I honestly think Brian Shaw could crush a man's head with his bare hands if he wanted to. One does not simply lift a 130lbs block with one hand like that.
I love his sincere intent to share knowledge, and to share the technical details of his sport. Imagine Sebastian Vettel taking time out to coach everyone on the internet about how he drives, or Usain Bolt to help with sprint training and technique, that's what this is like to me. Also, been watching "Nicks Power and Strength", and Luimarco, and I think Shaw, Magnussen etc are real men and the body builders are just kind of weird guys. I would love to see Shaw next to one of these big body builders, I'm sure he was dwarf them
It's cool that you guys and Brian had struck up a friendship following his visit to Super Training. Brian seems like a really cool guy, and I really love these collabs
He's really a GOOD instructor. He's setting himself up to be a strength coach or something else in the strength industry after his strongman career winds down. Anybody that trains under him will be blessed. Maybe even an Olympic coach or owning his own gym. Ha, nickname him the Professor, he not only knows his shit, but he knows how to convey it to others, very, very well.
Both heat and ice reduce the pain in the short term. However, heat has been found to be better on long term. If you want to get trough important training session use ice. It reduces the inflammation and helps with the pain. Reducing the inflammation can be bad. Its one of the recovety mechanisms for your body. So actually ice can make the recovery slower. Heat allows for more blood flow and faster recovery. So use heat, if you are looking to heal something in the long term. :D
Using ice for short term inflammation is valuable. I do sports massage and put my arms in ice for 1 to 5 minutes after work. After ice I use a small heat pad to warm up the muscles enough so I can stretch. Ice for this short amount of time does not hinder the inflammation process
taoist40 Yah.. Some people promote ice for long term recovery. If you ice multiple times a day for weeks, it will definitely hinder the recovery process.
Ice can be very beneficial,but it usually has a delayed reaction for 24 hours,before that, the pain can be intensified.Ice can heal.There is a reason that we store meat in a freezer or that during heart surgery the heart is kept in ice.Or the reason extinct 10,000 year old animals have been preserved in a glacier...think about it...Its a form of incubation.
Great stuff, moving from a martial arts background, to lifting then to rock climbing and its amazing how much people can over complicate grip and people are so focused on their own discipline. People seem to love to think that they are the first to do something and that they need to do something special but people have been using grip strength forever and although there are variations in the way grip strength is used the training really has the same fundamentals from 100's of years ago. Great video and happy to see the sand bucket mixed in there maintenance seems to be to often neglected in grip training and for such a delicate group of muscles is so important.
Straps have a place even from a rock climber where grip is so key to progress but if you if you use them for that final %1 not the other 99% it just depends on what you are actually tying to work on
***** Its definitely a great way to build some grip strength but working in both construction and massage application of grip strength is a big thing to. I thought going from building to climbing then to massage each time I though my hands were pretty strong each time I was wrong and realised that the difrent applications need a fair bit of work for the transition
Thanks for sharing this awesome content 🙏 Learned a ton from this video. Also, around the 4 minute mark, Brian suggested using cold therapy on the forearms for after we workout. I’ve recently done some research on extreme temperature training and found some interesting data. Many studies have found cold exposure impairs muscle growth and also nervous system activity (which determines strength). So even though ice baths have many benefits, they are not useful immediately post workout...and I used to take post-workout ice baths all the time. I still take ices baths 1-2 times a week, but for different reasons. On the other extreme, much research has suggested that heat therapy (saunas) increase growth hormone, hypertrophy and strength gains. I’ve been sitting in a sauna post-workout these past few weeks and have been feeling great throughout the days. The T flows naturally, especially with strength training and intense full-body training 🤙blessings y’all 🙏
i have a pretty strong grip from being a cyclist but we only really use our grip in a specific situation so my forearms look a little uneven haha, been trying hard to even it out with various exercises and it looks like these grip exercises will help. i'll give it a shot, thanks!
+Popcorn Kernel ye, he was the last one, I met him a few years back, absolutely huge hands on the guy! I've also heard that they made something with the rules!
Bodybuildingking the old york dumbells like that ran heavy. There's tons of blobs that are more than half of what the dumbells say. Jedd Johnson has a half 100 that weighs 56.6 pounds and a half 120 that also weighs in way over 60 pounds but I don't remember exactly how much.
