One of the greatest squats ever

@calebsomething1712

Жыл бұрын

Just watched your latest video and here you are again.

@leedickenson6583

Жыл бұрын

Just came from your latest video to see what you were talking about!

@estebvega5414

Жыл бұрын

You can add Koklayev handless 290 kg squat to that lisy!

@Michael20089

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, and that's why we are here again over and over. Love your work Ivan

@IvanDjuric300

Жыл бұрын

@@calebsomething1712 I know man. I watch it all the time man.

A pause you can't argue with...

@Devyon69

7 жыл бұрын

Baldó Buczi facts

@veracity3267

6 жыл бұрын

3 red lights depth wasn't good

@_JellyDonut_

6 жыл бұрын

Seriously, that was a lunch break

@dhdhensmsm3280

2 жыл бұрын

@@veracity3267 and then they count ultra arched 1 inch bench rep

@sebastienbelanger8521

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes we can

Gym even has a ping pong table. Alpha

@flaffa4837

6 жыл бұрын

Olympic budget was very low that year so they kinda putted them all in 1 spot.

@huebothedog665

5 жыл бұрын

@@flaffa4837 put*

@samwelltayrlor

4 жыл бұрын

Low budget = creative genius

@hater8814

2 жыл бұрын

Almost every russian oldschool gym has a ping pong table in it

@vesder819

2 жыл бұрын

We have a fighting ring in the middle, would rather have a ping pong table.

Do i even lift?

@Heathcz

6 жыл бұрын

no you dont

@pg-jq3jc

5 жыл бұрын

No body else than klokov does

@klebe4442

3 жыл бұрын

Aldo Giovanni e giacomo

@user_1abc

2 жыл бұрын

Do you even shoot in the butt?

I don't see no grass

@atlaslion5128

6 жыл бұрын

NO REP!!

love how in every klokov video, after making the lift he's like "could rack this, but fuck it" boom lol

@Desh727

2 жыл бұрын

@TheMrCaptainStfu cool story bro

@pleaseenteranamelol711

2 жыл бұрын

but HE could rack that.

@cylltndn7935

2 жыл бұрын

The less he racks the stronger he gets 😄

@hazardeur

2 жыл бұрын

@TheMrCaptainStfu and why not? if he can unrack it, he can rack it, provided he can push it up all the way again, which he clearly did. all that was missing was 2 footsteps forward

@user-lz9cs7cm3k

2 жыл бұрын

Dude just casually replying to the reply to his SEVEN year old comment хаха

For anyone who has ever done squats they will appreciate just how much strength was required to do this. Add the pause as well and it really is just so impressive.

@holliswilliams8426

Жыл бұрын

yeah this is crazy

@ianpankey5049

Жыл бұрын

@goggles789 Why would it be pointless?

@ianpankey5049

Жыл бұрын

@goggles789 Well I guess I would agree with most of those since not having blocks kinda sucks and there's only a few barbells with wide knurling, but I am fully self-taught at a 24 hour fitness and doing just fine.

@jeffreyabelson7171

Жыл бұрын

Front squats in particular

@kamalsharma7958

Жыл бұрын

@goggles789 60 sec pause is too much don't go beyond 10 sec .

Steroids or not, this is some of the most impressive lifting i've ever seen.

@catedoge3206

3 жыл бұрын

ye

@hernancortes7602

3 жыл бұрын

ye

@jowo__

3 жыл бұрын

ye

@snrnsjd

3 жыл бұрын

ye

@johnu8539

3 жыл бұрын

ye

Theres levels of strength and just above insanely strong is pure beauty when one has mastered body mechanics, klokov is the epitome of that

@fungdark8270

2 жыл бұрын

Well said

@BigRed2003

2 жыл бұрын

You'd make a great poet.

My knees snapped when he did that. What a monster!

@Lionelltd

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking, how much could your knees take before they explode in ligaments and cartilage lol. That man is a beast

@sfsaviation

7 ай бұрын

a worthy sacrifice to the squat lord

I usually overhead press this 5x5 For max I add another plate

@tesk1377

6 жыл бұрын

I wrist curl this.

@cesteres

5 жыл бұрын

I c*ck curl this. Warm up set.

@Biggmofo

5 жыл бұрын

shaneomac210 Hammer curls with these...2 barbells.

@eugeniocontreras2428

5 жыл бұрын

I use this as warm up weight to train my neck

@SuperIceman44

5 жыл бұрын

I usually push up this.. Cuz I weigh this much y'know

Should have also put massive pause in the title.

@CenturianEagle

6 жыл бұрын

TheHaiku2 lmao yeah, oh “chilling out in a hole”

Please return weights to the racks.

