Zack, when someone has a genuine passion for something, people can see that, they feel it. You don't have to have a gimmick, you don't have to be funny, or insanely strong, it's when you show people what you love because you love it that others gravitate towards your content. You got me into weightlifting. I started lifting as a skinny tall kid trying to bulk up a little, but I found bodybuilding incredibly boring. Your videos made lifting fun again, it became challenging in the best way possible. You also made it more accessible through your simple and direct explanations. So to that, I say thank you!
"We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit" - Will Durant. Thanks for all the content over the years and for making all of us better weightlifters. Keep doing what you're doing
Congratulations man, I started following you at around 20k followers, and was immediately astonished by high-quality content, tutorials and memes you produce. Your channel is one of my main learning sources during the early days, and also inspired me to go on and pursue to cover Team China. Keep up the good work
Congrats on your success Zack, it's well deserved. You're the person who put me on to Olympic weightlifting and you've been fueling that passion with informative and technical content ever since.
Mommy I'm scared, there's a girrafe that won't stop screaming... But seriously congratulations Zack, you're such an inspiration. You're the one that nudged me to start adding weightlifting movements to my program. Glad to see you improving in a lot of aspects (training, yt channel, coaching) Cheers to the more progress to come!
I stumbled upon your channel doing a search on Overhead pressing. Since then while I don't train primarily in weightlifting (mostly powerlifting), I do enjoy watching your videos. Congrats to 100k!
Congrats on 100k subs dude. So awesome. Been following along for a while and you’ve helped my lifting tremendously. You’re gonna keep growing and explode man 🤘🏻
my favorite part of this video is how intensely personal it is. some people might say "it's just weightlifting, it's just a barbell" but really, we can all see how much effort and time you put into this sport. to you, and so many others, this is more than a sport. it's a lifelong passion, and its shown perfectly at your excitement in every single new pr you hit, the energy you come with to the gym, and the willingness to keep going after years of failing. its fantastic, and there's nothing quite like it.
starting watching at "one easy progression to clean more weight." i was blown away by the quality of info as well as presentation. been following you ever since. congrats, zack
The emotion of that 137kg Snatch.... In normal trainers... No sleeves etc....Actually made me drop a tear. That's what progression and Sport is about! Bigup Yaself Zach.
Honestly one of the coolest things to see outside the progression of your numbers is the growth of your own confidence and understanding of lifting. Your approach, start and finish of the lifts exude how far you've come. I've truly enjoyed watching your videos and following you. Looking forward to the time I get to share the stage with you.
Watching this on Oct 29th, 2020... I found your videos during quarantine, as well as Juji&Tom, Clarence; I have never felt so inspired to be better, to improve, to challenge myself... This video is just amazing Zack! Thanks for sharing your evolution, it shows me that it is possible and that I should keep pushing!!! Much love from Barcelona!
Dude!! It's so good to see your channel doing so well! I've been on a 2.5 year hiatus from working out, and just recently got back into it. I definitely remember seeing your videos early on (the max strength videos when you had maybe 100-200 subs) I come back and now you're at 100K??? WHAT?. I always liked how you explained things in your videos-- made it very easy to understand. Anyways, congrats!
Just started following you a few months ago, so seeing this progression was really cool! I love how genuinely excited you were hitting 185# back in the day - which seems like something I figured you snatched out of the womb just seeing recent videos 😂 Great job man, and great content! Keep it up!
I'm new to the channel but I gotta say your progression in just a short amount of time is seriously impressive, definitely earned a new subscriber man, keep it up!
This video is so motivating man. As someone who is way beneath your ability, I gotta say I’m really impressed by the improvement you made over the time frame. I was one of those people who had a strong squat in high school (squatting 405+ lbs sophomore year, but I couldn’t get 200 lbs on the bar for power cleans or bench press). I remember junior year doing 500 lb box squats, I knew I was physically able to add more weight but my coach wouldn’t allow it. I guess here I am reminiscing of 9-10 years ago. I’ve definitely regressed since then, but after watching your videos for a couple weeks now I’m intending on adding cleans and snatches to my workouts in the near future. Thanks for the amazing content.
