i always tell myself im klokov before my 110kg squat :(

I am Clarence Kennedy

What if Klokov watches this video? Mind blown..

You know I woke up today thinking “You know what I think I’m Klokov” glad this video set me straight

*Sees title* As if I needed my self esteem any lower. Thanks alot man.

This is the most beautiful lifting channel on YT

Thank you for this video. I almost completely screwed my technique. When my coach finally told me the same: "You are not Klokov". He also explained that unlike Klokov my legs stronger than my back, i have a different proportions(slightly more balanced) so i must do it other way. P.s. my coach old school soviet champion. All this videos about elite athletes doing teaching their technique can really mess you up. Always listen to your coach guys. Thanks again for your video.

i’m lu

This applies to Powerlifting too. To every sport/practice also, I'd imagine. Beethoven probably isn't a perfect musician to emulate.

Klokov's narrow stance with toes out so the hips can be opened up isn't a mistake; that's a very good way of doing it.

So damn well put tbh. I'm tired of professionnal youtube commentators claiming deadlifting with a round back, squating with hands touching the plates is the super sekrit key to elite totals just because some athletes get away with it Love your vids Zack, keep em coming

I’m not even a weightlifter, yet I have been binging your contender since I found your channel yesterday. Great voice and content

Who else thought they were Klokov until they watched this video 😱

the style of ur videos are awesome... not to mention the content, good stuff man

So glad I found this channel. Great content man!

Good video, Zack. In Klokov's 15 part series on KZfaq he repeatedly teaches the novice to lift with toes open. I think he is convinced it is the best. Even for novices.

You know I stumbled onto this channel browsing the net today, and i have to say i approve with the realistic things you are saying and how to think when training. This video definitely gets a like from me :)

This video was soo well put together I love it

Automatic subscription after finishing the video. Great content here. Thank you sir.

Always enjoy your video and commentary Zack, super informative. Track choice, one of my favs on rotation.

Great video man, really enjoying your video essays.

2:39 makes the entire video genuinely worth it/useful.

Great video. I think those are the most important and yet often neglected factors among athletes.

Thank you for this video. Very insightful!

Just got into weightlifting some months ago. Found your channel last week. Dude your channel's the shit!

This is a great video. Really put a new spin on how I watch things.

Love ur vids, this chanel definitely deserves more subs!

Very good video. This is also extremely applicable to combat sports, where this is actually even more commonplace due to the variety of techniques and radical difference in styles. "GSP never really moved his head why should I?"; "Roy Jones hopped into his punches all the time, that means so can I!" Well, you're not either of them.

Love the vids man! Keep it up!

Let's take a moment to appreciate the beautiful production quality of this video

good video, gotta remember to WORK WITH WHAT YOU GOT

I have always seen Dmitri's narrow pulling stance as a tribute to the man who taught him the lifts: Slava Klokov, a man who was a great champion in his own right.

Klokov is a monster. Really strong, really powerful and really flexible. I have been practising snatches for the past few months, and have watched Klokov's videos for help. His feet pointed out and closer together stance is perfect. It gives the maximum amount of power. His advice on hip contact has also really helped me. I'm not obviously not him. But the knowledge he has to offer is invaluable.

I read the title and I told myself "I wish"

this is a good video zack thanks!

Keep making videos. They're brilliant.

Congratulations for this video !!!

This is becoming the hard2hurt of weightlifting and I love it

Just to be clear on this one: Form > Weight. Always. If you have the chance to lift 100kg with good form or 120kg with bad form, ALWAYS stick with the good form variant. These athletes are going to their absolute limits to achieve the maximum amount of weight they can possibly handle. In this their technical flaws become EXTREMELY apparent. If you do squats without weight as a regular person you won't see any problems, but add weight and you'll see things like buttwink, knees caving in or your hips shooting up occur. It's natural that these mistakes become clear at high loads as they reveal the weakest links in the entire movement chain which doesn't make them good, but they just show an athlete is giving it all he's got. Their deficits in form are absolutely no standard to be compared with. Look at their lifts at about 40-60kg below their PRs, THAT'S how you wanna do it. A weight they can easily handle but with clean technique. Olympia is nothing a regular human can compare himself to.

Great point of view !

Oh man i am so proud you mentioned Pyrros Dimas

Great message!

A rule of thumb I try to use when learning from my favorite lifter is to see them hit 80% attempts to gauge what they consistently do. Suharevs, Max lang, Sohrab Moradi and Adam Maligov all have some amazing techniques to learn from to me. Especially Maligov.

Love your videos

Great video man.

the other day i was in a four hour lecture with Dmitry and he stated that these athletes should not be role models exactly for even though they look good their technique is not always perfect they have minor issues and he said when your a professional these minor issues are always compensated for something else. basically saying that do the best technique you can do and keep on that because that’s the best you can do, don’t follow these top professionals exactly because they’ve trained for so long they have already compensated in a different way for their technique flaws

I’m slightly bow legged like Klokov and I’ve found that when I get to my start position since my legs go outward more than normal it’s better for me to have a closer stance

I must say, what a title to remind us mere mortals.

Great video. I think something else that could be mentioned is that these elite lifters in the Olympics or Worlds are trying to win, so they will try to complete lifts as best they can regardless of how good their technique is (because their careers depend on it). Some technique flaws during competition lifts can be attributed to the sheer weight they're lifting.

This video makes a lot of good points, not what I was expecting but it does bring a little clarity as I've been working on snatches the last two years via crossfit and I couldn't help but notice people start to teach the small points differently. Then being the Kinesiology major I am I started to analyze why, and It's definitely build dependent, but the problem I'm seeing is that coaches do not adjust to their lifter, they make their lifter adjust to the coaches style. I think this is where American's (especially crossfit) runs into trouble. Like you said, always be objectifying and asking questions of why are you doing it this way? Is this the best way for me? or the best way for you?