@GordonHeaney

10 жыл бұрын

Please tell him that face to face

@KaoWins

10 жыл бұрын

do u even lift bro

@KennethOConnor

10 жыл бұрын

KaoWins Don't get me started!

@sain8827

6 жыл бұрын

Lool awkwardly tries to take off plate by plate after being exhausted.

@AllenAK49

6 жыл бұрын

Hahaha

That is the most nice squat i ever seen in my life dude !

@CenturianEagle

6 жыл бұрын

vegan strength JY I know i rewound the video to the start of the rep and watched it over 4 times - and I’m not even that serious about weightlifting (meaning that; despite this, I was still able to seriously appreciate the finesse on that lift).

@Tom-vu1wr

2 жыл бұрын

@Websiteguy 2 lmao this tecnique isn't dangerous

This is a real squat - not like that pussy half squat shit that powerlifters do.

@SisyphusIsSmiling

10 жыл бұрын

yeah..powerlifters dont know how to squat. And everyone on the internet is an expert.

@toshinquetzalcoatl7314

10 жыл бұрын

Jay Nera I respect powerlifting in general, but unfortunately, I see a lot of powerlifters performing insanely wide squats that barely touch parallel. I believe that movements should be complete as demonstrated in the video.

@ShawnMcCarthy84

10 жыл бұрын

***** Nobody's handing out bonus points to footballers who score from center or PLers who squat to the grass or to Oly lifters who power-clean or -snatch. Oly lifters don't have to hit any particular depth - they train this way so they can catch their cleans and snatches as low as possible. They train this depth to _make their lifts easier within the rules of their discipline_. Many powerlifters will train deep squats, paused squats, deficit deadlifts. But on the platform powerlifters squat only to the depth outlined in their rulebook - because (like Oly lifters) that gives them the heaviest possible lift. *Any passed high squats are the fault of the judges and the federations* who make a habit of letting lifters get away with high squats.

@davidr3659

10 жыл бұрын

yes and bodybuilders 1/4 squat

@InvestorAcademyPodca

10 жыл бұрын

Oly lifters squat to improve their Clean & Snatch, so it makes sense to go all the way down. Powerlifters squat to put a big number on the board so it makes sense to go as shallow as you can get away with. It really is apples and oranges. Pause full squats are incredibly difficult and awesome to watch for those that know what they feel like.

Unreal. Klokov is a boss.

250 kg is 1/4 ton

@bruceinnawoods3610

10 жыл бұрын

YEAH MATHS!

@marinkomadina8441

10 жыл бұрын

From 1965 the UK embarked upon a programme of metrication and gradually introduced metric units, including the tonne (metric ton), a non-SI metric unit defined as 1000 kg. So in the rest of the world a tonne, or a metric ton equals to 2200 lbs.

@YouNoob93

10 жыл бұрын

***** The rest of the world? You mean USA, Liberia and Burma?

@battlefortheoilympia3316

6 жыл бұрын

YouNoob93 the triumvirate

@MrNight-dg1ug

4 жыл бұрын

@@marinkomadina8441 Come back and laugh at yourself 6 years later

People that comment and say "its bad for the knees to go that low." No its not.....Please keep the stupidity to a minimum. If you do it correctly and go off the heels, going that low is fine. People that have knee problems probably squat and come up with the balls of their feet which is INSANELY wrong.

@WarLordTR7

9 жыл бұрын

what do you mean? you have to stay on your fingertips while getting up?

@Samanbajwa

9 жыл бұрын

***** Human body adapts, a regular guy won't show up at a gym and front squat 250kg. Lifting that kind of weight is lifetime goal for some people. However, i lack the necessary knowledge of anatomy to comprehend and maybe counter what you said. I will get back to you.

@Ghahu

9 жыл бұрын

***** Doesnt it depend on the maximimum stress your knee can handle? Just because the stress in the knee is higher, it doesnt mean the stress is too high. Lets say he was on steroids and he would backsquat 500kg to parallel. You said thats always safe. If that is safe, i would say frontsquatting 250kg ass to grass is safe to. Because i doubt that the stress in the knee doubles when you go from parallel backsquats to ass to grass front squats. Besides that, we normal people usually dont come close to 250 kg. I am at 125. So even if people like me did ass to grass back squats, the limit shouldnt be reached.

@Ghahu

9 жыл бұрын

***** I guess as an engineering student, my approach is more mechanical. So i can say that strain and stress go hand in hand. Nevertheless, as you said its all theory. I would say you should listen to your body. And as long as you feel smooth and dont have pain, it should be OK.

@user-ki5fc1hn3p

4 жыл бұрын

When you come up with the your toes, it's magical, it makes your calves scream and grow like tree trunks.

LUNK ALARM!

He's an Olympic medalist and world champion

@user-tc9fk2dh7x

4 жыл бұрын

traincaeantrain really? I thought he was some local gym bro who got snorted a line of test.

