imagine chilling, learning how to front squat then out the corner of your eye you see clarence running at you with 185kg above his head like a fkin caveman
Who tatooed this 17 year old?? This is the oldest teenager on Earth. This guy’s been divorced twice, had his car repossesed, got heavy into cocaine, but cleaned up his act. He grew up a Christian but lost his faith when his brother drowned himself after his girlfriend cheated on him, then he found purpose again in his wife’s little boy, who came from her first marriage. Seriously, he cannot be a teenager. Look at those dead eyes. The light of youth is gone. Ahead lies only mortgage payments and weeknight binge drinking. He reacted less to breaking half a dozen world records than I do to James Corden carpool karaoke and I’m 10 years older than this car repo guy. My man has see some shit 😂🤣😂
@@mihailmilev9909 Haha it's a play on "in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king" with Zac being a giraffe guiding everyone in the land of huge weightlifting monster's, ala the land before time! It is incredibly dumb...
I couldn’t agree more that john haack is the standard not only in terms of strength but in execution of the lifts, all the lifts are done with he spirit of the sport in mind. High bar squat testing the leg strength , bench testing the chest strength (without giant Japanese grip and body contortionist arch) and conventional deadlift testing back strength.
It's wild because he doesn't even have insane leverages or limited ROM lifts. High bar squat, conventional deadlift, no ridiculous bench arch with a relatively close grip... Guy is just a freak.
@@kibskibs498 if you watch ipf worlds though, every single Japanese lifter utilizes an insanely wide grip, always at the maximum allowed width. It’s funny because they don’t really win comps, except daiki kodama
6:19 excellent shout on the armwrestling ROM. Armwrestling, bicep especially, is inside armwrestling which is really only from that position and backward. If you get pulled out of that, you transition to outside, which doesn't use the bicep as much and relies more on lat and dragging pressure. So Levan (world #1) would actually be doing a disservice to himself and his training if he tried to push that much weight to a further ROM, when it's already strengthening him where he wants to be. And to answer some of Zack's questions in order: It depends but mostly yes, yes there are strict r/l pullers most are stronger on one than the other. The championships for armwrestling go exactly like the olympics: There are about 10 different major leagues, the cold war never ended, you are and aren't allowed to compete outside of your league or with other leagues entirely subjectively, and everyone is sick of it. The best of the West and best of the East are finally going to get to pull this coming June though, because people finally realized the Cold War actually did end!
@@mihailmilev9909 there’s still kind of an East vs West rivalry going on and it’s hard to make East vs West matches happen (which is why Levan vs Devon is exciting). Something about armwrestlers being contracted to certain promotions that I don’t fully understand
Man i love your chanel. Found it trough Clarence back when i begun gaining intrest in weightlifting, and i finally started to do CJ and snatch recently and it feels phenomenal. Thanks for introducing me to this new world
Zack, you're hilarious dude. Keep the comedic edge - so refreshing. And fantastic content / analysis along with it. So much respect for the vibes you're putting out to the world, right on. Great video.
Everyone has their own pace haha, I'm sure most people would find your set of 140*6 to be daunting. Lasha is like 6"6 and 180 kilos, so he's not even pressing his own bodyweight above his head haha, so even his lower weighted lifts are going to be nuts!
Kakhi Kakhiashvili is a legend of the weightlifting sport , he was born in Georgia . His father was obviously Georgian , but his mother was Greek . He first competed with the Georgian flag and later with the Unified team and because they were holding him back and barely surviving (probably under poverty line) , he moved to Greece . Where he became part of the Greek team .
Armwrestlers train what arm they prefer to compete with. Some train only right… majority trains both for balance, very few only trains left. And yes we have different championships, we have WAF World Championships and we have Zloty Tur
Last week I set my first PR's in two years (three years on-and-off lifting). Was proud of 105k squat, 127k deadlift and 60k bench. Till i saw lasha warming up on muscle snatch...
