Sign 7: looking for the “best” of everything: best workout split, best time to workout, best/optimal rest periods, best exercise for a given muscle group, best food to build muscle, etc.
@@sheadoherty7434 you think Reddit is cancer… 4chan’s /fit/ board in the early 2010s… dear lord. I haven’t been there in ages but I’m sure it’s still a cesspool of gymcelibacy
@@leftphilange69 I stopped going on /fit/ sometime in 2019. 99% of it’s users don’t lift or do any sort of physical activity whatsoever, it’s literally just shitposting with a fitness theme lmao. The only thing worthy there was the powerlifting general, which had a few strong dudes who actually lifted, but a shocking majority were obese powerlifters with downright atrocious lifts relative to their weight. Lifting reddit has much of the same as well in all honesty, both sites are an immense waste of time for the most part. If anyone wants advice or resources on how to start lifting, I would honestly just direct them to some YT channels that give no BS advice, like Renaissance Periodization, Candito, Alec Enkiri, and a whole host of other knowledgeable people on this platform
After an hour in the gym I'm dead and sometimes need two days to recover. Totally agree with the living in the gym 7 days a week thing, there's no way you can be training with enough intensity. Just subbed, like your content. Thanks! 😀
From everything I've seen novice purgatory is predominantly caused by under-eating. Doesn't matter who you are, or how good your genetics are, if you're not eating you're not growing. I see it more often with athletic guys - especially former athletes well into their 20s - who are happy with their physiques and strength levels but realistically aren't out of the novice phase.
I trained on and off for so many years eating poorly, only last year started eating well and gained a good amount of weight (went from 82 to 91kg) and I can testify that I am only now feeling the progress one should expect in the novice phase. A lot of wasted time but hey, better now than never!
Exactly. Everybody should be talking like you; but, instead, they think exercise form grows muscle. In the 60s - 80s, nobody ever juiced for gain cycles, because growing muscle was the biggest "no brainer" in town -- you simply eat and lift weights.
This video made me feel better bc I’m pretty sure I’m doing things right. Training consistently, focusing on good form and not ego lifting, not doing 6 different chest exercises in one session, going for performance over pump, progressively overloading, and not being afraid of not having shredded abs
Wow great video! I am a novice, I followed Greg Doucette and I made almost no progress for 5 months because I just didn't lean bulk. During the last 3 months I have gained 10 kg (some fat but definitely some muscle too) and many people have told me I look better now, that I was too skinny before (body dismorphia)
It’s the same with women. I was literally starving myself and wondering why I wasn’t making any gains. Well no duh girl! You have to eat in a caloric surplus. Been making rapid strength and body progress the last 8 weeks. I wasted so much time the first 9 months
Definitely feel targeted by this vid! 6'2 and dropped from 210 to 165 in the past year through cardio/calorie deficit while also getting into weightlifting as well. My progress has remained stagnant for soooo many months now and it's because I have self sabotaged with undereating, overtraining, and fear of putting the weight that I worked so hard to lose back on. I know I will reap some major noobie gains once I break past this mental hurdle. Thanks for the great content as always man!
i mean, this isn't necessarily bad. if you lose 45 pounds and kept your strength, that's a successful body recomp and now you have room to bulk, so doesn't sound like you wasted any time
Bro, how are you that tall and that skinny? It doesn’t sound healthy. That’s about how much I weigh and I’m 5’7” and I’m not overweight. Eat a lot more and you’ll see a lot more gains. Don’t be afraid of weight.
I mean you said it yourself. You weigh what your goals align with.... this guy didn't give you a wake up call lmfao. You weigh like that because your goal was a caloric deficit, not because you suck ass at the gym.
Gotta say I love the channel man. Keep it up. I'm a beginner who has had the luck to be influenced by reasonable people like you before I found out about athlean x and others.
Yes I agree my statement is a fallacy. However, by him not putting a disclaimer on fake weights or just being transparent to his public does show malicious character and therefor give enough reason to not be a good model to follow.
I was obese initially so my goal was to lose weight at first and then gain muscle. I went from 297 to 162 in 18 months. I’m 6’1 but I kind ran into a new problem yes I was not obese anymore but I was skinny as a twig with no muscle. Despite lifting weights, I was sad that I couldn’t see my abs and didn’t have any muscle and listening to people like douchette that I have to cut even more to see my abs I was cutting to the point where I was eating 1850 calories a day and doing cardio most days of the week to try and burn more fat. I would feel lethargic most of the time as well and only wanted to sleep. I ran into a couple of your videos and am now making actual muscle and strength gains, my lifts are getting heavier and my family is even starting to to notice that I’m more muscular. Thank you 🙏.
Man I'm really resonating with your content. I started lifitng last summer but got real consistent towards last August. I thought I was skinny fat (145ish @ 5'10) and ended up cutting to 140. Even though I had "abs", my arms were like twigs and I felt super sluggish. I've been lean bulking the last two months and have put on 10 lbs where I'm 152 now. I feel a lot more healthier and have just focused on increasing workout intensity. My goal is to get to 160 and then cut. Thanks for the insight.
