Squat University's deadlift tease ends with 430 pounds overhead

A clean and jerk, complete with gym-floor cheering, draws an unusually fast start for Aaron Horschig's channel.

Channel: Squat University Story of October 22, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 646,601 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (52,651).

His HEAVY Lift Was Textbook!🤯

The on-screen setup calls it a deadlift. Then the bar keeps climbing.

Squat University's latest heavy-lifting clip shows a lifter pulling 430 pounds from the floor, catching it at his shoulders and standing up. That would already be a substantial lift. Instead of stopping there, he dips, drives the bar overhead and splits his feet beneath it as encouragement comes from around the gym.

He steadies the weight with his arms locked out, then drops the bar and celebrates. The channel's verdict is in the title: "His HEAVY Lift Was Textbook!🤯"

The Short drew an estimated 650,000 views in its first day, more than twelve times the channel's usual start for the format. The comments were nearly nine times as busy as usual, with viewers discussing the lifter's form, spotting his shoes and joking about how their own gym efforts would look beside this one.

For physical therapist and strength coach Aaron Horschig's channel, it is a different emphasis from the surrounding uploads about knee, neck and elbow pain: this time, the movement itself supplies the whole story.

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The numbers

The lifting clip drew far more first-day views and comments than Squat University's usual Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

52,651

this video

646,601

subscribers

6,910,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

5,500,051,033

views per day

4,983,764

typical day: 1,953,098

the video

views

777,581

likes

12,553

comments

264

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Jeff Nippard

8,740,000

Jeremy Ethier

7,970,000

THENX

7,830,000

Squat University

6,910,000

FitnessBlender

6,550,000

Move With Nicole

6,240,000

As of October 22, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.