Zack “I’ve been doing these resting pause squats bro” Telander

I like the energy and enthusiasm. "increase our minimums" in the key for me. Thanks for your inspiring content 🙏

pause squat best exercise ever

Great vid brother! Been watching for a bit and just wanted to let you know the information you’re giving is very valuable. Keep it up my man!

These 5 videos are gold for beginners like me. Really, thank you so much man !

I’ve been watching for years and I am so stoked to see weightlifting fundamentals again. The best there is on KZfaq for learning weightlifting

Commenting for the algorithm! This series definitely is the best introduction to weightlifting on KZfaq

probably the best video about weightlifting programming

Really enjoying this series.

Ive been on a break from olympic lifting for other sports. Man your videos have me wanting to get back to an oly program. Thank you for doing these videos.

Thank you Zack for info you put out there. All of it is inspiring to watch before the next days workout. Keep it up

I loved your earlier series on programming, but this series is starting off so much better. Presenting the theory first, and also the "why" of 1st vs. 2nd and 3rd tier exercises, it's getting nearer to perfection. 💪👍

Thx, I was waiting for such a video 😊

Been waiting for an episode like this for a long time, thanks

Another excellent video!!! Thank you!!!

Very nice lecture!

LOVE THE SHIRT THAT YOU'RE WEARING!

So as a beginner should one not do any Overhead Pressing or Pull-ups etc. at all? So just Snatch and C&J like 3-4x/week, Squat 2-3x, do Pulls 2-3x and that's that as a beginner? Of course excluding mobility work and such that's necessary. I'm talking actual lifts.

This is gold, bruh!

Inspired by this series to get back into Olympic lifts.

loved this series - felt so back to the very start of this channel yet all of the classics summed up in a great new format plus a little bit of knew knowledge sprinkled on top. just brilliant! about that whole Paused Backsquat thing, I just recently advised one of my besties that was struggling with a former 200kg deadlift to do 3-5s pause at the bottom squats and he blew past 210kg after just 6 weeks of doing exclusively resting paused Squats (for Squats) so the anecdotal evidence is definitely there, now some1 make this scientific pls :)

thank you Coach

I am a 62 year old Olympic lifting beginner. Thank you

the inchworm analogy is an awesome way to frame your thinking about training

Thank you! I've been bitten by the weightlifting bug. Already ordered my mandatory romaleos, i'm practicing how to say "I'm a weightlifter" as smug as possible and giving anyone who uses lbs a dumb look, even if my gym only has bumpers in lbs. For real though, I have had a lot of fun following these progressions and doing beginner work (mostly just lots of singles before my strength work) It's a little funny snatching 40kgs when I can pretty much one arm that overhead without much effort. Cleans came really naturally to me. Jerks not so much but it's mostly because, I have a decently strong strict press (106kgs). Anything under that I can pretty much muscle overhead, so my jerk feels really soft. I always thought I had great mobility but snatches have revealed that I have sorta shit upper body mobility. So that's gonna be fun to correct.

Great follow on content to the original videos

Merci 😊

just started weightlifting, this series is literally my bible

Really enjoyable video to watch. Question -- Per the video, is it accurate to state that one is considered "intermediate" only until 1 year mark, as mentioned in the video? I feel like at a year, I was still in process of fixing many things, working on many things. I'm on 3 years and certainly still don't even feel "Advanced", and still working on many things.

I recognize that gym! Leander Texas!

We know what you meant when you said, "Proper supplements!" 😂

"I would not suggest that to anyone, especially if you don't have the proper 'supplements', but that's neither here nor there. " lol

period

what if you are programming for using oly lift just as accessory? like for jumping, tricking, dancing. do you still think incorporating snatches is necessary then?

first bros. great vid king Zack!

Woooooooo 🏋

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What are those supplements you speak of kind sir??

Bonjour Pourrais-tu mettre les sous titre en français ? Tu n’as pas l’ia qui fait cela ? Cordialement

wanted to go to patreon but said it was an unsafe site, so cut out...I have a trick one for you.. I am 70yrs old wanting to do Masters 2025. I did weight training in my young days to get a toned body..repetition stuff..I have work manual labour all my life, so in fair condition..a jerked 40kg after two weeks, generally I started with light bar and 5kg for ten days, just to loosen up, then went to 20kg, 2 x 10 halting deadlift, two hands press, neider press, then snatch, and C and J 20,30 and 40, but the thought I am doing this all wrong...I can I get to 70kg - 90kg in one year...should I follow your ' how to program????