100% agree man 💪🏼 it’s definitely a foundational exercise for strength and functionality! Thanks for watching, take a look at some of my new stuff if you want some entertaining videos 😅
I've been doing the farmers carry for about a month now , and I came to the conclusion that it's the best thing anyone can do to improve everything in their condition . I'm lucky to have a hundred yards long driveway , I'm obsessed with it , I'll do it twice a day sometimes , you can't imagine the energy levels you'll achieve if you have never done it . good luck to all.
@@jaberjaber131 wouldn't doing it everyday counterproductive?? Like if we do biceps curls everyday our body will start adapting to that exercise and hypertrophy would stop
@@marcosrua7223 I don't think it's the same. I lost 30 pounds in two months and gained muscle in forearms, shoulders , calves, back, I'm about three months in now. I did skip a day here and there , but I try not to.
@@marcosrua7223 ii mean if u do it only once a day its not really that bad. its more akin to doing 4-6 sets of bicep every day rather than doing 8-12 total sets of bicep twice a week. at the end of the week u have done the same amount of sets to the muscle. as long as ur recovery is good it doesnt really matter that much. mayyyybe resting 1 day in between would make it slightly more productive but the difference is so small it doesnt really matter unless u are like extremely advanced in working out or trying to compete.
i start my workout evey other day by walking a few miles with 40 lb dumbell farmer carries. I rest for a min when i lose grip. This has really helped the rest of my workouts and increased my rucking capacity and speed dramatically. I am 55 6'1" and 225 lbs. My body fat has dropped in half after doing these workouts past year or so
@@johns6426damn, I just started doing farmers carries again. I'm 42 about 215 pounds, should be about 190. My deadlift is 335 at the moment, but that's going up weekly pretty easy atm. A few days ago I farmer carried 40 pound sand bag weights with handles they have at the local high school track. I did one full lap around the track with a 40 pound bag in each hand. I had done legs the day before and I ran a couple miles right after the farmers carry lap.s The next day, omg I wanted to die. My body was exhausted and lotsa stuff hurt. I'll keep doing them though if it means my deadlift will go up faster.
I got adjustable dumbbells that go up to 80lbs, and a weight vest that goes up to 40lbs, i been doing farmer carries with 55lbs, can't wait to step it up!
Dude, 1/2 an inch on your forearms is a huge body composition change. Can I make one suggestion, don't do the walk with thongs or slip-ons( jandels). The feet and brain are intimately associated. Even walking without weight wearing the former forces the feet to make unnecessary compensations that may lead to injury.
Love that suggestion, I started all of my training barefoot recently. I have completely stopped using any form of footwear and have gained a lot of strength. Thanks 🙏🏼
You should do it at the end of your workout so you don't compromise your grip strength if you're doing exercise that requires grip , and doing the walk after working out will improve your stamina .
Everyone needs to farmer carries when you go to the gym?? How in the hell is everybody supposed to know every time you go to the gym?!! Also, people have their own lives.
Try a towel hold..put through the kettle bell and carry by the towel..brutal workout.. also buy or find some old judo belts which work great instead of towel..plus get a sturdy back pack and start loading it up..
If you're not easily impressed by the looks of it, simple, cheap and effective equipment, does the exact same thing as the more expensive ones. Hope it's working out well for you.
Awesome brother, thanks for sharing your experience doing this exercise for 30 days. I'm definitely looking forward to hearing your thoughts and experience after trying the heavier weights as well!!!! Best of luck with the channel!!!!
That’s actually really good and it helps stabilize the spine more as well!! I’ve been wanting to buy a trap bar so I can do farmers and deadlifts with them.
I started to feel some soreness on my back and was advised to take a break, it gets addicting after a while when you start seeing and feeling the results, but I don't want to injure myself so recovery is needed !
Love this... In the morning I do single 80lbs dumbbell on my walk from my house to my truck, and back to my house after work. I park a block away and rotate hands moring to night.
