Shadowing Practice: This 15-Year-Old Is Stronger Than World Champions - Learn English Speaking with Video
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this kid is 15 years old and he can do skills
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that even world champions cannot do today i flew all the
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way to the us to challenge him to break three world
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records in 30 minutes good job do you need to warm
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up no okay then just go go go go go go
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go go first record belongs to one of the strongest athletes in france second record to two times world champion
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and third one stood for 12 years.
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Nobody has ever tried three records in just 30 minutes.
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No second attempts.
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If he drops that his number.
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And if he takes all three records, he becomes the strongest pusher in the world.
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Are you ready?
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Let's go!
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Bam! Do it!
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So, Jonah, one year ago at the same spot we did the planche and other challenges.
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And in one year you progress crazy.
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That's why I want to see
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if you can break this record do you know what is
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the first record most plant push -ups done in one minute correct
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and do you know what is the current level 47 done by melvin one of the strongest athletes from france
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so the rule is simple you need to do as many reps as possible in one minute
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but you are strong
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so try to do as many reps as possible in one set then you can rest
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and then you can continue until one minute good
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so stopwatch is here one minute prepare prepare your mindset no
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rush you guys 15 years old he's attempting the world record
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47 reps music on he needs the music i'm about to go
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he's ready for concentration we go one two three
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four five six seven eight nine ten one two three 4,
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5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
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30, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
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40, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 45, 30 seconds, 30 seconds you have,
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45 reps, let's go, you can do it, you can do it.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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15 seconds.
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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50 reps.
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5 more seconds.
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5 more seconds.
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We can do a few more.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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Let's go.
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1. Okay.
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51 reps.
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Good job.
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And the first record you have.
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You did 45, then you did 5, and won 51 reps in one minute.
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How was it?
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It was pretty good.
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I see that every rep you went below the 90 degree.
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At the top you fully locked your arms, that was great.
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All the reps accepted, so you broke the whole record for the most planche push -up in one minute.
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Now we have two more records.
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I have a question.
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So, Jonah, last year you did 10 push -ups.
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Do you remember our video?
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Yeah.
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So, what changed?
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How come that in one year you progressed such crazy?
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First of all, different push -up technique.
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Okay.
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Second of all, all I did was train.
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Just all you got to do is train and you'll progress.
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If you say you're not progressing, you're not training or you're training incorrectly.
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Okay, that's an interesting answer.
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So, did you train every day?
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Nearly.
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Okay girlfriend steal some days how much time per day during the summer was six to ten
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and during school it's around four hours okay during the summer
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six hours yeah six to ten six to ten hours yeah
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if I have a free day I'll do like ten like
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how could you recover um sleep a lot eat a lot
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also not even good eating just like a lot of food
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whatever I have in front of me okay interesting I can see
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that you eat a lot
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because compared to the last year now you have way bigger
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muscle how much weight did you gain around 20 pounds 20 pounds yeah into one year plus 20 pounds
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so for the european audience that's around 9 kg pure muscle that's amazing cool result
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and now is second world record is full planche press to handstand
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so the current world record is 17 reps hold by two
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-time world champion Victor Kamino he started calisthenics I think in 2011
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or 2012 he did just a pull -ups push -ups
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and etc he was focused a lot on the handstand
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and I remember in 2013 14 when I watched the video on YouTube I I remember his video, he was one of the strongest at that time.
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so 12 years ago
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and then nine years ago he tried to get as many reps as possible planche presto handstand
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and he did 17 reps after that i never seen anybody did more until today i guess
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if you feel at some poor moment hard painful will you stop
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or you will push to get that record I've never stopped because of me.
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That's the answer.
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That's why you are Jonah.
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Take a pose, go to the comment and let us know.
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Do you think he can break it or not?
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Right now, go to the comment.
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Full concentration, because the press is not only about the strength.
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To be the strongest athlete, you need to be in control of your mind.
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You cannot lose it.
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What is the skill that still beats you?
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As in what?
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SAD.
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You know some skill, for example, that you want to achieve but it still beats you and you cannot get there.
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No, I don't want to sit.
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Okay, but there it is.
