I'd like to note that For the past 8 years, I only drank organic milk and now, for the past couple months, I've only been drinking organic grass fed raw milk. Price is higher but still ends up being incredibly cheaper than buying excessive amounts of food and supplements
When you do the same exercise everyday for a while so you ever feel that you loose strength in your other muscle groups since they are neglected in the mean time?
To everyone viewing in 2024: I took these principles to heart over one year ago and since then I have gotten the best natty gains of my life despite being intermediate and averaging under 10 sets/week per bodypart. I added plates to all of my compounds, my lagging bodyparts came up, I built muscle WHILE losing fat and staying the same bodyweight. There is some wiggle room as far as adding isolation movements goes but the core principles are what matters: Pick a movement(or movements), ''max'' them everyday in some rep range. (1, 1-2, 3-5, 4-6, 5+) Add reps or weight aggressively over time to force progression. Minimal daily volume, as high intensity as recovery allows. Rotate lifts when your body tells you to (plateau, local fatigue, discomfort, mental exhaustion etc) Make sure to sleep 7-10 hours/night Get enough food Rinse&Repeat until you have a reason to stop. From the bottom of my heart, thank you Erik. I wish I knew this 10+ years ago.
@@kevindon694 Its not a program, its a set of principles. You need to study this subject more. I recommend you start by reading about Bulgarian and Bulgarian light training. From there, you can re-watch Eric videos and then experiment yourself. I do realize this might not be as helpful as you wanted, but they key is to understand the core and then try it out for yourself.
@@vintersorg5501 My opinion on why this worked for you is because intensity is main driver of muscle growth for naturals. So you cut out junk volume and just had quality sets to feed your body. Which is usually what 99% of liters lack.
Sy Eckbe look at where you stuck at in the bench. If the bottom, try decline or pause bench. Have a back off set as well also you could change to floor presses. If it’s the lock out, try pin presses, board presses, ohp, push press or close grip. You could also switch to dips. You could also try accommodating resistance Choose 1 of those depending on your weakness and max it out. Then cycle back to benching. You could have he 1 rep max then have a lighter back off set
I have never heard truer words regarding the fitness world. I spent a good three years following these programs off of websites from "Professionals" and saw minimal improvements throughout. The only problem was, i didnt know anything passed that so i didnt know i was making minimal gains. It wasnt until i threw the programs out, focused each day on bench, deadlift, or squat, and some assistance exercises. Each exercise i was completely focused on because i wasnt focuses on the program, i was just focused on what i was doing in that moment. I have never been stronger than i am now. I'm still working hard on improving but in a year i was able to accomplish these lifts since following Erics advise. Bench: Could barely push 185lbs, now my 1RM is 295lbs Squat: Struggled squatting 205lbs, now my 1RM is 385LBS Deadlift: 225lbs almost made me pop a blood vessel, now my 1RM is 445LBS Awesome advice Eric!
Vicardo Edwards Wait so do you pick one of those three exercises then max out everyday of the weak, squat Monday, deadlift Tuesday, bench Wednesday and so on or?
What's recovery like though doing the same exercise everyday? How much volume do you do so that you still recover? Like bench for example. If I bench everyday, how much volume should I be doing?
Keep it up man. I started benching again about a month and a half ago and my 1RM is only 245. I plan on hitting the 300 club before the end of this year.
It's more about the quality of sleep.. If you can have great quality and efficient 5 hour sleep, it's better than a 9-10 hour coma every day. I sleep 8-9 hours and it sucks, way too long..
You actually can, efficiency can be trained by sleeping less and letting the body adapt. Look up ""Sleep Better By Sleeping Less?" on youtube by picturefit. Also make sure your environment is optimal, for me its dark, cold room, firm bed, i keep my phone on airplane mode at night since constant notifications wake me up, and that kills the sleep quality, even though you wont remember it in the morning.. and so on.Some people genetically need less sleep, my uncle goes to bed at 1am and wakes up at 5. He's been doing it for like 20+ years..
If it wants 9 give it 12. Sleep is yoouge.... YOOOOOUGE! My god I remember taking time off work and lifting during that time. If I could lift, eat and sleep all week Id be a sick kunt my nikka! Srs. Fuk that 9-5 grind.
Every few weeks, when I’m feeling the mindset beginning to fade, I return to this video. I’m always able to get back on track with my goals. Thank you Eric!
About the training everyday philosophy, you got that right. I did Cory Gregory's squat everyday program and I'm not gonna lie I only lasted 18 days but I made some mad gains. Everybody screams about overtraining but if you manage volume and intensity plus knowing your own body, you're worrying about nothing.