Cheers Ivan.

That is insanely strong. Hurts my knees watching this.

sick lift! and pausing it for 2-3 seconds and, with a front squat, now that is insane power !

Breathe by The Prodigy was playing. The Prodigy is good music for lifitng heavy

@tp5com

9 жыл бұрын

'Baby's Got A Temper' is my favourite.

@camerondelguidice518

9 жыл бұрын

Nice, I also love the song Firestarter

@Tyl0rC

6 жыл бұрын

RIP

@norwaydude96

6 жыл бұрын

BREATHE WITH ME

One of the greatest squats I've ever seen. Text book perfect.

This squat brought a tear to my eye

front PAUSE squat. now thats some strong shit

That's impressive textbook form impossible to hate here

man, that pause at the bottom was wicked...well done!

Amazing the speed he picked up after the pause. What a beast!

And squat everyday was born 🙇

Insane. Unreal. Amazing. Great effort. Hail.

What gets me every time is he just sits at the bottom for like 5 second before going back up and making it seem like nothing. This guy has quads of steel. 10/10. would watch again.

HOLY crap. I pat myself on the back for front squatting 225.

@ppsh41dude

10 жыл бұрын

Thats nothing

@XXSomeDudeXX

10 жыл бұрын

DerpyPaladin I add another plate for back squats.

@SimonRobbswol

9 жыл бұрын

***** are you talking pounds...this kg..just wandering

Sounded like Scooby Doo at the end of the lift

How are you not impressed that is an incredible amount of weight even for a back squat let alone a front squat and what the fuck do you mean what he demonstrated wasn't muscular strength you tell me what you think moved a quarter of a ton from point A to B and this is fucking KLOKOV a Olympic weightlifter who doesn't need your fucking constructive criticism.

@CenturianEagle

6 жыл бұрын

Sam Grimes straight the fuck up, you tell em’!!

Super strong!! Super clean and deep as well!!

I agree. Out of all of the squat videos, this is just insane

Hard to believe he can maintain that form after such a long pause. Incredible.

What's noteworthy is he and his like never experience the lower back dip that people actually defend on social media these days as being "harmless". Weightlifters spend a lot of time working on their upper back flexibility to ensure their entire torso is as straight and upright as possible. You can learn a lot from them.

shot out of the hole like a rocket. very impressed.

The way he “stays in his knees” is satisfying af, as a technique nerd.

@yasirrakhurrafat1142

2 жыл бұрын

Yellow blyat !

FANTASTIC!!!!! Congratulations! thanks for post.

that was amazing

Oh my God, a video of one of the most awesome squats has descended into an argument over whether you can have a 'table tennis table' or not! Sort it out!

how can someone so strong be so stylish.....

That's just crazy!! Insane strength !!

holy fucking shit.

Where does this guy live? Moscow?

@shkag

10 жыл бұрын

in the gym

@makcathcart967

10 жыл бұрын

strong username

@krypticzisback

10 жыл бұрын

why are you so jealous of luimarcos physique?

@user-sm3qu1tz3l

10 жыл бұрын

this guy is olympic champion! Yes he live in Moscow

@CAFGOAT

10 жыл бұрын

Александр Блаблабла nah, silver medalist

Not one comment about the insane wrist mobility. He is basically holding the bar with his hands, instead of using his fingers to keep the bar on his front delts. Dat Russian knowledge/power

@JohnDoeWeightlifting

9 жыл бұрын

lol, holding 250kg with his hands? No, the bar is resting on his shoulders

@buddooinurmouth1

9 жыл бұрын

***** while having full grip on the bar

@5l4y3r

8 жыл бұрын

It's actually pretty common in weightlifting and helps to keep elbows up/posterior chain upright. It's harder to hold the bar like this but getting used to it is absolutely worth it.

@o_Milo

6 жыл бұрын

The mobility is actually not in the wrist itself, the mobility lies within the shoulder, length of the triceps and latissimus dorsi tendons are the most limiting factors to overcome while working on a front rack position like this

@kadis_thodoris

6 жыл бұрын

my wrists hurt a little when I hold the bar like this...

It's not just one single rep of 250kg squat. It's also tonnes of workload done before on every muscle of the body.

This is outrageously impressive.

breaaaaath with me dmitry

how the fuck did he pause with that weight!?

Actually, the more vertical torso position of the front squat tends to send the knees more forward than a back squat. However, with proper form that correctly engages the hamstrings it's not a problem. Squats are actually healthy for the knees so long as they are done with proper form and a full ROM, as they bring the muscles attached to the knees into balance.

I felt that.

Love how nobody in the gym even gave a shit. Damn that was a fast squat.

The real question is: how long does it take to get the barbell back on the rack for his second rep?

