Matt Ball wrong 100/100 guys want bigger arms.....but nowdays there are more sissys than real man so those 100 guys are like 30% of the total population
Esteban Cruz I know right. and it's actually a fitness channel. not an iifym travelling across the world vlogs channel. and I enjoy those channels too but they are no longer fitness channels. like maxx chewning, guzman, and lipsett. don't really give out any advice anymore (no matter wrong or right)
Brian and Alan Thrall are two of the only people I can stand watching - Good info, humble, down to earth guys and a little bit of genuine humour that doesn't take over from the main message. I'm an older guy starting out in strength training and these guys and their channels are invaluable.
Agreed, Alan and Brian are both top-tier. Omar Isuf and Jeff Cavalier with Athlean X are two more that are brilliant and genuine. I watch some others, but those are the best
Funny thing is, I used to be more of a bodybuilder for the first 5 years of my training, always wanting bigger arms and putting a lot of focus into them. For the past 2 years now I've been more focused on strength, still try to be jacked but care more looking strong overall. Basically I stopped giving a fuck about arms, but now they're bigger than ever probably due to tossing these isolation exercises and getting so much stronger on my main lifts lol
Brian Alsruhe i was bodybuilding with my coach and I stopped it’s been like 2 months already I started doin the strength program with squats over head presses and deadlift and I’ve grown a lot more with low reps
I dont have huge arms by any stretch of the imagination but I had a similar experience. I was doing DB and BB curls for months and barely seen my growth. Then I started doing the weighted pull-ups because of Brian and when I returned to do a DB curl just for the hell of it I lifted 25 lbs heavier than I used to. This was only in a few weeks time.
Yea F all that bodybuilding crap. Unless youre doing it to get paid, which very few are, you're better off looking strong and athletic and more important actually being strong and athletic.
Many videos ago, when Brian first gave us the answer to big arms, the answer didn't make sense to me. What I eventually realized is that I wasn't taking into account the "sticking point". In any barbell/dumbbell curling type movement (we'll leave out nautilus type machines and what not, for the moment), the movement gets harder as the muscle shortens. What that means is that you'll never be able to load the full movement with more weight/stress than the weakest part can handle. The lower part of the movement will always be under-stressed. If you want to really tax that range, you are left with heavy partial reps or isolation movements with the arms mostly extended, such as might be encountered with farmer walks or Atlas Stones, or pulling movements that are sufficiently hard to tax that stronger range but then the weaker range gets help from the back (acting kinda sorta of like the next option) OR you could use something like a Nautilus machine that makes the easier part of the movement hard, and vice versa. However, even if you isolate your bicep with a Nautilus style movement to get that greater stress, as Brian keeps saying, you would still be a wasting your time if you can also get that stimulus while working other muscles at the same time.
Shoulder width overhand pull ups supersetted with shoulder width OHP gave me insane arm growth. I would take it a step farther and do a giant set with band face pulls and then hanging leg raises. A1: shoulder width chin up 5x8,6,4,6,8 A2: shoulder width OHP 5x8,6,4,6,8 A3: band face pulls - 30 secs A4: hanging leg raises - 1 min 5 Rounds.
I love doing dips and close grip for triceps but for some reason can't get it through my head that the big movements are also what's best for biceps....I too shall punch self in face Brian
What a great, no B.S., "shut up and do your job" resource for how to achieve my strength and physique goals. Gotta love a guy that isn't re-inventing the wheel and isn't selling his particular gimmick. No shortcuts, no miracle cures, no excuses...just big powerful moves. Great channel!
Drove to the next town over last week to try some strongman movements for the first time, and my biceps were super sore the next day! And honestly, you're totally right. Once I started doing strength movements, curls became less and less appealing.
I actually just took barbell curls out of my routine and added weighted chin ups for my bicep compound movement so yeah that was the answer I was looking for lol. Made me feel like I'm doing something right
I've been implementing this strategy for about the past year and a half since I first saw this video and I have to say that I've never had better results. Literally haven't done bicep curls in over a year. My grip strength has gone way up. My tendons are stronger and arms bigger. I always feel more confident in my deadlifts. I do rows and or pull ups in between my presses. My shoulders and elbow joints feel 10 times better. To be honest I think the human body is just designed for compound resistance. Most body building accessory and or isolation movements would always just tear up my joints. So thanks Brian for the awesome content. This, and one of your other videos about rows in between presses, has literally been the game changer and really have become staples in my training and in my goals. Thanks man. God bless!
this is why i love brians videos. i feel like i was the same way. i spent 8+ months dieting, doing body builder stuff, high reps ect and saw almost no weight, body, or strength changes even with 3 mile runs every day. as soon as i switched to heavy, low rep movements my weight fell off and my PRs went through the roof, and my body changed rapidly.
