65‑year‑old hits heavy clean
At 65, Christopher Smith cleaned 190 lb at a 166 lb bodyweight while calling out Worlds ambitions — the clip went viral and is fueling debates on longevity lifting. (x.com) The lift is being used as proof that elite strength work is scalable well into later life. (x.com)
Smithy Fitness’s channel has a short titled “Today 145 lb Power Clean” that documents a 145-pound power clean used as part of his competition prep. (youtube.com) Multiple recent shorts on the same channel show clean-and-jerk work recorded at 172, 175 and 180 pounds across different sessions. (youtube.com) One clip features overhead squats logged at 60 kg (132 pounds) for a triple, underscoring his continued technical work outside big single attempts. (youtube.com) The Smithy Fitness YouTube profile lists roughly 3.4K subscribers, and individual shorts have gathered views in the hundreds to low thousands (one short showing a clean-and-jerk registered about 1.4K views in the listing). (youtube.com) His training clips are cross-posted: an archive page republishes his @SmithyFitnessTo uploads and a TikTok account under christophersmit85 hosts additional clips and engagement. (24vids.com) A published interview identifies Christopher Smith as the founder of Smithy Fitness and notes his long-standing presence in the coaching/content space, providing a longer backstory to the recent training uploads. (urgenkuyee.com)