Incredibly valuable video. You mentioned you don't need to send anyone a program but for the love of all things holy write an E-book. I'd buy if you charged $50. Cheers
I’m so glad I found this channel!!! I’ve been focusing on my bench and my deadlift for a while now and I’m making huge gains, 485 deadlift and 315 bench. I’m still milking the deadlift but now I’m going to work on my press as long as I can. No need for more than 3 exercises!! 😎
I love this. And honestly I needed to hear it. The mentality of focus and centering training around a few serious movements really speaks to me. When I first started lifting I basically did 100% fluff lol, thinking I was doing all the right shit because that's what people told me I was supposed to do. And at that point I had no idea what real strength was. Now I've already switched my training over to be more focused on the lifts that matter, and I still have to cut it down even more. Anyway, these kind of videos are what make this channel great. 100% cut through the noise. Pure focus = motivation and progress. I'll have to return to this video from time to time to remind me to stop drifting into fluff-land.
Thank you Eric. I really fucking appreciate you. Sad you're not on Patreon anymore. The advice is soooo golden, it actually makes me so lit up thinking about focusing on 1-2 Exercises and getting the most progress out of it. A few months ago I stumbled upon your channel on accident and it's sad that your advice isn't common, many people lifting weights will never hear it in fact. Atleast the one watching your videos get the oppurtunity to adjust. Keep it going dude :)
livingliveinafastlan depends on the variation...Jefferson, trap bar, and behind the best work best because they are much less taxing on the low back. Sumo and conventional are pretty hard to recover from on a daily basis. Therefore, I recommend conventional or sumo deadlifting every other day and hitting some sort of press on the deadlifting off days.
This is the truth. I made newbie gains the first year of following a classic powerlifting/bodybuilding split. Then plateaued. When I switched to Bulgarian I started making more gains than ever. Lifting 4-5 days a week high intensity focusing on one lift at a time THEN doing a few assistance exercises. Always hitting a one rep max or a triple or double. Hit PRs every single week.
Lots of different methods can work. Eric recommends Bulgarian light, AlphaDestiny more a traditional A/B split. The important thing is keep it simple and focus on barbell lifts. Any accessories should be just that, accessories, not a main focus.
Quick endorsement of this method: Im very out of shape, and have a disability. Every single time I trained three days a week i wasnt making the progress I needed to see life beneficial goals. I want to feel better mainly. More emergency. more easy time walking, running etc. About two weeks ago I switched to daily training , few compound movements, only doing one set with a working weight. MY GOD.The progress is INSANE. I dont push to failure so im not getting fried. And I always stick to weight I can easily handle. But the way I feel has improved DRAMATICALLY. I also am noticing ALOT of strength progress!
Completely right. Fucked around for 3 years being neurotic about every little exercise, rep timing, etc etc and making shit progress. Just went back to basics and jumped on heavy compounds almost exclusively and it made all the difference in the world.
I used to power lift in highschool and i got to 350 bench at 16. I stopped lifting weights my senior year. 2 years later im back in the game focused on my Bench and deadlift numbers going up. I dropped from 260-240 and im getting more efficient on my lifts. Simple but it works.
Wow Eric, this is some legit advice and I’m just in shock lol. I used to train like this before and my squat was WAY bigger, than I was told I wasn’t going to be able to walk by the time I was 50. So I started doing all the fluff lifts and lost so much gains. Take the advice people
Hell yeah he’s right. I didn’t drink a gallon a day but 3 glasses a day and only benched, deadlifted and squatted 3 times a week and gained 50 pounds. Then went on a cut and I’m pretty shredded. Everybody wants my program and they think I’m BS when I tell them
There’s always a young buck on cables at the gym , always ! I like watching and observing folks , says a lot without speaking . My father got us a weight set back in 1975 form Sears and people were saying it will limit our growth . We blew past every kid on the block.
The second best advice I've heard from this guy is getting weights at home. Bench and rack. It sucks feeling pumped and by the time you get to the gym your tired. It's so much better to walk into your garage and start pumping. This video is the first best advice he has ever giving.
For me, its less about the workout, more about the process. I'm excited to learn and grow each time I do something - anything that can help me improve, I'm into.
Hey Eric, can you do a video about how you found out about Bulgarian light and how you transitioned into it? I remember you talked about this in an older video and you mentioned how important it was when you read some Pavel Tsatsouline book and understood the "greasing the groove" concept. Not only that video seem to be gone (with many others) but now your channel is much bigger and I guess it would help a lot to stop the same questions over and over. As an endnote, I finally got the needed space and bought a home gym after four long years wasting time at regular gyms. I can barely wait to try Bulgarian light and some other eastern block weird shit.
***UPDATE*** I've been doing this routine all this week and I feel great after my workouts. I used to feel like shit after training when I was doing 6 to 8 excerises a day. I come in everyday focused on my trap bar D.L. and my bench. If I'm to tight to do bench I'll do the E.B. decline pullover to press to negative skull crushers. If I'm just tight all over, I'll take the day off. I work up to my 1RM for that day document it then I do a couple high rep back off sets. In the morning I'll do the E.B. mobility routine or some yoga with some lacrosse ball mashing on some tight areas. In the evening I'll lay on the ground with my legs on the wall in a V and do the E.B. wall stretch for 20 to 30 minutes while I watch TV on my back. Thanks so much this is working GREAT....!!!!