wonderful channel. been doing 531 for 2 1/2 year know, love it and the steady «slow» is made for me and my mindset. do band pullaparts with my bench then for no paticular reason i did light hammercurls with a small football bar as a superset~ hammercurls-band pullaparts - bench, oh my did i find out how much the biceps but especially the brachialis is activated in the bench... now I always do them with my bbb bench sets, and the brachialis just blows up
What a lovely monster. And I back his opinions 100%. I used to do the bro-split, abandoned that shit and went full 3 compounds per day at 5 sets of 5. No direct arm work at all and my entire body finally began to put on mass. I no longer care for curls or tricep extensions. Meh.
Brian, thank you for your videos. Can u make same video on shoulders: BUILD BIGGER, STRONGER SHOULDERS! I am sure that you know a lot about it that most of us dont.
I enjoyed that video Brian. I think you are totally correct. My dad lived in the south of France for few years where he laboured on building sites as well as restoring an old farmhouse. He carried bags of sand and cement, slabs, bricks, rocks, dug holes etc etc and came back with huge arms and was just big and muscular all over. He was in his mid 50s too. I was a young idiot doing curls and had zero gains.
For April Q&A; How would you lift if you had 2 or 3 weight-training sessions a week, and the primary goal was to improve your strength and conditioning for BJJ? (from someone with a few years under the bar)
I got myself a hex bar so I can do farmers carries at home, and by home I mean, I literally walk along the roads by where I live. Turns out farmers does work your biceps... and your forearms... and your traps... and your everything! What an exercise!
Id say this will work. What has worked for me I Very hard sets with just regular types of Curls. But with a Lot of Time under tenstion and with Big Negatives. And Tricep I enjoy Close grip Bench also. My arms are near 19.5 atm.
Holy shit, last time I checked you had just breached 20k subscribers, now you're nearly at 50! Sick to see your channel blowing up, some of the best content UA-cam has to offer. You're the man.
I dont know this great channel exist until today. Why youttube hide away from me this dope stuff for all this while. I know im late, im gonna study all the posted videos. And on the notifications.
I fucking love your channel and the information you put out, problem with me is that I respond really well to higher frequency training (and volume, I have a ton of work capacity from working construction for years). How would you fit in Rack Pulls into an upper lower (training 5-6 times a week). I have experimented with hitting squats, deadlifts and back in one session and then pullups and pressing the next and I am able to recover, but if I do strongman stuff after squats deads rows etc it really sucks and if I do it on the pressing days my lower back cant recover fast enough....
Actually, that WAS the answer I wanted to hear. I fucking love Strongman workouts. Sandbag carries, Farmers, tire flips and car deadlifts are a fun day for me.
I work to avoid plateaus by mixing up my gym experience... sometimes I do dumbbell curls, barbell curls, ez bar curls, chin ups, etc for my arms... every few weeks I swap out one or two things to swap in a few different ones... some times I do light weight, high rep, or low weight, high rep, switch up rest lengths, etc... so far it has worked well for me!! Thanks for the video, I love new ideas for growing muscle!
Myofibrillogenesis in skeletal muscles can be stimulated by mechanical stress really doesn't mean that much to most people I guess? Great explanation Brian, don't punch yourself too hard.
Robert Kingswood he isn't a sports scientist. the best he can do is tell people what personally did and didn't work for him. that's all people ask for.
Ivgorod - Thank you for reminding me that sarcasm is a poor vehicle for comedy. My comment was written "tongue in cheek" yet It clearly did not come across as such. Brian is such a positive force I did not mean any disrespect to him or any of his viewers. Here's to hoping your having an awesome day, Cheers
Q&a question: Brian I spend a lot of time in a vehicle driving to job sites for work. Was curious to what you think soon good in a car exercises would be.
Another great video. Question for your next QandA. How do you feel about adding gear into training? I'm past my 50's and many people recommend that I at least do the majority of my squatting in a pair of briefs. The only problem I see is that it would make it impossible to use squats in a giant set because the briefs are very difficult to put on. I'm dealing with some hip pain but I still want to train heavy. Many very successful powerlifters recommend training in gear but I would like your opinion.
Keith Bridges you have about ten years on me but I experience the same UNLESS I take the time to rehab my hip flexors in the evenings. Some rolling (ball or foam).and Some lunge stretches seem to do it for me. maybe they'll do it for you.
Q&A: 1. What is the toughest injury you needed to overcome? How did you deal with it mentally (when were you ready to get back to the gym without the fear of reinjuring yourself and ready to go 100% again)? 2. Who is your biggest inspiration in life and in sports? 3. Who is your favourite strongman / powerlifter (past or present) and why? Besides that, great video, as always.
