@@enrapturedgoose5317 Yeah right because whats true or not, is not about facs & science it is about who has more muscle, right? Stop being a cringy whiteknight and just let a man be corrected so he knows better OR show me where I am wrong with evidence.
@@Cin9999 dude you're just nitpicking and looking for holes in what Brian was talking about. Yes volume leads to hypertrophy, but also getting stronger can lead to hypertrophy too when in a surplus, as generally a stronger muscle results in a bigger muscle. For the Somatotype part, yeah technically they are not real, but Brian was just using it generally so everyone would easily understand that he was a skinny guy. Hes not preaching about somatotypes. Maybe not the ideal choice of words, but he is just casually said it. You must see its kinda funny that a very strong and muscular youtuber cant talk generally about some things that worked for them without anonymous people like yourself in the comments proclaiming they know better.
@@enrapturedgoose5317 1. I corrected him on something that is plain wrong - thats it. Has nothing to do with his personality, or how I like him, or the rest of what he said. Even the opposite its great to be corrected by people that like you so you can be better and dont run around spreading myths. You must be really insecure to not see this. 2. You can get stronger with 8 reps too. 3. No without more Volume other the long term you will not gain muscle. Funny bc Alan talked a lot about this, since he joined Barbell Medicine. If you do 3x12 and dont make any muscle gains you wont be making them with 3x4 - even though you will get stronger for a while. Cite me a study if you wanna talk - everything else is just an unfounded claim. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303131/ 4. claiming you can see into his mind and know what he used the somatotypes for is just telling me exactly what I said - you are whiteknighting and just triggered by some harmless correction. If he used it that way, he can just say that and its fine. What is the big deal? What is hurting your ego so bad here man?
@@enrapturedgoose5317 no they are all still there..lol and take your own advice - calling what said stupid - what was that about staying friendly in a civil debate?
I always hated the gym until I was exposed to the big four. Didn't learn them until I was 57 after arthritis took my running away. I believe I am stronger now than at any other time in my life and thanks to both of you for your content! #nevertooold
For all of Rippetoe's antics and grumpiness, he was a great place to start, and, frankly, stay. His thorough understanding of the musculature and skeleton of the body is a heck of a selling point. His anti-running thing, I know what he's going for in his over-corrective manner, but being capable of endurance-type stuff is capability in its way and worth something. And this Thrall guy, well, I'm subscribed.
thank you for making this video. i am a 16 yr old and i started lifting around 3 months ago. i'm still bulking and went from 123 to around 136 and made some great gains
I have never clicked on subscribe quicker than when I saw Brian's content.. It's very informative, funny and motivational.. also sometimes brutally honest.. very similar to Alan's channel.
The Untamed Stairs, the casting couch of strength RUclips. Everyone in strength RUclips gets on them steps. Difference is I've actually learned something watching this.
For me personally, "eat big; get big" was the worst advice I followed as a beginner. I'm the opposite of a hardgainer, so naturally, I got very fat very fast and made no tremendous strength gains getting there. Looking into the mirror I hated how I looked and what followed was my first, and also worst, cut ever where I lost a substantial amount of strength. However, I'm thankful for learning that a cut shouldn't mean a daily caloric deificit of 1000 calories. Nevertheless, I'm never eating big to get big again. Only lean bulking from now on, which for me means eating below my natural appetite; yeah, that should tell you something...
Love both of their channels. Wish I found them earlier in my lifting career. I identify with Brian's situation growing up in the 90's and having very little solid info to go off of.
Alan & Brian, this video is fantastic. As a past lifter who started up again 15 years later at age 30, I am learning all over again. Videos like these give great info as someone who is really just doing stuff from memory.
