Hey Clarence I really hope the comments don't discourage you from putting out content, you have so much to offer to noobs like me so I really appreciate that you're making these videos. You're helping people get stronger!
Questions: Do you feel you have more energy eating this type of food compared to your old diet?: 0:26 Are there any benefits/detriments you've experienced from your diet change?: 1:04 Why did you switch over to a vegan diet?: 1:25 How did you first get started into a plant-based diet? What got you into becoming vegan?: 2:01 What's your cardio training?: 2:37 Do you often do tricking?: 3:03 How does one start training for tricking?: 3:38 Is it okay to only front squat instead of back squat if interested in weightlifting?: 4:00 Do you do any accessory movements or just the Olympic lifts/squat/bench?: 5:00 Do you squat every day? Suggestions for volume & intensity for someone trying to make consistent gains: 6:15
" a lot of people overrate the health benefits of veganism" - well yes because maybe you can heal and prevent all diseases with it.... :DDDDD Maybe that is why it's overrated
If you guys don't believe me, there is a lot of actual science waiting for you to look at. Meat eaters always say that we are biased because the plant based diet is a wonderful thing. It is simply the best for you, for the animals and for the planet. Brainwashed people will think that the truth is biased. For me, I healed myself from heart disease with it. The doctors would have told me that I should take toxic medications and wait until I'm dead. So it would be really fucking hard to convince me that the plant based diet is overrated!!!! REALLY FUCKING HARD
Glad to see you making more of push on this channel. There's NO reason why you can't be at least around 1M subscribers & be making a decent living off youtube. Countless talentless fucks are doing it, & here you are Clarence, a fuckin legend, doing awe inspiring feats on the regular. This channel can and should be one of the biggest fitness channels on RU-vid.
Coolworldleaderguy He's even more talented, appealing and inspiring than most fitness tubers because he's in an Olympic sport that young kids can aspire to be..... TRUE TALENT...👏👏🔩🔩🏃🏃💪💪
because he has little personality or charisma. zero marketing. doesnt really put himself out there, compared to the juiced up hyped up fitness youtubers, this guy is bland. a humble beast in the gym. a rookie in the youtube community. if an athlete of his caliber, had the same drive to push his youtube presence as some of these other roided up fake nattys, he would no doubt gain alot more views and followers
I don't know if this is narcissistic, but whenever somebody is acting like a douchebag I always think in my head "I wonder how much they can squat.... Yeah probably less than me so I'm better than that dude"
Thanks a lot to the people that screwed his live stream with their stupid comments. Please continue to upload what your doing on RU-vid. I love your content.
Clarence, what's your opinion on exclusively pause squatting? I know you decided to make the transition because it'd be easier on your knees, but I recently decided to make the switch a couple months ago and have experienced a great increase in leg development and strength on the squat. (I did this mainly to ensure all my squat reps are kept consistent). Do you think the pause squat is superior to the regular squat for overall strength and muscular development?
@@Jamie-bg3zb That is a common saying coming from meat eaters. While the endless choices of what we eat doesn't involve pain and suffering and resulting in unnecessary death. Eating "meat" and "chicken" because the "taste though" sounds really stupid. Needn't I have to even mention. And certainly eating meat can't be a matter of choice as the poor animals don't get left with any choice to begin with. They don't choose to be on your plate. What difference is there from eating dog and cat meat to other animal meat?
I've made good progress from squatting heavy once a week, just thought that's worth mentioning to people. Squatting 3 times a week wasn't necessary to make gains so I didn't, but as I handle weights above 180kg regularly now I'm finding it necessary to do more work.
I'm trying to work on my squat, and I always end up with low back pain... are there any technical tips you've noticed that prevent back pain? Or any cues you feel that help you avoid back pain?
Great video Clarence and thank you for standing up for animals while also being an inspiration to lifters. So you ever use or have you ever used specialty bars for squats, bench or deadlifts such as trap bars, safety squat bars, football bars, cambered bars, etc? Do you have any opinion on their use in any lifting program?
