How Good Is Clarence Kennedy ACTUALLY?
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2022
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interview him...pls
Clarence is by far my favorite weightlifter/youtuber of all time in the fitness space. Lifts huge, is honest about PED usage, and chooses to not compete for moral reasons.
Someone that lifts at the caliber and doesn’t want to compete? Nah beat it
Lifts huge is absolutely true. He was only recently honest about his PED use. Also, he doesn't compete not because of moral reasons but because the Irish weightlifting federation "protects/covers" certain lifters according to him.
and is Vegan for animal rights and ethics. Plant based legend 🌱
@@EfficientAthletics That still means it's moral based.
He cannot compete because he is open about his PED.. not because he chose not to compete..
I think it's safe to say he's one of the most influential figures in weightlifting. For someone not involved in the sport, I think he's done a lot for inspiring people to get in to weightlifting. I know he did for me
Why would you say something like that while admitting yourself that you're not involved in weightlifting?
Why claim your uninformed opinion as a fact? Why not just state it as an opinion?
@@mambutuomalley2260 You having roid rage or something? You okay?
Clarence lives in Northern ireland now, bumped into him a few times. Really humble and down to earth guy
As an fyi has now moved to England as of this month....
Dude, meating him is legendary. Was he floating? Flying? Teleporting?
What I love about Clarence is he doesn’t compete. He just has some crazy internal drive to push numbers. I am the same way, really don’t give a crap about competing in weightlifting. I just wanna see where I can take it.
Clarence was a big reason to get into weightlifting. So was early Garage Strength!
Wow... Not too many people know about our early stuff lol... Glad we could be a source of inspiration. Thank you!
I've always theorized that activity in your youth forces your body to adapt and can, in a way, shape your athletic ability. The discussion about genetics always points to things being mostly innate, and we know that's true, but surely being extremely active in his developmental years contributed to his remarkable ability as an older teenager and into his adult life.
true!
Completely agree.
Most attributes are multifactorial. i.e. There is a genetic and a environmental factor. The same way that keeping your brain active in early development can improve function permanently, staying active at a young age can do the same for physicality
I was a fat kid who skated and I have huge calves and legs as a fit adult (squatted 3 plates after a few months consistent training). I can see this being true. I wish I did more upper body intensive stuff as a kid lol
If you never discovered or pushed your limits in your youth, you can discover it later in life. You just have to have the drive, motivation and put in the work. I can testify myself. As a youth i played sports for fun, but never had the drive, passion or intensity i did in my early 30's. At that age i became to respect process more and got alot better with my confidence and mindset. Thusly i was able to push past all of what i thought were old "limits" by alot. The body reacts to stimulous and workload by adapting, as we get older muscles and nerves get "turned off", those can be reactivated by appropriate and consistent useage. But yes many kids had that drive as a kid and were able to achieve closer to their potential at younger ages.
He starts PEDs in 2015. He tells you by including the cycling clip in the video. What a guy
Clarence is so strong that it’s not even discouraging to know I’d never ever be as strong as him. It’s like being upset that you aren’t as tall as shaq.
He is a stud. I respect the hell out of his demeanor and the way he conducts himself. Olympic lifts and powerlifting lifts all at an elite level prove this dude has a true love for straight up weight training in all forms. You just cant get that good without serious passion. The intelligent guys like him are always the ones that make this whole game respectable.. Good video
The bicycle scene in 2015 is when he starts to gas up. 162.5, 200 as a natural.
Not sure about Clarence’s weight class, or how much weight either of them cut to make their weight class, but they’re almost identical to Harrison Maurus’ numbers.
Current PRs, are 195, 225, 310 paused back squat.
Also to add, it seems like as of late, Clarence has downsized for health reasons and plans to transition to more powerlifting now
Iirc, he should have been in proper water cut range for the 96s, in recent years. Heavier when he did his best powerlifts but not as good at weightlifting.
@@MellonVegan I’m talking about when he was a natural, because his numbers were very similar Harrison Maurus’
Where did you get that 195kg snatch from? I’ve never seen footage of it nor do I recall Clarence talking about it. I always assumed 187.5kg was his snatch PR.