I do 1.0-1.5km walks with 2x30 lbs. kettlebells every other day. Farmer's Carry --> Rack Carry (kettlebells rested on shoulders to rest grip) --> back to Farmer's. It's different than what you're doing; not especially heavy, but I never put them down and so I get a good tension workout and can practice mental discipline (I spend 60% of every walk wanting to put the kettlebells down). The most visually apparent result is in the traps. My calves have become more prominent, as I walk on the balls of my feet (akin to how runners are advised to always land on the front half of foot). With 45ish minutes per week over the last 9 months, I'm pleased with the results.
@@ROBLIFTS Exactly that. Once on the verge of dropping them, flip them up onto shoulders, to be rested there somewhat loosely (intent is to rest the grip so only hold them enough to keep them from rolling off shoulders) as I continue walking. This is a good core exercise, as I'm stabilizing a good bit of weight on shoulders while navigating terrain. Keep walking until shoulders and upper arms are about to fail, and gently drop back down to Farmer's Walk. Different muscle groups emphasized, so alternating between these two holds offers recovery from the other. So far I haven't been able to go beyond 1.5km. Not sure if it's a mental or physical limitation. Learning my capabilities. I might incorporate your idea of "go heavy" by using heavier kettlebells for slightly shorter distances, work that up, and then drop down to 30 lbs. again and see if I can get 2km.
I really like the farmer carry. I use (2) 30# dumbbells and walk 1/2 mile without stopping, if I can…Harder than it seems! Man I can feel every muscle at the end of a good walk. I plan to move up to 40lb dumbbells next week. It’s gonna be a mother! Btw, I also got my 9 year old some 15# kettle bells and he is now doing the walks. In training for wrestling and football. It is helping him. No doubt about it. His grip has tightened up. Good video. Thanks for sharing your results.
Bro that is fucking awesome!!! I think I only made it 0.22 of a mile or something without letting go 😂 it is INTENSE!! And that’s great to hear, I hope my kids have passion for fitness like I do. I love that, keep doing it bro 💪🏼 thanks 🙏🏼 for watching
I’m doing the exact same exercise trying to prepare to drag out a deer I’ve been trying to do some remote hunting but I feel I should be prepared! A half mile is all I want so far too it’s a poke!
TH-cam decided to pull this one up and land it on my feeds. So I also did Farmer Walks/Carries for 10 mins every 20 mins (I'm doing a Pomodoro) for 30 days with kettlebells and leg weights. I'm limited to 10 to 25 lb KBs. I start with the 10 and make my way up to 25. But to make the carries complex, I will rack the KB while I walk and/or hoist it over my head. I also do a cross body swing with the KB whilst walking. It did improve my grip strength.
@@ROBLIFTS sorry for not explaining that. Pomodoro is a time management technique. you basically work or focus on a task for 25 mins then take a 5 min short break after. you do this for 4 cycles but on the 4th break, you get a longer break period - 15 mins. then repeat all over again. i have adjusted mine to 20 mins of work and 10 mins of short break. the long break stays at 15 mins. I do the Farmer's Carry during each break and I do that until I hit my daily goal of 10000 steps.
It's helpful that you posted about some benefits (better grip for deadlifts, better grip with pull ups). Also, thanks for sharing about how much rest you're taking. Reducing rest is definitely a good way to challenge yourself and build!
Glad you enjoyed the video and happy I could help. If you’re interested in glute development and deadlift strength check out my “Hip Thrusters for 30 Days” video. Same concept and huge benefits. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it 🙏🏼
Yeah, I’m amazed at rests of like 10-20s. Hardly a rest. I push to get the most controlled steps and seconds I can and rest way more than that. I take easily 10s just to pick up and start a new set, after resting 1+ minute. Hmmmmm.
i can't explain it, i got a pinched nerve on my left shoulder that left my arm really week. I was able to do 10 reps for 8 sets with a 60lb dumbell, but after only 35lbs were heavy as hell. Everywhere i had to go in the house i did farmers walk with a 40lb, after one week, when i was benching the 35lb dumbell, for some reason it was much much easier and i even moved up to 40lbs. I think it was the grip strenght, but either way i got back a lot of strength in my weak arm in one week.
