Whats your current weight zack? Because you just put up a VERY good total for a sub 135lb female lifter

When i was into powerlifting, the only elite number i had was my blood pressure.

"The future of raw powerlifting is geared" -John Inzer, probably

If the constant looming threat of having your toes amputated when you sumo deadlift isn't there, not wide enough

Alright now I'm pissed. Once I finish my poptart and my nap (and if I could stand up out of this lawn chair) you're in for it buddy 😡

As a geared power lifter I can attest that I have hemorrhoids and I can’t walk up stairs without becoming out of breath

At first you laugh at the wrist wraps, till low bar squats give you tendinitis, then you embrace them like a brother

Whenever I hear 'geared powerlifting', I'm reminded of the intro to Warhammer 40K: Mechanicus. "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved for strength and certainty in steel."

Hi Zack, very funny video with just the right amount of sarcasm. I also wanted to say thank you for all the entertainment i have had over the past weeks and months since i found your channel. Being a semi-professional shot putter myself from Germany, your weightlifting technique videos have helped me a lot! But especially videos like this one or the Lifting Companion series are very entertaining. Keep up the good work and thanks again for your videos!

please do this for more. Crossfit, Strongman, Bodybuilding...

This was so entertaining! Just realized how big my duffel actually is and how many things are in it….. Thanks, ZT, you’ve effectively both encouraged and embarrassed me 😂❤

Best bench: 150kg (330lbs) Best Power clean(+press): 80 kg (176lbs)😅 I'm gonna try weightlifting soon though, I was messing around using your snatch guide the other day. It was the first time i did a full overhead squat your tips were super useful👍🏻👍🏻

Great to see Zach finally taking athletics seriously

Really great editing, seriously impressive and genuine

Zack really hit all the targets. All fired shots were on point. haha!

The opening of the video reminds me of the older style of Dom's videos. Really fun stuff.

A work of art. I love these dudes laughs throughout, they just can't help themselves.

I've spent the last three years weightlifting and my clean and jerk (126 kg) still haven't passed by bench (136 kg). My bench has still somehow gone up without ever training it the past 3 years lol.

Love love love this. Another top notch video.

It's great to see Zach employ a small Asian village.

I cracked up at "You want bench shoes?" lmao

Videos are getting better and better. This one was hilarious. I clean 2-3 times per week don’t bench at all and can still bench more than clean. Too slow under the bar.

Something so satisfying about the edit of the loading the bar to warm up

We all want to get better at the stuff we enjoy I do think its very funny how in particular weightlifters and gymbros that hang on the machines all day have such a huge problem with a sport they obviously dont enjoy and dont want to compete in

This is one of my favourite videos this year! 🤣

The absolute irony when a weightlifter is making fun of powerlifters for sitting around doing nothing between sets...

Instagram Clips were super hilarious haha this is going to be great

great content!!

good fight on all of those movements!

Thems FIGHTING WORDS *shakes fist menacingly*

Power Clean 275, Bench 255. Lollll Also, was grinning through this whole video. ❤

Love you poking fun at powerlifting, shits funny af😂

Hahaha ! Hyper-palatable processed foods, the mobile, the headband LOL... I was gone... :D

SBD - “snorting butts daily” 😂☠️

Bench more than power gang 💪💪

Put a foam core roll under your lower back when you bench to create the arch you need.

I actually just got into Oly lifting a month and some change ago after being bored with powerlifting-style training, and within that month I’ve managed to come within 25lbs of my best bench press on my cleans 😂 I’d say within another month I will have surpassed that number and then some

Bench more than I clean by almost 80 lbs. want to change that! love the video!

Hahaha the intro made me rofl. "That makes me better than those peasants" oh good lord!

the chakarov clip with uefa music had me crying

This harem vibe you got going is wild breh

The arc in the bench was insane

To be super honest, I thought that if you weren't used to pulling sumo, and one random day you just went for a max effort sumo pull, the risk of getting hurt would be pretty good.

my bag is heavier going to the gym for a 2h session than going on a week long trip

I definitely bench more than I can power clean. I don't do a ton of it, but I phase it in and out of the program every so often (3-9 weeks). I do it more for being the base for strict overhead press and push press. My highest 1 rep bench press is 305 but I very rarely go after that number so I tend to work to a top set of 275-285 for sets of a 3 reps. So far only been able to work up to about 175 lb power clean. I've tried learning clean and jerk, but I'm not fast enough and/or my timing isn't dialed in. Snatch? Haven't been able to wrap my head around it yet. I can "throw" 95-115 up over my head without a ton of effort but there's no technique there. Plus, that snatch grip deadlift...I've done it a few times and it is so goddamn difficult for me.

