Btw: incorporating your breathing and bracing technique has been the single best thing I've done to improve my performance in the gym. My lifts went up 20%-40% (medium novice 20 year old).hope to be a strongman one day after your role model. Aluminium can metaphor ftw.
Why Brian doesnt have more subs is beyond me. He deserves as much as Juji & Tom, and Jeff Cavaliereathleanxdotcom. He's up there too. One of the greats
I suffer from a lower back issue and your form of training has saved me! My core now after 12 weeks of following you is almost bullet proof! God bless you and your vids. From down under..
Don't have time right now so literally just clicked to see the opening scene. Always a good one. Catchya later Brian when I've more time. Thanks for the quality content
Hey brian screw goals im starting my tick marks officially and ill show before and after pictures. Youve changed my life for the better and i haven't even started anything yet aha but its your mindset of a warrior athlete that i absolutely love thank you for everything
It’s crazy how much direct abdominal work helps, at the start of Brian’s power-building program I did weighted planks and weighted L-sits and they have blown my front squat up 100% direct correlation I think
think about it...the squat is actually predominantly a stabilization movement, your legs can most likely handle whatever load you want to push but your core falters and gets you into unfavorable positions.
For those with no access to rings or the loops handles, you can always go to a hardware store and get a pair of conduit elbows and some rope to hang, simple and easy.
Ever since the first time I saw you give the breathing and bracing advice I have been working on it with everything I do, and doing it during core stuff causes muscles in my midsection that I didn't know existed to fire off. Thank you for that!
Doing abs and obliques 4x a week. More core videos for sure! Keep that variation up! Nothing like switching it up every day to keep it fresh. Plus your core never gets where it feels like the same old same old.
Love it Brian! you always go the extra mile to give us innovative ways to make us stronger/better. For us mortals the scaling options are invaluable. All the best!!
Great video! Yes, please do another core video. I keep on injuring my back around the lower rear oblique area when deadlifting and squatting heavy. Not sure if it's chronic or just a weak core? Thanks Brian these are the best videos on UA-cam!!!
Brian, I love videos like this. Would you consider doing a video on developing a cast iron mindset? I loved the mindset challenges, and would love a follow up of sorts. Cheers from Indiana!
Awesome content as usual. I love Rocky movies so I'll be working on being an excited dolphin. My son loves working on A/V projects and tech stuff. Unfortunately we are way over the Atlantic ocean.
Another awesome video! The thought of your content being shot by a professional cameraman sounds amazing, so best of luck on that. Will definitely give all of these a go, thanks for the tips!
Your vids are a wealth of Information and every single one has helped me intensify my workouts, and are producing great results!! Thank you so much for making these vids brother 👍🇺🇸
Great stuff as always Brian! Always look forward to your videos. Definitely keen to see some out of the box exercises, they're the best kind!! Keep up the great work mate!!
So seemingly strange video to comment this on. I have been "incorporating" sandbag carries into my training since I learnt how to brace properly, thanks for that brian...the passing out has stopped. However, I don't know how much weight I should be doing or how to program in the movement. Following your Brian's basic giant set format I was using it a an ab exercise but increasing the weight with each round of the giant set. I was walking 60 ft with 140 pounds for 5 rounds as my ab work and that kind wore me out. I decided I would just do the carries for conditioning every minute on a minute for 10 minutes with 100 pounds but that felt a little too easy. I don't know where to put it or what weight would be too much or too little assuming that I will be walking at least 60 feet every carry. Massive thanks again Brian, thanks the bracing advice I can actually do this movement that I love without feeling like a paraplegic.
Me and my friend started a race to a 150kg squat. Both are at 130 right now. I feel like my core is the weak point so these will come to good use! When do you think I should do core work? After my squats? Your content is awesome Keep up the good work!!
He does them in giant sets. He'll knock em out while he's resting. Recently tried this and it's really good for conditioning. Or maybe I'm just that out of shape
Ya what thicc boi said. Do them in between sets during the rest. At first, the fatigie will eat into your main lift, but you'll get acclimated to the workload really quickly. 2-4 weeks and you'll be back to regular numbers PLUS getting your ab work done. It's a great feeling, moving to your assistance work and realizing abs are done, and then finoshing the assistance and realizing you're done for the day (unless you do conditioning after). The way it manages the mental fatigue is what really makes the method pop for me.
Good video. Im going to train into being able to do those leg raises off the bench. Im thinking that i can probably already do the happy dolphin and come down slowly. Ill find out tomorrow.