Love this, such great advice. Reg Park also said Compound heavy lifts. Same thing form Starting Strength as well. Lift heavy compound movements, often!
I am new to this channel, and I am glad I found this video. It is a welcome relief to learn how to strengthen and grow my arms without isolation exercises, because I am so sick of doing them and knowing that I wasn't getting much stronger for all that work.
I agree with your thoughts on this. I tried out a six day split years ago from Arnold's encyclopedia , last time I ever did an "arm day". What I got from that experience was achy joints and tendinitis and awesome tennis elbows! Switched to the compound stuff and started receiving what i considered to be overnight results.. now that I've been gleaning info from your videos it seems like the info is spurring more overnight results without any joint or tendinitis issues... You kicked it old school with those body drags!.. This may not have been the type of video you wanted to put out, but it was still a good video with useful info that was created and shared in an easy to understand and follow format. Thanks for sharing.
Brian, I've been watching your vids for some time now, and i would like to say you're the most humble and inspriring youtuber out there. Please do not apologise for vids like these, yes these will get a lot of views, but it's simply a good, informative video on a question that many (noob lifters like me) would want to watch. Your way of explaining, and giving honest opinions about them really has changed my own view on certain exercizes. Keep it up man, big thumbs up and greetings from the Netherlands.
i noticed you always do your pull ups with close grip neutral hands. Is this something your recommend i know your stronger in this position but i general go for regular pull ups/wide to hit my width
Well you get more range of motion with a close hand position thus you get more hypertrophy, also wide grip pull-ups don't work your lats more cause you can handle more weight close grip and move through a longer range of motion.
I posted something similar to this on Starting Strongman about 2 weeks ago, totally agree with all the advice. I also had in there Battle Ropes, (similar to the grip Advice of making all Rows with fat bars) make all Rows and chins underhand, Arm Over Arm Sled (constant inertia as opposed to car), sandbag/medicine ball carries and Zercher loaded exercises.
I totally gave up doing any direct bicep work after watching your channel. I've added farmer walks. Focusing more on strength. Thanks for the great advice.
When I first started the gym I used to preacher curl every single day before my workouts, no matter the day, I'd do a preacher with ez bar or dumbbells. High reps for 3-4 sets. My arms never got bigger, a little stronger but they never grew. Was only when I started doing strongman stuff that my arms started growing. Deadlifts were the main thing, then chin ups. I later worked rows in and found my arms getting bigger. Now I get super bored if I decide to do curls, I usually get one set in, around 8 reps and I stop because its so fucking boring. My friend has much larger arms then me, but my biceps are stronger then his, same with triceps. He works nearly exclusively hypertrophy so visually he is larger then me, but strength wise I'm equal to him and he's bigger and been at it longer then me. Curls are so boring, and when you can get more done doing something else like a farmers walk, why waste time with a single body part.
Dave Kooper yeah I left behind biceps isolation months ago and just stepped up my pulling game. There there is definitely some wisdom to overloading the heck out of compounds.
Looking forward to trying out the shirts!! Thank you for what you do. Keeping it clean, keeping it honest, keeping it humble, who can ask for more? Keep the fire burning!! You are appreciated!! - LIFT -
OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN I apologize for being 10 minutes late to your video - I was on a phone meeting and couldn't hang up. I will wear my shirt the minute I get it as penance. My goal is to look exactly like you in the pics you took for your shirts, but I can't grow a beard. What do? Also, where did you get your rope for rope climbs/truck pulls?
"Row your face off" Come on man, I already hear you say that in my sleep. Did you have to go and make sure it stays put? Hahaha :) For the Q&A I suppose my question is a life question. Outside of lifting, what is one goal you have? It can be traveling or a bucket list or anything else. Or it can be lifting but I think I know the answer to that one :)
i dont even care about getting my arms bigger, But i still watch and enjoy and learn, just because its so fucking great content, i dont know, just subscribed, best fitness channel man
Just me, but I liked all the advice in this video! When I was young I wasted lots of time on curls. I agree that rows, pull ups, and farmers walks are the way to go.
LikeA Lol I'm not gay in the slightest (Not that there's anything wrong with it) but I wouldn't mind filling out a shirt like that. my lady agrees. ain't no shame, bro!
Amazing as always Brian. I'm a hard gainer and nothing worked until I did compound lifts. Your linear program is also really helping and I feel so much stronger. Thanks as always. 👍👍
I disagree about most things that this guy says and my goals are very different. But I still love to wach his videos cos' he is so passionate about what he does. And he has an interesting way to explain things, also he always reminds that this is what worked for him. Gonna keep watching you're videos, but now I have to go and do my curls...😊
I have 18 1/4 inch arms at 25% body fat. I've always done Arnold curls, cable curls, you know basically all the ones you hate. My current goal is weight loss but after this video I'll also start incorporating weighted pull-ups, weighted dips, more more more rows and farmers carry's to see if I can yield good results from these. My gym only goes to 130lb dumbbells but those will have to do for now. Keep up the good work man! Your channel keeps growing.
