Fact-checking fitness influencers
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- Опубликовано: 21 янв 2024
- You’ve probably seen them scrolling through your feed: a shredded fitness influencer with a six-pack promoting supplements and giving diet and exercise advice. But when it comes to fitspiration, your eyes may deceive you. In this week’s Stay Tuned, we’ll mythbust these so-called “health experts” and hear from one fitness “de-influencer” trying to set the record straight by promoting actual health through a realistic lens.
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Thank you so much for having me on. It was a pleasure to be included in this video ❤️
You rock Ben!
I enjoy watching your videos 😀
You just earned a sub.
You just earned a sub.
I am also very thankful for being in this video. Thank you for having us. ❤
Influencer has become the single most dumbest term in modern society
Amen . If I look pretty and act worthy and say I eat McDonald’s everyday then anything goes
I'm a personal trainer and all I can say is, "THANK GOD SOMEONE FINALLY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THIS!!!!!!
Got a V-Shred add after watching this video... THE NERVE! 😂😂😂
this happens all day on youtube
i tried blocking those vshred ads on youtube but they never stop. cant stand the sitw of that guy
Yea same thing happened to me!
Bruh!
😂
The irony that the ad before this video played was one that this video would try to dissuade you from believing. This world is wild
Lol, same.
RUclips is unfortunately happy to take anyone's money without taking responsibility. 🙄
It's amazing how many people believe that being ripped makes someone a fitness authority.
What's even more pathetic is how many people believe doctors can get them healthy to fight the fact almost every doctor is morbidly obese and in horrible shape themselves yet we allow them to tell us how to take care of ourselves despite the fact they don't take care of their own selves. What's more pathetic the fact the people who supposedly are the experts who can't follow the rules or actually somebody who's put some time and effort into it and has proof that they can put results together. Give me the steroid guy every day of the week over any doctor in this corrupt medical system
Why wouldn’t it? He managed to get an incredible body
@bambinaforever1402 It doesn't mean he achieved it following the program he's trying to sell, or even in a healthy way. And it's possible he really does know what he's talking about, but one can't assume that solely based on the way his body looks or his ability to give a great sales pitch. There's a reason personal training certifications require formal education.
Just because you have a good body don't mean you know what you're doing. It just means they're probably on steroids lmao.
Doesn't it just mean they shove needles up their butts?
Thank you so much for doing this! I'm so sick of those predatory fitness commercials! I eat healthy and exercise hard 3-5 times a week for 2 hours. That works and keeps me super fit and chiseled at 40y/o... facts! Anything else is gimmick.
why do you need someone to tell you if you're already "super fit and chiseled" ?
@@strangevisions5162 this video is about fact checking gimmicky influencers that tell you to sprinkle cumin on your potato chips to get a six pack.
It's the dude with the amazing wedding vows!! Respect to you, sir !!
After 25 years of naturally working out I'm just keeping it simple. Protein, dumbbell bench, different angle push ups, light squats, curls and pull-ups. 3 times a week, 10-25 rep range, drop sets until failure, no personal best or records, don't skip workout do 5min instead, consistency is most important.
cool we all need to know this
Totally agree mate I train everyday
Run bike swim lift circuits body weight
Can always do something
Someday I’ll just do 20 minutes on turbo traimer and 100 push ups
But everyday get something
It doesn’t need to be complicated
That’s simple?!!
Simple, but not easy...
The most important part - CORRECT AMOUNT OF FOOD. My middle son had AMAZING body while living with me because i cooked healthy , balanced meals and fed my family at correct times. Like in the evening they ate a sandwich and that was it. Now he lives on his own, gained weight, still exercises in gym but then comes home in evening and cooks something. When i was visitingI asked him are u sure u want to consume that amount of food at night? He said me to mind my own business and that he is in great shape. I said a mirror is right here u got blind or smth. But then the conversation was over, i do not want to spoil relationship with him and criticize him and give unwanted advices. So bye bye great body. But to the rest of u: U WANT A GREAT BODY PUT A LOCK ON THAT MOUTH AND DO NOT EAT AT NIGHT
I’m glad that v-shred was the face of this video and the ad leading into this video. I get so many ads from them that I’m ready spazz 😂
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Great video about a topic I’m very passionate about. There’s an ocean of snake oil salesmen in the fitness industry who usually lack the knowledge, experience, integrity, & ethics to be promoting or selling any of their junk products or programs. Sadly most people in our fitness industry are liars or scammers, & get away with it because the visuals of someone with a fit body tends to fool people into believing whatever they say is true, and the barrier of entry as a “fitness professional” is sadly so low as Ben stated.
