+thebanaap Seems like a typical thing, there is a story of Nicu Vlad out there by when he visited the US OTC(it's on the catalyst site): he missed both 175 and 180 then nailed 185 perfectly
I don't know, some viewers may not be aware of this, so let me spell it out for you: What you see in this video is INSANE. This guy is snatching at Olympic levels. There's a good chance that with a coach(and a few of the right chemicals) he could win a medal, maybe even gold. I've never seen somethign like this in my life. I have the utmost respect for this guy.
Clarence do you compete in the Olympics or something? Unless my googling is wrong, I just googled world record snatch for 94kg class and it says 187 kilos by some dude from Iran, and here you do 185 kilos...??? You need to do a VLOG/STORY video about ... You.
+Acrobolix The world record for the 94 class is 188kg , but keep in mind I'm over weight, using straps and there's only 3 attempts in competition! (and of course there's more reasons)Snatching over 197 in training at this bodyweight would put me in a good position to be snatching 185-188 in comp and that is not easy! :)
@jujimufu And by the way he is vegan😂😂😂... we know most of olymic powerlifters cought in doping and this sports may removed if they continue this...so how the hell he do this...and he is so lean and lifting heavy...dude he should be friend with mike horn.. he is natty too....i do salute ur hardwork but vegan strength gains are out of my course...know reply to this...🙏🚹
started 3 years ago. furthest I got is 200kg squat 250kg deadlift and 150kg bench. Clarence being one of the inspirations to my lifts. thanks man! hope you can continue uploading 👍👏👏💪😀
Ok, who is the idiot that gave this a thumb down? If you aren't the Hulk or Superman literally the green monster or flying, fucking have some respect! I love your videos, very inspiring!
what Idiots would dislike this the ones that are jealous I would presume of a raw talent that is taking on the Giants of weightlifting internationally,I met Clarence as a kid back in '09 I knew straight away he was going to be the best ever in Ireland and internationally his friend told me when he was 16 "Clarence wants to make it to the Olympics one day"I didn't laugh it off I said definitely he will and now Clarence have proved himself in Ireland and abroad as a great weightlifter both at home and abroad,Fuck the haters Clarence your doing Ireland proud keep it up.
+mrk12484 Do you ever read Reddit alot of stupid people on that hating. also if he uploads a video on this he gets dislikes seriously he has records in Ireland that will never be beating he is a true legend.
+mrk12484 2 dislikes too many he done a 185 kg snatch the most ever snatched in Ireland was a 140 kgs snatch there should be no dislikes to this video unless your a total moron to dislike a video like this respect should be given to a future great.
Oi Clarence, top consistency now - keep it up! Mad lift too. You're nearly there man (lifts wise), without a dime of funding I assume? Crazy shit. Keep hustling and good luck with your training.
I bet Pete could clean a shitload if he trained for weightlifting. His pulling speed at 5 plates looks like he could easily pull that shit up to his front rack.
Awesome lifts. Just wondering, have you ever run out of platform to step on during an Olympic movement? You seemed to be near the edge for that last bit.
Some people say to clarence "sir, why don't you compete at the olympics?" And I can understand why he doesn't, cos a lot of those guys are unfairly juicing. I've personally tested clarence's piss, and believe me, he's not juicing.
I was wondering in which rep ranges you train your squats? Do you always only do singles or do you do stuff like 5x5? Just curious about how you like to train.
+Franks BBC It varies! When I'm just focusing on increasing my squat I do 5x5 and sometimes 3x8. When I'm focusing on olympic lifts I do 10x1 or 8x2 or 6x3
+clarence0 I think you should do a FAQ for squats, a video or just a brief how-to on your page, since this question gets asked every video. On a side note, I've picked up "everyday" squatting recently per your old recommendation of the one PR set: crazy progress, like 5kg every session. I'm now getting my noob gains due to really giving 100% everytime and not just half-assing things.
footiedrummer10 Basically going from warm-ups where you feel things out, you pick a goal weight and reps (1-10) and then hit that one set. After that you're done for the session. Example A: my goal today was to do a set with 120-125kg. When I got to 120, it was really slow, so I backed down and did 105kg*8 for a PB Example B: Yesterday I felt awesome after a break so when singles up to 110kg felt light for pause squats, I did 115kg*3 for a 5kg PB triple
Amaze-balls as always Clarence. May I ask you what advice do you have to strengthen shoulders and keep them healthy for long term training? I've been doing overhead work for a few weeks and I have a slight pain on my left shoulder whenever I jerk or snatch. Thank you and stay strong. Respect from NZ
It’s insane how diff the world of Olympic lifting is to regular bodybuilding . I’m started CrossFit at 33 years old. I thought I was fairly strong for a casual lifter who never spent money on any supplements and wouldn’t even know how to track his macros let alone know what the word “macros” even really meant .280 pound flat bench, 405 pound deadlift etc. I’ve been doing CrossFit for exactly one year and my one rep max on a snatch is 130. Girls in my gym do way more than that. When we incorporate snatches into our wods I almost never do more than 95 pounds. On a good note my deadlift hit 435 and backsquat 330
Clarence's best are this 185 Snatch + 220 C&J = 405 Total In London 2012, the bronze medal in the 94 kg class was 407, only 2 kg more! (And the gold medal by great Ilya was 418, not so far either)
Hey first off, great lifts! Second a question. I have been lifting for roughly a year and a half have brought my squat up to 405lb within my first year but for some odd reason I'm not able to push out 385. Any advice on how to bring it back up? My seats are usually (setsxreps) 2x5 3x3 2x2 2x1
If i had the Aladdin's genie, I wish to him that force you to compete. You are great talent and I know you have reasons for you not to compete but at least post more training footages mate. Best wishes from Turkey.
i have a question .. when you snatch i want to know about that place around lower belley from where you make the explosion move, are thre any injuries or pain in that area ? because for me is that part really problematic
What do your sets/reps look like for the classical lifts these days, just the max and a few doubles? Or do you still have days where you stay clear of maxes?
Having improved your pulling strength (330kg deadlift was sick) do PB attempts still feel heavy off the floor? I know if I ever go for new pbs the first thing that strikes me as I begin from the floor is "shit this is heavy"
+Adam Pabani It doesn't really matter if it feels heavy or not, if your hips are raising faster than your shoulders as the bar bar comes off the floor you're more likely to miss the lift in front. If you focus too much on deadlifts this will happen.
+clarence0 I see, the way you do your deadlifts is that in a deliberate attempt to mimic how you pull or are you just using it to strengthen your back?
How does he do his split? i dont believe he is doing deads, front squats, atg high bar squats, with oly lifts and bench press all in the same week? I believe he his rotating his exercises, i just don't know how many time he is doing between rotations?
I don't know much about olympic weightlifting, but after looking at the world record for 94kg snatch, it was 188kg done in 1999 World Championships by Akakios Kakiasvilis from Greece... 3kgs under what you did here. Now is that guys in this weight class often hitting numbers close to that world record, i.e. a lot of 186 and 187 kgs, or is it that in competition it's much harder to hit these kind of numbers because of pressure; maybe the weights are calibrated so it's hard to say how much you actually did in this video, or are you a world class lifter who's talking about coaching when to the untrained eye it seems like you could be top level competitor? But I guess in weightlifting 3kgs is actually a considerable amount at this high of a level.
Super impressive. Question though. Why does he seem to cut each rep short? He's almost fully extended and then starts to drop the weight? Is it because he knows that he can do it? So he doesn't go through with the rep?
