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Clarence is by far my favorite weightlifter/youtuber of all time in the fitness space. Lifts huge, is honest about PED usage, and chooses to not compete for moral reasons.

I think it's safe to say he's one of the most influential figures in weightlifting. For someone not involved in the sport, I think he's done a lot for inspiring people to get in to weightlifting. I know he did for me

Clarence lives in Northern ireland now, bumped into him a few times. Really humble and down to earth guy

Clarence was a big reason to get into weightlifting. So was early Garage Strength!

I've always theorized that activity in your youth forces your body to adapt and can, in a way, shape your athletic ability. The discussion about genetics always points to things being mostly innate, and we know that's true, but surely being extremely active in his developmental years contributed to his remarkable ability as an older teenager and into his adult life.

What I love about Clarence is he doesn’t compete. He just has some crazy internal drive to push numbers. I am the same way, really don’t give a crap about competing in weightlifting. I just wanna see where I can take it.

He is a stud. I respect the hell out of his demeanor and the way he conducts himself. Olympic lifts and powerlifting lifts all at an elite level prove this dude has a true love for straight up weight training in all forms. You just cant get that good without serious passion. The intelligent guys like him are always the ones that make this whole game respectable.. Good video

He starts PEDs in 2015. He tells you by including the cycling clip in the video. What a guy

The bicycle scene in 2015 is when he starts to gas up. 162.5, 200 as a natural. Not sure about Clarence’s weight class, or how much weight either of them cut to make their weight class, but they’re almost identical to Harrison Maurus’ numbers. Current PRs, are 195, 225, 310 paused back squat. Also to add, it seems like as of late, Clarence has downsized for health reasons and plans to transition to more powerlifting now

finding clarence on youtube completely reignited my love for weightlifting. I really cant put into words the benefit this had on me. I bought his program too and it changed me! strongest ive ever been baby!

His progression in his first year of weightlifting is insane. It took me almost a year to squat 225 and he basically did it overnight

Clarence is so strong that it’s not even discouraging to know I’d never ever be as strong as him. It’s like being upset that you aren’t as tall as shaq.

Any controversy aside, it’s amazing & inspiring to watch his earlier moves & the progression of his heavy-assed lifts… thanks for sharing!

I started weightlifting about 2 years ago. Clarence is the one who got me into it and still is one of my biggest inspirations to date.

Clarence is truly an elite athlete. A lot of people don’t realize it, he’s a different type of specimen to anyone else.

The time he started juicing is actually in the video itself. 11:09. He is cycling. And Eoin saying "suspicious" right after. That's a joke but... not really.

Clarence is insane. It seems like if he sets his mind on something he becomes elite at it. Such an impressive athlete. I also value his character a ton. He's humble, extremely honest and stands for what he believes in. He seems to be an overall awesome human being. Edit: The thing I like the most about him... he re-racks the weight after his insane squats.

Thanks for making this video. It's funny, I've tried to show my non-lifting friends some Clarence videos and they don't really get it. I guess that's the problem with weightlifting. It doesn't have a wider appeal because people don't have any concept for the numbers they're seeing.

I love that flip up off the ground. Clarence is just an outright badass He squats ass to grass with some crazy weight for his size and while he's so young. He's a legend. Haha

I found him and his channel last year and he got me into weightlifting. I became a huge fan of him and the sport. My obsession got so big that I started training weightlifting (am a powerlifter) however broke my arm while doing clean&jerks.

Clarence actually hits the bar pretty hard compared to other weightlifters . Amazing overall athlete and a chill dude. Mad respect for his demeanor.

Clarence is my idol man he is a complete phenom

The part where you see him on the bike is when he said he started “cycling” 😂 genius

Great video man! Clarence is such a beast, his videos are great, especially the squat senpei series

I grew up watching Clarence was definitely a huge inspiration for me

I've been following Clarence for nearly 10 years, I hard agree, one of the best weightlifters on Earth.

Its cool to see him train in real life. He's going into powerlifting or at least training for it. One of the friendliest guys in the gym too.

Quality content, thank you.

Great video! How does a typical week of training looks like for Nicholas Singleton? Thanks

Clarence's Evolution: 1. Puberty 2. Veganism 3. PED's 4. All hail Harry Squatter.