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You'll find out when I get it.
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90 degree handstand push up on the rings?
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No, no, harder than that.
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Hard.
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Okay.
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One finger, planche, push -up, press to handstand.
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No fingers.
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No fingers.
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Okay.
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Is it related to planche?
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No. One arm.
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One arm is...
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Okay.
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We'll see.
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We'll see.
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One arm, back lap, push -up.
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Not that.
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Not that.
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Something easier than that.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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We will see, guys. So, yeah.
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Check out his Instagram and let's wait to that day.
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I know you are a very confident guy.
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Yeah.
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And also on social media, I see a lot of time you comment and people hate you.
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But is there any person you listen who tells you you are wrong and you listen to them?
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You mean a specific example?
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Mom, father, maybe.
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Maybe some person, some athlete who told you like, no, Jonah, you are wrong?
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Not a lot of, not any popular athletes, no. But med students, I've listened to med students who is?
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Sasa, he lives in Hungary.
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Sasa moves.
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Sasa Venus or something like that.
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Yeah, he does like a ring stuff.
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He's a med student.
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So is the one guy Muhammad from Egypt.
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Very very strong planche.
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Why specifically those two athletes?
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They're med students and they're not as opinionated.
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Okay.
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You know most things in calisthenics there's no wrong or right form.
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Yeah, it's just whoever wants to accept that form.
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They're open -minded.
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Okay, that's interesting One Two Three Four Five
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Six Seven Eight Nine
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10 you can go you can go 11 you can do
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it ah what happened ah what happened i'm tired i'm tired i think i had 14 no
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that was 11 no i think i would have ah okay you would why did you decided to stop
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because i was tired okay you were like pushing
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and you felt like you couldn't go yeah was what was
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the wrong technique compression engagement it was good it was the push -ups that's what it was okay
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so you guys the previous the record basically took the whole energy yeah okay guys
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so that's why probably the victor kamino still holds the record for the past nine years
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because the press is
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when you are doing more reps even more difficult compared to the push -up
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so that's one of the thing yeah
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but still 11 presses that's very good i would like to see guys
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if you know anyone who can get to the 17 reps
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let me know in the comment below now we take the rest
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and then we have one more record that's also some time guys what i see
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that john he's very confident guy
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and sometimes i see people like oh you need to be more humble guys
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if you are humble you will be nowhere trust me
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so yeah if you want to be really successful in this life
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if you want to achieve some high peak performance don't forget
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about being humble you need to be very confident don't think about other people
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and do what you really want to
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and don't listen nobody you are 15 yes where do you want to be at 25 25
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so in 10 years unrealistically no work
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and just training i want to train as much as possible okay
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so as an athlete
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and as a man okay no work that's training no work no work okay that's at least no work okay
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so then you need to make some good investment from 20 to 25
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so then you can generate good passive income
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and you can just something like
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that okay that's a smart that's a good that's a basically
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dream life yeah who who wants to work yeah nobody wants
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to work no actually i love to work this is work
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and well yeah
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and i love this maybe this can be your work yeah
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by work i mean like doing stuff you don't want to
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do yeah like office job where you just sit in the front of the desk
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because the point of life is to do what you want to do he's too smart you only got
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so much time
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so why would you waste it in it i want to
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see your passport i my passport yeah i don't think you are 15
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when i was 15 i was thinking just about i didn't think even about i was like yeah
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when i was 15 i was stupid guy yeah i didn't
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know where i want to be in the future i didn't know what is my future
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because i'm i was at the village okay i know i was drinking alcohol yeah i stopped drinking
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when i started calisthenics so i started 16 and that's when i stopped drinking alcohol and my
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whole entire life changed my value in life changed
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and no drink no cigarette no smoke no cheating no party
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just a sport you mentioned there are two athletes you listen to they're mad student they are smart
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but is there any athletes who inspired you inspiration definitely valentine okay as an athlete valentine
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and um eric barcy eric barcy yeah okay that's interesting why
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um well they were the strongest at the time okay
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so they i didn't really have the option to watch anybody else
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but they were um at the time they were clean
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and i wanted perfection
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and power at the same time i wanted to do all these clean things like eric
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and do all the powerful things like valentine at the same time okay that's cool to know eric
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so if you are watching now you inspired this kid
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because of you he is such strong
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and he will destroy each of you yes eric that's your fault
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so guys jonah now we have third record is 90 degree
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handstand push -up all the way down all the way up full rep
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so the current record is 16 reps hold by willie weldens
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from france he's fourth generation circus family who could balance on unicycle before he could ride a bicycle At 7, he chose acrobatics.