@@digitalvii I think through Eoin/Sika Strength. Zack Telander has said that Clarence has a video of it on his computer, but he hasn't uploaded it to either patreon or YT, if I recall correctly.
@@toximan2008 it was on UA-cam on a private link but someone shared it round so he removed it. 195 was legit.
The time he started juicing is actually in the video itself. 11:09. He is cycling. And Eoin saying "suspicious" right after. That's a joke but... not really.
21 y old and he started making crazy gains, like as if he was a beginner again and simultaneously build like 5 - 10 kg muscle.
This is what I came here to say!
He’s openly not natty
I think that's accurate. I believe Weightlifting House said that (according to Clarence) his max natty snatch was ~160kg which is somewhere at that timestamp
That is a hilarious little visual gag, had a good laugh at that first time I saw it.
His progression in his first year of weightlifting is insane. It took me almost a year to squat 225 and he basically did it overnight
A big part of it is technique and muscle control and activation. He had a background in tricking and parkour, which is all about perfecting technique and crazy good mind-muscle connections. It’s possible you had very similar progress in raw muscle strength, but were lagging behind in technique and proper muscle activation/recruitment so weren’t able to lift as much
Clarence is truly an elite athlete. A lot of people don’t realize it, he’s a different type of specimen to anyone else.
Any controversy aside, it’s amazing & inspiring to watch his earlier moves & the progression of his heavy-assed lifts… thanks for sharing!
I started weightlifting about 2 years ago. Clarence is the one who got me into it and still is one of my biggest inspirations to date.
finding clarence on youtube completely reignited my love for weightlifting. I really cant put into words the benefit this had on me. I bought his program too and it changed me! strongest ive ever been baby!
What program? Read a thread that his squat program shows massive gains
Thanks for making this video. It's funny, I've tried to show my non-lifting friends some Clarence videos and they don't really get it. I guess that's the problem with weightlifting. It doesn't have a wider appeal because people don't have any concept for the numbers they're seeing.
Clarence is insane. It seems like if he sets his mind on something he becomes elite at it. Such an impressive athlete.
I also value his character a ton. He's humble, extremely honest and stands for what he believes in.
He seems to be an overall awesome human being.
Edit: The thing I like the most about him... he re-racks the weight after his insane squats.
Clarence actually hits the bar pretty hard compared to other weightlifters . Amazing overall athlete and a chill dude. Mad respect for his demeanor.
I found him and his channel last year and he got me into weightlifting. I became a huge fan of him and the sport. My obsession got so big that I started training weightlifting (am a powerlifter) however broke my arm while doing clean&jerks.
holy crap! may I ask how you broke it? In the clean or over extended in the jerk?
Great video man! Clarence is such a beast, his videos are great, especially the squat senpei series
I love that flip up off the ground. Clarence is just an outright badass
He squats ass to grass with some crazy weight for his size and while he's so young. He's a legend. Haha
The part where you see him on the bike is when he said he started “cycling” 😂 genius
Quality content, thank you.
Great video!
How does a typical week of training looks like for Nicholas Singleton?
Thanks
Its cool to see him train in real life. He's going into powerlifting or at least training for it. One of the friendliest guys in the gym too.
I've been following Clarence for nearly 10 years, I hard agree, one of the best weightlifters on Earth.
I grew up watching Clarence was definitely a huge inspiration for me
Clarence is my idol man he is a complete phenom
You should review his top cj and snatch vid. I think the total was 410kg
I will look into it. Thank you for the suggestion!
410kg is absolutely bonkers. Like isn't that legitimate Olympic medal material?
@@pinkyandorbrain for his weight, no it's not. I think that's how much the 80kg class competitors are lifting.
410lbs you mean?
@@ibrahimalameddine100 lol no. 81kg total WR is 380kg. Current 96kg total WR, which is what Clarence would compete in, which was set by Sohrab Moradi is 416kg. Clarence with his 225 clean and jerk and 187.5kg snatch (412.5kg total) would put him in medal contention by far. Hell, he would have taken gold in the snatch, equal gold in the clean and jerk, and gold in the total at the latest olympics with those numbers, where the gold medalist for the 96kg div hit a 177/225/402.
To look at these weights and the way it moves and for his age . He's a Fenom !!