@@syed2694 That really depends on size, someone who is short and thin is going to have a lesser capacity for strength training. That being said, for a reasonably sized individual you should get that far faster. I was 6"~ and 74 kilos when I started seriously training for heavy compound lifts, and I had a similar squat (which is my weakest lift), 130 kilo deadlift for reps, and could OHP my own weight in about 5-6 months with around 2-3 weeks of deload in the middle (because I went in holiday), and while I've previously been in pretty good shape (calisthenics mostly), I hadn't strength trained for a year and basically went through a harsh but achievable powerlifting-gymnastics hybrid based program. I don't have the best frame for heavy lifting, and while I do put muscle on somewhat quickly I am normally quite lean, so for anyone who was more heavyset or predisposed to maximal contraction the totals could easily be way higher. My friend is a larger build then me and can easily build up to a 140 squat in a few months both when he started training and when he had taken a several year break. They might not be doing strength training though, if they are focusing on that horrible bodybuilding hybrid many people seem to be into (high reps with 40-60% 1RM) you can easily end up making very slow progress in regards to strength.
@@AveSicarius whole lotta writing for some cope. I doubt the guy is 45kg bw. Being short isn't an issue with lifting, being thin is fixable by just eating. He's absolutely pissed on his time investment if it's taken him 3 years to squat 105kg and bench 60kg lmao
@@syed2694 Some people do have various physiological disadvantages that prevent them from gaining weight or strength relative to other's of the same age. They could have hormone issues, problem's with metabolism, or joint problems that prevent full ROM and limit strength gains. It most probably is an issue with training, and I was trying to give an anecdotal reference on how even someone with relatively overall low strength potential can achieve that quickly with effective training, but it could also be a variety of other issues such that unless you know the details, you cannot say for sure what the issue is. They also don't need a coach, they just need to read into proper strength training and fix their technique and schedule if that is the issue, getting a coach speeds that process up, but it is fully achievable just through using information freely available on the internet. It's probably also better to do so from a hobbyist standpoint, because if you learn how to programme progressive overload and effective recovery it benefit's you massively in the long run.
Totally agree on the powerlifting points. Wanna grow the sport and make it more appealing and cool? Fix the grip width on bench and remove sumo. I think just those 2 things would make it way cooler looking to a wider audience.
I could see sumo staying, but the bench shenanigans definitely have to go. Maybe swap bench for OHP or something? I think it would be cool to have more movements that don’t get announced until competition is close, like say 6 months away. Imagine if powerlifting was set up to where the deadlift event could be any type of deadlift like a snatch grip deadlift, sumo, conventional etc. Or Squat event could be either a lowbar, highbar or front squat etc. And athletes wouldn’t know for sure which variation it would be until competition is close. It might be too similar to strongman though but heck i’m just spitballing here.
Minor changes to lift technique won't change anything. The fact is that as it's currently conducted, powerlifting is a long, boring sport with low stakes. There's no tactical weight changes, forcing people out for an attempt they're not ready for etc. Everyone does their first attempt, then they take weight off the bar and everyone does their second. There's no sense of gradual climax and 'anything can happen'. Run powerlifting like weightlifting and it would be slightly more interesting to watch. But it will still be people lifting weights small distances slowly surrounded by spotters and refs.
People are lying to themselves when they say the aesthetics of a lift doesn’t matter. Conventional deadlifts simply look better than sumo. That high insane arch just looks weird.
Just gonna chime in and say that I find sumo cooler looking. I do think for most sumo is easier and a bit more technical, so easier for lighter technical lifters to abuse and therefore a big conventional for me is a greater show of pure strength. But that wide position like a wound-up spring, just looking ready to pounce on the weight... I think that's the best aesthetics ngl.
@@guidokuijper436 nothing wrong with some disagreement! The main reason I think there should be a rule change is because they're so different. Im still a beginner, but when I talk to people who pull heavy sumo the most common reason for doing so are that they recover more quickly, and it's easier on their back. Well ok then if they feel so different, then they're different lifts right? Idk maybe I'm missing something.
@@Pantelifts10 I think sumo is easier for ~75% of lifters and it is certainly easier to adjust your technique to it. Now most real good sumo lifters have a big conventional pull too like Jamal Browner, so I'm not sure abolishing the sumo pull changes much.
Most people don’t even pull sumo properly imo. If you look over to the Russians they truly have it down as a work of art. Yury Belkin probably has the best sumo technique ever, beautiful technique
I doubt it, he's never trained in the specifics of strongman. Grinding strength and endurance. And I'm sure after spending 10 or 20 years being the best ever in a sport and being a famous and wealthy man he wouldn't want to bust his ass learning how to lift stones and carry logs and whatnot. I would guess he's planning on a comfortable retirement.
