The Fitness Industry Is Killing Your Gains 

I wish Greg was 21 year old Keltie’s dad and was there to talk sense into me before I got those stupid implants for the judges 😂 Thank you for all the nice words in this video!!! I was blushing & honoured to be featured! Now I’m craving a blueberry muffin

✍️These titles got me thinking your new name is GREG CAVALIERE! 😂

This is one of the most important messages about bodybuilding/other weight centric sports, eating and body dysmorphia that needs to be out there and one of the best videos I’ve seen about it in a good while. Thank you for putting this out there, it’s going to make a difference for a lot of people

That rant at the end was absolutely spot on, and delivered with pure passion. Great message to anyone, thanks Greg 👌

People fail to realize that the journey is a marathon, NOT a sprint.

I’ve got so many mates that used to compete and abuse PED’s in their early 20’s. Now they’ve moved on (no money in the sport unless you’re in the top 0.01%) and they’re all severely overweight, bald, look like they’re 40 years old and produce next to no testosterone. They also have a really unhealthy obsession with food and majorly depressed since they’ll never look like what they did in their 20’s. I’m so glad I stayed natural and just train for health and fitness, I’m still training 5x per week in my early 30’s, have great testosterone levels and I can maintain all the muscle I’ve built.

I really appreciate the honesty that come from Greg’s videos. He not only a real specimen of athleticism but seems to share real personal experience and knowledge of training, diet, P.D.’s and the fitness Industry.

Look at Remington James….cut, bulk, cut, bulk, omad anabolic diet, anabolic diet with massive cheat meals, carnivore etc etc etc he just has a horrible relationship with food and he is someone nearing a million followers. Gimme Greg all day long because his passion is helping other people and he practices what he preaches

I competed in men's physique for a few years. I would starve myself for weeks. Getting down to 200 lbs at 6ft 3in. As soon as I stepped offstage I would eat like there was no tomorrow. In less than 2 weeks I would be 230 lbs. It took years for me to stop getting up in the middle of the night to binge eat

It’s important to understand this stuff. I dieted for 1.5 years was absolutely diced but crashed my test and am still currently recovering. Find your balance!

Knew i had too turn my volume down before i clicked:)

Great video bro I'm 2 weeks put from my first men's physic competition and I will be 40 years old next week. This has always been a goal in my life to just do it one time to go all out for myself and it has been an amazing 7 and half months of a journey. I had low test got it fix by getting on TRT and that has made all the difference in the world. This video was great to hear.

The journey should always be about you. Do what you love and what gets you going and helps you stay motivated. Life is way too short to do everything to please what others thinks you should do. Stay healthy both physically and mentally and keeps pushing your limits it makes life so much more enjoyable.

Watching you tube all day is killing your gains

If she was actually, "perfectly fine," with her body we wouldn't even be having this conversation.

Thank you Coach Greg as I´ve been having issues with my weight for the past 2 months after starting my fitness journey . All the love to you please keep up on being real with us as this video is impacting my life in a tremendous way. (sorry for bad english) All the best, to you and the community

This is gold. Coach Greg is leading us to having more longegivity. Thank you for this

When I decided to really make a lifestyle change I started tracking macros. I knew I wasn’t going to do it for forever and did it more to see how my diet was and how it should be. 6 months in I realized it started taking more control than I anticipated. If I had calories left over and I wasn’t hungry, I would force myself to eat. If I was out of calories and hungry I wouldn’t allow myself to eat. That’s when I stopped and switched to intuitive eating. I feel so much more in tune with my body, my clothes are fitting better, and my performance in the gym has been awesome. It is so easy to get swept into this stuff.

The honesty and passion Coach Greg gives is what keeps me motivated and working out. As a skinny guy with a high metabolism it is hard to want to continue but you give me the motivation, understanding and acceptance in myself to keep going. Love you Coach Greg you are the fkn man.

The Balance message is why I like coach Greg ! You are on fire, coach.

I’m someone who’s been around the same size wasteline wise for over 11 years now. I was a fat teenager who lost the weight and kept it off , the problem was is that the weight in my face is often what fluctuates the most and of course that’s always what people notice first. Reality is is that I often fluctuate between 135-150 lbs and am a 5’9 man and can bench press around 200ish pounds on a good day and cardio is my passion. Because of how my face fluctuates though I’ve found myself falling into this exact trap the last four or five years or so and let me just say coach Greg is exactly right in this video and in his meal plans. Between him And Jeff cavalier I would say I am recovering from this struggle and I am very grateful 🙏

I totally agree Michaela!!! This is why I love Greg's channel

The funny thing is that I live the bodybuilder lifestyle. I have growth phases and cut phases and I've been living my life that way for a long time and I'm not even a competitive bodybuilder. I do it because I just really enjoy it. Some people like this lifestyle.

