I think what I'll do is have the 150k Q&A be about the past ten years. Feel free to drop questions below, I'll put up a community post open for questions tomorrow as well. It has been quite the journey, with a lot of ups and downs, and a whole lot of hard work and learning along the way. Thank you all for the support! Book 1: SWEAT (beginners/intermediates) www.verityfit.com/product-page/sweat Book 2: Ring Training For Hypertrophy (ring enthusiasts) www.verityfit.com/product-page/ring-training-for-hypertrophy Book 3: Resurrecting Your Gains (intermediates/advanced lifters) www.verityfit.com/product-page/resurrecting-your-gains-finding-your-muscle-growth-formula Can check the site for full Tables Of Contents of each book. Appreciate the support!
for the Q&A: What 4 day routine would you advise yourself and other intermediate lifter to do with your current knowledge? torso limbs? upper lower? ULPPL?
@@AlmostlessThanHuman I actually disagree, American women are very obese on average, if you want to have an actual fit and attractive wife YOU GOTTA escape that hellhole.
@@Amanonhere I was referring to the securing of a wife in a foreign country not going to a foreign country lol this is what is referred to as a passport bro definitely not chad behavior and contrary to popular belief muscles do not make you chad
Gains that are not linear is so true... In this year I focused purely on bodybuilding, started to bulk harder rather than do very slow bulk, tried more exercise, started to go all way to failure and even beyond on some movements, came back to full body split rather than upper lower, started training with my arms first lately and do more side delts isolation. In short - it's my best year of gains from the first year of lifting and im on 6th year right now. Cant wait how big my arms and delt will become by the end of year!
This vid was very motivating, I am at a point in life where my family can't afford decent food nor a gym membership and I am forced to run and train in the park. It's really demotivating seeing my friends get much much bigger and leaner than me when their goals in life aren't even fitness related meanwhile it's the thing I'm most passionate about. seeing your journey I understand that this is a season and will pass and the end of the natural journey is still amazing even if there are year long bumps along the way. One of your biggest fans, keep being awesome :)
@GVS Big agreement here. Got into rings about a decade ago, and when life circumstances get chaotic they can offer a lot of hypertrophy compared to the one-time investment. All you need is to find a tree somewhere (a horizontal structure is even better of course). Dips Push-ups (tons of variations) Pull-ups Rows Bicep curls Pelican/Hefesto curls Tricep extensions Rear delt flyes Y raises Face pulls Assisted sissy squats/Reverse Nordic curls Ham curls (feet in rings) Ab "rollouts" Etc. Then of course you can start playing around with gymnastics exercises; won't make you huge but they're fun and they build great strength and body awareness.
Started working out a year ago following Athleanx and was all over the place with my program. Found you, NH and Alex L in the spring and now I’m more focused and inspired and my gains are reflected in that. Thanks and congratulations on ten years.
I think I started following you in early 2021. 3 things I have always loved about your channel: - the raw footage, simple thumbnails, the angles and lighting always make it feel more natural and honest. It's almost like we're there with you having a normal convo, no fancy stuff, no rehearsals. - Straight to the point and any peripheral talk about the subject is always informative. - You seem like a down to earth, honest, disciplined and passionate guy that's been lifting for the love of the sport and have not let the money corrupt you Overall one of the best fitness channels out here and certainly top 3 suggestions if I were to have someone ask me for fitness advice.
@@az9324 thanks for the response. I think that should be about an 8-10kph pace for me. How long are your running/cardio sessions roughly; or do you go for distance?
Its very clear that Geoffrey is a combination of great genetics, hard work and an intelligent approach to what he does. I see no reason to doubt his natty status. Great work man. Very inspirational.
The fact that this guy gets called both DYEL and JUICED at the same time depending on the angle/lighting of a picture is what gets me the most. People just project their inadequacies like crazy when they see someone outshining them with zero shortcuts. GVS's existence is either very motivating or extremely annoying depending on the kind of person you are. Nothing but respect.
This whole story is super inspiring from being broke in 2019 and so much smaller than u are now and marrying ur wife and now looking at how successful and big u are. Just wanted to say ur an inspiration Geoff
The fact you were going through what you did and still made working out a daily habit is beyond honorable. I can't explain how much this video hit home for me but im glad i ran across your youtube channel a few months ago. Keep motivating the youth you are the chosen one for the natty's ! I'll keep looking foward the day you hit that 50lb of muscle milestone 💪🏻
Dude I love hearing you speak about your journey. As someone who started working out regularly late 2016 and then went on his first REAL cut in 2020 and cut down to my lowest/leanest I'd ever been... and now sort of gaining a lot of fat back since 2021... the fact you're so honest about the two years with no gains. It hits home and reminds me that a stall in progress doesn't mean all is lost. Keep it up, GVS, you're one of the best out here.
been following since 2021 I believe. You were one of the first fitness guys I followed (and the first natural one) that got me out of a Athlean-X/natural limit rut and showed me the ways with bulking and eventually the importance of effort. Crazy to think you were big then and look ridiculous now. Huge inspiration, Geoff, glad to see you prosper
Very inspiring video. Years of struggle, stagnation, regression, late gains explained with a lot of humbleness . Love the journey so far.. keep on the good stuff!
Truly you have achieved the lumber jack build(with that beard). Good job man, Imma reach you and beyond so thank you for all the information you provide.
so true with how life takes over sometimes and has its effect our training. Shout out to Sean Nalewanyj on the shout out that put you on my map of when i got back into training!!! Been perma consistent ever since. And a big Thank You, for all that you have done so far in the community and in advance for all the things to come as well!!!
Just wanted to say Geoff, I was having a bit of a rough day, but watching this video made me think about the bigger picture in life and genuinely made me feel a bit better. Have a good rest of your day!