@@jaxonsevero1045 ye but tian Tao said he didn't earn that much and China probably pays athletes better than Georgia although obviously lasha breaks more records
Generally guys train both arms in Armwrestling, but some do actually only train 1. Majority (60%-70%) - 1 competition arm, 1 party arm... A party arm is where the training is sporadic and is trained more for balance than competition and hopes of victory Minority (10%-25%) - compete both arms... When I say compete, I mean Compete and have a possibility of winning A few (5%-10%) just say fu*k it and only train 1 arm, which is for some reason generally the right arm..
Look into armwrestling dude. It's well worth it. The biggest match in history is happening in June and it's so hype. Devon Larratt is going against the beast Levan you saw in this video.
There is a kid at my school who is a fucking monster, he's 17 and of course not as strong as the other but still insane, he has a back squat of over 600 at his peak and hit over a 300 bench his sophomore year, he is currently a junior and just keeps getting stronger
How big is he, and is he on gear haha? There are definitely kids out there who mature fast, and if they've been lifting weights for a while just get insanely strong compared to other people the same age. I mean this is where Olympic and international teams usually recruit from, usually young kids who excel at a high school or collegiate level. Obviously need to compete or train with a team to get scouted though, but these are the kind of kids that get taken. Most of the kids I've known in other sports, especially competitive swimming, were picked out for high level competition as young as 14, and were competing against adults very soon after. Some people definitely respond insanely well to PEDs though, and when they go competitive they fall off somewhat.
@@HIMCULES he thinks him self Georgin nd not half Georgin.... His mother hs only greek surname mentality he was reised her parents reised there is not like his mother lived in Greece nd meet Georgian no... He is not half Georgian he is Georgian...
They have champs for right and left and sometimes one person will be champ in both but mainly comes down to injuries I think. And obviously most will favor their dominant arm.
Those front squats from Artyom were just dumb. I know it's Kazakistan and we can mention drugs as much as we want but i'm pretty sure that even with a crazy amount of juice pretty much none of us can get to a 280 front
Karlos Nasar looking like that while being 17 year old is honestly no surprise to me. He is competing at a high level there so his physique is better than average as expected but the face is pretty normal. Being from Bulgaria I can easily accept the whole look, its not all that surprising to me CONSIDERING he a legit competitor. I also have a 17 year old friend with a way thicker beard. They just got them good genes for that. As far as drugs go I have no clue, not an expert there but if he is it just makes it that much more believable.
Yes, but he was born and raised in Georgia by parents who were also both born and raised in Georgia. Kakhi had never been to Greece until he was compelled to immigrate due to economic reasons. This is just semantics. If Georgia wasn't in complete shambles after the civil war of early 90s, he would have continued competing for Georgia. He said so himself.
How should starposition look like i snatch and clean for someone who is 170 cm and have long femurs and short tibias. High hips or low hips, feet straightforward or toes pointed slightly outward, wide stance or a narrow stance?
Zack, why have you not been paying attention to Devon Larratt? I'm surprised you don't know tons more about Levan, or armwrestling in general, shits hot
As someone who does technically sumo, i do think most sumo lifters take it too far, there should be rules about height to feet placement proportions to stop crazy rom restriction. My knees are barely wider than my elbow but my hand placement is close together. I can lift more if i stand wider but seeing as i dont compete and think it looks dumb I typically avoid it. I am convinced the rise of sumo has negatively impacted the view of powerlifting worldwide as the my younger brothers generation do not view powerlifting as a serious sport anymore
I think sumo and conventional shouldnt both be counted as deadlift. Have a separate record for sumo and conventional, that way there would be no argument between lifters who pull one or the other
I think the 134kg Curl by Levan was the most impressive, like in a normal gym nobody can even deadlift 134kg. Even holding that in a single arm is crazy but actually moving it 1 inch is insane. Imo he could be the worlds strongest man, worlds strongest powerlifter or even weightlifter if he trained for it. He would be stronger then Lasha, the Mountain etc. etc.
imagine chilling, learning how to front squat then out the corner of your eye you see clarence running at you with 185kg above his head like a fkin caveman
I'd go over and ask him to train me haha
Who tatooed this 17 year old?? This is the oldest teenager on Earth. This guy’s been divorced twice, had his car repossesed, got heavy into cocaine, but cleaned up his act. He grew up a Christian but lost his faith when his brother drowned himself after his girlfriend cheated on him, then he found purpose again in his wife’s little boy, who came from her first marriage.
