Jeremy "Couch" Hamilton is back. He approached me with this video idea. Seemingly simple, the best advice often comes from making small smart choices over time. If you want more Couch content make sure to like the video and leave a comment! Jeremy is hosting a seminar in Toronto at Fortis Fitness on November. 15th. To reserve a spot e-mail hamiltonstrength@gmail.com
This is glorious, I been tryin to find out about "plateau busting diet" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Conabel Muscle Marmsome - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
+King Aesthetics well first I'm going to master the movements then I'll stop doing them for something else. Most of us have several issues with our technique that prevents us from pulling heavier weigths.
I was only squatting 14 Lbs and then for a month all I did was bicep curls and now I squat tree fiddy. Siiiikkkee but solid video, great info, I get asked this a lot and I usually answer with a lot of stuff that was said in this!
Return of the couch! Good talk. This type of info can definitely help a lot of people stuck on any of the big 3. Would be great to attend his seminar! Maybe one day...
Thanks Omar, I fucking love this guy. Jeremy inspires me in my lifting, learned a lot from just watching him and hearing him talk about lifting. I wish my ass wasn't way down here in Miami, I'd love to go to that seminar.
should do a bi-weekly series or something like that with couch with more about acute training variables and stuff like this. he's a very smart lifter and love these type of videos and how you highlight this type of knowledge to the lifting community.. this is what people need to hear as opposed to the typical same three lifts over and over can lead to resistance development then exhaustion, possible injury etc. love this vid man.
I wish I could like this video 10x. The bread and butter of my back workout out is pull-ups and chin-ups. I definitely hit a plateau. Took a break from it and started doing rows movements. When went back to my pull-ups, I was stronger than ever. Don't be afraid to walk away from what you consider are your "bread and butter" movements and come back later. Great advice in this vid.
This is great man, I really like how you guys discussed/accounted for the mental aspect of making changes to your training to break plateaus. I feel like addressing that part will help people be more willing to try something new for a brief period of time. Learned a bunch from this, good work.
Videos like this are an awesome kick in the pants to hit the gym and put in the work necessary to break through a plateau--thanks! Def going to try this.
honestly like this vid very much, little late ive learned the hard way i suppose... better than random ass conversations and non stop dance battles (whip and nae nae)
One guy says "To get better at something you gotta practice it. How to improve bench? Do more bench!" Then world record breaker comes along and says the opposite. Then you got guys like Wendler making routines where you bench literally once a week for about 10 reps, and other guys like CT fletcher saying you got to train balls to the wall every time. We got Russian guys doing literally no assistance work, then Hamilton doing all assistance work, I mean what the hell is the a single thing any of these guys do that is consistent across the board?
+Phlegm Atic Nope, everyone one of those methods listed can work for someone if implemented at the right time. Backing away and doing a variation of the lift you are trying to improve is just one of a few good methods to help break through a plateau. Saying I do all assistance work is a little misleading considering I have only been doing 4-6 movements total in a training week for the last 8 years. I think a better term might be calling it a variation of the lifts instead of assistance. You have to pick a variation that is the same, but different. We are not replacing squats with leg extensions... I hope this helped answer your question brah.
+Phlegm Atic differnt things work for differnt people. no one training method is perfect and isnt for everyone. i personly love assistance work and helps me improve the most. my bech was stuck at the same weight for ever so i started focusing on heavy dips and incline bench i woould do a crap ton of that and still flat bench just not as much and my dips got very strong and so did my incline bench and then it transfered over to my flat bench, my brother on the other hand tryed what i did and it didnt help at all. for him just doing the movment helps him the most. thats why theres all these differnt methods casue not every method works the same for everyone. thats why try them all out and see what works best for you and stick to it
Now this is interning to hear from a world class lifter. I think I heard in an interview with Malanichev that He doesn't do any accessory movements because doing anything but the main movements doesn't help.
