for 6 months would. Even if they were looking at similar materials.
You just can't see how all things fit together going too quickly, and eventually you'll get to a problem where your missing base of knowledge bites you in the ass.
“Extremely true” as opposed to just “true?”
@@sucraloss Learning "fast" in weight lifting would be putting together more hours say in 12 weeks of highly motivated sessions vs 8 months of 60% engagement sessions. Say in that 12 weeks you were able to get at it 4 hours per day with split up sessions 5 days per week of highly productive and motivated sessions ( 240 hours at 90% engagement and focus ) versus 8 months of 4 hours per week ( 128 hours at 60% engagement and focus ) . So in that 8 months you are not as engaged and motivated and not learning the material as quickly versus the 12 weeks, you are engaged and learning and retaining information much more quickly and powerfully.
@@wainach9518 Yes, it will.
As a musician (drummer specifically) this all applies perfectly. It's something I'll be showing students who want to rush the basics.
Amen to that.
Slow learning can help you focus better, understand more and stack knowledge for life.
I don't know what the video will be talking about, but just from the title I can predict it will be good
You can tell just by knowing it is a Clarence video.
I feel like it is going to talk about learning pace
5:30 Least jacked learn-slow-as-possible violinist
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast
Same in motorsports
With that logic, Slow=Fast? Not true
@@michaelxthunder i get told this same Que by my coach all the time because I tend to rush my lifts and let me tell you it’s very true
@Bloot King It sure does, most commonly used with weapons training in the military.
@Bloot King its not a literal statement, doofus
Please post more even just commentary, random gym vids. Love watching your content and hearing your takes bro please post more.
Absolutely agree. I cared way too much about how much I deadlifted/benched/squat after a certain timeframe. I lied to myself by saying "I didn't actually work out for 2 years, I could have hit that in a year if I did more". When I stopped caring about the exact goal and started focussing on the process, enjoying it as much as possible for the long term, a huge weight dropped off of my chest. I could actually give it my all and feel good about my achievements. I'm ironically getting better bodybuilding results and general strength results as well. I'm not boucing the weights on the bench press, I'm not cutting the depth of my squats and I'm not rounding my back on my deadlifts. It took a few months to be able to hit the same numbers with good texhnique again, but every PR feels so much more rewarding. I don't have to worry about whether or not it "counted", of course it did if I did it, I simply would have stopped if I couldn't do it well!
Mate -- your years beyond your age in wisdom and intellect - cheers mate
As a newbie programmer & powerlifter this is what I needed the most.. I wasted a tons of time trying to achieve big in small time, instead slow but steady approach is what's needed
I was stuck at 140kgs on the deadlift for a year while aggressively pursuing progressive overload, when I got a coach who gave me a program that seemed "too slow" for me i put 20kgs on my deadlift in about two months.
I weightlift as an accessory to training. I’ve been competing as a track and field thrower at a high level for some time, and it’s amazing how much crossover there is in training and ideologies. I see very similar tendencies in younger throwers just trying to throw as hard as they can even in training. Slow training throws focusing on the multiple highly technical cues has really progressed my development and has given me a greater appreciation for the finer details and made throwing further a lot easier.
As a programmer my best tip for you when learning from a book is to experiment with the code examples as much as you can. If something doesn't click though, feel free to mark it and come back to it later. But do not ever rush through, thinking that you'll "get it" when you're done with the book
I’m an aspiring programmer, and after learning python and c#, I’m realizing that I need to know html, css, and JavaScript in order to be full stack. I’ve been avoiding learning the front stack thinking that it wasn’t important, but now that I’ve gone back to learn the front stack, I’m realizing that I shouldn’t be too impatient in trying to get job. I should take my time and truly learn the material before moving on.
@@joshuavarghese8225 Do you do any Olympic lifts or at least "power cleans"?
make the reps clean, make em' beautiful, make em' as technically proficient as possible. Rings true for anything from a basic push up to some really advanced movement
This is why so many ppl say to "enjoy the process." It doesn't just mean to have fun. It means to not focus on the outcome and enjoy the hardships of learning a new skill because it takes YEARS to master something as technical as weightlifting. It's the same exact thing with trying to learn golf
Too bad the modern education system doesn’t value slow learning.
Love you Clarence, hope you're well ✌🏽
I felt this so much I spent 2 months and got to a 80kg power clean just to try a full clean and do miserably 6 months later I'm now clean and jerking 80kg as a PR with pretty good form
This is just what I needed to hear as I finally decided to train and commit to Olympic weightlifting after watching Clarence for years
I remembered watching your video with Omar and I grinded the fuck out of those drills for 4 to 5 months. Then I got coached by Gabriel and all he told me was large volumes of c&j and snatch, variants, 4 months and im improving (75,95 @79bw). Weightlifting truly tests one's patience and mindset.
