I am 6 months into weightlifting and the progress i have made whilst being self taught is solely because of zack. Thank you for such informative content. I even got introduced to clarence , sika strength and gabriel because of him. I lift at a commercial gym and ppl ask me if i have been coached, and i j show them this youtube channel.
I used to be a weightlifter for more than 20 years. In 2001 wwc I won a silver medal in snatch 205kg and in total 445kg in category +105. Recently I came across your channel and was surprised. Your explanations of snatch are so professional. Despite of my experience I found out so many extremely useful things and I want to thank you. I hope you understood me because I'm Russian and not sure in my English at all.
Not very relevant, but after stalling on a 60 kg snatch max for 3 years, I hit 67.5 kg today. Thanks for all the entertainment, especially lift companion! Love the honest talk-segments and the all the animals
The exact same thing happened for me like 2 days ago. Feels good when the technical parts of the lift start coming together to get some heavy lifts in.
the fact that this video doesn't have 10x more viewers is mind boggling. Easily the best Snatch tutorial on youtube and I've watched 15+ trying to learn this bullshit. Great stuff.
I think one thing that needs to be mentioned in the "contact drill" is to NOT push your hips forward into the bar (hump the bar). Many new lifters think that "making contact" means just getting your body in contact with the bar any way possible, which leads to bad habits and poor form... The contact needs to be made the way you showed, after full extension and from the bar being brought into your body from the process of extending, not from pushing hips forward to meet the bar.
Hey Zack, just wanted to tell you how thankful I am for this video. I can snatch 65kg but then it's like I'm blocked , I can power snatch 67.5kg so I know something isn't right. So I've gone back to basics and used your techniques. I've been drilling them over and over again. I've just worked upto 60kg repeats with much better technique. Thank you 💪
A well performed snatch is pure poetry in motion. The type of thing Michelangelo or Da Vinci would have marveled at, the perfect use of the body and physics.
The Torokhtyi Drill or Hip Contact is an Eastern Bloc drill. Dmitry Klokov taught it to me in 2013 and it’s a drill they use often because people don’t make proper contact with the bar
I greatly appreciate your content and especially the ones like this where you go into depth on technique. I’m not a competitor or anything, but I’ve gone back and forth from powerlifting to weightlifting multiple times and your videos greatly help me with my technique. For someone who’s never trained for competition or anything in weightlifting I feel like my form is actually fairly good because of these types of videos. The way you progress to a full snatch is so different then most videos I see and it’s definitely a very optimal approach
I haven't snatched in ages and did the first vid, the first half of this vid and fitnessfaqs squat mobility. Safe to say my overhead position has never felt or looked better. Thanks coach!
finally found a newer video of yours here Zack...and to me its the best of the many many of yours and other lifters video's I have been looking thru, as a beginner hoping at 70yrs old to lift at Masters..due to remote location I am coaching myself thru your videos brother..I am having trouble dropping in the snatch, I can get 30kg up there, but my body just refuses to drop under the bar..its not fear, its just the legs wont bend...they will in a front and back squat, but not a snatch, so I going back to the start after 6 weeks...and this video helps heaps..thanks for your knowledge
This is just what I’ve been hoping for from you! Never knew about the wrist/false grip thing, elbow whip so helpful. I have had an issue with swinging my arms out. Thank you for this whole series🎉
I love this series. Still 2 weeks of program, than 6-8 weeks of cut. Than (or even during the minicut) I'm probably going to start learning olylifts. Thanks Zack!
Imagine the peace and love in this world if weightlifting was the only religion and Zack, Torokhity, Catalyst Atheltics were its disciples and prophets. "Our Father, who art in the gym, bless'd by thy Gains, Thy Gains be done on Snatch as it is in Clean and Jerks. Forgive us our Cross Fit gyms as we forgive those who Cross Fit in our gyms. Amen" ....
