Hey Zack, the reason Eddie Hall never used legs on overhead is because he had bad patella tendons. Using his legs was hurting his knees, he also said "legs are for squatting, not for pressing" which was pretty funny
@@the_odd_cat553Eddie Hall is far from being the sharpest tool in the shed, even when he talks about working out. He gives a lot bro-scuence advices in his videos.
OHP is a damn good compound exercise . As well as Muscle Clean and Press. A little leg drive is OK works the legs. I switched from Bench 335 to OHP cause of my shoulder pain a yr ago.. No Pain with OHP. Last night I did 185 lb x 3 for work sets and a Pumper of 135 for 14. I'll be 69 in 3 weeks. Only compete against yourself, improve your PRs and keep lifting.
Weightlifting is competing against yourself. Comparison is the theif of joy. Did you do more than you did last time? Then you have won. Especially when you aren't literally being paid to lift for a living. It is that simple.
By the way, I do OHP every push day. It is my favorite lift by far even though I've got long ass arms and my press is relatively weak. That's part of why I love it though.
I can't wait for squats. I've been dealing with a back thing for a while that's got my squat all sorts of weak right now and I need the vicarious squatting.
@@zacktelander Biby is an absolute freak of nature but people can argue his lockouts/etc. for his axle and especially his log WRs. The ease that Eddie just put that up does it for me, he definitely had more in the tank that day
@@zacktelander also it’d be cool to make a part two when the footage from WSM this year comes out, I can’t remember the weights that Tom and Novi were hitting on the presses they were doing were insane
The pressing from behind the neck sitting at the bottom position is the most insane thing here to me. You take a weight that would be a very respectable bench PR at most commercial gyms, and strict press it overhead with the most unholy shoulder joint angles and general instability from being in the bottom of the squat bottom position. I have pretty good shoulder mobility and stability but even thinking about attempting to apply anywhere near that amount of force through those leverages instinctively looks like a guaranteed major snap city one way ticket to me.
A massive overhead press is far more impressive than a massive bench press. The lift is so hard to build. Probably the hardest lift to build up and takes immense overall body power. You have to be strong from head to toe to do a massive overhead press.
@Joske Vermeulen It's really hard to build. It really is one of the lifts most dependent on your physical size as that provides a base for the lift. You might get a quick jump by doing the lift to start with, but once you hit the point where you maxed the easy gains, the gains after that are a huge grind.
@Joske Vermeulen There isn't a way to cheat the strict OHP. I'm not sure what you consider heavy. I'm at 225 and working up from there on OHP. Building up to 225 is pretty easy for me. But pushing to a 300 OHP is difficult. It's taking a lot bracing work to build it up as the entire body must hold in place as you initiate the lift and clear the head.
If Novikov's cyr dumbbell ladder at The Rogue Invitational isn't in here I am going to be massively disappointed, Telander. Nobody else even got to to the 5th. Most stopped at the 2nd or 3rd. And Oleksii TORE through all 5.
I really like this dudes channel… I dn if it’s just me but some channels you can tell are just about having a job, but I feel this guy would love to do these videos paycheck or not
Pressed 185lb x 5 today before watching this. Seeing these monsters rep out 185+ Kg(!) is amazing. I don't care how much bjj you know- klokov would just send you into orbit. OHP master race
I see a lot of people do that unrack in front of the chin, and dipping the bar down before pushing. Like... Just use leg drive and make it a push press. No competition that I know of would accept that initial bounce for a strict press anyway.
@@Pantelifts10for commercial gym standards for sure it's impressive But still average for trains for strength specifically. 120+ at below 100kg I'd say is where It starts being impressive.
@@secondthought2 I'm talking about the majority of lifetime natty lifters(not fakenatties) and not people on gear and sarm goblins. For a lifetime natty bellow 100kg bw a strict OHP of 100kg for reps is impressive and very respectable
Anyone knows how heavy Vasily Polovnikow was when doing this strict press of 150? Might be one of the best in relation to bodyweight since he was only 85 in his active years. So far the video of Sebastian Oreb doing a 175kg strict press @ 115kg is the most impressive i have ever seen.
No, he wasnt active only aa 85er. He competed in the same category as klokov and won russian championship at that weight class i believe. So he was probably few kilos over 105 kg at the time of 150 strict press.
As a strongman fan I'll say iron biby is going to be setting ohp records in strongman for a while. He has the biggest arms in the world. I think he is 220+kg and as you saw can push press 260kg. He is no joke in the strongman world and is strong in his grip too. Monster athlete.
