How I started Lifting & Tour of Super Old School Hardcore Bodybuilding Gym with Rare Relic Machines
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- Take note on how zero people are in this gym. Very unfortunate how the vintage bodybuilding gyms are dying out as the planet fitnesses of the world are thriving.
I love how the gym tours transition into an audio only podcast.
WWE made a huge mistake but please don’t stop posting your vids and giving us golden tidbits, hell I’d sub back to your Patreon if you posted there as often as UA-cam with advice and tidbits in there too. Keep going stick
I called this months ago. Sorry; not sorry.
What did WWE do? He wanted to be WWE wrestler? Idk I think he is too real for WWE. It's for fake personalities like Rock
@@tatemericanpsycho I'd love to hear more.
@@JeffO-😂😂
@@JeanKlaud93 Seriously.
Dude. I have transformed my body over the last five years and you are the only continuous subscription on my UA-cam. Not solely because of fitness motivation but also a healthier outlook on life. It's all a mindset and you gave me mine.
Eric we’ve both been through a lot in the past few years. I’ve watched all your videos dating back to the start of your channel, including all the Patreon posts, and I just wanna say you are so right about deadlifting adding poundage to the body.
I was always a small guy weighing in the low 160s even when I was lifting, but I tried your style of lifting and diet for about a year in 2020 and easily packed on 15 pounds of pure thickness. I stopped lifting shortly after having my first kid and I kid you not a lot of that weight stayed on me permanently and gave me a decent muscular frame even when I wasn’t lifting and bulking.
Just want to say thank you I guess
🙏 thanks for being here all these years
Lol, I love how in his previous vid, someone told him that the algorithm favors 20 plus minute vids; and lo and behold, next vid is 22 minutes long 😅👌🏻
The grind never stops 🤘🏻
f yeah dude, get after it
63,5'10 170 and still pumping iron. Lifting is for life.
Not even 400 lbs? 😎jk jk
@@TheBcoolGuy ?????🤔
21, 5'8 174 lbs
I'd love to keep lifting until I'm in my 60s like you. I wonder how much is going to change by then
Have a nice day
Inspiring. I hope to still be at it when I'm your age. 32, 5'4", 170.. Trying to hit 200 or 205 😅
@@zachrahr618 There were times in life that I worked long hours in construction and didn't have time to lift but now that I'm retired I can stick with it 5 days a week. When you get older ,that's when you really need to focus on lifting. Most people get older and they use age as an excuse to become couch potatoes.
The intensity that this guy shows is what motivates your subscribers both in the good times and more in the bad times.
Time to start your own gym BUT it only contains the unique, one-off machines that you've included in all these gym travel vids.
If Ive learned anything from my travels and gym tours, it’s that the awesome classic gyms with the unique one-off machines typically have on average one or two people using the gym equaling zero profit and max bankruptcy
@@ericbugenhagenOfficial 🥲Metroflex RIP
@@ericbugenhagenOfficial I never said it was for the public 🤘
@@ericbugenhagenOfficial My experience was the same, man. I bought a BUNCH of cheap equipment from old school black iron gyms going bankrupt in my area. I wanted to open up my own place too, but after seeing the dismal experience of other entrepreneurs, the model doesn’t seem feasible. I guess maybe a personal training studio model could have some legs?
@@ericbugenhagenOfficial well because you are getting wealth and giving us a wealth of knowledge you could use it as a write off kind of like a loss gain type thing
Love the vids man, my HS wrestling career was pretty mediocre but it's colored by the awful abuse I had to endure at times from my home life. I lost myself for a few years with lifting but I started staying consistent around 2020 and life has really turned around, thanks for the inspiration.