After deciding against milk 10 years ago I bought half a gallon of milk and it took me 5 days to finish. I just bought 1 gallon and I'm gonna a try to finish it. I'm gonna be making the switch to organic grass fed raw milk if I can finish it before it expires.
I don't lock myself into a weekly schedule. Instead I just keep a two days on and one day off set up without fail. One of those days is full body lifting and conditioning and the other day is steady state cardio. Then every third day is a rest day and I keep this on repeat. I find that two days between every full body lift/conditioning day is perfect for me. It's also a higher continuous frequency than 3x per week. 👍
Took me years to realize this. I Lifted for 5 years and barely saw progress until I focused on compounds. Sometimes some accessories. Saw more progress in a few months then I ever did.
You've just put into word what is slowing my progress since I started lifting, now that I think about it, I do more accessories work for my bench than I do it for my squat/deadlift and I'm plateauing hard on bench and not on the other 2. I still have slowed down other exercice than my main lift on my routine since last month and I'm progressing faster, now I know that It's the good path, I can't tell how much I am thankful and I respect you Eric !
Conventional deadlifts are pretty taxing to do every day so would you recommend alternating between deadlifts and bench press to bring up both lifts. So you would be doing each lift every other day in the week
I just have some questions/thoughts... I'm 15 (going on my junior year of High School), and I've been lifting seriously probably for a year now. When I was 14, I benched 100 for my max. About 2 months later, I was doing 3-5 sets of 10-15 with the same weight. I hit puberty probably around December/January, grew a lot, got a lot stronger, and got my bench up. In about a 3 week's time during my track season, I went from a 155 bench to a 185. I kept benching (bulgarian) to get that 30 lb boost, but started plateauing. I did bulgarian for my deadlift, and went up by 20 lbs in only 2 days, up to 275 and used everything in my body and all my drive to get it, but I was feeling sore in places I never even felt sore from deadlifting before (like even some in my chest from squeezing so hard). However, because I'm lagging in some places, I wanted to try AlphaDestiny's novice program. I was wondering your thoughts on this (if you know what it is) and if this will be a good foundation to build size/strength. Because before, I would lift everyday for a bit, then suddenly stop because of schoolwork overload (all Honors classes), then start lifting again after a week, and it would repeat. However, this is like my 5th day of his novice program, and it's really helping to build a foundation and prepare me mentally. My 5x5 overhead press has gone up 10 pounds in 2 sessions, as well as my squat, deadlift, and trap bar deadlift. It's really working for me, but I was just wondering if a program like this would be optimal for me since it's working, or if I should permanently do bulgarian like you said.
I'm fairly new to lifting but exercise selection does seem to make a major difference. I experienced knee-pain doing squats, deadlifts. Because my hips are weak (quadriceps, illiopsoas, glutes etc.) So i tried this glute-drive exercise and at first it felt awful but after i got the technique 'right' it really felt like giving my lower body a neccesary boost. And i'm not saying it's a great exercise. What i'm saying is other stuff hurt my knees so i found something which my body responded well to. Also love the message of not doing too much. Staying focused on 1/few exercises only (if you respond well to it i guess)
It would be good to do Dorain Yates style workout where every exercise is 1-2 warm up sets and only 1 working set with about 4-5 exercises per workout. Workouts last like 30-45 min and you maintain a great amount of intensity and focus on the working sets because theres literally like 4-6 working sets. Its a very great method and speaks to your philosophy.
I find its one of two things. They are flapping around doing every exercise under the sun. Or they are not putting enough hard work in, they just go through the motions. So in short whichever one it is its a lack of intensity
I'm really confused, I'm following naturally enhanced and doing intensity and volume days but eric is fucking huge and promoting bulgarian light, and everyone loves both of them. What do I do, eric's style of bulgarian light or NE to get big and strong?
Amen. I'd forgotten. When I was 17 and again at 19 amd again at 22 I trained for black belt ranks. We ran, did Taekwondo class, and kickboxing training, which included limited calesthentics like push ups and sit ups. I slammed a gallon of milk every training day. Didn't get fat until I quit that intense training. I was strong as hell for 175#. Fuck me, I forgot. I'll get back on it. Train mad, GOMAD. Thanks for the reminder. Oh, Juji sent me. Congrats on 502#.
I'd like to note that For the past 8 years, I only drank organic milk and now, for the past couple months, I've only been drinking organic grass fed raw milk. Price is higher but still ends up being incredibly cheaper than buying excessive amounts of food and supplements
Eric Bugenhagen do you think benching twice a week on incline bar bench press is what fucked up my shoulder ?
Tolot Rolo no...it may have been HOW you were benching though
what rep/set range are you recommending for the 2 exercises??