Just a "little" correction here; Purgatory is actually a part of Heaven in Catholic theology. The ones there are getting rid of their last nagging sins before they can permit themselves to face God, they are already saved, and ultimatelly not going to hell. Sources: The Cathechism, writtings of Saint Thomas, Saint Augustine, and Bible hermeneutics. Nice video tho.
Hey dude this really helped me. I was stuck in the 160s for like 2 months so i started increasing the resistance every week with my exercises and ive gained to 172 in less than a month and my bench is now at 235.
I was 48kgs at 6'2 at the start of July last year and now I am just about to hit 82kgs and I'm benching 10kgs off my body weight. eat hard, work hard and work on that mindset and you will be mirin :>
I was only 45-46 kg when i started at 6 feet back in september, now im 57-59 kg based off fluctuations and 6 foot 1 now, I was way too light still pretty skinny and im gonna keep bulking, some people tell me i cna maintain now but i dont want to, I want to be jacked 200 pounds in the future
Thanks for this, you are the man. So glad I found this channel. A year in a half ago, I was in purgatory (had been lifting since Nov 2018). I then started eating more, and I mixed in strength days. I’ve now dedicated a lot of my training to getting stronger at the three basic lifts. That’s what’s most important. Building a strong foundation, and eating more. I was 157-158lbs, and now I’m 170lbs, and I’m hitting slightly above the intermediate standards. I still run every other day, about 2 miles. It’s important for health.
Thank you for doing this. My ab anxiety was bad and was "maingaining" as well without ever making progress. So many of my friends are in the same category and are scared to gain any weight. But now I'm making way faster and more consistent progress, and since I'm actually pretty jacked by normie standards, people listen to me and get results as well. Keep it up man
this is making me feel great ive been in the gym for 3 months after getting seriously hurt 11 years ago, haven't tried to PR in a month 495 deadlift, 260 bench and 450 squat
My biggest problem was consistency. I learned a lot about training because I studied and had the experience of a 5 year long lifter… but spread out over 15 years because I would stop and start again so often… I finally realized the reason I would do this is because I experienced burn out. I’d go balls to the walls working as hard as possible, trying to optimize everything, but what inevitably happens is you start developing an all or nothing attitude because of perfectionism - “I won’t be able to get a perfect work out in today because I’m tired, so I won’t go at all - I’ll go tomorrow” then tomorrow comes and the same thing repeats. I’ve realized how important it is to be consistent - any work is better than nothing. Slow progress is better than no progress/regression. Anyways, good video, very relatable to my anecdotal experience of what I’ve witnessed in the gym and some nuanced feelings I’ve felt myself during many of my rebuilding phases… I’ve probably gone from novice to intermediate over 5 separate times now - finally got the hang of it… I will make it to advanced one day.
Ever since first watching this video (now 1 year into lifting) i can now confirm girls dont care about abs. Ive bulked from 145 to almost 200 now and ive had the first three girls talk to me as of 3ish months ago. I owe you infinitely btw
I was into calisthenics for about a year and never budged over 165. I've been hitting weights for 4 months now eating 3500 to 4000 calories a day and have just tipped the scale at 180. My lifts are going up weekly
Nice video man. Basically guys, do the compound movements, it doesn't matter if its power or weightlifting, if you wanna get strong and big, just do the basics and add weight. Also, don't fear to be 15 or 18% bodyfat, when you're intermediate or advanced, doesn't look bad at all
I genuinely don't get why people are so scared of being at 15-17%bf. Make sure you do ab workouts in your routines and you'll very quickly gain enough definition on your stomach to be happy. I gained enough abs in 2 months to nearly completely lose my skinny fat belly, now the fat stores sit evenly across my abs and sides and it looks good. Body fat is not the enemy my friends.
I just want to get stronger. 168cm male. 100kg deadlift, 90kg squat, 80kg bench and barbell row, 50kg OHP. Hopefully I can get to mid intermediate to advance soon
I broke free of novice prison last year at age 25. Fat helped out, but 139 at 10% bf to 160 at 15% is pretty insane for 3.5 months, especially for a guy who never broke 150. My deadlift went from 275 to 340 in 2 months lol. The lockdown took it away but again in under 4 months I'm already back to 163, 16% after being 153 at 17% (muscle memory). The most pleasant surprise is that I'm still gaining fast despite being 40 pounds over my starting weight as a young adult. All those injuries, incorrect technique and diet back in the day tricked me into thinking my genetics were worse than they actually were.
What about being stuck in an intermediate purgatory? lol When I started I did a cut for 3 months then a full on dirty bulk. Gaining 18kg in 4 months. Bench went from a max of 60 to 100kg, paused. Then just did cuts and binge periods my gains being pretty much the same for a very long time. Recently from watching you and GVS, I started getting gains again.
For bench, if you do a 3x8 for example, is your 8th rep a grinder and 0 or 1 RIR? I hit a plateau, but I use my 5rm on my 3x5, so every set is to failure. Should one use submaximal training and keep a couple reps in the tank?