I'm digging that the power project isn't just power lifting but reaching out to other athletes in different strength disciplins. Need a power project by that cross fit guy supertraining does stuff with talking about conditioning/gpp
Great info! I can't get my max dead because my left hand looses its grip and really frustrates me. I just started using straps but now I think I'm gonna use them sparingly so I can build my grip more.
I never use strap's never needed them and I think you're right about that so many people use to give me slack about why don't you use strap's now I know it's the right thing to do always thought this but it's good to hear Brian shaw to say it.
Damn, he's totally right. Brian Shaw is awesome. And what he says about the extensors is REALLY important... I injured myself working too much on my flexors, and a really annoying pain started to appear on my forearm. Specially when I performed bicep curls with a barbell or any extremely supinated movement... I didn't realize it was beacuse my extensors were WEAK AS FUCK. I started to train my extensors with sand, pillows stacked, rubber bands... and boom, the pain completely dissapeared. This man know what he says. Brian Shaw is da man
Zeus Supreme Don't tell me; I've never used them. Brian Shaw uses them in this video though, so I'm going to say you're wrong despite all the evidence you presented.
Brian Shaw u are best strongest men in the world I am see other strongest man not answering for the question but are answer the question I am like for your nature.
as a beginner I started grip training immediately. The best way I found was to hang from a bar every time I went. then it will work itself out in the long run. just don't use straps for as long as possible.
I enjoy listening to you. Thank you. You are accomplished and competent in your field. One qualification must be made. In the spiritual realm (which you are not addressing), our weakness becomes an opportunity for God to show his strength (2 Cor. 12:9). There, weakness, while not strength in and of itself, becomes strength by God's grant. By the same token, those who are "strong" in their own estimation (I am not referring to the physical realm of endeavor), are weak in God's eyes, because they can never avail themselves of his mighty and superior strength. Of course, I know I am on a different track here. But it's true. And anything of eternal value and true is of inestimable worth. Thanks again for your helpful tips.
You guys think that having strong hands helps also with the bench? In my opinion I think it does have a direct impact as you're able to grip the bar with more force, therefore stabilizing the wrist, forearm, bicep to be all aligned.
Awesome vid but did he greenscreen in the gym in the background? Theres some strange artifacting going on near the upper right of his head in the orange section
I like to do a ladder of dumbbell lunges. I’ll work my way from 10kg dumbbells up to 50kg dumbbells in 2kg increments. It’s a lot of volume on the legs, and the grip is challenged to the extreme.
For those of you wondering, he's actually holding a full size Samsung TV in his hand
TXV1300R lmfao
He actually has a Galaxy Mega...
Paul O'Neal r/whooosh
hes got a movie theater screen there
Lmao🤣
"Just take a rubber band[...], that you can expand in your hand. The other thing I've done is get a bucket of sand."
The rhymes are sick 6:04
hahaha best comment
An O. Nymous lmaoooo
An O. Nymous lmaooo😂
Im dyinggggg hahahaha!!!
Lmfao thanks for the laugh mate
I thought my dad was the strongest man!?! I've been lied to!?!!
I'm only the second strongest man... sorry
and yes I can
Fugue State most in innocent joke I've ever heard. Good though refreshing
No, your dad could beat Brian Shaw
Is your dad Eddie Hall?
for anyone wondering what phone that is. it's not its actually a i pad 😂
52 inch 4k tv
+Milo Moran haha
lmao brilliant
rofl
. Lol...!!!!
That bucket of sand started off as a bucket of rocks.
Mark's a smart bloke to get you on board. Your a great guy and a lot of fans like to hear your opinions on issues, myself included. Keep well Brian.
I honestly think Brian Shaw could crush a man's head with his bare hands if he wanted to. One does not simply lift a 130lbs block with one hand like that.
It chop in half! 75 pounds...
+420VapeLife You know The Mountain is actually played by strongman Hafthor Bjornsson?
videoschmo hahaha made my day bro! 😂
I love his sincere intent to share knowledge, and to share the technical details of his sport. Imagine Sebastian Vettel taking time out to coach everyone on the internet about how he drives, or Usain Bolt to help with sprint training and technique, that's what this is like to me. Also, been watching "Nicks Power and Strength", and Luimarco, and I think Shaw, Magnussen etc are real men and the body builders are just kind of weird guys. I would love to see Shaw next to one of these big body builders, I'm sure he was dwarf them
His forearms are bigger then my legs
Sher is that you!?