Man Geoff you built my current physique in 3 years for what has taken me over 10 years to build! Although my starting point was well, WELL below yours mind you. Also, I had shingles on one side of my head when I was around 25 years old. That was NOT a fun couple of weeks, so I feel you... My doctor said it was very rare to get it as such a young man, and even more rare to have it above the neck!
My father got it like 8-9 years ago right around the forehead/eyebrows, which is very risky because it's near the eye. And yeah, due to a very stressful time for him .
you're a beast. I read your book sweat before i first stepped into a gym about a year ago. I'm now at the end of the first serious cut and I look like I lift. I love the gym and I'm getting into powerlifting now at the uni I'm at. I started at 101 kg with a waist circumference of 100 cm and now I'm at 92 kg with a waist circumference of 83,5 cm.
I truly want to thank you for one of the realest videography timelines on a true transformation that I have ever reviewed. You helped me understand the true training and growth cycles you can have realistically. You also gave me a better understanding and benchmark of what proper and improper bulking and cuttting looks like. I am a now a new fan and subscriber. Thank you for all your hard work documenting this.
9:9:6 would leave me cooked. Imagine hitting legs on your day off, then working 6 days in a row for 12 hours. The soreness, the standing, the sleep deprivation, it all sounds hellish. I applaud you sir 🫡
Damn, I apparently underestimated how jacked you are, but this retrospective kinda opened my eyes, holy sheeee ure big. Also Mrs Schoefield is a very pretty lady, hope y'all safe and sound. Thank you for your content and inspiration. Much love
Congratulations on hitting the 10 year mark! Just wanted to drop my thanks for all the experience and knowledge you share with everyone. The process of learning how to train sure is hard and slow, but thanks to you I think not only me but a lot of people who dare to apply what you say and change their mentality around everything that relates to training can benefit a lot and improve much faster, making fewer mistakes. Geoff, thank you.
@@GVS My dude, you almost look like Sam Sulek , who the hell are you trying to fool? Your whole life is fake. You failed to make a living in the States, so you had to move to China to hook up with desperate women to settle down and make a living with more fake videos. You aint even got a driving license, you just take the public transportation, but you expect us to believe that you have a hot chinese wife and made insane gains with nothing saucy? Gtfo loser.
Sam is much bigger than me. Flattered you'd think that, though. Moved here 13 years ago, but I would have done fine anywhere in the world. Beautiful wife can drive me anywhere we need to go. No matter how much you try to twist my life into being awful, it's just not. It's actually awesome. Whereas YOU...you are left copy pasting the same comment multiple times on my UA-cam channel, lying and hating, while getting 2 views per video on your own channel, and not showing your face despite the channel name being "Fit-Gamer-TyBerius". Who's the real loser here?
@@GVS I mean I rather live a sad life but still be honest , rather than being a fake juicehead who scams people and lies about his own life and training.
Fantastic video Geoff! Incredibly inspiring to see the progress of an average guy that really commits himself to the process for a long period of time, even if they're not doing it "optimally" from the start. This is what people really need to see. Huge props to you man, not only for your progress over the years and your dedication, but for having the data and the self awareness to be able to reflect on what you were doing all that time. Amazing!
I needed this! I have gotten frustrated feeling like my progress is so lacking. Feeling too high BF% and too little muscle… but it’s a good perspective on the time it takes. Thank you!
You are a true inspiration for us natties! Have been almost 4 years of training and I know I have a lot of potential on me, and your videos help me stay consistent
I think that picking random training programs early on and just trying shit in the gym because it's fun it's one of the things that will later keep you training for long periods of time, and probably for the rest of your life. Most people that I see (MY EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION) that start with a serious program to get to an objetive and aiming so much for progress eventually lose interest because they never experienced just messing around with weights, and their motivation runs around getting progress, and now they're afraid to try something different because they may lose the gains that they work so hard and restrictedly for. I'm obviously way bigger, stronger and lean and whatever I was when I was messing around with my friends in the gym, but the memories I had are so great that it almost hurts, and I remember them fondly. Laughing about a failed rep at the bench press, trying to see if we could do pull ups, trying jefferson squats (lmao) because some dude in the internet say it was cool, drop sets on the deadlifts, talking about girls, jokes everywhere. It may seem dumb, but just testing what the body could do without a program made me passionate about what I was doing. Today I do the same thing, I'm not afraid to try new exercises and hop around some weird stuff. Obviously not randomly like it was, but having fun is still my number one goal, and I think if was in the gym just doing exercises that are the most optimal because they MAYBE will give me more gains, I wouldn't love it as half as I love it. The psychological effect of our perception of training early on are slept on and maybe we should talk about things like this instead of how deep of a stretch we can get. Just my two cents! And I reccomend checking out Enkiri's recently dropped video called 'How to Harness the Power of the Mind to Destroy Physical Barriers (Going Autopilot)' and it too talks about the psychological side of lifting hard, and it gets way deeper and way more fun than whatever stuff is trending on the fitness world.
It's been about 9 months since I started lifting and you are probably one of my most viewed youtuber during that period of time. I started at 30% body fat and lost about 7~8kgs of body weight while gaining about 2kgs of muscle in that period, nothing super impressive but I am satisfied with the progress and will slowly but steadily keep going on the process since I enjoy it much more compared to when I started. Glad that I graduated from that Athlean-X watching stage fairly quickly due to people like you 👍 Thank you for all the contents so far and keep going!!
I came to your channel accidentally in 2020 when I was just a 17 year old kid and just started lifting. That has to be the greatest "accident" ever happened to me. You are a motivation GVS.
To be honest you looked bigger/leaner than most intermediate lifters in 2017, maybe it's just a visual thing like insertions or maybe it;s genuinely freaky genetics for mass building. I'm close to how you looked then but I've been training for a few years, but I am only starting to really understand how hypertrophy training works now so this video is inspiring to see how much more progress you made after that point.
Congrats on 10 years of training, an inspiration to natties everywhere, especially those seriously picking up the iron around the same age as when you started.