What was your starting point and the gain in the 4 months?
@@dennisrobinson8008 snatch 60-> 75, C&J 90->95.
Honestly my jerk was pretty bad, I had to start all over, but my clean speed and catch has improved a lot. I dont miss cleans ever.
@@jameslam6554 Hi. I appreciate the response. Good gains.
@@dennisrobinson8008 💪💪💪
music during the video: angelic, dramatic
music during the program ads: goofy ahh song☠
This is an important way to think. Totally agree
Nicee.. Another great content right there.. Love this kind of vids... Technique is very important.. Leave the ego at the door ... sustainability is the key.. Thank you Man..😬😌
yea... i.. agree... man... good... comment..
Personally, I usually approach a new pastime skill as lifelong journey to improve. Maybe I'll have breaks, but I never quit just because I reach or don't reach a result in specific time frame. If you get there faster than expected, there's no reason to stop there. If you never get there, you can still always keep improving and gaining new territory. And if you take a break and return, there's nothing wrong with that. Specifically I've learned with everything that getting a result is not the key to satisfaction, it is striving for perfection in technique. It makes every achievement so much better the more finesse you manage to have in it.
For the longest time I wanted to play specific things on guitar, now I want everything I play to feel great. It improved a lot of things, caused realisation that it's about being musical, not technical. And to Clarence's point, I wasted 10-15 years trying to rush things in the first 5-10 years. After 15 years I spent 5-10 years relearnig the basics. It was annoying but satisfying because learning new things and surpassing the previous progress point was easier and faster every time. Practicing became more tedious going very slow for a long time and only slowly ramping up speed, but it produced faster results and more finesse and control.
When I started lifting, I had already reached the lesson of perfecting technique so the numbers progressing in certain way didn't bring as much satisfaction as doing it really nicely. The numbers didn't grow fast at all, they would be embarrassing to say the least if compared to others and how much time was spent. But I kept improving myself. With judo I also wanted to learn more new things as I gained the first marks of progress. Then I realised I couldn't do any of it well. Spent months of summer doing 1-2 basic throw shapes without partner, step by step only progressing when I felt I could do the previous step comfortably and consistently, eventually combining all the steps to fluid motion, twice a week for 2 hours. The end of the summer was glorious when I could always reach the positions consistently, comfortably, in control and with speed. All parts happening the right way, not needing to fix something different every rep. The body feels good when you can do things consistently with speed, even power. It's the same as with weightlifting, you just get satisfaction from doing it correctly and fast, when it feels effortless and light.
When I started learning magic tricks and cardistry, it shows especially, because it's an art whose purpose is solely to look good. It's not acceptable to perform a card trick and have every move shine through and reveal all the sleight of hand, it has to look perfect so the audience can get the satisfaction of not knowing how it happened, and the magical feeling of witnessing the impossible.
true af !!! i have been and still training a client of mine in handstand ! i always told her to go slow after 2 years of training kick ups and technique stuff she is about to hit her handstand AND her form is beautiful better than all people after like 6 months of training
Good to see Mr giraffe at the end.
Daddy Clarence dropping some wisdom tidbits for his lifting childrens
Thumbs up for that earthbound music. Iykyk
You know you made Zack a little giddy with that props at the end
Yes... this concept applies to anything one wants to master.
Thank you for the just in time suggestion to myself
You know in a weird way this is really speaking to me for my career. I'm probably coming up on senior engineer soon but I have this creeping feeling of not being ready. I've been chasing getting the title of senior engineer pretty hard but I've only been out of college for three years. I'm thinking I should stop worrying about hitting the promotion and start worrying about just building and extremely solid core engineering skillset. Otherwise I worry I'll find myself stressed to meet the expectations of a role I chased after too quickly.
Just started a civil engineer role and this is what I feel 100%
But the paycheck tho
@@shanks6190 the pay is already more then I can spend, frankly. I've just been investing like mad
I literally did the fast approach to 80 kilos and plateaued and am not doing full snatches at 65 kilos and it’s actually more fun and feels better.
@pablo2004 Huh? How would being bored make power snatch feel feel better again? 🤡
Very true. I found obtaining my judo black belt was less defined by winning fights and more better defined by perfection of the technique🥝🇳🇿😎
Judo is awesome. Way better than BJJ imo
This is even more true learning tennis 😅
Thank you for this video. I only started training 7 months ago. I wouldn't even think of trying a snatch at this point. I did start doing lunges two months ago. I first tried just the bar and realized I needed to start with no weights at all to get the form. Now I do them with dumbells. I know I'm not ready for doing lunges with a weighted bar.