8:42 I’m practically f*cking crying how much this is true. I started seriously lifting with emphasis on the compound lifts my sophomore year of high school. I packed on muscle faster than all get out. Got excited about the progress - immediately switched to a bodybuilding routine. No growth. Figured out by my junior year the Compound lifts were the way to go. Re emphasized with them, but kept the high volume (40 rep goal) approach throughout my senior year. No growth. ...Aside from slight arm strength increase when I goofed off and did near 1RM weighted chins for low reps. Hmm... Finally, I’m a freshman in college, eventually said, ‘Fuck it,’ and decided to lift in lower rep ranges literally just combinations of 5x5, 3x6, and even 4x3 on really heavy lifts. Fucking gained 15lbs and it’s just been two months. I still haven’t a f*cking clue how to program, so any recommendations for progression of rep schemes are appreciated. But for now I figure so long as I stick to trying to master a weight for 4 sets of 6, that I can then increase the weight by 5-10 lbs (for upper body exercises) or 15+ lbs (for lower body lifts) for as many I can do (often less than 5 per set.) Building that foundation Has proven to be more effective than any of the advanced auxiliary BB work I wasted hours of my time reading about, and hours of my time logging 4 sets of 8. Since it’s for advanced lifters. Hopefully a day will come where I am able to recycle those training methods, tho.
@@Boris_Medved that saying isn't really applicable here. A tree will have the same possibilities for growth weather you grow it now or in 100 years, but a person won't compared to if they start working out at age 15 or age 80
Excellent collaboration! Two of my favourite channels in the fitness community. Both of you guys helped me so much and I’m super grateful to you for that and appreciate you guys quite a lot. Thank you so much for all the help and knowledge and experience that you share with us. 🙏💪👍
We thought low incline wide grip 90 degree elbows bench press to the face and upside down cat backing sumo roman chair while doing dumbell kickbacks with our pabsts was the way man - good ole 1990's
I was around for the 90’s, but my job was lifting heavy shit so I was never in a gym. Sounds like I may have been better off from the jokes I read about it.
All the diet comments are on the money. I've struggled with that for years, losing or gaining both are challenging for anyone who runs a daylight to dark schedule. Great reminders and great info. Thanks Brian and Allan for everything
I wish I had heard Steve Shaw’s counsel that heavy weight is always going to feel heavy much earlier in my life. That advice got me to punch through my mental ceiling particularly on squats. Grow or die reflex!
Seriously, 'beginners' don't know how good they've got it these days with the wealth of knowledge available, once you sift out the bullshit. I can remember following Arnold's routine out of _Flex_ magazine and becoming confused as to why I failed developed a Mr Olympia physique..
@@JohnSmith-ij6ms Bro split, for all I know, ghostwritten. Legs: Squats - 8-10 sets x 20 - 5 reps Hacks - 5 sets x 10 - 15 reps Extensions 5 - 8 sets x 10 15 reps Leg curls - 6 - 10 sets x 10 - 15 reps. - and so on. Turned out to be 'the wrong advices'..
It's the same for absolutely anything you want to learn about - a wealth of info and detailed tutorials all freely available, now. I so wish I was born later :/
Great vid. What Brian is saying is sooo important, people dig too deep with methods, knowledge, diet etc, but most important thing is to just eat a lot, eat healthy and do basic lifts heavy. If you're pro - than ok, 100% clean eating and specialised excercises are important, but if you just want to get bigger and stronger that's all you have to do.
I'd be more consistent, and more patient. I always pushed the crap out of myself for months at a time, maxing every workout on every lift, get discouraged, and start skipping workouts until I just wasn't working out anymore. Rinse and repeat. I did this for years. I should be looking and lifting like Brian right now; instead, I look the same as I did when I first started lifting 10+ years ago. I seem to be doing quite well this time around. I'm going on seven months of lifting, still going strong, but my biggest fear right now is losing that drive to keep going, and having to start over yet again.
Thankful for omar and a bad shoulder for getting me on to Alan Thralls channel, which got me onto Brian Alsruhes channel. I dont get fo watch as many videos these days, but its a great surprise to see this on my feed today.
You guys have such an awesome personality, sharing a ton's of super useful information on your channels. Thumbs up for both of you! Your content really helps changing people's health and life for the better.
Man the specificity bit really got me. I train for aerial straps but I also want to start working towards strongman competitions. Haven't figured out how to marry the two yet, so I bought a sandbag to fuck around with in the meantime.
the walking lunged statement near the end is so true I did alot of them early 2020 at the start of lockdown hurt my knees and stopped tried again recently with better form and better warm up knees are great and they are working amazingly for my legs.
hey i just wanted to say that your videos have been instrumental! i'm kinda new to all of this but i do have enough experience to where i made some solid gains...for a few months. i plateaued after that but after watching your videos and adapting some of the techniques the past couple weeks, i've made NOTICEABLE progress. thanks a bunch!