But you can reduce suspicion by constantly postosting bloodwork even with trt you need to adjust dosages reflects on bloodwork eventually something suspicious would come up
Thanks for sharing this, as often you feel like you will get nowhere if you do not do everything perfectly. As in zero progress. This shows us we can still progress despite real life making things hard. Just keep showing up and training will get you somewhere.
Not here to hate, definitely a nice transformation, a nice channel, very instructive but definitely not drug free, but i understand that you need to sell e-book and programs ...
Been a subscriber since 2020. Was at home knowing I needed to get in shape but didn’t know how. You were the reason I got back in shape and learned how to train heavy.
This video for me is just inspiration. We are so mind boggled by social media and not acknowledging our starting point, which is quite problematic. For a 18 y/o this year. I can say i look okay even though my strength levels are a little bit above average nearing 300kg conventional pull. ( with a little bit over 2 and a half years ot training.) I can say it's been a hell of a journey and i am ever more motivated to see what 7-8 more years are going to bring me! Considering I'll be training even harder. And with becoming a coach too shit is awesome to witness others achieve their goals, knowing that I've helped them in some kind of way.
What time wasted? Think about all the time you've wasted watching videos on YT which have little importance in the grand scheme of things. If you put all that time into lifting you'd be as big as Geoff and maybe you wouldn't be as insecure🤣🤣.
3:23 is this picture in the wrong spot? Thats better muscle development than i have after almost 5 years of dedicated training, and also able to bench 2 plates for several reps......those muscles are what i would expect to be able to handle almost 3 plates, and thats the start?
Am just lean, I was very small, 150lbs at 6ft. If you look at my arms/chest/back they're very small, just can see definition. Leanness and a very small amount of muscle makes you look way more impressive, if you can bench 2 plates for reps then you absolutely had more muscle than me, I couldn't even do 1 plate for reps...let alone 3 plates. Leanness is an illusion, if you think that physique can bench 3 plates then you've gotta learn how to assess a physique better my friend.
@@biohazard9503 who gives a flip about arms? Those shoulders and pecs are huge. Also at a certain point leanness just makes muscles look smaller. (Eg Jeff Nippard state lean on competition day vs how he looks every day or on bear mode. When hes lean he looks way smaller, like less muscular smaller)
@@GVS I've been very lean before and could bench 145lbs+whatever the bar weighed for 10 reps and you could literally see my intercostal spaces THROUGH my "pecs". Don't give me that garbage.
@@taylorhillard4868 pecs are tiny there, you have really strange standards. delts only really look big due to leanness and small waist. Again, bodybuilding is an illusion, you put me next me now and you'd see how small I was.
Absolutely awesome, great to see. As a natural competitive BB in his 50’s I’m now probably safe to say on my first real controlled bulk and loving it. Keep going , keep inspiring, and be you 🙏🏻
He didn't get the final results lifting with out help. No one looks like this being natural. If it doesn't look natural, it isn't. I've been training natural for 50 years and I've seen them come and I've seen them go. I can recognize people on ped's at a glance. I say people because I have seen and know women on the juice. For those who haven't been in the gym as long as I have, don't be fooled with this expectation. It just isn't natural.
Please give us an example of what a top tier natural physique looks like so we have something we can aim for. People could equally say that a physique like yours isn't achievable at your age without trt.
Right. People like this are claiming no-help on SARMs, peptides, and TRT. I’m on 300mg of test, so don’t ultimately care. Just people understand he’s likely omitting a portion of his protocol.
@@MR12AMAZING Have you seen my channel? I have been told that I look great for my age. This can be accomplished with out any ped's. Genetics will make a difference in everyones physique. We all have the potential to have the best physique for what ever pattern our physique is. You just have to except what life has thrown at you and try to improve.
@@Joeperry42491 There is no "protocol". No steroids, no peptides, no SARMs, no TRT. Nothing. I've been clear on this for years, I'm not sure why people have such low standards.
Amazing, would love to see a short video on what you have learned most in those 10 years, especially as a guy mid 30's with 3 kids and an emotionally intense job.
At 18 FFMI, I'm right around the average male fat free mass index, in fact a bit below it. The average male FFMI....18.9. I was just lean with a good frame/narrow waist. You've been commenting on my videos long enough that you should be able to assess a physique by now my dude.
I like the statement about training not being linear and especially the part about real life having true impact on training and it being quite healthy for the individual to make that actualization. for example I made so much pure muscle gains and I was probably overall bigger back when I was unemployed lol. The only stressor in my life was training itself. My purpose in life was gaining muscle back then. (I still make gains but they are very marginal) But as I've started to pursue the career that I'm actually passionate about, which is entrepreneurship in the world of cuisine, it requires so many hours on your feet with lots of steps and difficulty getting sufficient amount of calories in without tradeoffs in the work itself (last december I was working in the kitchen 70 hour weeks, not by necessity but because I wanted to learn and improve as quickly as I could). I just don't see bodybuilding anymore as a thing worth of pursuing, so my training has shifted to more casual 3times a week actually lifting, with a lot more daily cardio mobility focused exercises and less volume overall with more explicit exercise selection to not make me too fatigued while actually working. So overall my training has revolved around supporting my ability to work like "an athlete" in the profession, so these two things which I love are not at odds with each other anymore. Training as hard as I physically am capable is going to come at the great cost of making me less agile and sharp on the work that is my real passion. While this being said, it doesn't mean that I'm "losing gains" I'm actually much leaner and generally speaking more athletic nowadays, but the type of training that was solely focusing on getting as big as possible had to go, and that is completely ok. It's about what you actually want.
You've achieved the ultimate form, the fact that you started at 25 years old and now look like this motivates me like no other. I've made great progress since I started lifting at age 22, 2 years ago. Most people on social media with great physiques started lifting in their mid teens. I was afraid I started too late to get an impressive physique like yourself and many others. I'm glad this is not the case and I will continue to train like hell so one day I may have a physique like yours.