Seriously, he cannot be a teenager. Look at those dead eyes. The light of youth is gone. Ahead lies only mortgage payments and weeknight binge drinking. He reacted less to breaking half a dozen world records than I do to James Corden carpool karaoke and I’m 10 years older than this car repo guy. My man has see some shit 😂🤣😂
😂😂😂
gold
Born old lmao
he's a standard male in the former eastern bloc lmao
You have imagination... 🤣
"I'm so tiny, it's pathetic" lol I love you, you self-aware giraffe!
The giraffe is king in the land before time.
@@AveSicarius oh shoot where is that from
@@mihailmilev9909
Haha it's a play on "in the land of the blind the one eyed man is king" with Zac being a giraffe guiding everyone in the land of huge weightlifting monster's, ala the land before time!
It is incredibly dumb...
@@AveSicarius it might be “dumb”, but it sounds epic as frick
If steroids weren't discovered yet Zack would be one of the biggest dudes.
I couldn’t agree more that john haack is the standard not only in terms of strength but in execution of the lifts, all the lifts are done with he spirit of the sport in mind. High bar squat testing the leg strength , bench testing the chest strength (without giant Japanese grip and body contortionist arch) and conventional deadlift testing back strength.
It's wild because he doesn't even have insane leverages or limited ROM lifts. High bar squat, conventional deadlift, no ridiculous bench arch with a relatively close grip... Guy is just a freak.
Even crazier that he has bigger gym lifts than what were shown here. Absolutely insane
Wait why add the Japanese part LMAO. Only one lifter is know from there uses it?
@@kibskibs498 if you watch ipf worlds though, every single Japanese lifter utilizes an insanely wide grip, always at the maximum allowed width. It’s funny because they don’t really win comps, except daiki kodama
6:19 excellent shout on the armwrestling ROM. Armwrestling, bicep especially, is inside armwrestling which is really only from that position and backward. If you get pulled out of that, you transition to outside, which doesn't use the bicep as much and relies more on lat and dragging pressure.
So Levan (world #1) would actually be doing a disservice to himself and his training if he tried to push that much weight to a further ROM, when it's already strengthening him where he wants to be. And to answer some of Zack's questions in order: It depends but mostly yes, yes there are strict r/l pullers most are stronger on one than the other.
The championships for armwrestling go exactly like the olympics: There are about 10 different major leagues, the cold war never ended, you are and aren't allowed to compete outside of your league or with other leagues entirely subjectively, and everyone is sick of it. The best of the West and best of the East are finally going to get to pull this coming June though, because people finally realized the Cold War actually did end!
haha this is a great explanation!
Also cuz Larry’s Clout gives everybody more money in this sport and more eyes for growth.
@@raybergstrom lol what is this about the Cold War
@@mihailmilev9909 there’s still kind of an East vs West rivalry going on and it’s hard to make East vs West matches happen (which is why Levan vs Devon is exciting). Something about armwrestlers being contracted to certain promotions that I don’t fully understand
A 17 yr old phenom training since 8 yrs and on A to Z Bol since 11 yrs old explains quite a lot
Pretty cool how Clarence is just casually lifting absurd weights at the local rec room
Man i love your chanel. Found it trough Clarence back when i begun gaining intrest in weightlifting, and i finally started to do CJ and snatch recently and it feels phenomenal. Thanks for introducing me to this new world
How old are you
@@masudshah7405 23
Good man you've got time
@@masudshah7405 time for what? Im to old to start competing anyway, i just do it coz its giga fun and makes me feel lil bit less shitty
Well keep at it in a few years you'll be feeling really good 🙂
Zack, you're hilarious dude. Keep the comedic edge - so refreshing. And fantastic content / analysis along with it. So much respect for the vibes you're putting out to the world, right on. Great video.