i feel like this video was made for me. been plateauing a bit on dumbbell bench and ive been contemplating switching back to barbell bench for a week or two. the only thing holding me back is that its such an awkward feeling lift for me. maybe i should give it a try anyways
I feel ya on that buddy, I've always used DBs and my body has a really hard time moving weight with BB. I guess it's just one of those things that needs practice. GL
I started lifting for the first time in my life 2 months ago and now I am benching over 500 lbs. That's like 6 plates on one side and 7 on the other side. I have become a profassional in 2 months, naturally.....I only use Test and Dbol, and some Deca and Whisterol. and sometimes more Test. Im 47 so maybe that is why I am not doing very well.
This is a similar principle that Dan John & Pavel Tsatsouline talk about with their "same but different"He also uses a lot of the "perfect practice" principles which Pavel and Dan John talk about a lot too. Did Jeremy study their work or he just figured that out on his own?
When Jeremy does focus on different training blocks with the new exercises, or even with the exercises specific to powerlifting, how does he periodize his training in general?
If you're working up to a bigger bench and you plateau, would you recommend moving away from dumbbell bench or incline as well? Or just normal benching? Or would it very person to person?
Very cool. I just started a program that's heavy on front squats, cleans, and SDL with pull exercises to help provide a new stimulus while rehabbing a right AC joint injury. Feels good to know that Couch would approve. Also, since you are big into weightlifting now, how do you feel about Chinese weightlifters emphasizing pulling and squatting (front and back) while focusing on centering weight over mid to forefoot area and trying to avoid heel pressure? They seem to have interesting training beliefs regarding that and how combined with lots of accessory work for the back, the mid-forefoot weighted lifts are stronger and contribute to smoothness. Where do you put your weight pressure when squatting and doing clean pulls?
So do a lot of European coaches... but the Chinese seem to have stepped up their accessory/hypertrophy work which probably helps prevent some injuries.
is progression like 100 5x5-> 105 3x5-> 105 4x5 -> 105 5x5 good for hypertrophy and gain musle( i care more about musle not about strength) ? is it good idea or bad? ofc in DL squad Bench.
On the other hand, Andrey Malanichev said he ONLY trains the big 3 (not even any accessory exercises). Funny how completely different training methods can work
+aSerAlqt he prob has all the muscle and what he can do now is to improve tiny bits of what he's got. I am curious how he trained earlier in his career and i doubt it was the same approach
+aSerAlqt you have to find what works best for you as a person! There is no "perfect" regime it's funny how many of the top tier lifters approach these lifts from such different places. Lilliebridge is known for only squatting once every 2 weeks (for any real weight) then again there are other lifters that squat 2-3 times in a week... some will only do the big 3 while others will train most accessory work while "ignoring" the big 3 a large part of the time...
Hey Omar and subscribers! Would you say these tips are more suited to advanced lifters? I've been lifting 1.5 years and i'm doing 531...should i not really ingrain the technique of the main lifts?
Yo Omar, I'm following the the mad eyebrow man's Candito 6 week strength program, some weeks are feeling pretty light and I'm not really getting too much of the 'good pain' I used to get after training. Would it be unwise to add in more volume in this program? I'm still seeing gains in my ORMs but I feel like I could do more.
+Sidney IsTheMan I'd run Candito's program as intended. Test it in it's entirety and see how it goes for you. After it is over, evaluate it and if you like run a cycle with your tweaks to better suit you. What you might be feeling is the fact that it is a strength program and not a hypertrophy program so the overall volume might be a little lower than you are used to. It's a great strength program!
+Sidney IsTheMan Sounds like you're decent at reps. Some people find certain weeks rather tough in Candito's routine because they're not as naturally skilled at hitting a percentage of their max for moderate reps, but you are. Just IMO: If you're not hitting an RPE of 8 at any point on your lifts on any particular session of the program, (excluding the peaking), then you should feel free to go for another rep on your sets, or, probably better yet, use a slightly heavier weight.