This transformation is super inspiring, especially as a former distance runner myself who had similar stats to you at the start. I was 6'1 and 145 lbs at the end of high school, and now I'm 180 lbs, not the condition I want to be in. Seeing Geoff do what I want too, is really inspiring and puts into perspective how much work it takes
Similar story here. Former cross country team captain graduated at 5’11” 140lbs in 2013, currently at 180lbs feeling huge but I know I can do even more
I m a coach more focused on strength and speed, but it s awesome to hear your training story, you are one of the best fitness content creator without doubt
It's refreshing to see a transformation that is more in depth that shows that progress isn't linear. and not just a half arsed response to a 'natty or not' I've been lifting since the 90's and in that time Ive been, up and down in every way possible. from being below 10% bodyfat and ripped with a good physique, to being 20%+ body fat and lifting for strength, to then bodybuilding and reaching my genetic limit and getting far bigger than I ever thought possible naturally, to then taking around 10 years off and returning right to a DYEL genetic base line before stepping back into a gym in 2017 and gaining a crazy amount of muscle in a short time due to muscle memory as well as picking up several injuries as a result in that first year back. Even presently I took two years away from the gym doing home workouts (with good results) and now back at the gym the past 3 weeks with a different approach and feeling another spurt of quality gains taking shape
This video was an excellent resource and I think it demonstrates the difference a dialed in training and diet regimen can make. It seems like you really got things figured out in the past few years and it shows with your physique.
Loved this. So many fitness influencers seem to forget/ignore their past training in favour of pushing their latest program and marketing it as if that got them their physique.
You are definitely an easy gainer. I myself went from 65 kg to 93 KG!! In 8 months , I gained definitely alot of fat but the mass was absurd. Genetics play a massive role with my consistent eating + sleep + workout
Amazing video. Glad to see that it’s not always bonkers gain per year. Your start is also pretty good so it gives a huge lead. 😊 fact you kept going despite 0 gains for a fuckiing year, multiple times is a good reminder for me.
I think what I'll do is have the 150k Q&A be about the past ten years. Feel free to drop questions below, I'll put up a community post open for questions tomorrow as well.
It has been quite the journey, with a lot of ups and downs, and a whole lot of hard work and learning along the way. Thank you all for the support!
Book 1: SWEAT (beginners/intermediates)
www.verityfit.com/product-page/sweat
Book 2: Ring Training For Hypertrophy (ring enthusiasts)
www.verityfit.com/product-page/ring-training-for-hypertrophy
Book 3: Resurrecting Your Gains (intermediates/advanced lifters)
www.verityfit.com/product-page/resurrecting-your-gains-finding-your-muscle-growth-formula
Can check the site for full Tables Of Contents of each book. Appreciate the support!
Geoff is it too late for me at 29 if ive never been athletic at all?
Over the 10 years did you ever think about pivoting to maximal strength gains? Maybe one day if hypertrophy gets stale or as a new challenge?
What do you think kills a physique lacking arms or legs?
How much credence do you put into the mind/muscle connection and flexing hard at peak contractions, etc.? Seems like old school loved it.
for the Q&A: What 4 day routine would you advise yourself and other intermediate lifter to do with your current knowledge? torso limbs? upper lower? ULPPL?
Skinny Geoff trains running to escape Big Geoff
ahaha so good
😂
My man has even been progressively overloading his beard
It's to hide the recessed chin
The documentary goat is here lets go
@@AlmostlessThanHuman you're joking, right?
He's got the face of Sun Wukong
@@rupert909 no all soyboys grow beards to hide their weak and inferior jawline genetics
This dude was doing 800 sets while tryna secure his wife and passport in a foreign country. Absolute chad behavior outta the boy GVS.
This.
Chads don't have to use their passport
@@AlmostlessThanHuman I actually disagree, American women are very obese on average, if you want to have an actual fit and attractive wife YOU GOTTA escape that hellhole.
@@AlmostlessThanHuman he can just flex at the airport and they let him in
@@Amanonhere I was referring to the securing of a wife in a foreign country not going to a foreign country lol this is what is referred to as a passport bro definitely not chad behavior and contrary to popular belief muscles do not make you chad
I think this might be the best natural muscle-building transformation I've ever seen. Amazing, man.
Thanks, high praise!
Second this!
hes not natural which is fine
@@adrienmartin8798salty
Whenever I’m texting someone and the convo goes dead I just start sending random photos of Geoff doing a hard set
Gains that are not linear is so true... In this year I focused purely on bodybuilding, started to bulk harder rather than do very slow bulk, tried more exercise, started to go all way to failure and even beyond on some movements, came back to full body split rather than upper lower, started training with my arms first lately and do more side delts isolation. In short - it's my best year of gains from the first year of lifting and im on 6th year right now. Cant wait how big my arms and delt will become by the end of year!
@@michamazur6854 yeah bro I can't wait to gain 10lb of solid contractile tissue in my 20th year of lifting
@@AlmostlessThanHuman you wont get any views with your trolling yapping
@@michamazur6854 whatever you say pencil neck
Best arms in the game 💪 great work brother
I love both of your channels!
@@BranHalen cheers!
Real recognizes real.
Congratulations on your 10 year swoliversary.
Thanks man!
This vid was very motivating, I am at a point in life where my family can't afford decent food nor a gym membership and I am forced to run and train in the park. It's really demotivating seeing my friends get much much bigger and leaner than me when their goals in life aren't even fitness related meanwhile it's the thing I'm most passionate about. seeing your journey I understand that this is a season and will pass and the end of the natural journey is still amazing even if there are year long bumps along the way. One of your biggest fans, keep being awesome :)
It's tough at first. It gets better. I'd suggest gymnastic rings if you haven't gotten them yet. Can do a ton for upper body.
