I love watching this stuff.

Man! I watch these videos as often as I can. Incredibly inspiring!

the intro clip is beautiful :')

I love Donny Shankle, I'm from the UK and I will be cheering Donny at the Olympics I've got tickets especially for the 105 class :)

i like the variety of music in the gym. brings a different atmosphere to lifting. awesome lifting guys!

Man Y'all team is serious!!! That's what it's suppose to be about!!! I'm getting pumped up watching y'all make the lifts!!!

passion pit! respect for whoever chose those songs

Sure. While you're at it, brag about being a fan of Olympic gold medalists. It's truly something to be proud of.

Jon North has MASSIVE energy.... if he rode a dirt bike and did jumps he would do a QUAD back flip. He is f*cking awesome. Great people can be crazy. It's their right.

Good luck in all your events I hope to see someone qualify for team USA

I need a lesson at California Strength! Nice work!

Cool! What a great team you have there (men & women)! :)

I don't know why everyone hates Jon North so much. Sure, he acts cocky and is loud and obnoxious in these videos, but I think any intelligent person can see that it's just an act - he's only messing around and trying to have fun. Having a sense of humor in these high-stress environments is pretty important.

man jon can really lift so smooth

Lindsay kills it 6:13

Thanks!

good shit guys, good luck at trials and nats

whoever is wearing the USA singlet, and the only guy who changes like 5 times during the video, upsets my soul

Jon North is the man

looks like such a great pace to train. also mirin' spencer's wolverine t-shirt. mirin' so hard.

You guys are developing some impressive speed.

Please put the weight up thur everytime and where can I get a "powered by california strength" shirt... I looked on the website and there were only like national weight lifting shirts.

I'm not saying that it should be kept private. I'm simply saying that it has absolutely no relevance to your life. Why go out of your way to complain about it? Jon North didn't go to your gym and slam your barbell into the ground, destroying the flooring. Donny Shankle didn't break into your house and put a red sock in your washing machine when you were bleaching white clothes. Spencer Mormon didn't let his dog go #2 in front of your house without cleaning it up. What's the problem?

good ol' times when the big men ruled!

"Suffering endured in behalf of a great cause ennobles the spirit whereas aimless suffering is waste"-Olgivanna Wright With that said, "Go run for fun" -me

hey guys, im a huge weightlifting fan but ive never done any proper weightlifting, never snatched, i do sometimes clean and jerk as part of my gym sesh but i never had a coach so ill might be saying something that is just completely wrong, anyway here comes the question: isnt the guy at 1:18 (sorry dont know his name) too much in internal rotation, or at least not completely in external rotation when he catches the bar?? it doesnt look to me like the best form ever, please correct me if im wrong

ok that dude in the singlet, is the funniest shit ive seen on the internet in a while.

Looking at all of shankle's snatches you can really see how that hip bothers him. He doesn't stand up all the way (isn't a big deal in and of itself) but he does a weird waddle to get out of the 1/4 squat after dumping the bar.

wish we had this type of training in Delaware......

does it matter what belt you use? are the inzer lock belts good even though theyre for powerlifting?

That's Jon North. Listen to Weightlifting Talk with him and Donny. It'll change your opinion of him. Those 2 are hilarious.

@JacktheDaniels I think it's a technique/timing issue, if you watch closely the bar is decending at the same time as he is so it smashes him at the bottom, same with spencers clean. If you watch Jon North he is just as fast but meets the bar beautifully at its deadpoint, he seems to create some float on the bar the allows him to get under before its starts decending too much. Wish I knew how to do that as I have the same issue!

Olympic Lifting fucking rocks!

you answered your own question , they are wrist wraps......if you asking why? thats obvious no? its to keep their wrists from being the weak link.

so many people lift but we only send 3 people to represent USA?

Cornell is starting to look really good.

SO AWESOMLY MOTIVATING! WANNA GO TO THE Gym this minute! :D:D

looks like a great place to train

the not locking out I believe was to save the knees. he is actually much stronger than all of them. they call him the Donny.