It's so awesome that younger lifters like myself have people like you guys to help us avoid making mistake. A novice lifter can learn to improve exponentially faster and without as many hiccups thanks to people like Alan and Brian. I was 130 lbs and hadn't played high school sports or done any form of training before but with RUclips I've really been able to improve not only my strength and physique but also the way I approach life in general.
Great video, it seems like everyone produces a video about "X or Y" and then all the other You Tubers produce a similar video. It is refreshing to see this video didn't follow that same mentality. I'd like to see a video about training when injured... alternatives and refocused. Example broken leg....refocus on upper body while leg is healing. Then what to do to get back on track after leg heals.
What Brian says about there being an absurd amount of noise drowning out the good information is so true. There are far too many people in the internet pushing advice for very advanced lifters to complete novices. Just do a search for 'beginner gym program' and you're gonna get fed an absurd amount of recommendations for unnecessary assistance work and variations that are wholly inferior to the core barbell lifts. But everyone wants to have 'the secret', and no one wants to admit that the secret is just eating and sticking to a simple novice program.
Great to see you guys doing another collab. Appreciate the work that both of you do and I try to keep it in mind whenever I do any of the strongman / powerlifting movements. Brian's videos have been very focused on appropriate cues while lifting and provides several really good training templates. I would highly recommend checking his youtube channel out (I suspect many of you guys already do). I really hope I get a chance at some point in the future to visit your gyms.
I may be the only one but my only regret is listening to the "trainer" at my first gym. This was back in the late 90s - 2005. Bro splits. Squat using the Smith machine heels elevated on weight plates. Pouring the jug of water out. Minimal concentration on deads. Uptight rows (regardless of grip). So many more. During my high testosterone years. So many gainzzzzz lost. 😞 But better late than never so sunny side up I guess 😁 Stay blessed Alan 🙏
Brian I laughed hard when you mentioned TN. There are still a few old boys left on there still grinding away. You should drop a message in your training log. That would make some of us smile.
I’m the other guy. I ate A LOT when beginning. Now I’m a easy 305-310. But I’ve considered myself a “powerlifter” for close to a year. I was 280 when I “started” back in febuary or so. When do you guys think “hey you fat bastard you need to lose weight” my lifts are going up. And I’ve been told to say fuck that scale if your getting stronger and your easy 300 run with it. What do you guys think? WOULD LOVE A REPLY! Never really been able to get a answer on this question. Great video dudes 🤙🤙
In reference to that thing Brian said about aspirations and having to specify sometimes. I think its important to note, even if you specify, you might not become the best, and thats okay, you don't have to be the best in the world, keep trying your best of course, but dont beat yourself up competing with world class athletes who dont even know you exist.
News flash: You guys are beginner lifters. How far can you do a walking handstand? What's your 4 1/2 rep seated calve raise max? Do you even know how to do curls in the Smith Machine rack!?
It's funny how people often have this story where they're focusing on higher reps and don't see progress then move to heavy weight and blow up. My theory is it's not that the strength training blew you up, you were probably under eating and confused high volume with easy hugh volume and so everything was lighter than it should be, so once you upped the intesity the weights were actually challenging now and caused you to reap the rewards of the previous hypertrophy training.
The eating part sounds easy but can be problematic regards to sustaining what seems like an unecessarily high intake. Your taste buds get desensitised and less stimulated and there upon effecting your desire to eat. Good point though. My son won't eat and he is a super muscular guy with a mass ceiling.😐
The last bit about doing the things that suck the most to you definitely speaks to me. That's a concept that Jordan Peterson talks about a lot too. The things you need most will often be found in the last place you want to look. Good advice for lifting, good advice for life.
I wish i wouldve learned earlier to eat a lot more, There was a time i was 140lbs and benched 215 for a max, (proud of that ratio) but currently 170, and can rep that weight, it was crazy watching my bench fly through the roof while gaining that additional 30lbs over 1 year
The only thing I'd really seriously change: I wouldn't have gotten seriously hurt (wasn't even lifting related, tripped on ice getting into my car!). I also would have gotten back into it faster after rehabbing.
