Unstoppable Forces! 18 Years old Powerlifting Phenom Meets Me.

A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to meet Cristian

And I wanted to show you his strength and Aesthetic.

He is strong, aesthetic but most importantly super young!

How old are you?

I'm 18 years old.

So, he is 18 years old and he is already a beast

How long have you been training?

I have been training since the end of 2018

I have started when I was 13-14 years old

How did you get into training? Have you watched someone on Youtube?

Like many guys I have seen some of your videos, and then I have started going to the gym

I have started with bodybuilding,

but compared to my friends my strength was improving much faster than them,

So I have understood that I was much more talented in Powerlifting,

and my physique was getting better too at the same time.

I have always been self-taught, from when I started until 5 months ago

Everything I know about working out I have studied myself by researching online

What about the first few months of training?

Like many in the world I have started going to the gym with my friends,

then most of them didn't continue working out, but I kept going

Because I'm passionate about it

About the first few months I was getting info from the videos of the creators like you and many others

Few years ago Youtube Fitness Italia was still in its early stages

Then I have discovered Danny Lazzarin, he quickly became one of my main Italian inspiration

I used to get a lot of information from YouTube/Internet, but I have always checked that everything I read was correct

I have also done a lot of test by myself for different months

Even though my genetic is good for Bodybuilding I have never thought of competing

I'm actually bulking to get stronger in powerlifting, a few months back I was 4kgs less,

Now I'm not shredded like a few months ago, but I really needed this bulk because I have 2 Powerlifting competitions soon.

Obviously the more I weight the stronger I'll be

My body fat is a little higher now, but this is it, it's not a problem even if I'm not cut like before,

Anyway crazy physique

Cristian: Maybe too shredded for this sport Andrea: For a Powerlifter you are almost too shredded

So you have started with bodybuilding and then you have changed to Powerlifting?

I have started getting serious about powerlifting 5 months ago. Andrea: Crazy strength.

I have always trained Bench Press and Squat even in my bodybuilding workouts,

but now I'm focusing much more on the 3 big lifts, the deadlift is definitely my favorite exercise

I didn't train much Deadlift in the previous years, because I was always tired,

probably my bodybuilding workout program was too harsh on my body

As soon as I have started with powerlifting my deadlift went from 250kgs (550lbs) to 300kgs (660lbs)

from what I have seen you have worked a lot on the technique

Working on the technique of the 3 lifts helped me a lot

I'm now injury free, I used to have a lot of knees and elbows/wrists pain, now I'm feeling great

all the pain I had on my knees/wrists disappeared as soon as my technique improved

Also my strenght increased drastically

I have discovered that my body type is great for the Deadlift

Maybe I don't have the best levers for Bench press and Squats, but this is another topic, maybe we can talk about it in another video

I take advantage of it to ask you guys to leave a comment below to motivate Cristian to start a Youtube Channel

You have a great potential, also I didn't know you had already 130k followers on tiktok

I'm not famous, I have a lot of foreign followers

I don't consider myself a creator,

sometimes I see a video from other accounts and I record my version, but I always give credit to the original content.

I'm a bit unsure about myself,

so I don't consider myself a creator, but if people motivates me I could think about it

Don't feel forced, but you have a great potential

Cri: I don't feel forced, I'm just a little bit shy

You are strong, aesthetic and super young, you can do great things in the next years

I would like to break some powerlifting national records in the upcoming years

Hopefully I can break some records during the competition of November

Do your best, I'm sure you can do great things by having fun

Maybe he'll post some of his next competition lifts on his IG/Tiktok Profile

Thank you for the talking, now we have to workout

His Instagram and Tiktok profile will be in description

Also leave a comment below to motivate him to start a Youtube Channel

Why not, if I can have some fun while recording and working out I can think about it

People likes when you stay true to yourself while recording contents

Remember to visit my website for my calisthenics programs

Also visit and subscribe on andrealarosapro.com for a new video routine every week

Every new week the routine will become harder and harder

Andre: Do you do Powerlifting coaching? Cri: Not yet, but probably in the near future.

Okay, in the meanwhile you can follow his progress on his socials

As always thank you all for the support. Huge thanks to Cristian too.

I have received my powerlifting belt 5 days ago but didn't tried it yet.

He just took the belt and try it before me. How is it?

Fantastic. Great.

Great feedback from a great athlete like him ahah