I've always found it pretty ironic that powerlifting doesn't rely on power at all while power is everything in weightlifting. Honestly powerlifting and weightlifting should switch names.

i teach guitar for a living, and this reminds me of when my intermediate/advanced electric guitar students want to try classical guitar. you have to pretend like you've never touched a guitar before in your life, and build from the beginning. cool video.

The front rack kid is insanely strong

I think the most fun part about implementing WL into my PL program is starting at step 1. Years into powerlifting, you sometimes get tired of doing the same heavy work on the same movements/variations. Being able to just take a bar and learn the snatch is oddly enjoyable

lmfao I lost it at "that's our boy hemingway"

Poster child checking in here. 700lbs + squat and deadlift, 500lbs+ bench, 550lbs front squat, 350lbs strict OHP (which is als0 15lbs more than my best push press because I never really did those)... couldn't power clean 300lbs to save my life.

Man this video came right on time Clarence. Just transitioned from Powerlifting to Weightlifting a month ago and oh boy. Just everything you have mentioned is 100% true from A-Z. Thanks man.

You and Dimitry are my favorite weightlifters, I am almost 60 and just started weightlifting. Don’t mind if I ever CJ 100 K I love the process and will do until my passing…..wished I had known this as a kid

Tricker and former powerlifter here. You inspired me to move to olympic lifts, and way more squatting as a result. It really helps my knees when training tricks and feels like i could progress at oly lifts for years to come. Thanks!

As someone with a more bodybuilding-based training background, this video really spoke a lot to me. I've been learning the snatch technique for the past few months (first with an old 10 kg practice bar, then with a proper olympic bar) and I'm getting more and more confident, stable and stronger in the positions. My current Snatch PR is 37.5 Kg for a triple with arguably decent technique. (if I can say so myself, been talking to a few people in olympic weightlifting gyms and they say it looks good, i just need to become faster in the turnover). Of course, that isn't much at all but once I nail the technique even more I'm sure it's gonna go up. You are a great inspiration Clarence, never change dude.

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I've been training only in weightlifting for 2 years now. I'm now going to some powerlifting and other muscles I do not train much to help balance out everything. Every exercise my traps were unconsciously helping out pointed by others. I also was trying to lift everything with so much speed and people did not know how to spot me. There are so many ways to lift and I love it. I hope you make more videos Clarence, love the discussions.

As someone who focused on powerlifting before eventually making the complete switch, here are my learnings: - being too strong meant on most movements my strength became a crutch that did not transfer when upping the weights - being used to lock out all joints means I have to untrain my body reflex and stay mobile and elastic during the first pull - not really needing to have mobility means I have to stretch all the time to make up for the time I was not

Clarence I'm soo happy you're posting more than you usually do, really happy to see your content.

Very convincing and interesting analysis. I wouldn’t say you are to hard on powerlifters. Both are barbell sports, but completely different and attract different people. I know from weightlifters who entered a powerlifting meet and were so exhausted that they sweared to never do it again while others loved it and switched because they couldn’t stand the stress anymore of putting huge weights over head in a movement where so much could go wrong.

I can never miss a Clarence upload. Love this guy

Never thought I'd see Blahino in a Clarence video.

Ex powerlifter that converted to weightlifting in the last 9 months, went through a lot of these issues at first but now I'm starting to get around the 140kg C&J and the 110kg snatch, it's been a fun process, I have stopped doing deadlifts and besides one 12 week block with high bar squats, have focused on front squats only and it's actually very fun working on the technique and mobility now.

It sure was a kick in the nuts going from a 240kg back squat back to a bar but I figured it would be cool to hit a 100kg snatch once in my life. I've found that everything you said was true. Definitely true that very little effort is needed to maintain appropriate strength levels, maybe just 7-10 heavy triples a week done after the mobility, sitting in a squat, snatch variations and overhead squats which I do until I feel that form has broken down past the point of effective training. I've always done clean grip front squats but found that I still had a ton of mobility work for the shoulders to catch. Two months in and my max is still around the same weight as what I can do for 5 ~ 70kg but that's weighing in at 140kg.

Spot on. I’ve been weightlifting almost 4 years now after almost 20 powerlifting, and you’ve nailed every major problem I continue to face. My overhead position and ability to get there with a snatch is still terrible, and the deadlifting mechanics took forever to unlearn. This is the first year I haven’t felt majorly limited, so patience is huge. That said, weightlifting is wayyyy cooler 😂

As a powerlifter who went into weightlifting, Clarence made a very accurate video on this subject. Almost every topic he brought up I experienced to some degree. I really appreciate how objective he was about this.