I used to lift before a car accident about 4 years ago where I ruptured 2 disc and had spinal surgery. I'm trying to slowly ease back into it but I'm still afraid to really lift.
Where was this video when I was 16 and starting out lifting? As an ectomorph teen looking to bulk up, I tried 'adding 500 calories above TDEE' like everyone online suggested. Never worked. As a true hard-gainer I need around 5000 calories a day to see any weight gain. Watching fake-natty's with good lighting on YT then gave me the impression that lean bulking was completely realistic for me and that as soon as I felt fat around my waist I should start cutting. Kept on yo-yo'ing for a few years between 170 and 195lbs. Then decided fuck it, I don't care about abs, I just wanna be big, so stuck to 5000 calories a day for 3+ years, with the odd mini-cut here or there. Now sitting at 230lbs 15-20% bf, with plenty of room still to grow. Moral of the story: EAT.
People prefer lifting light weight for high reps which is why it's constantly advertised as being best for building muscle. It's difficult to lift a heavy set of 5. Difficult stuff is hard to sell to people.
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Thanks so much for having me out Alan! It is always fun hanging out!
@@Cin9999 I'm sure Brian knows plenty more than you on how to grow lmao
@@enrapturedgoose5317 Yeah right because whats true or not, is not about facs & science it is about who has more muscle, right?
Stop being a cringy whiteknight and just let a man be corrected so he knows better OR show me where I am wrong with evidence.
@@Cin9999 dude you're just nitpicking and looking for holes in what Brian was talking about. Yes volume leads to hypertrophy, but also getting stronger can lead to hypertrophy too when in a surplus, as generally a stronger muscle results in a bigger muscle.
For the Somatotype part, yeah technically they are not real, but Brian was just using it generally so everyone would easily understand that he was a skinny guy. Hes not preaching about somatotypes. Maybe not the ideal choice of words, but he is just casually said it.
You must see its kinda funny that a very strong and muscular youtuber cant talk generally about some things that worked for them without anonymous people like yourself in the comments proclaiming they know better.
@@enrapturedgoose5317
1. I corrected him on something that is plain wrong - thats it. Has nothing to do with his personality, or how I like him, or the rest of what he said. Even the opposite its great to be corrected by people that like you so you can be better and dont run around spreading myths. You must be really insecure to not see this.
2. You can get stronger with 8 reps too.
3. No without more Volume other the long term you will not gain muscle. Funny bc Alan talked a lot about this, since he joined Barbell Medicine. If you do 3x12 and dont make any muscle gains you wont be making them with 3x4 - even though you will get stronger for a while.
Cite me a study if you wanna talk - everything else is just an unfounded claim. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6303131/
4. claiming you can see into his mind and know what he used the somatotypes for is just telling me exactly what I said - you are whiteknighting and just triggered by some harmless correction.
If he used it that way, he can just say that and its fine. What is the big deal? What is hurting your ego so bad here man?
@@enrapturedgoose5317 no they are all still there..lol and take your own advice - calling what said stupid - what was that about staying friendly in a civil debate?
Couldn't hear what they were saying I was to focused on Alan's beard majestically blowing in the wind
I too was lost in awe of Alan's beard blowing free in the breeze. I never heard anything the two of them said.
Looking at the beard in all its glory...
If Alan ever shaves it, I wonder if it would go into the Louvre Museum next to the Mona Lisa....
Same
John Becker underrated comment
I always hated the gym until I was exposed to the big four. Didn't learn them until I was 57 after arthritis took my running away. I believe I am stronger now than at any other time in my life and thanks to both of you for your content! #nevertooold
Papa Shuk yesirrrr
Brian looks like John Cena mixed with Johnny Sins.
I was gonna say low budget John Cena.
Liam R
I always thought John Cena and Steve Austin
This is the realest shit 😂😂😂😂
No..
visible John Cena
I had a staring contest with Alan... I lost
You didn't lose to Alan... you lost to his beard. No shame there.
Would he win against Vinheteiro?
You could have said 'eye lost'
Anónimos Alcohólicos kkkkkkkk
For all of Rippetoe's antics and grumpiness, he was a great place to start, and, frankly, stay. His thorough understanding of the musculature and skeleton of the body is a heck of a selling point. His anti-running thing, I know what he's going for in his over-corrective manner, but being capable of endurance-type stuff is capability in its way and worth something. And this Thrall guy, well, I'm subscribed.