I too am stuck in intermediate purgatory; I think I've heard quite a few fitness youtubers say that a lot of natural athletes will never get out of here & that it takes a lot of hard work & dedication to your craft to escape it. I would like to atleast have 1 lift that is considered advanced though but since I am cutting currently I won't be hitting any PR's for a while.
@@homeslice4551 Going to failure can be useful from time to time, but doing it every time is just not great. You should leave some in the tank most of the time. At least 1 rep, but usually try to keep 2-3 reps in the tank. It’ll allow you to do more sets, leading to more total work done each session, while also making every set difficult enough to illicit strength and size gains. Hope this is helpful!
Thanks for this video. I was tired after 1 hour in the gym today and thought I didn't get a good workout. Bench and OHP were brutal and I didn't have enough energy for lateral raises and triceps
You kind'a fell from the sky for me, got 2y of consistent lifting, the first year was good progress, weight up and strength up, the secon year i'm spending fatigued, rehabing acky joints and tendons, almost no gains. Pushing harder didn't work so it's time to reset what i thought i knew 😅
100% agree. Must be extremely hard to be a novice now cuz of all the misinformation of larger channels. Hope this reaches more people so that they dont end up quitting or using PEDs just to escape purgatory.
I'm a teenage lifter who's been making great strength gains in my first few months granted not many size gains at all due to a stagnant v low calorie diet. Can't wait till I can bulk
All of the reasons you gave is why I’m really glad I started out with 5x5 program. It focused using the tired and true compound movements, weight increased quickly. I’ve added and removed something’s from it that didn’t work for me but my brother and I are just drenched in sweat after the end of the workouts. We’ve had a few small plates but we just started increasing the weights from like 5 pounds since the last workout to like 2.5 per week and we keep making progress 6 months in.
" novice are always scared of losing abs" I'm a novice (lifting for 8 months) stared skinny fat(literally no muscles due to fasting) managed to gain some muscle and loss some of the fat (~20 bf) and Im very happy/satisfied with my body (no abs tho ) but the question is novice who are skinny fat "people who has never seen their abs in ages should they bulk, cut, recomp this skinny fat phase is hella confusing
One of the greatest video ever made on RUclips regarding fitness. I'm sure this video will blow up in 10 years because the principles laid out here will still be relevant then. Thank you brother🍻
oh it will trust me, because of this channel, I have been making gains, got the courage to finally bulk and eat more and train better, this channel saved me from greg doucette as I started out severely underweight under 15 bmi, i thought i was fat because i couldnt see my abs even though i had a very flat stomach, visable ribcage and spine.
I have been working out for about 1 year and 3 months now. Started out at 5"11' 110 lbs at 22 years old, lanky and weak as shit I could barely rep the bar for bench. In 6 months, eating like a maniac and training 6 times a week I got to 155 lbs, benching 110 for 10 and feel like I made major progress on my looks, strength and health in general. At about that mark I started neglecting my calories and being too lazy to eat, stop weighing myself regularly but kept training intensively since its something I enjoy now, but fast forward to today I am down to 145lbs and only put 22 lbs on my bench. Even though I look better than ever, and still made veeery slow progress I realize now after watching this video that Im really missing out on the gains I made when I made an effort to keep increasing my weight week by week. Back to the bulk boys....
I’ve been in this situation for almost two years and only recently started getting progress my method instead of training alone getting my crazy ass powerlifter friend to become my gym bro and its working with a mixture of encouragement and gaslighting to lift weights
Trying to escape novice purgatory now. I started off on the 5x5 Starting Strength program and was squatting 3x per week. I ended up getting a very strong squat but my bench and deadlift lagged behind. I can hit 315 for reps on squat, but I can’t even hit 2 plates on bench, and can only do a little more than 3 plates on deadlift. Since then I tried a bunch of different workouts, different splits and went nowhere with it. Now I’m trying to get back into a proper program and get my diet and sleep in check so that I can get out of this novice hellhole
6:55 Revival: You're skinny!! I see you through screen, you're 5'10-5'11 weighing 140-150lbs! *Me being 5'10" and 145lbs* : Bruh i guess imma add 200kcal from now
One of the things that kept me in the novice stage was diet. Guys, diet is so underrated. You have to eat enough protein and nutrients to grow and lift heavier. I was nearly a 140lb woman who could barely squat 90 pounds. I’m now 120lbs and can squat that for 8 reps at least! I wasn’t eating properly or training hard/smart enough. It really is that simple.
I think an issue with saying your novice phase will end first year is it only really applies if you are going from skinny/skinny-fat to muscular on a bulk, if you're obese that shit will take way longer since you'll be cutting
I've been stuck for about 8 years. But I know it was mostly because of me taking long breaks from lifting and always having to start over again, kinda lifting the same things. Also just program hopping. Which I quit doing now. I recently hit my heaviest bodyweight too and finally understand that I just have to work more for it. Also I had to accept the fact that I just want to be bigger and bodybuild. No more minimalist approach for me. And no more breaks if I'm not sick or on holiday.
I’m grateful I came across your channel I was skinny fat and I was “main gaining losing weight and gaining muscles at the same time” 😂 fuck the abs I’m bulking now thank you for this video
This is so true man i got a 175 bench in my 4th month and passed all my friends lifts already keep in mind theyve been going to gym for over a year tuff im 5’6 and a half 140 17
I'm in my late 40's, and have been a victim of this. I had more energy than I did brains. I started doing HIT training recently. And I have noticeable gains every cycle.