Hey Brian. I work for 4-H in Arkansas and we have a video team where teens make some pretty amazing videos. I wonder if your local 4-H agent has a video program. If so, they might be able to shoot show content for your gym. Just an idea to help the cause. Bets of luck with the project.
Love the dragon flags, and you're the reason I started doing them....not Bruce Lee...although it does aggravate my lumbar are so I jump on a reverse hyper or some kind of extension machine that allows you to hang or stretch out the back. Feels good so must be good right?
Do them with a hollow body (legs actually stay higher than the hips as you get closer to the ground), it makes the exercise much more difficult as there is no movement in the hips during the exercise but it will strengthen all of your core and protect the lumber spine. This is how gymnasts do the movement which they call a body lever.
Yeah you gotta figure out how to brace so your hips aren't dragging and putting that extra compressive stress on the low back. Kinda like how you push your hips up slightly durning a plank so you don't go swaybacked? Like that, but on your back.
I've been using handful of your core variations. I just for the life of me can't get breathing and bracing down. I can't stop the habit of breathing out on the way up.
Pretty much. Same kind of movement. I personally prefer the straps because I can adjust my grip width through the movement. Feels like that really helps train shoulder stability along with the brace. But you do you.
Dude! Breathing and Bracing is awesome and i have you to thank for it! question : do you add weigts every week on major lifts? maintaining the rep range? or do you a do peaking program? something along the line along ed coans peaking program?
are those shirts dropping soon Brian? also are you going to do a tutorial on Turkish get-ups and windmills? I've been asking that for a while. I don't like the other tutorials that are out there. thanks man great video.
Which shirts are you talking about man? Everything that I was wearing in this has already been for sale and won’t be going back on sale if they’re not left brother. And I will consider doing a Turkish get up tutorial but like I said man there are literally 10,000 of them out there already.
Brian Alsruhe shirt* sorry. The one you had on in the intro, green neversate. Idk if I saw that before but I thought might be new. And no worries man, I’ve just been doing the Turkish getups a lot lately but I can’t find any good cues. Either way thanks man.
1-Note how you strained yourself if you know how it happened. 2-back off the intensity about 20-30%. This may involve scaling back to a previous step. 3-keep working at the lighter range until the strain-pain goes away (probably about a week). Re-evaluate if you can scale back up a step. If you think not, just add 5 or so reps per set of the scaled back version until you think you are ready.
@@VARIABLE_ the more important question is what level of movement/effort doesn't induce more pain. You know the difference, in your own body, between, "yep, that's the spot," and, "oh crap, this hurts." We all have the ability to go so hard that we break ourselves. Rehab is about going nice and easy, mobilizing tissue, and getting fluids (blood, etc) mobilized through the tissue. Choose an intensity that doesn't exacerbate the ouchy, and slowly work up as you heal. Only you know how it feels. Much of early rehab is finding out what you can do without making it worse and going from there. If you can only go so far before getting the "back off!" pain signal, then only go that far for now. Assuming nothing is torn or broken (because that's obvious and sends you to the ER), you're essentially convincing your nervous system that you're gonna be ok, bit by bit.
“Dragon Flags?” I’ve never heard it called that before lol I like the name. We (The Army) just call ‘em leg raises. Lol Sometimes we hold our Battle’s ankles 🤣 while he tries to throw/pushes our legs down in all directions and keep our heels from touching the ground. It’s really effective that way! 👍🏼 Always great videos man! Also, (Everyone on UA-cam fitness videos always avoid answering this question but wth...) what kind of stack do you take?
Those are two completely different exercises brother. If you watch the end of the video you start out with leg raises and then you move onto dragon flags. There is no way you’re controlling your legs down if someone is throwing them during a dragon flag.
I like doing the v situps to on my deadlift day the only thing is everytime I do them my left hip pops. It doesn't hurt. It is more aggravating than anything else. Is this feeling normal?
There’s an argument for why you should keep the scapula active at the bottom ROM. Here’s a video talking about the main tips, but the part I’m talking about will be later in the video. ua-cam.com/video/ym8xZFG8aYM/v-deo.html
I broke my DK doing weighted knee raises. Then I broke my face doing bar crawls. So i did push aways from these exercises and ate a six pack of donuts.
Basically Brian has replaced elliot Hulse for me . Top tier guy love ya. Great vids keep it up chief
Can confirm. Not just replaced though. He decimated Elliott haha!!! My favorite.
All other fitness personalities are bullshit to me now.