Ben and Sohee are a true power couple.
He's right. You really don't need all of these fancy fad diets and intense workouts that lead to burn out and bad relationships with food. Eat better, move more, be smart about your choices and take better care of yourself overall. Do it to make yourself feel good, not to mimic what these ridiculous "influencers" look like.
Some people simply want to have an amazing body similar to Vshred’s. And that’s totally fine. When you get older and more sick , then they will naturally move on to different health goals like disease management.
@teeminator30 That's fine to want a body like his. I'm just saying you don't have to do exactly what he does to achieve it. You have to do what works for your own body, not what he says worked for his. People mimic these fitness influencers to the point of ignoring their body's signs and then get frustrated that it's not working
As a guy in my mid-30s I definitely feel this pressure and it's taking a toll on me for years. Thank you for talking about it. Not enough us do.
Guys, the only people that care about you having a six pack are straight men. So regardless of your sexuality, you’re wasting your time.
As a single girl in her mid-30s, I wouldn’t even want to date a guy who looks super shredded like Vince because I don’t want the pressure of feeling like I need to match that look or feel like we can’t go out for ice cream together.
@@KailuaChick correct answer.
I'll just stick with the Nine Ancestral Tenets... Cheers guv. XD
Thanks for exposing the grift. Nice to hear an honest response to fitness.
As a woman, actually I trust the shredded people less. I think part of it is because im aware how unhealthy that is and part of it is I really don't want to be shredded myself, I just want to be healthy and be able to cope better with my chronic illness
Yup, anything on either extreme is suspicious to me. When they showed the two people at the beginning I was naturally drawn to the person on the right since they looked fit but weren't trying to show off their six pack. They also looked more middle aged which felt safer for some reason lol
Same, I struggle with chronic fatigue and I couldn’t get anywhere close to that shredded look. I wouldn’t want to date a guy who looks like that and feel like he’s going to leave me for a woman who wants to spend half her life in the gym with him.
Loved this. Love Ben. A fountain of actual factual knowledge and he brings receipts. His book is now my go to for so much. Amazing well done.
Seniors like myself that can still manage to get around are influenced by our own sense of mortality. Exercise of any kind is useful to keep yourself limber. Young folks need a proper nutrition education as well as the rest of it.
Thankyou for exposing these frawds Ben, we need more people like you, keep up the great work and Thankyou once again for your honesty
The best advice you will ever get is in this video. The best fitness advice can't be sold. It is boring. Lift a bit. Get some cardio. Eat reasonable food. Most of all have reasonable expectations. It could take a while to start seeing results. But you will feel the results pretty quickly and that is more important.
Yeah I disagree You have to have a plan in the plan starts with you have to have a great diet. Nobody understands what eating healthy or moderate means. Go extreme is something like a carnivore diet eliminate all sugar and seed oils and you'll get in the best shape of your life and get over the food addiction. We've been pushing this eat reasonable in moderate your calories nonsense for decades and all we have is gotten worse shape. People don't know how to do that. It's impossible to be obese if you eliminate all carbs and plants included. Just eat meat and there's hundreds of thousands of comments on RUclips of success stories including myself who did it
Literally got a V-Shred ad before this 😂😂😂
Right before this video started, one of those knuckleheads' ads starts to play, I'm so sick of them. "Dare me to eat this pizza or I'll jump in this pool," "I know don't look like it but I'm a big donut guy," "this is a metabolism killer, this is a metabolism killer, this is a metabolism killer....."
Jfc, GO AWAY!!!
This may be a less important topic for many, but this is good journalism. Thank you algorithm
NBC should do a segment on Menopause influencers.
