With you 100% on the ego lift philosophy. It's all ego lifting. Every bit of it. Even the "RPE 7" stuff some of us do, it's still building up for the big ego lift at the end of the road.
Holy shit it makes sense. Eric basically hit the sweet spot in intensity and volume. Alternating between a volume PR and strength PR for 1 movement, with perfect recovery because his body easily recovers from and adapts to just one movement. No wonder you make so many PRs, you're a fucking genius.
When people tell me I'm going to hurt myself it reminds me of something Jordan Peterson said about watching Olympic gymnasts. How 1 will be almost perfect and you'll just say that's unbeatable and then the next 1 comes up and they're just pushing it to the razors edge. The whole crowd is holding their breath while theyre flying around through the sky. On the verge of greatness or injury. Then they come down plant their feet and nail the landing and the whole place erupts. U can't be great if youre not willing to push your limits.
What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be listening to Canadian Kermit the Frog talk about lobsters, and losers like you who need "enforced monogamy" to get laid.?
The working up to a “soft” max before dropping down to a work set for reps is called the “over warmup” by Paul carter. Works great. Primes the nervous system
Starts with one hand on the wall like my bro talking to me at a party then brings both hands into play to bring me more into the convo then I'm in the zone and this convo is fucking quality and the best shit I've ever listened to then next day nobody remember wtf we were talking about but only that it was great.
Yo eric the only movement I focused on for strength is the zercher partial from above the knee.. its fucked up how it went from 235 on my first day and 3 weeks later here i am doing 405.. mind boggling how your body adapts to one movement and blows it up. 10lb-30lb increments = insane progress
Without watching this video, the way I trained was similar to this to hit my 2 biggest PR's on my lifts. Those being bench (275-->325) and Deadlift (455-->500). I would legit have 3 month blocks where all I would care about would be those lifts respectively, maybe incorporating 2 days a week for general strength and things that were on the backburner if I even felt like it. But for the main focus, I would dedicate 3 days a week to the lift I wanted to improve. Meaning I would have a dedicated deadlift day where I would do my deadlifts and really crush them. Maybe later in the day do a little grip training for that extra edge since it wasn't very taxing on my recovery to do so. What I can say about this style of training is that it is FUN. There's plenty of programs that work. Sure, progressive overload and a good lifestyle is the way to make gains, we know this. But that isn't what gets me raring to get to the gym and move weight. There's gotta be something that you want more than anything right now and when you find it, attack it. Going to the gym and building a path to the promised land, hitting PR's almost every session is the kind of thing that makes me want to keep coming back. When you're a newbie you can grow like crazy at all lifts but beyond that you gotta pick and choose what you want to grow like that. And to add to what Eric said about losing the strength, you're building a higher baseline. So let's say you maxed out at 365 and now just acquired a 500. Your baseline even after a hiatus is still going to trump your previous weights that were grinders before you embarked on the journey. That's the "old man strength" in a way, despite being out of practice you're just generally stronger, it's not like your body will shrivel back to one that only ever did 365 lb. It has now become a body that has once did 500 and your muscles are waiting for the day they may have to do it again. I have not deadlifted in nearly 9 months in due to a squat related back strain and the other day I decided to test my deadlift. I was able to pull 455 off the floor with a good deal of effort and probably had another 15-20 lb in me (500 lb would not budge). What that means to me is that in a month or so of practicing deadlift I can easily get back to the peak I once was at. Guys, I'm not a crazy freaky lifter and I move no where near as much weight as Eric but even his example of pulling 700 after detraining from a 800 lb pull just goes to show, STRONG IS STRONG. My boss at my job used to be big into lifting and was telling me about his days of shoulder pressing 300 lb and doing these crazy things. He has been out of training for years now maybe doing the occasional pushups, hike, or rock climb and let me tell you, this guy is STRONG. He's around the same size as me 6 ft 200 lb although I am a bit "bigger" since I currently train. On my last day of that job I arm wrestled him and it was like I was fighting against a mountain. I could not budge him and even when I did a little my arm was pinned like a crocodile killing a bird. Those years of training, building that muscle, those neurological connections, never truly leave you. This was an excessively long rant but my point is, this shit works.
Eric, would you consider putting out any programs for us to follow, your results speak for themselves and you know what you're talking about. People could really learn the mindset and make insane progress with programs you make. Thanks for all the entertainment you give us and the knowledge you drop. Keep at it man, respect!
Eric Bugenhagen - I see you're point man and every RUclipsr and their dog releases programs but I truly think yours would be difgerent, it would be worth its value no doubt. With you're career in wwe taking off I think some Bugez merchandise/clothing would he a great idea because us as your fans want to support you. Just a thought Bro. All the best for the future!
