Shi Zhiyong - Clean and Jerk

[SteU4IA]

looking at the jerk, the way he dips, the bar moved like 2 inches

[RandomStevie]

@SteU4IA Exactly. you didn't think that the jerk movement was about pure arm strength did you? A perfect jerk involves the lifter getting under the bar quickly enough to where very little arm drive is needed to come to full extension with the bar.

[StevenCHKim]

What a beast. over 360lbs at 143lb bodyweight, and he sat there ATG with that weight over his head, trying to squat it... Fugggg

[StevenCHKim]

What a beast. over 340lbs, and he sat there ATG with that weight over his head, trying to squat it...

[freedomsoldier187]

he went to 69kg and won the world championship in 2005. 190kg clean and jerk

and world record snatch, he qualifys

[TheRowdyhowdy]

Perfect everything. And at a bodyweight of 165.

[kirrasc]

@TheRowdyhowdy thats 165 kg on the bar. hes a 62kg weight class

[TheRowdyhowdy]

@kirrasc So clean and jerks 363 pounds at a bodyweight of 143 pounds.

[eowdaoc]

awesome flexibility on that last try

[freedomsoldier187]

awsome for a 62kg lifter, that's huge !

[shrimpanzee001]

Perfect form

[devilmaggot44]

Is it me or does it seem like there could be some serious repercussions for your back and other major body parts if you do the jerk his style wrong?

[mmmpro12]

@jontahontas Yeah, now you've said that it's not impressive anymore.....

[BigSamFoSho]

That's because he has a leg injury, my coach recommended me to do it like that for the time being until the injury would be completely healed

[tempac91]

Why is the chinese man trying to curl the bar in that way?

[JpRules123]

Goood lift, keep it up

[ssnneejjkkoo]

ofcourse it's clean and jerk ... well i don't know a lot about this kid ... but the way he lifts ... it's because he have some problems with the legs or other part of the body ... that's why he don't lift like the "usual" way ... :)

[LayEmOut60]

@ssnneejjkkoo Guys like this method because it works better for some people, not because of injuries making it difficult to do split jerks. A lot of great lifters use this technique. Pyrros Dimas, Lu Xiaojun, and Zhang Guozheng all use this style, and they're all world record holders.

[ssnneejjkkoo]

@LayEmOut60 I think Pyrros Dimas lifted like this cause of legs problem or kind of ...

[LayEmOut60]

@ssnneejjkkoo Hmmm... I guess I've never heard that. I just feel like if the only reason people use it is because of injuries, then it would be very strange that three world record holders use it. Just my observation.

[glitch2424]

amazing form! still trying to learn this!

[944kiddo]

isnt that hard on the knees????? i wunna start doing olympic lifts to help my explosion in wrestling. I just dont wanna risk my knees.

[jakebrigand]

@944kiddo well it can't be more risky than wrestling

[MrJivePirate]

@944kiddo It is if you fuck up, if you do it right it decreases your chance of osteoporosis.

[imstilly]

Amazing! Don't know what weight this guy is lifting but it looks like a lot. And he's not even huge or anything!

[AKASIFAK]

@imstilly he starts on 165kg i think then probs goes upto 178kg

[shortfatandcrass]

This guys a badass. I pretend I'm him when I'm maxing out.

[scientificallyunstab]

@shortfatandcrass HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...yeah I think I will start doing that too...it might help me lift

[1JPIFF]

Impressive Power jerks. The Squat Jerk at the end took me by surprise shows how flexible he is.

[celconicuzn]

It is very irrelevant how they jerk it, as long as they complete the lift and have plausible stability at the top. The squat jerk is a lot harder and takes a long ass time to be able to pull it off well.

[LayEmOut60]

@celconicuzn For sure. I was trying squat jerks today when I lifted and I just can't hit it. I can C&J about 200 (I'm not bragging, especially considering that is a horrible max for a 205 pound guy, just making my point) with a split jerk, but I could barely squat jerk 133. It's tricky to figure out.

[zislam159159]

@LayEmOut60 i feel ya on that! the thing about this exercise though is that it requires mass shoulder flexibility not saying split jerk doesnt but I feel it requires it a tad bit more!

[LayEmOut60]

@zislam159159 Oh yea, it requires way more than the split jerk does. That's actually the only part for me that's really difficult. I can overhead squat just fine, but when I try to jerk into an overhead squat my grip is too narrow. I find it awkward to have my hands really wide when I set up the jerk, so I'm forced to try to do split jerks with a standard grip and it takes incredible shoulder flexibility. Balance is an issue too.

[stephenbaker0]

@LayEmOut60 You can readjust your grip after the clean.

[LayEmOut60]

@stephenbaker0 Yea I just hate having to do that. It feels sloppy to me for some reason. Maybe I'm just overly picky, but I just don't like doing it very much. I have experimented with it a bit, though.

[CorpseGrinder18]

I have a curious question: That's the first time I've seen a squat jerk before. Do lifters have that option during competition? I have only seen that split jerk done

[averageboy50]

Lifters have the option of of jerking the bar however they want. The split jerk is perhaps more common than the squat jerk because it allows lifters to have a larger base of support. In the squat jerk, a small mistake may usually lead to a miss. In general, the lifter chooses whatever method they are more comfortable with. The squat jerk definitely looks quite interesting in action!