To look at these weights and the way it moves and for his age . He's a Fenom !!

You should review his top cj and snatch vid. I think the total was 410kg

Very Powerful, yet very humble.

Why don’t you do a video on David Rigert? He is widely considered to be “the weightlifter’s weightlifter” and was known as “The Unbeatable.” The man was a phenomenal athlete long before becoming ‘72 Oly champion. Ever seen a pic of his spinal erectors? He could also run 100 meters in 12 seconds in his army boots, as well as having one helluva vertical jump.

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I'm looking through your videos do you have any exercises that increase ankle mobility so as to improve squat depth

When he did those deadlifts he was around 220lbs body weight, he said he was uncomfortable at that weight and was starting to slow down. I think now he is around 205 or so.

that 265kg full squat for 10 reps is an internet classic !

Clarence was the reason I started lifting.

He convinced me to properly squat. I can now do a 430lbs atg.

I started dropping my weights after my last rep on squat because of Clarence, a dick move to do at a public gym. I don’t do it anymore, but that shit has stayed with me, and makes me confident enough to squat heavy without spotters cause I summon my inner Clarence if I do have to bail my squat. Dude was just a monster to look at.

Tricking and weightlifting. Like the demands from both discipline are so different. A true athlete.

This guy’s amazing. Lifting serious man weights as a teen. Damn!

Clarence 💪🏽 my favourite lifter.

His form is so beautiful its like he was built for the snatch and C&J

Dude half the comments under his videos say "Ah, my favorite hydraulic press channel" love it every time

I'm a simple man, I see video on strong anime irish man, I click

Clarence has been rather open about using PEDs (over the years it's hard to say who hasn't in competitive weightlifting though, so it was sort of level playing field anyway), but watching this I just have to wonder if he started around 18 years old, because his lifts just explode around that time. Or if it's a result of starting even earlier and the results starting to show up around that time. That's a big decision to make as a teenager. I know he went to olympic competition so maybe it wasn't that much of a deep decision, but rather something that had to be done, but it still is a big thing that young. Especially knowing how careless some coaches or users are about it. And if he didn't start at that time, his performance was mind-boggling to me, he got so far. I know that the PEDs don't just make you super athlete if you're not genetically prone and haven't trained hard and well, but it still impresses me what his natural performance would be. Even if he was an athletic kid from the very beginning and started very early and there's evidence that the earlier you start, the higher your ceiling will likely end up at. Furthermore, he had amazing physique back then already. Now his physique is pretty much poster stuff. Nowadays he's doing 230x5x5 for daily casual training and says he doesn't care to increase his lifts at the moment because it would require so much dedication to force them to grow higher than PR. Today his snatch is just so fun to watch, how rigid his technique is and how unbelievably fast he is even with the really heavy weights. At least Mark Rippetoe can't blame him for not being strong enough to do weightlifting. I remember him saying though that he doesn't do that many great and difficult tricking things anymore because he's so heavy and not as quick, so he sticks to less flashy stuff and just sort of keeps it up every now and then.

I'm pretty sure the scene where he's riding the bicycle and Eoin says "suspicious" is when he started on cycle.

His progression at 17 is absolutely insane. Put a whole plate on his already elite squat in 6 months while also focusing on the olympic lifts. After years of training experience he literally progressed faster than I did with my newbie gains when I just started.

Fire like always 🚬🔥

That's exactly how i started weight lifting 😇

What we always forget is that he never use belts nor knee sleeves. Thats just insane

For reference, and he's talked about this. He started enhancing with PED's after his triple bodyweight squat.

Clarence my beloved

Clarence is a beast.

11:11 I think this is when he starts cycling lol

I've heard someone say before that tricking is an artistic expression of martial arts movements

11:08 is when he hopped on gear. He said this in a Patreon video - hence the random "cycling" clip.

Great, my 35 years old’s PRs are his when he was 16. Not sad at all.

So the Sika Strength guys (who are close friends of Clarence) have said they can't name a single person who has clean and jerked 200kg while natty so I assume Clarence hopped on the sauce some time around then

11:10 clip of him "cycling" and the other guy (sorry forgot his name) says "suspicious". I think this is him hinting that this was when he started taking gear lol.