So glad I found your channel. I train for powerlifting, and doing more rows has made a huge difference on my arms. Grip and biceps have gotten stronger. Thanks Brian. Keep up the great content!
i use to have 1 full day of arm workout now i replaced that with core and conditioning. ive done more compound movements and noticed more size and definition. ive been following your channel for a bit and used your tips and noticed i can lift more weight. thank you brian!
That's def something I want to hear! I have always thought that movements like strongman were more fun and more interesting than just the same old lifts.
This is exactly what i wanted to hear, i hate training arms and rather do dips and pull ups than isolation movements. My arms have never lagged behind not training arms i just something feel like i should train arms. So thanks man. 👍
My Goal in life is to fill out a shirt like Brian
Caleb Cleary same
Caleb Cleary i was just thinking the space left if i put on a Brian sized shirt,lol
Pssst purchase tiny shirts
same
Q&A: Would you say your method of training is power Building?
Don't ever apologize man!
You're not preaching bullshit, you're sharing experience. And 99/100 dudes want bigger arms.
Good video.
The 1/100 who doesn't is a liar
Thanks Matt!
Matt Ball wrong 100/100 guys want bigger arms.....but nowdays there are more sissys than real man so those 100 guys are like 30% of the total population
@@JordanWallac3 we want legs
best fitness channel on youtube hands down
Esteban Cruz I know right. and it's actually a fitness channel. not an iifym travelling across the world vlogs channel. and I enjoy those channels too but they are no longer fitness channels. like maxx chewning, guzman, and lipsett. don't really give out any advice anymore (no matter wrong or right)
Totally Agree
Thanks so much man!
Brian and Alan Thrall are two of the only people I can stand watching - Good info, humble, down to earth guys and a little bit of genuine humour that doesn't take over from the main message. I'm an older guy starting out in strength training and these guys and their channels are invaluable.
Agreed, Alan and Brian are both top-tier. Omar Isuf and Jeff Cavalier with Athlean X are two more that are brilliant and genuine. I watch some others, but those are the best
Brian ARMSruhe.
Elliot Yamamoto AKA Brian Trapsruhe
Hahaha
The BEST arm pumps are from watching Brian's Videos.
HAHA xD
*;)*
Hahaha!
Surprised you didn't mention Rich Piano's 8 hour arm workout.
Strong man mouvments
Chine ups
Rows ( all variations)
Farmer walks
Close grip bench
Floor Press
Dips
no bicep work?
@@oneinfinity4013
Did you watch the video?
Funny thing is, I used to be more of a bodybuilder for the first 5 years of my training, always wanting bigger arms and putting a lot of focus into them. For the past 2 years now I've been more focused on strength, still try to be jacked but care more looking strong overall. Basically I stopped giving a fuck about arms, but now they're bigger than ever probably due to tossing these isolation exercises and getting so much stronger on my main lifts lol
Yep, I had the exact same experience!
Sums up my thinking exactly! Just started with this approach, cant wait to see where it takes me! Thanks for a great channel Brian.
Brian Alsruhe i was bodybuilding with my coach and I stopped it’s been like 2 months already I started doin the strength program with squats over head presses and deadlift and I’ve grown a lot more with low reps
I dont have huge arms by any stretch of the imagination but I had a similar experience. I was doing DB and BB curls for months and barely seen my growth. Then I started doing the weighted pull-ups because of Brian and when I returned to do a DB curl just for the hell of it I lifted 25 lbs heavier than I used to. This was only in a few weeks time.
Yea F all that bodybuilding crap. Unless youre doing it to get paid, which very few are, you're better off looking strong and athletic and more important actually being strong and athletic.
Many videos ago, when Brian first gave us the answer to big arms, the answer didn't make sense to me. What I eventually realized is that I wasn't taking into account the "sticking point". In any barbell/dumbbell curling type movement (we'll leave out nautilus type machines and what not, for the moment), the movement gets harder as the muscle shortens. What that means is that you'll never be able to load the full movement with more weight/stress than the weakest part can handle. The lower part of the movement will always be under-stressed. If you want to really tax that range, you are left with heavy partial reps or isolation movements with the arms mostly extended, such as might be encountered with farmer walks or Atlas Stones, or pulling movements that are sufficiently hard to tax that stronger range but then the weaker range gets help from the back (acting kinda sorta of like the next option) OR you could use something like a Nautilus machine that makes the easier part of the movement hard, and vice versa. However, even if you isolate your bicep with a Nautilus style movement to get that greater stress, as Brian keeps saying, you would still be a wasting your time if you can also get that stimulus while working other muscles at the same time.