Elliott hulse is nothing but a meme now lol guys nuts
Hulse was a gate way drug into lifting
Btw: incorporating your breathing and bracing technique has been the single best thing I've done to improve my performance in the gym. My lifts went up 20%-40% (medium novice 20 year old).hope to be a strongman one day after your role model. Aluminium can metaphor ftw.
Same here. Brian is amazing. His bracing video saved me from a hernia.
I used to only be able to bench 135. But thanks to Brian’s advice I can bench 140. It’s been a hard 10 years but I knew I’d get here.
Why Brian doesnt have more subs is beyond me. He deserves as much as Juji & Tom, and Jeff Cavaliereathleanxdotcom. He's up there too. One of the greats
Brian you're a gentleman with a great sense of humour. Amazing info. Peace
I saw the weighted hanging knee raise and you BLEW MY MIND.
I suffer from a lower back issue and your form of training has saved me! My core now after 12 weeks of following you is almost bullet proof! God bless you and your vids. From down under..
Been training off dude's templates for almost 2 years. I ain't shit, but my athritic back hasn't had major pain in darn near a year.
Love to see another ab variation video.
The more options we have, the better
well said
I will incorporate these core exercises into my routine after my mom finishes cooking my grilled cheese
I see you also take your abdominal gains seriously. Truly a man of class
your mom makes the best grilled cheese
Don't have time right now so literally just clicked to see the opening scene. Always a good one. Catchya later Brian when I've more time. Thanks for the quality content
Hey brian screw goals im starting my tick marks officially and ill show before and after pictures. Youve changed my life for the better and i haven't even started anything yet aha but its your mindset of a warrior athlete that i absolutely love thank you for everything
It’s crazy how much direct abdominal work helps, at the start of Brian’s power-building program I did weighted planks and weighted L-sits and they have blown my front squat up 100% direct correlation I think
think about it...the squat is actually predominantly a stabilization movement, your legs can most likely handle whatever load you want to push but your core falters and gets you into unfavorable positions.
@Angel Aniki think about it...how much do you leg press vs how much you can squat.
Yeah, front squats is mega core exercises
For those with no access to rings or the loops handles, you can always go to a hardware store and get a pair of conduit elbows and some rope to hang, simple and easy.
Ever since the first time I saw you give the breathing and bracing advice I have been working on it with everything I do, and doing it during core stuff causes muscles in my midsection that I didn't know existed to fire off. Thank you for that!
Did you see Miles made ESPN #1 on Top Ten Plays? I saw it on ESPN last night.
ESPN had something other than garbage? Who knew. ESPN has been useless for many years.
Doing abs and obliques 4x a week. More core videos for sure! Keep that variation up! Nothing like switching it up every day to keep it fresh. Plus your core never gets where it feels like the same old same old.
Updates ?
Love it Brian! you always go the extra mile to give us innovative ways to make us stronger/better. For us mortals the scaling options are invaluable. All the best!!
Please more core videos. Actually everything you do is good.
Brain , you're really inspiring person man . Keep it up absolutely love your content and your Humour .
I have learned loads from you! Including official terminology. Who knew “thingy” was used so prolifically in strongman 😉 Keep up the great content!!
Love to see another vid on variations
Great video! Yes, please do another core video. I keep on injuring my back around the lower rear oblique area when deadlifting and squatting heavy. Not sure if it's chronic or just a weak core? Thanks Brian these are the best videos on UA-cam!!!
Any updates ?
Just pure love and support!
yes ! interested in all the videos
Brian, I love videos like this. Would you consider doing a video on developing a cast iron mindset? I loved the mindset challenges, and would love a follow up of sorts. Cheers from Indiana!
Doesn't cast iron break really easy
Awesome content as usual. I love Rocky movies so I'll be working on being an excited dolphin.
My son loves working on A/V projects and tech stuff. Unfortunately we are way over the Atlantic ocean.
Another awesome video! The thought of your content being shot by a professional cameraman sounds amazing, so best of luck on that. Will definitely give all of these a go, thanks for the tips!
Please make that next core variation video! these are awesome. Thank you for the great content Brian!
Your vids are a wealth of Information and every single one has helped me intensify my workouts, and are producing great results!! Thank you so much for making these vids brother 👍🇺🇸
Ahh the blast strap thingies are a great regression of ab-wheel rollouts on the toes instead of knees👍🤔
Great stuff as always Brian! Always look forward to your videos. Definitely keen to see some out of the box exercises, they're the best kind!! Keep up the great work mate!!