You can't program killer instinct. It's either there or it isn't. You have to want "it" as bad as you want to revisit your family that evening or never again...etc etc
Love this outlook to training man. Youve helped me hit the gym with a whole new level of intensity. This intensity has been motivating our clients at the gym.
Bruh you are purest definition of strength and intensity out in the world thank you for your videos and all of your insight . Please never change and keep doing your thing . I’m listening.....
It's funny, I train pretty similar to you and I'll get the same "why do you ego lift" type question every now and again. It's those same people that see lifting as a chore or a means to an end. The lifting is my end. Getting that new pr every time I go to the gym is the fun part! That's why I'm there in the first place, not to jack off to my reflection in the mirror or do calculations of percentages hoping to hit a pr in a month from now.
horse with no name I don't bother with calculating rpe lol, basically i went in, just did bench/squat, then worked the other side for volume. Eg: bench pr, followed by light floor press to help with lockout, but with pulling work in between like rows x20. For squat I did glute 5th thrusts and banded back extensions (but rly hamstring curls on an extention thing).
I've been narrowing my training specifically to front squats and overhead press. Definitely notice a lot more results since I've limited the amount of exercises I'm focusing on.
Dude, you've really changed the way I think about strength training. I started lifting again this year and have been focusing on one exercise a day and like three exercises per cycle. The gains are unreal, and I'm almost never sore so it doesn't negatively affect my sports performance during practice unlike back in the day when I would do stupid high volume and high variety shit then move like a slug when I need to do some skill training for my sport. I'm stronger and faster now at age 28 than I was at 18 thanks to your training tips. I feel like I owe you money haha
Totally agree with the energy thing, I just refer to it as chi. You’ve only got so much chi available for things you want to pursue. Better to be a master of fewer things than a jack of all trades
One thing I've been wondering Eric is if you're able to do this type of training because you've built such a solid foundation with all your training up to this point. For example, someone training for 2 years or so still might want to do a lot more lifts (the main compounds) because they haven't really become that strong. However, you on the other hand are able to lay off certain exercises for a long time because you're already hella strong at them. I think you mentioned this in a previous video but I guess my question is, when do you say to start focusing on the lifts you want to focus on? Whenever you feel like it or when you're satisfied with where you're at on all the basic, bread and butter lifts?
Eric thank you sooo much for this video man. I notice that your idea about training is different from other coaches and athletes. And that’s obviously what makes you unique.I really don’t know why you don’t write program based on your ideas. Sets,reps,weights,deload,rest,days per week,or if their is any accessories you do.
Dude, simplicity! Boom! Dropping alternate day multiple rep range training with set "movement patterns" instead of "exercise" and pushing yourself. Laying it out plain and simple. How the fuck have I never in the years of being in the RUclips fitness viewing community never seen this channel? Great content man, thanks.
Lower volume on the day but more volume on the week with higher training frequency is actually ideal for a natural. Best way to gain strength factoring in the efficiency quotient of mastering movement patterns too. 👍
Eric, would you make a video explaining the beginner program with movement progressions that youve done for me while back ago. That shit was amazing and i bet huge amounts of people could benefit from such video.
This style of training helped me build to a 405 paused bench. I want to focus on the deadlift next. Just not sure how frequent ill be able to handle 1rms on the deadlift.
So let me get this straight you work out five or six days a week, three of those days you do a single exercise building up to a heavy single or at least a heavy PR set for example you're focusing on incline bench so three of those days you'll work up to PR's on incline bench and DO NOTHING ELSE AT ALL and then two more days you will also work towards PR's on your incline bench but you will do some fluff and pump for the rest of your body so those muscles don't atrophy. Is this correct? Also, got complained about for "dropping weights" for the first time in my life, ironically the same day of the ball kick heard round the world. Everybody needs a home gym
Only an absolute UNIT of a human being. Can break down a mind set that any joe bro can get into to make the most out of it. You always got one more rep. Issa mind set🗣
Man, I am currently doing Bulgarian Lite on Pendlay rows and I raised it with 35 lbs in 5 days, I am happy with my gains on this exercise. This is a system that guarantees your gains! I literally made my 5 weeks gains in just 5 days,wow
I know this video is really old but I used this principle for squats and squatted everyday. It went from a 335 1rm to 375 in a week. It really does work you just have to listen to your body and if anything feels tweaky (severe join and muscle pain) then you should probably stop doing that movement and do something else.