It's cool that you guys and Brian had struck up a friendship following his visit to Super Training. Brian seems like a really cool guy, and I really love these collabs
brian is a paid slingshot athlete, this is his job to do this and it's awesome.
oh boy, a talking bear :))
Hairless talking bair
+UrbanLegend2k11 its spelled bear, dip shit
It's dipshit not "dip shit" you dipshit.
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dipshit
+UrbanLegend2k11 and a clawless bear!
In Germany we say: Erklär-Bär
Brian... You are a BOSS... The most comprehensive breakdown on ANY weight training issue I have seen on UA-cam. Thank you.
Brian Shaw is like the left tackle you created in Madden franchise mode who cost like $20 million a year and pancaked a guy every play.
Blah Playhard imagine being a qb and seeing him run at you
DH Thomas hahahahha
I'm working my grip really hard. I hammer it daily.
20 inch forearms. Beast.
He's really a GOOD instructor. He's setting himself up to be a strength coach or something else in the strength industry after his strongman career winds down. Anybody that trains under him will be blessed. Maybe even an Olympic coach or owning his own gym.
Ha, nickname him the Professor, he not only knows his shit, but he knows how to convey it to others, very, very well.
Both heat and ice reduce the pain in the short term. However, heat has been found to be better on long term. If you want to get trough important training session use ice. It reduces the inflammation and helps with the pain.
Reducing the inflammation can be bad. Its one of the recovety mechanisms for your body. So actually ice can make the recovery slower. Heat allows for more blood flow and faster recovery. So use heat, if you are looking to heal something in the long term. :D
Using ice for short term inflammation is valuable. I do sports massage and put my arms in ice for 1 to 5 minutes after work. After ice I use a small heat pad to warm up the muscles enough so I can stretch. Ice for this short amount of time does not hinder the inflammation process
taoist40 Yah.. Some people promote ice for long term recovery. If you ice multiple times a day for weeks, it will definitely hinder the recovery process.
+Jake H it sure will. Some people get a lot of misinformation.
Ice can be very beneficial,but it usually has a delayed reaction for 24 hours,before that, the pain can be intensified.Ice can heal.There is a reason that we store meat in a freezer or that during heart surgery the heart is kept in ice.Or the reason extinct 10,000 year old animals have been preserved in a glacier...think about it...Its a form of incubation.
St.Fiacre How does ice heal if it reduces the inflammation?
Grip training, here I come!
Exactly what I wanted to know. Brian is really great at explaining.
Casually grabs 60kg with one hand. That's how much I fucking bench
Grip strength is so heavily underrated. I love that finger gripping the DB.
What's a DB?
yes, what is that. a Dumbbell or
Team Supertraining is crushin it.
anyone else think that Shaw should have played Kingpen in the DareDevil series on Netflix?
Hooolllly shit Yess, I thought I was the only one who saw it that way
no, he has the body but he face is not intimidating at all
+nick dean I guess he doesn't have the voice or the acting skills which is why he hasn't been cast but he still looks like him a lot.
Implying that kingpins face was ever intimidating? lmao
Blaine Sumner works better.
"And weakness is never a strength" that's why he's my Idol. Love this guy. He's one of the few ppl I press thumbs up even without watching the video.
Hyped any time I see a Brian Shaw video up!
How can you not love this man.
Great stuff, moving from a martial arts background, to lifting then to rock climbing and its amazing how much people can over complicate grip and people are so focused on their own discipline. People seem to love to think that they are the first to do something and that they need to do something special but people have been using grip strength forever and although there are variations in the way grip strength is used the training really has the same fundamentals from 100's of years ago. Great video and happy to see the sand bucket mixed in there maintenance seems to be to often neglected in grip training and for such a delicate group of muscles is so important.
