Not related to this video, but I just watched your alternative strongman equipment video, called a local tire place and they have all sorts of tires to give away! Thanks again!
Knukoo Bloods Puppy Son Bubbleboy Keys Getting there for sure, only took a few years 😂 Such a shame that he’s had to deal with the health problems but I think his mental strength has been incredibly inspirational to many.
I'm coming from alans chanel... just wanted to leave this comment to underline that this is a really good chanel that deserves more subscribers and views. there is a lot of Quality Content and ur strength is unreal. really looking Forward to watch all the Videos and the upcoming ones. Keep it going man!
Any guy 200lbs+ doing high rep body weight or weighted pullups deserves respect IMO. Most guys in the gym doing pullups weigh 130-160lbs. I'm personally happy to weigh 210 and do 35-45lb weighted pullups doing strict pause @ top, with slow negative to dead hang for 6-8 reps. Doing them w/so much added weight at 240lbs bw is crazy!
I don't recommend dead hangs on pull ups or chin ups at all, they greatly reduce strength and rep count. 1:49 even this guy doesn't go to dead hang and he is massive.
Once I started focusing on pull ups with my body weight and a high frequency of training my arms grew big and fast. There was very little to no direct bicep curls. I agree with this!
rest...with battle ropes. I thought battle ropes were stupid. then I did them, died, came back to life, and now I think they're the worst thing ever. in a good way lol
Weighted hammer pull ups are definitely the go to bicep builder for me. But of course, it does not justify throwing the isolation out of the window. I do both and focus on progression overload and it is definitely paying off.
I liked your comment about the hamstring tweak, I felt recently I could hit a PR with my squat, but my hamstring felt tight almost like I'd pulled it. I wanted to up the weight and go for it anyway but something in me slowed me down and I decided to play it safe. I'm glad I did, because in hindsight hitting a new weight, you just don't know how it will feel and accidentally overloading my hamstring could have caused an injury. It's frustrating to play safe because it feels like you're giving up, but hearing you talk about it makes me know I made the right choice, injuries are no joke! Sorry for the essay! Thanks for keeping it real, you inspire me! I really love your videos and you are a beast! :)
I’m 31 years old , lifted weights in my teens intull mid 20’s . Did nothing for approx 6-7 years when i was getting married and started with children . Now for some months on calisthenics at home did 2 months with bodyweight and later on just started adding weight when doing push ups , sit ups and pull ups and chin ups and I have to say I’m way stronger than in my lifting years as a teen and the biggest I’ve ever been . In my opinion and personal experience calisthenics works best and in shorter period of overall training time then when you’re lifting . And it doesn’t cost you nothing and easily done after a long day of work .
Great videos Brian, got tipped off from Alan Thrall and very happy to subscribe. Perfect mix of advice, bit of science, no bullshit and hint of humour 😉 Thank you
In the past I would do 10 sets of 10 on pull ups and would not be sore but since I started the weighted pull ups it's a different story lol. I'm new to your channel but I really enjoy the content.
I wiil have to agree w you on that. There is no need for bar curls or dumbell curls or any curl. As long as you are pulling the hardest. Same goes for triceps. Compound movements of heavy presses do the job. I do not have an isolated arms workout incorporated since i was in college. Great job man.
love all your channels. packed so much with information and actual demo which makes it great to learn. one day i'd like to actually hire you for training.
Thanks for this video. Been telling my non-believer friends for a long time that they shouldn't have an "arm day" as much as concentrate on the big compound movements. The arms will come. Worrying about biceps to show you lift is like trying to figure out if a car is fast by checking for racing stripes imo. Came from Alan Thrall, watched a half dozen videos already and subbed. Keep up that work, man.
Alan thrall and kale beck sent me here! Do not regret it you have some awesome information man! Definitely subscribed and liked! Hope you did well at nationals!
Inspiring. Thank you. I am happy that I found you when not having many viewers on RU-vid. I just wanna see you grow. You deserve it. Sorry for my english. :-)
I love tabata, I usually do it at the end of my workout and mainly core workouts. I think I'm gonna push myself to do more complex movements than assistance related exercises. thanks for the tips!
I agree weighted pull ups is the way to go. Till this day and before I still would believe that pull ups and weighted would go perfectly to building a multiple target groups of muscles.