Bob Jenkins OmarIsuf Thanks mate, makes sense to me. But I've just come to a sudden realisation. I've just started up this program after a years break from lifting (long story). So my ORMs were based upon only 2 weeks back into training (155 bench, 230 squat, 310 deadlift). Obviously a year ago my ORMs were quite a lot higher than this, would I regain strength faster than an average program would allow for?
Sidney IsTheMan lol that's probably it. Johnny's program RELIES on the fact that you're not going to gain measurable strength until after 5 weeks of hard work, and a low volume peak to dissipate fatigue, which probably doesn't apply to you.
I feel like this is dependent on training age. I spent a training cycle doing conventional deads instead of sumos and when i returned to sumo pulling, not only was it weaker, but it felt far too foreign. My conventional pull skyrocketed though..
+KatzJ Were you stuck and not seeing any progress on sumo though? Because the vid is about what you can do when you are stuck. You aren't intended to attempt this when you are still seeing some good progress only doing the big movements.
You emphasized a lot that the advice you're giving is to replace your main movement with a different movement. Would keeping the main movement and adding a different movement be ineffective?
Jeremy "Couch" Hamilton is back. He approached me with this video idea. Seemingly simple, the best advice often comes from making small smart choices over time. If you want more Couch content make sure to like the video and leave a comment!
Jeremy is hosting a seminar in Toronto at Fortis Fitness on November. 15th. To reserve a spot e-mail hamiltonstrength@gmail.com
do you guys ever use micro loading to keep progress happening?
+OmarIsuf
Love the content with the Couch! more Couchcoach. lol. keep up the vids dude
STAY HEALTHY STRONG AND FIT Omar!!
+OmarIsuf will a change of the style of the deadlift(conventional or sumo) do good or should i completely eliminate the excercise?
+OmarIsuf been a fan of the channel for a while, this dude leaves good content
+OmarIsuf tell couch to make videos lol
J.ham! my Couch! was amaazing seeing him lift in person. awesome info from Jeremy and Omar per usual. good shit guys
+Silent Mike Couch for Prime Minister.
This is glorious, I been tryin to find out about "plateau busting diet" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Conabel Muscle Marmsome - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some great things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
This was super interesting. I think we all have trouble taking a step back from our favorite movements.
+King Aesthetics well first I'm going to master the movements then I'll stop doing them for something else. Most of us have several issues with our technique that prevents us from pulling heavier weigths.
+King Aesthetics yeah just saw your new training vid sounds like you have been overtraining a bit
I was only squatting 14 Lbs and then for a month all I did was bicep curls and now I squat tree fiddy. Siiiikkkee but solid video, great info, I get asked this a lot and I usually answer with a lot of stuff that was said in this!
14lb before u was born
Return of the couch!
Good talk. This type of info can definitely help a lot of people stuck on any of the big 3.
Would be great to attend his seminar! Maybe one day...
Periodization and taking breaks work very well
Thanks Omar, I fucking love this guy. Jeremy inspires me in my lifting, learned a lot from just watching him and hearing him talk about lifting. I wish my ass wasn't way down here in Miami, I'd love to go to that seminar.
Glad the Couch is back... more videos with him! Great information...
very interesting information, great video, Omar!
+MrDrosophila hey man thanks for watching!
Again an amazing helpful video. Thanks so much guys
should do a bi-weekly series or something like that with couch with more about acute training variables and stuff like this. he's a very smart lifter and love these type of videos and how you highlight this type of knowledge to the lifting community.. this is what people need to hear as opposed to the typical same three lifts over and over can lead to resistance development then exhaustion, possible injury etc. love this vid man.
I wish I could like this video 10x. The bread and butter of my back workout out is pull-ups and chin-ups. I definitely hit a plateau. Took a break from it and started doing rows movements. When went back to my pull-ups, I was stronger than ever. Don't be afraid to walk away from what you consider are your "bread and butter" movements and come back later. Great advice in this vid.