Of course its simple just dump the straps
Straps have a place even from a rock climber where grip is so key to progress but if you if you use them for that final %1 not the other 99% it just depends on what you are actually tying to work on
Nice I did the opposite, started lifting and then moved on to martial arts, but I still try to lift as often as I can
***** Its definitely a great way to build some grip strength but working in both construction and massage application of grip strength is a big thing to. I thought going from building to climbing then to massage each time I though my hands were pretty strong each time I was wrong and realised that the difrent applications need a fair bit of work for the transition
Jason Todd Its super improtant to have balance in your training
Thanks for getting him on!
I'm liking the guest hosts format for the power project.
I like the "grab the dumbbell in the air" movement!
Great advice Brian, I learned something new here, thanks mate. Keep up the great work big man.
Thanks for sharing this awesome content 🙏 Learned a ton from this video. Also, around the 4 minute mark, Brian suggested using cold therapy on the forearms for after we workout. I’ve recently done some research on extreme temperature training and found some interesting data. Many studies have found cold exposure impairs muscle growth and also nervous system activity (which determines strength). So even though ice baths have many benefits, they are not useful immediately post workout...and I used to take post-workout ice baths all the time. I still take ices baths 1-2 times a week, but for different reasons.
On the other extreme, much research has suggested that heat therapy (saunas) increase growth hormone, hypertrophy and strength gains. I’ve been sitting in a sauna post-workout these past few weeks and have been feeling great throughout the days. The T flows naturally, especially with strength training and intense full-body training 🤙blessings y’all 🙏
Wow, appreicate the highly actionable information. I always questioned how often to train specifically grip. Thanks a lot.
I like the way Brian Shaw answers a question precisely 1 question prior to it being asked. Auto upvote for Brian Shaw.
Brian Shaw is such a modest guy ......well done to him ......keep it this way Brian
you guys consistently release the best content
Strongest man and still such a nice dude
I can't comprehend why this channel doesn't have more subs
You seem like such an awesome, humble guy. Keep up the videos!
i have a pretty strong grip from being a cyclist but we only really use our grip in a specific situation so my forearms look a little uneven haha, been trying hard to even it out with various exercises and it looks like these grip exercises will help. i'll give it a shot, thanks!
he should paint himself green and play live action shrek lol
I started doing pull ups and Chin ups from close to wide grip variations on a 2x6. That helped me a lot
This was great. NOBODY ever talks about this!!!
That bucket and sand thing is gold!
Brian, at some point you should take a run at closing the Captains of Crush #4
Well yes, it's been 12 years now since the last guy did it, whom once was world's strongest man as well, so Brian should give it a shot!
Mike Burk could probably close it
Thomasgipsy Not without specific training. As of today nobody in the world has closed the #4 under the new Ironmind rules.
What are the new rules? I know Magnus Samuelsson closed it years ago.
+Popcorn Kernel ye, he was the last one, I met him a few years back, absolutely huge hands on the guy! I've also heard that they made something with the rules!
Big Brian...that's one big dude!
This video is sensational. Favorited at once.
invaluable information that can be extrapolated to strength training in general, not just grip
Looking in top shape in this video Brian 💪🏻
fuck ya, great video. Do this more often
the video nobody aksked for but everbody wanted it.
Thank you Brian!!! The advice to train the extensors too will hopefully save my right bicep tendon. Feels awesome!
You got a lot of questions answered.. Thank you.
oh shit it's dat boy
oh shit its dat dead meme
I hope you get diarrhea tonight
+Chris already got it. checkmate
+Aloo Ouet are you trying to tell me trollface isnt dead? get out
dead to me.
....Did he just pick up that 130# rock like it was a melon
no...that was off a 130lb dumbell
No not true.
That was blobzilla
Bodybuildingking the old york dumbells like that ran heavy. There's tons of blobs that are more than half of what the dumbells say. Jedd Johnson has a half 100 that weighs 56.6 pounds and a half 120 that also weighs in way over 60 pounds but I don't remember exactly how much.
Tea Why Jelly foreal
I'm digging that the power project isn't just power lifting but reaching out to other athletes in different strength disciplins. Need a power project by that cross fit guy supertraining does stuff with talking about conditioning/gpp
Brian is such a smart and wonderful guy.
I'm feeling just a huge amount of respect just looking at his body. I am shamelessly admiring.