Very Powerful, yet very humble.
Why don’t you do a video on David Rigert? He is widely considered to be “the weightlifter’s weightlifter” and was known as “The Unbeatable.” The man was a phenomenal athlete long before becoming ‘72 Oly champion. Ever seen a pic of his spinal erectors? He could also run 100 meters in 12 seconds in his army boots, as well as having one helluva vertical jump.
I'm looking through your videos do you have any exercises that increase ankle mobility so as to improve squat depth
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When he did those deadlifts he was around 220lbs body weight, he said he was uncomfortable at that weight and was starting to slow down. I think now he is around 205 or so.
Clarence was the reason I started lifting.
His progression at 17 is absolutely insane. Put a whole plate on his already elite squat in 6 months while also focusing on the olympic lifts.
After years of training experience he literally progressed faster than I did with my newbie gains when I just started.
Clarence 💪🏽 my favourite lifter.
Fire like always 🚬🔥
He convinced me to properly squat. I can now do a 430lbs atg.
GOOD SHIT
@@phosphate66 thanks! I have 425 on my channel.
A youtube commentator that has a video to back up his boast, nice! Keep at it!
That's so awesome. Clarence is the only reason I do ATG.
I started dropping my weights after my last rep on squat because of Clarence, a dick move to do at a public gym. I don’t do it anymore, but that shit has stayed with me, and makes me confident enough to squat heavy without spotters cause I summon my inner Clarence if I do have to bail my squat. Dude was just a monster to look at.
This guy’s amazing. Lifting serious man weights as a teen. Damn!
Clarence has been rather open about using PEDs (over the years it's hard to say who hasn't in competitive weightlifting though, so it was sort of level playing field anyway), but watching this I just have to wonder if he started around 18 years old, because his lifts just explode around that time. Or if it's a result of starting even earlier and the results starting to show up around that time. That's a big decision to make as a teenager. I know he went to olympic competition so maybe it wasn't that much of a deep decision, but rather something that had to be done, but it still is a big thing that young. Especially knowing how careless some coaches or users are about it.
And if he didn't start at that time, his performance was mind-boggling to me, he got so far. I know that the PEDs don't just make you super athlete if you're not genetically prone and haven't trained hard and well, but it still impresses me what his natural performance would be. Even if he was an athletic kid from the very beginning and started very early and there's evidence that the earlier you start, the higher your ceiling will likely end up at. Furthermore, he had amazing physique back then already. Now his physique is pretty much poster stuff.
Nowadays he's doing 230x5x5 for daily casual training and says he doesn't care to increase his lifts at the moment because it would require so much dedication to force them to grow higher than PR. Today his snatch is just so fun to watch, how rigid his technique is and how unbelievably fast he is even with the really heavy weights. At least Mark Rippetoe can't blame him for not being strong enough to do weightlifting. I remember him saying though that he doesn't do that many great and difficult tricking things anymore because he's so heavy and not as quick, so he sticks to less flashy stuff and just sort of keeps it up every now and then.
Tricking and weightlifting. Like the demands from both discipline are so different.
A true athlete.
that 265kg full squat for 10 reps is an internet classic !
I'm pretty sure the scene where he's riding the bicycle and Eoin says "suspicious" is when he started on cycle.
For reference, and he's talked about this. He started enhancing with PED's after his triple bodyweight squat.
That's exactly how i started weight lifting 😇
Clarence's Evolution:
1. Puberty
2. Veganism
3. PED's
4. All hail Harry Squatter.
11:08 is when he hopped on gear. He said this in a Patreon video - hence the random "cycling" clip.
So the Sika Strength guys (who are close friends of Clarence) have said they can't name a single person who has clean and jerked 200kg while natty so I assume Clarence hopped on the sauce some time around then
Are they talking at that weight class? I think Wes Kitts and some 96kg guys from early 2010s likely did it from USA.
@@GarageStrength Yeah thats right, important caveat ahah
@@stephenward2743 They were talking with Zach and Seb and all agreed no "non-super heavyweight" has ever done 200kg+ natural that they could think of.