Thanks for the peek into the back story! I beleive i speak for everyone when i say we like the longer form videos with the stories and tidbits. Thanks for the constant inspiration! 💪🏻
I agree brother, chit chats are back on the menu
I’d love to see more storytime style videos from you Ricky. Was thoroughly entertained throughout the whole 20 minutes
Lots on Patreon
Great channel
Dear Dr. Del Hagen,
I think you will be the only youtuber in the voluptuous milkyway where i enjoy a heavy built dark screen while a dense solid courageous vigorous Voice narrates golden titbits. The sound is comparable to the Rohirrim riding with their powerful horses down the steep hill into the uruk-hai. Thank you for your content, we love u from germany.❤ gutentagen
Never really had the motivation or drive to build strength or body build until a friend of mine showed me your "I NEED A HERO!!!" vid and my life has been completely transformed since then, I hit the 1000lb club a few weeks ago with a 430lb deadlift and I certainly would've never hit that goal if it weren't for these vids
Dude you're the best
You brought such freshness to wrestling even though they didnt utalize you to your strengths. Youre a pure ultimate warrior/macho man/ scott steiner
But i didnt come here to say that
About 4 years ago i had major surgery to my dominant hand leaving no flexion up or down.
I skateboard, played drums in hardcore/deathmetal bands and wrote graffiti from the age 8 to 24. For a long time I let my injury/surgery defeat me. It was a huge hit to lose all of my passions all at once. But dude, you help motivate not only me but anyone that has had any form of struggle in their life. You're a true G, Mr. Horse.
Everything happens for a reason. Things come full circle.
Every one of us that youve connected with thanks you.
Keep on being a freakin rad dude
Gg's
Much Love to everyone
Boogz, you are that Russian guy for so many of us: a call to greatness that welcomed us into your rats nest, to drop immeasurably thick loads of knowledge. A dense mass of mindset maximization. We salute you!
Dude the videos of you crushing it in your garage motivated me to build my own home gym. All these bits of knowledge you drop help me on my way. These gym tours are friggin awesome and I can't wait to see what comes next. Thank you big time!!
"Born to walk against the wind" - Manowar (Heart of Steel)
Never give up Bugez. The pencilnecks will soon fall like melting snow.
Hail and Kill
Brothers everywhere raise your hands up in the air!!
This was an awesome video! I love the gym tours and your reviews are spot on! Entertaining as well! The stories at the end were classic too thank you for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed!
The ol black screen monologue with the abrupt ending always cracks me up. Now that he's having a reset in his life, I wouldn't put it past Eric to take a pilgrimage to Siberia and start wrestling polar bears or something like that. Probably get around on a sled with a team of wolf dogs, plunging into frozen waters to hunt for fish with his bare hands. 😅
Definitely sorry to hear the bad news but I’m so excited for you and new amazing content I know your gonna make!
He’s gonna make it brah
Sticky Ricky you are the reason I lift! The intensity, the MINDSET and the shredding riffs on the shitter! I'm loving the longer gym tour vids. I know you are busy but if you have the time not rushing and having a longer, natural chat about whatever is on your mind while we see awesome gym machines (or the classic black screen!) is great to listen to! Like many have said you are effortlessly hilarious and entertaining! Cheers Head Chook!
More than half of the 22 minute video is bruhgenhogz talking into the void. I stayed for every second. freaking classic.
Ric, everyone keeps commenting that they are sorry what WWE did to you. Sure, you could look at it like a bad situation. However, maybe they did you a favor. Maybe you are dodging more injuries, health problems, and a possible future substance abuse issue. While a few of those guy end their careers well off and healthy, more have short tortured lives. Everyone wants to think they will be different but maybe not. If you leverage your past exposure and skills correctly you may be more successful than ever. If it’s your dream to continue wrestling by all means do what you have to. However, I think you might be in a good position for success and to keep your health. Keep your head up and keep in mind how fortunate you are.