Nice to see the fake merc/fake coach get a mention. He was unable to make weight for "worlds" so he blamed it on black mold in his section 8 rental lol that's our boi hemmingway

I love the topics you discussed in these last 3 videos

I recently started incorporating power cleans and hang cleans into my routine. I dont plan on doing Olympic weightlifting, but I was tired of feeling slow and unathletic with my current powerlifting style training, and thought more power and speed would really help, especially since I plan on doing some type of sport after college, whether it be mma or strongman. It’s Definitely been humbling. I thought for sure with my good strength base It would be easy- instead it’s taken me almost 3 months of consistent training to reach a measly 100kg power clean at a bodyweight of just over 90kg.The thing is that’s only half of my best back squat and not even half of my deadlift pr. It’s frustrating but rewarding at the same time. I’ve noticed my speed on the back squat and deadlift has improved tremendously already, and my hip mobility is leagues ahead of where it used to be. I’m hoping that by this time next year, I can look back and fondly remember struggling with 100kilos while I’m repping out 140kg :).

the voice of the eternal spirit blessing us with more weightlifting knowledge

Do you think OLY weight lifting exercises could be used as accessory movements for powerlifting? Like the time under tension in a ATG clean benefiting your overall back squat numbers? I enjoy training both but I’m definitely more on the side of powerlifting.

cool to see your programs not so ridiculously priced. definitely gonna check them out.

Thanks Clarence. Absolutely love this kind of content... This video give me a ton of knowledge about weightlifting... 😆🤩

I did weightlifting for a couple years before getting into bodybuilding and now powerlifting focus. A few months ago I did some cleans just for fun and hit a PR, but my front rack was bad and ended up causing my elbow tendinopathy to flare up lol. I didn't realize how I'd basically lost my front rack. I've added at least 1" to my arms and 3" to my chest since I did weightlifting, so getting into overhead position is hard. When I do OHP, I do focus on strong lockout, so my jerk positioning is rather OK, though I can't overhead squat at all right now. I'm getting older to get back into weightlifting and the ego aspect makes it hard for me to take the leap. Not sure if I want to dedicate months to years regaining my positioning when I find bodybuilding and powerlifting a lot more joint friendly. Plus, it took me a long time to gain this much mass. Maybe I could keep a lot of it, but know I'd be fighting a positioning battle for snatch.

Hello Clarice, do you also sell your stack along with the programs?

I used to mess around with weightlifting as a weak powerlifter. Since I've had some lower back pain I can't do anything with impact like jumping, cleaning or snatching. But SBD are still fine. I hope one day I fully recover and I can get back into giving it a good go.

Thanks for the video, it was illuminating.

I don’t think you’re being too hard on us powerlifters. It’s a totally different art form, and I appreciate your frank assessment. As someone who might soon experiment with weightlifting, it’s a welcome admonition.

Would you say that a strict standing OHP from the collarbones is better for weightlifting, than one that starts a little higher but below chin level? I don’t do too much bar lowering, but I’m unable to start my presses at the collarbone level (if I did my elbows would be behind the barbell), but would that matter if I wanted to get into weightlifting, I lock them out behind my neck.

"That's our boy hemingway" was very cheeky 😂😂😂

My back-squat took a dive but my Snatch/ C&J is improving. Feels good!

Hey man! Thanks for the video. A question, why is the higher frequency training necessary for weighlifters, as opposed to powerlifters? What are the differentiating factors? And how does that affect recovery comparatively? Cheers mate

Clarence, you mention that there's no point in doing strength exercises while you're starting to learn Olympic lifting. I am very skinny, does it make sense to do hypertrophy exercises at the start of Olympic lifting and then in the long run as part of my training as well? Or it's just going to cause me problems. Great video .

You right the mobility in the front rack is my biggest flaw in the front squat

Weightlifting is such a bourgeois sport. Hours up on Hours of plastic pipe- smoking practice. Specialty bar, bumper weights, Specialty flooring platforms, etc etc. Powerlifting on the other hand, a month or two of learning the techniques and development of good form, a bar, a bench and a cheap rack. That's all you are in business. Don't need to lift 3 hours a day 6 days a week. One can sufficiently become stronger with only 2 day sessions per week of only 45 to 60 minutes at a session in Powerlifting. Powerlifting is viable for the common working man with a 40 hours a week working schedule. Weightlifting on the other hand, good luck, the damn sport is your full time occupation.

