TIME STAMPS 0:08 Nic Black flipping for your Enjoyment 0:36 Why Farmer’s Walks Are Important to you 1:27 Time Stamp about time stamps 1:53 Info Begins 1:58 Get everything aligned 2:14 Looking Stupid Picking up Dumbbells 2:33 Middle of Implement, middle of Foot, middle of Hand 3:13 The speed of the Farmer’s “Walk” 3:37 Grip position for Beginners and Hypertrophy ONLY 3:48 Grip Position For Competitors & More advanced athletes 4:35 Over Grip The Handle 5:08 NEVER stop Squeezing! 5:32 Keep Your Arms Straight 5:59 Pull Slack out of Your Body (Because there is none in the implement) 6:24 Don’t Jerk! 6:47 Arms are just Meat Hooks 7:12 What The Weight of Farmer’s Walk should be 7:46 Breathing & Bracing 8:06 How to breathe while walking 8:41 Kenny G Reference 8:45 Pick the Implements with a Walking Stance 9:41 The Staggered Stance Pick up 10:28 Injury Risk 10:44 Roll Your Feet Like A Ninja 11:34 Look through the Finish Line 11:42 Body Follows the Head People 12:27 Voice Crack 12:28 When to add the Farmer’s Walk to Your program 13:02 Light work with the Farmer’s Walk 13:27 Medium work with the Farmer’s Walk 13:54 Heavy work with the Farmer’s Walk 14:09 How to Establish a 1RM Farmer’s Walk 14:25 Watch the videos I linked above for info on Turning Farmer’s Walks
Love your content Brian, and it just keeps getting better over time! Have you thought of creating a Patreon or something like that? I know you probably don't like the idea initially, but I think you give more than enough value to be able to set up something like that. I, and I think many others, would love to support you, without necessarily having to buy a program or a t-shirt.
@@BrianAlsruheOfficial That's a good way to look at it. The blackbelt is the START of the journey! I think a lot of people look at things like they're the end goal when they're really the beginning. This is probably something you should discuss in one of your next motivational speeches.
I'm with you. I can actually do my own bodyweight in each hand right now, but it took a little while to work up to that. Felt pretty good. Then I saw someone who weights 60 pounds less than I do, doing my bodyweight + 20 pounds in each hand. Back to work for me! Gotta keep pushing.
Brian Alsruhe when you’ve said in videos that the typical minimum for farmers is body weight in each hand, is it also comparable to say that the minimum frame carry is about double body weight or how does that translate? And how about the yoke walk is that more like 2.5-3 x bodyweight as a general starting point in well run comps? Appreciate you greatly Brian. No single UA-camr has contributed more to my programming success and speed of progress than you bar none.
same. I got some portable handles to take to the gym and managed about bodyweight total last week...and it about trashed me! Felt it everywhere. And that was only for probably 50-80 feet (however long my gym is wide).
I recently grossed out my mom with my forearm development, which is awesome! Thanks for introducing me to the farmer's carry. It is my favorite exercise!
Still healing from an elbow tendon injury. Been doing rucking to stay strong and recently came across the farmers walk. Just doing 1 walk every evening with 10lb dumbells for about 1-2 miles is really giving me great results in the muscles without aggravating that inner tendon. Going to be patient with light weights for a while til that elbow is back at 100%
That's the way to do it for a lot of people. I had arm injuries and used 20 lbs and it was way too much. Most people meed to start at physiotherapy weights if they have been inactive or have problems.
Brian I think i literally watched you come back from the brink of death. Been following your videos since you got sick and you sound so much healthier now my dude. You're an absolute inspiration and when my body breaks down some day, I'm going to remember what you said on the power cast and keep my workouts intense, fighting every step of the way. Glad to have found your channel bro
I've been proud getting up to 48 kg (105.8 lbs) kettlebells in each hand! Sounds like I have more work to do though since my weight is 160. I like the kettlebells because the grip is wider and it really works my forearm
When you live on a farm and have to actually carry heavy things around for your livestock and didn't realize it was actually considered workout technique.
I mean there’s kind of a reason for the ole farm, cornfed stereotypes in athletics - hard work, often and well-fed produces a strong, disciplined type of athlete.