Thanos oftitan Great insight!
Great tips man!
Aw, shucks. Thanks, guys.
literally turned off omar isuf video to watch yours as fast as possible
ja ty Lol same.
Pete Strokes true bro most of these low life punks start up some bullshit like this 😑
Pete Strokes go back watching tiny omar and not growing anything xD
Did the same with Alan Thrall's latest.
I did too
Almost 50k! Your channel is growing as fast as your arms brother! Thanks for killing it Brian.
I am so happy about it, thank you!
225k now
No no no Brian. This is, in fact, exactly what I came to hear.
Shoulder width overhand pull ups supersetted with shoulder width OHP gave me insane arm growth. I would take it a step farther and do a giant set with band face pulls and then hanging leg raises.
A1: shoulder width chin up 5x8,6,4,6,8
A2: shoulder width OHP 5x8,6,4,6,8
A3: band face pulls - 30 secs
A4: hanging leg raises - 1 min
5 Rounds.
Love what you and Thrall are doing Brian. Keep up the amazing work man, you're awesome.
I love doing dips and close grip for triceps but for some reason can't get it through my head that the big movements are also what's best for biceps....I too shall punch self in face Brian
Yeah, something like doing a chin up or a dip will work biceps or triceps far more than a curl or an extension.
What a great, no B.S., "shut up and do your job" resource for how to achieve my strength and physique goals. Gotta love a guy that isn't re-inventing the wheel and isn't selling his particular gimmick. No shortcuts, no miracle cures, no excuses...just big powerful moves. Great channel!
This is not what I wanted to hear.
Hahaha!
this is the best STRENGTH channel by far
Drove to the next town over last week to try some strongman movements for the first time, and my biceps were super sore the next day!
And honestly, you're totally right. Once I started doing strength movements, curls became less and less appealing.
Thank you os much brother, i am glad it helped!
I actually just took barbell curls out of my routine and added weighted chin ups for my bicep compound movement so yeah that was the answer I was looking for lol. Made me feel like I'm doing something right
I've been implementing this strategy for about the past year and a half since I first saw this video and I have to say that I've never had better results. Literally haven't done bicep curls in over a year. My grip strength has gone way up. My tendons are stronger and arms bigger. I always feel more confident in my deadlifts. I do rows and or pull ups in between my presses. My shoulders and elbow joints feel 10 times better. To be honest I think the human body is just designed for compound resistance. Most body building accessory and or isolation movements would always just tear up my joints. So thanks Brian for the awesome content. This, and one of your other videos about rows in between presses, has literally been the game changer and really have become staples in my training and in my goals. Thanks man. God bless!
this is why i love brians videos. i feel like i was the same way. i spent 8+ months dieting, doing body builder stuff, high reps ect and saw almost no weight, body, or strength changes even with 3 mile runs every day. as soon as i switched to heavy, low rep movements my weight fell off and my PRs went through the roof, and my body changed rapidly.
"You'll not listen to that because that's not the answer you wanted to hear"
Lol Lol Lol
wonderful channel. been doing 531 for 2 1/2 year know, love it and the steady «slow» is made for me and my mindset. do band pullaparts with my bench then for no paticular reason i did light hammercurls with a small football bar as a superset~ hammercurls-band pullaparts - bench, oh my did i find out how much the biceps but especially the brachialis is activated in the bench... now I always do them with my bbb bench sets, and the brachialis just blows up
I wish I bumped into your channel 5 years ago your methods have my arms exploding thank you so much
What a lovely monster. And I back his opinions 100%. I used to do the bro-split, abandoned that shit and went full 3 compounds per day at 5 sets of 5. No direct arm work at all and my entire body finally began to put on mass. I no longer care for curls or tricep extensions. Meh.
Brian, thank you for your videos. Can u make same video on shoulders: BUILD BIGGER, STRONGER SHOULDERS! I am sure that you know a lot about it that most of us dont.
I enjoyed that video Brian. I think you are totally correct. My dad lived in the south of France for few years where he laboured on building sites as well as restoring an old farmhouse. He carried bags of sand and cement, slabs, bricks, rocks, dug holes etc etc and came back with huge arms and was just big and muscular all over. He was in his mid 50s too. I was a young idiot doing curls and had zero gains.
For April Q&A; How would you lift if you had 2 or 3 weight-training sessions a week, and the primary goal was to improve your strength and conditioning for BJJ? (from someone with a few years under the bar)
Really honest channel, no bullshit, so best channel to get huge hands down !!