Yeah his gimmick in wwe was basically just asking for more injuries. He’d do good in pro wrestling if he dropped like 15 pounds and used his background to favor a more traditional style. Huge fan of Eric and loved seeing him in wwe, but he didn’t seem very good in the ring, and a big reason was because of the style they gave him. He’d just fumble around and wait for his moment he’s meant to grab someone. If he wanted to continue pro wrestling I feel Impact/TNA would be the move, but I’m not sure if it’s even a passion of his to want to pursue it. Either way he should definitely take a break from it to rehab and bulletproof his joints as best as he can. Would love to see him fully utilized, felt his entire wwe run he wasn’t being used well at all
tbf he was already famous thanks to his lifting before WWE and his time at the WWE barely got him any more famous. Imho he's better off without htem
Eric, I started tuning in with my younger brother back in 2017 after someone mentioned you on the weight room Reddit. My younger bro lit up one day when you replied and hearted his comment when he was about 11 years old. I went through my first dirty bulk and set my heavy PRs (which I will break here soon) with your intensity as I screamed in my car and slammed back catatonic amounts calories. Our parents divorced around that time and it’s still tough especially on the younger guy. I’m getting him into deadlifting here soon, but the negative eccentric is where there is the most tension.
I still have your Mustard up the strength drawing framed next to your action figure and two “It’s a Mindset” shirts. Metal n Iron.
Hey Rick. The Russian guy story is awesome. It's like your own version of the martial arts nerd that get taught real martial arts by the old chinese restaurant guy.
My gym has very old calf raise machine and it looks exactly like those machines with white paint, black leather and some rust. It's extremely good machine too and really hits well the calves.
Your the man. thanks for being you
This is the coolest channel that anyone has ever laid their eyes and or ears to.
I wish gym were this empty where I lived. Nowadays you can’t go to the gym without waiting for a bench, rack or lat pull downs n cables too
When I was twelve I got a bench press with one of those preacher curl attachments on it. So my first few years of lifting was just bench press and preacher curls lmao
You're effortlessly hilarious man. Love your work, keep grinding.
It's crazy been lifting since year 7/ grade 7 and it only feels like in the last 3 years I've been doing it properly. Growing up in rural UK with no exposure to bodybuilding or lifting stuff meant I did so much shit wrong. Like reading somewhere that cheese had high protein so would just devour blocks of cheddar to get big, and only had like 2 adjustable dumbbells with 20kg worth of plates so just did sets of like 30+ reps with them. Remember I wanted to dunk so did a training program for it with lots of explosive one legged jumps etc, and used our concrete yard to do them on. Gave myself shin splints for like 6 months, but hey my quads did explode in size.
Made more progress in last 3 years than the 12 years before
Lmao, I can't spot picture you just eating bricks of cheese as pre workout 😂. Love thus comment, glad to hear you're making good progress now, cheers mate.
@@JeanKlaud93 genuinely, and I kept getting fat and couldn't understand why lmao
@TheImmenseFence haha. Yah man, I started working out at 18, it wasn't until 25-26 that I actually started making gains cuz it took that long to learn & experiment. It's a helluva fun ride though learning.
The subtle jabs he throws out there are golden comedy tidbits that really make me laugh. The personality is priceless 😂
The forced change in Career Could very well be a blessing, All though tough in the short term to deal with. after listening to all of the retired wrestlers on Joe Rogan, they all seem sad and broken. despite their success. You're talented Eric and make the best 'fitness' content out there. I have no doubt you'll figure out a way to make money, save your body and have fun. Love ya man.
Rick im italian, i live in rome! I follow your freakin motivation, you are unstoppable
That’s awesome brother, thank you
Just wanted to say a huge thanks for your videos. They truly have reinspired me to return to athletics with purpose. reigniting that fire within has had HUGE spillover effects on all aspects of my life. It really is all about having the mindset.. Thank you Eric.
I had that Arnold Encyclopedia, I was age 20. The book that got me strength training was Dinosaur Training, I immediately started bottom up squats and making sandbags and training with kegs. Entered the local strongman contests when it was just about 20 people, no novice or master class. Our chairman was 45 and kicked most of our butts in the events.