Man bring the Couch in more videos! His knowledge of the sport is grand.. Would love to hear more from him. 👌🏽
This is great man, I really like how you guys discussed/accounted for the mental aspect of making changes to your training to break plateaus. I feel like addressing that part will help people be more willing to try something new for a brief period of time. Learned a bunch from this, good work.
i would like to see more videos with Jeremy. maybe a video how he started lifting weights like your personal trainer to professional toner video?
+xEH3x that would be cool actually, if people wanna see it, I'd love to make it!
This has given me the confidence to step away from the staple and have a variable. Thank you. 👊🏽
Love to you Omar, videos like this is why I've been subscribed
i can confirm, THESE GAINS AIN'T LOYAL
sometimes you gotta go no contact and that bitch comes crawling back
Great video, great info to think about!! Thanks
This was very informative thanks Omar
your vids always help me bro!
+JJSM 963 that's the goal. I plan on making more informative content, stay tuned!
I could watch the couch speak about lifting 24/7, great vid as always.
omar surfclam gonna be inducted into the RUclips hall of fame !
ah Yes i've been needing this video!! My bench has sucked baby wipes for months. i'll step away from bench for a couple of months to try other things.
You're actually so entertaining to watch
True words from a true freak of strength!!
Couch always gives solid advice!
I like this backroom casting couch thing...
I love these vids you do with Couch!
Videos like this are an awesome kick in the pants to hit the gym and put in the work necessary to break through a plateau--thanks! Def going to try this.
honestly like this vid very much, little late ive learned the hard way i suppose... better than random ass conversations and non stop dance battles (whip and nae nae)
Exactly what I needed to hear!!
great vid omar, always coming with fresh content
Awesome video! i'd love to see more advice videos from Jeremy on this channel!
wow, never looked at thing that way. great video omar
Content never disappoints Omar!!
that was one smooth deadlift
Always good stuff from The Couch!
Content has been unreal lately
+Jack Doe thanks man, I only plan on making it better! #dogsdancinginbound
We fucking love couch. Put him or Greg anytime. Hide silent mikes goofy lookin ass behind the camera though 😂
+Brendan Tietz LEAVE MIKE ALONE. MIKE'S GOT MOVES, HE CAN DANCE!!!!!! *starts breathing heavily*
Love the banner in the back ground :)
More couch vids, he is really informative!
One guy says "To get better at something you gotta practice it. How to improve bench? Do more bench!" Then world record breaker comes along and says the opposite. Then you got guys like Wendler making routines where you bench literally once a week for about 10 reps, and other guys like CT fletcher saying you got to train balls to the wall every time. We got Russian guys doing literally no assistance work, then Hamilton doing all assistance work, I mean what the hell is the a single thing any of these guys do that is consistent across the board?
They all train consistently .
+Phlegm Atic Nope, everyone one of those methods listed can work for someone if implemented at the right time. Backing away and doing a variation of the lift you are trying to improve is just one of a few good methods to help break through a plateau.
Saying I do all assistance work is a little misleading considering I have only been doing 4-6 movements total in a training week for the last 8 years. I think a better term might be calling it a variation of the lifts instead of assistance. You have to pick a variation that is the same, but different. We are not replacing squats with leg extensions...
I hope this helped answer your question brah.
yeah, honoured to get the reply man, didn't expect it, thanks
+Phlegm Atic That reply is guaranteed to add 150lbs to your total. True story.
+Phlegm Atic differnt things work for differnt people. no one training method is perfect and isnt for everyone. i personly love assistance work and helps me improve the most. my bech was stuck at the same weight for ever so i started focusing on heavy dips and incline bench i woould do a crap ton of that and still flat bench just not as much and my dips got very strong and so did my incline bench and then it transfered over to my flat bench, my brother on the other hand tryed what i did and it didnt help at all. for him just doing the movment helps him the most. thats why theres all these differnt methods casue not every method works the same for everyone. thats why try them all out and see what works best for you and stick to it
amazing video as always!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video couch!
me and Omar are going at it. deadlift style
Now this is interning to hear from a world class lifter.