Definitely agree with this and went through this when I started powerlifting. It was my goal to deadlift 200 kilos and squat 160 kilos, and I managed to reach it after like 9 months of training (I had some background before but just lifted for fun before focusing powerlifting). However, because of my shotty technique and because I overtrained and didn't have a proper routine, I tweaked my back squatting and had to stop training anything involving my back at all. It really sucked having to deadlift with just the bar and doing good mornings with a pvc pipe, but I'm really glad I had that reality check. After around 6 months of recovery and focusing on my technique, I managed to reach my old numbers again, but with much better technique and a better baseline to grow. Still got a lot to learn, but building that foundation is really important for longevity and really enjoying yourself.
Hey man this is kinda me currently. Started lifting 8 months ago and have progressed my strength really fast on all the big lifts, but the main flaw I have is I get a bit of posterior tilt out of home when I squat deep. My glutes and lower back take over the movement rather then my quads. My deadlift form is pretty good but I'm still tweaking it up aswell. I just was like a lot of people I guess, obsessed with trying to get PR's all the time but after watching Clarence's videos I want my lifts to look more aesthetic like Clarence's. I guess the only way is to stop chasing PR'S and rather chase perfecting my technique.
@@KGlifts Yeah definitely. It's all about thinking more long term rather than the short term gratification of getting that pr. If you're training strength, I would recommend getting on a proper powerlifting/powerbuilding routine. Also, asking some more experienced people for help can do wonders. Just by tweaking my starting position slightly, my deadlift went up 20 pounds and felt a lot better. Stay consistent!
Love this Clarence, so tired of the optimisation, min/max talk that lifehackers and the like bang on about
I for one favour the ULTRA slow approach, 3 years in yet to snatch 80 kilos
Yes, I've learned this over the years, the proper process of learning/mastering any skill feels 'slow'. Just enjoy the process. Be discliplined, show up to training/class, try to enjoy the journey. Look back on your progress after 1, 2, 10 years and you'll be amazed at how far you've come.
If I spot this video in my list I’ll always watch it to remind to take my time…. a great lesson from Clarence0
slow is smooth, smooth is fast
Right now my elbow to my wrist is mildly injured as the tendon hurts when I flex and extend my arm fully. It happened from increasing weight on bench press.
I haven’t worked out for almost a week and will continue to rest until my arm feels good for at least 48 hours, then will start again with lower weight and higher reps to be careful. Thank you for the advice!
When its fast it wont last.
When its slow it will go.
I use this same logic to prevent me from wanting to use the overpowered shit in a video game. Great vid.
Thats why it is incredibly hard to become elite (or even advanced) at anything without a coach who holds you accountable on the fundamentals. You would have to be quite intelligent and patient and have a mature understanding of progress.
This is exactly the issue i had with my guitar playing, been going 10 years but not taking the time to learn to read music and understand it better has left me in a place to be the perfect backup guitarist🤣
What approach did you take?
Slow and steady wins the race
That's why we always have to go back to technique training with light weight. Without a coach one may think or feel technique is great even when it isn't. You're wondering as you get stronger and stronger why suddenly one shoulder starts to hurt eg. That's the alert to check for technique and weakpoints, might be a job related issue, overuse, a weak stabilizer due to unsymmetrical technique, or tightness of some muscle. Not only in oly weightlifting, any compound exercise. Most people have unsymmetrical bodies, sooner or later will have to put in the work.
i really like thinking long term and the idea of improving incrementally over time but there was really some death/time paranoia that made me feel like i had to work harder and faster than i should have. accepting that its better to be consistent and patient helped me with that paranoia and i feel a lot more content in general
This is exactly what I’ve been realizing and trying to be strict with during your powerlifting program. I feel like I’m building “better” or more solid layers of strength.
I wanted to be good at cricket and develop the best bowling technique I can. I’m 46 yrs old and it’s taken 20 yrs
My children have been developing skills for 6 months and expect to be at national level
Thanks social media
Love you big boy
I love it, I love it sooo muchhh
Bottom line:
NO CROSSFIT
great video
Learning "fast" in weight lifting would be putting together more hours say in 16 weeks of highly motivated sessions vs 8 months of 60% engagement sessions. Say in that 16 weeks you were able to get at it 4 hours per day with split up sessions 5 days per week of highly productive and motivated sessions ( 300 hours at 90% engagement and focus ) versus 8 months of 4 hours per week ( 128 hours at 60% engagement and focus ) . So in that 8 months you are not as engaged and motivated and not learning the material as quickly versus the 12 weeks, you are engaged and learning and retaining information much more quickly and powerfully.