Sika Strength is hating if they think that, many have done it natty... just as many more have done it on peds
@@stephenward2743 If you're a little familiar with his sense of humour, he actually shows precisely when he started "cycling" in that transformation video. If you go to 2015, Clarence is seen riding a bike and then it cuts to a close-up of the ginger Sika (Eoin?) saying "Suspicious...?"! Roughly at 11:08 in Miller's reaction video.
His form is so beautiful its like he was built for the snatch and C&J
I'm a simple man, I see video on strong anime irish man, I click
simplicity that excites
I've heard someone say before that tricking is an artistic expression of martial arts movements
Clarence is a beast.
Dude half the comments under his videos say "Ah, my favorite hydraulic press channel" love it every time
11:10 clip of him "cycling" and the other guy (sorry forgot his name) says "suspicious". I think this is him hinting that this was when he started taking gear lol.
Great video man🙌
You should talk about kettlebell
any specific to kettlebell training?
I'm interested in KB sports but it doesn't seem to be popular outside of the former USSR. But anyway I'd appreciate anything that you want to share on this piece of equipment
11:11 I think this is when he starts cycling lol
Clarence my beloved
Clarence is something else
What we always forget is that he never use belts nor knee sleeves. Thats just insane
Could you also make a video reacting to Toshiki Yamamoto? He is also a phenomenal back squater
Great suggestion!
That would be interesting...
I am not an expert in olympic weightlifting, but out of curiosity I would like to know if olympic weightlifters involve bench press in their training and if so why? What specific effect does the bench press have on performance in olympic weightlifting?
it decreaces range of motion temporarily
Many oly weightlifter don’t have a focus of bench press. Look up interviews from Chinese athletes talking about bench press. They don’t do it. To them it’s not necessary. But honestly you’re going to get a different opinion from everyone. I personally still do bench press because i’m not a competitor, have good mobility, and just do oly weightlifting for fun
Ive seen weightlifters train for hypertrophy with dips push ups overhead presses push presses and maybe close grip bench but probably never just a regular str8 up powerlifting style bench, at least not the super high level ones
Some weightlifters sometimes like to bench bc of the movement's overload potential to increase general upper body strength. I believe this would be most common in Russia. Or maybe I'm just thinking Klokov (he was certainly different when it comes to his training). The Chinese not only don't bench, they also very rarely overhead press. The only strength related pressing movement they'll regularly do is heavy weighted dips. The other countries should generally lie in between these extremes but I don't expect anyone to bench more than once per week. Like others said, benching can affect your mobility but you can also mitigate that or else there wouldn't be people who bench a lot with good mobility.
It depends really. The Russians do some bench pressing during GPP phase to increase general upper body strength (I believe Okulov does bp even during comp phase or at least close to it because he likes the movement a lot), while the Chinese lifters don't do it at all. Heck, they don't even train OHP that much according to Lu!
Anyway, while the bench press might negatively affect ones upper body mobility, I'd say for us amateurs it doesn't really make any difference. The pros don't do it (at least outside of the GPP phase) simply because there's little to no carryover to snatch and c&j.
I don't really care about snatches and am trying to improve my clean. Would snatches improve my clean or should I just focus on the clean?
I would focus on the clean and its variations
If you wanna get better at cleans you do more cleans
Clarence was also a really accomplished hurdler and sprinter. Think he might have won national u18 110m hurdles
Really? You know his 100m time?
Hi coach can you make a new expolisive lower body workout for 100m sprinters
thanks for the suggestion!
If i remember correctly, Clarence said he started taking gear around the time his snatch was 160KG, im like 95% sure.
id also like to know what age hw started using PEDS.
One of the best weightlifters in the world and he doesn't even compete he could win a gold medal at the olympics
Fanboy logic.
I only started attending olympic weightlifting group because of Clarence. Seriously.
clarence is around 100kg/high 90s and this is without a weight cut , clarence has snatched 190 now is his all time best 225kg c&j or he might have done 227.5 cant remeber but can confirm 190 snatch is real he literally is around wr if he cut down his weight and competed but it is to note he does take peds but we know all the top do as well, CLARENCE IS A BEAST GOD BLESS THST MSN I HOPE TO SEE BIGGER LIFTS FOR HIM. especially i thik hes got a few more kgs in the c&j
also lets not forget clarence has stayed motivated all these years putting up close to the worlds best without competeing
His PR is 195
I wish tricking and parkour got more recognition from other sports.