I think I heard in an interview with Malanichev that He doesn't do any accessory movements because doing anything but the main movements doesn't help.
Yeah,more Couch videos!
Brilliant!
i feel like this video was made for me. been plateauing a bit on dumbbell bench and ive been contemplating switching back to barbell bench for a week or two. the only thing holding me back is that its such an awkward feeling lift for me. maybe i should give it a try anyways
I feel ya on that buddy, I've always used DBs and my body has a really hard time moving weight with BB. I guess it's just one of those things that needs practice. GL
I started lifting for the first time in my life 2 months ago and now I am benching over 500 lbs. That's like 6 plates on one side and 7 on the other side. I have become a profassional in 2 months, naturally.....I only use Test and Dbol, and some Deca and Whisterol. and sometimes more Test. Im 47 so maybe that is why I am not doing very well.
One simply does not dislike a couch video.
You should do a video on how important water is
Can anyone tell me where I can get the picture in the thumbnail? Most bad-ass thing I've EVER seen!
His heaviest deadlift goes up SO FAST. It's like he has another 100 lbs in the tank.
Congrats on 400k subs. Omar, you should do another collab with Chris Jones.
I liked the dam video keep Hamilton content flowing!!!!!!!!!!
0:04 "*Mic died..." Omar, buddy.... dont put "Mic died", put "THE Mic died"... i almost choked on my sandwich there trying to find out who Mic was..
This is why I'm taking 5 weeks off low bar squats and focusing on front squats. I hope this shit works.
This is a similar principle that Dan John & Pavel Tsatsouline talk about with their "same but different"He also uses a lot of the "perfect practice" principles which Pavel and Dan John talk about a lot too. Did Jeremy study their work or he just figured that out on his own?
Best couch
Thanks for getting access to all these great lifters' wisdom Omar. Love your channel.
Hope my channel will be as popular as yours one day :)
Omar you should get a rode shotgun mic that plugs into a dslr unless that takes battery...
first off great content as always, and is captain planet competing still?
Jeremy + Omar videos >> Omar and Silent Mike/ Mark Bell videos!
Where did Couch get that t-shirt? I want one!
fawesome videos bro love the channel bro.
+Steo Gi thanks man!
When Jeremy does focus on different training blocks with the new exercises, or even with the exercises specific to powerlifting, how does he periodize his training in general?
the best couch in damn world
Jeremy Swoleton is the definition of a gentle giant
If you're working up to a bigger bench and you plateau, would you recommend moving away from dumbbell bench or incline as well? Or just normal benching? Or would it very person to person?
Very cool. I just started a program that's heavy on front squats, cleans, and SDL with pull exercises to help provide a new stimulus while rehabbing a right AC joint injury. Feels good to know that Couch would approve.
Also, since you are big into weightlifting now, how do you feel about Chinese weightlifters emphasizing pulling and squatting (front and back) while focusing on centering weight over mid to forefoot area and trying to avoid heel pressure? They seem to have interesting training beliefs regarding that and how combined with lots of accessory work for the back, the mid-forefoot weighted lifts are stronger and contribute to smoothness. Where do you put your weight pressure when squatting and doing clean pulls?
+buhreebs i also heard that alot of chineese couches do not give a f bout injury prevention :P
So do a lot of European coaches... but the Chinese seem to have stepped up their accessory/hypertrophy work which probably helps prevent some injuries.
I'm curious what kid of training program Jeremy uses, as far as total volume, frequency and exercise selection.
