Yes I think the professional weightlifting career is terrible. You train more then anyone else and when you spent all your childhood and or teenage years closed in a facility with a few other, you get what? I would like 100 times more being a free weightlifting spirit. Those guys like Eoin ,Zac telander or Dylan Cooper, which I'm sure they trained hard as fuck but luckily not in that way
@@sikastrength can you make a video for a intermediate weightlifter who are good with form but not ready to go under heavy loads and under the barbell. ( I hope you understand my grammar )
Started weightlifting a month ago, I'm 26. I've just accepted that I won't be a phenomenal weightlifter. Only thing that matters is getting better, doesn't matter what numbers I hit down the road (well it kinda does but you get my point)
Started weightlifting when I was 34 (36 now) and weighed 45 kilos. I will never be amazing or perform huge feats of strength when compared to so many people, but I will always be proud of every kilo I have added to the bar. It's me against me.
27 here and only started taking weightlifting seriously last year, after hanging around powerlifting to boost my ego for about 8 years. Feel like I wasted so much time I could have spent on bettering my technique, but I guess the foundation is not too bad. Hoping I can get the most out of it over the next 5-10 years.
Here I am, 37 years old, discovered Olympic weightlifting at 36 and trying to learn! I don’t want to go to the Olympics or be an elite weightlifter but I would love to snatch 100kg some day! So far I’ve snatched 50kg and C&J 70kg by myself and I feel very proud about it! I know my technique is shit but I try to learn more everyday! Maybe it’s time to get a coach right?? Let’s go!!!
I'm hitting the same numbers after doing it for about a year. It's validating to hear that others are the same as you. I'm in this for the long haul and because I find it a lot more fun and rewarding than the weight machines. I hope you find it fun too
Started at 29, first year spent on locking up my body in order to just do an overhead squat, this year on actually performing lifts that look like snatches, cleans and jerks. Always comparing myself to the GOATs in weightlifting, always comparing myself to the amateurs that has been lifting for 15 years and always, always, always comparing my self to the yesterday of myself. Thus, always leaving the gym with a broken confidence because I am weak and untalented but always leaving motivated and determined because I was better than I was yesterday. Thank you for this, now I know I just need to lift for another 8-10 years before I can see what I am made of, haha!
After being self-taught with off and on training seasons, I’ve finally acquired a coach. I’m looking forward to progressing and being a pretty alright weightlifter.
I've been weightlifting since 23, now 28. My goal is to snatch 100kg, but the progress has been really slow since hitting 80kg. I really want to hit that 100kg, but it seems like I still have a year+ of training before hitting that if im lucky. I know those who have my training age are almost certainly better than I, but I enjoy weightlifting and adhere to training pretty well.
Do not compare yourself to people who literally grew up on anabolics if you are natural. Its better now but far from good. All the GOATs of year past? Especially the 80's and early 90's were literally having orals for breakfast before the gym every day
I started at 26, now 28. I know I won't pull crazy numbers.. Not even close 😂 🤣 but I enjoy the training, I am way more mobile and it generally makes me feel healthier. Weightlifting accessories like clean high pulls, snatch pulls etc are also great from a bodybuilding perspective if you are training smart and not letting your ego take over. Self taught, no coach, only videos and lots of grinding 😂. I was always doing atg squats, exact depth like Clarence's so at least in that regard I had a good baseline. Enjoy your training guys and don't care so much about numbers, this is not our JOB, we have Shit to do on our life, this is our lifestyle(for looking and feeling better /healthier) but not our JOB. Remember that!
Just started 2 weeks ago, with 25 years old, and been loving it! I always had curiosity to start this sport! I've been working out for 3-4 years and always loved to squat with depth and focus on technique. And it's really nice to have a new challenge.