If you want to see some high level parkour check out: Tim Champion, Daryl Stingly, Callum Powell, George McGowan, and Team Phat (which has a lot of athletes).
I'm not sure who is big in tricking these days
Tim champion
Haha I remember him from ninja warrior, he was smashing it to be fair
Do you have any programs that are not monthly?
We do. You can check out our Program Library here 👉 www.garagestrength.com/pages/program-archive - You can scroll down to our weightlifting programs
ong same and i was 8-10 years old addicted
When i earned my CSCS in 1996 weightlifting was not very popular. Clarence as a young person is great on his skills. UA-cam doesnt represent reality except to the twenty something crowd. Hopefully when Clarence is my age, 50, he isnt swamped by mortgage concerns and real world stuff.
Great, my 35 years old’s PRs are his when he was 16. Not sad at all.
I'd love to see Clarence and Juji do a collaboration!
They have done several videos together :)
@@HerbanFarmer420 cool! Thanks for letting me know. I'll go check them out.
When I watched the video I noticed that around 2015 he is on bike and then some dude says suspect. I think this could be him noting that this is where he stopped being natty and started "cycling".
Am I wrong to assume that he's training himself??? CRAAAAZZYYYY STUFF!!
Kind of curious if Larry Wheels could possibly beat clearance at powerlifting if he trained for it for 3-6 months
Larry is alteady way stronger at powerlifting than clarence since clarence is not a powerlofter
There's 2 scenes in this video that denote when Clarence starts taking PEDs - (1) when he's on a cycle towards the 60% of the video and (2) when Eoin hits us with the Suspicious. Everything after that is him enhanced.
Clarence is a f**king super hero.
aside from all the activity he did in his youth, there has to be massive genetic potential here. I mean such a massive lifts at only 17. And all the heavy training through the years without breaking his body...amazing
juice notwithstanding, he's the definition of built different
Some people just don't like competition and would rather just fk about for fun. I'm not saying that Clarence falls into that category but for me personally, the thought of doing anything remotely competitive has me almost going into a panic attack. Nice video, by the way - I hope Clarence has seen it
Amazing lifter
second scene of him on his bike is when he started cycling.
He’s explosive and can grind out heavy squats etc
The euro champs was in Estonia 🇪🇪
Sry sayin you were watching Clarence Kennedy in 2008-2010 is like saying you were a fan of The Rolling Stones In 1961
I'm glad Clarence has dedicated himself to what he loves, but God damn i bet he could've been worth 10 of millions if he played Football (soccer), he's so explosive and coordinated
You also need to be good at football
Please Donny Shankle next, the OG
Clarence is just too powerful
Clarence Kennedy is a Ninja. You see him move you will feel that he is the Mike Tyson of strength sports. All rounder. Lifts world level heavy weights and moves like an gymnast with strecthing n mobility is not even in his routine.
He had the world's fastest natty or not responce, someone asked in a live stream if he used PED's and he said "yes"
Mark Henry d pocket hurcles got me into wl Clarence kept me here
Btw Clarence was asked in a Q&A video if he was natty, and he said no...
I'm pretty sure he said he got to 160kg in the snatch naturally, i think the clip of fridge saying "suspicious" is a little wink to let you know where the gear started, but his pregear numbers are heavier than most dudes juiced to the gills
He did most of the work naturally then, he was at 160kg at 19 so he would probably be at like 180kg snatch even with no drugs, it only really added 10kg to his snatch.
@@joeb7640 Pretty sure 160kg was like a hard limit, you don't just add 20kg to your snatch naturally, you just stop getting stronger
@@jimmierustler5607 Maybe for some people but Clarence is a genetic outlier and hard worker. He's been training for 10 years past that he would've made improvements.
@@joeb7640 I think he would disagree with you, gear is a big difference
@@jimmierustler5607 You really think he would just make 0 progress for 10 years....
The craziest thing is that he done this without web input creativity. He was backflipping, and doing all that training in his garden whitout anybody that could push him to prove something.... having obsessession that guide you in a street unknowed by nobody around you, that's the craziest beautiful thing