This speaks volumes for me sadly and I went to the gym 6 times a week for 3 hours a day doing literally what you said thinking I will become massive while eating like Girls Portion and even worse. When I finally left my fear of gaining weight and eating plus going to the gym for 3-4 times a week maximum 90 Minutes at most, actually Training hard and not clowning around. Sad that lockdown hit me again when I was doing good progress but I cant wait to get back on track soon even if its just my home stuff for now.
8:53 one of my clients that I am training has gained 50 kg in the squat in 3 months (mind you he is a bit overweight, so he was able to eat in a deficit. For super skinny guys, they should eat in a 300-500 cal surplus at a minimum) but he was surprised that he made this level of progress this quickly.
Thank god for channels like this we need more of then Greg Doucette = zero gains The fitness industry are absolut broken Thanks a lot man whit out people like you I would never have find Alexander Bromley
I've not been in purgatory yet. I am a greg fan. I just subbed your channel today.😁 I'm 💯 natural. I will for sure give this advice a shot if I ever hit the wall. And I'll let you know you where spot on. Thanks for the good content.
I’m convinced few people eat enough or train hard enough. There’s always another gear you can find, if someone takes you into that territory. I thought I trained hard until a pro showed me another way. It’s all relative.
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@The Fox Strikes Will probably be difficult unless you have a hefty appetite
@@REVIVALFitness hi, what Iif I am 14 years old, have been training almost 2 years but can only bench 180, squat 250, deadlift 315
@@Maxorepak16 that is pretty good you just need to keep training and finish growing up
And now you are a sell out.
Ey Bro, whats your ffmi?
Sign 6, You talk about how you believe in the natural limit, but you’ve only been training for 8 months
Sign 7: looking for the “best” of everything: best workout split, best time to workout, best/optimal rest periods, best exercise for a given muscle group, best food to build muscle, etc.
Browse the natty or not reddit, these kids think you need PEDs to be 170 lbs with some ab definition
@@REVIVALFitness I'd rather not go that cancer of a place
@@sheadoherty7434 you think Reddit is cancer… 4chan’s /fit/ board in the early 2010s… dear lord. I haven’t been there in ages but I’m sure it’s still a cesspool of gymcelibacy
@@leftphilange69 I stopped going on /fit/ sometime in 2019. 99% of it’s users don’t lift or do any sort of physical activity whatsoever, it’s literally just shitposting with a fitness theme lmao.
The only thing worthy there was the powerlifting general, which had a few strong dudes who actually lifted, but a shocking majority were obese powerlifters with downright atrocious lifts relative to their weight. Lifting reddit has much of the same as well in all honesty, both sites are an immense waste of time for the most part. If anyone wants advice or resources on how to start lifting, I would honestly just direct them to some YT channels that give no BS advice, like Renaissance Periodization, Candito, Alec Enkiri, and a whole host of other knowledgeable people on this platform
After an hour in the gym I'm dead and sometimes need two days to recover. Totally agree with the living in the gym 7 days a week thing, there's no way you can be training with enough intensity. Just subbed, like your content. Thanks! 😀
Welcome 🤝
Are you going to failure every set?
I legit be sleeping 10 hrs after one hour in the gym lmaooo
@loganhilderbrand8194your gym sessions must be incredibly easy then 💪💪
@loganhilderbrand8194you’re proud of wasting your time doing junk sets and not getting the gains?
From everything I've seen novice purgatory is predominantly caused by under-eating. Doesn't matter who you are, or how good your genetics are, if you're not eating you're not growing. I see it more often with athletic guys - especially former athletes well into their 20s - who are happy with their physiques and strength levels but realistically aren't out of the novice phase.
I trained on and off for so many years eating poorly, only last year started eating well and gained a good amount of weight (went from 82 to 91kg) and I can testify that I am only now feeling the progress one should expect in the novice phase. A lot of wasted time but hey, better now than never!
Exactly. Everybody should be talking like you; but, instead, they think exercise form grows muscle. In the 60s - 80s, nobody ever juiced for gain cycles, because growing muscle was the biggest "no brainer" in town -- you simply eat and lift weights.
This video made me feel better bc I’m pretty sure I’m doing things right. Training consistently, focusing on good form and not ego lifting, not doing 6 different chest exercises in one session, going for performance over pump, progressively overloading, and not being afraid of not having shredded abs
If you have more exercises to perform maybe adjust your intensity or volume to accommodate
Wow great video! I am a novice, I followed Greg Doucette and I made almost no progress for 5 months because I just didn't lean bulk. During the last 3 months I have gained 10 kg (some fat but definitely some muscle too) and many people have told me I look better now, that I was too skinny before (body dismorphia)
Nice 💪🏼
@@REVIVALFitnessGreg Doucette is a loser
It’s the same with women. I was literally starving myself and wondering why I wasn’t making any gains. Well no duh girl! You have to eat in a caloric surplus. Been making rapid strength and body progress the last 8 weeks. I wasted so much time the first 9 months
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What about upping your protein intake ?