The only reason i ever went to the gym for the first time was because your videos convinced me i was capable of being a great weightlifter. I ended up not liking weightlifting but becuase of these videos i discovered powerlifting and in the 2 short years since then ive gone to out deadlift the state record and added 600+ lbs to my total and found something that i love to do for the sake of doing it, so, thank you.
You're fun and entertaining. A person who is easy to like, and we like to watch videos of people we like. So it's your doing Sir. Very good job, anmd well deserved. I will keep watching, and I am starting weightlifting becasue of yours and Clarences videos :)
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the single candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” Thank you for this
I don't usually go out of my way to comment because I generally see it as a waste of time but this occasion calls for it. Thank you Zack, honestly from the bottom of my heart your content has gotten me through some rough times and always put a smile on my face by lifting some heavy shit or having something interesting to talk about. Personally I dont even do the Olympic lifts but even for me I found some of your insight to be helpful for my power lifting. Overall I just see you as a great lifter, person, and role model and I can't wait to see whats to come in the future!
Congrats man, you deserve it! Thanks so much for everything you put out for all of us to enjoy and learn from. You have helped me more then you can know. I'm stoked for your seminar in portland Maine at the end of this month!
It has been so nice watching your journey throughout these years. Your videos are AMAZING, from how real they are to informative. Thank you, the channel will only grow faster now.
Wow, what a great video! If you had just shown me numbers from 7 years ago and told me how much better you had gotten it probably would seem like 7 years is a lot of time, but watching the jumps you made it seems like you really improved a lot in "a short time" Thanks for sharing!
Zack, Thank you for sharing this journey. It inspires me in my own journey of excellence. While weightlifting is not my pursuit and passion (my passion is marksmanship), your determination is an example of the indominable spirit of man. You are succeeding not only physically but also in your purpose of democratizing the knowledge of weightlifting. Keep improving brother.
Really inspiring. From crappy lifts to good form and stronger than Mat Fraser. This motivated me that much, that I hit an awesome Back Squat Session afterwards. Thank you and keep on!
Found your channel by happenstance when I first tried out crossfit - decided it wasn't my cup of tea but the the olympic weightlifting aspect stuck with me, so here I am doing the journey by myself with you as my chaperon. I congratulate you on your success and I applaud you for your perseverance - now we're aiming for 200k!
This has inspired to keep me going so much. Watched all your videos and only just started my Weightlifting journey, currently 85/120. Hopefully after the same amount of time I’ll have made the same progress 🤞
Congrats, young man! One of these days when I’m sober for long enough, I’ll use your Coaching to reach my goals. Thank you for sharing all of this amazing information and instruction!!!
Well deserved man. As a tall (though slightly less of a giraffe) guy, you convinced me to go find a weightlifting coach and to get started, and I’m loving it and already moving. Thank you for this channel and all the help.
I never cared about weightlifting until this channel showed me how complex and beautiful the sport is. Even if I'm not a weightlifter I still look forward to every video you make cause they're genuine and it's fun to see someone do something they obviously care so much about. Hope this channel grows exponentially cause you deserve it!!!
See you almost crying with joy at some lifts ( and me cheering at the same time in front of my screen) , seeing the progress ( man u were so skinny :D) and the consistency , the improvement in technique ( the last snatch is insanely good) makes this 14 min very inspirational! Good luck with next 7 years
You can tell when he stopped CrossFit and went into weightlifting by the time he starts keeping his shirt on 😂 But congrats Zack, amazing achievement. I know I speak for a lot when I say you inspire many of us to take weightlifting more seriously and use your videos as one of the best sources out there for in depth explanations on all things weightlifting.
This video actually gives me hope for achieving good numbers. I’m still somewhat a beginner but seeing you put the work during those years and becoming strong af makes me believe that I can do that too. Thank you, zack. You inspire.
This is like the 5th time I watched it and it just makes me want to lift only about 5 months into Oly and love completing lifts that are so technical much love from Ireland
I hope you find whatever you're looking for right now, and eventually come back to weightlifting again. Either you chose to return or to stay at BJJ, I just want to say: Thank you coach.
Zack, thank you for this and congrats on 100k you deserve it. I’ll use this to just keep working and improving. P.S - i’ll take a .5% credit for some of your PR’s, my birthday (7/13) is in this video a few times so it’s a good day for you 😁