Same. 100%. Aside from the obvious strength growth, mass increase, full-body trainingg, and real world application... It's just fun. REALLY fun. Farmers Walks are a blast - literally haha
Great video brother. I'm ashamed to admit that I categorized farmer walks as a pointless exercise. Over last few years, I've changed my training from a body building approach towards a more strength focused system. I can't speak enough positive volumes about properly executed farmer walks. Absolutely one of the best full body developing exercises I've incorporated in my training. I would definitely say they are in my top 5.
I have been lifting weights for the last 46 years,I wish I had learned about the farmers walk long ago it’s a real super exercise.I really feel it in my forearms . I will keep doing it !
I tried farmers walks for the first time today, didn't really know where to start but I thought my grip strength was pretty good from BJJ. So I grabbed the biggest kettle bells they had in my gym and walked back and forth. I learned my grip strength is fucking terrible.
Different kind of objects that you grab require different kinds of grip strength I'd imagine. There's so many different muscles in the forearm that control the movement of your hand.
@@Ezio9791 For sure, I'd imagine the grip needed in BJJ is a lot different than the grip needed to grip a bar really well, even though it all "seems" the same.
I absolutely love farmer's walks they are a phenomenal excersize, tough but fun. In fact I actually just finished doing them for today's workout and I am 5kg off of doing twice my bodyweight! or 180kg (90kg on each implement) on them
I appreciate the video. I'm trying to get into shape after a long fight with asthma (and the necessary inactivity and steroids that come with that). I like watching the extreme stuff because it's a lot easier to see mistakes when you're watching someone lifting very heavy weights (everything is exaggerated). I'm no where near "body builder" level at this point, but seeing where it can go wrong will make my journey a lot safer, thank you.
I started to train my yoke walk with that half foot in front of the other foot, and it took at least 2 seconds off of my time. I never thought about using that "footwork" with the farmers carry though... I will definitely give it a try!
Thanks Brian!! I' recently added farmer carry to my DL day and have been kinda clueless on how to do it effectively. This video is perfect! As always you do such a great job at motivating and explaining. Hope you are over your health issues(!) and feeling strong! Take care man!!
I love farmers carries. I do them every third or fourth day. I'll change between using kettlebells, though ours only go upto 154lbs but the saving factor is the thicker handles so you need to really work your grip strength in order to walk with them and the trap bar. I couple this with static deadlifts with a double overhand grip to work on my grip. Also, I never use a weight belt to really work my core stability. I've found it's a had a huge impact on my deadlifts as well.
Dude your videos have massively helped all my lifts. Deadlift, overhead press, pull ups and i never did farmers walks until i watched this video. 69kg in each hand at 100 kilograms bodyweight at the moment.
Good tips will use them this Sunday. Currently doing weekly 220lb for 1020 yard (around our block) farm walks (incline/decline, we live in hilly area) in our group of 3 (go as far as you can go then switch). Best time so far 13 minutes.
Great info...i love that exercise..i carry 5 gallon buckets w water and a 10 lb or 5 lb dumbells ..when i break..i do side or front raises for shoulderz then rear delts...if it gets heavy i dump some water
Lookin damn good in that green neversate shirt. I have the same one, fits great! I have been adding in more farmers walks into my regular workouts. Love these do or do not videos, help to remember cues, and really just get in a great mindset before starting the exercise. One of the things the farmer carry I have seen a huge carryover into everyday life, helping someone move, carry stuff etc. it seems to have more of a crossover than anything else.
You bet man. Wish I could have met you when you were here in Sacramento. Maybe next time! Your positivity, kindness and knowledge is incredible and makes you head and shoulders above the rest of the online fitness community.
I love all these videos, personally has gotten a lot of my forms corrected and shot a lot of my PR's up. Thank you Brian for all the great information.
Never heard about farmers walks until I started watching your channel a year ago. It is one of my favorite exercises! I put it into virtually every Strongman circuit I do. Haven’t got to my body weight yet but I add 5 lbs every time and will get there soon enough. Keep up the great work. This is by far the most informative channel in this area on UA-cam!
Brian, would you do a video on the techniques for a frame carry? I know there is a lot of cross over with farmer's walks, but I'd be curious to see if you have any tips or tricks to be aware of, unique to a frame carry.
