Like a kid in a candy store on this one. Most of my training was adapted from GZCL prior to working with Alex. It made a lot of sense for strongman and seemed like it was ahead of its time on incorporating autoregulation with weights being based on the day's ability to perform. Happy to see the two biggest influence on my training style for the past 7 years together.
One of the best podcast interviews yet. Never knew anything about GZCL except I had seen it on lift vault a few times, but I already like Cody just listening to this.
@@dickofthesheep Maybe not indefinitely. But I do know that many people have ran it for a long time, like a few years. This works because the volume progression from triples, to doubles, to singles, then resetting back to a percentage of a new 5RM. Be sure you read my post on GZCLP then read other's posts because that'll provide some insight as to how people have ran it successfully.
J&T 2.0 was a huge bridge in my mind between the starting strength world of monotony to the hyper changing world of westside. It's perfect for trying out new things that work, building work capacity, and getting strong on main base movements. Bromley and Cody agree on building out the BASE of the pyramid. Thanks both of you!
Great to see! I ran GZCL for a few months and just recently ran Candito's 6 week program. I can't seem to find your recent review of GZCL. Is it a sort of Patreon only video? Either way, this was a long time coming, so glad to see this! It's a clean, easy to run program in its original format. I'd like to see you chat with Bredan Tietze too.
Bromley reviewed GZCL on episode #26 of the Base Strength podcast. Every episode is listed on Spotify, with some being cross posted here onto his channel, like this one. It's free and is more of the Bromley we know and love... And hate if you're running his volume and intensity program.
I've been running gzclp for awhile now, and it's just excellent. More people need to learn about it rather than ss and sl and programs like it. no joke it'll carry you far
Yeah it’s been recommended to me numerous times, each time with other people claiming it’s superior to starting strength and other programs. Gonna give it a try for my 1st program since I started lifting 2-3 months ago.
This is the first video I've heard mention the Two Steps Forward One Step Back program! I've been running it for 6 months now and consistently add weight to my big 3 and press too.
Enjoyed this guy, btw I got up at 0300 this morning and went for a walk, no discipline required just something I did. Same goes for my training, I do it cos I enjoy it, been the same way for the last 50+ years.
hey Alex, hope u ll have the time to read this. I bought your book "Base stenght ", and wanted to follow the intensity/volume program cause I outgrew LPS routines. My only question is if I have to follow a ABA BAB scheme or just repeat each week ABA with the workout as it stands on the book(aka press and deadlift once a week) . Can anyone help me, thx
I started like 8 years ago with Strong lift 5x5 it was simple, starting with empty barbell, but after a while i hit a plateau and fell into overtraining and dropped the Barbell. I recently got back to doing weight lifting but started with bodyweight exercises then did splits to work my upper body, but i missed functional strength so did 5/3/1 but i did mistakes in calculating weights and ended feeling my quads sore for 4 days and missed many days, I'm thinking about switching to GZCL
Yeah, I had the same thought because I'm subscribed to both of them on YT and hadn't seen it. I'm guessing it was on Bromley's Patreon. He did mention GZCL in a couple of videos a year or two ago but not in detail.
I love the discussion about balancing consistent disciplined training with variety and flexibility in your approach. I think the key variable here is body awareness though. Most beginners and probably a lot of intermediates don’t know their body well enough to ensure they are achieving progressive overload or recognize how much work they need to do without a structured program. My solution for myself has been to be as consistent as I can within my programs but to cycle through different styles of programs over time in an intentional way to learn how my body responds. I’m finally getting confident enough now to run some of my own experiments and its working great. But you have to be patient. Easy enough for me since I have no interest in competing but I suppose harder for a young guy eager to get out on the platform/stage/field/etc.
Definitely important to consider how one moves through various phases of their training, determined by goals, and what is needed to actually achieve them. Randomness for the sake of variety is not necessarily a good thing.
Would love to see Boris Sheiko on here someday. I think you should have Robert Frederick on. He designed an app a few years ago called "Sheiko Gold" working with Boris and is still constantly fixing it up and adding new features. Robert is a very knowledgeable individual and I'd bet you could get down into the weeds with him.
Boris Sheiko recently dissociated himself from Sheiko Gold app a few months ago. Think he had a major fallout with the app creator. Wonder what is the story there.
@@shaun_seow It's still Sheiko's work and it wasn't a major fallout. If you look through the facebook group Robert responded to a post asking about it saying that there's pretty much nothing weird going on between the two of them and he thinks that Boris's social media guy is upset possibly because Robert ran ads for the app in Russia accidentally.
Alex, can you ask Cody if there is a chance he might release a training book? I've heard much about GZCL , and a book about his training methods would be awesome.
Thanks! I am currently working on a book that will detail how I've been training for the last 3+ years. I appreciate your interest and your time reading my blog.
Cody you kept mentioning a book titled "Power". I can't make out who the author is and my Google Fu is failing me, can you direct me to the author of said book? Thx Edit think I found it: Fred Hatfield, Power: a scientific approach
How the heck do we pull and row 2 days in a row on gzcl? If you hit pulls hard and intense like you should to build muscle then there’s no way you can hit them hard again the next day with out recovery being terrible or working out with sorenes ?