When you do the same exercise everyday for a while so you ever feel that you loose strength in your other muscle groups since they are neglected in the mean time?
Eric Bugenhagen if you only do the bench en the deadlift, should you do variations en what sets and reps?
Bruce Lee : I fear not the man who has drank 10,000 glasses of milk
once, but I fear the man who has drank one gallon of milk 10,000 times.
hahahahhahaahahahahhahaah
I think by the 9 thousandth time all those nutrients in that gallon has been used up
Dude, what the hell😂
i don't think he really said that
@@DJTechnoboom No he never did say that ever.
Also, Bruce Lee was a 4 foot tall weak little asian man.
I could snap him in half.
Haha “Give it a couple hours your pumps gone, look in the mirror, do I even lift?”
Do i even lift 😭
Soccasteve BRO I CRIED WHEN HE SAID THAT
That's what I did last year. I didn't really know how to lift and I was just using machines. I gained quite a lot of strength though
A modern day shakesperian tragedy
LOL
To everyone viewing in 2024:
I took these principles to heart over one year ago and since then I have gotten the best natty gains of my life despite being intermediate and averaging under 10 sets/week per bodypart. I added plates to all of my compounds, my lagging bodyparts came up, I built muscle WHILE losing fat and staying the same bodyweight.
There is some wiggle room as far as adding isolation movements goes but the core principles are what matters:
Pick a movement(or movements), ''max'' them everyday in some rep range. (1, 1-2, 3-5, 4-6, 5+)
Add reps or weight aggressively over time to force progression.
Minimal daily volume, as high intensity as recovery allows.
Rotate lifts when your body tells you to (plateau, local fatigue, discomfort, mental exhaustion etc)
Make sure to sleep 7-10 hours/night
Get enough food
Rinse&Repeat until you have a reason to stop.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you Erik. I wish I knew this 10+ years ago.
how many sets, both warm up and working?
@@kevindon694 Its not a program, its a set of principles. You need to study this subject more. I recommend you start by reading about Bulgarian and Bulgarian light training. From there, you can re-watch Eric videos and then experiment yourself.
I do realize this might not be as helpful as you wanted, but they key is to understand the core and then try it out for yourself.
@@vintersorg5501 My opinion on why this worked for you is because intensity is main driver of muscle growth for naturals. So you cut out junk volume and just had quality sets to feed your body. Which is usually what 99% of liters lack.
I've focused on benching 3x a week making 10lb gains a week. At this rate I will hold the world record in 1 year.
Christina Broccolini except when your beginner gains run out and you plateau at 200lbs.
BarfyMan362 can you please share rep range and rest between sets? Also do you go to failure? Thanks in advance.
Swole Fucking Meatball Most infuriating thing. I swear I was stuck at 185-225 for several months
Seth Roach I recommend switching to an intermediate program even if you get stuck at 190-200.
Sy Eckbe look at where you stuck at in the bench. If the bottom, try decline or pause bench. Have a back off set as well also you could change to floor presses.
If it’s the lock out, try pin presses, board presses, ohp, push press or close grip. You could also switch to dips.
You could also try accommodating resistance
Choose 1 of those depending on your weakness and max it out. Then cycle back to benching. You could have he 1 rep max then have a lighter back off set
This is the most motivating lifting channel on youtube.
Thank you Eric. "Focus on 1-2 exercises" "if you want to make size drink 1 gallon of milk" advices have the simplicity of mastery.
I have never heard truer words regarding the fitness world. I spent a good three years following these programs off of websites from "Professionals" and saw minimal improvements throughout. The only problem was, i didnt know anything passed that so i didnt know i was making minimal gains. It wasnt until i threw the programs out, focused each day on bench, deadlift, or squat, and some assistance exercises. Each exercise i was completely focused on because i wasnt focuses on the program, i was just focused on what i was doing in that moment. I have never been stronger than i am now. I'm still working hard on improving but in a year i was able to accomplish these lifts since following Erics advise.
Bench: Could barely push 185lbs, now my 1RM is 295lbs
Squat: Struggled squatting 205lbs, now my 1RM is 385LBS
Deadlift: 225lbs almost made me pop a blood vessel, now my 1RM is 445LBS
Awesome advice Eric!
Vicardo Edwards Wait so do you pick one of those three exercises then max out everyday of the weak, squat Monday, deadlift Tuesday, bench Wednesday and so on or?
@@teodormrdenovic1981 i guess he said that
What's recovery like though doing the same exercise everyday? How much volume do you do so that you still recover? Like bench for example. If I bench everyday, how much volume should I be doing?
@@bendagostino2217 i think what Teodor said is what the guy did
Keep it up man. I started benching again about a month and a half ago and my 1RM is only 245. I plan on hitting the 300 club before the end of this year.