And that Eric spent years building up the muscle base to be able to be strong at a bunch of different movements. You're not going to look like Bugenhagen lifting a few years without juice. This is years of heavy natty lifting.
Eric, it’s all about attention span! People today have this ‘Oh look a squirrel!’ and jump from exercise to exercise, body part to body part! Focus! Do your thing!
Eric, I fully get your philosophy on training and I fully agree. I haven’t realized, but I train somewhat similar to your style. But my question is, many elite powerlifters always have assistance work when it comes to the big three, but got legs, I do not enjoy other things that involve the squat or deadlift. If I try doing like lunges, split squats, hamstring curls, I never look forward to it and it just bores me but according to those big guys, it’s necessary. What do you think I should do man? Start liking those movements?
GuaMart _ I know this is a week old comment, but I'd argue to do whatever you want. If you dislike those movements, you'll dislike your training, and you won't want to go to the gym anymore.
Start challenging yourself on said movements. Track numbers and improve upon them. You could also rotate different movements and try to hit PRs on 'em at the end of each rotation.
Building a strength base is key for natties. There's also a good chance you have tons of fast twitch muscle fibers, which would respond best to lower reps and also tend to grow much more than slower twitch. Agree that everyone needs to find what works best for them
I agree with the way you train, I know I won’t get stronger unless I’m on the edge of most likely hurting something but when I’m not sure I can do it, then do it I have more confidence next time to put on those extra pounds, the only time I’ll drop the weight is if I realize my form sucks and I’m not working the muscle right
Yo dip stick del mustache. Not being worried about" over training" thanks to you! Has increased my gains . I keep hitting OHP and my delts are turning heads. I go by feel , as far as recovery and eat a ton of meat. My CNS has a better tolerance. And pin press OHP. And yelling helps! It does!
Tom McGivern - no such thing as over training just under recovering. Plus if you do get close to complete fatigue your body will tell you, if you ever consider going to the gym when you are sore tired and aching that means your body will still make the lifts.
Eric, we love that you explain this stuff, but it'd be awesome if you could do some sort of spreadsheet of the weights and reps you do every day, and possibly upload them online. I think every one of your subscribers would like that
Dude I listen to your videos and I honestly don’t just have this mindset in the gym but how I approach everything. Everyone asks me why I haven’t taken a day off in 3 years from work and people just dont understand that my mindset is just different than theirs.
This video gives me the same vibes as when Ledger joker has the mob man by the mouth explaining how he got his scars. GREAT STUFF I LOVE EVERY VIDEO. I'm a relatively new lifter and I'm loving all the content.
I consider this an answer to my comment. So thank you. Although you did not completely understand me. When saying it doesnt add to your physique, I did not mean progress isnt visible to yourself or us viewers. What I meant to say was that the difference would not be visibile to an audience unfimiliar with you and/or " extreme " lifting . and i dont know you and i dont claim to know whats going on in your life but as far as i understand you almost got where you want to be: A WWE Pro. And on your way to the top Injury especially is what stops you right? Thats why i asked why you do what you do. Because in my opinion you already have the physique and the Charisma to become a "star". I really do believe it, so in my head it would only be logical to make sure you keep what you have and try to maintain everything you worked for. By going to the limit you risk it - IN MY OPINION. I See that this has Been your way and it seems you dont want to change it because it worked. As an Outsider though and physical therapist i can See you potentially losing what you worked for. Dude once again its just me asking questions being real. Dont be offended. Its how my family lives. Give it your all and once you reach a certain point control yourself, make sure the future is secure for the family.
How do you do this style of training and look so incredible overall? I would've thought if you only do 1 exercise a day for 7-30 days you'd start to lack in the other areas. Or is it like as long as you're staying above maint. cals you just keep the weight on? Example if you do incline bench for a week. Wouldn't your legs and back suffer in terms of muscle depreciation? Especially if you're going 30 days without training them.
I want to imagine that since you've been training so long, as a teenager you were probably doing much more basic training, and now that you're elite, you can train however you've learned is the most effective for you. I imagine that all of your derisive comments come from beginners.
Hi Eric, can you do a video for how to build up your percentages of your warm-up sets, for squat, deadlift and bench? I mention those three basic as I assume any variation would use the same. Many thanks, that would be very helpful.
Jay Torr depends on the exercise. I do reps with the bar for bench and squat, but start at 135 for deadlifts. Start with something comfortable just to do the movement a few times with a bit of resistance
This is high threshold motor unit training - it will build horsepower. As long as you don't overtrain, you'll make great gains in strength and improve your explosiveness and speed.
