LU_Xiaojun_Front-Squat_230x2.3GP

[iluvpackersn4]

WTF. Damn Asians ,making us Americans look all week and such

[freshchoresh]

seen this vid before, but i thought it was 240 not 230?

[Sooftah]

Superhuman.

[mike2011989]

from the speed of the ascend, this looks like easy warm up for him?

I've read somewhere that he was a track athlete before, turned to weightlifting at ~18y.o?

and ATG backsquat 300kgs?

him, Naim, Liao Hui, Rezzazadeh are the league of extraordinary gentlemen

[AdmiralSeadog]

@mike2011989 not sure what lu xiaojun's front squat max is, but one of the chinese lifters (junior only) who hit 205 on the clean and jerk at the chinese weightlifting nationals couple months back has a front squat max around 250 kg so im assuming lu is a bit higher. lol yea lu was a track athlete before but he turned to weightlifting way before 18, i think an article said he realized he lacked the "stamina" and "top speed' needed to be a good sprinter so he chose lifting.

[AdmiralSeadog]

@mike2011989 im not sure u can become a weightlifting champion if u start at 18 (if u never done any clean and jerk, snatch before at all), even someone as gifted as lu it takes time to develop champion lifters

[mike2011989]

@AdmiralSeadog true, i guess all we can do about his situation is speculate.

I wish there wasmore info available on the internet on how these guys train, their stats etc

[AdmiralSeadog]

@mike2011989 yea same here. most of the weightlifting countries keep their training relatively secret. would be great if lu xiaojun actually had a youtube channel (unforturntaly youtube is banned in china) and uploaded training vids. that would be awesome.

[SuperShaDowSun]

This looks like a warm-up...insane!

[olyaddict]

WOW........... looked like a warmup.

[Jimmyretired]

type jay cutler deadlift he can lift over 550 pounds and bench more than this, these people are not big

[jakebrigand]

@Jimmyretired lol 550 pound deadlift. do you realize that you just watched a skinny 170lb guy Front squat 507 pounds (triple his bodyweight) twice for a warm up? he can probably warm up with jay cutler's deadlift even though jay cutler is twice bigger than him. jay is a great bodybuilder, but hes a nobody in the world of sports

[etwade]

@Jimmyretired Everyone just take a look at this guy's channel and I think you'll all understand what's going on here...

[leeonr]

triple. bw. speed. FRONT. squat.

[AdmiralSeadog]

lol im no expert, just stating simple facts...

[TheGuy123321]

i saw an HD version on chinese news (you can see the guy who uploaded the video recording, haha). two blue plates, one red, two yellows, one green on each side. 230.

[AdmiralSeadog]

to be fair theres a HUGE difference between amateur lifters and real PROFESSIONAL weightlifters...its like comparing high school basketball with nba...

[418cjpaul]

just amazing...how can anyone be so strong...

[uwpowerlifting]

This isn't necessarily a "heavy load" on the bar for him. Relatively, this looks like ~80% effort, so to them, this is probably "light-moderate" front squats 2 days out.

[onepounch]

not tryin to stop all the hype here but there´s another vid of this in which you can see it´s 210

[AdmiralSeadog]

@onepounch LMAO!!!!!!!!! lu cleans 210 and stands up with it with relative ease....u really think thats 210? most 69 kg guys front squat 210 with moderate effort....let alone the 77kg world record holder...

[onepounch]

@AdmiralSeadog the clean is a technical skill. his 200kg cleans look like its 50% of his FS max but you can be sure it isn´t. `m not sayin he can´t double 230 but this is 210. like it or not. btw it´s not that unusual to squat doubles with what you are going to c&j a few days prior to competition but after reading all your other comments you probably know that as you seem to be a real expert

[jernmyre]

Hhahaha and all the stupid americans putting up their squats on this site like theyre something weighing 20 kg more than this guy;; jesus what a rude awakening hahahaa

[EndlersaurusRex]

@jernmyre 99% of people from any nationality can't squat this, regardless of BW. It's not just an American thing to post a squat video far inferior to this one. YouTube is designed to put anything you up (within the rules) you want.

But yes, Americans do need to stop sucking ass at lifting.

[Jimmyretired]

@EndlersaurusRex jay cutler, cena, goldbergs, america has the best lifters asia has no credentials in sport they are backward, these boys are nobody

[EndlersaurusRex]

@Jimmyretired You're one of the stupidest people I've ever seen. This lifter holds the World Record for the Snatch in his weight class. He's nobody? He squats more than Cutler does at significantly less weight.

Cutler, and the other athletes you mentioned, are not strong with regards to professional weightlifters for their weight. They are body builders, and look for a completely different purpose.

That's why you see people half their size squatting 200 pounds more.

[Jimmyretired]

@jernmyre i have friends from alabama that box squat 500 pounds

[Tbergan67]

@Jimmyretired Dude. I'm american and love lifting too but a box squat of 500? I did that sophomore year. cutler? Bodybuilders are bitches for heavy weights. Cena is powerful but not as good as we'd like. America does have outstanding lifters, but they spend ALL of their time powerlifting doing fucking caveman lifts rather than Olifts. If all our powerlifters shed some pounds and Olympic lifted, we may stand a chance. But anyways, this guy is truly powerful

[JacktheDaniels]

@jernmyre

So I guess anyone who can't front squat over 3x their bodyweight shouldn't be posting squat videos then?

If that was the case then there would probably be about 4 squat videos on the whole internet.

Now wouldn't that suck?

[kooijker1]

WTF. He just throws this around like it's nothing.

[supertoan1234]

ATG

[freshchoresh]

This is why he power jerks instead of split leg, his legs are superhuman.

[LesFayes]

now I see why he never struggled with the clean

[LayEmOut60]

Did anyone else just realize this triple bodyweight? And he just tosses it around like it's a joke in a FRONT squat... Unbelievable.

Anyone have a backsquat video of this guy?

[pim1337]

@LayEmOut60 They don't back squat as often. Front squatting is more central loaded and translates into the classic lifts.

[LayEmOut60]

It's about time!! I've been looking for vids of this guy squatting, but they're tough to find.

Unreal power in those legs.

[portugaljoao777]

like peanuts

[Karlhumphreys1988]

Favourite current lifter right here! no wonder his cleans always look like a piece of piss.

[SeanRonayneECB]

strong ass mother fucker!

[clarence0]

fucking hell he could probably clean that.

[jakebrigand]

@clarence0 yeah it looks like he could. his jerk is what limits him from breaking world records

[dansow1]

beast



[snatch147at85]

Wait, his front squat is stronger than most, if not all, Bulgarian 77's..........holy guacamole

[arpussupra]

@snatch147at85 I remember Zlatan Vanev had a FS pr of 255 so he could do a double with 230 but I doubt it would look as easy as Lu's

[snatch147at85]

@arpussupra 255? Where did you hear that? It's possible. I have the ironmind tapes. There is clip of him doing 230-235 and it looked like a max.

[arpussupra]

@snatch147at85 It's from the Unbelievable Bulgarians tape that I have. He does 245 kg at 39m40s. Strossen named his pr afterwards. Still, regarding the fact that Lu does it with strict form, fluently and 2 days prior to the event, he is obviously the king of the front squat in the -77 class.

[momotart]

finally get to see him squatting with those crazy strong legs

[HeangKoing]

this is unreal, absolutely crazy slick