@GVS Big agreement here. Got into rings about a decade ago, and when life circumstances get chaotic they can offer a lot of hypertrophy compared to the one-time investment. All you need is to find a tree somewhere (a horizontal structure is even better of course).
Dips
Push-ups (tons of variations)
Pull-ups
Rows
Bicep curls
Pelican/Hefesto curls
Tricep extensions
Rear delt flyes
Y raises
Face pulls
Assisted sissy squats/Reverse Nordic curls
Ham curls (feet in rings)
Ab "rollouts"
Etc.
Then of course you can start playing around with gymnastics exercises; won't make you huge but they're fun and they build great strength and body awareness.
Congratulations on your 10 year lifting anniversary
Very inspiring for natural lifters to see
hes not natural which is fine
@@masonmennell8514 not natural at all, words from a former user.
@@adrienmartin8798 cope harder
You seriously feel the need to spam that on multiple comments?
@@CollapseWatch look at the shoulders 😂 bro is not natty
Your content is my dose of sanity in this noisy industry. I appreciate your vulnerability and sincerity. Don't change when you hit 1M subs, I beg you.
“This isn’t even my final form” personified.
Solid back in your pfp
@@nh1776 appreciate it brotha
That marriage picture is very cute
Started working out a year ago following Athleanx and was all over the place with my program. Found you, NH and Alex L in the spring and now I’m more focused and inspired and my gains are reflected in that. Thanks and congratulations on ten years.
Lol the athleanx phase is something we all have to go through 😂
Lol i remember that Athleanx phase, back in 2020 for me. What a shitshow
the noob starterpack to the noble natty club
Athlean x and Greg doucette was where we all started lol
NH GVS and Alex are the big three of natty lifting lol
Fantastic video Geoff. Many years there dedicated to the girth. Cheers for sharing your journey and lessons learned.
I think I started following you in early 2021. 3 things I have always loved about your channel:
- the raw footage, simple thumbnails, the angles and lighting always make it feel more natural and honest. It's almost like we're there with you having a normal convo, no fancy stuff, no rehearsals.
- Straight to the point and any peripheral talk about the subject is always informative.
- You seem like a down to earth, honest, disciplined and passionate guy that's been lifting for the love of the sport and have not let the money corrupt you
Overall one of the best fitness channels out here and certainly top 3 suggestions if I were to have someone ask me for fitness advice.
You inspired me to start running and not be scared of "losing" my gains
And guess what gains have become better.
Thank you, keep up the good work.
Fr, bro's the biggest anti-example to the statement "cardio kills your gains". Just look at bro I mean.
I’ve been wanting to get back into running for the same reason.. how much are you typically doing per week? (Before/after/separate from training)
3 times per week
Easy runs
You should run at a "talking" pace while focusing on form@@Genwakuu
Running before training gives you an amazing pump in the gym
@@az9324 thanks for the response. I think that should be about an 8-10kph pace for me. How long are your running/cardio sessions roughly; or do you go for distance?
Its very clear that Geoffrey is a combination of great genetics, hard work and an intelligent approach to what he does. I see no reason to doubt his natty status.
Great work man. Very inspirational.
Triceps are fucking insane
The fact that this guy gets called both DYEL and JUICED at the same time depending on the angle/lighting of a picture is what gets me the most. People just project their inadequacies like crazy when they see someone outshining them with zero shortcuts. GVS's existence is either very motivating or extremely annoying depending on the kind of person you are. Nothing but respect.
We're all gonna make it boys! Thanks for sharing Geoffrey
I doubt it
@@AlmostlessThanHuman 😂 why is bro pessimistic?
@@sizwemagubane8381 not pessimistic but realistic
@@sizwemagubane8381 not pessimistic realistic
@@sizwemagubane8381 pessimism is the warm blanket that keeps away the cold reality for him. A coping mechanism, so to speak.
This whole story is super inspiring from being broke in 2019 and so much smaller than u are now and marrying ur wife and now looking at how successful and big u are. Just wanted to say ur an inspiration Geoff
The fact you were going through what you did and still made working out a daily habit is beyond honorable. I can't explain how much this video hit home for me but im glad i ran across your youtube channel a few months ago. Keep motivating the youth you are the chosen one for the natty's ! I'll keep looking foward the day you hit that 50lb of muscle milestone 💪🏻
Best and most underrated transformation EVER
I love how despite the shitty situations you and your wife always look so happy in the pictures
Dude I love hearing you speak about your journey. As someone who started working out regularly late 2016 and then went on his first REAL cut in 2020 and cut down to my lowest/leanest I'd ever been... and now sort of gaining a lot of fat back since 2021... the fact you're so honest about the two years with no gains. It hits home and reminds me that a stall in progress doesn't mean all is lost. Keep it up, GVS, you're one of the best out here.
Just wanted to say you deserve every subscriber and ten fold brother we are lucky to have you!
been following since 2021 I believe. You were one of the first fitness guys I followed (and the first natural one) that got me out of a Athlean-X/natural limit rut and showed me the ways with bulking and eventually the importance of effort. Crazy to think you were big then and look ridiculous now. Huge inspiration, Geoff, glad to see you prosper
hes not natural which is fine
@@adrienmartin8798any proof he’s injecting
@@adrienmartin8798 cope
@@adrienmartin8798he is
Very inspiring video. Years of struggle, stagnation, regression, late gains explained with a lot of humbleness . Love the journey so far.. keep on the good stuff!
Truly you have achieved the lumber jack build(with that beard). Good job man, Imma reach you and beyond so thank you for all the information you provide.
so true with how life takes over sometimes and has its effect our training. Shout out to Sean Nalewanyj on the shout out that put you on my map of when i got back into training!!! Been perma consistent ever since. And a big Thank You, for all that you have done so far in the community and in advance for all the things to come as well!!!
Just wanted to say Geoff, I was having a bit of a rough day, but watching this video made me think about the bigger picture in life and genuinely made me feel a bit better. Have a good rest of your day!
