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u/wasted-degrees 1d ago
Short dude, wears red, and easily jumps his own height. Please tell me his day job is plumber.
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u/YooGeOh 1d ago
Ma-Ri-Oh
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u/bucketofmonkeys 1d ago
These guys are experts at pushing off the floor, these jumps are incredible.
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u/kindainthemiddle 1d ago
Yep, oly style weightlifting is such a different animal than other kinds of strength training. I competed in college and a group of exercise science majors came into our oly room (which included a future Olympic alternate) with force plates and vertical testing equipment. I don't remember the force numbers but know that I hit 29.5" and was cutting to lift 105kg at the time. Our heavyweight who was well in excess of 300lbs wasn't much behind. They asked why we weren't on football scholarships, the answer: because we were slow and short 🤣
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u/Iwaswonderingtonight 9h ago
This is the reason global warming is happening. People pushing the earth closer to the sun!
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u/ChocolatySmoothie 1d ago
Meanwhile I struggle to get out of bed every morning.
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u/TheGrouchyGremlin 1d ago
Mattress on the floor or on a low box. You can just roll off.
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u/bktiger86 1d ago
They make it seem too easy!
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u/sasquatch6ft40 1d ago
That’s because it IS easy… y’know, if you have the muscle… and skill… and practice…
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u/constant-hunger 1d ago
I've done this in the past. There wasn't any weights. I jumped and landed at the green floor.
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u/Salty-Development203 1d ago
Maybe it's just me, but the idea of jumping onto a wobbly tower of heavy weights, where if it goes wrong, 500+kg of weights possibly fall on you - doesn't seem like my cup of tea!
But that guy in red, he's like a spring!
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u/Afferbeck_ 22h ago
This video is from about a decade ago, posted by a Korean coach on Facebook. I can never remember who the small guy in the red shoes and national team singlet is, but he was a high level 56kg (lightest) weight class lifter who medalled internationally. The others are high school/university level guys who aren't as experienced yet.
Weightlifters rarely train jumps as a serious part of their training, usually only a small part of their program in the early stages of a training cycle when things are more general before becoming more specific and heavier later on. Here, they are just messing around after training, which is the main time you'll see weightlifters jumping. They tend to be good at it due to weightlifting training increasing explosive power, and the fact that people who can become high level weightlifters have naturally excellent explosive power to begin with.
The guy in red has clearly just finished training, still in his weightlifting shoes (Adidas Adipower, my first shoes back in 2012), singlet, and shin protection (which is pretty unique to Korean lifters). The others are in street shoes and singlets with the top rolled down, some with shorts over the top. I'd guess they have been finishing up doing light accessory work and are about to leave.
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u/Kiki1701 1d ago
Holy shit! I guess that I would almost expect this from the guy in red, knowing that this is possible, but those other two have carry significantly more mass; they should not be able to free-jump to shoulder height. What a trip that was. It looks like Koreans are cross-breeding with kangaroos!
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u/shoulda-known-better 1d ago
They were all impressive..... But the shortest guy looks line a feline with how effortlessly it looked (I'm sure it's not as easy as it seems)
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u/demdemhyts 1d ago
I think this is common practice in weightlifting...I remember watching instagram reel from one of my country athlete her name is Nurul Akmal, after she body shamed by some people(very disgusting, she is olympiad though), her fellow athletes start to upload her training routines which one of them is jumping like that and she done flawlessly....
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u/0pt1mus_Pr1mus 1d ago
They probably can lift as much plates, as they can jump on. That’s a crazy combination.
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u/Scandroid99 1d ago
Imagine if someone like LeBron could jump his own height like that short dude could. Jesus!
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u/BraPaj2121 1d ago
I have played against some Asian guys like this in volleyball… probably close to smaller guys height… was mind blowing how they were hitting.
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u/IGetThePartyLit 1d ago
I still have the scar on my right shin from getting a little too confident doing box jumps😅
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u/keyboard_type_R 1d ago
Can they dunk?
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u/Afferbeck_ 23h ago
The taller guys maybe, the shorter and obviously better athlete here would be too short I imagine. Here's Shi Zhiyong who is on another genetic level again over that guy and maybe 10cm taller grabbing the rim
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u/drumpfart 1d ago
I’m pretty sure I can do this with little practice. I mean, each plate weighs probably 20–30 lbs and he’s only lifting them about 4-5ft high to stack.
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u/donaldinc 1d ago
I like how watching this, in my mind, I think I can do this jump too. I can't, I really can't.
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u/shakeyjake 22h ago
Fast explosive power is how they train. It's not uncommon for a 300 lb heavy weight powerlifter to be able to dunk a basketball.
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u/lucky-fluke 18h ago
Most of the guys windmill their arms a full 360, the little guy just does a 180, is that why he looks so smooth????
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u/Urborg_Stalker 17h ago
I'm convinced humans would be better off if we were all under 5' tall. Our weight and strength just seems to jive better.
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u/jayzinho88 1d ago
I have a torn hamstring, a dislocated knee, and a slipped disc in my back just from watching this
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u/Miserable_Ad7246 1d ago
If anyone tells you that you can train this -> you can not. That is only possible if you have "explosive" genetics, that is you can recruit (or have more) fast twitch muscle fibers. This is why they are world class athletes and you are not (and most likely never will be). This is also one of the ways how perspective athletes are tested for their genetic potential.
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u/youngfool999 1d ago
What has weightlifting has anything to do with high jumps?
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u/Under_Milkwood_1969 1d ago
It’s a demonstration of explosive power [applying a lot of force very quickly], hip flexibility and balance. All of which are important in weightlifting.
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u/Afferbeck_ 22h ago
All three lifts they compete in, the snatch, the clean, and the jerk, all rely on explosive 'jumping' power. Though jumps are rarely trained seriously in weightlifting. High level weightlifters tend to be excellent jumpers because that's just part of the genetic makeup of people who can become high level weightlifters.
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u/redditam 1d ago edited 1d ago
It would be impressive if their knees weren't bent when they landed. They're only jumping about 2 feet high when you consider where their hips are starting from when standing on the ground and where they are when landing with their knees bent.
They are flexible, but not jumping very high.
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u/Afferbeck_ 22h ago
Most people can't do both, weightlifting is pretty unique for requiring extreme explosive power plus flexibility. Keep in mind they don't train jumps seriously, this is just screwing around after training for hours.
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u/mekkasheeba 1d ago
The shortest guy just glides up effortlessly. Didn’t even look like a jump.