That's kinda the thesis of Cody's training methodology. He has trained for over 5 years without a rest day. If you're using a traditional training method, you'd tend to be used to doing back work once or twice a week with high volume and intensity. Those are variables that can be manipulated. You can split the volume and intensity over the four days of the week and get similar (maybe better) results.
I have read about gzcl program. It is a good intermediate level program that combines big lifts, assistance e exercises, and isolation work in each session, 4 sessions per week.
That sounds like the example template program. GZCL itself is a method, a set of guidelines & principles (most notably the T1:T2:T3 pyramid) for building programs. There's also like a dozen premade programs by the author for various training goals & experience levels.
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Cody is a legend of the underground anti-influencer lifting scene..superb podcast!!
Thanks bro!
The principles of general gainz was the biggest thing to help me program for myself
I've made the biggest progress since
Cody is the man
Thanks for running GG!
Like a kid in a candy store on this one. Most of my training was adapted from GZCL prior to working with Alex. It made a lot of sense for strongman and seemed like it was ahead of its time on incorporating autoregulation with weights being based on the day's ability to perform. Happy to see the two biggest influence on my training style for the past 7 years together.
Stoked that you liked the podcast! Thanks for using my training programs!
One of the best podcast interviews yet. Never knew anything about GZCL except I had seen it on lift vault a few times, but I already like Cody just listening to this.
I keep getting recommended GZCLP on my backwoods Chinese basketweaving forum’s weightlifting subforum, this’ll be a good listen
Awesome interview! Ran GZCLP and JnT 2.0!
Thanks for running those programs! I hope they served you well.
Great! Im a huge ambassador of GZCL
These videos might not be the most popular, but they’re really appreciated :)
YES!! I was waiting for this to happen!!
I've run GZCLP and it transformed me - good stuff to see Cody still promoting it.
It is truly a fantastic program. Thanks for running it!
@@GZCL thank you for putting it together man. I'll be using it for the rest of my life!
@@deshabble That's what I'm talking about!
@@GZCL hey, can i run your GZCLP indefinitely? I realy like 4 days training and i realy hate nsuns volume so i was thinking to try your program.
@@dickofthesheep Maybe not indefinitely. But I do know that many people have ran it for a long time, like a few years. This works because the volume progression from triples, to doubles, to singles, then resetting back to a percentage of a new 5RM. Be sure you read my post on GZCLP then read other's posts because that'll provide some insight as to how people have ran it successfully.
Good job Cody doing bigger things! I've known Cody for years before the Marines
Thanks bro! Hope you're doing well.
J&T 2.0 was a huge bridge in my mind between the starting strength world of monotony to the hyper changing world of westside. It's perfect for trying out new things that work, building work capacity, and getting strong on main base movements. Bromley and Cody agree on building out the BASE of the pyramid. Thanks both of you!
Stoked you liked J&T2.0! Such a great program.
As an older lifter, it’s great to listen to “normal” people talking about stuff that I can relate to.
This is amazing!!! Need more pod casts from Cody 100%
Thanks bro!
@@GZCL I will compete with you later this year.
@@derrekjojola9283 That'll be awesome!
Or have Ivan Djuric on someday. He's been squatting everyday for over 2 years.
we need more of these with some different underground channels, good stuff man
Great to see! I ran GZCL for a few months and just recently ran Candito's 6 week program. I can't seem to find your recent review of GZCL. Is it a sort of Patreon only video?
Either way, this was a long time coming, so glad to see this! It's a clean, easy to run program in its original format. I'd like to see you chat with Bredan Tietze too.
Bromley reviewed GZCL on episode #26 of the Base Strength podcast. Every episode is listed on Spotify, with some being cross posted here onto his channel, like this one.
It's free and is more of the Bromley we know and love... And hate if you're running his volume and intensity program.
@@SeeToTheLemson Thanks! Didn't know there was extra stuff on Spotify.
Awesome vid. Learned a ton about Grammerly and Mud Water
I've been running gzclp for awhile now, and it's just excellent. More people need to learn about it rather than ss and sl and programs like it. no joke it'll carry you far
Yeah it’s been recommended to me numerous times, each time with other people claiming it’s superior to starting strength and other programs. Gonna give it a try for my 1st program since I started lifting 2-3 months ago.
@@Candyapplebone good luck!
Legend
Currently doing gzclp I love it :) (I'm a beginner w zero history of lifting weights)
This is the first video I've heard mention the Two Steps Forward One Step Back program! I've been running it for 6 months now and consistently add weight to my big 3 and press too.
Hell yeah!
Enjoyed this guy, btw I got up at 0300 this morning and went for a walk, no discipline required just something I did. Same goes for my training, I do it cos I enjoy it, been the same way for the last 50+ years.
