Good video. A lot of these things make little difference in the grand scheme. The main thing is you have to stick with something. I think I don’t need a pause on presses. Just unnecessarily complicated things. Like you said, you just do it because of habit from powerlifting
@@Berserk-b2t Glad you got some value 'zerk. Just go all in and don't sweat the small stuff. Sometimes you'll come across a video or a title that will challange your methodology but even if you become influenced by it; you'll at best see nothing significant or at worst be left confused and paralysed analytically!
By the way man, I tried that leaning in lateral raise variation today and the side delts are burning. It actually feels better than the cables imo. I tried 7.5kg and got 20 reps so will try 10kg next week.
@@Berserk-b2t Bro they are epic right!! Yeah man, that's how you know you are applying tension through the specific exercise. 10kg will be tough bro but I know you can do it! Thanks for having an open mind!
Hey man. I’m glad I found your channel. You have a unique perspective and outlook on this fitness scene. I wanted to ask, do you think there’s any benefit in performing more than one exercise for the same body part or movement pattern in one workout. For example, would it be redundant to do bench press followed by cable flies or db rows in addition to lat pulldown. I only do 2 sets per exercise so if I do one exercise I only get 4 sets per week, whereas if I did 2, I would get 8. I feel if I can recover from the extra exercise I will see faster progress in the long term. Is this correct?
@@Dan-x7q5f Hey Dan. Thanks mate that means alot. If you are able to add weight to the bar doing multiple exercises and it doesn't impede your recovery, stay the course. The stronger you become over time the less you will have to do. Remember that!
What does it mean if my progression is the same rate whether I do more sets or less. Is progression the only thing that matters or are there other benefits to doing more for muscle growth if you can recover from it. I noticed that despite being stronger in the past, I am bigger now despite being weaker
@@Dan-x7q5f I think that yes you do need progression in order to make gains but it's more nuanced than that. Something that is overlooked is tension on the muscle. A lot of people will say it's broscience but if you can't feel the tension on the muscle, push it close to failure and get stronger over time on it, then you are selling yourself short in my opinion. The closer you are to reaching your threshold on said exercise the slower the progression rate will be regardless of how many sets you do.
This is exactly what I was thinking. I think focusing on your strength on the bench, squat etc is a bit misleading because a lot of it is skill based. Hence why I’m weaker now on them but bigger. Since I switched to exercises that I can actually feel the muscle working like machine and db presses and hack squats,my muscles are finally growing. I never really felt barbell bench in my chest or squats in my quads
@@Dan-x7q5f Yeah man, don't let social media sway your belief that is solely unique to you. Barbell bench press GREW the majority of my pecs because I just got lucky with my proportions. To most people it's a 'crap' exercise. The squat is bad for me but I don't have other choices. In today's video that I will post you will see my favourite quad exercise that is done on a smith machine. Keeps me 100% upright and allows forward knee drive AND.... Keep tension on the musculature! You do you bro, at the end of the day, if your target area is underdeveloped, they'll say because you don't bench. If you don't bench but you got amazing pecs, you got amazing genetics. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I do agree with your points, great message towards the end of the video. But, I would like to push back on one thing; You've said that it's not the viewer(s) fault for experiencing "paralysis by analysis". While that may be true in some cases, it also can be false in others. I would say it depends on the influencer one is viewing and the experience of the viewer. The Ryan Jewers influencer type is complete paralysis by analysis for sure, I would be in an asylum if I consistently watched that type of content. For other creators, although they might be more niche and fairly under the radar (such as yourself) they encourage free thinking, experimenting with your own training and finding what works for you as an individual and not taking every single word they say as gospel which is quite contrary to what someone like Paul Carter does. So all in all, you make a great point and let me know what you think!
@@anonymous6045 Thanks 295! I appreciate your take as always and you hit the nail on the head! Also the Paul Carter bit is so true lmao. I follow him on IG and people ask legit questions only to be shut down. It's so sad
Pure Gold. Man. Pure Gold
@@BAmerican Thanks BA!
Great advice. What was that roll thing you used to do preacher curls at the end? That was some awesome out of the box thinking.
I think it's a foam roller with a yoga mat tied around it.
@@chimbonda99 Hey Chim
Thanks mate! It's a foam roller with an ab matt wrapped around it!!