Started at 50. I'd not set foot in a gym until i was 49😂. I saw a coach at the gym doing a class for anyone that was interested and thought it looked more fun than the gym machines. I go 3or 4 times a week, depending on how much the previous session has hurt my shoulders, wrists or hip etc 😂. I can OHS pretty much ATG but only with 40kg. I never thought i would do that 6 months ago! This video is brilliant though. Never has being told you suck (and will do forever) been so empowering 😂
I started weightlifting at 24, but luckily I started weight training at 20 and was very athletic from a young age. Unfortunately I was a typical "gym bro" and skipped way too many leg days, so my lower half is still catching up.... I hit a double bodyweight squat (140kg) barely parallel a while ago but only have just managed to ass to grass it at 25 (almost 26). I know I won't be the next big thing at weightlifting but it would be nice to get into an English national competition for funsies.
1) Underweight 2) Inflexible 3) Under-coached That should cover basically every problem for a beginner (which is 95% of CZcams WL viewership). Genetics is just the icing on the cake.
@@sikastrength A table of contents for the videos would be sick, I like a lot of your commentaries and takes on weightlifting but I also have the attention span of a dog and like to skip through videos
Started two months ago, I'm 34. I'm not expecting great numbers, and if I get a 100kg snatch one day I'll be living my best life, but I'm happy to learn, to move and be more powerful and explosive. So many years I admired nice snatches and clean and jerks, now it's time to try. And concerning the numbers, at least in my (small) city oly club they told me that I had good ones for a total beginner 😅
Thanks. I'm rebuilding my back squat at the moment after some time out due to covid and coach changes than skewed my mindset so much that I barely wanted to train again.
Reading the comments put into perspective how fast I've come up as a lanky 6"3 fella. June 2021 (25yrs/78kg) - Started with not having the mobility to get into a deep squat, no overhead strength, could barely overhead squat to parallel. - missed 40kg snatches routinely when starting out, a 60kg clean and jerk was sketchy - 5 years of loose powerlifting experience (190s/130b/220d) April 2022 (26yrs/79kg) - 90kg snatach, 105kg clean and jerk (due to bad clean mechanics and poor form but I could jerk 115kg) *Then took 4 months off serious lifting, drank 3-4x's a week, dropped down to 74.6kg November 2022 (26yrs/81kg) - Just hit a 100kg snatch and a 125kg clean and jerk after a 13 week program (and a 6 week form rebuild prior) Thinking of getting a coach soon and getting serious with my diet. Would like to hit a 140 snatch and 170 clean and jerk by 30.....
Comment for the algo... A few Q&A sessions ago, you mentioned that if you don't hit 100/120 within a year of training, you probably won't be a great weightlifter. I'm approaching 90/110 as a 64kg lifter after a year and a half of training at age 30. Don't know what my potential is, but I'm shooting to at least qualify for US Nationals and win Masters when I hit 35.
I know im not very good and i know i might never achieve it, but if there's a chance im actually good if i give it time, i will aim for a 300kg WL total while being at/under 90kg until i stop making progress. Other lifters with more realistic goals might be happier along the way but if in the end i achieve it, it really doesn't matter.
I sorta forgot that a lot of weightlifters move up in weight classes throughout their careers. Maybe there is hope for my 23 year old 5'9" 67kg frame to move up in the future as I've only been training for under a year.
Just started like 6 months ago at 35 w a decent 5 year background "powerbuilding" w/e that means. Having grown up playing alot of sports weightlifting is so fun and scratches an itch like nothing else in the gym. Am I kinda sad I didn't start at even like 20? Of course - but fighting the good fight and seeing what I can do into my late 30s is cool and if this sport takes like 8-12 years to master who knows maybe I hit some PBs in my 40s. W/e happens its fun as hell and cool to reframe training to find wins on mobility and technical stuff. Any way to stay engaged with fitness.
Started weightlifting January 2022 75kg cnj and 50snatch atm 80kg snatch and 105 cnj. By the end of the year lookin to hit 110 cnj and 90snatch (21yo and 61bw)
Realistically, what is a safe starting age for weight training? 8? I have a young son and I'm thinking of quitting my gym membership and getting a home gym.
I think you could definitely start teaching a kid at that age technique and how to move their body with coordination, but probably wouldn't start hammering heavy loads until their early teens
I was narrating the world championships to my son at 6 months. He does snatches, power cleans and presses with a plastic barbell now at age 3 in our home gym.