Good recommendations whether starting out or getting back in after an absence from it. Zack says it well too: "low expectations but high standards"

What workouts would you suggest for someone who wants to get into olympic weightlifting? Because I can barely snatch a 45 lbs bar, and have to resort to using a 35 lbs bar instead, and was wondering lifts could help me increase my snatch.

@8:32 is a good point but it would be probably wiser to MAINTAIN strength when learning olympic lifting since maintaining doesn't take a lot time or effort (1 moderately hard set per exercise goes a long way).

cheeky little bloho reference was a sight to behold

Great video Clarence!

will you upload training videos again ? would love to see some raw squat footage from recent trainings. Also has anyone tried the 10 week squat program and let me know how it went ?

This is a great video to learn about lifting. I understand, any type of movement in weightlifting takes years to learn and build techniques and strength.

You probably wont ever see this but I found it great how you kept using the paths. Im a massive AOT fan so I had to recognize it instantly.

I agree on some of the things,but you have to mention the need to practice snatches and cleans because those movements are ironically more skill based than conventional movements like deadlifts and squats.

I feel this video. I started PL one year ago for fun and bc of Clarence's video. Now I'm transitioning into WL without any coach, and keep doing PL exercices... It make really sense that keep grinding for SBD RP doesnt make sense meanwhile I'm not abble do to a proper snatch 🤡

This is all so true😢. Learning the clean and snatch pull are sooooooo different from a deadlift! Plus explosiveness isn't there at all, even though you would think there would be a transfer of strength from squats to jumping..... not so much🤣

Ha! The pvc pipe clip is from Mako in Pensacola where I used to go for a few months!

It is great you are publicing this great stuff Clarence. I was squatting today ATG 100 kg. :)

When you say that you need to train quite often to progress with weightlifting I'd assume this also applies to athletes doing weightlifting on the side to supplement their sport. Is there anyway for athletes to progress with weightlifting beyond a certain point if they can't train in that frequently.

1:42 what a callback! Totally forgot about our boy Hemingway.

Depends if they hit legs maybe they can clean and jerk. As for snatch crazy movement pattern and shoulder strength

glad u included hemingways OHP. he's a world class elite lifter

Bro spit facts in our minds again I wish he keep posting like old days 🥲

After a decade of training I view resistance training like a buffet of sorts. I pick and choose what i like and interests me from calisthenics, bodybuilding, powerlifting and weightlifting as i believe when looking at one's performance holistically you cannot forego either of them. There is no harm in trying out something new but i don't believe it is necessary to abandon the rest. However if you have a goal of getting better at one specific thing or competing in a sport then by all means focus on what is important.

1:46 Non negotiable!!!

Good video. I thinkt he mobility demands of weightlifting are so much higher than PL - especially in the shoulders. When I tried weightlifting, I was very frustrated because it felt like the weights (empty bar, etc) were too light for me to "feel" the movement. Like, there's not enough weight to feel the tension in the right places, it seemed. At light weight, I ended up just using strength to manipulate the bar path with strength, instead of technique. But I agree that it's bad and dangerous to jump in weight from the start. Any remedy for this? Or just patience and unlearning in the beginning?

These videos clarence be dropping are fuggen quality!

I'm curious if it's possible to integrate weightlifting and a powerlifting/bodybuilding workout. I've started weightlifting and I agree with the need for frequency. But I'm not ready to give up 5 times a week powerlifting as I've recently gotten past a plateau and want to see how far I can push.

Thank you Clarence. I’m having a hard time humbling myself while I train with a broomstick in my bedroom. I feel so silly knowing I can squat or overhead press impressive weight.

clarence what are your thoughts on whether gatorade should be thicker

In my experience, the first 6-12 weeks of going from powerlifting to weightlifting isn't "fun" as it will take this amount of time to get the right shoulder positions, which is the biggest limiting factor IMO.

I've been powerlifting for 13 years. I've always found Olympic lifting super fascinating. I enjoy implementing snatch grip deadlifts and power snatches. I think they're great on developing power. Never had an ego issue since I am a coach and technique freak. I do empty bar up to 50-60 kg and have a great time using them as accessories in my training

1:47 the merc blessed us with his press LOL

Love to see our boy hemingway!

