Shi Zhiyong Back Room & Competition + Crazy Interview Stories | 2019 

Believe me I laughed too as I drove myself back home

@@WeightliftingHouse 2+ years later, I'm still laughing out loud now. Such an amazing story

I second this! I prefer your content to hookgrip and ATG, even though they are bigger and more established channels. For anyone else, Id recommend the Weightlifting house podcast too!

Thanks very much! It's difficult to know how much crossover there is between the podcast, IG, and RU-vid, so good to see you here.

@@WeightliftingHouse I follow you on all 3 and might even decide to join in on patreon since the content you provide is really enjoyable and high quality. Plus i started using your thumb tape. So thank you for all your excellent work, keep it up!

@@pegleggreg3627 hookgrip is dead on you tube, I ask them why they don't upload more videos on you tube, they respond they don't make as much views on you tube as much on instagram

Wocao indeed.

He so strong that whenever he switches class he is already rank 1 automatically

Liao hui too once competed in 77 kg and became no.1 in the IWF 2015 Grand prix

I've told it a few times already!

I can't even deadlift his power snatch

I can't even deadlift his bicep curl

I can't deadlift is nordic hamstring curl

@@inky4690 I can’t deadlift his lateral raise

A better translation should be “Holy fuck”.

I hope it does!

Zack "So close to getting my last name spot on" Tlander

He injured his back doing back squats. Thats why

I guess that being great at front squatting is enough, no back squatting needed unless you can't produce the power he can put, and that's like 99.99999% of us.

@@kmsxd2227 He was injured in a competition IMO, he said that he was so pumped up on the stage that he just ignored the pain, until he went down and realized his back was screwed

kms xd That’s crazy, so he chooses to do the harder lift instead. Wo Cao!

@@johnbreuwet6224 its not harder for every one. Some people find the back squat harder. I personally do. It puts more strain on my back and neck. Plus im only about 10kilos under my best back squat in the front.

Yes, now

No problem!

Front squat 255kg is good too

Don’t have that many plates for back squat maybe lol

no point for some guys, plus... you never have the bar on your back in WL, so, why do it some would argue?

By design. Had to leave you guys hanging ;)

@@WeightliftingHouse consider me hanged

My guy

船越勇貴 From what I've gathered from videos and documentaries regarding team China and some youth camps around the world, the power jerk is a technically "simpler" technique compared to the split jerk. From an anatomical standpoint, asians have shorter femurs so they can really squat in deep to catch the bar and have the bar almost directly in their center of gravity similar to a powerlifter doing a heavy back squat (non asian examples: Apti Aukhadov, Pyros Dimas) But ultimately it really is a matter of personal preference and what the athlete feels will get them the highest weight possible.

The power jerkers tend to have monster level leg strength, Tian Tao powered 205@77, Shi front squatted 255@69, for Li I have no specific numbers but he jerks like a rocket. And they choose to power not because power is better, but split just doesn't work for them more or less.

It's definitely a possible alternative which is why we have a few world champions doing it. I wouldn't say its prevalence has increased particularly over the last couple of decades. There have always been Chinese lifters doing this, along with guys like Bedzhanyan and Kakhi to name a few. If you have strong legs give it a go!

It could be, the snatch was also a split snatch in the past and now no one does it anymore

@Orb Plant he hurt his back doing it

It’s illegal for us peasants but legal for Shi because he’s a damn God. Wo Cao!

eh its not that odd. I dont do it. My front is almost as high as my back squat. Ill very rarely do them.

He musst have seen it in training so often that it isn´t a suprise anymore. On the other hand, the camera guy on the left next to them was suprised, really liked his facial expression :D

No, I had some translators helping out!

Squat jerk University? :)

He knows what fuck means doe

Probably the you tube software thingy is slow at counting the views but not the likes.

An embarrassing amount! 116kg snatch, 146kg clean, and 182.5kg back squat... Let's stick to videos of OTHER people lifting

An embarrassing amount! 116kg snatch, 146kg clean, and 182.5kg back squat... Let's stick to videos of OTHER people lifting

@@WeightliftingHouse we all start somewhere dude. those numbers are really good for the average people

more like a business trip i think

Li Dayin

I agree, he looks like a Greek god!

Wasn't he at 75?

@@durrantmiller8810 77.39 according to iwf.net

What’s my boy been eating?

@@johnbreuwet6224 rice

His lower back was badly injured in 2014 during training. It took him months to recover and he stopped doing back squats since then.

Nope he hurt his back doing it so he stopped