I really wanted to hear Brian say "train untamed."
Missed opportunity...
@@BrianAlsruheOfficial you'll get another chance
Two of my favorite RUclipsr's together. I couldn't agree more. 😊😎
Thanks man!
thank you for making this video. i am a 16 yr old and i started lifting around 3 months ago. i'm still bulking and went from 123 to around 136 and made some great gains
Hope you're still going strong
@@tayloriousmaximus hi i'm 18 now, i'm still going strong 140 lb currently!
Solid stuff
He’s a beast of a man.
The other guy, too!
I have never clicked on subscribe quicker than when I saw Brian's content.. It's very informative, funny and motivational.. also sometimes brutally honest.. very similar to Alan's channel.
Thanks so much man!
Do I need to weigh my toothpaste, loool.
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My favourite people together. So pleased to see them.
Alan, Brian & Jeff Cavaliere are my guides in this dark world.
The Famous Duo back again!!! I´m tuned in.
Thanks man!
Brian has a lot of unique tips and lifting advice I really love his channel
Thanks Joe!
not all hero’s wear capes some wear caps and or beards
and some just wear a really red face
The Untamed Stairs, the casting couch of strength RUclips. Everyone in strength RUclips gets on them steps.
Difference is I've actually learned something watching this.
For me personally, "eat big; get big" was the worst advice I followed as a beginner. I'm the opposite of a hardgainer, so naturally, I got very fat very fast and made no tremendous strength gains getting there. Looking into the mirror I hated how I looked and what followed was my first, and also worst, cut ever where I lost a substantial amount of strength. However, I'm thankful for learning that a cut shouldn't mean a daily caloric deificit of 1000 calories. Nevertheless, I'm never eating big to get big again. Only lean bulking from now on, which for me means eating below my natural appetite; yeah, that should tell you something...
Love both of their channels. Wish I found them earlier in my lifting career. I identify with Brian's situation growing up in the 90's and having very little solid info to go off of.
Thanks Jesse!
Alan & Brian, this video is fantastic. As a past lifter who started up again 15 years later at age 30, I am learning all over again. Videos like these give great info as someone who is really just doing stuff from memory.
Thanks man!
8:42 I’m practically f*cking crying how much this is true.
I started seriously lifting with emphasis on the compound lifts my sophomore year of high school. I packed on muscle faster than all get out.
Got excited about the progress - immediately switched to a bodybuilding routine.
No growth.
Figured out by my junior year the Compound lifts were the way to go. Re emphasized with them, but kept the high volume (40 rep goal) approach throughout my senior year.
No growth.
...Aside from slight arm strength increase when I goofed off and did near 1RM weighted chins for low reps. Hmm...
Finally, I’m a freshman in college, eventually said, ‘Fuck it,’ and decided to lift in lower rep ranges literally just combinations of 5x5, 3x6, and even 4x3 on really heavy lifts.
Fucking gained 15lbs and it’s just been two months.
I still haven’t a f*cking clue how to program, so any recommendations for progression of rep schemes are appreciated. But for now I figure so long as I stick to trying to master a weight for 4 sets of 6, that I can then increase the weight by 5-10 lbs (for upper body exercises) or 15+ lbs (for lower body lifts) for as many I can do (often less than 5 per set.)
Building that foundation Has proven to be more effective than any of the advanced auxiliary BB work I wasted hours of my time reading about, and hours of my time logging 4 sets of 8. Since it’s for advanced lifters.
Hopefully a day will come where I am able to recycle those training methods, tho.
8:51 I didn't start lifting until I was 25.. That's what I wish I could change, start lifting earlier.
baconfromhell666
I was 43. Think of me if you’re ever kicking yourself.
Im the same im only 18 but i wished i started at 14 i would be so much stronger
The best time to plant a tree is 10 years ago.
The second best time is today.
@@Boris_Medved that saying isn't really applicable here. A tree will have the same possibilities for growth weather you grow it now or in 100 years, but a person won't compared to if they start working out at age 15 or age 80
baconfromhell666 agreed but I think you missed the point.
came across both of those channels separately, both were favourite channels in strength training. Didn't know they knew each other. GOLD.