"Who taught you how to bench" "Mark bell" God damn

It looked so natural you sitting in the chair eating pop tarts

Powerlifter here….love this video 😂

Well said, Zack!

I row more than i bench, and I'm still practicing cleans so yes my power clean max, so far, is one of my warmup bench weights

Tremendous use of Yoshi's Island soundtrack (and previous videos having Snes music hehe)

I can power clean more than I can bench press, but the gap is closing as I do bench more often now

My PR bench is 205 like two years ago, I just recently power cleaned 100kg (220lbs)

Powerlifter here - love the vid! Haha 😂

I’m about to do a powerlifting meet in august with no equipment. Push pull no need for a belt or wrist wraps

My power clean is like 35lbs over my bench lol This video was so good, Ive just been cackling the whole time

A decent arch is good for benching and lowbar squats target the posterior chain

weightlifters always make me feel good about my long wingspan benchpress, telander being a weightlifter with a huge wingspan is my coping mechanism lol my power clean is way lower tho

im a kinda halfway because i highbar atg squat and conventional deadlift (despite the worst leverages youll ever see) but i bench with a pretty big arch (id say average by powerlifting standards which is big) the only equipment i own is a belt which i use for the big lifts and sleeves which i never use. my best bench is a whopping 245 and my best power clean is 135 (i do it whenever i need to put a bar in the rack)

Thank you

worst part is, I'm pretty sure he has that 600lbs sumo if he just keeps his hips low a bit longer

currently can do 1rm on bench for set of 3 power cleean so slight pc bias but been focusing more on bench recently

I can bench press more than I can power clean but I can also power clean 300. I'm relatively new to olympic weightlifting, though.

My brother in christ, do Strongman next.

I love it.

You cant use straps in ipf Classic. As i know most others you cant either, tell me if im wrong.

Power cleaning 315 is actually insane. What an animal

The hell is that outro music? I need it

my best bench was right below 130kg my best powerclean in a complex so far was around 100kg but I guess that has changed in the meantime and probably my bench is slightly below my powerclean. is this evolution? am I a weightlifter now, mom?

Zach tried to cross the streams....and taught us all a valuable lesson.

1:57 greg doucette: what the cookbook

What was Oleksiy’s body weight when he executed the 5 movement snatch complex?

It will be a calm day in bosnia when i can bench more then my clean

Zack you've forgot the deadlifting socks!!!

As a commentator for numerous PL meets, I’ve seen lifters hands fall asleep waiting to lift and then having the bar roll off their hands.

When he said hyper-pallatable foods I almost spit out my cinnamon roll.

I died laughing. He fucking got us bois

I love your humor and videos, but as a powerlifter/strongman i gotta ask what the F is a warm up? Dont you just start with empty bar and move up to the training weight??

I power-cleaned 105/231 after 2 months weightlifting. I still cant bench more than 215 after 6 months in the gym

Curious what your conventional dl max is

Man made food like substances.

I've done two super totals that had bench. the only time i bench is prep for that doing smolov jr to peak

Power Clean > Bench crew checking in

I feel attacked 😂

the only thing youre missing is the chain to put in your mouth while you lift because you saw russel orhii (absolute stud) do it so that means you do it

I've only ever heard of or tried shoes that made it easier to deadlift. What shoes make it tougher than barefoot?

Should my power clean not be 115% of my bench press?

love it

Your pretty strong for a tall guy with long thin limbs. I am short and stout and built for this sort of thing and can’t currently squat or dl more than you. Of course I’m in my 50’s. Maybe if I get some of those kewl knee sleeves or a headband maybe I’ll increase my gainzz. Seriously though, pretty impressive lifts and power cleans, at least I think so.

Zack, what’s your height/wingspan? I’m 6ft1 with 6ft4.5 or 6ft5 (something like that, i’m European so hard to convert). Forever skinny monkey arms….

Actually power clean has a very good carry over to bench and possibly deadlift

Wonderful inside commentary. Too many reporters are too scared to give the truth. But not Zack

Competed in weightlifting for 8 years. At my best, my power clean was 130kg and my bench was 118kg. 😂

I have horrendous form on power cleans, but I can still power clean about 20 lbs more than I bench

Long time, first time. … 89kg WR sweep tho… reaction / review?

Please do it with Crossfit, Calisthenics and bodybuilder workouts

zack you messed up by using calibrated plates on deadlift. you need pound plates with bumpers on the outside

I mostly do overhead work, so my power clean and bench are both damn near even and it's stupid.

how does straps prevent you from building strong muscles? you're generally able to lift much more than what youy forearms can handle, you're not going to see a lot of growth if you're waiting for your forearms to catch up every single time.

As a powerlifter i can say, weightlifter are 100 times better! Really🤩