When eric said "do I even lift" it made me re-evaluate my life and how to lift hahahaha
sleep is also a huge factor, maximal amounts of sleep allows for very fast recovery. if your body wants 9 hours give it 9 hours.
dave forbes People with jobs have to just get whatever they can though. Most people can't just sleep as long as they need to.
It's more about the quality of sleep.. If you can have great quality and efficient 5 hour sleep, it's better than a 9-10 hour coma every day. I sleep 8-9 hours and it sucks, way too long..
You actually can, efficiency can be trained by sleeping less and letting the body adapt. Look up ""Sleep Better By Sleeping Less?" on youtube by picturefit. Also make sure your environment is optimal, for me its dark, cold room, firm bed, i keep my phone on airplane mode at night since constant notifications wake me up, and that kills the sleep quality, even though you wont remember it in the morning.. and so on.Some people genetically need less sleep, my uncle goes to bed at 1am and wakes up at 5. He's been doing it for like 20+ years..
If it wants 9 give it 12. Sleep is yoouge.... YOOOOOUGE! My god I remember taking time off work and lifting during that time. If I could lift, eat and sleep all week Id be a sick kunt my nikka! Srs. Fuk that 9-5 grind.
3Runner95SRB your uncles probly a skinny weak lil guy
"oOOo mAN you'RE gONA Get CaNCah" "well... you very well could, but that's not the point" lmao
CO-signing the fuck out of this. "What accessories do you do to get your bench so big?".......More fucking bench press.
freakied0550 not true accesories where made for a reason and they strengthen the muscle that are not hit directly on the bench squat or deadlift.
They serve their purpose, but they're not nearly as important as doing the actual movement itself. And it's not even close.
GForceIntel how much do you bench?
Carlos Castro yes, for advanced lifters, they are important to continue progressing. Eric clearly stated he was talking about lower level lifters.
freakied0550 I'm wondering what muscles add to the bench that aren't hit by the bench lol.
Every few weeks, when I’m feeling the mindset beginning to fade, I return to this video. I’m always able to get back on track with my goals. Thank you Eric!
Same
Is that your +5 hat of milk drinking?
Do a little bit of lifting and let's talk about this
*exhales and inhales profusely*
let him think about that for a minute
"ehhhh lottttt"
This is non negotiable
I’m starting to think sticky Ricky is the only one in the world who actually lifts
Hey, Eric! You went to elementary School in Franklin with my daughter, Sarah! Good luck on your WWE career and great job on Undercover Boss!!
I'm 62 years old, Eric, and I really appreciate your KISS approach to lifting. Thanks for the time you put in on the videos.
It's funny how in a video that says "JUST DO THIS" most of the comments are "should I do blah or blah"
It's like there's no trial and error anymore.
They don't want to put the time and effort.
lol exactly...but its like that most of the times...
@Donnie Brasco oof
Just do the lifts and then do more.
About the training everyday philosophy, you got that right. I did Cory Gregory's squat everyday program and I'm not gonna lie I only lasted 18 days but I made some mad gains. Everybody screams about overtraining but if you manage volume and intensity plus knowing your own body, you're worrying about nothing.
B Johnson How much Strength did you Gain?
War Horde 10mg
This Guy is one of the BEST ON RUclips !
3:54 literally just had this happen right before watching this video. Thank you prophet bugez 🙏
Incredibly valuable video. You mentioned you don't need to send anyone a program but for the love of all things holy write an E-book. I'd buy if you charged $50.
Cheers
Forthebrainlyimpaired me to
Forthebrainlyimpaired please do it eric
Forthebrainlyimpaired yep maybe something like alphadestinys naturally enhanced but for Bulgarian lite
Forthebrainlyimpaired yes
Same
I’m so glad I found this channel!!! I’ve been focusing on my bench and my deadlift for a while now and I’m making huge gains, 485 deadlift and 315 bench. I’m still milking the deadlift but now I’m going to work on my press as long as I can. No need for more than 3 exercises!! 😎
I can't believe this video is free. This is honestly the best lifting advice I've ever heard
So simple and so effective!!
I love this. And honestly I needed to hear it. The mentality of focus and centering training around a few serious movements really speaks to me.
When I first started lifting I basically did 100% fluff lol, thinking I was doing all the right shit because that's what people told me I was supposed to do. And at that point I had no idea what real strength was. Now I've already switched my training over to be more focused on the lifts that matter, and I still have to cut it down even more.
Anyway, these kind of videos are what make this channel great. 100% cut through the noise. Pure focus = motivation and progress. I'll have to return to this video from time to time to remind me to stop drifting into fluff-land.
ERIC i figured this shit out 4 years ago i started training 1 movement and deadlift went over 600 from being stuck at 445. Good shit man subscribed.
Did you train the deadlift everyday?
@@uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug6773 I did a version of deadlift 5-6 days a week
You can't point that Eric is handsome and not become instantly gay...But he is handsome bro 😂 😂
JsOnMyFeet23 I'm not gay, but I can appreciate a handsome man
Eric is why im gay
@Martin Luther Wow dude you're funny and original
JsOnMyFeet23 u r gay?