I agree with your attitude Greg. Your only short coming is saying.. Who cares what other people think? But you say care what your friends think. I don't care what anyone thinks, including my friends. I'm comfortable😊

It’s these video’s/opinions why I keep coming back here and trust his advise

Coach Greg is my new hero

I trust your Fitness advice more than any of the other Fitness youtubers. 😊 Thanks for your honesty.

I have discovered greg within the last few months as I have just started working out in october and have binged almost every video of his and this is potentially one of the most important ones to watch. whether it’s bodybuilding or not the work you put in is the quality you get out

I’ve lost 20 pounds in 2.5 months. No crash dieting no days full of hunger. Just tracking calories and finding what foods make me fullest for longest with the least calories. Now my biggest problem is getting enough calories for my deficit to not be unhealthy, because I discovered a new love for fruit and veggies and they can’t cut it alone.

These videos are basically a refecltion on Greg’s life now projecting on us

There are a lot of mental health issues in the fitness industry.

Eat twice a day , move , lift , be healthy!!! It's that easy!!!!😁

I was thinking about competing, but the amount of effort it takes kind of put me off... this video comfirmed my decision. Its very unhealthy, I'll just keep lifting for aesthetics and eating healthy and so be it

It’s important for people to eat to live and not live to eat. I am in pretty good shape but my wife severely suffers with exercise and working out. Her biggest issue is FOOD. She literally won’t eat something unless it “sounds good” or satisfies her craving. She’s legitimately addicted to food. It releases endorphins and she mistakes that for “being satisfied” with the food. It’s crazy. I want her to see food as fuel.

Best fitness related video ever made

I feel like "bulking" should be focused on training performance, the scale and the mirror a lot more than food. What I have been doing and plan to do for my current massing block. So I am planning progressve overload, and when I start to plateau I will either take a deload or increase calories while maintaining as lean bodyfat as possible throughout.

I have ever been skinny, but fit. Started BB in the teens and from that on i was scared of doing Cardio too. This Was literally told everywhere. Tanks Greg. Feeling that its wrong is one Thing, hearing it this clear will help people a lot.

I’m a retired top pro bodybuilder and I’m more than happy to be retired!!!! Competing is the dumbest, unhealthiest shit ever!!!!!! It’s an insane way of living- I advise against it all the time!

Appreciate you preaching common sense like this Coach Greg

Eating disorder 101. Extremely common in competitors. I don't think most people should be competing

Right on. Perfectly stated. I too am guilty of yo yo dieting between high calorie and too little calories. Lately though ive broadened my range of raw foods and healthier foods like leafy greens and root vegetables, sonthat I'm eating volume, but notnat the sacrifice of nutrition.

the video i needed.. been back and forth on doing a comp and this is exactly my concern. thank you coach Greg needed this!

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Coach greg: AND SO

Damn coach looking good today

I'm getting to a point in my weight loss journey where I'm really having to put my convictions to the test. My "goal weight" is still technically in the overweight category and I'm only a few lbs away from it. I know from experience that in the past I couldn't go lower without getting severe anxiety and a whole slew of trauma reactions (I had several involuntary starvation incidences in my childhood/early teens that were coupled with emotional/physical neglect), because physical hunger is an actual trigger for me. From a medical/health standpoint I don't NEED to go lower, but after maintaining that goal for a while, I may want to. So here's the plan: I'll maintain the goal weight and simultaneously go to therapy to work on that past trauma. I'll learn how to emotionally separate "being loved and cared for" from "feeling stuffed". If I can manage to do that, I can then decide whether or not getting into the "normal" weight category is worth it for me. If I can't manage, I'll maintain the current goal weight because it's where I'm physically comfortable and as healthy as possible with manageable anxiety and without too much hunger pangs. I don't expect this to be easy. In fact I think this is one of the harder challenges to take on in my life because it goes to some deep rooted (un)truths I've learned about myself and my worth in my early life. Coach Greg, thank you for the rant at the end. You're helping. You're really making a difference. 💙

Competing is not ruining your gains. Competing is ruining your health.

I freaking love you lmao. I competed for years and took 5 years off to reset, get mentally healthy and get off the caloric deficit of 1300 calories. I am now competing again, I eat 2200 calories a day. Feel healthy, happy, and have made significant gains the last 5 years. Im excited to not cut at 1300 calories!!

This hangover is killing my gains

Wellcome to G Shred

Super inspiring words of wisdom coach Greg, your awesome as always

I was going for sub 10% bodyfat and...I was always angry with everyone, always in a bad mood, didn't have energy for anything, sometimes felt like I needed a preworkout just to get out of bed. Never again.