How did you overcome the fear to become “fat”. I am so afraid bulking might triggger my obesity :-(
@@migch28 if you're training appropriately the muscle:fat gain ratio will be in your favor. And the fat can be shed away easier later
@@fatralph thank you! I officially have started bulking since last month. I have seen GREAT result!!!! I am so happy. I like the new body.
This is the most underrated channel out there.
Thank you 🤜🤛
Definitely feel targeted by this vid! 6'2 and dropped from 210 to 165 in the past year through cardio/calorie deficit while also getting into weightlifting as well. My progress has remained stagnant for soooo many months now and it's because I have self sabotaged with undereating, overtraining, and fear of putting the weight that I worked so hard to lose back on. I know I will reap some major noobie gains once I break past this mental hurdle. Thanks for the great content as always man!
why you wanna lose the weight so bad ? i’m 6’4 and started at 190 at 230 rn trying to keep going up and up
i mean, this isn't necessarily bad. if you lose 45 pounds and kept your strength, that's a successful body recomp and now you have room to bulk, so doesn't sound like you wasted any time
Bro, how are you that tall and that skinny? It doesn’t sound healthy. That’s about how much I weigh and I’m 5’7” and I’m not overweight. Eat a lot more and you’ll see a lot more gains. Don’t be afraid of weight.
@MeticulousMosquito Agreed. 75kg bodyweight for a 170cm guy is pretty impressive if ur not fat.
I mean you said it yourself. You weigh what your goals align with.... this guy didn't give you a wake up call lmfao. You weigh like that because your goal was a caloric deficit, not because you suck ass at the gym.
Gotta say I love the channel man. Keep it up. I'm a beginner who has had the luck to be influenced by reasonable people like you before I found out about athlean x and others.
Gotchu 🤜🤛
Athlean x uses fake weights lol
@@ronihernandez6049
Does that disqualify him from any singular good thing he does? I agree but yeah.
Yes I agree my statement is a fallacy. However, by him not putting a disclaimer on fake weights or just being transparent to his public does show malicious character and therefor give enough reason to not be a good model to follow.
I was obese initially so my goal was to lose weight at first and then gain muscle. I went from 297 to 162 in 18 months. I’m 6’1 but I kind ran into a new problem yes I was not obese anymore but I was skinny as a twig with no muscle. Despite lifting weights, I was sad that I couldn’t see my abs and didn’t have any muscle and listening to people like douchette that I have to cut even more to see my abs I was cutting to the point where I was eating 1850 calories a day and doing cardio most days of the week to try and burn more fat. I would feel lethargic most of the time as well and only wanted to sleep.
I ran into a couple of your videos and am now making actual muscle and strength gains, my lifts are getting heavier and my family is even starting to to notice that I’m more muscular. Thank you 🙏.
Good work man, glad to hear 🤝
Man I'm really resonating with your content. I started lifitng last summer but got real consistent towards last August. I thought I was skinny fat (145ish @ 5'10) and ended up cutting to 140. Even though I had "abs", my arms were like twigs and I felt super sluggish. I've been lean bulking the last two months and have put on 10 lbs where I'm 152 now. I feel a lot more healthier and have just focused on increasing workout intensity. My goal is to get to 160 and then cut.
Thanks for the insight.
You’re welcome 🤜🤛
Just a "little" correction here; Purgatory is actually a part of Heaven in Catholic theology. The ones there are getting rid of their last nagging sins before they can permit themselves to face God, they are already saved, and ultimatelly not going to hell. Sources: The Cathechism, writtings of Saint Thomas, Saint Augustine, and Bible hermeneutics.
Nice video tho.
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I'm so glad I ran into this video now 2 months into my fitness journey, than a year from now. Saved me a lot of hassle and time wasting mate cheers.
Enjoy the gains 🤜🤛
2:46 holy shit, *LITERAL* Reps For Jesus
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Thank you for reviving us and bringing us out of purgatory saint M K 🙏
Spread thy holy word!
Hey dude this really helped me. I was stuck in the 160s for like 2 months so i started increasing the resistance every week with my exercises and ive gained to 172 in less than a month and my bench is now at 235.
Good work 💪🏼
I was 48kgs at 6'2 at the start of July last year and now I am just about to hit 82kgs and I'm benching 10kgs off my body weight.
eat hard, work hard and work on that mindset and you will be mirin :>
Bro you were not 48kgs
Eat clen tren hard anavar give up
I was only 45-46 kg when i started at 6 feet back in september, now im 57-59 kg based off fluctuations and 6 foot 1 now, I was way too light still pretty skinny and im gonna keep bulking, some people tell me i cna maintain now but i dont want to, I want to be jacked 200 pounds in the future
who tf is in the gym 8 hours thats a whole work shift
Dam man, This is one of the best videos I've ever seen. I wasted 3 years of lifting maintaining also. Preach it man!
