Mitchell Hooper grew up running across frozen lakes, kicking bears in the face, growing 50lbs antlers, eating 100's of acres of vegetation each week, climbing every mountian, and chopping down trees in fannel moose shaped onesies with nothing but a sharp rock tied to a stick. Durring puberty he was famous swimming up waterfalls and jumping over canyons. And now the mythical moose is likely best know for moving heavy circles.
Hooper was a high level youth golfer and then played college football then to marathon running and body building and then into power lifting then he found strongman a few years later
I love how he's doing full squat cleans & jerks.. while Zack is high hang power cleaning. I'm all in on Crossfit's "GPP" with full range of motion & strength.. Over stiff and narrowly strong. imho. At the end of the day, it's about fighting entropy.. Maintaining strength, mass & mobility as we walk into old age.
About Mitchell Hooper friom Giants Live: "He is a tremendously versatile athletes who has competed in several sports prior to strongman, including American football, golf, marathon running and ice hockey."
6:30 same philosophy I keep trying to explain ... if your mobility is good and awareness of mass is good and core is engaged then you will automatically go up and down with the bar right. If those things are out of whack then repeating the movement is just going to drill in bad movement patterns and not help you secure a medal. I find there is usually not just a genetics gap in performance but a knowledge gap. The reason guys like Brian Shaw can lift more than other guys his size is because he approaches it like a really good systems engineer. The guys in third place usually just has a better strategy than the guy in 15th while the guy in first is a genetic anomaly
Mitch's background is basically trying loads of totally different, unrelated sports and being annoyingly good at all of them. He seems to pick up new movements and skills extremely well.
11:08 Back up the shit truck and the American flag, get Andrew on face time. Is there a small crowd gathering? Where’s the bmx bike? 365 hang power cleans?
At a local crossfit gym that I used to go years ago, they would usually have Vicente or some other artists on Fridays, just to mimick the “cantina” vibes
Mitch played college football briefly and then branched into marathon running and bodybuilding before powerlifting and strongman
I recall him saying he was a marathon runner at 220lbs, which is a pretty crazy weight to marathon at
He mentioned he played golf when he was a kid/teenager and even went to train in florida with Tiger wood's old coach.
It’s in his latest video with the Buttery Bros…
He mentioned he played ping pong while in her mother’s womb at a national level
Played a season at University of Guelph, 3:24 marathon pb
Wow, that guy is ridiculously good looking.
😂😂😂😂
Mitchell Hooper grew up running across frozen lakes, kicking bears in the face, growing 50lbs antlers, eating 100's of acres of vegetation each week, climbing every mountian, and chopping down trees in fannel moose shaped onesies with nothing but a sharp rock tied to a stick. Durring puberty he was famous swimming up waterfalls and jumping over canyons. And now the mythical moose is likely best know for moving heavy circles.
Hooper was a high level youth golfer and then played college football then to marathon running and body building and then into power lifting then he found strongman a few years later
@mclovin3769 He mentioned, he had a some training from Sean Foley and was offered to train in Orlando with him.
@mclovin3769 No clue.
Posted just before lunch started, ZT a true man of the people
I just cannot express enough how much I love these videos
Intro music always gets me hyped
I love how he's doing full squat cleans & jerks.. while Zack is high hang power cleaning.
I'm all in on Crossfit's "GPP" with full range of motion & strength..
Over stiff and narrowly strong.
imho.
At the end of the day, it's about fighting entropy.. Maintaining strength, mass & mobility as we walk into old age.
Lift companion!!!!! Fuckin love these! Love Wall Street weight lifter. Tryna be a 5 foot 9 warrior myself let’s get it.
About Mitchell Hooper friom Giants Live: "He is a tremendously versatile athletes who has competed in several sports prior to strongman, including American football, golf, marathon running and ice hockey."
Zack can you one day get this man and Clarence in a collab?
Graciano is hands down one of my favorite IG accounts when he drops a new lift videok guaranteed to watch 20 times in a row ha
That song from the Ratchet and Clank soundtrack while you are advertising protein powder is so weirdly fitting
I love the 80s style music on these vids.
6:30 same philosophy I keep trying to explain ...
if your mobility is good and awareness of mass is good and core is engaged then you will automatically go up and down with the bar right.
If those things are out of whack then repeating the movement is just going to drill in bad movement patterns and not help you secure a medal.