Today i actually first managed a set of 6 on deadlift with 140kg and Lasha warms up by overhead pressing that weight. That is just so wild.
Everyone has their own pace haha, I'm sure most people would find your set of 140*6 to be daunting. Lasha is like 6"6 and 180 kilos, so he's not even pressing his own bodyweight above his head haha, so even his lower weighted lifts are going to be nuts!
Kakhi Kakhiashvili is a legend of the weightlifting sport , he was born in Georgia . His father was obviously Georgian , but his mother was Greek . He first competed with the Georgian flag and later with the Unified team and because they were holding him back and barely surviving (probably under poverty line) , he moved to Greece . Where he became part of the Greek team .
I am getting addicted to ur videos bro ❤️❤️❤️
“What 17 year old looks like this?!..a 28 year old.”
Enjoying these reviewing lifts kinda videos
“I put bar to sky”
Is a shirt I would buy
dammit I should have known I'm not the only one with "I put bar to sky" comment ;)
Would also buy the t-shirt.
Can we please get any merch that says this lol
“I put bar to sky” LOLL fucking hilarious
Armwrestlers train what arm they prefer to compete with. Some train only right… majority trains both for balance, very few only trains left. And yes we have different championships, we have WAF World Championships and we have Zloty Tur
I think he was more asking about if there are different championships for each arm. Which there are btw if Zack or anyone else is reading this.
Isn’t that guy also a champ in both right and left?
@@hamm0155 Yeah he is regarded as the champ on both arms open weight category
@@hamm0155 he hasnt lost a round in PAL also. Dude is crazy. But there are times than 1 arm is much stronger than the other (Oleg Zhokh fe)
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Man, I love your choice of outro music, old yugoslavian rock song 'Morbidi I Mnoći - Put' 👌
Sad that Biby’s stuff isn’t here. Should do more episodes.
Last week I set my first PR's in two years (three years on-and-off lifting).
Was proud of 105k squat, 127k deadlift and 60k bench. Till i saw lasha warming up on muscle snatch...
Get a coach. Shouldn't have taken 3 years for those numbers, even if you're on and off.
Don't compare you with an alien, it will always end bad for your mood
@@syed2694
That really depends on size, someone who is short and thin is going to have a lesser capacity for strength training.
That being said, for a reasonably sized individual you should get that far faster. I was 6"~ and 74 kilos when I started seriously training for heavy compound lifts, and I had a similar squat (which is my weakest lift), 130 kilo deadlift for reps, and could OHP my own weight in about 5-6 months with around 2-3 weeks of deload in the middle (because I went in holiday), and while I've previously been in pretty good shape (calisthenics mostly), I hadn't strength trained for a year and basically went through a harsh but achievable powerlifting-gymnastics hybrid based program. I don't have the best frame for heavy lifting, and while I do put muscle on somewhat quickly I am normally quite lean, so for anyone who was more heavyset or predisposed to maximal contraction the totals could easily be way higher. My friend is a larger build then me and can easily build up to a 140 squat in a few months both when he started training and when he had taken a several year break.
They might not be doing strength training though, if they are focusing on that horrible bodybuilding hybrid many people seem to be into (high reps with 40-60% 1RM) you can easily end up making very slow progress in regards to strength.
@@AveSicarius whole lotta writing for some cope. I doubt the guy is 45kg bw. Being short isn't an issue with lifting, being thin is fixable by just eating. He's absolutely pissed on his time investment if it's taken him 3 years to squat 105kg and bench 60kg lmao
@@syed2694
Some people do have various physiological disadvantages that prevent them from gaining weight or strength relative to other's of the same age. They could have hormone issues, problem's with metabolism, or joint problems that prevent full ROM and limit strength gains.
It most probably is an issue with training, and I was trying to give an anecdotal reference on how even someone with relatively overall low strength potential can achieve that quickly with effective training, but it could also be a variety of other issues such that unless you know the details, you cannot say for sure what the issue is.
They also don't need a coach, they just need to read into proper strength training and fix their technique and schedule if that is the issue, getting a coach speeds that process up, but it is fully achievable just through using information freely available on the internet. It's probably also better to do so from a hobbyist standpoint, because if you learn how to programme progressive overload and effective recovery it benefit's you massively in the long run.