That’s awesome to hear, yeah pinch nerves suck. There are technically to help loosen the nerve and get it out. But yeah they definitely help with overall strength
@@ROBLIFTS “Pinch nerves…are technically to help loosen the nerve and get ‘it’ out.” Please elucidate. What are you referring to when you say this thing you call “it” that needs to get out and is somehow **helped** by a pinched nerve 🤔 Thanks for the videos and I am glad you have gone natural and shoeless - it is important. Good stuff.
Hey Rob... this is an excellent video...especially to someone that is maybe sitting on the fence about what and how to do it...keep it going and best of luck ... get those Subs up!
Try loading light dumbells in a bucket..like 15 ..10s...8lbs carry them as far as u can ..add water if it's 2 light...then when it's heavy do should raise supersets and rear delt exercises and put em back in and walk
Cool video brother. I’ve been doing farmers carries about twice a week for the past 2+ months. Definitely noticing my functional strength is increasing. Currently doing 28kg per hand @ 5x20 metres. Should be moving up to the 30kg dumbbells shortly 👍🏻
That’s awesome to hear brotha! I love farmer carries, recently switched to Trapbar Farmers to help me with my posture. Keep going 💪🏼 and thanks 🙏🏼 for the support. Watch some of my other videos, you won’t regret it 😉
I treat farmer carries like they are a 1 minute heavy dumbell set, and I rest 2 minutes in between sets. I do 3 sets each time. I don't like the idea of walking around 5 to 10 minutes with them pulling down on my shoulder joints.
Hey Rob, you need to edit this video because you're using lifts as a noun and it's a countable noun. Therefore, it's fewer lifts, not [sic] "less lifts." Otherwise, great video.
Just know it causes nerve damage on both arms, elbows etc. after taking just a 22lbs dumbell all the way up two steep hills, I dont feel the weight that bad but its when you sleep that you feel the nerve damage
No the dumbbells I have at home are fixed and those are different from the ones I have at the gym. And the adjustable dumbbells I had at home only went up to 30lbs each lol
great job! Definitely should be heavier when you get the chance! I’ve worked my way up to 0.7-0.75x my bodyweight in each hand. But couldn’t imagine doing them every day, it’s so taxing physically.
Thanks for watching 🙏🏼 if you are just starting to workout maybe add them once a week. Use a medium heavy weight, try walking about 20-30 feet or until it starts to burn your forearms. Do about 2-3 sets. That’s a good way to start out my dude 👊🏼
@@tacticalbt1023 i cannot agree with you more, I totally realized how important grip strength was this year. Especially when I started this farmer challenge lol 😂 it’s VERY important
About to attempt 75 lb per arm dumbbell farmer carry. Maybe 1/2 mile trip to test grip...full mile soon. Can this build EVERYTHING I've been working for 6 months(Traps,shoulders,legs,abs/obliques,forearms,back,chest...?)
@@rahdinchowdhury1476 no problem, I am the guinea pig lol 😂 I’m starting a 30 day deadlifting program next week in the hopes of sky rocketing my 1RM deadlift 💪🏼 I’ll keep you posted lol
@@ROBLIFTS no they're separate handles. My best is close to mid 500's for shorter distance. I do them in my street on a cul du sac. Long distance is back and forth and short distance is just across once
@@ROBLIFTS zercher holds and zercher squats are awesome to. I'm not huge I have a good amount of muscle and I'm strong but I only weigh a little over 200
My farmer carries include a km to barn on a 10° grade.... granted if I don't the goats and dogs don't get water... 40 litres in gas cans... party on. Do it sick... do it hung over...do it in the snow... no days off. Thats farm lol
I have the same lack of space. I load my trap bar and walk 6-7 feet forwad in my garage, then the same distance back, keep repeating for maybe 50 lengths or more, depending on how heavy the bar is. It is harder than just going forward but it does fhe job.