HOW DID YOU GET FOOTAGE OF HEMMINGWAY?

That’s our boy Hemingway!

I like how the background pic is the pathways from Attack on Titan

Clarence, please could we get a Beginner Weightlifting program?

I like Clarence's new approach to this channel. He just pops up every now and then to talk about whatever it's on his mind. And we all just sit down in a circle on the floor and listen.

I just started powerlifting 2 months ago and i know at some point i will try weight lifting ! (even if my ankle mobility is terrible for wl)

Not sure about having a big deadlift not translating well into Olympic weightlifting, especially the clean and jerk part. Deadlift doesn't require you to get underneath the bar, yea, but the initial lifting aspect where you have to lift the bar from the ground? Even a 100kg clean is going to feel extremely heavy, if not impossible if your max deadlift is only 150 kg.

Our boy Hemmingway!

So.. I just bought an olympic bar and a couple of plates. Coming from kettlebell sport. Have you seen issues with people coming from here, even though the movement patterns are similar?

Blahino coming after you now Clarence0, you remember the powder wars!

Totally spot on. (proceeds to watch all of Clarence's squat videos to get amped up for another 1rm squat session)

Thank for education Clarence.

Putting Russell Orhii on blast 🤣

I can't front rack at all. Every time I've worked it, I always either roll back off my shoulders into my windpipe or forward off the delts. It's stopped me from effectively training cleans at all, but I love the snatch. It's going to be really funny when one day I snatch 175 (90 percent of my C&J max)

I always do a strong lockout on the ohp even though I suck at weightlifting I don't see the point in "bodybuilder form" when it comes to overhead

Interesting... I love front squats and have really wanted to try learning clean and jerk but I always end up doing muscle snatches lol

I mostly powerlift and have for a few years now. Whenever I've tried to implement some weightlifting in my training I've felt that no matter how heavy I might get, my form just sucks ass. I got my clean & jerk to 80kg in around two months of training but I know I'm more so, in Bugenhagen terminology, "horsecocking" the weight than actually lifting with proper form, even if I lockout. Strayed away from it for a while now, but I know that bug behind my ear telling me to C&J 100kg is gonna come back some day, but I'll have to keep myself from being stupid and learn how to ACTUALLY weightlift with a lot of technique work.

Clarence can you make a climbing video? With for example Magnus mitbo?

Is that clip of blowhole from before or after he killed his dog ?

Simply put, there's a huge skill component to weightlifting which often goes unnoticed since it involved a barbell and hence everyone assumes it's just strength based. If a powerlifter wants to transition to boxing, for example, they wouldn't be too surprised at the need to practice the punching technique for months and even years, but with a barbell, even though the situation is not that dissimilar, it seems counter-intuitive.

Clarence makes video. I watch. No hesitation.

How about supertotal training with a powerlifting background?

I generally do a little of everything. I do like 50% powerlifting 30% Cardio with 5-7 mile runs and around 20% of my workouts are similar to a crossfit Wod. I think I should move some weightlifting into that.

how do I transition from ow2 diva main to weightlifting?

Would like to see a hybrid weightlifting-powerlifting event: the three main powerlifting lifts, and then perhaps a push press and/or a front squat one rep max.

Damn didn't think Blaha would make an appearance LOL

I guess I am somewhere in the middle then😅. I have a WL style squat, ATG, and I can Front squat pretty well, and clean a decent amount. But I also mainly do PL. So I have a strong deadlift compared to my other lifts. But the one exercise I. An never get is the snatch. I don’t have the flexibility for it. To have the bar over me without it falling forward is next to impossible for me.

Thanks Clar!!

One point you forgot to add is the increased chance of injury due to a good strength to bad technique ratio. I have seen many powerlifters get injured within just the first few months of weightlifting. It kind of goes along with the ego.

Power lifters don't suck at weightlifting, because olympic weightlifting isn't the only kind of weightlifting out there. Sure, power lifters may suck at olympic weightlifting -- at first-- but they're still very good at weight lifting overall. Olympic weightlifting is very extremely technical, it's more than developing strength, as you said, it's an entire skillset and mode of moving. I do agree with everything you said overall but the way you phrase it sounds snobby and "gatekeepy" around the general term weightlifting.

Was that the aot coordinate i saw?