Thanks for this, you are the man. So glad I found this channel. A year in a half ago, I was in purgatory (had been lifting since Nov 2018). I then started eating more, and I mixed in strength days. I’ve now dedicated a lot of my training to getting stronger at the three basic lifts. That’s what’s most important. Building a strong foundation, and eating more. I was 157-158lbs, and now I’m 170lbs, and I’m hitting slightly above the intermediate standards. I still run every other day, about 2 miles. It’s important for health.
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Thank you for doing this. My ab anxiety was bad and was "maingaining" as well without ever making progress. So many of my friends are in the same category and are scared to gain any weight. But now I'm making way faster and more consistent progress, and since I'm actually pretty jacked by normie standards, people listen to me and get results as well. Keep it up man
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I have made more gains in the last 4 months bulking than in a year of training "maingaining" thanks man💪🏼
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Glad I found this channel on my 2nd month of starting training.
Gotchu man 💪🏼
This video reminds me of the fact that I ran an Athlean X program during my first year of training ☠️
this is making me feel great ive been in the gym for 3 months after getting seriously hurt 11 years ago, haven't tried to PR in a month 495 deadlift, 260 bench and 450 squat
My biggest problem was consistency. I learned a lot about training because I studied and had the experience of a 5 year long lifter… but spread out over 15 years because I would stop and start again so often… I finally realized the reason I would do this is because I experienced burn out. I’d go balls to the walls working as hard as possible, trying to optimize everything, but what inevitably happens is you start developing an all or nothing attitude because of perfectionism - “I won’t be able to get a perfect work out in today because I’m tired, so I won’t go at all - I’ll go tomorrow” then tomorrow comes and the same thing repeats. I’ve realized how important it is to be consistent - any work is better than nothing. Slow progress is better than no progress/regression.
Anyways, good video, very relatable to my anecdotal experience of what I’ve witnessed in the gym and some nuanced feelings I’ve felt myself during many of my rebuilding phases… I’ve probably gone from novice to intermediate over 5 separate times now - finally got the hang of it… I will make it to advanced one day.
commented for the algorithm. Only 4 months into my lifting journey but learning a lot and I don't want to make mistakes. Thank you
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Ever since first watching this video (now 1 year into lifting) i can now confirm girls dont care about abs. Ive bulked from 145 to almost 200 now and ive had the first three girls talk to me as of 3ish months ago. I owe you infinitely btw
Enjoy, my man 🤝
love the algo rythm
Bro you’re gonna hurt yourself with this advice! I only train machines in 25-45 rep range and only eat 1700 cals and I’ve made great gains!
You’re a MASS MONSTER
@@REVIVALFitness haha yes bro!
Not sure if trolling
@@DiscomongoEGE im supes srs
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Great video, I totally agree. Don’t stop telling to bulk, I wasted so much time maingaining and I don’t want other people to do the same.
@fire trails bulking too hard is bad for health and athletic performance but just because you do not have abs does not mean that you bulked too far.
I was into calisthenics for about a year and never budged over 165. I've been hitting weights for 4 months now eating 3500 to 4000 calories a day and have just tipped the scale at 180. My lifts are going up weekly
Nice video man. Basically guys, do the compound movements, it doesn't matter if its power or weightlifting, if you wanna get strong and big, just do the basics and add weight. Also, don't fear to be 15 or 18% bodyfat, when you're intermediate or advanced, doesn't look bad at all
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I genuinely don't get why people are so scared of being at 15-17%bf. Make sure you do ab workouts in your routines and you'll very quickly gain enough definition on your stomach to be happy. I gained enough abs in 2 months to nearly completely lose my skinny fat belly, now the fat stores sit evenly across my abs and sides and it looks good.
Body fat is not the enemy my friends.
Ab anxiety. They’ve seen nothing but ripped six packs on social media their whole life.
The fitness industry is full of bs but i'm here to save you, now go buy MY program
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I just want to get stronger. 168cm male. 100kg deadlift, 90kg squat, 80kg bench and barbell row, 50kg OHP. Hopefully I can get to mid intermediate to advance soon
Good progress
Great vid with great info MK 💪
I broke free of novice prison last year at age 25. Fat helped out, but 139 at 10% bf to 160 at 15% is pretty insane for 3.5 months, especially for a guy who never broke 150. My deadlift went from 275 to 340 in 2 months lol. The lockdown took it away but again in under 4 months I'm already back to 163, 16% after being 153 at 17% (muscle memory). The most pleasant surprise is that I'm still gaining fast despite being 40 pounds over my starting weight as a young adult. All those injuries, incorrect technique and diet back in the day tricked me into thinking my genetics were worse than they actually were.
Bro am 139 now.
@@Davey97 me broke novice prison progression in 6 -months when i was 18 drug-free because i read books
What about being stuck in an intermediate purgatory? lol
When I started I did a cut for 3 months then a full on dirty bulk. Gaining 18kg in 4 months. Bench went from a max of 60 to 100kg, paused. Then just did cuts and binge periods my gains being pretty much the same for a very long time. Recently from watching you and GVS, I started getting gains again.
For bench, if you do a 3x8 for example, is your 8th rep a grinder and 0 or 1 RIR?
I hit a plateau, but I use my 5rm on my 3x5, so every set is to failure. Should one use submaximal training and keep a couple reps in the tank?