If Karwoski squatting 1,000 lbs. for 2 and screaming "I wanna hold it!" afterwards doesn't make it into the coming SQUATS that RAISE YOUR TESTOSTERONE video, I say we riot.
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"Lady" ahahahahha :D
Big z is the president of the log lift fed,"the ceo of strength"as i called him once
I'M ALREADY SUBSCRIBED. I CAN'T SUBSCRIBE ANY HARDER!
@@burnferris TRY!!!
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Klokov dancing over the Jojo music is some peak comedy Zack
Honestly it just sits in my mind now. Right after his big press i have him dancing with jojo music. Amazin'
That’s not Jojo, it’s Giorno Giovanna
@@giornogiovanna836 okay giogio
Hey Zack, the reason Eddie Hall never used legs on overhead is because he had bad patella tendons. Using his legs was hurting his knees, he also said "legs are for squatting, not for pressing" which was pretty funny
Chad mode unleashed
A push press is hurting his knees but squatting, deadlifting and axle pressing very heavy isn’t?
@@the_odd_cat553 That's Eddie Hall logic right there. The stuff he says you must never take seriously.
@@the_odd_cat553Eddie Hall is far from being the sharpest tool in the shed, even when he talks about working out. He gives a lot bro-scuence advices in his videos.
Said this before, but Klokov's 225kg push press @RPE blyat will always be my favorite overhead lift
He could have done 240 on that day!
AMEN 🙏🏻
F'cking got me with the RPE blyat 😂
RPE blyat 🤣
he did 235 too the same day
but didnt record it
That 225 by Klokov is still the most insane thing I’ve ever seen when it comes to lifting.
Chemerkin clean and jerking 240kg without the bar touching his shoulders is nice, too
OHP is a damn good compound exercise . As well as Muscle Clean and Press. A little leg drive is OK works the legs. I switched from Bench 335 to OHP cause of my shoulder pain a yr ago.. No Pain with OHP. Last night I did 185 lb x 3 for work sets and a Pumper of 135 for 14.
I'll be 69 in 3 weeks. Only compete against yourself, improve your PRs and keep lifting.
Damn sir, you're a beast
Polovnikov is a beast. His 155kg muscle snatch at 98kg is insane.
Also when Rigert bombed out in moscow 1980 is the goat physique
he’s close but still nowhere near as full as klokov in this period of training (2013 youtube klokov)
@@zacktelander Oliver Orok might be the most insane fizik ive ever seen but to each his own
Eddie Hall in his the first press had no leg drive.
@@zacktelander How about Phillip Grippaldi?
I hit a 140kg deadlift today, this video just took all my good vibes xD
Good job on your deadlift bro. That's a milestone. 4 plates coming in a few months I'm sure
250KG and still feel mediocre. Never goes away.
Weightlifting is competing against yourself.
Comparison is the theif of joy.
Did you do more than you did last time? Then you have won. Especially when you aren't literally being paid to lift for a living.
It is that simple.
By the way, I do OHP every push day. It is my favorite lift by far even though I've got long ass arms and my press is relatively weak. That's part of why I love it though.
It's so good when it gets past that weird no man's land in the middle. Then you can just stand there like Superman holding up a bus full of children
LOL yeah, i love to just hold the bar above my head for as long as possible once i reach the top. Feels like im asserting dominance over the weight
Im doing smolov for ohp right now. Gonna finally hit 250lb or die trying. PR or ER
It's a good feeling when your bar path finally falls into the groove and after you've been working on double bounce front squats for leg drive
I can't wait for squats. I've been dealing with a back thing for a while that's got my squat all sorts of weak right now and I need the vicarious squatting.
There is no better feeling in the world than finishing a heavy set of ohp, totally alpha.
“I believe you, bro” Had me cracking tf up! 🤣🤣🤣
I'm just recovering from a shoulder injury from overhead pressing. But after this video I will OH-press again!
Eddie’s no leg drive axle PR is still the GOAT OHP imo
iron biby 👀
@@zacktelander Biby is an absolute freak of nature but people can argue his lockouts/etc. for his axle and especially his log WRs. The ease that Eddie just put that up does it for me, he definitely had more in the tank that day
@@zacktelander also it’d be cool to make a part two when the footage from WSM this year comes out, I can’t remember the weights that Tom and Novi were hitting on the presses they were doing were insane
Yeah that version of Eddie was the strongest overhead presser ever still. 216 was so easy for him and that's after cleaning.