Omg, yes!! The amount of crap "natural" & so-called hormonal cures to menopause is so bad. And it scams so many women.
:05 neither, next question
3:32 Empty vessels make the most noise.
My ex husband willingly lied to me for a 120K check😂
Everybody hate V-Shred! I never seen anyone say anything good about it😂🤦🏾♂️
There is plenty of dumb people who believe him , that’s the reason he still on business
V-Shred is a scamer
What's so bad with being focused and dedicated to making your body look better? No, it's not "unhealthy" to restrict your eating, it's called discipline. If you want to be really lean, sacrifices must be made. No pain, no gain.
Just looking at the shredded guy makes my eyes lose weight 😂🤣
These “influencers” are all clowns. Real athletes see through the bs they promote.
Thank you for speaking out, nobody wants to hear the truth and I’m sick of seeing that annoying dude and Dr. Drew pushing his b.s.
I see Dr Drew promoting him🤣🤣🤣🤣
Made me lose the very tiny amount of respect I had left for him lol
Dr Drew fell from the train long time ago lol
@@ASAL2022 I didn't know until I see him in the commercial and I surprised. Smh
BEN CARPENTER!! gosh bless that man
Who is "gosh"?
Slow, steady, sustainable should be the goal it really is a journey.
I cut sugar and carbs. Took a nutrition class at a CC, I run, bike, and lift minimal weight for about 1 hr a day (I alternate these exercises from day to day so not doing all three in one day) and it seems to be working. I think cutting sugar has been the hardest because you need to read a lot of labels and know the different terms for sugar
I need ur plan. Hard to quit sugar and motivate to move more 😊
Glad you found what works for you. As Ben mentioned at the end of the video, what will work for almost all of us is simple and there's no money to be made in telling people that, hey, you want to lose your belly? Walk 30 minutes to an hour every day and limit your alcohol intake to once a week.
The guy that mentioned that running is a useless exercise clearly just wants to sell something; either his fitness routine or some supplement he's being paid to hawk. I don't like giving too much personal info online, but let's just say I'm very much over 21 years of age and when I feel like it, can run 10 miles at a 10 minute pace, can run an 8 minute mile if I feel like challenging myself and my wife saw me doing work in our backyard last summer and told me after, "Huh, he has a six pack." Typically, I'll run close to 4.5 miles or will do a 10K on the weekend, I'll throw in an hour of walking on days I want to give my joints a rest, will do the bike and occasionally, I'll do weights. I don't do weights like I used to, because when I was younger, I just wanted to put on muscle. I don't want to put on any more weight, however, since that'll just put stress on my joints, so I just lift enough to maintain the muscle I have.
@@ock538 sugar is really tough. I’m pre diabetic and only weight about 150 even before the diagnosis so it caught be off guard but it was the motivation I needed. It does take a lot of will power because sugar feels like an addiction
@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 I’m pre diabetic so cutting carbs and sugar was required cause I don’t want to get diabetes; however, I have always had this exercise routine for the last 10yrs which is why the diagnosis caught me off guard
There's nothing special about cutting carbs, in the end our calorie balance define our weight, so the exact same thing happens if we cut calories from fat. Insulin resistance (and later T2D) rely more on weight (calorie balance) and exercise (both resistance training for added glycogen storage and direct pathway for glucose) and walking (or other cardio) for general health. 🙂
I see juice junkies in my gym all the time being personal trainers, no certifications or anything. People just think they are qualified because they are ripped due to roids.
Saw two grown men in the gym last week. One was obviously juiced and the other was normal. He had his normal friend benching 85 lbs on a bar. Didn’t look like he was actually getting a workout.
Arent they afraid of the spooky side-effects? 😮
@@yesgunny6212Looks can be deceiving. You have to start somewhere. After my shoulder surgery, I was told that I would have a long road to get back to my pre-surgery strength. It took three years. I caught of people looking on thinking I wasn't getting a workout. Especially the guys on gear chugging potions. They can mind their own business.
The worst thing on top if they make cookie cutter training plans without any regards of possible former injuries or other health situations like clients who had heart attacks and so on
it’s not like you just pop some roid pills and get ripped. it still takes years of dedication and work ethic to get looking good….