The best part of Gregs cookbooks for me is I never feel overstuffed or sluggish, ever since changing my diet over to being healthier is I cant even eat what I used to in my old diet without feeling awful. You never know how bad your diet is until you change it over and have the pizza you used to and feel nauseous. Its really showed me how much better I feel since swapping over because I used to feel like nauseous or awful daily and I didnt know because it was just my old normal

Best video from this crazy doctor yet!

I love your realness greg 🙏🏽💗 i appreciate every single thing you say!

You know what Greg your a breath of fresh air. I was a pro athlete for 25 years , I become a GB 🇬🇧 after two years! And I never never knew or wanted to take anything , never took a snippet of a drug not even aspirin through fear of testing positive at track meets . And I Stil won the British title and other titles even In the USA . Reality most people don’t wanna do the work. I remember literally looking around thinking how the hell are these girls all looking fat one minute then ripped the next ! DRUGS!!! And even to find that out I had to ask a body builder ! That’s how retarded I am on drugs. I take Suppliments now because of my chorionic Anaemia plus individual vitamins that to be honest I believe are just a placebo. It makes me sick all this wanting and insecurity wanting likes and shit. Friggin sad. No one has confidence anymore. I was in the gym last night ! A girl came up to me preparing to get into body building shows. She said I just want to say how amazing your arms are, I said yep And it took 25 years to build that muscle memory to maintain it at 54! And never taken anything . Her jaw almost hit the floor . To Say part so many are taking crap ! Is a understatement, No one believes the natural athletes when they say they don’t take anything. Although body building as done amazing things to get people active ! I believe it’s also ruined the genuine aesthetic of just looking good and fit the body building world needs to do more on explaining why you should take steroids and who should consider if they do and what to consider prior . This should be in all clubs also on the walls. All these lazy ass fake training individuals expecting credit for taking cheat substances not getting my approval

A lot of people don't even compete and torture themselves like this. For me it was having my life revolve around eating. I felt so bloated, sloppy, tired of eating and my coach told me that he wasn't even really feeding me that much and he had clients that ate way more. That's when I realized I wasn't cut out for that life.

She didn't quit basketball she got injured and had to stop. I think it was her knee if I remember correctly

R.I.P. to Jerry Ward. For those who dont know. Died today. 😔

I love you Coach Greg

I disagree with "Don't do party drugs" unless you're talking outside of partying. Partying once a week or maybe fortnight really helps balance me out and I haven't really noticed any major downsides.

Great message in this one!

The combination of Layne Norton’s Carbon Coach App and Coach Greg’s Cookbook my life has that perfect balance!! I love it! My two favorite leaders in helping us be healthy!:)

This helped me so much I worked my ass off for 2 years going from 150- 175… I was telling my self the exact things you were saying in the video

RIP Jerry Ward😞

One of your best yet, coach. Thank you

These are my favorite videos

Years back i used to bulk as much as i can cuz i feel skinny despite being lean and having decent muscle with a lagging chest and lack of thickness in the back. Although it help me a bit but I don’t think i could sustain it for longer. I still eat a lot but not as crazy as before, there are times that i force feed myself for the sake of achieving the calorie count but all in all, bulking is good as long as its healthy and not as crazy. Even non gym goers can bulk easily without the knowledge about bulking and not being that crazy to binge a lot of food. The bulk and cut has been the staple of this industry and most people get away from it. Revival fitness once said that greg was wrong and continued to gaslight people in which most people tend to misuderstood greg but for me I believe that the older you get, you’ll gain weight anyways. I believe that cutting is way more complex than bulking. I believe that a slight bulk followed by a maingain looks realistic and simple especially a guy like me who’s in the budget currently.

to work harder than last time is not the best way... to try your best most of the time will get you there and not overwhelm you to where you just say screw it...

Good morning coach Greg hope all is well and people will believe whatever is on the internet that week so then everyone watching does the same

Man I`ve never believed at all in that bulk cut crap, maybe good for photos, but are photos and a trophy worth your life ? Big muscles but super Weak health, joints, heart, mind etc ? why people dont do body recomposition?, I mean something has to be done because this is a sport that should have something to do with health right ? and those huge muscles should be a sign of power and health, not a sign of ped abuse that for only a few genetically gifted individuals, it does not end their life. I love natural bodybuilding but this kind of Drug sport really has to end. Show what your body and good diet and health can do, but this people treat themselves like cattle gaining pounds and then starving to death, this does not even have a grain of logic.

Also want to add the place your currently at in your life is HUGE when it comes to competing in the healthiest possible way. Are you overworked at your job? Is your work/home life super stressful? If so you absolutely shouldn’t compete during that time of your life. If you have good work life balance and aren’t chronically over stressed then your good to go. Yes contest prep is going to put some level of stress on your body, but if your life is balanced overall you will have a much more successful, healthier, and enjoyable experience for your show.

One of your best videos to date. I got inspired by this to work harder than the last time since we are only as good as our last paycheck.