Clarence I believe that scientists have confirmed that many plants have nerves (obviously not as developed as animals). If this is the case than do you believe that the "pain" and poor living conditions of plants do not matter as much as animals? I'm sure you've thought of this already but I'd be interested to see what you think
Don Clark Do you have any links to peer reviewed studies on this subject? If plants have feelings there would still be fewer plants killed eating a vegan diet as there would be eating a diet of animal products. The animals have to eat something.
I have bone on bone in the interior of my left knee...any suggestions for rehab would be appreciated...I'm doing leg extensions, back squats, front squats and dead lifts right now. Really can't/shouldn't do Olympic lifts anymore due to the shock factor....even though I do them anyway sometimes just because they are so fun, but I pay for it the next several days.
@clarence0 When you say back squats, do you mean low bar back squats? I've noticed your squat is kind of a hybrid between the low bar and high bar. Your back seems very horizontal for a low bar squat, but you seem to utilize the posterior chain and drive the concentric movement with your hips. Also, why ass to grass and not just below parallel? thanks.
Just discovering your stuff and I like it. No BS personal trainer cookie cutter approach, just honesty in your approach. Good stuff. Can you go in depth with the second pull of the clean? Particularly incorporating hip drive and eliminating the hitch and bounce?
Thanks for this. How do you avoid pain in the patellar ligament while (heavy) squating? Sometimes I have knee pain, sometimes I don't. The reason for that is I'm learning to squat, and so I've tried different techniques/forms.
@clarence0 you are the man! A video on what you eat throughout the day would be cool to see how you maintain at least 3,500+ calories. Also what are you doing specifically when you come to the top of your clean to reposition your rack? Basically I'm asking how do you get that pop and readjust so efficiently every time?
Incredible! My new favorite weightlifter. And a great channel. I am glad you are also showcasing veganism to demonstrate its potential and to break the long-held myth against such diet.
My only opposition to going meatless is the inability to get good amounts of certain nutrients without supplementing. Glycine, creatine, choline, retinol, true omega 3, mk4 (k2, affects hormones and bone growth more than others), etc.
I just fucking love you!! Im vegan, trying to train Pl as much as possible, i love it how you describe anything to do with veganism and keeping it real!!
In case noone provided Clarence with my answer to why not vigan: because -melted- raclette is not vegan. 2nd: brioche and most pastry is not vegan. I have a question in return: did you experiment with various stances for performance or training purposes, which ones, why, with what results? Thanks and congratulations for all Clarence.
Clarence I m preparing for my first bodybuilding as a vegan!! I feel that my muscle aren t as hard and dense as back then when I was eating meat!! Do you maybe know some nutriment / supplement that I could take that would help me ??
you're vegan?! when are you going to convert Omar? j/k. I think the reason many experience a difference after switching is because they come from a very unhealthy diet and going vegan, especially whole foods plant based vegan is so much healthier than the standard/fast food diet. Being an athlete you probably already ate healthy.
Can someone tell me the name of the accessory movement Clarence does for his bench press 5:27 . I can't quite make out what he's saying. Tried searching up but I can't find it.
Why do you wear the wrap on your left knee? Is it for Osgood schlatter disease? Maybe you've answered this in the comments section in the past, but i missed it.
MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS EVER!!!! Do you ever do accessory movements? Over the years you've built a frame that resembles that of a bodybuilder, is that because you regularly incorporate accessory movements, or has the size just built over time with compound movements? Also do you most do pause squats in all your working sets now?
Dane Murphy in an interview article online he said he did lateral raises rear delt flys skull crushers and curls, but curls made his arms too big so he had to stop doing them so much
Thank you for this Q&A clarence. I have 2 questions if you got time. NO problem if you prefer not to answer :) 1: how often do you increase weight on your lifts, as far as progressive overload goes, do you recommend increasing every week or focus on 1 weight for a longer period of time then increase the weight? 2: I feel like I respond extremely well with deadlifts but not so much in squats or bench. Do you advise against only training deadlift once per week perhaps once every 2 week and rather have me increase my frequency with my squat and bench?