That's kinda sus
Thank you Eric. I really fucking appreciate you. Sad you're not on Patreon anymore. The advice is soooo golden, it actually makes me so lit up thinking about focusing on 1-2 Exercises and getting the most progress out of it. A few months ago I stumbled upon your channel on accident and it's sad that your advice isn't common, many people lifting weights will never hear it in fact. Atleast the one watching your videos get the oppurtunity to adjust.
Keep it going dude :)
One question though, is it fine to deadlift 4-5 times a week if its the only one or only one of two exercises you do?
livingliveinafastlan depends on the variation...Jefferson, trap bar, and behind the best work best because they are much less taxing on the low back. Sumo and conventional are pretty hard to recover from on a daily basis. Therefore, I recommend conventional or sumo deadlifting every other day and hitting some sort of press on the deadlifting off days.
@@ericbugenhagenOfficial should I behind the back deadlift daily?
Probably one of the most important videos ever made on RUclips fitness
This is the truth. I made newbie gains the first year of following a classic powerlifting/bodybuilding split. Then plateaued. When I switched to Bulgarian I started making more gains than ever. Lifting 4-5 days a week high intensity focusing on one lift at a time THEN doing a few assistance exercises. Always hitting a one rep max or a triple or double. Hit PRs every single week.
How long did you hit PRs every week?
@@simondean5227 FOREVER
BBUUUT ERIC, YOU ARE A TRUE HERO BRO WE LOVE YOU
TL;DR of the video:
JUST WATCH THE FUCKING VIDEO. AND GRAB SOME MILK WHILE YOU DO.
preferably a gallon of milk*
Alexander Leonidas and you are the realest lifters out there thanks man!
Nick B He said realest not stronger. plus alex has hyper mobile elbows and fucked up leverages.
Eric is stronger but both are strong as fuck
Guys chill I didnt want to start an argument, both of them are awesome.Period.
Divan Van Niekerk but damm, their advices are like the opposite. which would be better for a beginner? need help guys
Lots of different methods can work. Eric recommends Bulgarian light, AlphaDestiny more a traditional A/B split. The important thing is keep it simple and focus on barbell lifts. Any accessories should be just that, accessories, not a main focus.
Don’t tell me what to do Bugenhagen
What do I do next Eric
ayo fuck this dude he can’t tell me shit. remind me when to come back to this channel when I wanna get stronger tho
Specialise in particular lifts....?????
Do less overall, unfocused shit..:?
Quick endorsement of this method: Im very out of shape, and have a disability. Every single time I trained three days a week i wasnt making the progress I needed to see life beneficial goals. I want to feel better mainly. More emergency. more easy time walking, running etc.
About two weeks ago I switched to daily training , few compound movements, only doing one set with a working weight. MY GOD.The progress is INSANE. I dont push to failure so im not getting fried. And I always stick to weight I can easily handle. But the way I feel has improved DRAMATICALLY. I also am noticing ALOT of strength progress!
I have a disability too. What was your routine
Not training to failure increases estrogen
Completely right. Fucked around for 3 years being neurotic about every little exercise, rep timing, etc etc and making shit progress. Just went back to basics and jumped on heavy compounds almost exclusively and it made all the difference in the world.
this is so true! Every time i try to improve my bench and ohp at the same time, i stall on both of them, but when i only focus one of them, i progress
I used to power lift in highschool and i got to 350 bench at 16. I stopped lifting weights my senior year. 2 years later im back in the game focused on my Bench and deadlift numbers going up. I dropped from 260-240 and im getting more efficient on my lifts. Simple but it works.
ITS NOT ABOUT A PROGRAM
Dude ive been lifting for 2 yrs now, and you just changed my whole mindset. Compound shit gonna be priority for now on!
Wow Eric, this is some legit advice and I’m just in shock lol. I used to train like this before and my squat was WAY bigger, than I was told I wasn’t going to be able to walk by the time I was 50. So I started doing all the fluff lifts and lost so much gains. Take the advice people
Downloading this and setting it as my alarm clock
Every HOUR!
Very interesting point of view, every program should revolve around basic compound movements. Too much isolation = too much waste of time
Hell yeah he’s right. I didn’t drink a gallon a day but 3 glasses a day and only benched, deadlifted and squatted 3 times a week and gained 50 pounds. Then went on a cut and I’m pretty shredded. Everybody wants my program and they think I’m BS when I tell them
There’s always a young buck on cables at the gym , always ! I like watching and observing folks , says a lot without speaking . My father got us a weight set back in 1975 form Sears and people were saying it will limit our growth . We blew past every kid on the block.
The second best advice I've heard from this guy is getting weights at home. Bench and rack. It sucks feeling pumped and by the time you get to the gym your tired. It's so much better to walk into your garage and start pumping. This video is the first best advice he has ever giving.