Hey Zack,
Recently stumbled across your page/channel....so good, entertaining, raw and informative!!! Cheers to you.
I had a nice rice, seitan and broccoli bowl for lunch. Thank you for providing amazing/entertaining lunch time content!
Disappointed that I missed the poll. I was going to nominate your reverse curls
Well hello there bald Omni-Man
Totally agree on the powerlifting points. Wanna grow the sport and make it more appealing and cool? Fix the grip width on bench and remove sumo. I think just those 2 things would make it way cooler looking to a wider audience.
I could see sumo staying, but the bench shenanigans definitely have to go. Maybe swap bench for OHP or something?
I think it would be cool to have more movements that don’t get announced until competition is close, like say 6 months away. Imagine if powerlifting was set up to where the deadlift event could be any type of deadlift like a snatch grip deadlift, sumo, conventional etc. Or Squat event could be either a lowbar, highbar or front squat etc. And athletes wouldn’t know for sure which variation it would be until competition is close. It might be too similar to strongman though but heck i’m just spitballing here.
@@kirby7475 you have one where the press is the contested lift. It's called Strength Lifting. United States Strength Lifting is the federation.
@@kirby7475 Press is even harder to judge and will inevitably look even more ridiculous. Either force parallel on the bench or force grip width.
Minor changes to lift technique won't change anything. The fact is that as it's currently conducted, powerlifting is a long, boring sport with low stakes. There's no tactical weight changes, forcing people out for an attempt they're not ready for etc. Everyone does their first attempt, then they take weight off the bar and everyone does their second. There's no sense of gradual climax and 'anything can happen'. Run powerlifting like weightlifting and it would be slightly more interesting to watch. But it will still be people lifting weights small distances slowly surrounded by spotters and refs.
I could see sumo staying, but only as a separate lift. Compare sumo to sumo, conventional to conventional.
Sad to not see Novikovs Rouge Invitational dumbbell medley on here, but solid video
it’s time to take that deep dive into the arm wrestling world!
Assasin's Creed Odyssey background on point 👌👌
Thanks for the content, ZT
I love the arm wrestling coverage. Hopefully more in the futures
People are lying to themselves when they say the aesthetics of a lift doesn’t matter. Conventional deadlifts simply look better than sumo. That high insane arch just looks weird.
Just gonna chime in and say that I find sumo cooler looking. I do think for most sumo is easier and a bit more technical, so easier for lighter technical lifters to abuse and therefore a big conventional for me is a greater show of pure strength. But that wide position like a wound-up spring, just looking ready to pounce on the weight... I think that's the best aesthetics ngl.
@@guidokuijper436 nothing wrong with some disagreement! The main reason I think there should be a rule change is because they're so different. Im still a beginner, but when I talk to people who pull heavy sumo the most common reason for doing so are that they recover more quickly, and it's easier on their back. Well ok then if they feel so different, then they're different lifts right? Idk maybe I'm missing something.
Yup!
@@Pantelifts10 I think sumo is easier for ~75% of lifters and it is certainly easier to adjust your technique to it. Now most real good sumo lifters have a big conventional pull too like Jamal Browner, so I'm not sure abolishing the sumo pull changes much.
Most people don’t even pull sumo properly imo. If you look over to the Russians they truly have it down as a work of art. Yury Belkin probably has the best sumo technique ever, beautiful technique
So much contempt for gravity!
I really hope Lasha becomes a professional strongman after his weightlifting career
he very well could considering that strongmen peak later than other athletes
I doubt it, he's never trained in the specifics of strongman. Grinding strength and endurance. And I'm sure after spending 10 or 20 years being the best ever in a sport and being a famous and wealthy man he wouldn't want to bust his ass learning how to lift stones and carry logs and whatnot. I would guess he's planning on a comfortable retirement.
@@AfferbeckBeats bruh u don't get much money for weightlifting
@@Tom-vu1wr Georgia would be paying him well. Georgia pays their athletes for breaking records if I’m not mistaken.
@@jaxonsevero1045 ye but tian Tao said he didn't earn that much and China probably pays athletes better than Georgia although obviously lasha breaks more records
Karlos is my favorite 17yo natural vegan bodybuilder
A good way of remembering Taranenko hit his 266 C&J in 1988 (not 1986) is to notice the board behind him says SPORT 88 (not SPORT86) :)
What. In. The. FU*K. So glad to be apart of the Era of Lasha !
