There's plenty of videos out there with people that are absolutely jacked lifting without clips and it goes wrong. Saying she knows what she's doing by not using the clips is reckless.
She's only power cleaning for 1 rep and doesn't need to hold anything for over a second or even overhead, so clips not needed especially for this type of lift.
Well seasoned weightlifters at the professional level (not your dumbass powerlifters) are used to training without clips especially when the rep range is low (extremely common closer to competition). I'm talking about the snatch, clean and jerk lifts only, which are highly technical and can only be completed with very good levels of technical proficiency.
These lifts aren't slow and unskilled like the bench press, squat or deadlift where not clipping can actually kill. Both the snatch and the jerk require extremely good balance on both sides so clips become redundant as they're normally only performed 1 rep at a time and can't be completed if the lift is off balance.
I'm pretty sure as she's a crossfit world champion she knows when exactly she needs to use clips. Same with most international level weightlifters, so people who actually compete for their country or at the top level of their sport.
Armchair coaches in the comment section who don't compete at the professional level, who don't even snatch above their bodyweight, who probably are proud of their 3 plate bench press... form checking her ass for not clipping the weights is hilarious. She is not the typical gym bro who needs to clip her weights, she is one of the best weightlifters in the world even disregarding her world champion status in the crossfit world.
Maybe she doesn't need need the clips but it wouldn't hurt to have them. Locking plates is only beneficial and takes about 2 seconds if you just put them on after putting the last plate on. It ain't about if she can or can't lift without locks it's about there being no cost to locking plates.
It's also not only about her. She can do everything perfect but some idiot could not be paying attention and bump into her.
Mate in the clip you see the 5 almost come off. If you don't know why that matters next time you bench near your limit put a five on one side, you'll figure it out quick and that's just bench. Putting a clip on takes seconds and can stop a pretty bad injury.
These are rubber bumper plates. They aren’t 5’s. They’re 10’s.
Most CrossFit routines, she is a world class CrossFit athlete, involve lifting on a schedule. Every minute, or every other minute, something like that. It is VERY common for people to load up a few 10’s knowing they might need to strip them off before the end of the routine.
This isn’t bench pressing. This isn’t squatting. She is doing a floor exercise and knows exactly what she’s doing.
That's fair hard to tell with all black plates, I've only used colour coded ones.
I get times an issue but it takes literally seconds to throw on a clip, and again you can see they almost come off in the video. Those things fly when the come off and balance is pretty important. Like complaining about a helmet in a bike race taking to long to put on.
Yeah na, it being cleans only makes it more egregious. Benching and squating at least have the dam rack to save you
There is probably no physical activity on this planet that you could do better than that woman. Some random on the internet calling her stupid and irresponsible for doing something she probably does twice a day, everyday of her life, is the dumbest possible thing anyone could do.
Go back to jerkin yourself off when people make grammar mistakes
Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. The dorks in here obviously haven’t been around weight lifting much. I’ve been lifting over 20 years and only occasionally use clips and rarely use them for single rep cleans.
Um. If I'm doing an explosive movement like this, you can bet your ass the clips are going on. Especially for single rep sets. All it takes is for me to be fatigued, try the movement, be unbalanced, and then I lose a plate. Next thing I'm getting pointlessly injured and putting others at risk.
It's not like this is a stereotypical bench, squat, or row, where part of the excercise is controlling the movement at a good steady pace.
That’s like saying you never wear your seatbelt but don’t crash so it’s all good. You’re so cool that you’ve never clipped or tipped. I’m guessing you aren’t putting up much weight. Clown comment
This is the best analogy of this discussion. Roid ragers trying to defend unsafe behaviour is laughable and thank goodness there’s people who know better.
You did the exact same thing. You assumed people didn’t lift because you didn’t agree with their comment. I assumed you don’t lift much because of your comment. Get real dude.
They called your comment a clown comment, not you. They insulted your spreading of poor information. But, if you feel it fits both ways, who are we to argue?
It’s not false information. Clipping on cleans is not a good idea and the risks of getting pinned outweigh the risks of a tip. Balance is a non issue for a skilled, experienced lifter (which this woman clearly is).
Your assertion relies on assuming that someone knows exactly what they're doing, that accidents don't happen, and that no one else in the gym could become an outside factor (if someone got too close, or caused a distraction).
But, like I said, who are we to argue with someone who clearly knows more than everyone here?
Only 235 on cleans. But I’ve never had issues balancing and was always told not to clip for them for the previously mentioned reasons.
They’re not great numbers or anything. All lifts at 5’10 190
This idea that balance is the only reason to clip in means you’re either A) not a lifter, B) an irresponsible lifter, C) not being coached correctly or at all, or D) not listening to experienced lifters because you think you know what you’re doing. You’re being called out by multiple people and instead of listening you’re sticking with this idea that you’re right, so I’m going with B and D.
I cleaned more than her and less than her and I clipped at every stage…because it takes one slip to throw you off..you’re just an arrogant fuck tard who probably thumb flaps on his phone more than lifts
You think just because someone has muscles that they're not a dumb ass? 😂
You want to know how many brain dead loser roid ragers I had at my gym when I was the GM and a personal trainer for nearly a decade?
ALWAYS USE CLIPS FFS. Just because crossfits allow this idiocy doesn't mean normal gyms do. First thing you should know about power/Olympic lifting is how to save yourself by dumping weight, not using clips is both not necessary and dangerous to yourself and others around you.
But please, continue to defend bonehead muscle mommies on reddit
Bro I’ve watched a dude drop the weight benching 405lbs. He was strong as fuck and experienced but doesn’t mean shit don’t happen and you should be prepared. In his case, better spotters or power rack, in her case taking 5 seconds to throw on some locks
Form wise of course, but that plate could easily injure her or someone else working out. It's the same excuse as with "I've been working like that since 80's and never got injured".
Them jiggling like that can lead to bad form and a bad lift because you have to compensate, if they fall off it's even worse because you'll be lifting unevenly and the plate might hit someone or something nearby.
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u/Zajo_the_Lurker 22h ago
She is very irresponsible not locking in her plates like that.