I'm a novice and I can barely power clean 60kg for three reps. Never will I ever be a professional weightlifter! xD Deadlift is 140x5 and squat is 120x5 and go up each session
serious quesiton here: What do you think the maximum weight that can be lifted by a 100% natural (can have protein and creatine) human in the following movements? (Or maximum weight to BW ratio) Squat deadlift C&J Snatch
I'm just trying to get my Sikastan citizenship so my children can have the weightlifting career I never could
Hahaha you don't want that for your child 🤣
@@sikastrength APPLICATION DENIED
Yes I think the professional weightlifting career is terrible. You train more then anyone else and when you spent all your childhood and or teenage years closed in a facility with a few other, you get what?
I would like 100 times more being a free weightlifting spirit. Those guys like Eoin ,Zac telander or Dylan Cooper, which I'm sure they trained hard as fuck but luckily not in that way
@@sikastrength can you make a video for a intermediate weightlifter who are good with form but not ready to go under heavy loads and under the barbell. ( I hope you understand my grammar )
Started weightlifting a month ago, I'm 26. I've just accepted that I won't be a phenomenal weightlifter. Only thing that matters is getting better, doesn't matter what numbers I hit down the road (well it kinda does but you get my point)
You'd never know you could be all strawberry jam
Right here with you, 28 and 6 weeks in. The focus on getting better is pretty fun so far
wants to start and im 30. trying to get to the same mindset as well :D
Never surrender fellas
Started weightlifting when I was 34 (36 now) and weighed 45 kilos. I will never be amazing or perform huge feats of strength when compared to so many people, but I will always be proud of every kilo I have added to the bar. It's me against me.
Great Eoin, I'm not Zakharevich but I'm also not a top tier brain surgeon
Thanks for ruining my day
Any time!
27 here and only started taking weightlifting seriously last year, after hanging around powerlifting to boost my ego for about 8 years. Feel like I wasted so much time I could have spent on bettering my technique, but I guess the foundation is not too bad. Hoping I can get the most out of it over the next 5-10 years.
Lol, same boat here. Very low expectations, but I’ve been enjoying the process.
Same man. Wish I started way younger, wish my country promoted weightlifting more.
Here I am, 37 years old, discovered Olympic weightlifting at 36 and trying to learn! I don’t want to go to the Olympics or be an elite weightlifter but I would love to snatch 100kg some day! So far I’ve snatched 50kg and C&J 70kg by myself and I feel very proud about it! I know my technique is shit but I try to learn more everyday! Maybe it’s time to get a coach right?? Let’s go!!!
Yes, get a coach. Earlier the better!
I'm hitting the same numbers after doing it for about a year. It's validating to hear that others are the same as you. I'm in this for the long haul and because I find it a lot more fun and rewarding than the weight machines. I hope you find it fun too
I'd like to think that my question "will I ever get good at weightlifting" during the last AMA in your instagram partly motivated this nice video.
You and everyone else who lifts 🤣
Applicable to so much of life.
Started at 29, first year spent on locking up my body in order to just do an overhead squat, this year on actually performing lifts that look like snatches, cleans and jerks. Always comparing myself to the GOATs in weightlifting, always comparing myself to the amateurs that has been lifting for 15 years and always, always, always comparing my self to the yesterday of myself.
Thus, always leaving the gym with a broken confidence because I am weak and untalented but always leaving motivated and determined because I was better than I was yesterday. Thank you for this, now I know I just need to lift for another 8-10 years before I can see what I am made of, haha!
I suck not only at weightlifting
Great video, something I needed to watch today before training like a calm, rational assassin.
Would another reason for why I'm bad at weightlifting be because I have never done a snatch or clean in my life?
It's possible....
After being self-taught with off and on training seasons, I’ve finally acquired a coach. I’m looking forward to progressing and being a pretty alright weightlifter.
I've been weightlifting since 23, now 28. My goal is to snatch 100kg, but the progress has been really slow since hitting 80kg. I really want to hit that 100kg, but it seems like I still have a year+ of training before hitting that if im lucky. I know those who have my training age are almost certainly better than I, but I enjoy weightlifting and adhere to training pretty well.