Excellent collaboration! Two of my favourite channels in the fitness community. Both of you guys helped me so much and I’m super grateful to you for that and appreciate you guys quite a lot. Thank you so much for all the help and knowledge and experience that you share with us. 🙏💪👍
Great collaboration! Two favorites together!
why did 21 people dislike this? this is literally the best lifting channel (powelifting/strongman) on RUclips!!!!
Its not
Couldnt agree more
We thought low incline wide grip 90 degree elbows bench press to the face and upside down cat backing sumo roman chair while doing dumbell kickbacks with our pabsts was the way man - good ole 1990's
Only if you are a long-shlongo-morph
I was around for the 90’s, but my job was lifting heavy shit so I was never in a gym. Sounds like I may have been better off from the jokes I read about it.
Hahah truth
90's lifting. Still fucks us today😂
Really thankful to you guys for sharing your wisdom with us. It’s very valuable and inspiring. Highly informative, comprehensive and insightful video.
All the diet comments are on the money. I've struggled with that for years, losing or gaining both are challenging for anyone who runs a daylight to dark schedule. Great reminders and great info. Thanks Brian and Allan for everything
Two of my favorite channels right here. Great topic, and a good reminder our past doesn't need to dictate our future.
Thanks Matt!
@@BrianAlsruheOfficial no, thank you brother!
Great video guys. "You should do more of what you suck at." Great way to put it. Can't wait for the next video. ✌
Thanks man!
I've been so excited for this collaboration. Looking forward to seeing more of the videos that come out of you two working together. Thanks!
My main 2 guys💪🏼 Thank you guys so much for the abundance of advice and information!
Thanks brother!
I am very happpy I found this channel. Thanks for all the good content and smart cool attitude.
I wish I had heard Steve Shaw’s counsel that heavy weight is always going to feel heavy much earlier in my life. That advice got me to punch through my mental ceiling particularly on squats. Grow or die reflex!
Seriously, 'beginners' don't know how good they've got it these days with the wealth of knowledge available, once you sift out the bullshit.
I can remember following Arnold's routine out of _Flex_ magazine and becoming confused as to why I failed developed a Mr Olympia physique..
what was the routine
@@JohnSmith-ij6ms
Bro split, for all I know, ghostwritten.
Legs:
Squats - 8-10 sets x 20 - 5 reps
Hacks - 5 sets x 10 - 15 reps
Extensions 5 - 8 sets x 10 15 reps
Leg curls - 6 - 10 sets x 10 - 15 reps. - and so on.
Turned out to be 'the wrong advices'..
It's the same for absolutely anything you want to learn about - a wealth of info and detailed tutorials all freely available, now. I so wish I was born later :/
Agreed
I feel like 5-10 years ago this was true, but now there SO MUCH bullshit and marketing to sift through its hard to find the right information
Great vid. What Brian is saying is sooo important, people dig too deep with methods, knowledge, diet etc, but most important thing is to just eat a lot, eat healthy and do basic lifts heavy. If you're pro - than ok, 100% clean eating and specialised excercises are important, but if you just want to get bigger and stronger that's all you have to do.
I'd be more consistent, and more patient. I always pushed the crap out of myself for months at a time, maxing every workout on every lift, get discouraged, and start skipping workouts until I just wasn't working out anymore. Rinse and repeat. I did this for years. I should be looking and lifting like Brian right now; instead, I look the same as I did when I first started lifting 10+ years ago. I seem to be doing quite well this time around. I'm going on seven months of lifting, still going strong, but my biggest fear right now is losing that drive to keep going, and having to start over yet again.
Thankful for omar and a bad shoulder for getting me on to Alan Thralls channel, which got me onto Brian Alsruhes channel.
I dont get fo watch as many videos these days, but its a great surprise to see this on my feed today.
Thanks man!
You guys have such an awesome personality, sharing a ton's of super useful information on your channels. Thumbs up for both of you! Your content really helps changing people's health and life for the better.
Thanks Omar!
It has come full circle.... found Brian from Alan’s 22 squat challenge years ago....this is Awesome
This was soooo good to listen to. Thank you for taking the time!!! 💪💪💪
Thanks Alex!