Bulgarian/ Wisconsin Method is no basic cookie cutting factor. It’s simple enough. Pick 1 or 2 weighted exercises and hit a max or using a BW exercise hit AMRAP. For example if you hit a 275 squat day 1. On day 2 aim to increase but 5-10lbs. Same day after day until your fail. After you fail either reduce weight by 5-10% and perform same rep scheme or change to a similar lift that works same muscle group. For Back Squat perform a Squat off pins and perform same scheme previously mentioned. BW max reps would be if you hit 50 push ups and work up to one day achieving 100 reps. If you fail after 100 but still want to improve push strength move on decline push ups or even dips.
Eric this video definitely opens my mind to how to program my workouts and focusing on a movement. When you pick a movement how many weeks are you on it and is it usually 5 days a week? Would this be good for intermediate or should a person be advance level to pull this off? Thanks for the vids. :) 👍
Do you have an idea of how your total weekly volume compares with a more traditional program? Probably pretty similar if you’re cutting each workout after a top set
+Eric Bugenhagen What exactly does your workout split look like. I’m very confused on how you train, I do know you go for heavy high intensity sessions but what about the total sets/volume and frequency?
how would you aproach your way of training to get stronger on 3 lifts instead of 1? would you focus on 1 lift for 2-4 weeks with minimal work on the other two, and swich between them?
you area monster I just landed here after the jiujimufu video where you eat garlics. how old are you ? the screaming energy motivates our workouts. Regards from Italy to everybody
So you focus on one lift every workout to build that up and do just enough other lifts to maintain strength? If so, how much do you figure needs to be done for maintenance work? Trimming the stash soon?😁🤘
"I understand why you look at it that way, but you've probably never been a champion" - the bugez
That's some real shit. 8:00 "Losers don't have the ability to push themselves to the absolute limit"
Savage, but true.
People probably aren't eating enough milk, garlic, onions and tofurkey dogs to emulate the bugez
dont forget the honey
Brandon Harper you don't eat milk tho
Chaka you can eat it you have the right mindset
I’m not too big on eating my milk, i dont let it get to that point... that’s my mindset on it.
Cant get damn tofurkey in my country!
Starting to look like a germanic warrior ready to ambush a roman legion. I like it.
Robin Totalwar is king
Bro deadass thinking the sane thing
LOL!
@@intotheshadow8943 do you want, total war?
@Dreymon Green real life is better
TLDW: He trains this way to grow the stache
With you 100% on the ego lift philosophy. It's all ego lifting. Every bit of it. Even the "RPE 7" stuff some of us do, it's still building up for the big ego lift at the end of the road.
Also that's the entire point of acquiring strength in the first place.
Holy shit it makes sense. Eric basically hit the sweet spot in intensity and volume. Alternating between a volume PR and strength PR for 1 movement, with perfect recovery because his body easily recovers from and adapts to just one movement. No wonder you make so many PRs, you're a fucking genius.
+5 hat of bugenhagening
Angara Barbell +800 pounds of deadlifting
+5 mustache of sticky rick
Hahhahahah
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When people tell me I'm going to hurt myself it reminds me of something Jordan Peterson said about watching Olympic gymnasts. How 1 will be almost perfect and you'll just say that's unbeatable and then the next 1 comes up and they're just pushing it to the razors edge. The whole crowd is holding their breath while theyre flying around through the sky. On the verge of greatness or injury. Then they come down plant their feet and nail the landing and the whole place erupts. U can't be great if youre not willing to push your limits.
Dancing on the precipice of chaos and overcoming it.
Fuck Jordan Peterson.
Richard Harrow calm down sandy the men are talking.
What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be listening to Canadian Kermit the Frog talk about lobsters, and losers like you who need "enforced monogamy" to get laid.?
Richard Harrow 😘
The working up to a “soft” max before dropping down to a work set for reps is called the “over warmup” by Paul carter. Works great. Primes the nervous system
Its called ramping up. It's been around as long as weightlifting has.
Technical term is post activation potentiation. Plenty of articles on pub med about it.
@@qwertyPROairsoft 🤓
"ALWAYS LIFT HEAVY
THAT'S WHAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING" Mr Eric aka Captain 3D Delts
Yo Eric my kitteey is named Ricky because of you
rus s kitty kitty kitty rickaayy
Particular movement
fucking shit i read it on his voice
Training for training's sake -Oscar Wilgenhagen
MINDSET > cookie cutter workouts
What does coockie cutter workout mean?
Starts with one hand on the wall like my bro talking to me at a party then brings both hands into play to bring me more into the convo then I'm in the zone and this convo is fucking quality and the best shit I've ever listened to then next day nobody remember wtf we were talking about but only that it was great.