GOOD for you Geoffrey. You're journey is amazing, thanks for sharing.
0:28 Ah, so this is why Geoff will never leave China. Good for bro!
The only fitness youtuber I will ever listen to
Man Geoff you built my current physique in 3 years for what has taken me over 10 years to build! Although my starting point was well, WELL below yours mind you. Also, I had shingles on one side of my head when I was around 25 years old. That was NOT a fun couple of weeks, so I feel you... My doctor said it was very rare to get it as such a young man, and even more rare to have it above the neck!
Oh jeez, I had it around the ribs, I imagine that must have sucked! Glad ya got through it.
My father got it like 8-9 years ago right around the forehead/eyebrows, which is very risky because it's near the eye. And yeah, due to a very stressful time for him .
Glad ur doing this. NH’s 10 year transformation is easily the most motivating video I’ve ever watched
you're a beast.
I read your book sweat before i first stepped into a gym about a year ago. I'm now at the end of the first serious cut and I look like I lift. I love the gym and I'm getting into powerlifting now at the uni I'm at.
I started at 101 kg with a waist circumference of 100 cm and now I'm at 92 kg with a waist circumference of 83,5 cm.
This is inspiring. Makes me want to reflect on the past several years and the progress I’ve made!
Geoff posts a transformation video and NH has started streaming, the parasocial is back on the menu guys.
I truly want to thank you for one of the realest videography timelines on a true transformation that I have ever reviewed. You helped me understand the true training and growth cycles you can have realistically. You also gave me a better understanding and benchmark of what proper and improper bulking and cuttting looks like. I am a now a new fan and subscriber. Thank you for all your hard work documenting this.
Man changed his genetics over a decade. Well played Geoffrity.
bro took gear
9:9:6 would leave me cooked. Imagine hitting legs on your day off, then working 6 days in a row for 12 hours. The soreness, the standing, the sleep deprivation, it all sounds hellish. I applaud you sir 🫡
Damn, I apparently underestimated how jacked you are, but this retrospective kinda opened my eyes, holy sheeee ure big. Also Mrs Schoefield is a very pretty lady, hope y'all safe and sound. Thank you for your content and inspiration. Much love
Bro, he has 18inch non fat arm. Thats insane looking IRL
@@naughtiousmaximus7853 Yeah, I can('t) imagine that
Congratulations on hitting the 10 year mark!
Just wanted to drop my thanks for all the experience and knowledge you share with everyone. The process of learning how to train sure is hard and slow, but thanks to you I think not only me but a lot of people who dare to apply what you say and change their mentality around everything that relates to training can benefit a lot and improve much faster, making fewer mistakes.
Geoff, thank you.
Okay Geoff that's a good thumbnail
Made me click the video faster than usual lol
No the background should be white
Very inspiring story. Old school work ethic.
Definitely hopped on the juice in 2018.
Heh, usually people say 2021 or 2022, sometimes 2023...rarely 2018!
@@GVS My dude, you almost look like Sam Sulek , who the hell are you trying to fool? Your whole life is fake. You failed to make a living in the States, so you had to move to China to hook up with desperate women to settle down and make a living with more fake videos. You aint even got a driving license, you just take the public transportation, but you expect us to believe that you have a hot chinese wife and made insane gains with nothing saucy? Gtfo loser.
Sam is much bigger than me. Flattered you'd think that, though.
Moved here 13 years ago, but I would have done fine anywhere in the world.
Beautiful wife can drive me anywhere we need to go.
No matter how much you try to twist my life into being awful, it's just not. It's actually awesome.
Whereas YOU...you are left copy pasting the same comment multiple times on my UA-cam channel, lying and hating, while getting 2 views per video on your own channel, and not showing your face despite the channel name being "Fit-Gamer-TyBerius".
Who's the real loser here?
@@GVS Okay, so why are u gae?
@@GVS I mean I rather live a sad life but still be honest , rather than being a fake juicehead who scams people and lies about his own life and training.
You’re the goat geoff loved watching the journey
Fantastic video Geoff! Incredibly inspiring to see the progress of an average guy that really commits himself to the process for a long period of time, even if they're not doing it "optimally" from the start. This is what people really need to see. Huge props to you man, not only for your progress over the years and your dedication, but for having the data and the self awareness to be able to reflect on what you were doing all that time. Amazing!
I needed this! I have gotten frustrated feeling like my progress is so lacking. Feeling too high BF% and too little muscle… but it’s a good perspective on the time it takes. Thank you!
Juice
Nope, never.
You are a true inspiration for us natties! Have been almost 4 years of training and I know I have a lot of potential on me, and your videos help me stay consistent
I think that picking random training programs early on and just trying shit in the gym because it's fun it's one of the things that will later keep you training for long periods of time, and probably for the rest of your life. Most people that I see (MY EXPERIENCE AND OBSERVATION) that start with a serious program to get to an objetive and aiming so much for progress eventually lose interest because they never experienced just messing around with weights, and their motivation runs around getting progress, and now they're afraid to try something different because they may lose the gains that they work so hard and restrictedly for. I'm obviously way bigger, stronger and lean and whatever I was when I was messing around with my friends in the gym, but the memories I had are so great that it almost hurts, and I remember them fondly. Laughing about a failed rep at the bench press, trying to see if we could do pull ups, trying jefferson squats (lmao) because some dude in the internet say it was cool, drop sets on the deadlifts, talking about girls, jokes everywhere. It may seem dumb, but just testing what the body could do without a program made me passionate about what I was doing. Today I do the same thing, I'm not afraid to try new exercises and hop around some weird stuff. Obviously not randomly like it was, but having fun is still my number one goal, and I think if was in the gym just doing exercises that are the most optimal because they MAYBE will give me more gains, I wouldn't love it as half as I love it. The psychological effect of our perception of training early on are slept on and maybe we should talk about things like this instead of how deep of a stretch we can get.