The "time" and "quality of work" principle can be used at learning and advancing in any skill.
Another example was there is a man who put together a system to speed learn spanish, yet at a high level of proficiency. It was done by using 8-10 hours a day for 60 days 6 days a week, completely immersed in the problem ( 480-600 hours on the problem at 90% engagement ). He was a perfectly fluid speaker at the end even more so than people who took 4 years of college study in 3-4 hour credit hours. ( 3-4 hours of class per week and 3-8 hours of study per week ( 560 hours at 60% engagement ). He simply got in more time on the problem with a higher level of engagement and focus.
Clarence glad you made this video that is something you want, and not necessarily something you think will get tonnes of views. This is great work and super relatable. Thank you so much.
PS this also applies in art. I see it happen all the time. In the 2 year period someone who spent the whole time drawing and constructing in 3d, reaches much further heights than someone who skips and always likes to do "final line art". I think there is a balance though and everyone's journey is different. Leaning too heavy on the "dont skip fundamentals" makes people quit from the start. And so my mentality now is "go as slow as you can, but if it's too boring speed up bc quitting is worse than the non optimal path"
Its common for traditional gymbros to think they can go in the gym, put all the plates, lift all the weights, post all the insta photos " do you even lift bro". Also i understand, when people have done another sport for years and they have aquired a certain level of athletic experience they expect some things to come easier to them (and that is true for other things in life).
The problem for the gymbros is, they have never been humbled to realise they have to learn a very advanced athletic skill such as the snatch, so they have to repsect and trust the process or else they risk injury and the problem for the already experienced is that they haven't judged the situation properly, even though it is almost certain they will progress faster because they have the experience to break down a move, realise mistakes and proceed to fix them.
Myself, i started snatching with an empty bar 3 years ago and i have build it up to 72,5kg which seems huge number to me, even though i am 82kg of bodyweight. Lifting once a week or some times twice under the eye of an olympian most of the times, it took me around 2 years to reach that weight. So even thought your graphic seems to be "trust me bro" its not very far off.
Clarence please post trainning videos
There is a saying in Jiujitsu, "Slow is fast. Fast is good."
Well said.
I suppose it shouldn't be surprising that Clarence is a thoughtful smart individual (given he's reached the highest level of expression in a sport, which requires great physical grit and focus but obviously also intelligence) - but it is.
Get the programs 😬 I got the 4 day week WL program and my snatch went up 20kg (it wasn't impressive to begin with tbf) but it's really simple (yet hard) and definitely could re-run it in the future.
What I took away from WL was having patience and doing due diligence when it comes to learning a skill. I was able to apply this to playing guitar and I've learned some new, tricky techniques just by slowing it down and hammering drills.
Also, this video doesn't make me feel bad about how long it took for me to hit 80kg in snatch 😂 on the road for 100 now and I feel its way within just reach just by implementing the slow approach.
I've been impatient lately as I work towards a three plate bench, I've been plagued by a problem with my left shoulder. I think I need to chill and work on my shoulder mobility and focus on my form and strength for as long as it takes
I study psychology and our prof for general mermory showed us research that basically shows that if you took a long time to learn and a long and steady interval to repeat the stuff you've learnt you will remember it for a longer period of time. if you learn something very fast and repeat it very infrequently you won't be able to remember it very clearly for very long, so I very much agree with the logic presented in this video!
What's insane is I've literally been watching these python programming videos and getting frustrated at my pace. Thanks for the perspective
Those videos are cancer to people's programming expectations lol. It takes dozens of hours of high quality practice to get to where you kind feel like you know what you're doing, and hundreds to actually be a decent programmer with the language.
They also cause people to not learn a critical skill for programming: the ability to sit down and focus on something not-so-fun for hours. There's going to be plenty of times where you have a bug that takes 20 hours to fix, or a research paper that will take you three weeks to understand, or a tool that takes you 30 hours to setup and learn enough to use. Even just spending 5 hours to learn a debugging tool is something a lot of junior developers skip.
Never focus or get frustrated on your pace of learning, only focus on how many consistent, quality hours of practice you are getting each week. If you can figure out a way to invest more time towards your discipline than towards scrolling through the internet, you'll end up doing better than most people in the long run.
@@La0bouchere I feel like I should print this out. Thanks 😁
Technique training can be done every single day. Snatching 80 kg in 93 days with decent technique seems plausible
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-doesn’t have a clue about what he’s talking about
Agreed dude. You guys have so much time - think about 10 years from now, not just a few months.