Why do they always use a ton of different plates instead of just using the 25´s or 20´s? To make it look more impressive?

What are those wrist straps they wear when they snatch?

Why do you care? It's their gym and their training session.

How come Donny(the guy with no top? i think thats his name) doesnt straighten his legswhen he cleans the bar? I know he can,was wondering if its an injury!...He's beast strong...one of myfavs!

so damn CLEAN!!!

Good luck!

After I watch these videos I just wanna go lift so bad!

Calm down. I just wondered. Yes I do clean and jerks. My best is 130 kg. I just change the plates because I need a breather anyway between lifts.

Is it just me or do Donnys hands move out wider on the bar as he catches it at about 40second mark? At least his right anyway.

Where can I watch nationals online?

Is something wrong with Donnys knee(s) or why isnt he locking his knees out? :-)

I'm betting that's also Jon North that you're talking about!

@tomphillips105 to get to rock bottom, ride down with the bar then use the rebound to blast out. I'm talking a few inches of riding down at most, though. I guess it's not that Cornell is too fast, just that he goes too low.

JON is the man

@aceiar8 Yes, because making noise while training is directly correlated with lack of success...

I fucking love jon north!

What do you think the reason for Rob's poor nationals showing was? Is he having injury issues, or flat out didn't make necessary attempts?

@democratusnostradas How is listening to the album and artist that won the grammy this year weird? If anything, it's terribly main stream

donny shankle lifts the most, but makes the least noise. Dont have yell to drop weights dang!

I messed up my back watching this.

He is so freaking funny in my opinion.

What's up with the guy with the forearm tattoos never locking it out?

@4kirk8675309 This is for what's taking place at the arnold?

Oh my god the start

Anyone know the name of the song at 1:50?

So fucking easy! Come on man! Let's go!

who's the man with kilt?

@tomphillips105 Yeah, timing. He goes into the hole too fast for how much height he gets on the bar. I used to have the same thing for a while, mostly because I was worried that if I didn't blast right down to rock bottom at breakneck speed then I would miss the rack. Turns out I could afford to meet the bar higher, still descending quickly, but just not right down to rock bottom. It's more like: zip down and meet the bar as closely as you can, then whatever extra height there is remaining

Names and weight classes?

because it's a pain in the ass to release all the plates and replace them with bigger plates as you move up in weight, but judging by the question you never did cleans or snatches with any plates?

Lol Donny's face at 2:47

what song is that at 2:40

That dude with the curly hair didn't lock out his legs on a single lift!!!

anyone know the song at 2:43, thanks

How much does Lindsay weigh?

Is that the Workaholics theme song that starts playing at 2:58...

Anyone know song @ 5:45? Help out? =)

@Gilbertcerise1 ..whats a grammy?

I don't see why people always make a big deal out of O lifters yelling and dropping the bar

It looks like Kevin Cornell is almost too fast for his own good! He beats the bar down to the hole by a mile and then has to sit there and wait for it to come crashing down on him. I bet he has the speed to get under some pretty huge weights, although standing up with them might be a different story.

anybody know the song at 5:48 ?

Imagine if those weights were geared up to a generator?? They could power all of San Ramon!

Song @ 1:50?

You and I both.

I agree. If I could lift as much and good as him I would prolly be like that too

6:30 wat is the song?

how much does the bar weigh?

0:08 , super saiyan transformation xD !!!!

0:08 he just turned super sayian 3

@JordanMitch That I do not know.

sroka!!! i need to stalk his log on nasga more.

Oh what I would give to train with y'all...

and there goes my max squat over shankles head like its nothing.

Olympic lifting is pretty much obsolete in North America. If you mention a snatch or clean and jerk people generally just assume you are being lewd. Most people don't even tune into the event. Then same goes for martial arts for that matter.

@JordanMitch Check out the USA Weightlifting official site. They have a schedule up for it.

Relax kid. They're just having a little fun!

people are aloud to celebrate. calm down. and so you think your nation determines anything?

fucking impressive

Lights

how the hell are they able to train with that music playing hahaha

Right nicest form I get it;)