Awsome podcast , especially the part about david goggin an jocko
hey Alex, hope u ll have the time to read this. I bought your book "Base stenght ", and wanted to follow the intensity/volume program cause I outgrew LPS routines. My only question is if I have to follow a ABA BAB scheme or just repeat each week ABA with the workout as it stands on the book(aka press and deadlift once a week) . Can anyone help me, thx
I started like 8 years ago with Strong lift 5x5 it was simple, starting with empty barbell, but after a while i hit a plateau and fell into overtraining and dropped the Barbell.
I recently got back to doing weight lifting but started with bodyweight exercises then did splits to work my upper body, but i missed functional strength so did 5/3/1 but i did mistakes in calculating weights and ended feeling my quads sore for 4 days and missed many days, I'm thinking about switching to GZCL
Great interview! Can someone point me to the episode where Alex talks about the GZCL scheme?
Yeah, I had the same thought because I'm subscribed to both of them on YT and hadn't seen it. I'm guessing it was on Bromley's Patreon. He did mention GZCL in a couple of videos a year or two ago but not in detail.
Super interesting program! On another note, wondering if you could talk about your opinion on the necessity of ab work for strongman/powerlifting?
When is the last time you saw direct ab work prescribed in any strong man or powerlifting program?
@@difficult_aardvark Strong work replying to a comment on the internet from a year ago sarcastically.
@killroy8976 strong work getting triggered by a simple question.
@@difficult_aardvark you have to click the 3 dots next to a comment to reply, just doing @ doesn't work haha
@killroy8976 somehow you saw it tho
I love the discussion about balancing consistent disciplined training with variety and flexibility in your approach. I think the key variable here is body awareness though. Most beginners and probably a lot of intermediates don’t know their body well enough to ensure they are achieving progressive overload or recognize how much work they need to do without a structured program.
My solution for myself has been to be as consistent as I can within my programs but to cycle through different styles of programs over time in an intentional way to learn how my body responds. I’m finally getting confident enough now to run some of my own experiments and its working great.
But you have to be patient. Easy enough for me since I have no interest in competing but I suppose harder for a young guy eager to get out on the platform/stage/field/etc.
Definitely important to consider how one moves through various phases of their training, determined by goals, and what is needed to actually achieve them. Randomness for the sake of variety is not necessarily a good thing.
Would love to see Boris Sheiko on here someday. I think you should have Robert Frederick on. He designed an app a few years ago called "Sheiko Gold" working with Boris and is still constantly fixing it up and adding new features. Robert is a very knowledgeable individual and I'd bet you could get down into the weeds with him.
Boris Sheiko recently dissociated himself from Sheiko Gold app a few months ago. Think he had a major fallout with the app creator. Wonder what is the story there.
@@shaun_seow It's still Sheiko's work and it wasn't a major fallout. If you look through the facebook group Robert responded to a post asking about it saying that there's pretty much nothing weird going on between the two of them and he thinks that Boris's social media guy is upset possibly because Robert ran ads for the app in Russia accidentally.
Bromley been grinding lately
VDIP is my favorite program
It is SOOOO good.
Alex, can you ask Cody if there is a chance he might release a training book? I've heard much about GZCL , and a book about his training methods would be awesome.
Its free on his blogspot
@@DuaqsToirThanks, I've read his blog, I'd really love a paper book by Cody
Thanks! I am currently working on a book that will detail how I've been training for the last 3+ years. I appreciate your interest and your time reading my blog.
@@GZCL I will be one of the very first buyers Cody, thank you
@@DNikos7 Thanks for the encouragement!
I always thought the GZCL referred to Greyskull LP, I don't know where I thought the Z came from
Cody you kept mentioning a book titled "Power". I can't make out who the author is and my Google Fu is failing me, can you direct me to the author of said book? Thx
Edit think I found it: Fred Hatfield, Power: a scientific approach
Yes that's it! Fred Hatfield. Sorry for the late reply here.
Thank you for the discipline “ comments “ truth! I am so fed up with that “get up at 4 or you’re a loser.” “Side hustle bro” ridiculous B.S.
How the heck do we pull and row 2 days in a row on gzcl? If you hit pulls hard and intense like you should to build muscle then there’s no way you can hit them hard again the next day with out recovery being terrible or working out with sorenes ?
That's kinda the thesis of Cody's training methodology. He has trained for over 5 years without a rest day. If you're using a traditional training method, you'd tend to be used to doing back work once or twice a week with high volume and intensity. Those are variables that can be manipulated. You can split the volume and intensity over the four days of the week and get similar (maybe better) results.
I have read about gzcl program. It is a good intermediate level program that combines big lifts, assistance e exercises, and isolation work in each session, 4 sessions per week.
That sounds like the example template program. GZCL itself is a method, a set of guidelines & principles (most notably the T1:T2:T3 pyramid) for building programs. There's also like a dozen premade programs by the author for various training goals & experience levels.
@@firagabird yes gzcl is a template.
Best Quote: "If I had a nickel for everything I gave someone permission to have fun in the gym; I would probably have a lot of nickels"
ask cody if i can buy that tshirt
you can! gainz-shop.creator-spring.com
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Bromley can't help himself from trying to impart his wisdom on us. The episode is supposed to learn about Cody's training. Bromley talked too much.