Just my two cents! And I reccomend checking out Enkiri's recently dropped video called 'How to Harness the Power of the Mind to Destroy Physical Barriers (Going Autopilot)' and it too talks about the psychological side of lifting hard, and it gets way deeper and way more fun than whatever stuff is trending on the fitness world.
Definitely some good came from program hopping, just at the expense of progress while I was doing it.
It's been about 9 months since I started lifting and you are probably one of my most viewed youtuber during that period of time. I started at 30% body fat and lost about 7~8kgs of body weight while gaining about 2kgs of muscle in that period, nothing super impressive but I am satisfied with the progress and will slowly but steadily keep going on the process since I enjoy it much more compared to when I started. Glad that I graduated from that Athlean-X watching stage fairly quickly due to people like you 👍 Thank you for all the contents so far and keep going!!
Very pretty wife high five
Disrespectful
@@Frigged999 only if you see it that way. I admire gvs as a person and I'm happy he has a cute wife. Take the stick out of your arse.
@@Frigged999?
It's called a compliment.
@@alterdestiny1 Personally i would not like that compliment. But if he is okay then no problems brother, you do you 👍
I came to your channel accidentally in 2020 when I was just a 17 year old kid and just started lifting. That has to be the greatest "accident" ever happened to me. You are a motivation GVS.
杰夫
that's an excellent choice of characters for a Chinese name.
Thanks, it always gets a laugh :)
To be honest you looked bigger/leaner than most intermediate lifters in 2017, maybe it's just a visual thing like insertions or maybe it;s genuinely freaky genetics for mass building.
I'm close to how you looked then but I've been training for a few years, but I am only starting to really understand how hypertrophy training works now so this video is inspiring to see how much more progress you made after that point.
My top 3 fitness channels of all time. Never stop growing man.
Feeling better about getting shingles a week after my 41st birthday now lol. Great video and inspiring.
I got shingles around that age too. Thought there was something wrong with me lol.
Good stuff💪🏻
Gear.
Congrats on 10 years of training, an inspiration to natties everywhere, especially those seriously picking up the iron around the same age as when you started.
Not natural. Not anymore.
Still natural, no plans on changing that.
the humblest honestest natty lifter 感谢有用的视频
Where is the proof that it was natural?
You can never prove that you're natural.
But you can reduce suspicion by constantly postosting bloodwork even with trt you need to adjust dosages reflects on bloodwork eventually something suspicious would come up
Thanks for sharing this, as often you feel like you will get nowhere if you do not do everything perfectly. As in zero progress. This shows us we can still progress despite real life making things hard. Just keep showing up and training will get you somewhere.
Not here to hate, definitely a nice transformation, a nice channel, very instructive but definitely not drug free, but i understand that you need to sell e-book and programs ...
Doesn't make sense especially with how little he got in return. So yeah, probably natural
@@samuelfvalim7418 social media are based on an illusionary return. Like, view, ego.
Been a subscriber since 2020. Was at home knowing I needed to get in shape but didn’t know how. You were the reason I got back in shape and learned how to train heavy.
Thanks for sticking around! :)
This is basically Propaganda to work hard and bulk.
This video for me is just inspiration. We are so mind boggled by social media and not acknowledging our starting point, which is quite problematic. For a 18 y/o this year. I can say i look okay even though my strength levels are a little bit above average nearing 300kg conventional pull. ( with a little bit over 2 and a half years ot training.) I can say it's been a hell of a journey and i am ever more motivated to see what 7-8 more years are going to bring me! Considering I'll be training even harder. And with becoming a coach too shit is awesome to witness others achieve their goals, knowing that I've helped them in some kind of way.
300kg is more than just a little bit above average!!! Nice going my dude!
all that time wasted.
What time wasted? Think about all the time you've wasted watching videos on YT which have little importance in the grand scheme of things. If you put all that time into lifting you'd be as big as Geoff and maybe you wouldn't be as insecure🤣🤣.
The beginning was worth it ,was motivating to hear your grind
3:23 is this picture in the wrong spot? Thats better muscle development than i have after almost 5 years of dedicated training, and also able to bench 2 plates for several reps......those muscles are what i would expect to be able to handle almost 3 plates, and thats the start?
No way dude, he has like 12-13 inch arms in that photo, he's just really lean
Am just lean, I was very small, 150lbs at 6ft. If you look at my arms/chest/back they're very small, just can see definition. Leanness and a very small amount of muscle makes you look way more impressive, if you can bench 2 plates for reps then you absolutely had more muscle than me, I couldn't even do 1 plate for reps...let alone 3 plates.
Leanness is an illusion, if you think that physique can bench 3 plates then you've gotta learn how to assess a physique better my friend.
@@biohazard9503 who gives a flip about arms? Those shoulders and pecs are huge. Also at a certain point leanness just makes muscles look smaller. (Eg Jeff Nippard state lean on competition day vs how he looks every day or on bear mode. When hes lean he looks way smaller, like less muscular smaller)
@@GVS I've been very lean before and could bench 145lbs+whatever the bar weighed for 10 reps and you could literally see my intercostal spaces THROUGH my "pecs". Don't give me that garbage.
@@taylorhillard4868 pecs are tiny there, you have really strange standards. delts only really look big due to leanness and small waist. Again, bodybuilding is an illusion, you put me next me now and you'd see how small I was.
This sounds more like a story of love than a body transformation video. Thanks for sharing your story
Definitely a big part of it. I've noticed a lot of bodybuilders are in a stable relationship, I think it helps.
1 view in 31 seconds, bro fell off
You are so funny man. Good job
Nicely done Spencer
Hilarious. Marry my daughter
Absolutely awesome, great to see. As a natural competitive BB in his 50’s I’m now probably safe to say on my first real controlled bulk and loving it.