Do not compare yourself to people who literally grew up on anabolics if you are natural. Its better now but far from good. All the GOATs of year past? Especially the 80's and early 90's were literally having orals for breakfast before the gym every day
The real question I have is how much stanozolol do I have to take to get a 100kg total?
Mannn that shit just gave me sore joints
ALL OF IT
I started at 26, now 28. I know I won't pull crazy numbers.. Not even close 😂 🤣 but I enjoy the training, I am way more mobile and it generally makes me feel healthier. Weightlifting accessories like clean high pulls, snatch pulls etc are also great from a bodybuilding perspective if you are training smart and not letting your ego take over.
Self taught, no coach, only videos and lots of grinding 😂. I was always doing atg squats, exact depth like Clarence's so at least in that regard I had a good baseline. Enjoy your training guys and don't care so much about numbers, this is not our JOB, we have Shit to do on our life, this is our lifestyle(for looking and feeling better /healthier) but not our JOB. Remember that!
Just started 2 weeks ago, with 25 years old, and been loving it! I always had curiosity to start this sport! I've been working out for 3-4 years and always loved to squat with depth and focus on technique. And it's really nice to have a new challenge.
Started at 50. I'd not set foot in a gym until i was 49😂. I saw a coach at the gym doing a class for anyone that was interested and thought it looked more fun than the gym machines. I go 3or 4 times a week, depending on how much the previous session has hurt my shoulders, wrists or hip etc 😂. I can OHS pretty much ATG but only with 40kg. I never thought i would do that 6 months ago! This video is brilliant though. Never has being told you suck (and will do forever) been so empowering 😂
I started weightlifting at 24, but luckily I started weight training at 20 and was very athletic from a young age. Unfortunately I was a typical "gym bro" and skipped way too many leg days, so my lower half is still catching up.... I hit a double bodyweight squat (140kg) barely parallel a while ago but only have just managed to ass to grass it at 25 (almost 26). I know I won't be the next big thing at weightlifting but it would be nice to get into an English national competition for funsies.
1) Underweight
2) Inflexible
3) Under-coached
That should cover basically every problem for a beginner (which is 95% of CZcams WL viewership). Genetics is just the icing on the cake.
Thanks for saving me 8 minutes
@@yuur110 only number 3 was in the video
@@sikastrength Tru tru. The video was more "Why you won't be an A-session weightlifter" than "Why you can't total 220kg"
@@sikastrength A table of contents for the videos would be sick, I like a lot of your commentaries and takes on weightlifting but I also have the attention span of a dog and like to skip through videos
Started two months ago, I'm 34. I'm not expecting great numbers, and if I get a 100kg snatch one day I'll be living my best life, but I'm happy to learn, to move and be more powerful and explosive. So many years I admired nice snatches and clean and jerks, now it's time to try.
And concerning the numbers, at least in my (small) city oly club they told me that I had good ones for a total beginner 😅
Thanks. I'm rebuilding my back squat at the moment after some time out due to covid and coach changes than skewed my mindset so much that I barely wanted to train again.
Listening to Gurphs soothing voice before going to sleep, good night lads
Finally, a video made for me.
Lads can we please get a focus video on ankle stiffness vs. ankle mobility for athletes? Drills and opinions 🙏
Reading the comments put into perspective how fast I've come up as a lanky 6"3 fella.
June 2021 (25yrs/78kg)
- Started with not having the mobility to get into a deep squat, no overhead strength, could barely overhead squat to parallel.
- missed 40kg snatches routinely when starting out, a 60kg clean and jerk was sketchy
- 5 years of loose powerlifting experience (190s/130b/220d)
April 2022 (26yrs/79kg)
- 90kg snatach, 105kg clean and jerk (due to bad clean mechanics and poor form but I could jerk 115kg)
*Then took 4 months off serious lifting, drank 3-4x's a week, dropped down to 74.6kg
November 2022 (26yrs/81kg)
- Just hit a 100kg snatch and a 125kg clean and jerk after a 13 week program (and a 6 week form rebuild prior)
Thinking of getting a coach soon and getting serious with my diet. Would like to hit a 140 snatch and 170 clean and jerk by 30.....
