Phil Johnson seems to visit China’s weightlifting training halls every year.
At the moment he is uploading tons of clips to his YouTube Channel – PJTrainer.
Update: So apparently these are not new. Well, hopefully some of you still found them useful.
Update: Phil commented and said most of these videos are from his 2010 trip. Some are new and were taken by Coach Ma Jianping.
Perfecting Jerk Technique
Jerk dip Jumps
Jerk Dips
Dynamic Warm Up
If these are newly uploaded, why have Ive seen them before? I know for a fact I have seen the warmup and the jerk plyo’s. I believe the jerk plyo’s were on vimeo if I remember correctly. Ive seen the warmup somewhere too… Not sure if it was Pendlay’s, reddit, or the bb forums. Just know Ive seen them before. So now I am confused.
I don’t think these are “new” videos by Phil Johnson. I think these are still from the 2010 trip he took. Some of those guys in the video look EXACTLY the same (with the same haircuts) as they did in some of his older videos. Unless they somehow didn’t age or do so extremely slowly then it’s from the same trip.
I also wondered how Phil is able to train in China. Where is he staying? How is he allowed to go to the national team training hall and film there? Aren’t those considered training secrets?
AH! I believe you’re correct, sir. Those must be from his older trip, just uploaded now. As for your second statement, I think he is training with one of the university teams, not the national team. I do recall people somehow gaining access to one of the centers they select the national team from(like regional centers I guess, like where Lu would go when not prepping for major comp?). Though when they were there is was strictly a tour. No touching anything. No training as well. Just look.
I think some people who have trained under coach Ma(who will be coaching @LSU), have been to china. All of the people that I can think of that have mentioned they have gone to china to train WL, perhaps just watch, have all trained under Ma at some point. Now that is just an assumption, though I he knows someone who can get you in.
Mmmh, my bad. I hadn’t seen them before so I thought I’d better share them.
Are these clips from Phil “Jake” Johnson? I hope so. Is he still lifting? Before getting injured I thought he was about to blast through a 300kg total.
Don’t know. Is it him?
hello this is Phil Johnson i am the author of those video clips…sorry for confusion most of those clips were shot on my trip to China in 2010 of which i have several hundred so i am still sorting through them i have about 20 clips left yet to be posted…a handful of these videos are more recent and were shot by Coach Ma Jianping Olympic Weightlifting Coach at Lindenwood University. He takes a group of athletes and coaches to China every year during the end of July. If you are interested in learning more about how to go to China let me know and i can get you his email. My email is gotstrength@gmail.com
Thanks for the corrections Phil, and also for the videos.