Generally guys train both arms in Armwrestling, but some do actually only train 1.
Majority (60%-70%) - 1 competition arm, 1 party arm... A party arm is where the training is sporadic and is trained more for balance than competition and hopes of victory
Minority (10%-25%) - compete both arms... When I say compete, I mean Compete and have a possibility of winning
A few (5%-10%) just say fu*k it and only train 1 arm, which is for some reason generally the right arm..
Look into armwrestling dude. It's well worth it. The biggest match in history is happening in June and it's so hype. Devon Larratt is going against the beast Levan you saw in this video.
here to keep that algo alive and POPPING
"I put bar to sky"
- Lasha
9:33 that’s awesome lol. underrated.
So good…
There is a kid at my school who is a fucking monster, he's 17 and of course not as strong as the other but still insane, he has a back squat of over 600 at his peak and hit over a 300 bench his sophomore year, he is currently a junior and just keeps getting stronger
How big is he, and is he on gear haha? There are definitely kids out there who mature fast, and if they've been lifting weights for a while just get insanely strong compared to other people the same age.
I mean this is where Olympic and international teams usually recruit from, usually young kids who excel at a high school or collegiate level. Obviously need to compete or train with a team to get scouted though, but these are the kind of kids that get taken. Most of the kids I've known in other sports, especially competitive swimming, were picked out for high level competition as young as 14, and were competing against adults very soon after.
Some people definitely respond insanely well to PEDs though, and when they go competitive they fall off somewhat.
We def had 17-18 yr olds who looked like that on my HS team but noone near that strong besides maybe our 350 lb lineman
I have a friend that had a full beard in 8th grade....I'm talking hipster beard.
Like I know my squat isnt much, but that dude just allmost curled my Squad PR. Never thought to say that
Annie’s snatch was a postpartum PR 🙂
In 2021 John haack had the world in his hands.
He's prolly sad it's over
I think the people wanted the jump rope dip belt neck harness treflip, no toe drag on that one! Haha
Do a video on Kakhi Kakhiashvili!
Who's mother is Greek, by the way.
@@HIMCULES 😁😁😁 and?
@@AnI-dz5fp what's so funny. He is mentioned in the video as a Georgian who competed for Greece, when in reality, he is half Greek, half Georgian.
@@HIMCULES he thinks him self Georgin nd not half Georgin.... His mother hs only greek surname mentality he was reised her parents reised there is not like his mother lived in Greece nd meet Georgian no... He is not half Georgian he is Georgian...
@@AnI-dz5fp do you happen to have his social security number by the way, too
Happy new year!
“I put bar to sky”
All these young adults looking like they 40 nowadays
m'lord mogging the previous year in his sleep
our 6’ 7” wingspans only means our arms will always be tiny, zack
My wife is Georgian and her cousin is Lasha...whenever I think I'm strong she kindly reminds me I'm not. Sarqartvelos Gaumarjos!!!!!
Super video.
The most impressive individual lifts were probably either by Lasha or John Haack. Honorable mentions also go to Iron Biby and Dan Bell.
petition to get Zack to commentate on the Crossfit Championship
They have champs for right and left and sometimes one person will be champ in both but mainly comes down to injuries I think. And obviously most will favor their dominant arm.
Levan with the Kyriakos range of motion
Dawaj!!! put your bar to sky💪
There's a guy who knows what to do with his hands.
All I keep hearing is Seb saying "don't be Grizzly".
Surprised I didn't make the list
I’m here to stan the arm wrestling 😎
Holy shit Karlos with the drug tolerance 😂😂😂
Love the video. :D
It was the best of years, it was the worst of years
Those front squats from Artyom were just dumb. I know it's Kazakistan and we can mention drugs as much as we want but i'm pretty sure that even with a crazy amount of juice pretty much none of us can get to a 280 front
He has at least 290
"Better than Ilya's 280"! But Ilya cleaned 250 kg!