They couldn't have the common decency to at least put this guy's link or name in the description?
I always wonder why Dan Bilzerian had a heart attack. Now I know why 😂
I hate these Ads
There's a difference between fitness knowledge and knowledge on how to look good. Many professional bodybuilders, fitness models, and swimsuit competitors do not know anything about fitness or being healthy; but if you want to look like them, are you going to listen to the people that know how to look like that, or the people that know how to correct your posture and strengthen the tiny muscles that pull your ears back when you think you hear a ghost or burglar in your house late at night?
There’s also a difference between lucky genetics and/or taking steroids and not having lucky genetics and/or taking steroids.
A question I often silently ask the super muscular people is, “What are your relationships like? How do your closest people feel you treat them? How do they feel about themselves after years of close relationship with you? How do your kids feel about themselves?” Of course, I never have those answers, but it is a reminder that those people may be living for nothing that is truly of value.
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Yes it is. It influences relationships a lot. My ex's obsession with bodybuilding got into a point that eventually I broke up with him because of it. He was talking about nothing but how much carbs and protein he eats or still has to eat for the day. He was so concerned with his body that nothing else existed to him. He would rather be late for work than doing one exercise less than what he was planning. When he was supposed to meet his mom and get her with something, he would always be late or make an excuse why he can't come just because he was at the gym or eating... He had "friends" who would use him just to get some steroids... He was abusing steroids that got him into a hospital and he still has a major health problems but still taking some gear. I just couldn't deal with it anymore.... Do yeah, it is that deep. People who don't live for anything else have a very poor life.
Yes it is. It influences relationships a lot. My ex's obsession with bodybuilding got into a point that eventually I broke up with him because of it. He was talking about nothing but how much carbs and protein he eats or still has to eat for the day. He was so concerned with his body that nothing else existed to him. He would rather be late for work than doing one exercise less than what he was planning. When he was supposed to meet his mom and get her with something, he would always be late or make an excuse why he can't come just because he was at the gym or eating... He had "friends" who would use him just to get some steroids... He was abusing steroids that got him into a hospital and he still has a major health problems but still taking some gear. I just couldn't deal with it anymore.... Do yeah, it is that deep. People who don't live for anything else have a very poor life.
Yup. I dated a military man who was just cut up like something out of a movie. However, he had a tendency to get easily upset about things. His life was exercise or being active. Didn’t want to do anything fun like going out, museums, travel. He admitted he was a “vain SOB”. Barely had any friends, estranged family, lived alone, former drinking issues, and alienated his ex-wife and daughter years beforehand. Nearly everyday he ranted about how “disappointing” or “fat/lazy” nearly everyone else was. Healthy body but not a healthy mind or attitude.
Clicked on the link and wouldn’t you know the V shred add popped up
Here because I love Ben Carpenter and will support him and his work at every opportunity 😄. People like him, his wife Sohee Lee, and Jordan Syatt are my favorite fitness “de-influencers”/educators that have played a huge role in my ability to overcome an eating disorder, while continuing to maintain a healthier lifestyle within the last few years. I couldn’t have done it without these coaches helping me sift through ALL of the fitness-related myths, ads, and other junk all over the internet. Their compassion, knowledge, and commitment to help others with their content is unmatched. I am so grateful.
Haha. That’s Vin Sant. He worked out in LA. He was intense the way he worked out. He seemed pretty nice. He was really fit though and he worked out super hard. People would notice in the gym.
He's clearly put in a few hours in the gym, but the rest is the investment firm behind that's telling him what to do. It's funny when he literally copies other people's videos and get it wrong. 🤦🏼♂️😂
Where is Gadi Schwartz
MISINFORMATION!!!!! Oooo ooooo!!!!!
Neither
Eat healthy, work out regularly, eat more healthy food for gaining mass, eat less food thats still healthy for losing mass and increase protein intake. Workouts shouldnt go more than an hour. You will never be bigger than the guys you compete with on stage, but you will still look good and feel good as long as you dont go below like 10% body fat. Be happy
This is filled with drama lol
No it’s not.