Awesome vid man. I did my cardio conditioning today. Viking row challenge : 123 m you break however long it takes/ break is 53 pound KB swings So 125 m/ 250 m/ 500m/ 1000m Never break for longer than 1:30 and only do KB swings for 30. Feels like you walked out of a shower when you done. Keep up the awesome work!
That was alot of weight you were chinning for a 244pound man. Tied 185 to your waist. I weigh 170 and I can only chin with 70 tied to my waiste. You humbled me greatly. But your success has put a drive in me to improve.
same thing with me and my arms brian. my rowing is almost the same as my bench press, i do a lot of overhead presses, in almost every workout and in all my workouts i row as well, my arms arent really big but those 2 exercises gave them the size they have. i rarely, very rarely do curls, which even if i do is barbell curls but i dont do them anymore because i do the overhead row and bench press very frequently, which works just fine for my arms. i only have a rack at home and a barbell with lots of plates so i dont have the freedom of doing exercises on a machine, which is why i row every day. by the way, i want to let you know, with your tips, i improved my squats and my overhead and i watched your video on deadlifts and ill see what i can do, my max is 270kg i dont know in pounds. i really like your videos they are very helpfull. i also put the barbell on my traps and walk as long as i can, which really helps my squats go up and my calves get ripped. so thanks man and i see you have plenty of videos in your channell peace
Hey Brian, I have a question about grip: In one of your videos you mentioned you have broken your hand several times and that you also have nerve damage. I have nerve damage too, limiting my grip strength in my thumb and pointer finger. This makes it very hard to grip bars for semi-supinated rows and for farmers walks - basically neutral grip stuff. Have you had any problems with muscle imbalances and do you have any tips for dealing with the problems i've mentioned? Thanks, love the videos
I can attest to you, I haven't done curls or extensions in the last 5 years and strictly only did antagonist type exercises. Example OHP and Wide grip pull up. Flat bench and barbell rows, etc.
I would advise against neglecting direct arm work. If you have a direct goal of growing arms, I'd go right after that goal. Sure arms get worked in compounds, and there are plenty of guys with good arms that don't do direct work. But the BB's with fantastic arms, they did direct arm work to get there.
Love your videos man and style of training. I’ve recently started to do more strongman type of training. You’re a great motivator brother, keep the videos coming.
Great videos, Brian! I've gotten back into the swing of things after about five years off from training (marriage, kids, etc.). I've changed-up my training philosophy since then and I'm sticking to all big, compound movements instead of messing around with any single-joint exercises such as flies, lateral raises, and as you mentioned -- curls! I just use them to warm up or to sometimes get an extra pump when I finish an important exercise. What also helped nudge me in this direction is that I now workout at home with a power rack and free weights -- no more gyms and their fancy equipment. Keeping things simple and primal, and I feel greater than when I trained bodybuilder-style. Anyway, the reason I'm commenting is because it's very reassuring to hear someone like yourself dismiss those things too and think the same way I've started to -- I can see it works! I'd rather pull and push, and work everything, than waste time curling and extending.
Absolutely man. I coach classes at my gym and personal train clients. But I also offer online personalized programs off my site www.neversate.com/merch/ if you are interested. I am also in the works of setting up some online personal training but I don't have all of the details ironed out just yet
Man, you are strong!! I' m glad i landed on your channel! 👍 what do you recommand if you have shoulder issues like impigement or capsule pain..? Lots of rotator cuf excercices.? Streching the internal rotating muscles? Are Dips a bad excercise ? Or could it be that i don't let the tendons rest enoug..? I hope you can help...
Thank you and I would would recommend doing your pulling exercises before your pressing ones, giant set style. Keep the movements in the same plane and do at least as much volume with the pulling as you do pressing. That solves most shoulder issues unless there is actual damage. I hope that helps a little bit!
+Brian Alsruhe thanks man! Appreciate it a lot.! I will always start pullin. ... Is it good to train everyday? I'm just addicted to training. I hate restdays.
Until weights get heavier, you can definitely train just about as much as you want. But once you get more advanced your CNS will need more time between exercises.
At nearly 60 years old, my days of bent over rows are over. I do agree with you about the compound movements vs isolation lifts like bicep curls. They are a waste of time. You have good ideas and you are funny. That's a plus.