Extremely usefull info, learned a lot of stuff i wanst aware off
such a nice guy
Great info! I can't get my max dead because my left hand looses its grip and really frustrates me. I just started using straps but now I think I'm gonna use them sparingly so I can build my grip more.
Thanks for this advise, really appreciate it a lot.
6:01-6:16 could be part of a good rap! You're almost connecting words like Eminem already Brian, keep it up!
Hey Brian! Can you tell me what muscles to work, in order to balance out your lower back? Avoid pain etc... Thx
Great video! Brian shaw the best!
well said Brian thanks for the advice
Wow thank you so much!
Great video, very informative!
I never use strap's never needed them and I think you're right about that so many people use to give me slack about why don't you use strap's now I know it's the right thing to do always thought this but it's good to hear Brian shaw to say it.
Brian Shaw for president!
I love this guy- super strong, very nice, and really smart. Great dude
Really informative, thank you
this dude's just fuckin awesome
Mr Shaw could be very intimidating but he's so nice. I want to give him a hug.
Who the hell thumbs downs this video ? Brian Shaw will crush you ! xD
they have weak thumbs as mentioned
4x's world's strongest man!! Hopefully 5 coming soon
Such a solid and awesome fucking video
Damn, he's totally right. Brian Shaw is awesome.
And what he says about the extensors is REALLY important... I injured myself working too much on my flexors, and a really annoying pain started to appear on my forearm.
Specially when I performed bicep curls with a barbell or any extremely supinated movement...
I didn't realize it was beacuse my extensors were WEAK AS FUCK.
I started to train my extensors with sand, pillows stacked, rubber bands... and boom, the pain completely dissapeared.
This man know what he says. Brian Shaw is da man
The way he descripted the bucket of sand part was performed opposite on the video?
Yes
Also, there are climbing drills that are really good for grip. Hang board for example.
For anyone wondering whether You should watch this video or no, the answer how to increase Your grip strength is to stop wearing straps
MVP
* on accessory movements.
+Vecnoran straps are for pussies
Do you even lift? There is a time and a place for everything. George Leeman uses straps all the time.
Zeus Supreme Don't tell me; I've never used them. Brian Shaw uses them in this video though, so I'm going to say you're wrong despite all the evidence you presented.
Brian Shaw u are best strongest men in the world
I am see other strongest man not answering for the question but are answer the question I am like for your nature.
Great advice!
i love ur workout brian
thanks brian
as a beginner I started grip training immediately. The best way I found was to hang from a bar every time I went. then it will work itself out in the long run. just don't use straps for as long as possible.
wouldn't reverse wrist curls make more sense? that with the pinching and gripping.
Good video👍 I’ve seen him on worlds strongest man challenge. Will try out the sand
Solid advice
Grip Training yeahh
his forearms are so big his hands look small, but then you see the phone 😂
argsgsgs gnngndg That's not a phone; that's a movie screen. 😂
Brian good video 👍🏼
I enjoy listening to you. Thank you. You are accomplished and competent in your field. One qualification must be made. In the spiritual realm (which you are not addressing), our weakness becomes an opportunity for God to show his strength (2 Cor. 12:9). There, weakness, while not strength in and of itself, becomes strength by God's grant. By the same token, those who are "strong" in their own estimation (I am not referring to the physical realm of endeavor), are weak in God's eyes, because they can never avail themselves of his mighty and superior strength. Of course, I know I am on a different track here. But it's true. And anything of eternal value and true is of inestimable worth. Thanks again for your helpful tips.
You guys think that having strong hands helps also with the bench? In my opinion I think it does have a direct impact as you're able to grip the bar with more force, therefore stabilizing the wrist, forearm, bicep to be all aligned.
Awesome vid but did he greenscreen in the gym in the background? Theres some strange artifacting going on near the upper right of his head in the orange section
fuck me dead Brian is a big unit.
did somebody throw something at you at 2:28? lol
I like to do a ladder of dumbbell lunges. I’ll work my way from 10kg dumbbells up to 50kg dumbbells in 2kg increments. It’s a lot of volume on the legs, and the grip is challenged to the extreme.
5:17
Wife: "There's nothing i can lift here😂😂"
Hahahha
How long do you rest from strong man and stuff week 2 weeks or what? Curious