So seemingly strange video to comment this on. I have been "incorporating" sandbag carries into my training since I learnt how to brace properly, thanks for that brian...the passing out has stopped. However, I don't know how much weight I should be doing or how to program in the movement.
Following your Brian's basic giant set format I was using it a an ab exercise but increasing the weight with each round of the giant set. I was walking 60 ft with 140 pounds for 5 rounds as my ab work and that kind wore me out.
I decided I would just do the carries for conditioning every minute on a minute for 10 minutes with 100 pounds but that felt a little too easy. I don't know where to put it or what weight would be too much or too little assuming that I will be walking at least 60 feet every carry.
Massive thanks again Brian, thanks the bracing advice I can actually do this movement that I love without feeling like a paraplegic.
Hey Brian, very good video. As always, your presentation was well thought out, amusing, and very informative. Good stuff brother
Awesome video man best chanel for all strength tips really appericate all that you put out
Brill video and yes, bring on the video you mention John with 5 more core exercises.
Brian....oops, Sorry, not John - had another video playing just before by someone called....err, "John"
Love your videos!! You are always very informative
Giant set 5x15 fork put downs and 5x15 table push aways if you want abs.
Did my first giant set today!! Great content man, definitely going to try one of your programs.
Me and my friend started a race to a 150kg squat. Both are at 130 right now. I feel like my core is the weak point so these will come to good use! When do you think I should do core work? After my squats?
Your content is awesome Keep up the good work!!
He does them in giant sets. He'll knock em out while he's resting. Recently tried this and it's really good for conditioning. Or maybe I'm just that out of shape
Ya what thicc boi said. Do them in between sets during the rest. At first, the fatigie will eat into your main lift, but you'll get acclimated to the workload really quickly. 2-4 weeks and you'll be back to regular numbers PLUS getting your ab work done. It's a great feeling, moving to your assistance work and realizing abs are done, and then finoshing the assistance and realizing you're done for the day (unless you do conditioning after). The way it manages the mental fatigue is what really makes the method pop for me.
Good video. Im going to train into being able to do those leg raises off the bench. Im thinking that i can probably already do the happy dolphin and come down slowly. Ill find out tomorrow.
Id love to see you doing a morning class. Or something educational with a group
Hey Brian. I work for 4-H in Arkansas and we have a video team where teens make some pretty amazing videos. I wonder if your local 4-H agent has a video program. If so, they might be able to shoot show content for your gym. Just an idea to help the cause. Bets of luck with the project.
Awesome video thanks
Twisty ballcrushers :)
Do number 3, Mr. Alsruhe. Love these core variations.
Thank you for posting a new vid
Many thanks sir!!
You will never rise to the level of your expectations but you will always fall to the level of your training.
Love the dragon flags, and you're the reason I started doing them....not Bruce Lee...although it does aggravate my lumbar are so I jump on a reverse hyper or some kind of extension machine that allows you to hang or stretch out the back. Feels good so must be good right?
Do them with a hollow body (legs actually stay higher than the hips as you get closer to the ground), it makes the exercise much more difficult as there is no movement in the hips during the exercise but it will strengthen all of your core and protect the lumber spine. This is how gymnasts do the movement which they call a body lever.
Yeah you gotta figure out how to brace so your hips aren't dragging and putting that extra compressive stress on the low back. Kinda like how you push your hips up slightly durning a plank so you don't go swaybacked? Like that, but on your back.
Great video! Thanks Brian!
Definitely want to see more core videos. It's my weakest point.
Do that next vid plz
Let's do this!!!! Nice video like the humor!!!! Thank you ^_^
Brian I think you need to do a neversate decal. The atlas/die empty. My car needs one 😁
Yes more core
Man please neck exercise and how you use the lacrosse ball, ayudame con eso amigo
I've been using handful of your core variations. I just for the life of me can't get breathing and bracing down. I can't stop the habit of breathing out on the way up.
Imagining I'm lifting helps me get my set up better. Technique I learned for dealing with my anxiety
Blast strap layout can be easily swapped with AB wheel roller exc, would you think?
Standing ab wheel seems most similar
Pretty much. Same kind of movement. I personally prefer the straps because I can adjust my grip width through the movement. Feels like that really helps train shoulder stability along with the brace. But you do you.
Dude! Breathing and Bracing is awesome and i have you to thank for it! question : do you add weigts every week on major lifts? maintaining the rep range? or do you a do peaking program? something along the line along ed coans peaking program?
are those shirts dropping soon Brian? also are you going to do a tutorial on Turkish get-ups and windmills? I've been asking that for a while. I don't like the other tutorials that are out there. thanks man great video.