Good video. A lot of these things make little difference in the grand scheme. The main thing is you have to stick with something. I think I don’t need a pause on presses. Just unnecessarily complicated things. Like you said, you just do it because of habit from powerlifting
@@Berserk-b2t Glad you got some value 'zerk. Just go all in and don't sweat the small stuff. Sometimes you'll come across a video or a title that will challange your methodology but even if you become influenced by it; you'll at best see nothing significant or at worst be left confused and paralysed analytically!
By the way man, I tried that leaning in lateral raise variation today and the side delts are burning. It actually feels better than the cables imo. I tried 7.5kg and got 20 reps so will try 10kg next week.
@@Berserk-b2t Bro they are epic right!! Yeah man, that's how you know you are applying tension through the specific exercise.
10kg will be tough bro but I know you can do it! Thanks for having an open mind!
Hey man. I’m glad I found your channel. You have a unique perspective and outlook on this fitness scene. I wanted to ask, do you think there’s any benefit in performing more than one exercise for the same body part or movement pattern in one workout. For example, would it be redundant to do bench press followed by cable flies or db rows in addition to lat pulldown. I only do 2 sets per exercise so if I do one exercise I only get 4 sets per week, whereas if I did 2, I would get 8. I feel if I can recover from the extra exercise I will see faster progress in the long term. Is this correct?
@@Dan-x7q5f Hey Dan. Thanks mate that means alot. If you are able to add weight to the bar doing multiple exercises and it doesn't impede your recovery, stay the course.
The stronger you become over time the less you will have to do. Remember that!
What does it mean if my progression is the same rate whether I do more sets or less. Is progression the only thing that matters or are there other benefits to doing more for muscle growth if you can recover from it. I noticed that despite being stronger in the past, I am bigger now despite being weaker
@@Dan-x7q5f I think that yes you do need progression in order to make gains but it's more nuanced than that.
Something that is overlooked is tension on the muscle. A lot of people will say it's broscience but if you can't feel the tension on the muscle, push it close to failure and get stronger over time on it, then you are selling yourself short in my opinion.
The closer you are to reaching your threshold on said exercise the slower the progression rate will be regardless of how many sets you do.
This is exactly what I was thinking. I think focusing on your strength on the bench, squat etc is a bit misleading because a lot of it is skill based. Hence why I’m weaker now on them but bigger. Since I switched to exercises that I can actually feel the muscle working like machine and db presses and hack squats,my muscles are finally growing. I never really felt barbell bench in my chest or squats in my quads
@@Dan-x7q5f Yeah man, don't let social media sway your belief that is solely unique to you. Barbell bench press GREW the majority of my pecs because I just got lucky with my proportions. To most people it's a 'crap' exercise. The squat is bad for me but I don't have other choices. In today's video that I will post you will see my favourite quad exercise that is done on a smith machine. Keeps me 100% upright and allows forward knee drive AND.... Keep tension on the musculature!
You do you bro, at the end of the day, if your target area is underdeveloped, they'll say because you don't bench. If you don't bench but you got amazing pecs, you got amazing genetics. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
I do agree with your points, great message towards the end of the video. But, I would like to push back on one thing; You've said that it's not the viewer(s) fault for experiencing "paralysis by analysis". While that may be true in some cases, it also can be false in others. I would say it depends on the influencer one is viewing and the experience of the viewer. The Ryan Jewers influencer type is complete paralysis by analysis for sure, I would be in an asylum if I consistently watched that type of content. For other creators, although they might be more niche and fairly under the radar (such as yourself) they encourage free thinking, experimenting with your own training and finding what works for you as an individual and not taking every single word they say as gospel which is quite contrary to what someone like Paul Carter does. So all in all, you make a great point and let me know what you think!
@@anonymous6045 Thanks 295! I appreciate your take as always and you hit the nail on the head! Also the Paul Carter bit is so true lmao. I follow him on IG and people ask legit questions only to be shut down. It's so sad
Dude, you look like my long-lost brother. Haha
@@afterzanzibar lmao I'll take that as a compliment bro!
@@EliteProAli it's just the side angles and facial hair, probably. Lol.
@@afterzanzibar I am starting to bald at the back of my head but I also don't want to shave my hair off ! Are you as unique as I am? LOL
@@EliteProAli I couldn't even tell. No, I have a thick helmet of hair. Haha, don't be afraid of the buzz cut!
@afterzanzibar Happy for you my guy and now we know what seperates us apart!!!