Perfect timing. Farmers walks in t minus 2 hours. Awesome video Brian. Only touched 2x bodyweight for 30 feet once and things got a little squirrelly to say the least.
You couldn't have a better timing with this. In about 2 weeks I have my first strongman competition and until now I just picked them up, but never thought about technique, thus just trying to get faster by doing them more often. Definitely trying those changes out when training tomorrow morning. Thank you so much for all the effort you put in those videos.
I don’t have a trap bar, so it’s dumbbells (up to 75lb) or get creative. Those Costco runs with IKEA bags loaded and running those up stairs is always a breeze even though I’m usually limited by those dumbbells (for now).
0:32 is that version of farmer's carry equipment safe to drop on tarmac and do you need to use bumper style plates instead of iron plates when loading them on? I already have invested a few hundred bucks iron style plates. I don't have adequate space in my home gym for an efficient farmers carry exercise.
Brian, I noticed that with farmer's walks the biggest question I have is weather to roll my shoulders back ( or keep my chest open), or to not think about their positions - in which case they tend to be sitting around the middle or slightly rolled forward. what do you think would be a good idea? unless you are sprinting like in competitions, it seems like rolled back shoulders may be healthier / stronger torso alignment.
Ive seen an overall impovement i had a hip injection and a shoulder injection im currently doing slow walk with about 20kg in each arm ive seen oversll improovement all over in 2 weeks sqauts have been easier its great for recovery
I started dummbell farmer walk this month after my first pull push day of the week .I am doing bodyweight currently for 100feet with one turn...half way there :)
3:39 I’m looking into this to train because I literally have a farm😂it’d be nice to incrementally increase the weight as opposed to just carrying heavy things I need to around the farm
I'm practicing this with a guy with big canisters with sand inside. 40kg per side. Good practice. At first we did with smaller canisters weighing 18kg per side. With big weights, your neck is hard, especially if you're practicing in freezing temperatures of 15 celsius degrees. The next day it was hard to swallow. But it passed in a couple of days.
i wear a 30 lb weighted vest plus, 45 lb dumbells in each hand for a farmers walk for a walkaround a park for 15 minutes. when the grip gets tired i rase the weight over shoulders (i call this rest period) when that's exhausted i transition weight back to my knees. my heart rate riases to 168 bpm. next lap just weighted vest. i made the mistake of doing 5 squats during the first 20 feet once and it made it difficult to complete. thanks for the video i didnt know this was a "thing" but, there is no running with this consistent pace is the key to complete the full 15 minute lap for me✌🏿
I carry my body weight in each hand and prefer to go slow and steady making every step a purposeful step and sometimes emphasize the calf extension. I do my carries in my driveway that has hills both ways and is 1/2 a mile. Give it a try if you're always balls to the wall heavy/fast or always on a flat surface.
But the farmers carry is supposed to be a race. You’re not supposed to do it slow. It is a strongman event where people move the weight as fast as possible. It’s great that you’re doing it that way, but it’s similar to doing snatches as slow as you possibly can.
Same here. Sometimes I just drop by to drop a like and then add the video to my watch later list if I don't have time. Brian consistently drops awesome content.
I had a pile of standard plates left over after switching to olympic, 2 standard super curl bars and some duct tape later and i have 2 great farmers walk bars for super cheap. Just thought i'd share that as here in NZ actual carry bars are...rare and freaking expensive.
Lol love when he said , when you have more weight, your gonna wanna move as fast as you can to end the set 😂 so true, I go back and forth in my backyard and start speed walking to get to the end of one side before I drop it to make a sort of goal in the set
Weighted vests are great, but make sure to ease your body into it. It's terrible for your tendons if you start too heavy, but it's great for your tendons if you progressively overload at a safe pace.
I literally couldnt be happier this video came out. I have my first competition tomorrow and it includes a farmers walk and I wasnt sure whether or not I would be able to lift the implements. Tip #10 is a life saver!
Hey, Brian! Is it ok to turn around with the carry or should I always put the load down before I turn? I'm a mid-level carrying atm 90kg (my weight is 80).