Best lifting advice ever. Focus on 2-3 exercises and dial in. Don't think I ever heard anyone ever say this.
For me, its less about the workout, more about the process. I'm excited to learn and grow each time I do something - anything that can help me improve, I'm into.
Hey Eric, can you do a video about how you found out about Bulgarian light and how you transitioned into it? I remember you talked about this in an older video and you mentioned how important it was when you read some Pavel Tsatsouline book and understood the "greasing the groove" concept. Not only that video seem to be gone (with many others) but now your channel is much bigger and I guess it would help a lot to stop the same questions over and over.
As an endnote, I finally got the needed space and bought a home gym after four long years wasting time at regular gyms. I can barely wait to try Bulgarian light and some other eastern block weird shit.
***UPDATE***
I've been doing this routine all this week and I feel great after my workouts. I used to feel like shit after training when I was doing 6 to 8 excerises a day.
I come in everyday focused on my trap bar D.L. and my bench. If I'm to tight to do bench I'll do the E.B. decline pullover to press to negative skull crushers. If I'm just tight all over, I'll take the day off.
I work up to my 1RM for that day document it then I do a couple high rep back off sets.
In the morning I'll do the E.B. mobility routine or some yoga with some lacrosse ball mashing on some tight areas. In the evening I'll lay on the ground with my legs on the wall in a V and do the E.B. wall stretch for 20 to 30 minutes while I watch TV on my back.
Thanks so much this is working GREAT....!!!!
Eric Hill Did You Add alot of strength?
After deciding against milk 10 years ago I bought half a gallon of milk and it took me 5 days to finish. I just bought 1 gallon and I'm gonna a try to finish it. I'm gonna be making the switch to organic grass fed raw milk if I can finish it before it expires.
5:06 taking my grandpa to the amusement park lmaoooo
Bugehagains
Really enjoyed your perspective on training.Good times
Young Boogz. So handsome, so clean, so youthful.
I don't lock myself into a weekly schedule. Instead I just keep a two days on and one day off set up without fail.
One of those days is full body lifting and conditioning and the other day is steady state cardio. Then every third day is a rest day and I keep this on repeat.
I find that two days between every full body lift/conditioning day is perfect for me. It's also a higher continuous frequency than 3x per week. 👍
Preach that Eric ! As a newbie, been training for only 2 years, i go 5 times a week and like maybe 4 exercises per body part per day of training.
Took me years to realize this. I Lifted for 5 years and barely saw progress until I focused on compounds. Sometimes some accessories. Saw more progress in a few months then I ever did.
You've just put into word what is slowing my progress since I started lifting, now that I think about it, I do more accessories work for my bench than I do it for my squat/deadlift and I'm plateauing hard on bench and not on the other 2. I still have slowed down other exercice than my main lift on my routine since last month and I'm progressing faster, now I know that It's the good path, I can't tell how much I am thankful and I respect you Eric !
loving the talks
Good stuff Eric. Comparable to what Doug Hepburn would say.
Eric's best video, his best advice and tidbit is this video - what a genius man thank you brother
Simple. Thank you very much, sir.
Hey i look pretty good!
couple hours later..
do I even lift? 😆
Been there!
Conventional deadlifts are pretty taxing to do every day so would you recommend alternating between deadlifts and bench press to bring up both lifts. So you would be doing each lift every other day in the week
@Sheldon Julius which days are you working out?
i miss this eric, its been so long...
he's totally different now
Genius. This is 💯% legit. No way you can go to the gym and get anything out of doing 100 different exercises.
Wait, so what i am hearing is: Drinking whole milk and do Bench, Deadlifts and squats each day
Just do 100 pushups, 100 situps, 100 squats, and 10k run every. Single. Day
@@FrozonNinja Not trying to go bald fella
Eric you deserve so many more subs. I'm glad your channel is growing though
Minimal exercise selection does not mean low volume . You can do very high volume with bench each workout
wow i really never noticed that...really opened up my eyes..thanks dude!!!
I'm lactose intolerant goddamnit
Just stop doing that bro its a mindset!
@@hotkarl2961 omfg 😂😂
I hate how modern day medicine is trying to kill peoples gainz it disgusts me.
Raw milk brother
I just have some questions/thoughts...