Of course, the first ad, that interrupts this informative and educational video, is a fake fitness scam ad!😡
It's about time they called out that fraud
This video ended and literally got an ad blasted 💥 at me of the V shred dude. Whom I’m sick of seeing all the time.
eeeh. Nah
Longevity researcher? What is that?😂
I've been trying to tell ppl about these liars for years!!! I have concluded that like 80% of fitness info in social media is wrong, and like 95% of ppl believe it...
Sounds a lot like influencing
You gotta be on the juice if you wanna compete. Tied and tested.
I’ve lost money and got scammed I followed a fitness influencer and we talked and video and he claimed he was helping me out to bulk up but what I realized he was lying the whole time. I lost a lot of money. My trust is very low right now I don’t want shortcuts I want the hard tuff road and I could use some help
I have skipped the ‘ripped’ dude’s ads so many times! 😂 He didn’t seem legitimate.
legitimately douchebaggy
The worst part is before this video loaded the V-shred video played. 🤦♂️
This is why I ALWAYS tell people to be very VERY careful about following fitness influences...ANYWHERE.
Let’s be real… the people who believe you can get a 6 pack without running or dieting……
Just want to hear something that sounds good
Max was here
Half people are oil.
YESSSS BENNEDICT LETS GO
Waiting on V-SHRED'S rebuttal 😮
After close to a decade of fitness and trying everything, the biggest helper and hinderence to my growth was science based working out. Second guessing programs and exercises causes analysis paralysis.
Consistency will always win the day. Go to the gym. Get after it. Do the stuff you like to do. And dont allow stagnation. Gradually challenge yourself. Its a marathon not a sprint. Most people want it ALL and they want it now.
This is dribble for the masses
Mike Israetel is another great guy to follow for science-based stuff
I saw him right before this haha
I just got a vshred ad while watching this...
Lol🤣🤣🤣🤣, people are so gullible.
Thanks to RUclipss new adblock policy, I had to watch 4 fitness/diet ads, that were AI generated BS, while watching this video...
V Shred knows about steroids and that's it.
Protein myth
This guys always randomly pops up on my RUclips as an add
Peter atia is great!
As always Vshred😂
He needs these people. It's how he makes his money. The vast majority of influencers preach don't eat sugar , don't eat too many calories, eat whole food. That's 90 percent of it. Why would anyone think that is unhealthy? It's because the food industry relies on it.
The restrictive diet advice from many influencers goes over what is reasonable and ends up promoting disordered eating. Sugar isn't inherently unhealthy (even fruit and veg contain glucose) and can be included in a well designed diet. but most Americans don't eat with moderation.
Was at the jiu jitsu club last week and I literally cited a Harvard study on steroid use. So nobody talks about scientific studies. At least one does.
Thats why i only take information from my favorite natural, lifetime natural, never touched steroids mike o hearn
Getting Vshred ads on this video… the irony.
Well I just found one of the very few people I'm going to trust. Edit: wait! I now this guy. Isnt this the guy that went viral for secretly learning Korean for his wedding day toast?
Yup! That's him!
Yep, he's a bloody legend
Max verstappen
Vshred is such a scam
Funny to watch this video and the ads are what the video is about😂
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I got a V shred testmax boost add before watching this video
Right? Dude just jumps from product to product.
Lol v-shread
If you follow him, something wrong with you. 😅😅😅
Thank you for this reporting
Camera operator was extra af lol
"VShred" is SUCH a dingus... doesn't even have an original name. VSauce has been around for a LONG time fella.
Great video. Simplicity and honesty for a healthy approach
The dude on the right 👍🏿
@BenCarpenter is the real deal!!
Yes! This! Thank you!
Yea don’t use V Shred 😂😂😂 if you’re beginner to intermediate and want to try a route that isn’t an expensive personal trainer, try Jeff Nippard. He bases his programs on actual science, they aren’t expensive, and there are no shortcuts. I don’t use any supps but whey and I got my squat up to 460. Don’t juice or compare yourselves to people that do folks. It’s a journey not a race.
The V-Shred guy is very clearly a conman
V-shred needs to be stopped. Btw, your getting ads for it on this video...