No reason to cram and burn out. Good habits are more important if you want to sustain progress and skills for life.
wow, who would've guessed that a slow and steady pace wins the race........
The guy at the end is pretty good... he should start a channel with the name Zach Talender
So true 👍🔥❤️
Tree months
Turdy percent off is very tempting
I agree with Clarence Kennedy. I'll be lifting for the rest of my life, I have time to learn how to do it the right way
I've done the fast approach myself and let me tell you, it's not worth. Hell, I almost injuried my shoulder so I had to take 3 months break from lifting anything remotely heavy because I was chasing that high of "progressing" fast.
I take it a step further and like to go backwards so that I get there sooner...
Wise words from a very strong man.
I noticed this on many of things: When playing instruments, it's more effective when you spend your time playing slow as it will help you play faster. "if you can play it slow, you can play it fast".
As an engineering student, I prefer learning advanced mathematics from its very proofs and derivations, intuitively and rigorously instead of learning advanced formulas right away everytime. And I almost always tend to be the best in a group.
In competitive video games, chess, cycling I noticed it too.
oh you mentioned instruments
Its why many teachers set up their curriculum in whats called a "scaffolding education" Spending time building a foundation and base and only then building from those fundamentals. Its a proven method of learning that works. All of these streamlined learning programs basically eliminate the most important part of an education imo.
Im not a teacher but I have family who are and I find how they set up lesson plans pretty fascinating. A teacher really has more effect on a students success than I realized before this, they can put effort into crafting their own lessons or just meet the states requirements, both are technically doing their job but 1 is going to produce much better students.
The analogy with learning an instrument is spot on. When I got into guitar I was extremely motivated, and I was surprised at how fast I could learn some of my favorite songs. But I was rushing through the practise, neglecting some very important fundamentals in the process. Though I was playing the correct notes of some really hard songs, my sound was terrible and my rythm inaccurate. And I did hit a wall where some harder stuff seemed forever out of reach because I just didn't know how to make it work.
After I realised how aweful I actually sounded it took a long time of going back to the basics before I could finally go back up to speed and finally get past my plateau. Sadly plenty of musicians never take that time and they either quit or get stuck on the same issues their whole career.
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The problem is that people are told the lie that "you can do anything you want to". It's total BS. Some people are simply better at somethings than others. Few people are meant to be good weightlifters, but everyone wants on the fashion wagon.
Whenever I go to the gym,people mock me for being extremely slow with my weightlifting progress. But I always remember this video and Clarence himself and he has been training for almost two decades.
I think about it like this.
Your current 80% won’t be your future 80%
Instagram culture. It's the same reason why people who barely lifted for 6 months start juicing. Despicable.
This video hits home. I have applied the same analogy to progress overload...I don't do overload now....my body tells me to up the weight. And also ( philosophical stance), I am not all about gym now....I focus on other parts of my life as well and not to mention things are better now. And the progress was better too when I just decided to take things at their pace and just do my part
Ok but why using "ender lilis " for the background?
That's a first and it's awesome but somewhat unexpected
That's been my "goal" or really it my question: How big can I get in 10 years? I'm 8 months in, so 9 years 4 months to go to find this out
That's true. I restart my way of training the snatch this year to zero just to focus on the technic and especially to go the deeper it is humanly possible. I never add weight until I do an excellent motion.
"Festina lente" (Make haste slowly) - Latin proverb adopted by Augustus
I would change up your background music. Weirdly somber and not fitting
Unrelated but ender lilies is a good looking game
"Why not imagine how good you'll be if you stick with a certain thing for 10 years?"
Because there's no guarantee you'll enjoy the thing for that long.
I agree with the overall sentiment here but I have to disagree with one thing. Learning the basics of a skill properly and thoroughly definitely isn’t “slow” and jumping ahead without learning those basics isn’t “fast”. All that’s happening with the “fast” approach is that people are taking what looks like a shortcut but later turns out to be a wrong turn. Rather than being slow or fast; you’re either learning or you’re not. If a skill is worth learning, it’s worth learning properly.
It’s ver y similar to kids trying to shoot a 3pt in basketball but screwing up their mechanics instead of learning to shoot from closer range first
Is it a coincidence that when you say "a much better position to..." at 2:46 there just happens to apear a clip in which's background there is a position poster?
Does anyone know the wallpaper he used in the video while he talks?
2:05 what video did you use for the mobility pvc exercises?
Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.
My bro is uploading 1 year old videos from patreon...
How many hrs of meditation for how many years to get enlightened like frank yang?