Farmer walks are one of my favorite movements and I greatly appreciate this video for the little tips I can now show people that workout with me on those days.
My son is convinced you cannot use wrist wraps for farmers walk.... He's worried about his grip strength. I told him there are other ways to make your grip stronger.. This framers walk hits your core and outward.. He's not competing.. I think the wraps would help him do the walk in a more strick motion if he's not worried about hanging on.... Thoughts??
Can I buy the farmers walk implements and use them for farmers walks AND DEADLIFTING? I was going to also get a trap bar but if the farmers walks can also be used then why buy a trap bar also???
Ha. Athlean made a video saying that farmer walk should br done everytime you hit the gym. In his latest video about pull up he showed that you should visualise pulling w your pinky and ring fingers as well, great minds think alike
TIME STAMPS
0:08 Nic Black flipping for your Enjoyment
0:36 Why Farmer’s Walks Are Important to you
1:27 Time Stamp about time stamps
1:53 Info Begins
1:58 Get everything aligned
2:14 Looking Stupid Picking up Dumbbells
2:33 Middle of Implement, middle of Foot, middle of Hand
3:13 The speed of the Farmer’s “Walk”
3:37 Grip position for Beginners and Hypertrophy ONLY
3:48 Grip Position For Competitors & More advanced athletes
4:35 Over Grip The Handle
5:08 NEVER stop Squeezing!
5:32 Keep Your Arms Straight
5:59 Pull Slack out of Your Body (Because there is none in the implement)
6:24 Don’t Jerk!
6:47 Arms are just Meat Hooks
7:12 What The Weight of Farmer’s Walk should be
7:46 Breathing & Bracing
8:06 How to breathe while walking
8:41 Kenny G Reference
8:45 Pick the Implements with a Walking Stance
9:41 The Staggered Stance Pick up
10:28 Injury Risk
10:44 Roll Your Feet Like A Ninja
11:34 Look through the Finish Line
11:42 Body Follows the Head People
12:27 Voice Crack
12:28 When to add the Farmer’s Walk to Your program
13:02 Light work with the Farmer’s Walk
13:27 Medium work with the Farmer’s Walk
13:54 Heavy work with the Farmer’s Walk
14:09 How to Establish a 1RM Farmer’s Walk
14:25 Watch the videos I linked above for info on Turning Farmer’s Walks
You forgot to add the "dog photobomb" timestamps at 2:00, 5:29 and 17:34.
@@brogarn Hahah noted, thank you!
I fear no man...except the Head People
Love your content Brian, and it just keeps getting better over time! Have you thought of creating a Patreon or something like that? I know you probably don't like the idea initially, but I think you give more than enough value to be able to set up something like that. I, and I think many others, would love to support you, without necessarily having to buy a program or a t-shirt.
12:27 voice crack time stamp good stuff. Took notes
I was kinda proud that I could farmerswalk my bodyweight... Apparently I am only half way to the bare minimum.
It is a great start man, but that is where competitive Strongmen begin the journey. Just like getting your blackbelt in karate my friend...
@@BrianAlsruheOfficial That's a good way to look at it. The blackbelt is the START of the journey! I think a lot of people look at things like they're the end goal when they're really the beginning. This is probably something you should discuss in one of your next motivational speeches.
I'm with you. I can actually do my own bodyweight in each hand right now, but it took a little while to work up to that. Felt pretty good. Then I saw someone who weights 60 pounds less than I do, doing my bodyweight + 20 pounds in each hand. Back to work for me! Gotta keep pushing.
Brian Alsruhe when you’ve said in videos that the typical minimum for farmers is body weight in each hand, is it also comparable to say that the minimum frame carry is about double body weight or how does that translate? And how about the yoke walk is that more like 2.5-3 x bodyweight as a general starting point in well run comps? Appreciate you greatly Brian. No single UA-camr has contributed more to my programming success and speed of progress than you bar none.
same. I got some portable handles to take to the gym and managed about bodyweight total last week...and it about trashed me! Felt it everywhere. And that was only for probably 50-80 feet (however long my gym is wide).
I recently grossed out my mom with my forearm development, which is awesome! Thanks for introducing me to the farmer's carry. It is my favorite exercise!