I find there is usually not just a genetics gap in performance but a knowledge gap. The reason guys like Brian Shaw can lift more than other guys his size is because he approaches it like a really good systems engineer. The guys in third place usually just has a better strategy than the guy in 15th while the guy in first is a genetic anomaly
These vids of you shootin' the shit with others while lifting are my favs.
Dude is an absolute stud...and so is Graciano
That's really impressive hang power clean! 🔥
HOLY SHIT THIS GUY IS A FUCKING KING
Bro the collab I’ve always wanted love it
His last words were the best.
“Ain’t the f’n bar, it’s not the platform, it’s not the weather, it’s up to you to lift it.”
lifting w Chente playing in the background is anabolic asf
Dude did a low hang snatch with I think 275lbs and man was that such a buttery smooth video
His clean is as smooth as butternut squash soup after 5 min in a vitamix.
Been waiting for this one for awhile
Once for a while is a funny phrase to me 😂
@@kevinkanzler495 lol damn autocorrect
Enjoying the music in editing of this one :)
His cleans are so crisp. They look so good
It would be really cool to see you and Dan John do something together to showcase the effectiveness of Easy Strength!
Was there always Grizzly and Klokov screams mixed in to the music or am I just catching it now? 🤘🤘
Haha Alex added that it a while ago. So funny that they are some of the most recognizable voices 😂
Can't forget the "ohhhkay" audio of ZT. Definitely makes the outro more exciting since the video is ending...😢
Rippin those hang powers and kinda lookin like a thrower! Killer
This video goes extra hard while I’m in English
I'm in bed
One of the coolest dudes living
Wow what a beast will look him up thanks for bringing it to us
Good companion = Awesome energy!
The best topics and conversation is while changing weights
Golf, football, bodybuilding, marathons, powerlifting
IDK if I wanna lift heavy or throw back some cervezas n tequila shots 🍻🍺 Good stuff ZT & Señor Rubio!!
Do both 🎉
Nice! I wonder if Malheiros won't be able to do that...
Amazing crossover!!
Two great persons
Zack I think the straps are inhibiting better wrist position on clean. Elbows will get higher otherwise on catch.
Wow those short arms are amazing for this.
The deo we needed
Dude is a beast
Teach me how to clean the driveway
Mitch Hooper background I think is running and basketball???
Those kinds of lifts out on the driveway, in the neighborhood. Wow.
Thoughts on Sheffield??
Love the 80s vibe
Kirk Karwoski's son does Crossfit, who would have guessed.
love rubios belt! 2 pood as well¿?
Funniest comment Graciano ever made about Zack - "He's the Rudy of weightlifting, wrong body type but tries really hard"
Brutal
Holy wow!🔥💯🔥
Such a riot
This mofo is like a little rhinoceros. Ridiculously powerful.
Mitch's background is basically trying loads of totally different, unrelated sports and being annoyingly good at all of them. He seems to pick up new movements and skills extremely well.
I’d like to see him with Cletus
This guy is a fucking unit haha holy shit
powerful driveway times
Dude sounds like a stud and a homie
Wait a minute why are you using something from the Ratchet and Clank soundtrack???
Name of intro music?
That’s only because he’s too short to be a WSM. Strong yes, but not capable of WSM level strength, that’s just fact
BABE WAKE UP ANOTHER LIFE COMPANION DROPPED
Hearing this guy talk, fucking lol :))))))))))))))))))))))))
11:08 Back up the shit truck and the American flag, get Andrew on face time. Is there a small crowd gathering? Where’s the bmx bike? 365 hang power cleans?
He has an awesome looking Clean.
That tiny guy is god damn massive
Pinning test is what happened in 2009 to 2024
This guy is definitely natural.
5 ft 9 all day baby!
Pretty sure he was big into golf as a young athlete
He also played around…….. of golf.
I think I just got converted to an oly lifter...
I'm wondering, how does seroids affect sexlife?
Mitchell ran marathons
Will he admit to juicing? 🤣
More dialed animals please :)
Mitch travels a lot so his background is different in almost every video.
Let's goooo
Why are you playing Vincinte Fernandez? Every Mexican knows his music.
At a local crossfit gym that I used to go years ago, they would usually have Vicente or some other artists on Fridays, just to mimick the “cantina” vibes
You may have some cracks in the driveway.
It’s called gear
Beast, and cool enough to respond on Instagram