I will stand with one knee up for core and grip. To add benefit I will shoulder press one and stand on one leg. Really good for core and balance. Go heavy always.
I was focused on laps when I did this and since I only had my backyard and my work gym. I would use the distance of my backyard length as a reference and I would do one lap back and forth
OK THE VEST DID NOTHING BUT ADD WEIGHT TO YOUR BODY- YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR FOREARMS BEING FATIGUED- THEN YOU DID THEM WRONG!!! THE PURPOSE IS TO INVOLVE YOUR ENTIRE BODY AS IN SWIMMING IT IS A FULL BODY WORKOUT!! YOU REPEATED SAYING YOUR EVERYDAY FOR 30 DAYS YET THE FACIAL EXPRESSION SAY OPPOSITE!! THEN YOU SAID YOU USED A TIMER- DONT DO THAT YOU LIMIT YOURSELF WHEN YOU TIME YOURSELF & COUNT REPS!!!
@@Frestryx you’re good man, I don’t mind 👍🏼 this was about a year ago, so I’m refreshing myself. Actually yes, it was around 10 minutes each day with short breaks in between each set. So when I first started I would take around 20 second breaks before going again and towards the end it was 10 seconds between each set. W a 10 min timer
@@KrisVic91 you’re working the muscles that improve your posture and ability to hold your spine up. So if done correctly, it shouldn’t. But one thing you can do daily is dead hangs (60 seconds or less) which decompress the spine. Technically your spine is compressed daily just through walking. So daily dead hangs for decompression are really good
LOL, I guess you didn't do HEAVY farmer carries. Because if you did you would be too sore to them for a couple of days. And yes ,I do HEAVY farmer carries .
Definitely not as heavy as I wanted. I wish I had more equipment to be able to do HEAVY HEAVY carries everyday lol 😂 definitely want to try this again when I have more equipment
@Badger Bill definitely have to try it again with heavy heavy weight. But I remember when I did farmers for a mile, even with lightish weight … that was the most torture my forearms ever knew lol
@Badger Bill I see what you mean. Right now I add it to my chest day. I do chest press, incline and heavy farmers with trap bar. Only those 3 exercises bc I’m TAXED after those lol I added a few German Training videos to my watchlist. I’ll check it out 👍🏼
This video is useless. You missed the three most beneficial points of doing this protocol. My advice is to do a little more research, read an anatomy and physiology book and do the protocol properly
20 minutes? Damn that’s quite a bit lol the major muscles worked are the forearms and the core, but I’m sure it hits a bit of the lower back muscles as well. Do you have low-back problems?
In what way did it better your posture? I have rounded shoulders and want to train them back. I have to carry 2 x 19ltr water buckets (19 kilo each) about 100 meters when feeding the chickens :) I try to hold my shoulders back and feel it most on the traps. I wonder how this would be when incorporating hanging from a bar for a total of 5 minutes of which is harder than you think! My first time hanging was 108 seconds.
My bad on the late response, never saw it. I think it helped me push my shoulders back more, since I too tend to have my shoulders forward. So it did it help with posture. I think that’s a good weight, maybe try doing laps before actually feeding them lol 😂 do it until it burns, that’s when u know it’s working Also, totally agree with hanging. I tried that for a while, my best time was like 100 seconds. It’s REALLY TOUGH
once you tighten your core as in all lifts and tighten your shoulders to protect them, you'll get accustomed to walking with heavy weight like that. That's one of the ways it'll help you. Plus your legs will have to get stronger to stop wobbling while walking with them
Farmers carries are the single most effective exercises I have ever done. They have a carry over effect to every other physical exercise I do.
100% agree man 💪🏼 it’s definitely a foundational exercise for strength and functionality! Thanks for watching, take a look at some of my new stuff if you want some entertaining videos 😅
Wow this is inspiring. I'm sols!