Yo eric the only movement I focused on for strength is the zercher partial from above the knee.. its fucked up how it went from 235 on my first day and 3 weeks later here i am doing 405.. mind boggling how your body adapts to one movement and blows it up. 10lb-30lb increments = insane progress
Hi Eric (sorry for my bad english)
Aris Sp after all this man does for us. You should be ashamed.
Scotch Blooded Brozerker let me rephrase :
Buutt Eriirirrrcccc (sorry for my bad english)
Yeah... that was HORRIFIC english.... you outta just give up on using that language
Lmao
Without watching this video, the way I trained was similar to this to hit my 2 biggest PR's on my lifts. Those being bench (275-->325) and Deadlift (455-->500). I would legit have 3 month blocks where all I would care about would be those lifts respectively, maybe incorporating 2 days a week for general strength and things that were on the backburner if I even felt like it. But for the main focus, I would dedicate 3 days a week to the lift I wanted to improve. Meaning I would have a dedicated deadlift day where I would do my deadlifts and really crush them. Maybe later in the day do a little grip training for that extra edge since it wasn't very taxing on my recovery to do so. What I can say about this style of training is that it is FUN. There's plenty of programs that work. Sure, progressive overload and a good lifestyle is the way to make gains, we know this. But that isn't what gets me raring to get to the gym and move weight. There's gotta be something that you want more than anything right now and when you find it, attack it. Going to the gym and building a path to the promised land, hitting PR's almost every session is the kind of thing that makes me want to keep coming back. When you're a newbie you can grow like crazy at all lifts but beyond that you gotta pick and choose what you want to grow like that. And to add to what Eric said about losing the strength, you're building a higher baseline. So let's say you maxed out at 365 and now just acquired a 500. Your baseline even after a hiatus is still going to trump your previous weights that were grinders before you embarked on the journey. That's the "old man strength" in a way, despite being out of practice you're just generally stronger, it's not like your body will shrivel back to one that only ever did 365 lb. It has now become a body that has once did 500 and your muscles are waiting for the day they may have to do it again. I have not deadlifted in nearly 9 months in due to a squat related back strain and the other day I decided to test my deadlift. I was able to pull 455 off the floor with a good deal of effort and probably had another 15-20 lb in me (500 lb would not budge). What that means to me is that in a month or so of practicing deadlift I can easily get back to the peak I once was at. Guys, I'm not a crazy freaky lifter and I move no where near as much weight as Eric but even his example of pulling 700 after detraining from a 800 lb pull just goes to show, STRONG IS STRONG. My boss at my job used to be big into lifting and was telling me about his days of shoulder pressing 300 lb and doing these crazy things. He has been out of training for years now maybe doing the occasional pushups, hike, or rock climb and let me tell you, this guy is STRONG. He's around the same size as me 6 ft 200 lb although I am a bit "bigger" since I currently train. On my last day of that job I arm wrestled him and it was like I was fighting against a mountain. I could not budge him and even when I did a little my arm was pinned like a crocodile killing a bird. Those years of training, building that muscle, those neurological connections, never truly leave you. This was an excessively long rant but my point is, this shit works.
thank you sir 🇹🇷🇹🇷✋
Eric, would you consider putting out any programs for us to follow, your results speak for themselves and you know what you're talking about. People could really learn the mindset and make insane progress with programs you make.
Thanks for all the entertainment you give us and the knowledge you drop. Keep at it man, respect!
Lift For Life I feel like a program would be a sham though...all I preach is specificity, consistency, and MINDSET
Eric Bugenhagen - I see you're point man and every RUclipsr and their dog releases programs but I truly think yours would be difgerent, it would be worth its value no doubt. With you're career in wwe taking off I think some Bugez merchandise/clothing would he a great idea because us as your fans want to support you.
Just a thought Bro. All the best for the future!
I mean Eric you don't even need to release a program, just give us an example month of your day to day training, that would be pretty cool
Lift For Life I think he would also have to go through WWE red tape.
You can't program killer instinct. It's either there or it isn't. You have to want "it" as bad as you want to revisit your family that evening or never again...etc etc
Love this outlook to training man. Youve helped me hit the gym with a whole new level of intensity. This intensity has been motivating our clients at the gym.
Bruh you are purest definition of strength and intensity out in the world thank you for your videos and all of your insight . Please never change and keep doing your thing . I’m listening.....