Still healing from an elbow tendon injury. Been doing rucking to stay strong and recently came across the farmers walk. Just doing 1 walk every evening with 10lb dumbells for about 1-2 miles is really giving me great results in the muscles without aggravating that inner tendon. Going to be patient with light weights for a while til that elbow is back at 100%
That's the way to do it for a lot of people. I had arm injuries and used 20 lbs and it was way too much. Most people meed to start at physiotherapy weights if they have been inactive or have problems.
I did quarter mile farmerswalk yesterday... it never fails to suck. It’s great
I grew up on a farm so...............yeah. Burns like fire every day. lol
Said it once, saying it again, love how humble this guy is.
Brian I think i literally watched you come back from the brink of death. Been following your videos since you got sick and you sound so much healthier now my dude. You're an absolute inspiration and when my body breaks down some day, I'm going to remember what you said on the power cast and keep my workouts intense, fighting every step of the way. Glad to have found your channel bro
Thanks so much man!
The farmer's walk/the carry; is my number 1 strength exercise, no one else does it at the gym I go to.
I've been proud getting up to 48 kg (105.8 lbs) kettlebells in each hand! Sounds like I have more work to do though since my weight is 160. I like the kettlebells because the grip is wider and it really works my forearm
When you live on a farm and have to actually carry heavy things around for your livestock and didn't realize it was actually considered workout technique.
Haha thats sick dude anything that gets you a pump right? I used to be fat and now I workout its the best feeling when u get your muscles working
Lmao dude I always wondered why i was in better shape working full time on the farm then working out in a gym
It's a game for dummies.
I mean there’s kind of a reason for the ole farm, cornfed stereotypes in athletics - hard work, often and well-fed produces a strong, disciplined type of athlete.
loaded carries have been part of classical strength and conditioning; powerlifting just made the lifts disproportionally more popular.
If I could do only one exercise for the rest of my life, it would be probably this one.
Mine would be something with a sandbag
Same ..... I love doing these....!!!!
Wow! Very interesting. Did them for the first time today. Thought 45 poind plates was good, but it’s terrible
Lol
Same. 100%. Aside from the obvious strength growth, mass increase, full-body trainingg, and real world application... It's just fun. REALLY fun. Farmers Walks are a blast - literally haha
Great video brother. I'm ashamed to admit that I categorized farmer walks as a pointless exercise. Over last few years, I've changed my training from a body building approach towards a more strength focused system. I can't speak enough positive volumes about properly executed farmer walks. Absolutely one of the best full body developing exercises I've incorporated in my training. I would definitely say they are in my top 5.
I have been lifting weights for the last 46 years,I wish I had learned about the farmers walk long ago it’s a real super exercise.I really feel it in my forearms . I will keep doing it !
I tried farmers walks for the first time today, didn't really know where to start but I thought my grip strength was pretty good from BJJ. So I grabbed the biggest kettle bells they had in my gym and walked back and forth. I learned my grip strength is fucking terrible.
You can never have too strong a grip
Different kind of objects that you grab require different kinds of grip strength I'd imagine. There's so many different muscles in the forearm that control the movement of your hand.
@@Ezio9791 For sure, I'd imagine the grip needed in BJJ is a lot different than the grip needed to grip a bar really well, even though it all "seems" the same.
@@jsedge2473 yeah. The human body is awkward compared to a bar. Holding on to a arm or leg or your own hand is way different than a bar.
Yep. Adding weight on deadlifts and shrugs showed me my grip strength is for shit🤦🏿♂️😁. Farmer walking now to hopefully improve grip strength. 🤌🏽
Farmers walk definitely made my body feel whole different way compared to any other workout it is official luv it
I started a month ago doing farmers carry and my deadlifts improve dramatically including overhead press I have better posture.
I do farmers walks with a trap bar and it seems to be working pretty good
I absolutely love these series. So much knowledge in such a short time is unbelievable. I cannot thank you enough for what you do Brian ! Take care !
I absolutely love farmer's walks they are a phenomenal excersize, tough but fun. In fact I actually just finished doing them for today's workout and I am 5kg off of doing twice my bodyweight! or 180kg (90kg on each implement) on them
Wouldn’t twice your body weight be 180kg in each hand ?