Man the specificity bit really got me. I train for aerial straps but I also want to start working towards strongman competitions. Haven't figured out how to marry the two yet, so I bought a sandbag to fuck around with in the meantime.
the walking lunged statement near the end is so true I did alot of them early 2020 at the start of lockdown hurt my knees and stopped tried again recently with better form and better warm up knees are great and they are working amazingly for my legs.
hey i just wanted to say that your videos have been instrumental! i'm kinda new to all of this but i do have enough experience to where i made some solid gains...for a few months. i plateaued after that but after watching your videos and adapting some of the techniques the past couple weeks, i've made NOTICEABLE progress. thanks a bunch!
Gotta love Brian
Thanks Noah!
Still my two faves
It's so awesome that younger lifters like myself have people like you guys to help us avoid making mistake. A novice lifter can learn to improve exponentially faster and without as many hiccups thanks to people like Alan and Brian. I was 130 lbs and hadn't played high school sports or done any form of training before but with RUclips I've really been able to improve not only my strength and physique but also the way I approach life in general.
same bro i'm 16 and started lifting 3 months ago and because of people like alan i became a overall better person
Awesome, great to see you guys colb again. I know this is going to be a great conversation 👊💪
It was an awesome time!
Yo man, I'm glad you made this video. I needed to hear some of this.
Great video, it seems like everyone produces a video about "X or Y" and then all the other You Tubers produce a similar video. It is refreshing to see this video didn't follow that same mentality.
I'd like to see a video about training when injured... alternatives and refocused. Example broken leg....refocus on upper body while leg is healing. Then what to do to get back on track after leg heals.
Love that Untamed Shirt man. Great design.
What Brian says about there being an absurd amount of noise drowning out the good information is so true. There are far too many people in the internet pushing advice for very advanced lifters to complete novices. Just do a search for 'beginner gym program' and you're gonna get fed an absurd amount of recommendations for unnecessary assistance work and variations that are wholly inferior to the core barbell lifts. But everyone wants to have 'the secret', and no one wants to admit that the secret is just eating and sticking to a simple novice program.
Gents, this stuff is great, thanks for the awesome content!!
Discipline equals freedom!
Great to see you guys doing another collab. Appreciate the work that both of you do and I try to keep it in mind whenever I do any of the strongman / powerlifting movements.
Brian's videos have been very focused on appropriate cues while lifting and provides several really good training templates. I would highly recommend checking his youtube channel out (I suspect many of you guys already do).
I really hope I get a chance at some point in the future to visit your gyms.
Thanks guys
15:22 Alan doing mental math to figure out Brian's age
39
great discussion; my beginner thing I wish I changed was seek out an actual strength coach when I was a young and motivated private.
Alan such a great video buddy!! 👍🏻👊🏻💪🏻
The man spreading is strong in this video :)
I may be the only one but my only regret is listening to the "trainer" at my first gym. This was back in the late 90s - 2005.
Bro splits. Squat using the Smith machine heels elevated on weight plates. Pouring the jug of water out. Minimal concentration on deads. Uptight rows (regardless of grip). So many more. During my high testosterone years. So many gainzzzzz lost.
😞
But better late than never so sunny side up I guess 😁
Stay blessed Alan 🙏
man those uptight rows....lots of awkwardness and irritation.
CJoseph Ferrerro this is exactly the advice I was given in the 90s too. To the T.
...pouring the jug of water out. Haven’t heard that in years.
Awesome collab 💪✌️
Thanks man!
Gold video! Awesome.
I miss these collabs
Brian I laughed hard when you mentioned TN. There are still a few old boys left on there still grinding away. You should drop a message in your training log. That would make some of us smile.
AWESOME!!!
"you can't out work a crappy diet" so true.
It's great to watch beginners recognize their mistakes early on.
Very informative thanks.
Thank you!
I’m the other guy. I ate A LOT when beginning. Now I’m a easy 305-310. But I’ve considered myself a “powerlifter” for close to a year. I was 280 when I “started” back in febuary or so. When do you guys think “hey you fat bastard you need to lose weight” my lifts are going up. And I’ve been told to say fuck that scale if your getting stronger and your easy 300 run with it. What do you guys think?
WOULD LOVE A REPLY! Never really been able to get a answer on this question.