I'm 15 (going on my junior year of High School), and I've been lifting seriously probably for a year now. When I was 14, I benched 100 for my max. About 2 months later, I was doing 3-5 sets of 10-15 with the same weight. I hit puberty probably around December/January, grew a lot, got a lot stronger, and got my bench up. In about a 3 week's time during my track season, I went from a 155 bench to a 185. I kept benching (bulgarian) to get that 30 lb boost, but started plateauing. I did bulgarian for my deadlift, and went up by 20 lbs in only 2 days, up to 275 and used everything in my body and all my drive to get it, but I was feeling sore in places I never even felt sore from deadlifting before (like even some in my chest from squeezing so hard). However, because I'm lagging in some places, I wanted to try AlphaDestiny's novice program. I was wondering your thoughts on this (if you know what it is) and if this will be a good foundation to build size/strength. Because before, I would lift everyday for a bit, then suddenly stop because of schoolwork overload (all Honors classes), then start lifting again after a week, and it would repeat. However, this is like my 5th day of his novice program, and it's really helping to build a foundation and prepare me mentally. My 5x5 overhead press has gone up 10 pounds in 2 sessions, as well as my squat, deadlift, and trap bar deadlift. It's really working for me, but I was just wondering if a program like this would be optimal for me since it's working, or if I should permanently do bulgarian like you said.
Very simple and powerful video. Quite inspiring.
I'm fairly new to lifting but exercise selection does seem to make a major difference. I experienced knee-pain doing squats, deadlifts. Because my hips are weak (quadriceps, illiopsoas, glutes etc.)
So i tried this glute-drive exercise and at first it felt awful but after i got the technique 'right' it really felt like giving my lower body a neccesary boost. And i'm not saying it's a great exercise. What i'm saying is other stuff hurt my knees so i found something which my body responded well to.
Also love the message of not doing too much. Staying focused on 1/few exercises only (if you respond well to it i guess)
My Great Grand Pa drank milk erveryday and lived to 99 1/2 and my Grand Pa lived into his late 80's years old so yea ...
GTM-LIFTS Did he drink raw milk or pasteurised milk?
Raw for his whole life then drank pasteurized and raw around his last ten years or so ! And he never ever got sick or went to the doctor !
I like how he casually just lists alphadestiny's novice program at 1:50😂
Mitchell Russell hahahh i noticed that too lols
Mitchell Russell I noticed that lmfaooo
What do u mean? Explain plse thx. I was gonna star his program
+Jack johnny Dude alex novice program is shit just do stronglifts or starting strength if you want to do a proper 3 day a week program
+Jack johnny Alex is just a gym bro, has no credentials or degree, why would you listen to him?
It would be good to do Dorain Yates style workout where every exercise is 1-2 warm up sets and only 1 working set with about 4-5 exercises per workout. Workouts last like 30-45 min and you maintain a great amount of intensity and focus on the working sets because theres literally like 4-6 working sets. Its a very great method and speaks to your philosophy.
You bold SOB u just changed my mentality going into my workouts now! I SUBd and will live by your words *chugs coffee and screams
OH SHIT, ALEX!
4:50 right in my feels
This is probably the only fitness advice video new lifters will ever need to watch to be successful! Well said!
I find its one of two things.
They are flapping around doing every exercise under the sun.
Or they are not putting enough hard work in, they just go through the motions.
So in short whichever one it is its a lack of intensity
this information videos are fucking gold but you dont make them frequently :(
rus s This.
Listen to Eric. I'm a beginner lifter and pressed 125 yesterday for 3 and today I pressed 140 easy.
is that the only exercise you do?
I Deadlift twice a week. 375 for 3 was the max set for my last session.
Thanks for the advice Eric! Will definitely give it a go.
forever appreciate these gems boogler
I wish i heard this in HS
I'm really confused, I'm following naturally enhanced and doing intensity and volume days but eric is fucking huge and promoting bulgarian light, and everyone loves both of them. What do I do, eric's style of bulgarian light or NE to get big and strong?
do NE till you get some advanced numbers, then try Eric style of training to really push it to the limit
NotASupraOrGtrFanboy thanks man needed to hear this
What is “NE”?
Sy Eckbe Naturally enhanced
You're That Ninja haha thx man!
Thank you master
This video changed my physique dramatically.
Amen. I'd forgotten. When I was 17 and again at 19 amd again at 22 I trained for black belt ranks. We ran, did Taekwondo class, and kickboxing training, which included limited calesthentics like push ups and sit ups. I slammed a gallon of milk every training day. Didn't get fat until I quit that intense training. I was strong as hell for 175#.
Fuck me, I forgot. I'll get back on it. Train mad, GOMAD. Thanks for the reminder.
Oh, Juji sent me. Congrats on 502#.
THAT'S THE REALITY...'Do I even lift...' He's just given you the gospel.
thanks man this is what i really needed THANK YOU
bro needed this talk tonight, u fired me up
I love you. drank a quart of milk while watching this.
I tried your style squat one rep max everyday and in 15 days I gained a little over 100 pounds on my squat was insane
Billythakid1221 hey dude, do u feel like you would be able to keep the new weight and go into a 3x5 with it? just wondering.
I'm sure I could in a week or so but I want to keep going higher so I'm just going to keep doing it this way everyday
@@Billythakid1221 whats the squat lookin like now
Is that true
Valuable information MAN!
I think this is the best advice I've ever gotten when it comes to lifting
LMAO at 05:04
Instant classic