Awesome video I like the small versions and the time stamps are where it's at!👍
I appreciate the video. I'm trying to get into shape after a long fight with asthma (and the necessary inactivity and steroids that come with that). I like watching the extreme stuff because it's a lot easier to see mistakes when you're watching someone lifting very heavy weights (everything is exaggerated). I'm no where near "body builder" level at this point, but seeing where it can go wrong will make my journey a lot safer, thank you.
Good luck man
Just found your channel and I love it. Practical and to the point.... My new favorite channel. Thank you very much, sir.
Thanks for checking it out!
I started to train my yoke walk with that half foot in front of the other foot, and it took at least 2 seconds off of my time. I never thought about using that "footwork" with the farmers carry though... I will definitely give it a try!
Thanks Brian!! I' recently added farmer carry to my DL day and have been kinda clueless on how to do it effectively. This video is perfect! As always you do such a great job at motivating and explaining. Hope you are over your health issues(!) and feeling strong! Take care man!!
I love farmers carries. I do them every third or fourth day. I'll change between using kettlebells, though ours only go upto 154lbs but the saving factor is the thicker handles so you need to really work your grip strength in order to walk with them and the trap bar. I couple this with static deadlifts with a double overhand grip to work on my grip. Also, I never use a weight belt to really work my core stability. I've found it's a had a huge impact on my deadlifts as well.
Dude your videos have massively helped all my lifts. Deadlift, overhead press, pull ups and i never did farmers walks until i watched this video. 69kg in each hand at 100 kilograms bodyweight at the moment.
How often do you do it and how many sets?
Good tips will use them this Sunday. Currently doing weekly 220lb for 1020 yard (around our block) farm walks (incline/decline, we live in hilly area) in our group of 3 (go as far as you can go then switch). Best time so far 13 minutes.
Great info...i love that exercise..i carry 5 gallon buckets w water and a 10 lb or 5 lb dumbells ..when i break..i do side or front raises for shoulderz then rear delts...if it gets heavy i dump some water
Time stamps super helpful for the things I'm thinking about that you said and trying to remember the specifics, great job man, great value add
Lookin damn good in that green neversate shirt. I have the same one, fits great! I have been adding in more farmers walks into my regular workouts. Love these do or do not videos, help to remember cues, and really just get in a great mindset before starting the exercise. One of the things the farmer carry I have seen a huge carryover into everyday life, helping someone move, carry stuff etc. it seems to have more of a crossover than anything else.
Thank you so much Nathan!
You bet man. Wish I could have met you when you were here in Sacramento. Maybe next time! Your positivity, kindness and knowledge is incredible and makes you head and shoulders above the rest of the online fitness community.
LOVING the transcripts and time stamps. A+++
Dude.... Timestamps are amazing.
Love the farmer's walks, thanks to your previous videos I corrected my form and not a week goes by without one session of these, thanks man.
Saludos
Good tips. I've messed with farmers walks but definitely want to start incorporating them regularly now.
Thank you, Brian! This video series of yours is invaluable.
I love all these videos, personally has gotten a lot of my forms corrected and shot a lot of my PR's up. Thank you Brian for all the great information.
That's exactly what I use these videos for. Q's before training.
I really like these do and don't tip videos. I was using your ohp tips today and that shit is legit.
I do farmers walks with farm stuff; hay bales, tractor saddle bag weights, feed buckets etc.
Never heard about farmers walks until I started watching your channel a year ago. It is one of my favorite exercises! I put it into virtually every Strongman circuit I do. Haven’t got to my body weight yet but I add 5 lbs every time and will get there soon enough. Keep up the great work. This is by far the most informative channel in this area on UA-cam!
Kind of important for beginners to start with lower weights and work their way upto heavy to avoid injuries!
Brian, would you do a video on the techniques for a frame carry? I know there is a lot of cross over with farmer's walks, but I'd be curious to see if you have any tips or tricks to be aware of, unique to a frame carry.
Honestly it almost completely mimics the farmer’s except for a few extra cues man
As you were describing the FW in the video, it did sound that way. Thanks for responding!
Just found this vid and subsequently your channel. Good stuff, man. Subscribed!