I also bought dinosaur training but about 12 years after I started training and that totally changed my mindset with lifting
5:08 "plate-loaded footage" is the best way I can describe the Boogz content to other people
The videos where Eric just rambles are the best, I love just hearing how he ticks and what nonsense he wants to talk about, Don't Stop Doing videos Like this!!!!
Goshdangit ur so lucky and blessed to be able to do this all the time... I wish I had the opportunity to go around and test old school gyms and just new gyms in general
From time to time I watch some random videos of yours, I follow you since 2018 and it makes me really nostalgic. I always looked at you and thought 'this dude is nuts lol'. Nowadays I think just 'This dude is nuts.'
WWE just didnt have the mindset. Everyone here, is here for the Bugez. Keep being you and putting out Sticky Ricky content and golden tidbits. The X factor of this channel is you. If you keep being yourself - we will keep watching.
Love a good ol fashioned ramble lol, fr love the content champ, can’t wait to see what’s next!
Nice hearing your backstory! If you're ever in Northwest Indiana feel free to pull off I94 and visit Classic Gym in Portage! Tons of old school equipment and posters. A real gem especially for the area.
That's so cool getting to know the lore of eric and how he got into the heavy stuff and the weird lifting techniques :D
Scale up the UA-cam effort. Keep the gym tours going. Travel around doing the gym tours and do some collabs. Throw some Sam sulek style car talks in to and from the gyms. You’re a natural performer. You’ll find your groove and we’d all love to see whatever you put out.
You do realize ol Sticky was doing car vids back when Sam Sulek was in middle school or younger right? Go find em if you haven't seen em! Good solid tidbits. 🤙🏻
You’re amazing man, you should 100% start the most succulent podcast on this realm, call it mass for the masses
You are in the best shape of your life! Came back from an injury like 2002 HHH. Your future is bright Rock the Stick!! 💥
My mom is from near Lafayette! Love to hear the shoutout. Keep these tour vids coming they’re great 🤞
Lmao’d at the end of the video when Rick the Stick couldn’t for the life of him remember what he was even talking about or how he got to that point!😂😂
I love those vids, this is like a Netflix series.
Damn dog I knew the rock was soft but to pull such a move on the stick after getting mogged is a new level
Excellent video, great stories thank you for sharing the tangents with us.
I love how the voiceover is the same as the viewer experience, he's just as surprised to see the footage as us😂
eric please don’t let your release, the media or anyone else get you down, back in 2021 i wasn’t a wrestling fan yet watching you on youtube made me want to watch Smackdown, now i love everything wrestling, even if you think or heard that you aren’t much in comparison, you’ll always be one of my favorite wrestlers and i will always support all you do no matter what, thank you for entertaining us and providing quality content
Another great gym tour. The South does have some great old style gyms.
Would love for you to make an appearance on the Massenomics Podcast. Tanner and Tommy would love to hear your stories!
Loved the fireside chat of deep Boogz lore at the end!
reading your description i must agree, and I'd just like to say it's a dream of mine to work out in a gym like Gold's as it was in the 70s as you see it in all the Arnold footage. Rusted metal plates, no overly sterile environment, no music, no girls filming their own asses lmao
Love the ramble at the end. Real old school Sticky Ricky vibes
I love a good Sticky monologue
Rick! I’ve been watching your videos for 2-3 years now, and I think it’s time to ask, talkkng about heavy singles, the russian you met that unveiled strength secrets, etc, have you considered competing in powerlifting??? The Boogz at the American Pro would be a sick sight to behold.
Nice gym!
It reminds me of the old school gyms I grew up with and loved!
Would love to seee more crazy 1RM's as much as anyone, but don't risk injury just for the clicks. We love you
I enjoy your origin story, I'm a lot different but so similar in certain ways.