@@chrism45 prime chonk Eddie was the strongest static lifter no doubt
Anything involving pressing a a barbell over my head makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside
The pressing from behind the neck sitting at the bottom position is the most insane thing here to me. You take a weight that would be a very respectable bench PR at most commercial gyms, and strict press it overhead with the most unholy shoulder joint angles and general instability from being in the bottom of the squat bottom position. I have pretty good shoulder mobility and stability but even thinking about attempting to apply anywhere near that amount of force through those leverages instinctively looks like a guaranteed major snap city one way ticket to me.
“Praise the Lord with some presses!” 😆
Another stellar video! 🏆
A massive overhead press is far more impressive than a massive bench press. The lift is so hard to build. Probably the hardest lift to build up and takes immense overall body power. You have to be strong from head to toe to do a massive overhead press.
@Joske Vermeulen It's really hard to build. It really is one of the lifts most dependent on your physical size as that provides a base for the lift. You might get a quick jump by doing the lift to start with, but once you hit the point where you maxed the easy gains, the gains after that are a huge grind.
@Joske Vermeulen There isn't a way to cheat the strict OHP. I'm not sure what you consider heavy. I'm at 225 and working up from there on OHP. Building up to 225 is pretty easy for me. But pushing to a 300 OHP is difficult. It's taking a lot bracing work to build it up as the entire body must hold in place as you initiate the lift and clear the head.
it doesn't take overall body power at all
@@buffcommie942 You responded to a post from a year ago with an unqualified idiot statement like this?
If Novikov's cyr dumbbell ladder at The Rogue Invitational isn't in here I am going to be massively disappointed, Telander. Nobody else even got to to the 5th. Most stopped at the 2nd or 3rd. And Oleksii TORE through all 5.
Zack I’ve really been digging your channel. Keep up the great knowledge and content man
Thank you for playing Agni Parthene at the end 🇬🇷❤️
Serge Redding 502lb -228kg clean press is another one for me that was impressive to say the least.
Goat channel Fr
This videos always make my day
I really like this dudes channel… I dn if it’s just me but some channels you can tell are just about having a job, but I feel this guy would love to do these videos paycheck or not
I got a soft spot for those early 2010 Klokov/Polovnikov/Ilin RUclips training vlogs as well
PUMPED ✨💪🏽✨ awesome post brother Zack!
I cannot WAIT for the squat video
Strict OHP should be the replacement to bench.. get rid of those yoga exorcist presses in PL
Pisarenko showing his glutes doing a high pull is the most aesthetic ever!
Grizzly's pressing weight: full
Needed the novikov flintstone press world record in there but great video man!
Pressed 185lb x 5 today before watching this. Seeing these monsters rep out 185+ Kg(!) is amazing. I don't care how much bjj you know- klokov would just send you into orbit.
OHP master race
Hell yeah!
There really are no one better than Klokov.
klokov is quite possibly the coolest human on existence.
love these videos!
TFW I've strict from the clavicle OHP'd 350lbs natty, and Oak's 315 from the chin gets the nod. Guess another mogging is in order...
That was great. Lads are beasts!
YOU HAVE TO LIVE IT!!!
I love this series
Great video. Klokov's press should probably be called the Blyat Press
I need one with odd object lifts, please make it happen.
Thank u 4 this
Tomorrow WAS my off-day but I’m going to the gym now to do some OH presses!
I see a lot of people do that unrack in front of the chin, and dipping the bar down before pushing. Like... Just use leg drive and make it a push press. No competition that I know of would accept that initial bounce for a strict press anyway.
Exaclty. And they count them as strict lol.
I love this vid form, more please
I hit 255lbs for 2 today and was feeling pretty good about it until I watched this video
That's still insane man. Hit 225 strict today myself, the timing of this video couldn't be better.
Humble brag..you know well that 225 strict ohp is impressive especially if you are bellow that in bw
@@Pantelifts10for commercial gym standards for sure it's impressive
But still average for trains for strength specifically.
120+ at below 100kg I'd say is where It starts being impressive.
@@Pantelifts10 255 isn't even BW for me lmao because I'm 6'6, but it's close because I'm 265 right now
@@secondthought2 I'm talking about the majority of lifetime natty lifters(not fakenatties) and not people on gear and sarm goblins. For a lifetime natty bellow 100kg bw a strict OHP of 100kg for reps is impressive and very respectable
u know its gonna be good hearing gold experience intro lol
No Chase Lindley with his Standing Incline Press? 😅
Call it what you will, it belongs here tho
@@mmmben That's why I mentioned it
I was not prepared for how fast Klokov's 225 went up. Wtaf
Pyrros Dimas and Lu were also aesthetic AF. Can't really go wrong with any of them. Li Dayin is next level
Would love to see Kieliszkowski's one motion log and one arm dumbel record in this compilation
Just here to request a strongman training vid!