That's one of the problems with our culture. It mainly tends to be with women where they somehow get into this mindset that they need to lose weight when they are not even fat/obese. But everyone can and will benefit from exercise since it is for good health and longevity.

Bulking has diminishing returns. As your body fat percentage goes up, the percentage of lean tissue to adipose tissue goes down as you add new tissue. If this women added 30 lbs in 6 months, she worked really hard to add alot of fat that she had to work really hard to burn off later, and that work produced minimal net new lean tissue.

This seems to be a universal truth in any discipline and art form. Too much emphasis on competition always ends up perverting the activity so far away from its original goals and core philosophy that it becomes a mere travesty.

Greg acknowledging that under eating 5-12% bf isn't too fun for a lot of people if not highly damgerous

It's very true, almost every fitness focused person is at least some sort of orthorexic

I'm glad you're using the terms "health and fitness" instead of bodybuilding because what bodybuilders do to their bodies, especially professional bodybuilders, is far from being healthy.

A better name would be the strength/aesthetics industry. It is very far removed from fitness and health.

I really hope Keltie sees this and replies to coach greg. I've followed her for the last couple years despite being exact opposite as far as body types. I was only good at playing h-o-r-s-e on the basketball court. I think she went into RU-vid with one mindset as far as athletics and had a hard time adjusting to the social media expectations which are pretty much a mashup of impossible standards even if you start off on the right foot. all they do is tear you down. I'm glad she seems to be on a healthier path right now and continues forward with success. it's a tough world to live in because the standards are near impossible.

I agree with the extreme approach of gaining 30+ lbs in the off season is not necessary and can lead to eating disorders as well as muscle loss due to diet fatigue having to prep so long during the cut, feeling sluggish with a massive surplus all the time, however there is an aspect of this video I disagree with. Coming from a lifetime natural Pnba pro mens physique competitor who has brought many clients to shows and guided them to win natural pro cards etc, a slight surplus is superior to building muscle then staying the same weight year round trying to put on muscle without the use of any peds. You can “bulk” in a far less extreme way limiting your weight gain depending on body weight percentage to a more reasonable amount so you won’t have to diet so hard to be champion level conditioning for a show. You also won’t have to go on a very low calorie diet or do tons of cardio. I won my first pro show without doing any cardio during my cut, and Iv had other clients 40yrs old + do the same. I’m not against cardio but saying that you will definitely need to do tons of cardio and be super low calorie to be stage lean simply isn’t true if you approach your training and nutrition properly and don’t have to drop weight quickly during your prep. Staying active making sure your getting enough steps in everyday, being consistent on your workouts during the cut is all that is needed when losing weight for a show. Maximizing your metabolic capacity during the off-season limiting how fast and how much weight you gain and allowing plenty of time to slowly lose the weight needed to be fully conditioned changes everything about your experiences during contest prep and the show itself.

Make a video on "CAN YOU BUILD MUSCLE DURING A PCT"?

This hit way close to home I suffer from yo-yo dieting plus by dysmorphia now

Juhu! Greetings from Germany. Very nice Video. Keep going on, wich such good content!!!🤓😄🍀🤠

I gained 20 in 2 weeks, what a rookie

Your channel has so many great insights I am so grateful you make content

My cheat meal is putting extra hot sauce on my kale and spinach salads!

This is the best channel on RU-vid

I kinda get her situation with breast implants. It's not that people don't feel secure about themselves, it's others that are brainwashed by social media and keep annoying others about their "imperfections". I'm a natural guy and I never was insecure. I have no surgeries, use no make up and don't take any drugs. I'm completely happy with myself, yet the pressure and judgement of society keeps reminding me every single day that my "normal" isn't accepted. Obviously most people just can't stand it anymore being judged everyday and just give in, not because of insecurity but rather because of judgement of others. Your natural looks makes them feel insecure about their choices in life and so they hate you. "You didn't castrate yourself by using drugs?" "I did, so you think you're better than me? F*ck you I hate you." "You don't hit yourself on the head? So you think you're something better than us right?" It's just so stupid.

Bill C-11 !!

Thank you so much Greg!!!

Coach greg is the only person I trust with weight loss tips, I wishh I had the money to get trained by him 😍

RIP Jerry Ward. Only 46?

Thank you for the truth

Honestly I always assumed Greg felt the absolute best right now. His peak competition state is a sacrifice to compete. This is what sold be on his message. He encourages a balanced healthy life and says being ultra shredded is just a temporary state that isn't for everyone.

Short endomorph here I have embraced my genetics and try to maintain 18% fat percentage. There is no changing my blocky bone structure so at this point I just train because I enjoy it .

I love the mental image im getting of a circle on the beach

Love u Daddy Greg

Lol at breast implants, especially if they don’t even look good

Jeff Cavaliere gonna watermark this phrase 😂