I too am stuck in intermediate purgatory; I think I've heard quite a few fitness youtubers say that a lot of natural athletes will never get out of here & that it takes a lot of hard work & dedication to your craft to escape it. I would like to atleast have 1 lift that is considered advanced though but since I am cutting currently I won't be hitting any PR's for a while.
@@homeslice4551 Going to failure can be useful from time to time, but doing it every time is just not great. You should leave some in the tank most of the time. At least 1 rep, but usually try to keep 2-3 reps in the tank.
It’ll allow you to do more sets, leading to more total work done each session, while also making every set difficult enough to illicit strength and size gains.
Hope this is helpful!
Just take tren bro
Well you obviously left novice lifter purgatory since Jesus is doing curls right behind you at 02:45 😄
Thanks for this video. I was tired after 1 hour in the gym today and thought I didn't get a good workout. Bench and OHP were brutal and I didn't have enough energy for lateral raises and triceps
If your muscles are very genuinely fatigued, you more than likely got a good workout.
Thank you for all your videos, Matthew! You are always an inspiration to me and my favorite fitness influencer on RUclips!
You kind'a fell from the sky for me, got 2y of consistent lifting, the first year was good progress, weight up and strength up, the secon year i'm spending fatigued, rehabing acky joints and tendons, almost no gains. Pushing harder didn't work so it's time to reset what i thought i knew 😅
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Quit throwing shade at Athlean-X!
I always wanted to look like a malnourished but athletic male stripper.
Want to be a male dancer? Just do THIS
2:40 you know you're not in the novice purgatory anymore when Jesus behind you doing curls
The NPC in the background almost suffocates with his mask while being in awe seeing revival pressing 3 times the weight the NPC uses with his machine.
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Love the title. The way you name things and explain is great.
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100% agree. Must be extremely hard to be a novice now cuz of all the misinformation of larger channels. Hope this reaches more people so that they dont end up quitting or using PEDs just to escape purgatory.
Two words: pure gold!
Thank you 💪🏼
I saw a guy doing 48-60 sets PER DAY in my gym and i told him to watch this video. Hope he gets out of novice purgatory
But ARNOLD bro
What the actual fuck
I'm a teenage lifter who's been making great strength gains in my first few months granted not many size gains at all due to a stagnant v low calorie diet. Can't wait till I can bulk
Why aren't you bulking?
@@veryneff8411 no opportunity to
Save that for 9hrs 30 mins of sleep later on and 5k cals a day
You sleep for 9.5 hours?
@@REVIVALFitness no eventually I'll be able to. Now I sleep 7-7:30
@@REVIVALFitness on weekends 8-9
All of the reasons you gave is why I’m really glad I started out with 5x5 program. It focused using the tired and true compound movements, weight increased quickly. I’ve added and removed something’s from it that didn’t work for me but my brother and I are just drenched in sweat after the end of the workouts. We’ve had a few small plates but we just started increasing the weights from like 5 pounds since the last workout to like 2.5 per week and we keep making progress 6 months in.
" novice are always scared of losing abs" I'm a novice (lifting for 8 months) stared skinny fat(literally no muscles due to fasting) managed to gain some muscle and loss some of the fat (~20 bf) and Im very happy/satisfied with my body (no abs tho ) but the question is novice who are skinny fat "people who has never seen their abs in ages should they bulk, cut, recomp this skinny fat phase is hella confusing
I’ve been scrolling through your videos and all I see is just don’t don’t don’t. What do I need to do man
commenting for the algorithm
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I feel your channel is a lot more for people trying to build muscle than people like me who were obese and still have weight to lose
How much weight are you trying to lose man
The whole body dismorphia thing is crazy I remember seeing Greg say athlenx looks like a skinny marathon runner like wtf
One of the greatest video ever made on RUclips regarding fitness.
I'm sure this video will blow up in 10 years because the principles laid out here will still be relevant then.
Thank you brother🍻
Thank you 🤝
oh it will trust me, because of this channel, I have been making gains, got the courage to finally bulk and eat more and train better, this channel saved me from greg doucette as I started out severely underweight under 15 bmi, i thought i was fat because i couldnt see my abs even though i had a very flat stomach, visable ribcage and spine.
I have been working out for about 1 year and 3 months now. Started out at 5"11' 110 lbs at 22 years old, lanky and weak as shit I could barely rep the bar for bench.
In 6 months, eating like a maniac and training 6 times a week I got to 155 lbs, benching 110 for 10 and feel like I made major progress on my looks, strength and health in general.
At about that mark I started neglecting my calories and being too lazy to eat, stop weighing myself regularly but kept training intensively since its something I enjoy now, but fast forward to today I am down to 145lbs and only put 22 lbs on my bench. Even though I look better than ever, and still made veeery slow progress I realize now after watching this video that Im really missing out on the gains I made when I made an effort to keep increasing my weight week by week. Back to the bulk boys....