For the Q&A: who are your role models as a strongman/coach/content creator/motivator/husband/person?
Great Question, I will add it!
I got myself a hex bar so I can do farmers carries at home, and by home I mean, I literally walk along the roads by where I live. Turns out farmers does work your biceps... and your forearms... and your traps... and your everything! What an exercise!
Liked before watching.
king fisher Oh definitely.
king fisher that doesnt make any sence...but still quiet logic when its about brians videos :D
Hahah thanks guys!
Id say this will work. What has worked for me I Very hard sets with just regular types of Curls. But with a Lot of Time under tenstion and with Big Negatives. And Tricep I enjoy Close grip Bench also. My arms are near 19.5 atm.
Tension.
That’s great man, thanks for sharing
NEVERsate t-shirt heading to the UK. Shall represent .. Brian.. if you haven't already would you to do a grip strength video.
he has, it's called "5 Unorthodox Ways to Build Your Grip Strength"
Yep, already done my friend!
Holy shit, last time I checked you had just breached 20k subscribers, now you're nearly at 50! Sick to see your channel blowing up, some of the best content UA-cam has to offer. You're the man.
Can't wait for the tshirt to come in and workout in it
Jonathan algebra is the albatross around my neck right now. I'm gonna proudly wear the blurple RISE on exam day. ALGEBRA PR, MOTHERLOVERS!
Josh Johnston one of the best comments i have seen, precal is currently kicking my ass .
Hahah hopefully the Loyal Brand will have them to you soon!
I dont know this great channel exist until today. Why youttube hide away from me this dope stuff for all this while. I know im late, im gonna study all the posted videos. And on the notifications.
This.
I fucking love your channel and the information you put out, problem with me is that I respond really well to higher frequency training (and volume, I have a ton of work capacity from working construction for years). How would you fit in Rack Pulls into an upper lower (training 5-6 times a week). I have experimented with hitting squats, deadlifts and back in one session and then pullups and pressing the next and I am able to recover, but if I do strongman stuff after squats deads rows etc it really sucks and if I do it on the pressing days my lower back cant recover fast enough....
I would trow them in after your regular deadlifts as an assistance exercise.
Actually, that WAS the answer I wanted to hear. I fucking love Strongman workouts. Sandbag carries, Farmers, tire flips and car deadlifts are a fun day for me.
Awesome video!
My wife stole my Die Empty shirt so this is perfect timing to get me another. Thanks!
Hahah thanks man!
I work to avoid plateaus by mixing up my gym experience... sometimes I do dumbbell curls, barbell curls, ez bar curls, chin ups, etc for my arms... every few weeks I swap out one or two things to swap in a few different ones... some times I do light weight, high rep, or low weight, high rep, switch up rest lengths, etc... so far it has worked well for me!! Thanks for the video, I love new ideas for growing muscle!
Awesome vid dawg
bro i love this channel and the community in the comment section !! so much love & gains !
Myofibrillogenesis in skeletal muscles can be stimulated by mechanical stress really doesn't mean that much to most people I guess? Great explanation Brian, don't punch yourself too hard.
Robert Kingswood he isn't a sports scientist. the best he can do is tell people what personally did and didn't work for him. that's all people ask for.
Thanks brother!
Ivgorod - Thank you for reminding me that sarcasm is a poor vehicle for comedy. My comment was written "tongue in cheek" yet It clearly did not come across as such.
Brian is such a positive force I did not mean any disrespect to him or any of his viewers.
Here's to hoping your having an awesome day,
Cheers
so glad I came across your channel, wish I had sooner. but later is much better than never. thanks Brian.
This Channel should have atleast a million subs...gold mine of knowledge !!!
Hands down...the best fitness channel!!!
Q&a question: Brian I spend a lot of time in a vehicle driving to job sites for work. Was curious to what you think soon good in a car exercises would be.
I know what he's gonna say:
Flex your butt!
😆 but flexes and kugels
HahahaFollow these instructions:
Go watch a movie Called "Over the Top"
Stallone gives the answer to this question.
I've been doing this style of workout for about a month now hopefully something starts growing soon
Another great video. Question for your next QandA. How do you feel about adding gear into training? I'm past my 50's and many people recommend that I at least do the majority of my squatting in a pair of briefs. The only problem I see is that it would make it impossible to use squats in a giant set because the briefs are very difficult to put on. I'm dealing with some hip pain but I still want to train heavy. Many very successful powerlifters recommend training in gear but I would like your opinion.
Keith Bridges you have about ten years on me but I experience the same UNLESS I take the time to rehab my hip flexors in the evenings. Some rolling (ball or foam).and Some lunge stretches seem to do it for me. maybe they'll do it for you.