It's funny, I train pretty similar to you and I'll get the same "why do you ego lift" type question every now and again. It's those same people that see lifting as a chore or a means to an end. The lifting is my end. Getting that new pr every time I go to the gym is the fun part! That's why I'm there in the first place, not to jack off to my reflection in the mirror or do calculations of percentages hoping to hit a pr in a month from now.
I finally understand it and now I got rep prs on bench yesterday, then pr on squat today ONE EXERCISE
AnObsceneDarkness what RPE are you hitting your maxes at? Every time I try this method I get injured lol
horse with no name I don't bother with calculating rpe lol, basically i went in, just did bench/squat, then worked the other side for volume. Eg: bench pr, followed by light floor press to help with lockout, but with pulling work in between like rows x20. For squat I did glute 5th thrusts and banded back extensions (but rly hamstring curls on an extention thing).
I've been narrowing my training specifically to front squats and overhead press. Definitely notice a lot more results since I've limited the amount of exercises I'm focusing on.
They don't get you ERiiik
Dude, you've really changed the way I think about strength training. I started lifting again this year and have been focusing on one exercise a day and like three exercises per cycle. The gains are unreal, and I'm almost never sore so it doesn't negatively affect my sports performance during practice unlike back in the day when I would do stupid high volume and high variety shit then move like a slug when I need to do some skill training for my sport. I'm stronger and faster now at age 28 than I was at 18 thanks to your training tips. I feel like I owe you money haha
Been missing the 14:58 videos 😩
Eric you gotta audition for the next dodgeball film man
Totally agree with the energy thing, I just refer to it as chi. You’ve only got so much chi available for things you want to pursue. Better to be a master of fewer things than a jack of all trades
Uploading is on point , thanks for the advice also
One thing I've been wondering Eric is if you're able to do this type of training because you've built such a solid foundation with all your training up to this point. For example, someone training for 2 years or so still might want to do a lot more lifts (the main compounds) because they haven't really become that strong. However, you on the other hand are able to lay off certain exercises for a long time because you're already hella strong at them. I think you mentioned this in a previous video but I guess my question is, when do you say to start focusing on the lifts you want to focus on? Whenever you feel like it or when you're satisfied with where you're at on all the basic, bread and butter lifts?
Thanks eric, very cool!
Eric thank you sooo much for this video man. I notice that your idea about training is different from other coaches and athletes. And that’s obviously what makes you unique.I really don’t know why you don’t write program based on your ideas. Sets,reps,weights,deload,rest,days per week,or if their is any accessories you do.
Can't you guyz se, Eric has the Bulgarien moustache thing going
BECAUSE IT WORKS!! 20 LB RECORDS EVERY DAY!!
Best video I have ever seen . Thank you Eric. This is straight facts
Dude, simplicity! Boom! Dropping alternate day multiple rep range training with set "movement patterns" instead of "exercise" and pushing yourself. Laying it out plain and simple. How the fuck have I never in the years of being in the RUclips fitness viewing community never seen this channel? Great content man, thanks.
I hear you man. It's definitely a mindset!
Ends the video like a boss.
Lower volume on the day but more volume on the week with higher training frequency is actually ideal for a natural.
Best way to gain strength factoring in the efficiency quotient of mastering movement patterns too. 👍
Eric, would you make a video explaining the beginner program with movement progressions that youve done for me while back ago.
That shit was amazing and i bet huge amounts of people could benefit from such video.
pisk64 seconded
What video was it on
nfrost1986 no video, it was part of patreon deal some time ago. But Eric isnt allowed to get money from YT and such platforms
pisk64 bummer thanks for replying back sir
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This style of training helped me build to a 405 paused bench. I want to focus on the deadlift next. Just not sure how frequent ill be able to handle 1rms on the deadlift.
David Whitney Training & Nutrition it's definitely much trickier with conventional deads
Yeah I'm Hating 90%, 10% mindset
i really like this serious informative talks, its great information
So let me get this straight
you work out five or six days a week, three of those days you do a single exercise building up to a heavy single or at least a heavy PR set
for example you're focusing on incline bench so three of those days you'll work up to PR's on incline bench and DO NOTHING ELSE AT ALL and then two more days you will also work towards PR's on your incline bench but you will do some fluff and pump for the rest of your body so those muscles don't atrophy.
Is this correct?
Also, got complained about for "dropping weights" for the first time in my life, ironically the same day of the ball kick heard round the world.
Everybody needs a home gym
can you explain your top stache growing techniques?
Sticky Ricky I'm in the middle of workout.
Gonna try to hit a PR because of you.
I love your noob voice
How the fudge does this guy not have 1 million subs?