Awesome video, was wondering your thoughts on early morning workouts? It’s only time I can really get it in but it’s hard to eat before I hit the gym. Thanks
Hey Brian, I've been just loooking around your channel and really like your content. The aren't strongman gyms in my area so for now I'm concentrating on getting stronger by programming my workouts on the OHP, Deadlift, bench press and pulls ups and squats, as well'as some calisthenics and am trying to step into olympic'weightlifting kind of stuff.' As far as those movements is referred, I've never seen any restriction for a anyone to practice them with regards to their size,frame, bodyweight...whatever you wanna call it, However , when it comes to strongman,'is needless to say that guys are huge and so wanted to ask you if you consider whether or not there might be a risk of back injury for anyone under 200 lbs to attempt these workouts, provided the size of the log, circus dummbell,'tires,'etc.
Not at all! There are weight classes in strongman that go as low as 150lbs for men. There is no more risk of injury doing strongman than any other strength sport
dude your strength continues to amaze me man. i have a question though, would your linear progression be good for say a mma fighter because i train mma but i also want to get stronger in the gym without hurting myself. thanks again for all the great stuff
Thanks man and i think it depends on how hard you are hitting your MMA stuff. Something usually has to take a hit. Linear may be good, or a rotating percentages type of program. I think either is good for a combat athlete.
Hi Brian! First I want to thank you for your good job you are doing here. I am a new visitor on your channel and I am impressed by your good content and your great performance!! Keep going, because you are going to earn a lot of new subscribers!!! But I have also a question: How often would you recommend doing pullups (or variations; heavy or bodyweight) per week to make progression. Those are one of my hardest exercises to progress and I am not sure how to implement them into my program. Greetings from germany and keep going. You're doing a great job!!!
Thanks so much man! Well I do all of my pull-ups either during my conditioning sessions or on my overhead press day. So i do them unweighted virtually every workout. But for progress i would do the weighted ones once a week. 1st at 10x3, second week, 5x5, 3rd 4x8 and then start it over again. I hope that helps!
I used to do pullups like crazy and then did weighted pullups for a period of time when I didnt have a gym membership. It kind of blows my mind how much I progressed strength wise over the course of around 8 months back then, but my arms didnt grown an inch. They were literally the exact same size after. I dont really do weighted pullups anymore as Im about 40 pounds heavier but Ive never really found any method that has made my arms noticeably grow. My legs are literally the only part of my body that looks somewhat athletic, which is odd because they are also my weakest strength wise.
Aye, so far on the list, strength camp FL, untamed strength CA and yours...maybe a couple of others like super training etc... but these are the main ones
+Brian Alsruhe i hope so xD but i dont want bigger arms after 20 years man! :D i have been deadlifting, benching, squating, weighted dipping and pull uping for year now and my arms didnt grow a fucking centimeter :D of course i will continue with compound movements and calisthenics...but for me, isolations are the key
Everyone is different man. I am just impressed that you had the discipline to take an entire year off of isolation exercises to see if it would work! Good job man! You can definitely do the isolation exercises if they seem to work for you, but I would also really consider upping your protein and calories a lot because scientifically and the amount of stress that is put on the arm muscles is so much greater on compound movements that it really should work better for virtually every human out there. But Then again there are always exceptions to the rule
+Brian Alsruhe haha that wasnt because of my arms...i was doing something few years, then a went all in the weight training and compound lifts really catched me...i gain a few kgs but my arms stayed almost the same...bigger arms arent that important for me, but you know, how it goes :D big arms are the sign! you just must have them when you lift! :D
Recently started doing some weighted dips and I think it is time to start adding in some weighted pull ups. I have a lot of roid monkeys at my gym (I do think steroids are awesome by the way) but they never do that kinda stuff. Just mostly deadlift, bench, some of them squat, but I don't think I've seen anyone even use the dip belt and it has been fun to kinda breakout and try something new. Currently almost up to 3 plates. My question - should I be able to weighted pull up/chin up what I am doing with my weighted dips? I have always tried to keep my row and my bench roughly the same but I was kind of curious what you thought b/w these two exercises.
What is more effective for arms? Chin ups, Pull ups or Neutral grip pull ups? You usually do neutral grip in your videos and that seems to work well for you. Do you do only do neutral grip pull ups? Love your videos btw.