I've been doing the farmers carry for about a month now , and I came to the conclusion that it's the best thing anyone can do to improve everything in their condition . I'm lucky to have a hundred yards long driveway , I'm obsessed with it , I'll do it twice a day sometimes , you can't imagine the energy levels you'll achieve if you have never done it . good luck to all.
100% agreed 👍🏼
How much sets u do?? Explain in detail
@@jaberjaber131 wouldn't doing it everyday counterproductive?? Like if we do biceps curls everyday our body will start adapting to that exercise and hypertrophy would stop
@@marcosrua7223 I don't think it's the same. I lost 30 pounds in two months and gained muscle in forearms, shoulders , calves, back, I'm about three months in now. I did skip a day here and there , but I try not to.
@@marcosrua7223 ii mean if u do it only once a day its not really that bad. its more akin to doing 4-6 sets of bicep every day rather than doing 8-12 total sets of bicep twice a week. at the end of the week u have done the same amount of sets to the muscle. as long as ur recovery is good it doesnt really matter that much. mayyyybe resting 1 day in between would make it slightly more productive but the difference is so small it doesnt really matter unless u are like extremely advanced in working out or trying to compete.
i start my workout evey other day by walking a few miles with 40 lb dumbell farmer carries. I rest for a min when i lose grip. This has really helped the rest of my workouts and increased my rucking capacity and speed dramatically. I am 55 6'1" and 225 lbs. My body fat has dropped in half after doing these workouts past year or so
Oh and my 5 rep no strap deadlift went up to 405x5
Damn bro that’s insane!! So on top of the farmer carries, what do your weekend workouts look like? Routine
@@johns6426damn, I just started doing farmers carries again. I'm 42 about 215 pounds, should be about 190. My deadlift is 335 at the moment, but that's going up weekly pretty easy atm.
A few days ago I farmer carried 40 pound sand bag weights with handles they have at the local high school track. I did one full lap around the track with a 40 pound bag in each hand. I had done legs the day before and I ran a couple miles right after the farmers carry lap.s
The next day, omg I wanted to die. My body was exhausted and lotsa stuff hurt.
I'll keep doing them though if it means my deadlift will go up faster.
I got adjustable dumbbells that go up to 80lbs, and a weight vest that goes up to 40lbs, i been doing farmer carries with 55lbs, can't wait to step it up!
There it is bro 🙌🏼 get it! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼
update?
Dude, 1/2 an inch on your forearms is a huge body composition change. Can I make one suggestion, don't do the walk with thongs or slip-ons( jandels). The feet and brain are intimately associated. Even walking without weight wearing the former forces the feet to make unnecessary compensations that may lead to injury.
Love that suggestion, I started all of my training barefoot recently. I have completely stopped using any form of footwear and have gained a lot of strength. Thanks 🙏🏼
Hallelujah! Spread the word!
In your opinion do you think this workout will make a change more than any other workout?
How much weight did you have and have you bought heavier weights@@ROBLIFTS
@@user-wv8dj3qg3z the max I had when doing this was 60lb dumbbells. But I have a trap bar now so I just load this up when doing carries now
I like that you did an in depth recap video. It gave me more insight and honestly makes me want to incorporate these more often 💪
Yeah man, they’re awesome 💪🏻 The only thing is I wish I had a trap bar so I could go really heavy. But this was still good. Thanks 🙏🏼
@@ROBLIFTS Trap bar farmers carries sound amazing. My dad has a trap bar and loves it. One day I'll get one too
@@ROBLIFTS don't you have one? I can you using it in the video
everyone needs to do farmers carries every time i go to the gym i always do a famers carry as part of my warmup its such a great exercise
100% agree, they definitely should be a daily warm up! 💯 thanks 🙏🏼 for watching
You should do it at the end of your workout so you don't compromise your grip strength if you're doing exercise that requires grip , and doing the walk after working out will improve your stamina .
Everyone needs to farmer carries when you go to the gym?? How in the hell is everybody supposed to know every time you go to the gym?!! Also, people have their own lives.
