Watch out Seb! Mentioning the words "Clarence", "World Record" and "Tian Tao" in the same sentence is going to generate a discussion that's been going on for a decade about why I'm actually not that good ; )
Well of course, since Tian is a lifetime natty raw vegan nofap crossfitter 100% wholesome Thicc Tao, while you are essentially a drug addict. Source: Dude trust me
@@makaan699 Tian Tao is not natural? EVERYBODY knows Chinese weightlifters are all on dope. Look at Lu Xiaojun. There's no way on earth a natural human can overhead squat from squat jerk recovery position 220 Kg.
He has become such a big social media personality and a meme(r) that it's easy to forget that he would literally threaten world records in competitive weightlifting, being an amateur. It's really unbelievable, like if your neighbor was casually running a 9,6s 100m dash in the backyard.
There are lots of people on PED’s that can’t approach this level of lifting because they don’t have psychological strength to endure the workload necessary to reach these numbers. That’s ultimately what makes the difference, not just the use of PED’s. Clarence has consistently put enormous effort into his training which many are not capable of, PED’s or no PED’s.
? Bro all the effort in the world aint gonna get you anywhere if u dont have the genetics for strength. For example anyone in the lower weight classes, they simply were not given the frame or the musculature to lift the weight the people in the 90+ kgs can. (Talking pros)
@Drizzt Do'Urden i dont understand why people say this, your 100% effort is the same difficulty as his 100% effort. He is just stronger. Imagine 200kg being 80% lmao. 80% of my c&j is only 135kg even though im 200lbs
@@cyruskhalvati that’s why there are weight classes and world records are recognized per weight class. It’s the lifters with the physical, mental and emotional ability who are at the top of each weight class.
"lots of people on PEDS can't approach this cause they don't have the psychological strength"? I think you meant "they don't have the strength". People are insanely naive to think PEDs automatically give you anywhere remotely the strength that elite weightlifters have
@@trtnec no, I meant exactly what I said. Of course they need the right genetics and atmosphere (coaching, training facilities, food, rest, physical therapy etc.) but they also need the mental toughness to face the enormous training loads necessary to reach world record levels. PED’s won’t magically make anyone strong without most or all of those other things. Some seem to think that just taking PED’s will do it. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Random Normies - "If only they had an Olympics where people could just take whatever they want and we could see the true extent of human performance!" The Olympics. You're literally just describing the Olympics.
@@zGJungle there's probably a reason that out of all the competitors that raced against Usain Bolt when he first broke the world record... Every one of them except him have now been popped. There's no way he's the only clean one, but they cant ban their poster child! Don't get me wrong, he deserves his records and he earned them in style, but he ain't clean.
He has competed in the past. He lifts weights. He is a weightlifter. The end. Also he has snatched 195. With a cj of 225 he is sitting on a 420 wich is absolutely insane.
His best snatch is 185kg, I’m sure he’ll reach 195kg though ! Just a matter of when he decides to treat us with a massive total for the Snatch and CJ. 🤘
@@Richwiking318 It's just how the sport is sometimes. A lighter weight can be missed because it's light enough that your bar path becomes too altered. Once a weight is "heavy enough," the degrees of freedom allotted for a good lift become smaller and smaller. Meaning that, your technique becomes more "funneled in" as you get along. You'll see this in deadlifts where bar paths look exactly the same once a weight is heavy enough and beyond. In WL, since much of the sport is an interesting meeting point of strength and power and speed and mobility and timing... many missed lifts do NOT happen explicitly because of a deficit in strength. The "adding more weight and making a lift" phenomenon is extraordinarily common in WL.
It really helped me when you explained the movement either good or bad. The slow motion was excellent. Please keep it up. Clarence is a Bull. Its icredible to watch him throw 400+lbs around, I could barely do a dead lift at 405. He is lufting with enormous force and then a squat wow.
I watched Clarence’s video before viewing your thoughts on it. I love how you break everything down, I always notice much more when hearing your commentary. Just brilliant.
there's not many youtube channels that I make sure to watch every video from, this is one of them. really enjoy the effort you put into your vids and just how much you know and care about the sport of weightlifting. keep it up seb, you're doing wonderful things for our sport
Actually refreshing to see you changing your stance over time, Seb. I remember in many of your early videos you 100% said you wouldn't post Clarence because he admitted to PED usage and because he isn't a competitive weightlifter.
That doesn't make sense... Clarence only recently admitted to PED usage, well after Seb's early videos. It also wouldn't make sense for Seb not to post Clarence because he never cheated. Seb's rule applies to those that officially cheated.
I don't think I actually ever said that, though I can't be sure. My general policy has been to not show weightlifters that the IWF recognises as dirty. So that means any banned weightlifter, but it doesn't mean Clarence, because the IWF don't recognise him. Realistically though with so many videos you may be right, and I may have contradicted myself!