Only an absolute UNIT of a human being. Can break down a mind set that any joe bro can get into to make the most out of it. You always got one more rep. Issa mind set🗣
im on your channel not because of the PRs but because of your talks about the mindset
I love the way you think, man.
I just found the Boog recently and had to go way back to figure it all out. This one makes it finally make sense to me. Count me in on the mindset
Man, I am currently doing Bulgarian Lite on Pendlay rows and I raised it with 35 lbs in 5 days, I am happy with my gains on this exercise. This is a system that guarantees your gains! I literally made my 5 weeks gains in just 5 days,wow
Филип Конов I can never track progress on rows fam I always just cheat more
I know this video is really old but I used this principle for squats and squatted everyday. It went from a 335 1rm to 375 in a week. It really does work you just have to listen to your body and if anything feels tweaky (severe join and muscle pain) then you should probably stop doing that movement and do something else.
And that Eric spent years building up the muscle base to be able to be strong at a bunch of different movements. You're not going to look like Bugenhagen lifting a few years without juice. This is years of heavy natty lifting.
Eric, it’s all about attention span! People today have this ‘Oh look a squirrel!’ and jump from exercise to exercise, body part to body part!
Focus! Do your thing!
I basically do what you do, just one set everyday and it works so well, literally gainz everyday
Eric, I fully get your philosophy on training and I fully agree. I haven’t realized, but I train somewhat similar to your style. But my question is, many elite powerlifters always have assistance work when it comes to the big three, but got legs, I do not enjoy other things that involve the squat or deadlift. If I try doing like lunges, split squats, hamstring curls, I never look forward to it and it just bores me but according to those big guys, it’s necessary. What do you think I should do man? Start liking those movements?
GuaMart _ I know this is a week old comment, but I'd argue to do whatever you want. If you dislike those movements, you'll dislike your training, and you won't want to go to the gym anymore.
Start challenging yourself on said movements. Track numbers and improve upon them. You could also rotate different movements and try to hit PRs on 'em at the end of each rotation.
Find something adjacent to that ,that you find fun
Building a strength base is key for natties. There's also a good chance you have tons of fast twitch muscle fibers, which would respond best to lower reps and also tend to grow much more than slower twitch. Agree that everyone needs to find what works best for them
I agree with the way you train, I know I won’t get stronger unless I’m on the edge of most likely hurting something but when I’m not sure I can do it, then do it I have more confidence next time to put on those extra pounds, the only time I’ll drop the weight is if I realize my form sucks and I’m not working the muscle right
Amaizing video Ricardo de la Bugez, it’s eye opening.
Box Bradley Martin. Non negotiable
Iron 4 Not fair to Bradley.
Yo dip stick del mustache. Not being worried about" over training" thanks to you! Has increased my gains . I keep hitting OHP and my delts are turning heads. I go by feel , as far as recovery and eat a ton of meat. My CNS has a better tolerance. And pin press OHP. And yelling helps! It does!
Tom McGivern - no such thing as over training just under recovering. Plus if you do get close to complete fatigue your body will tell you, if you ever consider going to the gym when you are sore tired and aching that means your body will still make the lifts.
Advice so good I had to watch it twice
Eric, we love that you explain this stuff, but it'd be awesome if you could do some sort of spreadsheet of the weights and reps you do every day, and possibly upload them online. I think every one of your subscribers would like that
This is about being huge not about being a nerd
It's a mindset bro you gotta Listen to Bugenhagen
Dude I listen to your videos and I honestly don’t just have this mindset in the gym but how I approach everything. Everyone asks me why I haven’t taken a day off in 3 years from work and people just dont understand that my mindset is just different than theirs.
This video gives me the same vibes as when Ledger joker has the mob man by the mouth explaining how he got his scars. GREAT STUFF I LOVE EVERY VIDEO. I'm a relatively new lifter and I'm loving all the content.
i love how people dont get the pr stuff, hes basically saving his REAL pr for the second time he lifts
When you focus on a certain exercise how do you maintain other muscles ?
Dr. Psycho hit the other muscles at least once a week. Have a specific mish mash day
BUT ERRIICCCC it was the tofurkey dogs 🗣
Got recommend your channel from watching juji, and had to subscribe after the ego lift comments👌💪
losers dont have the ability to push themselves to their absolute limits. - sticky ricky
I consider this an answer to my comment. So thank you. Although you did not completely understand me. When saying it doesnt add to your physique, I did not mean progress isnt visible to yourself or us viewers. What I meant to say was that the difference would not be visibile to an audience unfimiliar with you and/or " extreme " lifting . and i dont know you and i dont claim to know whats going on in your life but as far as i understand you almost got where you want to be: A WWE Pro. And on your way to the top Injury especially is what stops you right? Thats why i asked why you do what you do. Because in my opinion you already have the physique and the Charisma to become a "star". I really do believe it, so in my head it would only be logical to make sure you keep what you have and try to maintain everything you worked for. By going to the limit you risk it - IN MY OPINION. I See that this has Been your way and it seems you dont want to change it because it worked. As an Outsider though and physical therapist i can See you potentially losing what you worked for. Dude once again its just me asking questions being real. Dont be offended. Its how my family lives. Give it your all and once you reach a certain point control yourself, make sure the future is secure for the family.