Keep going , keep inspiring, and be you 🙏🏻
He didn't get the final results lifting with out help. No one looks like this being natural. If it doesn't look natural, it isn't. I've been training natural for 50 years and I've seen them come and I've seen them go. I can recognize people on ped's at a glance. I say people because I have seen and know women on the juice. For those who haven't been in the gym as long as I have, don't be fooled with this expectation. It just isn't natural.
Not saying it's possible for you naturally, but it was for me.
Please give us an example of what a top tier natural physique looks like so we have something we can aim for. People could equally say that a physique like yours isn't achievable at your age without trt.
Right. People like this are claiming no-help on SARMs, peptides, and TRT. I’m on 300mg of test, so don’t ultimately care. Just people understand he’s likely omitting a portion of his protocol.
@@MR12AMAZING Have you seen my channel? I have been told that I look great for my age. This can be accomplished with out any ped's. Genetics will make a difference in everyones physique. We all have the potential to have the best physique for what ever pattern our physique is. You just have to except what life has thrown at you and try to improve.
@@Joeperry42491 There is no "protocol". No steroids, no peptides, no SARMs, no TRT. Nothing. I've been clear on this for years, I'm not sure why people have such low standards.
Amazing, would love to see a short video on what you have learned most in those 10 years, especially as a guy mid 30's with 3 kids and an emotionally intense job.
Dude you don’t look average on the past pictures
Yeh he does
@@JohnSmith-gh3kpyou are out of touch with reality
@@kapoioBCS he looks like your average skinny 17 year old…..
At 18 FFMI, I'm right around the average male fat free mass index, in fact a bit below it. The average male FFMI....18.9. I was just lean with a good frame/narrow waist. You've been commenting on my videos long enough that you should be able to assess a physique by now my dude.
@@GVSThe doomerpill definitely overcorrected the unrealistic expectations crowd.
I like the statement about training not being linear and especially the part about real life having true impact on training and it being quite healthy for the individual to make that actualization. for example I made so much pure muscle gains and I was probably overall bigger back when I was unemployed lol. The only stressor in my life was training itself. My purpose in life was gaining muscle back then. (I still make gains but they are very marginal)
But as I've started to pursue the career that I'm actually passionate about, which is entrepreneurship in the world of cuisine, it requires so many hours on your feet with lots of steps and difficulty getting sufficient amount of calories in without tradeoffs in the work itself (last december I was working in the kitchen 70 hour weeks, not by necessity but because I wanted to learn and improve as quickly as I could). I just don't see bodybuilding anymore as a thing worth of pursuing, so my training has shifted to more casual 3times a week actually lifting, with a lot more daily cardio mobility focused exercises and less volume overall with more explicit exercise selection to not make me too fatigued while actually working. So overall my training has revolved around supporting my ability to work like "an athlete" in the profession, so these two things which I love are not at odds with each other anymore.
Training as hard as I physically am capable is going to come at the great cost of making me less agile and sharp on the work that is my real passion. While this being said, it doesn't mean that I'm "losing gains" I'm actually much leaner and generally speaking more athletic nowadays, but the type of training that was solely focusing on getting as big as possible had to go, and that is completely ok. It's about what you actually want.
You've achieved the ultimate form, the fact that you started at 25 years old and now look like this motivates me like no other.
I've made great progress since I started lifting at age 22, 2 years ago.
Most people on social media with great physiques started lifting in their mid teens. I was afraid I started too late to get an impressive physique like yourself and many others.
I'm glad this is not the case and I will continue to train like hell so one day I may have a physique like yours.
No questions, just a big beefy thanks! Respect & keep on!
Also amazing content. Hope this video starts a trend for sure. Happy gainz chasing to all!
humble beginnings....you've earned your success! happy for you mate
One of the most impressive natural transformations. Always enjoy the videos.
GVS winning in life and in the gym.
Beautiful transformation!
This transformation is super inspiring, especially as a former distance runner myself who had similar stats to you at the start. I was 6'1 and 145 lbs at the end of high school, and now I'm 180 lbs, not the condition I want to be in. Seeing Geoff do what I want too, is really inspiring and puts into perspective how much work it takes
Similar story here. Former cross country team captain graduated at 5’11” 140lbs in 2013, currently at 180lbs feeling huge but I know I can do even more
Motivating man!! 👏
I m a coach more focused on strength and speed, but it s awesome to hear your training story, you are one of the best fitness content creator without doubt
It's refreshing to see a transformation that is more in depth that shows that progress isn't linear. and not just a half arsed response to a 'natty or not'
I've been lifting since the 90's and in that time Ive been, up and down in every way possible. from being below 10% bodyfat and ripped with a good physique, to being 20%+ body fat and lifting for strength, to then bodybuilding and reaching my genetic limit and getting far bigger than I ever thought possible naturally, to then taking around 10 years off and returning right to a DYEL genetic base line before stepping back into a gym in 2017 and gaining a crazy amount of muscle in a short time due to muscle memory as well as picking up several injuries as a result in that first year back.
Even presently I took two years away from the gym doing home workouts (with good results) and now back at the gym the past 3 weeks with a different approach and feeling another spurt of quality gains taking shape
loved this video its wholesome! Your transformation is pure motivation
This video was an excellent resource and I think it demonstrates the difference a dialed in training and diet regimen can make. It seems like you really got things figured out in the past few years and it shows with your physique.
Loved this. So many fitness influencers seem to forget/ignore their past training in favour of pushing their latest program and marketing it as if that got them their physique.
You are definitely an easy gainer. I myself went from 65 kg to 93 KG!! In 8 months , I gained definitely alot of fat but the mass was absurd. Genetics play a massive role with my consistent eating + sleep + workout
Amazing video. Glad to see that it’s not always bonkers gain per year. Your start is also pretty good so it gives a huge lead. 😊 fact you kept going despite 0 gains for a fuckiing year, multiple times is a good reminder for me.
Insane transformation GVS💪🏽