Would love to get your take on Arthur Saxon , Zack. Maybe Ken Patera too
can you make one of these videos on power cleans, but include James Townsend's 200kg power clean an 89kg bodyweight
Great T-Shirt!🤟
Anyone knows how heavy Vasily Polovnikow was when doing this strict press of 150? Might be one of the best in relation to bodyweight since he was only 85 in his active years. So far the video of Sebastian Oreb doing a 175kg strict press @ 115kg is the most impressive i have ever seen.
No, he wasnt active only aa 85er. He competed in the same category as klokov and won russian championship at that weight class i believe. So he was probably few kilos over 105 kg at the time of 150 strict press.
@@tttyyy949 I asked him personally, his best strict press was 150@just below 100, so yeah, still super good, but not as good as Oreb i'd say
@@importantstuff1130 nice, thanks.
Theres an old video from 1971 of David Rigert olympic pressing like 203kg, is insane!!!!
Rigert was a Giga Chad!!
Damn straight. He was king of the traps and a powerhouse👍
Got guys out here strict pressing 130 plus kilos, and I'm over here hoping i can pull off a 100 kg press before my youth leaves me.....
bro same
Great! Saludos desde Chile
How about Novikov DB Press 153 in training? His form is beauty
if/when you do a part 2 can you include mark henry please
Bill March had a great physique as well, and coincidentally he's my favorite presser.
I'd love to try some of those behind the head presses, but my shoulders are too impinged
Hope to one day have those Boulder shoulders
Can't wait for testosterone raising squat video.
3:50 "lightweight"
Great video!!!Lesman paredes and li dayin are better asthetics in my opninion
I didnt understand the title when i started watching but after i few clips i understand completely… I got work to do 225lbs is not enuff
Where was the when needed it at the Caffeine and Kilos comp this morning?!
I saw you at squatch what do you think of the gym
Hey Zack, you should check out the video "Back in the day 485lb press" and Serge Reding's 502lb press.
I know this was about the over head pressing but the muscle clean @ 150!? Brah 😂 also is the outro from sonic the hedgehog???
That guys cartwheel, was fucking impressive
Zack please do a Bicep Curls that raise your testosterone and pls include Denis and Levan
As a strongman fan I'll say iron biby is going to be setting ohp records in strongman for a while. He has the biggest arms in the world. I think he is 220+kg and as you saw can push press 260kg. He is no joke in the strongman world and is strong in his grip too. Monster athlete.
"Praise the lord... with some presses" gotta get that shirt
Needed the Paul Anderson 402 in this vid!
Apti Aukhadov | Апти Аухадов | Olympic Weightlifting Training | Motivation 0:00-0:08; 1:28-1:54
1:04 Viking press is my favorite press, even more so than the log
Your traps are looking yuge Zack. Kudos
Should do a video on iron loo
OHP is the most badass of the non-Olympic lifts imo
Biby is so nice with the press
Front squats that raise your testosterone next time? 😁
👀👀👀
This video could be 100% Big Z and it could still use more big Z lol all these presses are sick though. Also awesome to see oak
KYRIAKOS GRIZZLY FROM GREECE.
yooo those plates look tiny with grizzly in the shot hahahaha
The only one missing is the OG Matt Ogus. He was overhead pressing buildings on RUclips in the 280p video quality days
Came from Deload Leg day but this video made my shoulders Grow from all that Testosterone
god DAM im ready to GO TO WORK FOR EIGHT HOURS 😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤😤
JIMMM TIME!!!!! 🏋️
Look foward to the squat video. Yea Dimitri turned me on to weightlifting years back, like just damn.
Do someone knows how they train their ohp ? Or just their push press ? I want a program to reach at least 315 someday
Watch Chase Lindley's 405 lb OHP where he leans so far back he's basically doing a stand up bench press.
How is the rack 10' wide? 🤔
Lifting heavy shit over your head. Nothing beats it.
KLOKOV was and he remain #1 NO WORDS 🙏🏻❤️🏋🏻♀️💪🏻
If Karwoski squatting 1,000 lbs. for 2 and screaming "I wanna hold it!" afterwards doesn't make it into the coming SQUATS that RAISE YOUR TESTOSTERONE video, I say we riot.
You skipped the part where Klokov says "I am a beautiful man" after dropping the weight he pressed. Legend!
Novikov did 154KG 1 arm circus dumbbell. Alex you been lacking 😢
Ironically, dumbbell was Big Z’s weakest overhead event. Dudes just constructed in an alternate manner.