Not to be a downer but those numbers seem quite ambitious so don't be too hard on yourself if you don't make it. All the best to you though
When I'm at a crossroads in life, I rewatch this video for that last phrase when Eoin says "I promise you this".
Great, a video just for me!
Comment for the algo...
A few Q&A sessions ago, you mentioned that if you don't hit 100/120 within a year of training, you probably won't be a great weightlifter. I'm approaching 90/110 as a 64kg lifter after a year and a half of training at age 30. Don't know what my potential is, but I'm shooting to at least qualify for US Nationals and win Masters when I hit 35.
The way Clarence dive bombs those squats with that weight is a bit unsettling.
I don't suck at weightlifting but I'm here to see what people suck at 😂
I know im not very good and i know i might never achieve it, but if there's a chance im actually good if i give it time, i will aim for a 300kg WL total while being at/under 90kg until i stop making progress.
Other lifters with more realistic goals might be happier along the way but if in the end i achieve it, it really doesn't matter.
I sorta forgot that a lot of weightlifters move up in weight classes throughout their careers. Maybe there is hope for my 23 year old 5'9" 67kg frame to move up in the future as I've only been training for under a year.
Just started like 6 months ago at 35 w a decent 5 year background "powerbuilding" w/e that means. Having grown up playing alot of sports weightlifting is so fun and scratches an itch like nothing else in the gym. Am I kinda sad I didn't start at even like 20? Of course - but fighting the good fight and seeing what I can do into my late 30s is cool and if this sport takes like 8-12 years to master who knows maybe I hit some PBs in my 40s. W/e happens its fun as hell and cool to reframe training to find wins on mobility and technical stuff. Any way to stay engaged with fitness.
Great video!
Knowing when to stop is as important as, if not more important than, grinding through, I don't know, the 20th set because some technique feels off.
Started weightlifting January 2022 75kg cnj and 50snatch atm 80kg snatch and 105 cnj. By the end of the year lookin to hit 110 cnj and 90snatch (21yo and 61bw)
You considered gaining body weight?
a burn indeed but a welcome one
thanks for the encouragement - much appreciated
Realistically, what is a safe starting age for weight training? 8? I have a young son and I'm thinking of quitting my gym membership and getting a home gym.
I think you could definitely start teaching a kid at that age technique and how to move their body with coordination, but probably wouldn't start hammering heavy loads until their early teens
I was narrating the world championships to my son at 6 months. He does snatches, power cleans and presses with a plastic barbell now at age 3 in our home gym.
@@dalehall-bowden1083 you're creating a monster
Started weightlifting in 2019 at 26 yrs old. Current total is 95/115. Dream total is 120/145 at least
Really wish I had this video like 2 years ago lol
Started doing snatch exclusively about 6 months ago. Can't get over 80kg no matter what I try. I'm 40 btw.
Training with a bad coach is definitely worse than no coach at all. My progress skyrocketed when I left my last and only coach lol.
Love it Eoin. I need not be a baby
I'm a novice and I can barely power clean 60kg for three reps. Never will I ever be a professional weightlifter! xD Deadlift is 140x5 and squat is 120x5 and go up each session
Okay. Adding strawberry jam to a jar of dog shit....got it. But what about adding dog shit to a jar of strawberry jam?
FU internet man for crushing my dreams
Me who started lifting at 33 feeling very attacked.
Bad proportions and my knee hurts
serious quesiton here:
What do you think the maximum weight that can be lifted by a 100% natural (can have protein and creatine) human in the following movements? (Or maximum weight to BW ratio)
Squat
deadlift
C&J
Snatch
No real way of knowing as most lifters who get near the max are most likely in a system that will have them use drugs before they peak
@@sikastrength even some system like the jermans who are notoriously bad?
Look at Mark Henry
@@casparbosch5615 lol you really believe natty?
Take away from this video is I need to take PEDs and I’ll go to worlds
Ouch my feelings
When I left hook u that’s when you will question your lifetime of lifting
i suck at weightlifting because of my pronated feet 🥲
Wrote my senior thesis on CRISPR/Cas9 and I appreciate the shout out
This was needed 🫶 @sikastrength