Pro athletes. We see the successes that they are today, but how easily we forget the years of work that they’ve put in to get there.

Noah Ohlsen took to Instagram to show side-by-side videos of his snatch from eight years ago and where it’s at today. Check it out.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9W-5nBnB9s/

The elite tend to make things look so easy and effortless, but they’re still human. Just like the rest of us, it took a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to make progress.

Way to go, Noah!

Main image: Noah Ohlsen/Instagram, original photo by Charlotte Foerschler Photography