What about pressure on the big toe for the beginning, to pressure on the midfoot at the knee, and on the pad of the foot at the hip? I thought I was taught that at USAW
Zach i watch ur channel because i love your passion...i literally have 0 interest in Olympic lifting but because u put so much passion into it i find this enjoyable. ill stick with my bodybuilding lifts and actually make size gains but definitely flashy and fun stuff keep it up
Im so close to hitting 45kg snatch now :D Missed 44kg yesterday but it was really close... just couldnt get myself stable in the bottom position enough. The height was there though.... soon :P
Zack, fellow Lenk here. 6’4 giraffe been doing crossfit for 2 ish years but my numbers in olympic lifts have plateaued. We go through maybe one olympic cycle a year so im never really getting better or maybe just 2% improvement. What advice would you give to get these up? Should I drop crossfit to one day and give each lift a day of their own?
I'm genuinely curious about this, what's going on with your nose? At this point it's become your signature quirk, maybe next time you could blow your nose very hard before starting to film? Or maybe you've tried that already and it didn't help?
I am 6 months into weightlifting and the progress i have made whilst being self taught is solely because of zack. Thank you for such informative content. I even got introduced to clarence , sika strength and gabriel because of him. I lift at a commercial gym and ppl ask me if i have been coached, and i j show them this youtube channel.
So how do you check if your technique is right? Are you recording everything?
I used to be a weightlifter for more than 20 years. In 2001 wwc I won a silver medal in snatch 205kg and in total 445kg in category +105. Recently I came across your channel and was surprised. Your explanations of snatch are so professional. Despite of my experience I found out so many extremely useful things and I want to thank you. I hope you understood me because I'm Russian and not sure in my English at all.
Not very relevant, but after stalling on a 60 kg snatch max for 3 years, I hit 67.5 kg today. Thanks for all the entertainment, especially lift companion! Love the honest talk-segments and the all the animals
The exact same thing happened for me like 2 days ago. Feels good when the technical parts of the lift start coming together to get some heavy lifts in.
the fact that this video doesn't have 10x more viewers is mind boggling. Easily the best Snatch tutorial on youtube and I've watched 15+ trying to learn this bullshit. Great stuff.
I think one thing that needs to be mentioned in the "contact drill" is to NOT push your hips forward into the bar (hump the bar). Many new lifters think that "making contact" means just getting your body in contact with the bar any way possible, which leads to bad habits and poor form... The contact needs to be made the way you showed, after full extension and from the bar being brought into your body from the process of extending, not from pushing hips forward to meet the bar.
Hey Zack, just wanted to tell you how thankful I am for this video. I can snatch 65kg but then it's like I'm blocked , I can power snatch 67.5kg so I know something isn't right. So I've gone back to basics and used your techniques. I've been drilling them over and over again. I've just worked upto 60kg repeats with much better technique. Thank you 💪
The hype on the next upcoming videos is real! Appreciate the production quality! I do miss you coaching a beginner while teaching the lifts tho
A well performed snatch is pure poetry in motion. The type of thing Michelangelo or Da Vinci would have marveled at, the perfect use of the body and physics.
The Torokhtyi Drill or Hip Contact is an Eastern Bloc drill. Dmitry Klokov taught it to me in 2013 and it’s a drill they use often because people don’t make proper contact with the bar
Zack, i love STEM and you had me at "moment arm" at 3:14. I've been enjoying the series, thank you!
I greatly appreciate your content and especially the ones like this where you go into depth on technique. I’m not a competitor or anything, but I’ve gone back and forth from powerlifting to weightlifting multiple times and your videos greatly help me with my technique. For someone who’s never trained for competition or anything in weightlifting I feel like my form is actually fairly good because of these types of videos. The way you progress to a full snatch is so different then most videos I see and it’s definitely a very optimal approach
Learning a lot in this video even though I have been lifting for 6 years. Thanks for the great quality as always!
zack is doing gods work. thank you big guy
I haven't snatched in ages and did the first vid, the first half of this vid and fitnessfaqs squat mobility. Safe to say my overhead position has never felt or looked better. Thanks coach!
finally found a newer video of yours here Zack...and to me its the best of the many many of yours and other lifters video's I have been looking thru, as a beginner hoping at 70yrs old to lift at Masters..due to remote location I am coaching myself thru your videos brother..I am having trouble dropping in the snatch, I can get 30kg up there, but my body just refuses to drop under the bar..its not fear, its just the legs wont bend...they will in a front and back squat, but not a snatch, so I going back to the start after 6 weeks...and this video helps heaps..thanks for your knowledge
This is just what I’ve been hoping for from you! Never knew about the wrist/false grip thing, elbow whip so helpful. I have had an issue with swinging my arms out. Thank you for this whole series🎉
I love this series. Still 2 weeks of program, than 6-8 weeks of cut. Than (or even during the minicut) I'm probably going to start learning olylifts. Thanks Zack!