Dmitry's form is how I learned not cause of him but because his form is very similar to the old American style. If you use see vidoes of Tommy Kono he had a very similar technique however Klokov has made it to where it benefits him. Starting my pull with a narrow stance and feet pointed out helps me feel the weight midfoot/balls of my feet and makes extension easier.

I find technique to be a general guideline for the lifter to find what's best for their individual bodies. Because we are all different, we move different and we have different "best technique".

thanks for the reminder, i almost forgot.

I've noticed and been seen to have a rotational issue in my hips so I squat and deadlift now with a slight staggered stance to balance myself out. Better weights and no pain.

awesome video man, thanks (:

When it comes to form, there is a general stance that you should know, but I don't know of trainers that say you have to stick to it religiously since they are all aware about the anatomical differences everyone has. At least trainers that I saw, they would stress out that some people have wider legs, narrower hips, larger torsos etc. So obviously you have to adjust accordingly when you get to heavier weights to avoid torque. I mean weight lifting is at the most basic form just physics and mechanics when you think about it.

Excellent use of the word 'titular'

"This boy does everything wrong, but it comes out right!" Muhammad Ali's coach Angelo Dundee. Now I probably get these words!

PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT

Thanks for letting me know. If you did not made this video I will be living in delusion and think I was this guy.

Wow. This was a great video.

This is the same in martial arts. A person's footwork may work for them but not for you. Sometimes, deviating from the "perfect" method is not always bad.

Nicely done.

Not really on topic but that clip at 2:40 of Klokov pulling up his pants is a fucking genius analogy

thanks for reminding me man! i just checked the mirror just to be 100 per cent sure!!

Great video well said

"WhooooOOOOOOP" - Klokov

Yeah thanks for reminding me

Zack, would you be willing to make a video all about pulls? It would be an interesting topic. Many lifters tend to either over look them and do a 3x 5 at whatever %, similar to the hypertrophy work that you already addressed in a previous video. Perhaps cover all different types of pulls and thier uses and optimal percentage range. Drive pulls to develop strength, panda pulls for technique etc. Thanks! Keep up the great work

The problem with extremely close stance is that the hips must shift posteriorly instead of shifting the knees anteriorly as all weightlifters should. As a result of hips moving back, the moment arm between the bar and the hips increase, and more stress is placed on the back. The other problem with close stance is that the centre of mass will increase if you want the torso to stay upright, making snatch, clean, squat more unstable. And it doesn't allow you to go as low without torso leaning forward.

That first joke was brilliant 👌 very nice 10/10

This video said the most without saying literally anything.

I'm not Lu and I'm not Klokov, after years of trying to find my identity, I am at a lost. (Deep voice) THIS FALL (Fade) Who really am I? (Fade) (Deep voice) A MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS LU, A MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS KLOKOV, IS NOW TRYING TO FIND HIS REAL IDENTITY. HE WAS LIED TO, AND NOW IT'S TIME FOR HIM TO KNOW COMING NOW ON THEATERS

Klokov: *Reads title* Klokov: Shakes head

Rewatched 3.5 years later - shit still holds up despite how much more we've all learned as the sport has kept changing and developing. Unliked dat bish just so I could relike it; thank you Telamander

Came for the Klokov, stayed for the awesome video.

Awesome video

I need a link to the song all the links in the bio are dead, this song is too fire

Not every flaw hurts everyone. This is true. My shitty diet doesn't effect me. But there's zero value in building up flaws. Beginners can't excuse flaws but elites can. Beginners will find their excuses later on when they're elites who can't waste any time. This is why people who train for fun always have better form that those who train for money. This is true in every sport. I regularly smoke long time runners who've been training for decades and have perfect form even though they never compete. But their shins don't hurt and mine do. They were able to take their time without the pressure of rushing progress for a trophy. Fix your flaws and be consistent or you'll have to wreck your shins to beat a 39 uear old amateur.

Nice research work Bro let me know if I can add some with u

When I'm on my last set I crank up the Bach and tell myself "I'm James fucking May."

I've found that stretching my lips before lifting, like Suleimanoglu, helps me concentrate!

Can anyone tell me the name of the Weightlifter in the blue suit that cleans really late in the lift?

Thanks for telling me

Imo best 77kg athlete is Mohammed Ehab. The speed at which he drops under the bar is amazing 👌🏼

Well said

Dimas, the King.

Fantastic

Well said bro

Perfect opening joke❤️😂love it

I used to snatch when training for football, that shit always scared me. I think the most I ever did was 35 lbs on each side. Always thought my shoulder was gonna explode

great video

What if, because everyone's body is different these are the most efficient ways to move the weight for your specific examples?

So pursue perfect technique but don’t be ashamed of your genetic/ mechanical flaws. Otherwise...if it works and doesn’t injure you, it’s good enough.

This is so entertaining. 😄

First line was pure gold lol

A thing that is not normally take into account is bone structure. People actually have different hip and shoulder joints. Most people think we are all the same in that extent but we are not. The toes out instead of forward is not an error. It is to do with how the femur fits into the hip socket.

I have the same bow in my legs so I look at his technique in the hopes it will help mine. I naturally walk with my feet wide apart so it also feels natural in the pull to point my toes slightly more out. I also find I need to get very low to get a lot of leg drive (not squatting the weight up) and generate a lot of power. Other than that my proportions are of course different to Klokov's so that's where my comparison ends. I'm not a russian well build athlete. I'm more asian(Indonesian) build with a long torso, short femurs but gain a lot of height from my Dutch heritage. Genetics ARE complicated.

Is the outro music saying " i've got bleeding gums"?

Just trust your body and be yourself nothing is impossible