I’ve been in this situation for almost two years and only recently started getting progress my method instead of training alone getting my crazy ass powerlifter friend to become my gym bro and its working with a mixture of encouragement and gaslighting to lift weights
Glad I found this channel early on in my lifting journey and avoided novice purgatory managed to hit intermediate after about 8 months of training 💪
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Trying to escape novice purgatory now. I started off on the 5x5 Starting Strength program and was squatting 3x per week. I ended up getting a very strong squat but my bench and deadlift lagged behind. I can hit 315 for reps on squat, but I can’t even hit 2 plates on bench, and can only do a little more than 3 plates on deadlift. Since then I tried a bunch of different workouts, different splits and went nowhere with it. Now I’m trying to get back into a proper program and get my diet and sleep in check so that I can get out of this novice hellhole
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Revival: You're skinny!! I see you through screen, you're 5'10-5'11 weighing 140-150lbs!
*Me being 5'10" and 145lbs* : Bruh i guess imma add 200kcal from now
*Watching video* : bro i think, i'm really stuck in novice Purgatory...
*Watches moment at **18:20* : Yeaaaa I'm definetely In novice purgatory..
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One of the things that kept me in the novice stage was diet. Guys, diet is so underrated. You have to eat enough protein and nutrients to grow and lift heavier. I was nearly a 140lb woman who could barely squat 90 pounds. I’m now 120lbs and can squat that for 8 reps at least! I wasn’t eating properly or training hard/smart enough. It really is that simple.
Loved the stock footage at 17:25!! 🤣 No but seriously tho, great video, keep it up man!
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I read the divine comedy. That's how I know the term.
I'm glad Ive been doing everything right these 6 months of training
how to rescue a family member from athlean x purgatory?(believes functional > compounds)
You probably can’t until they make little to no progress for months/years
The captain price meme sent me back man
Same
U SAID PURGATORY SOOOOO MANH FCKING TIMES IT MADE ME MAAAAD AT THAT WORD
for the algo!! 🦅
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Algorithm 💪💪
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14:16 talk tuah reference?????? Revival fitness predict hawk tuah 2012???
This video was a breath of fresh air
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12:51 half repping in the background lmao
I think an issue with saying your novice phase will end first year is it only really applies if you are going from skinny/skinny-fat to muscular on a bulk, if you're obese that shit will take way longer since you'll be cutting
Dropped a lot of facts in here. Great channel. You got a new subscriber.
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I've been stuck for about 8 years. But I know it was mostly because of me taking long breaks from lifting and always having to start over again, kinda lifting the same things. Also just program hopping. Which I quit doing now. I recently hit my heaviest bodyweight too and finally understand that I just have to work more for it. Also I had to accept the fact that I just want to be bigger and bodybuild. No more minimalist approach for me. And no more breaks if I'm not sick or on holiday.
So good that there are channels like yours
This is totally sad but true , it’s difficulties to advance unless you really want to
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I’m grateful I came across your channel I was skinny fat and I was “main gaining losing weight and gaining muscles at the same time” 😂 fuck the abs I’m bulking now thank you for this video
This is so true man i got a 175 bench in my 4th month and passed all my friends lifts already keep in mind theyve been going to gym for over a year tuff im 5’6 and a half 140 17
I'm in my late 40's, and have been a victim of this. I had more energy than I did brains.
I started doing HIT training recently. And I have noticeable gains every cycle.
This speaks volumes for me sadly and I went to the gym 6 times a week for 3 hours a day doing literally what you said thinking I will become massive while eating like Girls Portion and even worse. When I finally left my fear of gaining weight and eating plus going to the gym for 3-4 times a week maximum 90 Minutes at most, actually Training hard and not clowning around. Sad that lockdown hit me again when I was doing good progress but I cant wait to get back on track soon even if its just my home stuff for now.
Consistency is the key. Get a good home gym together if you can.
that algorithm bit had me lmaooo'd. chest hair GAINGG
Gang ✊
Love how real you are bruh! :)
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I'm in Novice Purgatory.......please forgive me...
Such a good video gonna work on getting my squats and deadlifts up 2.5 kg a week and my bench 2.5 every 2 weeks cos I’m already at 120kg
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8:53 one of my clients that I am training has gained 50 kg in the squat in 3 months (mind you he is a bit overweight, so he was able to eat in a deficit. For super skinny guys, they should eat in a 300-500 cal surplus at a minimum) but he was surprised that he made this level of progress this quickly.
Get outtt
This video kinda saved my progress
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You give nice tips most of the time unlike other fitness youtube BS.
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Thank god for channels like this we need more of then Greg Doucette = zero gains The fitness industry are absolut broken Thanks a lot man whit out people like you I would never have find Alexander Bromley
I've been in purgatory since 2016 haha... I'm finally starting to notice improvements
I've not been in purgatory yet. I am a greg fan. I just subbed your channel today.😁 I'm 💯 natural. I will for sure give this advice a shot if I ever hit the wall. And I'll let you know you where spot on. Thanks for the good content.
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I’m convinced few people eat enough or train hard enough. There’s always another gear you can find, if someone takes you into that territory. I thought I trained hard until a pro showed me another way. It’s all relative.
Wow that front squat!
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I liked the music playing in the background. good stuff
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Discernment!......My Friend :) Resonate! 8)