I think it was Deng Wei who said "never shrug" in a video she did with Gabby. It was for the snatch and Deng demonstrated that shrugging limits the ability of the arms to do a high snatch pull.

Thank you so much. I listen to your video for clean and jerk, not to over squeeze the bar with the hook grip and just like that I was able to get my PR. Also was able to get a good split jerk just by practicing with the dominant leg landing first.

How she has been treated by the olympics committee is very very unfair. She’s a legend

@gsincraian Yury Zakharevich 1988. Andrei Aramnau 2008. These are my two favorite Olympic performances. Good picks? How about you?

I love this

nice

10:22 Reageding the shrug in china I was lucky enough to work with two different groups of Chinese coaches and they all suggested shrugging in the clean as the bar passed the knee. I am not sure that their model does or does not allow it. For them it was more that they wanted the bar to get to a particular position (top of the thigh) and this could happen with a little arm bend, shrug or even shrug and arm bend. Just my experience though

finally a video from Gabriel. pls give me ur blessing to snatch 100kg before the year ends!

but to some degree cant you just adjust grip width so that you don't have to shrug?

What is Gabby's competition result and at what weight class?

I find it funny to use the term "ape index," but I learned "wingspan" and "reach" (my preferred term) growing up. Agreed on teaching movement cues, i always thought teaching positions was better. I would like to see how Gabby would alter her coaching for Sub-Saharan Africans like me who normally have longer reaches compared to everyone else (mine is 10cm more than my height, for instance). I thought when i did heavier cleans, my shoulder shrugs were a flaw, but it was more a consequence of trying to hit my mid thigh while keeping my arms straight. Same for triple extension: I've felt that was a consequence of physics and biomechanics

Gaby is NOT a professional Chinese athlete, nor has good competition result

yes do some more debunking of bad weightlifting advice on the web! that's useful ! ;-)

i used you app for almost a year and its great, i had to stop because of a supraspinatus tendinythis and now i am slowly restarting. Thats when i realize that at my age (46), together with the weightlifting session i would appreciate a program that combines it with accessories for joint health, dynamic recoveries and other accessory. If you decide to create something similar i am back in!

great video. video idea would be: what do you think about Sika guys russian model technique and that everyone should be doing like them? third video from the series: starting position, second pull and now transition under barbell? cheers!

First, Catalyst Athletics. Now, Venus. Who's the next target?

Gabby is a self-taught coach ... not properly trained under the Chinese weightlifting system. Back in 2020, there were already a lot of criticism of Gabby on "Zhihu", the Chinese equiv. of Quora, stating her lack of deep thoughts on the Chinese techniques, she doesn't really understand the fundamentals rationales of the technique principles, causing her to blindly apply the "extend not flex", "no shrug" cues. I have really long arms, longer than Gabriel. I was coached by Tian Tao for 2 hours once, the first instinct he saw my proportions, he said "i'm sorry but you wouldn't have been selected in the county level". Not every Chinese / Asian have long spine, short femur, short arms etc, not to mention people of other ancestries. She could be a good sports therapist tho, just not a weightlifting coach.

Gabby is a dope button

Taylor the technique to individual differences. Not everyone is a "size 9" shoe

Gabriel/Gabby collab incoming!!!??? It will break the internet!!!!

He’s back 💪😎

Rizki and Rahmat from Indonesia have huge shrugs, Pyros Dimas also did a very exaggerated shrug.

Great video, glad you're uploading!

It really comes down to what is most important for the lifter/lifters. It’s easy to pick on specific details in isolation (jumping/sliding the feet, shrugging/no shrugging, etc), but without further context, giving a lifter you don’t coach a cue/giving a general cue for everyone to use may not be the best thing to do, as in that post from Gabby. She’s a good coach, but I think that specific video didn’t make much sense.

The crazy part is that in China there are only 2-3 weightlifting clubs for amateurs, so basically if you are not a professional you cannot try it anywhere 192 cam tall + 201 cm wingspan = bull snatch all day everyday, if I don't shrug I make contact on my shins

its great to see people giving love to gaby! she is brilliant.

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Hey Gabriel, this is a kind of a different request for a vid but can you do one in nutrition or how you ate when you were in your prime? Technique and power is important but is nutrition as important as the others?

Back 7 years later to admire the power 😮

Excellent video breakdown, brought back some old memories of when I lived in Eastern Europe and at the time Genchev, Zlatev, Blagoev, Botev, Naim etc. were popular. Please show some of the new lifters on how great the 100kg cat at this time was..Let's not forget guys like Kuznetsov, A. Popov, and Vlad. Kuznetsov cleaning 245kg as a 100kg lifter, held the record at 242.5... Vlad 200kg in the snatch..For example KLOKOV'S father was unbelivable lifter..440 total..I remember him as kid with posters of him in the athletic center.

Another great, next to Vardanyan 😊

To me he was the greatest lifter ever 😊

Yes 150/190 ez

So it's better to practise empty bar muscle snatch for good technique first before adding in the hip contact?

I never understood the press/jerk. I always got way more in the air with a split leg press where I can easily drop under the weight for the “press.”

Отличная работа!!! Отличный рывок!!!

Can you recommend your app for a 47 year old lifter? I lifted competitively through my 20s. Now I just squat, press, jerk, and pull. I have “older” joints now but I’m still relatively strong, fast, and flexible. I train 2 to 3 days per week.

Hi Sir! How are you? Have you received my email ? I am waiting for you reply

I will 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Could you make a video explaining how hand size effects the snatch?

Great as usual. On the topic of normal hook grip (not like in this video), do you think it’s important to also have the ring finger around the thumb? Or is it okay to only have the pointer finger and middle finger around the thumb?

Maybe they hook grip like that because they have small hands. With my small hands I can only hook grip if I use my middle finger to wrap the thumb.

Damn dude..... get to the point in your videos! Yes you're a good lifter. You suck ar getting to the point, which I suspect is for more view time.

You ought to be a national coach. Your technique and knowledge are tremendous!

Thanks for the video, this is my favorite weightlifting channel on KZfaq. Also digging the big weights on Instagram

Very helpful tips thanks you for sharing 🤝🏻

interesting vid. thx

Will you be talking about the 102’s or 61’s next video?

I was also surprised they went so heavy so close to competition, good to know I wasn't crazy