Great video dudes 🤙🤙
Great video I feel like I relate so much to these guys when they were younger. Love your content Allan even if I’m not a fan of beards! 😜
In reference to that thing Brian said about aspirations and having to specify sometimes. I think its important to note, even if you specify, you might not become the best, and thats okay, you don't have to be the best in the world, keep trying your best of course, but dont beat yourself up competing with world class athletes who dont even know you exist.
that last "thanks guys" cracked me up lol
I would like to shoot a fb live with you Alan on this topic.. i am 54 & been grinding hard since 1979. Still learning too
Solid advice. Keep it simple, work hard, eat, avoid lunges at all cost because they are the worst.
The last advice that Brian gave was my favourite
Good video. I wish I had good coaches when I was younger. Spent many years spinning my wheels with no real improvement.
News flash: You guys are beginner lifters. How far can you do a walking handstand? What's your 4 1/2 rep seated calve raise max? Do you even know how to do curls in the Smith Machine rack!?
Can they even half rep clean like real lifters- the cross fitters?
My box-jump shin scars are fierce as hell, yo
It's funny how people often have this story where they're focusing on higher reps and don't see progress then move to heavy weight and blow up. My theory is it's not that the strength training blew you up, you were probably under eating and confused high volume with easy hugh volume and so everything was lighter than it should be, so once you upped the intesity the weights were actually challenging now and caused you to reap the rewards of the previous hypertrophy training.
I only started getting bigger when I began to chase strength as well
Great collaboration ...I wished Alan asked Brian about what exercises did he suck at that made home work
My man Brian. I'm doing his latest free program
Thanks man!
Link?
@@leanmean8729 search his RUclips for it, search it again on Reddit, someone laid it all out in a spreadsheet
I like how your beard moves in the wind.
Thanks guys great vid!
The eating part sounds easy but can be problematic regards to sustaining what seems like an unecessarily high intake. Your taste buds get desensitised and less stimulated and there upon effecting your desire to eat.
Good point though. My son won't eat and he is a super muscular guy with a mass ceiling.😐
The last bit about doing the things that suck the most to you definitely speaks to me. That's a concept that Jordan Peterson talks about a lot too. The things you need most will often be found in the last place you want to look. Good advice for lifting, good advice for life.
I wish i wouldve learned earlier to eat a lot more, There was a time i was 140lbs and benched 215 for a max, (proud of that ratio) but currently 170, and can rep that weight, it was crazy watching my bench fly through the roof while gaining that additional 30lbs over 1 year
The only thing I'd really seriously change: I wouldn't have gotten seriously hurt (wasn't even lifting related, tripped on ice getting into my car!). I also would have gotten back into it faster after rehabbing.
Always work on your weaknesses but focus more on your strengths
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Good Stuff
I used to lift before a car accident about 4 years ago where I ruptured 2 disc and had spinal surgery. I'm trying to slowly ease back into it but I'm still afraid to really lift.
Good luck. Just keep going and start light
@@alexioats1 that's my plan. Just gotta make this spine last another 30 years
@@kdautomotive1165 good luck!
405 first time deadlift! Wow
"Do I need to weigh my tooth paste" funniest line of 2020 even though said in 2019
No homo ,yet so love brian physique.
Thanks man!
I know someone's said it already, but godamn that beard is majestic just gently blowing in the wind
like Gandolf
You guys should do a "what you would do different opening a gym" episode!
Where was this video when I was 16 and starting out lifting? As an ectomorph teen looking to bulk up, I tried 'adding 500 calories above TDEE' like everyone online suggested. Never worked. As a true hard-gainer I need around 5000 calories a day to see any weight gain. Watching fake-natty's with good lighting on YT then gave me the impression that lean bulking was completely realistic for me and that as soon as I felt fat around my waist I should start cutting. Kept on yo-yo'ing for a few years between 170 and 195lbs. Then decided fuck it, I don't care about abs, I just wanna be big, so stuck to 5000 calories a day for 3+ years, with the odd mini-cut here or there. Now sitting at 230lbs 15-20% bf, with plenty of room still to grow.
Moral of the story: EAT.
People prefer lifting light weight for high reps which is why it's constantly advertised as being best for building muscle. It's difficult to lift a heavy set of 5. Difficult stuff is hard to sell to people.