Right on man, i will add it to the list.
Whenever Brian says thank you, it always seems sooooo sincere!
We've got a video on abs, traps, now arms. It's finally time for...... CALVES!!
Hahah maybe in time man!
Q&A:
1. What is the toughest injury you needed to overcome? How did you deal with it mentally (when were you ready to get back to the gym without the fear of reinjuring yourself and ready to go 100% again)?
2. Who is your biggest inspiration in life and in sports?
3. Who is your favourite strongman / powerlifter (past or present) and why?
Besides that, great video, as always.
Power!!!
Love this, such great advice. Reg Park also said Compound heavy lifts. Same thing form Starting Strength as well. Lift heavy compound movements, often!
Take a shot every time he says: "I know that is not the answer you were looking for"
I hope your channel blows up soon man, You preach some of the realist information i've heard in a long time.
Thank you so much brother!
"Just row your face off." Hahaha!
I am new to this channel, and I am glad I found this video. It is a welcome relief to learn how to strengthen and grow my arms without isolation exercises, because I am so sick of doing them and knowing that I wasn't getting much stronger for all that work.
Can you ask your wife to do strongman for women video? A sort of colab video?
I think we ae going to put something like that together very soon!
just gonne comment n say youre a beast n cant wai tot watch you blow up bigtime as your info and conctent is just SICKK
>says he doesn't do curls
> 6:55
You have a lot of explaining to do sir.
Trav is He said later he just curled for the video.
Trav is That was the joke.
Hahaha
He did the explaining later. 7:27
I agree with your thoughts on this. I tried out a six day split years ago from Arnold's encyclopedia , last time I ever did an "arm day". What I got from that experience was achy joints and tendinitis and awesome tennis elbows! Switched to the compound stuff and started receiving what i considered to be overnight results.. now that I've been gleaning info from your videos it seems like the info is spurring more overnight results without any joint or tendinitis issues... You kicked it old school with those body drags!.. This may not have been the type of video you wanted to put out, but it was still a good video with useful info that was created and shared in an easy to understand and follow format. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Brian. Did you meet your wife through strongman?
Brian, I've been watching your vids for some time now, and i would like to say you're the most humble and inspriring youtuber out there. Please do not apologise for vids like these, yes these will get a lot of views, but it's simply a good, informative video on a question that many (noob lifters like me) would want to watch. Your way of explaining, and giving honest opinions about them really has changed my own view on certain exercizes. Keep it up man, big thumbs up and greetings from the Netherlands.
Am I losing it, or have your subs nearly doubled?
Yea man they have, I am so Happy about it!
Super Duper, Brian you are Spot on as Usual!!!
i noticed you always do your pull ups with close grip neutral hands. Is this something your recommend i know your stronger in this position but i general go for regular pull ups/wide to hit my width
Eric st.martin I wanna know too
Eric st.martin chin ups are close grip and they are more for biceps. Pull ups are wide and well executed they hit your lats
makes sence guess ill try going heavy close grip
Well you get more range of motion with a close hand position thus you get more hypertrophy, also wide grip pull-ups don't work your lats more cause you can handle more weight close grip and move through a longer range of motion.
Eric st.martin netural grip is a little easier on the joints too.
I posted something similar to this on Starting Strongman about 2 weeks ago, totally agree with all the advice.
I also had in there Battle Ropes, (similar to the grip Advice of making all Rows with fat bars) make all Rows and chins underhand, Arm Over Arm Sled (constant inertia as opposed to car), sandbag/medicine ball carries and Zercher loaded exercises.
Bro, you HAVE good genetics. To look like THAT at only 15 is good genetics
I totally gave up doing any direct bicep work after watching your channel. I've added farmer walks. Focusing more on strength. Thanks for the great advice.
When I first started the gym I used to preacher curl every single day before my workouts, no matter the day, I'd do a preacher with ez bar or dumbbells. High reps for 3-4 sets. My arms never got bigger, a little stronger but they never grew. Was only when I started doing strongman stuff that my arms started growing. Deadlifts were the main thing, then chin ups. I later worked rows in and found my arms getting bigger. Now I get super bored if I decide to do curls, I usually get one set in, around 8 reps and I stop because its so fucking boring. My friend has much larger arms then me, but my biceps are stronger then his, same with triceps. He works nearly exclusively hypertrophy so visually he is larger then me, but strength wise I'm equal to him and he's bigger and been at it longer then me. Curls are so boring, and when you can get more done doing something else like a farmers walk, why waste time with a single body part.
Dave Kooper yeah I left behind biceps isolation months ago and just stepped up my pulling game. There there is definitely some wisdom to overloading the heck out of compounds.