There you go! You're one of the few! Nice, mate.

Too many people have too much to say on these comments about how it's "supposed" to be done! People have different ways of doing everything in the world,no right or wrong way! Aslong as people are exercising trying to make themselves fitter or stronger whatever they're goal is,they're doing it right!!!

Went so deep my ancestors felt the hip explosion

The ironic thing about this is that he makes money promoting crossfit

Agreed. Thank you for clearing this up.

That is why the strength world is so amazing, awesome!

He is a littlebit strong

Thats ridiculous. I can't squat that low with no weight.

@giacomorotondi7251

7 жыл бұрын

same thought

@michaelscott5105

4 жыл бұрын

30 yrs of training 20 yrs of drugs

@DieFlabbergast

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelscott5105 So, he's 45 years old? I don't think so (he's 36). Or can't you do math?

@michaelscott5105

4 жыл бұрын

he aint 45 lol born in 1983 dumbass

@rabbigoldbergsilverstein2899

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Scott relax pink head

love the way he holds them at the bottom. hip involvement

That form was flawless! Not only was it ass to grass; there was a good pause!

Coming from a fellow weightlifter Dmitry, your 100kg behind the head shoulder press is much more impressive to me, some serious strength there brother, good luck with upcoming comps, hope to see you in the Olympics soon.

Klokov is a wolf... that howl when he got outta the hole.

Just amazing!

that is well deserved shout at the end, well done

clearly didnt go low enough;)

meanwhile in russia...

Absolutely amazing

seriously..? Dmitry Klokov is a(n Olympic) weightlifter. He does two lifts: the snatch and the clean and jerk. Both lifts involve trying to get the most weight from the bar to an overhead position. Both lifts require you to pull the weight from the ground than catch it, and squat it up. It is harder to pull heavier weights to any given height, so therefore catching it low allows you to lift the most. Therefore you must be able to squat deep under it. Therefore he squats deep.

551 pounds actually 🤓 i could sit on the floor longer than that easily ... i couldnt get back up or probably live after it like lol

@liamblack8621

7 жыл бұрын

your from northern Ireland

@slampro123

7 жыл бұрын

Liam Black why am i? im not but ok m8

@missandeisass4671

5 жыл бұрын

@@liamblack8621 you mean the six counties ;)

It's cuz he's a Slav

This guy is not human!

Was für ein starker Athlet 👏🏻💪🏻

Holy shit !!! Now that's impressive !!

This is my kind of gym!! There's not one like this around my area (Edmonton, London) so I joined Fitness First and while I don't mind it I kinda feel outta place...most guys reading and/or doing routines from Mens Health (and there I am with a book from Dan Austin) So cannot wait till March when contract expires so i join a decent gym!! Great Front Squat btw!!

Klokov your a friggin badass!

I agree with what you said - I suppose I worded my first response poorly. The tension I am describing is that which is experienced squatting "parallel," or stopping a rep short of ass to grass. Descending and getting in the "hole," versus descending and coming to a halt at 90 degrees seems that there would be less tension put on the knees to stop that weight mid-descent, rather than descending to your natural hole, and rebounding up for the second half of the lift.

Indeed, which is why the argument over who is the strongest will go on and on.....and on.....and on...

beautiful squat

That pause 👊 i respect u 😁

My growth plate got torn out of my knee the other playing a sport I don't even like and watching this makes me feel like crying because I will most likely never be able to squat like this again.

i only refer to them this way when im talking about limb length. typically i would typically only call shoulder press or bench etc pushing movement. but technically quads are also pushing muscles and hamstrings pulling ones. although rare i use this terminology

My eyes pleased. Respect ❤️

Perfect music for that lift

but how will he get the weight back up in the rack?

True. I remember a powerlift competition I had in the eighties at a gym (those were the days) In another room a weightlifter was diong his squats. his name was dio deegenaars.how can I explain what I saw; It was like a piston. efforthless he was full squatting around 240 kg. what an art! Later he competed only ones as a powerlifter. 340kg easely without any gear. I was just watching the movenment going. up and down. up and.....

thats the most amazing squat i have seen on youtube outside of the olympics! (when they do the front squat out of a clean and jerk)

I like that he took all the bounce out too! pure strength no momentum!

Thank you, i am going to try that :) I hope it doesnt take all that long :) But i am confident, i got from 20 to 90 degree flexing of the knee in just one Week :) But the last few degrees are the hardest...

Art.

True that. I do 75kg High-bar squats ATG (I'm a pretty light fellow at only 64kg), but Front Squats I have to deload 20kg due to the lack of your lower back helping. Basically it's all on your quads and hamstrings, it's a ridiculous lift.

It was the music by The Prodigy, playing in the background, which inspired him.

Holy cow that is impressive!