Clarence is something else

One of the best weightlifters in the world and he doesn't even compete he could win a gold medal at the olympics

id also like to know what age hw started using PEDS.

Clarence was also a really accomplished hurdler and sprinter. Think he might have won national u18 110m hurdles

ong same and i was 8-10 years old addicted

If i remember correctly, Clarence said he started taking gear around the time his snatch was 160KG, im like 95% sure.

I only started attending olympic weightlifting group because of Clarence. Seriously.

When i earned my CSCS in 1996 weightlifting was not very popular. Clarence as a young person is great on his skills. KZfaq doesnt represent reality except to the twenty something crowd. Hopefully when Clarence is my age, 50, he isnt swamped by mortgage concerns and real world stuff.

Could you also make a video reacting to Toshiki Yamamoto? He is also a phenomenal back squater

clarence is around 100kg/high 90s and this is without a weight cut , clarence has snatched 190 now is his all time best 225kg c&j or he might have done 227.5 cant remeber but can confirm 190 snatch is real he literally is around wr if he cut down his weight and competed but it is to note he does take peds but we know all the top do as well, CLARENCE IS A BEAST GOD BLESS THST MSN I HOPE TO SEE BIGGER LIFTS FOR HIM. especially i thik hes got a few more kgs in the c&j

Great video man🙌 You should talk about kettlebell

Hi coach can you make a new expolisive lower body workout for 100m sprinters

I wish tricking and parkour got more recognition from other sports. If you want to see some high level parkour check out: Tim Champion, Daryl Stingly, Callum Powell, George McGowan, and Team Phat (which has a lot of athletes). I'm not sure who is big in tricking these days

aside from all the activity he did in his youth, there has to be massive genetic potential here. I mean such a massive lifts at only 17. And all the heavy training through the years without breaking his body...amazing

Do you have any programs that are not monthly?

I don't really care about snatches and am trying to improve my clean. Would snatches improve my clean or should I just focus on the clean?

I am not an expert in olympic weightlifting, but out of curiosity I would like to know if olympic weightlifters involve bench press in their training and if so why? What specific effect does the bench press have on performance in olympic weightlifting?

When I watched the video I noticed that around 2015 he is on bike and then some dude says suspect. I think this could be him noting that this is where he stopped being natty and started "cycling".

There's 2 scenes in this video that denote when Clarence starts taking PEDs - (1) when he's on a cycle towards the 60% of the video and (2) when Eoin hits us with the Suspicious. Everything after that is him enhanced.

juice notwithstanding, he's the definition of built different

I'm glad Clarence has dedicated himself to what he loves, but God damn i bet he could've been worth 10 of millions if he played Football (soccer), he's so explosive and coordinated

Clarence is a f**king super hero.

Amazing lifter

Am I wrong to assume that he's training himself??? CRAAAAZZYYYY STUFF!!

I'd love to see Clarence and Juji do a collaboration!

Clarence Kennedy is a Ninja. You see him move you will feel that he is the Mike Tyson of strength sports. All rounder. Lifts world level heavy weights and moves like an gymnast with strecthing n mobility is not even in his routine.

He’s explosive and can grind out heavy squats etc

second scene of him on his bike is when he started cycling.

Some people just don't like competition and would rather just fk about for fun. I'm not saying that Clarence falls into that category but for me personally, the thought of doing anything remotely competitive has me almost going into a panic attack. Nice video, by the way - I hope Clarence has seen it

The craziest thing is that he done this without web input creativity. He was backflipping, and doing all that training in his garden whitout anybody that could push him to prove something.... having obsessession that guide you in a street unknowed by nobody around you, that's the craziest beautiful thing

He had the world's fastest natty or not responce, someone asked in a live stream if he used PED's and he said "yes"

Btw Clarence was asked in a Q&A video if he was natty, and he said no...

Clarence is just too powerful

Mark Henry d pocket hurcles got me into wl Clarence kept me here

Rumor has it Clarence trained Jiren for the tournament of power.

Imagine having a 446 pound bench and not even training for it lol That right there is the craziest to me. Even him being on gear can't deny his crazy work ethic and genetics.

Please Donny Shankle next, the OG