Would deadlift (double pronated grip) be as effective as the other compound movements that named Brian for build the biceps?
Dave Kooper Well no wonder they never grew, you trained them everyday, no muscle would ever grow if you trained them everyday.
Best informative strength channel on UA-cam.
Close your eyes, and you'll think it's Elliot hulse
Kevin Williams sounds like Elliott hulse if he were sick
Who?
no, it's Chris Hemsworth
Like old Elliot. . . I’m worried about New Elliot
@@Boris-r2k New Eliott is a cult leader.
Looking forward to trying out the shirts!! Thank you for what you do. Keeping it clean, keeping it honest, keeping it humble, who can ask for more? Keep the fire burning!! You are appreciated!! - LIFT -
OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN I apologize for being 10 minutes late to your video - I was on a phone meeting and couldn't hang up. I will wear my shirt the minute I get it as penance.
My goal is to look exactly like you in the pics you took for your shirts, but I can't grow a beard. What do? Also, where did you get your rope for rope climbs/truck pulls?
QQyoko 😂😂
QQyoko No beard? Minoxidil and rack pulls above the knee.
i just have a battle rope from Onnit that I use brother
Thank you Omar for introducing me to this guy
Thanks for checking it out!
No hate intended, is this guy natural?
Obviously not. But he work very hard too and has an awesome youtube channel.
Just info, EVERY STRONGMEN ARE ON ROIDS. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
glad to see you back
"Row your face off"
Come on man, I already hear you say that in my sleep. Did you have to go and make sure it stays put? Hahaha :)
For the Q&A I suppose my question is a life question. Outside of lifting, what is one goal you have? It can be traveling or a bucket list or anything else. Or it can be lifting but I think I know the answer to that one :)
i dont even care about getting my arms bigger, But i still watch and enjoy and learn, just because its so fucking great content, i dont know, just subscribed, best fitness channel man
It's funny because Louie Simmons tore his bicep doing dumbell curls
Louie never recovered from those curls...proves that curls are useless
Im sure that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
louie simmons looks like a toad that ate a toad.
Just me, but I liked all the advice in this video! When I was young I wasted lots of time on curls. I agree that rows, pull ups, and farmers walks are the way to go.
i gotta say he's hot as shit
I'm not gay tho
LikeA Lol I'm not gay in the slightest (Not that there's anything wrong with it) but I wouldn't mind filling out a shirt like that. my lady agrees. ain't no shame, bro!
LikeA Lol You're right! He is hot.
Hahah thanks everyone!
Amazing as always Brian. I'm a hard gainer and nothing worked until I did compound lifts. Your linear program is also really helping and I feel so much stronger. Thanks as always. 👍👍
Just found your channel through Omar and I couldn't happier!
Thanks so much for checking it out!
how wasnt i aware of your channel earlier respect to you.i am checking your videos one by one 💪
I actually can't explain how happy I am to hear "no more curls". Ever since I've added the weighted pull-ups my biceps have felt more work then ever.
I disagree about most things that this guy says and my goals are very different. But I still love to wach his videos cos' he is so passionate about what he does. And he has an interesting way to explain things, also he always reminds that this is what worked for him.
Gonna keep watching you're videos, but now I have to go and do my curls...😊
I have 18 1/4 inch arms at 25% body fat. I've always done Arnold curls, cable curls, you know basically all the ones you hate. My current goal is weight loss but after this video I'll also start incorporating weighted pull-ups, weighted dips, more more more rows and farmers carry's to see if I can yield good results from these. My gym only goes to 130lb dumbbells but those will have to do for now. Keep up the good work man! Your channel keeps growing.
AWESOME VIDEO...!!! THANKS FOR THE GREAT TIPS...!!!
So glad I found your channel. I train for powerlifting, and doing more rows has made a huge difference on my arms. Grip and biceps have gotten stronger. Thanks Brian. Keep up the great content!
5:35 I'm amazed that his clap didn't make the whole building collapse.
i use to have 1 full day of arm workout now i replaced that with core and conditioning. ive done more compound movements and noticed more size and definition. ive been following your channel for a bit and used your tips and noticed i can lift more weight. thank you brian!
Completely agree I personally love the push and pull movements for mass and less isolation for arms. Subbed!
That's def something I want to hear! I have always thought that movements like strongman were more fun and more interesting than just the same old lifts.
Great video Brian, your channel is doing great.
This is exactly what i wanted to hear, i hate training arms and rather do dips and pull ups than isolation movements. My arms have never lagged behind not training arms i just something feel like i should train arms. So thanks man. 👍
Thanks I'll take your advice I'll give it 3 months heavy compound movements no isolation. Couldn't hurt and it'll save me time.