@@WeightliftingHouse To be fair, there's only two types of elite level weightlifters... those the IWF recognise as dirty, and those that haven't been found out yet.
On my wife's account haha had to comment. I like to powerlift but stumbled upon a clarence vid and thought weightlifting could be fun and maybe even help my lifts. It worked and I'm hooked! Great channel mate and great sport!
I don't care if you compete or not. I just enjoy watching excellence. It is such a joy to watch super-humans perfecting the limits of strength. I could watch Clarence lift all day, same as the other "certified" lifters. What I do not enjoy are people who think that they speak for everyone when they attempt to tell us what we are allowed to enjoy in the name of some absurd purity. They are the reason why the sport is in decline.
Great comment! Gotta love the spectacle. I also watch some freaks doing superhuman shit just to enjoy that humanity is able to. But in this case I,'m a weightlifting fan too, so win win
@@alejandrocarranza1912 It is amazing to watch. They make it look so effortless. I am primarily a powerlifter, but I do weightlifting as an accessory, and it is beyond difficult for me.
More please, I see Clarence being freakisly strong, but I just don't know enough about weightlifting to see what's really going on and it's so nice to watch with you explaining what's happening
0:23 there aren't many people like that. It's pretty much only one dude called cfstark who goes out of his way to say "clarence isn't a weightlifter" every time his name is mentioned on reddit.
A bunch of comments saying "why is this Clarence0 guy so popular?" Well, why don't you watch his videos and find out? He's a charismatic guy, an absolute freak, and for quite some time posted semi-regular training videos. None of the pros do this sort of thing. Most of them only post the lifts on IG and that's it, they don't post the training sessions and what not. The second part is that Clarence seems on the most part a guy with strong morals and consistent ethics. Both on his dietary choice, or on his decision to not partake on competitions while taking gear and stuff. I find it so odd people downplaying this dudes achievements without knowing a thing about the guy. Yes I'm biased, but who the f*** isn't? Besides, he's done more to popularize the sport of weightlifting than the entire IWF in the last decade.
Clarence is charismatic? Cmon that's the last thing I'd say about him. He's just a freak of nature who trains hard and is very impressive to look at but not charismatic by any stretch of imagination. I love him, but please don't call him charismatic.
As a non-weightlifter, Clarence's technique has always looked beautiful. In the background you can see Gabriel, who I THINK is the reason Clarence's technique has shifted. Gabriel was the "European guy" who is someone I also think has a beautiful technique (and thighs all women would kill for).
I like these sorts of videos too, as I like the channel in general. I never really knew anything about weightlifting before finding the channel, I only do stuff like squat and deadlift myself but find weightlifting quite interesting to follow.
@@scottessery100 oh i thought you don't know that bloke, was gonna suggest you to watch his vids, butyea, Gabriel's technique is majestic to watch imo.
I get that training lifts aren’t comparable to what happens in competition but I think with state sponsorship and the coaching and resources that top level lifters get he could definitely hang with the best 96ers
Reading the title , my first thought was "YEAH NO S#!T " LMAO but to my and everyone's defense Clarence has been doing it for like 15 years . Oh and PEDs not to hate or anything but just to set reasonable standards for what is possible as a natural.
Clarence is by far one of the strongest guys on the planet amongst people who don’t compete, but let’s be honest, how much would he be able to total in an official meet? I’m not even saying an iwf sanctioned meet, but a local meet, no drug testing at all, but only 3 attempts for each lift. 210 clean and jerk, 175 snatch in the 96 kg class? I actually don’t think he’ll be able to make those lifts successfully in competition under pressure.
Seems like he's having an issue with that left knee/elbow on the catch. You can see the left elbow drop or him fail to catch on the left side fully on multiple training videos for him. Sometimes he trains with tape on his left knee, perhaps that's why.
@@getstrongby4038 i think he lives in Ni, but mightn’t be a northern Irish born citizen, so mightn’t have british citizenship rights, If you’re born here in NI you can apply for both passports without any issue
@@thepeatboggy yeah true, thinking about it though I can understand why he wouldn't want to go team gb. Considering how northern Ireland came to be what it is today
Just for curiosity, if Clarence didn't take PED, training the same hard, how much snatch and clean will be? Clarence is super strong no doubt, just curious
Clarence is obviously blessed but he is too tall for his weight category. If he was shorter he would DOMINATE. It blows my mind how close he comes to guys who are shorter, have world class coaches and have doctors that can juice them up perfectly.
"with their 120 snatch 140 clean and jerk" you're giving them too much credit. How about 90 powersnatch (but full snatches less) and a 120 press out which they "totally would get if I had better leverages bro"
Scientifically and technically speaking, he's not stronger than me. Let me explain.... ahem.... because I'm tall, all weights I lift are automatically doubled. Therefore, I have a snatch of 196kg and jerk of 230kg. 🤔 Can't argue with science! Checkmate, Mr. Harry Squatter! 😏