So complex yet so rewarding to learn this
This is where you do your best work
Always loved Torokhtiy's contact drill, it really puts it together
Zack can you please do a tutorial on how to safely progress with adding more weight in order to prevent meniscus injuries?
I learned it by doing the full movement!
This is coming at a perfect time in my life I am super grateful and have loved your content!
I can do overhead squats, muscle and power snatches no problem, but I really struggle with sots presses and snatch presses.
Thanks for these videos. I’m putting notes into my lifting workouts.
Great video. Excited to go back to the gym and snatch
bro you re awesome , thank you
This content is precious
Bro thank you so much for this content, quality.. Please more!! It’s great, you did an amazing job. I’m practicing with a broom haha
Imagine the peace and love in this world if weightlifting was the only religion and Zack, Torokhity, Catalyst Atheltics were its disciples and prophets. "Our Father, who art in the gym, bless'd by thy Gains, Thy Gains be done on Snatch as it is in Clean and Jerks. Forgive us our Cross Fit gyms as we forgive those who Cross Fit in our gyms. Amen" ....
😂 Amen 🙏🏻
What about pressure on the big toe for the beginning, to pressure on the midfoot at the knee, and on the pad of the foot at the hip? I thought I was taught that at USAW
what a tutorial. shout out zack .
Love yours and dozers vid the best 👌
Loving these videos ZT thanks!!!!!🙏
13:49 Don't brake the glass floor! Hahahahae.
Zach i watch ur channel because i love your passion...i literally have 0 interest in Olympic lifting but because u put so much passion into it i find this enjoyable. ill stick with my bodybuilding lifts and actually make size gains but definitely flashy and fun stuff keep it up
thank you for these
Im so close to hitting 45kg snatch now :D
Missed 44kg yesterday but it was really close... just couldnt get myself stable in the bottom position enough. The height was there though.... soon :P
You Saviour!
Luv this content 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
great video!
Thank you!
The snatch man is back baby!
Ironically that's the same nickname the local pimp in my city has.
My only regret is that I have but one like to give.
Lasha is the G.O.A.T.
So the bar does not touch the legs until contact? I have been snatching wrong for 5 months then. It seems not too intuitive, i must try next workout.
Damn Zack. Only 24 hours in between.
How you rotate your shoulders, is it towards thumbs, or pinkies?
You are awesome
Love it
You should have also discussed straps.
So the muscle snatch is little ir no hips because there'svno dip?
Zack, fellow Lenk here. 6’4 giraffe been doing crossfit for 2 ish years but my numbers in olympic lifts have plateaued. We go through maybe one olympic cycle a year so im never really getting better or maybe just 2% improvement. What advice would you give to get these up? Should I drop crossfit to one day and give each lift a day of their own?
I hit a 225 snatch because of Zack
I've definitely been pronouncing Torokhity like Tour-o-kitty
His name is spelled Torokhtiy
Im 6ft and the snatch is also my favourite. I think that if you are long the c&j will be your enemy 😂
Here for the rhythm
Thx
💡argh ha moment: false grip!
Thanks for the info
*40yr old male home garage enthusiast commenting 👍
oof you have addressed 2 things that I get wrong quite often
Those 20s came out of nowhere
Let's gooooiioioiioo
👍👍👍
7:06 - he technically is not an olympic gold medalist. Nice video, though.
🏋
A giraffe can snatch and so can you.
form looks like Toma's
Rock climbers use the most chalk
"crossfitters use chalk... they use everything though" 💀 what did he mean by this
I'm genuinely curious about this, what's going on with your nose? At this point it's become your signature quirk, maybe next time you could blow your nose very hard before starting to film? Or maybe you've tried that already and it didn't help?
I do notice that you jump backwards on your lift and you didn't address that. I was always told that is not ideal
Came here for WuLifts what is this trash
Great video!
Im 6ft and the snatch is also my favourite. I think that if you are long the c&j will be your enemy 😂