[averageboy50]

By the way, Shi Zhiyong actually power jerks(does not go into a full squat). He squat jerked on the last lift due to the sheer amount of weight. If a lifter has a lot of power, it would probably be more efficient than the split jerk. One example would be Urik Vardanian (amazing lifter!!!), who uses a very small split on his jerk. You can see what his jerk looks like by youtubing him up.

Hope this helps!

[CorpseGrinder18]

That helped and then some haha Thank you! Wish I could Oly lift

[scskowron]

He's got a real wide stance on the pull. I love the squat jerk. Takes a ton of shoulder flexibility.

[matthewrockslol22]

beast

[GrassiMax]

E' un fenomeno come riesce a fare la spinta in accosciata.

[Wiegieboard]

Some good lifting here.

[capsulecorporation]

whoa....is he double jointed? the way he brought the arm back like that....would've broken a normal person's arms

[Gackers]

to be sure, he does have a pretty wide grip, so maybe he is just that flexible. you have a good point though.

[prsguitars92]

Nah, at least I dont think so. I was practicing snatches the other day and I did the same thing, and I'm pretty sure I'm not double jointed but who knows? haha

[CorpseGrinder18]

I do what I believe are called "shoulder dislocations" with a broomstick. It's not too hard to swing a broom stick to your back with a wide grip.

[fwaapo]

how it that possible

[geetarmannum1]

he is actually doing a power jerk, which is what alot of the chineese do.for it to be a clean and jerk, hed have to split his feet

[kettlebellconvert]

thats called a squat jerk, as opposed to a split jerk.

"power" refers to where the bar is caught in a clean. so, a power clean means you catch the bar way up high, above parallel to be sure. a full clean, or just clean, means you catch it at or near bottom position.

that said, a "power" jerk makes no sense, as you always catch the bar in the same place.

[Guitarist000]

Hm... I was under the impression that adding the prefix 'power' made implicit that there was no squatting involved. Look at this lifter right here; the first jerk could be considered a power jerk since he does not go below parallel, as well as his second. In his 3rd, he catches it in a squat.

I think it makes sense.

[kettlebellconvert]

In the Olifting world, you'd just say he ended up catching it really low, which is unusual.

[Guitarist000]

You could use that same faulty reasoning for a clean, saying that he ended up catching it really high, which is unusual. You don't always catch a bar in the same place in a jerk. Look at where his arms lock out in each attempt; you'll see that they aren't in the same place. In a split jerk, you catch it slightly lower than in a power jerk, and even lower in the squat jerk.

If great authors such as Arthur Dreschler are willing to recognize power and squat jerking, then so am I.

[kettlebellconvert]

wasnt aware of that guy or his recognition of "power" jerking, although i have heard some people referring to push presses as jerks without a dip for the catch and so on...

still, the most popular terminology has it either a squat jerk or a split jerk.

[areallycleverone]

huh. since im not familiar with metrics i looked them up. 325+ lbs. for a 150 lb. guy. i hang my head in shame.

[trance4mation]

136lbs guy

[guishuheshang]

hope he get better soon. sorry to hear about the injury

[mikeyburger1]

absolutely great lifting!

[ilikecheese946]

Now that's some flexibility!

[sethhersch]

I can honestly say that I've never seen someone jerk with a squared stance, but I've never seen knees as solid, either, so the dude's doing something right...

[MicFrosty88]

look at pyrros dimas.

[nasheq]

i wish my technique was like his. squat jerk is so sexy.

[trance4mation]

but very hard, squat jerking becomes mr overhead squat when it gets heavy

[LazySniper]

so true

[Dreaddo]

The third one is the sickest squatjerk I've ever seen even though he didn't quite make it.

[gpj]

awesome

[m1kekim]

this is ridiculous flexibility and balls. a can do shoulder dislocates with a narrow snatch grip all the way back with even releasing the bar - but this guy looks like he can do it with a clean grip.

[Mportpower]

My thoughts exactly. I was waiting for his shoulders to ping.

[mon777key]

nice work, friend. But you can put more weight on the bar. It is NEVER too heavy!

[Smackbox]

yeah no sport is more athletic than the other. I'm doing curling myself.

[UC15]

Smackbox,

Curling. Yeah, real athletic. Right up there with skiing, speed skating, gymnastics, track and field, wrestling, weightlifting, football, rugby, etc.

I will concede that curlers could kick the butts of most poker players.

[Smackbox]

maybe, unless they poker face you into thinking they are also curlers..

[cslitecky]

there are no such sport thats better than another one, they all have their attributes and they are just different

[Cory315]

i dont really think you can say this sport is better or harder than that one in the olympics because all these athletes devote years of blood, sweat and tears to what they do. yes a wrestler might be able to destroy a weightlifter but a wrestler cant lift hundreds of pounds over his head

[csca58]

Yes, you're right Cory.

[patlamoi]

wow thats e real good jerk! perfekt

[knobbers22]

with wrestling you have to trade a lot of power and strength for conditioning.

[Rhoadhead]

wrestling...

[nebyou]

yeah wrestling

[andrewjohngordon]

Thats real athleticism. Although it may not require great stamina, Olympic style weightlifting is one of the only sports which requires great strength, power, speed, flexability, coordination, and courage. The only other sport I can think of similar to this is gymnastics.