How do you do this style of training and look so incredible overall? I would've thought if you only do 1 exercise a day for 7-30 days you'd start to lack in the other areas. Or is it like as long as you're staying above maint. cals you just keep the weight on? Example if you do incline bench for a week. Wouldn't your legs and back suffer in terms of muscle depreciation? Especially if you're going 30 days without training them.
Greatest mindset
I think the major takeaway for me here is that I should have as many reps in reserve as I have sips of coffee left in the pot before I workout.
I want to imagine that since you've been training so long, as a teenager you were probably doing much more basic training, and now that you're elite, you can train however you've learned is the most effective for you. I imagine that all of your derisive comments come from beginners.
Hi Eric, can you do a video for how to build up your percentages of your warm-up sets, for squat, deadlift and bench? I mention those three basic as I assume any variation would use the same. Many thanks, that would be very helpful.
Jay Torr I remember him once satin 20 pound jumps and then ten pound jumps for the last two sets
Maybe a 45lb jump or two at the start if you're going for 300 or more
Thanks! starting from 50%-60% of max weight I assume?
Jay Torr depends on the exercise. I do reps with the bar for bench and squat, but start at 135 for deadlifts. Start with something comfortable just to do the movement a few times with a bit of resistance
This is high threshold motor unit training - it will build horsepower. As long as you don't overtrain, you'll make great gains in strength and improve your explosiveness and speed.
ERIC IS THE BEAST
Bulgarian/ Wisconsin Method is no basic cookie cutting factor. It’s simple enough. Pick 1 or 2 weighted exercises and hit a max or using a BW exercise hit AMRAP. For example if you hit a 275 squat day 1. On day 2 aim to increase but 5-10lbs. Same day after day until your fail. After you fail either reduce weight by 5-10% and perform same rep scheme or change to a similar lift that works same muscle group. For Back Squat perform a Squat off pins and perform same scheme previously mentioned. BW max reps would be if you hit 50 push ups and work up to one day achieving 100 reps. If you fail after 100 but still want to improve push strength move on decline push ups or even dips.
This is pure GOLD
Time to release the ebook
PLEASE ERIC
Eboook. Agree.
Never delete this video this is the key lmao
Focus Confidence Enthusiasm
7:40 Man what you said there reminded me of Rocky 4 Creed's Warrior speech
Eric this video definitely opens my mind to how to program my workouts and focusing on a movement. When you pick a movement how many weeks are you on it and is it usually 5 days a week? Would this be good for intermediate or should a person be advance level to pull this off? Thanks for the vids. :) 👍
Only here to hear bugez speak in noob and say "but erriiic!" Lol
It's the coffee!!! Great video Eric.
Great info !! how to train often if u havnt got home gym ? Traveling to work ect
Do you have an idea of how your total weekly volume compares with a more traditional program? Probably pretty similar if you’re cutting each workout after a top set
+Eric Bugenhagen What exactly does your workout split look like. I’m very confused on how you train, I do know you go for heavy high intensity sessions but what about the total sets/volume and frequency?
Brilliant 💪
Great video thanks man!
I’ve finally adopted the “MINDSET” with GreySkull LP all kinds of gains !
What are the best resources to research Bulgarian to apply to yourself? Also, is this type of training good for newer (2-3 year) lifters?
how would you aproach your way of training to get stronger on 3 lifts instead of 1? would you focus on 1 lift for 2-4 weeks with minimal work on the other two, and swich between them?
you area monster I just landed here after the jiujimufu video where you eat garlics. how old are you ? the screaming energy motivates our workouts. Regards from Italy to everybody
Whats gonna be the next thing you wanna improve after benching or are you gonna continue and do overhead?
Getting stronger = more muscle becouse of more volume workload and Intensity
total package.. 💯👍🤜🤛
So you focus on one lift every workout to build that up and do just enough other lifts to maintain strength? If so, how much do you figure needs to be done for maintenance work?
Trimming the stash soon?😁🤘