Thanks man. Well i do them all. i just usually do semi-supinated when i do heavy weights. I can do more weight and more reps with supinated and weighted pronated kind of tweak my shoulders so i usually just go high rep bodyweight stuff with those.
Bri, it is so refreshing to find a very well informed strong man who doesn't rely on chemicals but rather is own brute strength to lift heavy ass shyttt! God bless brother and best to the Fam! Carlos, NYC
Hey Brian, just stumbled on this video. It seems the weighted pull-up world record is currently 230 lbs. I'm not sure how your prone grip pull-ups are, but your neutral grip pull-ups are pretty up there. If it were something you cared to do, you could probably take that record with a little specialized training.
Yea man, a lot of people have told me that I could probably make a run at that, but honestly it doesn't really matter much to me. I may do it one day just to say I did, but it holds little appeal to what i am trying to do right now brother.
Never watched you before .. like your straight up explanations and your right, keep it basic , keep it strong, keep it big and forget the fiddly crap ............ only give you injuries anyway ........ will watch out for more vids , ta phil
With the pullups being a neutral grip, I don't get it. It's like you saying you can get another 90Ibs on top of a strict Press if you use leg drive. But here you call it a press with leg drive. With the pullups though you call them .... pullups. I can do a lot more pullups with a neutral grip than with a pronated grip. A pullup is always pronated grip in my mind. Sure you're still using musle with the neutral grip but getting back to what I said at the start about not 'getting it' .... the pullup with a pronated grip mimics the bar path and grip of doing a press ... whether with LD or strict. Keep up the great content. It looks to me like I have more videos of yours bookmarked than those of others, likely because we have the same obsession with lifting the most we can above our head and continuing to increase the amount.
Great video dude. My only hope is you get someone to help you with your squat (if you haven't already/if you care about it), your forms going to limit your max. A guy your size and strength should be able to hit 5 plates easily.
I dunno... The way I look at it, after my weighted chin ups, rows, and deadlifts are done, I usually feel like I can hammer out a few curls to further work my biceps which over time will allow me to do heavier chin ups, rows, and deadlifts. Making those lifts will go up will make my arms bigger, as you're pointing out. Same goes for doing a few measly tricep extensions or close grip benching after finishing the compound pressing movements.... what's the problem? Adding a few isolation arm exercises at the end of the workout will only help to further increase your compound lifts and vice versa, which will lead to bigger arms than if you were to only do one over the other.
Still watching every post, keep it up. I'm going to have to introduce conditioning into my training before weights. Taking a week off from diet and training, is that a good thing to do every now and then? I feel bigger, an look it in the mirror after a break
What size chain did you buy to make your belt? Just wondering because it looks a lot more cost efficient than just buying a pre made weight belt from a store. Btw love your videos and the different style of content you're putting out.
Thank man, I really appreciate that! I honestly couldn't tell you what size chain it is because i bought it like over a decade ago. Just go with a medium size because in reality, you are probably not going to put much more than 200lbs on it, so just about any size will do. Go with a cheap medium sized and you will be set for the rest of your life.
New subscriber, loving your videos. Question, I'm recently back on the weights doing the old faithful 5x5 strongs. Re: your comments about weight amount vs muscle stimulation, if I'm having issues strict ohp'ing more than 95# @ 5x5, am I better off doing less reps with more weight? similarly, I'm rowing 115#, benching 150#. I'm intrigued by your 3 rep sets of increasing weight and considering trying that.
The trouble with 5x5 is it’s not really high enough intensity to be strength work but it’s a bit too low volume to be volume work. If your still having problems maybe split your ohp work into two days per week, one day do 5x3 but ramp up to one top set, the other day do 4x8, and then maybe dB shoulder press for 3x8-12 as assistance. You can do the same thing for bench but when you bench heavy, do your light ohp and when you ohp heavy do light bench, then dB or closegrip bench to finish
And don’t forget to do plenty of back work to balance it all out, something like 50 reps of chins one day and 50 reps of rows the other, with some rear der flies or external rotations to finish
Hey Mr Brian, You're saying weighted pullups makes the arms bigger right, but what muscle does that target/work on? biceps only? if its biceps only, what would you suggest for triceps? what do you do for triceps? Thank you Mr Brian! Love the knowledge you put up on your channel.