I always like the damn videos
How is he deciding on what variation to replace the main movement with? Is it just weak point training?
is progression like 100 5x5-> 105 3x5-> 105 4x5 -> 105 5x5 good for hypertrophy and gain musle( i care more about musle not about strength) ? is it good idea or bad? ofc in DL squad Bench.
On the other hand, Andrey Malanichev said he ONLY trains the big 3 (not even any accessory exercises). Funny how completely different training methods can work
+aSerAlqt he prob has all the muscle and what he can do now is to improve tiny bits of what he's got. I am curious how he trained earlier in his career and i doubt it was the same approach
+aSerAlqt you have to find what works best for you as a person! There is no "perfect" regime it's funny how many of the top tier lifters approach these lifts from such different places. Lilliebridge is known for only squatting once every 2 weeks (for any real weight) then again there are other lifters that squat 2-3 times in a week... some will only do the big 3 while others will train most accessory work while "ignoring" the big 3 a large part of the time...
I wish this video was made a year ago
Now this guy is a beast. I bet he could squat a Mini Cooper lol.
Hey Omar and subscribers! Would you say these tips are more suited to advanced lifters? I've been lifting 1.5 years and i'm doing 531...should i not really ingrain the technique of the main lifts?
Change in variation or should I take a deload?
Is it just me or did all of his lifts from BoB2 look like he could lift for a double. Dude is STRONG.
Elite level..
More Couch!!
Phenomenal content, but better audio please!!! The background noise in the gym is almost always picked up
get yourself one of those duffalo bars for back squatting in the off season
if the audio sucks, consider adding closed captioning.
more couch videos please
Hey Omar!
Yo Omar, I'm following the the mad eyebrow man's Candito 6 week strength program, some weeks are feeling pretty light and I'm not really getting too much of the 'good pain' I used to get after training. Would it be unwise to add in more volume in this program? I'm still seeing gains in my ORMs but I feel like I could do more.
+Sidney IsTheMan I'd run Candito's program as intended. Test it in it's entirety and see how it goes for you. After it is over, evaluate it and if you like run a cycle with your tweaks to better suit you. What you might be feeling is the fact that it is a strength program and not a hypertrophy program so the overall volume might be a little lower than you are used to. It's a great strength program!
+Sidney IsTheMan Sounds like you're decent at reps. Some people find certain weeks rather tough in Candito's routine because they're not as naturally skilled at hitting a percentage of their max for moderate reps, but you are.
Just IMO: If you're not hitting an RPE of 8 at any point on your lifts on any particular session of the program, (excluding the peaking), then you should feel free to go for another rep on your sets, or, probably better yet, use a slightly heavier weight.
Bob Jenkins OmarIsuf Thanks mate, makes sense to me. But I've just come to a sudden realisation. I've just started up this program after a years break from lifting (long story). So my ORMs were based upon only 2 weeks back into training (155 bench, 230 squat, 310 deadlift). Obviously a year ago my ORMs were quite a lot higher than this, would I regain strength faster than an average program would allow for?
Sidney IsTheMan lol that's probably it. Johnny's program RELIES on the fact that you're not going to gain measurable strength until after 5 weeks of hard work, and a low volume peak to dissipate fatigue, which probably doesn't apply to you.
When I am one of the first on omars video like " hm, Nice comercial"
I feel like this is dependent on training age. I spent a training cycle doing conventional deads instead of sumos and when i returned to sumo pulling, not only was it weaker, but it felt far too foreign. My conventional pull skyrocketed though..
+KatzJ Were you stuck and not seeing any progress on sumo though? Because the vid is about what you can do when you are stuck. You aren't intended to attempt this when you are still seeing some good progress only doing the big movements.
Wicked video
Where has Greg been?!
Holy fuck he made the 784lbs deadlift look so easy
More couch
You emphasized a lot that the advice you're giving is to replace your main movement with a different movement. Would keeping the main movement and adding a different movement be ineffective?
This is why concurrent training works
Couch aka Mr. No-Eye-Contact lol