Well you’re always learning when it comes to oly lifts. No matter how good I get there will always be something work on and get better at. If you have a coach you can get really good in 6 months to a year but I’m self taught so I didn’t get consistent with good form and mobility until I trained for 2-3 years. Everyone’s different and there’s no perfect way of learning how to oly lift. Just keep doing it and try to increase by even just the smallest percentage every day and the progress will come sooner than you probably think.

Yeah I met him once a while ago and his coach more recently. He’s a very cool and impressive guy especially for his size

I appreciate that. I’m gonna slowly increase weight every week on my oly lifts and bench but I’ve gotta take it slow on the squats til my knee is at 100%. I don’t like playing with injury. Also I put my program in the description of the video cause I don’t like selling my personal program. It’s constantly changing to adapt to how my body changes and since I’ve done to trial and error according to my experiences I don’t want to sell a program that wouldn’t work the same for other people. I’d be down to sell personalized programs at some point though for anyone who might want it

@@ChikinJakeoh dang... Never saw the link till now. Thanks dawg.

Yessir hope the new perspective might lead to some good breakthroughs

Appreciate the support and your passion as well. Doesn’t matter if it takes weeks or months. Just keep putting in work your body will allow day by day and you’ll be looking back at the you from today grateful for the experience. Just go look back at a vid of you from 6 months to a year ago and you’ll see how much you can really grow in such a short amount of time. Good luck homie

Appreciate this support a lot. Means more than you know. Also appreciate you commenting regardless of you not being able to write English as well. The homie vibes have been received.

Unfortunately not but the progress is definitely getting more and more bootylicious every day

100% man that’s a some good ass positivity. Keep that shit up and 315 will be easy sooner than you know

I appreciate the question. I’ve always programmed myself but find that it’s good to utilize mostly your own experience in the gym while incorporating bits and pieces of advice you learn along the way. The majority of programming will always be trial and error so just make sure you don’t overdo the weight and you’ll make progress. If you want to see what my program looks like it’s in the description of the vid. Let me know if the link doesn’t work and I can dm it to you on insta

@@ChikinJake the link work fine thank you for the advice keep up the work 🦾🦾

Seriously appreciate that kind of support. The energy will remain pumped

Yeah it’s always good to have some time between large gaps of training when you give your body the rest it deserves for good recovery as well as relighting some passions. I appreciate that support as always

Much appreciated homie. I’ve actually never had any injury with my knees before let alone surgery. Last week when I hit 445lbs x4 on squat I developed a super minor pull or tear in my left knee tendon so I’ve just been working on the recovery. Thankfully I’ve learned from past experiences and stopped lifting heavy the moment I felt it and there’s been no pain, just soreness, and I can workout normally. It’s just gonna be a good couple weeks of deloading and focusing on isometric work to come back at 100%. The support means a metric ton as well

Well then, here's to a healthy and speedy recovery 🍻 Should be no issue since you're going into the recovery responsibly. Glad the comments help! 🔥💪

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100%😂

Indubitably

Glad to hear the positivity. Also my insta is always in the description if you’re interested

Same here man the mix of split squats and sissy squats hit different

Nothing gets the serotonin pumping more

Big preesh homie

Yessir

That is the realest comment I’ve seen yet

RDLs are probably best for bulletproofing your low back and hamstrings strength wise but it’s also good to put some attention in your mobility when I comes to squat depth. I also recommend light weight on good mornings.

Yeah I definitely don’t have the courage to squat with socks on. Really appreciate the support and it’s seriously impressive that you’re getting back in the gym.

@@ChikinJake thanks man will keep on training. Respect all the way from South-Africa

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Yeah elevated squats are good for minor strains like with my knee tendon. It focusing the pressure at the ends of my quads toward my knee and fully stretches the tendon. I’m just focusing on getting that confidence back cause it just feels weak, not actually painful at all.

Thanks for the support man that shit means a lot

The communication went well and I like trying to talk to the person directly at least once so hopefully it stays fine, but yeah me and the manager are homies and he’s always endorsed me lifting as hard as I want

21 as of January

Preesh homie

About 210-215lbs

Thank you for the thank you

@@ChikinJake question: is the limit of my overhead squad the limit of my snatch? I cannot do it with 50kg but with 40kg and 40kg I can also snatch

This question is very dependent on your body type. For me, I put a lot more focus into my squats and bench the first few years of training. Because of this, I’m currently rely more on my strength than my technique in oly lifts. With this excess of strength, if I get under a snatch I almost always have it without question since I have such a strong overhead squat but I have started switching more towards focusing on technique over strength. From the sound of it, you’re more reliant on your technique over overall strength so you may whip under a heavy snatch faster than me but it’s more difficult for you to stand it up. There is no better way to lift to me. If you think your oly lifts would benefit from training back, front, and overhead squats more then go for it and see what happens. What I’ve learned from this sport is that the majority of getting better is committing to trial and error while having your body’s health as the main priority to reduce risk of injury while you try new ways of training. Your body will always be changing so if you’re reaching a peak right now it might be beneficial to focus more on your squats for a while and when you peak on your squats you can always go back to more focus on the oly lifts.

@@ChikinJake I am sorry for not finding any good words for expressing my thankfullness. So let me just say Thank you a lot!! It will definitley help a lot! Greetings from Germany!

Glad the perspective was useful. Appreciate all the support

YESSIR 🫡🫡🫡

I very much appreciate that. I’m self taught when it comes to oly lifting and I’ve been training it for 3 years.

Great question. So snatching should only be done if you want to train Olympic lifting specifically. If your an athlete, you don’t need anything beyond power cleans since they’re safer and train that same explosiveness. The only thing I recommend to everyone is that you train your mobility so just make sure you’re able to comfortably ass to grass squat with good clean form for your body’s longevity in the sport.

Yeah I feel that but we all start there. My form from 3 years ago was just as scary if not worse

So for context I train snatch, cl+jk, back squat, and bench press for strength. So the days I go heavier on snatch and cl+jk are meant to isolate strength in those lifts and like you said I do more technical work with oly lifts when I have back squat or bench so I can isolate the strength in squat and bench those days without over fatiguing myself. I like resting after benching since bench strains my shoulders the most and is tough to combine with oly lifts if I’m fatigued.

We all need those good homiesexual vibes

About 210-215lbs. I appreciate that support. I actually haven’t worn a belt in over 2 years and I swore off sleeves and wraps about 3 months ago so I have no excuses now and I feel much more confident in my overall ability to lift

Preesh

LMAOOOO

Dudes got a belt and wraps on for...whatever that was? An asymmetric rounded SLDL??

that hurts

Thanks so much man. That support means a lot to me

@@ChikinJake no sweat! Appreciate the content....serious inspiration man. So elite!

Big preesh for that love the positivity

Appreciate that. I’ve been trial and error programming myself for the past three years so if you want you can dm me on insta and I’ll send you a pic of the current program. Currently it’s about 3 months with 3 blocks of training increasing weight each time in specific ways depending on the day.

@@ChikinJake sure! Am a nerd when it comes to programs! Just like to read up a lot..

Totally get it. Me and my lifting buddy have cross analyzed each others programs a bunch of times as well as the big ones online to see some new perspective

Preesh

Much appreciated homie

Big preesh homie