Lasha snatching 225 be like "nah, this too ez, gotta make another half squad on top
Karlos Nasar looking like that while being 17 year old is honestly no surprise to me. He is competing at a high level there so his physique is better than average as expected but the face is pretty normal.
Being from Bulgaria I can easily accept the whole look, its not all that surprising to me CONSIDERING he a legit competitor. I also have a 17 year old friend with a way thicker beard. They just got them good genes for that. As far as drugs go I have no clue, not an expert there but if he is it just makes it that much more believable.
For the nth time, Kakhi's mother, Maria Lambrianidi, is Greek. So he is far from just "a Georgian who competed for Greece"
Several of the Greek medalists of that era were Georgian though
He still has to live it.
@@AfferbeckBeats that is a ridiculous statement. Name one
@@higherpower254 You Sir, are correct.
Yes, but he was born and raised in Georgia by parents who were also both born and raised in Georgia. Kakhi had never been to Greece until he was compelled to immigrate due to economic reasons. This is just semantics. If Georgia wasn't in complete shambles after the civil war of early 90s, he would have continued competing for Georgia. He said so himself.
Probably just me, but I think low bar squats look way cooler than high bar squats.
With you on the bench aesthetics though.
Is that Clarence rounding or is it his back straps? The guy has a canyon on his back.
Sick background lol
PLEASE, react to THE UNIT Tom Haviland
10:04 Idk, all girls in my school look like this. Must be something in the water...
11:36 150 kilo is the most I can deadlift. This guy can throw it up onto the moon...
in terms of rightys and leftys - hellboy from germany is a good example :D
I suggest you watch Devon Larratt and follow his, "way of the giant pumpkin" program.
Yes
11:45 Fresh external cue for people struggling with muscle snatches...
Zach! Do some strongman sandbag training and your arms will blow up in no time
That "king" is a freaking cartoon character, can't tell if he does that stuff for a physical/health reason beyond just getting likes on the internet
How should starposition look like i snatch and clean for someone who is 170 cm and have long femurs and short tibias. High hips or low hips, feet straightforward or toes pointed slightly outward, wide stance or a narrow stance?
Didn’t know you started lifting at 23
All that filler content just to leave the goat until the end.
Karlos Nasar did his own birth register
It says '88 on the giant banner behind Taranenko in the vid LOL
4:00 where was the lift?
Go Clarence plant powered power !
3:28 @SeanNoriega 😂😂
"Are there guys who are strictly righties or lefties, or are there guys who do both" ... jeeze Zack just do your thing no ones gonna judge
Zack, why have you not been paying attention to Devon Larratt? I'm surprised you don't know tons more about Levan, or armwrestling in general, shits hot
What's the song in the end?
As someone who does technically sumo, i do think most sumo lifters take it too far, there should be rules about height to feet placement proportions to stop crazy rom restriction. My knees are barely wider than my elbow but my hand placement is close together. I can lift more if i stand wider but seeing as i dont compete and think it looks dumb I typically avoid it. I am convinced the rise of sumo has negatively impacted the view of powerlifting worldwide as the my younger brothers generation do not view powerlifting as a serious sport anymore
I think sumo and conventional shouldnt both be counted as deadlift. Have a separate record for sumo and conventional, that way there would be no argument between lifters who pull one or the other
Damn.....if your brother thinks that....then what am I doing with my life
I think the 134kg Curl by Levan was the most impressive, like in a normal gym nobody can even deadlift 134kg. Even holding that in a single arm is crazy but actually moving it 1 inch is insane. Imo he could be the worlds strongest man, worlds strongest powerlifter or even weightlifter if he trained for it. He would be stronger then Lasha, the Mountain etc. etc.
Not lasha
His 100kg preacher and 90kg seated curls are more impressive to me
@@devoncyplenkov7746 bro he curled those with both hands, this is single hand wtf dood
Nobody can deadlift 134 in a normal gym....wat?
@@davidkymdell452 r u joking?
WTF is with the assassins creed background?
King Grizzly the Bloat Lord is superior to all.
Yo where is russle orhi and Taylor Atwood in these 😤
3:14 holy shit
HOW BIRD?!?
I'm quite disappointed you didn't cover my 45kg lu raise... or the 10k$ in shoulder surgery bills i had to pay after atempting it...
jk
Do you think our ancient ancestors had trenbologna?