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He said this in Paris in 2014.
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So, 12 years ago, he set this record and still nobody could break it.
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12 years and this is the moment.
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This is the moment we are waiting for.
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Are you ready?
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Yeah.
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What is the number in your mind?
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Max of 20, so like 17.
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Okay, okay, okay.
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I'm super curious to see.
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Guys, what do you think?
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Can he break the 3rd record today? and let's see
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if you can do it do you need to warm up no no okay then just go
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one two three four five six seven eight nine 9,
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10, 11, 12, keep pushing,
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13, 14, 15, 16, keep pushing,
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17, 18, don't give up, 19, push, 20, more, go,
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21, you can do it more, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, 22!
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Go!
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Lock arms!
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Yeah!
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So, guys, like we can see, two world record today was broken.
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Jonah, congrats, you did 51 flange push -up in one minute.
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22 90 degree high -stamp push -up.
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Such incredible result.
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Good job.
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Today you are one of the strongest pusher in the world, in the entire world, not just the area.
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That's crazy achievement.
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Good job and you are only 15.
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You have some incredible future.
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Keep pushing, never give up and you will be the next champion.
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Guys, please, go check out the description.
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I will add link to his Instagram.
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Check out his video, story.
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He is posting some incredible stuff.
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One arm, planche, push -up, crazy stuff that nobody in the world can do it.
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He will motivate you a lot.
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Follow, give him support.
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And remember, if you keep pushing and never give up, you can become the next legend in calisthenics.
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Stay strong, Andrew Strong and Jonah Calisthenics.
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See you soon.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 257 sentences and 2151 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:11. The speaker talks at a steady 142 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- rep /ɹɛp/ (noun) — A fabric made of silk or wool, or of silk and wool, and having a transversely corded or ribbed surface.
- athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/ (noun) — A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
- finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (noun) — A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
- skill /skɪl/ (noun) — A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
- pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ (noun) — A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
- humble /ˈhʌmbəl/ (adjective) — Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
- valentine /ˈvaləntaɪn/ (noun) — An expression of affection, especially romantic affection, usually in the form of greeting card, gift, or message given the object of one's affection…
- technique /tɛkˈniːk/ (noun) — The practical aspects of a given art, occupation etc.; formal requirements.
- compare /kəmˈpɛɚ/ (verb) — To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
- muscle /ˈmʌs.əl/ (noun) — A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
- concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ (noun) — The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.
- victor /ˈvɪk.tə(ɹ)/ (noun) — The winner in a fight or contest.
- passport /ˈpæspɔɹt/ (noun) — An official document normally used for international journeys, which proves the identity and nationality of the person for whom it was issued.
- inspire /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ (verb) — To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by…
- rush /ɹʌʃ/ (verb) — To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- push up (verb) — To make (something) higher; to increase.
- check out (verb) — To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
- give up (verb) — To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
- hold by (verb) — To subscribe to (an idea , rule, authority, etc.); to personally consider valid or authoritative.
- do by (verb) — To perform on behalf of someone or with someone in mind; to behave in a manner befitting someone.
- do in (verb) — To kill or end; to defeat.
- find out (verb) — To discover, as by asking or investigating.
- have in (verb) — To allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 31 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/, calisthenics /ˌkæ.lɪsˈθɛ.nɪks/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, perfection /pɚˈfɛk.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, incorrectly /ˌɪnkəˈɹɛk(t).li/, calisthenics /ˌkæ.lɪsˈθɛ.nɪks/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like rep, athlete, finger.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if I have a free day I'll do · if you are humble you will be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has ever tried · I've never stopped · I've listened |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | students who is · anyone who can |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the strongest · the most planche |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.