Which shirts are you talking about man? Everything that I was wearing in this has already been for sale and won’t be going back on sale if they’re not left brother. And I will consider doing a Turkish get up tutorial but like I said man there are literally 10,000 of them out there already.
Brian Alsruhe shirt* sorry. The one you had on in the intro, green neversate. Idk if I saw that before but I thought might be new. And no worries man, I’ve just been doing the Turkish getups a lot lately but I can’t find any good cues. Either way thanks man.
i'm hyped to get training for those dragon flags, thanks for the video man
Make that video Brian!!
twisty things and bendy things.... This will help me brace stronger in my main lifts? Thanks for the video.
When is That fighting video comes out?
I had a seizure so we had to reschedule. Hopefully we can record it soon!
love ur vids
You can never do enough core videos imo, theres not enough people showing how to get a six pack while also becoming more dangerous.
Go "further less down" that should have been a black and white moment
Now after I strain my abs from doing this stuff how do I rehab them ?
More ab work
1-Note how you strained yourself if you know how it happened.
2-back off the intensity about 20-30%. This may involve scaling back to a previous step.
3-keep working at the lighter range until the strain-pain goes away (probably about a week). Re-evaluate if you can scale back up a step. If you think not, just add 5 or so reps per set of the scaled back version until you think you are ready.
Josh Johnston What level of pain should a person be at ?
@@VARIABLE_ the more important question is what level of movement/effort doesn't induce more pain. You know the difference, in your own body, between, "yep, that's the spot," and, "oh crap, this hurts." We all have the ability to go so hard that we break ourselves. Rehab is about going nice and easy, mobilizing tissue, and getting fluids (blood, etc) mobilized through the tissue. Choose an intensity that doesn't exacerbate the ouchy, and slowly work up as you heal. Only you know how it feels. Much of early rehab is finding out what you can do without making it worse and going from there. If you can only go so far before getting the "back off!" pain signal, then only go that far for now. Assuming nothing is torn or broken (because that's obvious and sends you to the ER), you're essentially convincing your nervous system that you're gonna be ok, bit by bit.
“Dragon Flags?” I’ve never heard it called that before lol I like the name. We (The Army) just call ‘em leg raises. Lol Sometimes we hold our Battle’s ankles 🤣 while he tries to throw/pushes our legs down in all directions and keep our heels from touching the ground. It’s really effective that way! 👍🏼 Always great videos man! Also, (Everyone on UA-cam fitness videos always avoid answering this question but wth...) what kind of stack do you take?
Those are two completely different exercises brother. If you watch the end of the video you start out with leg raises and then you move onto dragon flags. There is no way you’re controlling your legs down if someone is throwing them during a dragon flag.
Could you do the barbell crawls with the bar in a landmine attachment on the floor?
I Explain in the video that that would make it even Less stable
Brian Alsruhe sorry man I missed that bit
I like doing the v situps to on my deadlift day the only thing is everytime I do them my left hip pops. It doesn't hurt. It is more aggravating than anything else. Is this feeling normal?
Ok so from how it looks, does the blast straps work upper back and rear delts a little more than an ab wheel? Thank you!
There's no problem in a man's life that can't be solved by watching Rocky
Where do you find such torturous variations. From past careers maybe?
this is awesome!
Hey brian should the scapula be actively depressed at the bottom of the pullup or naturally let it shrug
I honestly don’t think it matters
There’s an argument for why you should keep the scapula active at the bottom ROM. Here’s a video talking about the main tips, but the part I’m talking about will be later in the video.
ua-cam.com/video/ym8xZFG8aYM/v-deo.html
I do all my core exercises in the kitchen! Where does that leave me?
In the kitchen?
1:00 was what I was referring to old boy.
Dont think I didnt hear My Chemical Romance in the intro ;)
Where are you located? Don't see your address on the website.
The only thing that would have made this video better would be cameos from Kona and Nala
Call jujui and ask if tom will be able to help you
How many flat earthiys did he piss off with that gravity is real comment?
I broke my DK doing weighted knee raises. Then I broke my face doing bar crawls. So i did push aways from these exercises and ate a six pack of donuts.
A six pack of doughnuts. I admire your restraint.
Well i bought a dozen but with my broken face they were getting painful to chew.
you have been leaving out Zerchers
I think there are much better choices
a crocagator bite
My chemical romance in the intro!
Gravity is real. Make it your Friend.
Choose your rainbow 🌈 lol !
👍💪😀
Getting better at that flag Brian