Thanks so much man!
Brian Alsruhe - Nah, thank you for putting out content like this.
Perfect timing. Farmers walks in t minus 2 hours. Awesome video Brian. Only touched 2x bodyweight for 30 feet once and things got a little squirrelly to say the least.
Love the Kegs in the background- no sarcasm intended
Grey screen Brian commentary are my favorite parts, after the knowledge drop of course.
Haven't finished watching the entire video but lemme just say , I really like the intro .
Hahah thanks man!
Liked just for the time stamps. Thanks Brian
Bro you got the best workout videos on youtube.
Brian, thank you for another great video. I didn't realize that I was doing this lift incorrectly.
You couldn't have a better timing with this.
In about 2 weeks I have my first strongman competition and until now I just picked them up, but never thought about technique, thus just trying to get faster by doing them more often.
Definitely trying those changes out when training tomorrow morning.
Thank you so much for all the effort you put in those videos.
I don’t have a trap bar, so it’s dumbbells (up to 75lb) or get creative. Those Costco runs with IKEA bags loaded and running those up stairs is always a breeze even though I’m usually limited by those dumbbells (for now).
Saw your video on Mark Bell podcast I agree with you on
"SUFFER BEAUTIFULLY" great stuff man...........
0:32 is that version of farmer's carry equipment safe to drop on tarmac and do you need to use bumper style plates instead of iron plates when loading them on? I already have invested a few hundred bucks iron style plates. I don't have adequate space in my home gym for an efficient farmers carry exercise.
That tip for people who can grip more than they can deadlift is gold. Also, I feel silly I didn't already think of it.
Brian, I noticed that with farmer's walks the biggest question I have is weather to roll my shoulders back ( or keep my chest open), or to not think about their positions - in which case they tend to be sitting around the middle or slightly rolled forward. what do you think would be a good idea? unless you are sprinting like in competitions, it seems like rolled back shoulders may be healthier / stronger torso alignment.
Chest held up high is best
Ive seen an overall impovement i had a hip injection and a shoulder injection im currently doing slow walk with about 20kg in each arm ive seen oversll improovement all over in 2 weeks sqauts have been easier its great for recovery
I started dummbell farmer walk this month after my first pull push day of the week .I am doing bodyweight currently for 100feet with one turn...half way there :)
3:39 I’m looking into this to train because I literally have a farm😂it’d be nice to incrementally increase the weight as opposed to just carrying heavy things I need to around the farm
I'm practicing this with a guy with big canisters with sand inside. 40kg per side. Good practice. At first we did with smaller canisters weighing 18kg per side. With big weights, your neck is hard, especially if you're practicing in freezing temperatures of 15 celsius degrees. The next day it was hard to swallow. But it passed in a couple of days.
I love this series. So useful. Thanks mate. Done farmers walks earlier today. I'll be adding these tips in to the next session. Cheers.
Great information as always.
i wear a 30 lb weighted vest plus, 45 lb dumbells in each hand for a farmers walk for a walkaround a park for 15 minutes. when the grip gets tired i rase the weight over shoulders (i call this rest period) when that's exhausted i transition weight back to my knees. my heart rate riases to 168 bpm. next lap just weighted vest. i made the mistake of doing 5 squats during the first 20 feet once and it made it difficult to complete. thanks for the video i didnt know this was a "thing" but, there is no running with this consistent pace is the key to complete the full 15 minute lap for me✌🏿
I carry my body weight in each hand and prefer to go slow and steady making every step a purposeful step and sometimes emphasize the calf extension. I do my carries in my driveway that has hills both ways and is 1/2 a mile. Give it a try if you're always balls to the wall heavy/fast or always on a flat surface.
But the farmers carry is supposed to be a race. You’re not supposed to do it slow. It is a strongman event where people move the weight as fast as possible. It’s great that you’re doing it that way, but it’s similar to doing snatches as slow as you possibly can.
Can't wait until you get back to 275 lbs again. Love to see you in competition and slaying it.
I just like the video! without havent watch the video. Because i already know its going to be awesome and informative
Same here. Sometimes I just drop by to drop a like and then add the video to my watch later list if I don't have time. Brian consistently drops awesome content.