Loved the insight to your early years here. Hope you’re not too down on the WWE stuff dude.. Remember, every end is just another beginning, and you’re the fucking man! You’ve inspired so many people and i know that you’re going to continue to rise up and become even more successful with your new independence.
I think going back to maxing out could be dangerous and when it comes to strength Ricky has nothing to prove. I will support the channel and you Eric. Are you considering making podcasts?
I love your gym tour Eric, good luck with everything 🫡
we want the intensity eric! YOU GOTTA BRING IT
I'd go to more hardcore bodybuilding and powerlifting gyms like this if more of them existed in the city. Alas, I think the cost of space is one of the big killers for getting gyms like this in high-population areas compared to Planet Fitnesses and the like.
Gunna miss the mane Ricky but honestly it's good to see the side short stache combo again, reminds me of the old days
A big part of the algorithms is engagement. Mitchell Hooper now ends his videos sayind to drop a comment or a Moose Dropping (which is just a . ) as a comment to help with algorithms. Hopefully people will continue to watch, like and comment to help boost your channel to be seen by more and more people!
Best content ever. Natural entertainment.
Im making mindset gains watching these videos and i dont even realize it until its too late and im making prs
I hope you just keep pumping out workout videos and just keep speaking truth and knowledge. It really gives me strong Rich piana vibes. Maybe that's your true calling. Just keep grinding my man🤘🤘
What a nice mastodontic gym for a nice mastodontic specimen
Rick is unstoppable. I’ve watched him and enjoyed his videos long before WWE. He is doing and will do great things. Even this video series of exploring foreign ratsnest for the people’s viewing pleasure. It’s the bees knees.
"a ton of cardio equipment which we always bypass"
Man, I would love to see some more story time with the Bugez. You could ramble for an hour and I’d gladly listen
favorite account. Post notifications ON for HORSE motivation
Keep going Rick. We got you
Man I WISH they had some vintage/ privately owned gyms in my area. Sterilized commercial gym takeover is so real.
You ever go to Red lerilles health and racquet club in Lafayette? That place is absolutely ginormous and absolutely PACKED with all sorts of equipment, both old and new. I’d highly recommend you go there when you are in the area.
I’ve had a dozen people tell me I have to go there..I dropped the ball
best channel on youtube
Been watching since the basement days. You can be real successful here on youtube.
Can you tell us about how college wrestling started, ended, and how you got into WWE etc?
Rick the Stick! I've been a fan of your stuff ever since I randomly came across one of your videos several years ago getting high off metal and caffeine hitting nasty PR's with lifts most people don't even know about. Keep up the good work man; you are an inspiration to so many people on here! Now that you are out of a contract do you have plans on hitting indie shows; or possibly doing youtube collabs again with folks like Jujimufu?
I like these just sitting with the Del Hagen and enjoying his history
The editing is like his lifts: RAW
Loved in Monroe for a bit I didn’t even know this place existed.
Dog you gotta start reviewing as you're at the gym and do a little podcast bit at the end with the owners. Might take a little more effort n time but it'd go hard.
Frrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaakkkkkkkkkk! Keep running Ricky de la Sticky never stop 💪🏼
Great motivation as usual eric💪👌
Very inspiring Eric!
Gotta do some hack deadlifts in there for old times sake
Stone Cold's wrestling career started with him getting fired from WCW after having a crappy gimmick and being injured. Maybe AEW, ROH, NJPW, or one of the other many wrestling promotions will be better for you right now anyway. Maybe a heel turn calling out all the cookie cutters and Johnny 2 plates of the world with full on basement era promos filled with passion and added disgust to the people that just don't have the mindset of a champion.
I can hear a slight hint of sadness in del hagen's voice in this one. Maybe I'm imagining it. I usually make a joke in the comments but I just wanna say we're here for you Eric. We'll support whatever you do going forward. Except if you collab with athlean-x, I can't support that. Anyway much love
Amazes me how Eric continues to become more horse with every upload
Finally, a long video!