Thank you for the time stamps Brian! However, I always watch the full video! Will use them to re watch certain parts though
I had a pile of standard plates left over after switching to olympic, 2 standard super curl bars and some duct tape later and i have 2 great farmers walk bars for super cheap. Just thought i'd share that as here in NZ actual carry bars are...rare and freaking expensive.
Subscribed because the time stamps were convenient and funny
Lol love when he said , when you have more weight, your gonna wanna move as fast as you can to end the set 😂 so true, I go back and forth in my backyard and start speed walking to get to the end of one side before I drop it to make a sort of goal in the set
Can I put on a weighted vest and then carry to 45 pound dumbbells when in each hand is this effective?
Weighted vests are great, but make sure to ease your body into it. It's terrible for your tendons if you start too heavy, but it's great for your tendons if you progressively overload at a safe pace.
@@kyol420 thank you sir. Much appreciated.
Can this excersie help with arm tendon/bursa issues. My god i cant bend my atm atm 😫. My upper body has always been weak.
Great video. Subscribed.
Thank you so much for doing that my friend!
Favorite lift, 2-3x a week with medium dumbbells as a middle aged lifter.
I improvised on the Farmers carry my gym does not have one but they do have tires I can inside the tire and walk but I can put whight inside the tire
I only dropped a Liked because he made the effort to make Timestamps.
Any tips for supersets with farmers walk for conditioning (don’t have a prowler 🤢)
those ropes look like a DNA strand its freakin cool!
Science !
Do you have a video talking about your career in the military? Noticed your flags at your gym in the background. Just subbed
Thanks for video ! Next dos and donts about log clean and press?
Farmer carries with fatgrips to emphasize forearms?
really??! :)
I use fat grips till drop, bare hands till drop, then straps for a little burn out. I find I get a little farther with the fat grips every time.
I literally couldnt be happier this video came out. I have my first competition tomorrow and it includes a farmers walk and I wasnt sure whether or not I would be able to lift the implements. Tip #10 is a life saver!
Hey, Brian! Is it ok to turn around with the carry or should I always put the load down before I turn? I'm a mid-level carrying atm 90kg (my weight is 80).
Farmer walks are one of my favorite movements and I greatly appreciate this video for the little tips I can now show people that workout with me on those days.
If the weight is in my right that means that my muscles in the left side will do the work right?
yes, it will work your stablizer muscle. just make sure you train evenly.
Great video, mate.
Good advices for competition.
Brian, was that a reference to the world's strongest disciple Kenichi? ;) at 8:41
Trap bar farmers unite, also where would you stick sonething like farmers in if you, have a general strength split like your recent free program?
I explain that later in the video man, just check the time stamps
Heck yeah, trap bar was my best home gym purchase so far.
Trap bar farmers carry might be my favorite thing to do.
@@BrianAlsruheOfficial thank you sir
i did this a few days ago, and was rewarded with blisters on my hands. trying to find how to avoid such blisters and calluses, i see this 4:55 :D
I have an entire video about hand care. If you search it, it should help some
My son is convinced you cannot use wrist wraps for farmers walk.... He's worried about his grip strength. I told him there are other ways to make your grip stronger.. This framers walk hits your core and outward.. He's not competing.. I think the wraps would help him do the walk in a more strick motion if he's not worried about hanging on.... Thoughts??
great content! Can I use trap bar instead of farmer handles?
I am a 83 yr old man I do farmers walk with under 50 lbs. I don’t want to hurt my spine as far as discs. About how max wt should I carry.
Were you in the Army? I notice all the unit flags
Can I buy the farmers walk implements and use them for farmers walks AND DEADLIFTING?
I was going to also get a trap bar but if the farmers walks can also be used then why buy a trap bar also???
You can, but typically the handles are higher. So it would be more like a 13-18 inch deadlift rather than a standard.
Whats the best shoes for farmers walk?
Really good video, thank you!
Ha. Athlean made a video saying that farmer walk should br done everytime you hit the gym. In his latest video about pull up he showed that you should visualise pulling w your pinky and ring fingers as well, great minds think alike
How much should I start with if I’ve never done any weights and barely getting into it
Which is better hex bar or seperate handle bar for this exercise?