I do them with concrete blocks as they are more difficult to grip.
@fmagalhaes1521 Large cactus logs are even harder to grip….
Try a towel hold..put through the kettle bell and carry by the towel..brutal workout.. also buy or find some old judo belts which work great instead of towel..plus get a sturdy back pack and start loading it up..
If you're not easily impressed by the looks of it, simple, cheap and effective equipment, does the exact same thing as the more expensive ones.
Hope it's working out well for you.
Awesome brother, thanks for sharing your experience doing this exercise for 30 days. I'm definitely looking forward to hearing your thoughts and experience after trying the heavier weights as well!!!!
Best of luck with the channel!!!!
Thank you 🙏🏼 appreciate your words of kindness
Great review. Farmer Walks surprisingly helped me run better, I felt more limber.
Thank you for watching 🙏🏼 yeah Farmers are definitely a must. Gonna redo this challenge again soon but more intense.
I just started doing these with a trap bar. I mix it up by putting weight just on one side, that really works your core.
That’s actually really good and it helps stabilize the spine more as well!! I’ve been wanting to buy a trap bar so I can do farmers and deadlifts with them.
How much do you walk with the trap bar?
Walking 5 miles with a 25 pound weighted vest and 35lbs kettle bells!! Been doing this for 2 weeks now & I feel amazing
That’s insane! Every day?
@@ROBLIFTS been doing it for 2 weeks straight but this is actually my first rest day, going to take 2 days off and I'm back at it on Sunday
I started to feel some soreness on my back and was advised to take a break, it gets addicting after a while when you start seeing and feeling the results, but I don't want to injure myself so recovery is needed !
Started with Suitcase carries btw
I believe this guy did farmer carries. Please clarify.
To be honest I don’t know the difference between walks and carries 😂 I thought the name was interchangeable
@@ROBLIFTS I was just being facetious counting how many times “farmers carries “ is said towards the beginning. Lol.
@@mrdave777 you’re not wrong 😂
@@ROBLIFTS Great sense of humor. Very helpful and assisting! My initial post will just to make people laugh. You’re a good sport! I’m subbed!
@@mrdave777 gotta be able to make fun of yourself from time to time, am I right? Thanks 🙏🏼 I appreciate it
Love this... In the morning I do single 80lbs dumbbell on my walk from my house to my truck, and back to my house after work. I park a block away and rotate hands moring to night.
I do 1.0-1.5km walks with 2x30 lbs. kettlebells every other day. Farmer's Carry --> Rack Carry (kettlebells rested on shoulders to rest grip) --> back to Farmer's. It's different than what you're doing; not especially heavy, but I never put them down and so I get a good tension workout and can practice mental discipline (I spend 60% of every walk wanting to put the kettlebells down). The most visually apparent result is in the traps. My calves have become more prominent, as I walk on the balls of my feet (akin to how runners are advised to always land on the front half of foot). With 45ish minutes per week over the last 9 months, I'm pleased with the results.
So go back and forth between a regular farmer carry to resting them on your shoulders, in order to never put them down?
@@ROBLIFTS Exactly that. Once on the verge of dropping them, flip them up onto shoulders, to be rested there somewhat loosely (intent is to rest the grip so only hold them enough to keep them from rolling off shoulders) as I continue walking. This is a good core exercise, as I'm stabilizing a good bit of weight on shoulders while navigating terrain. Keep walking until shoulders and upper arms are about to fail, and gently drop back down to Farmer's Walk. Different muscle groups emphasized, so alternating between these two holds offers recovery from the other.
So far I haven't been able to go beyond 1.5km. Not sure if it's a mental or physical limitation. Learning my capabilities. I might incorporate your idea of "go heavy" by using heavier kettlebells for slightly shorter distances, work that up, and then drop down to 30 lbs. again and see if I can get 2km.
I walk with a 12-15 kg kettlebell on a 7-9 incline threadmill. I keep changing the kettlebell to other hand every minute and easily walk for 2-3 km.
I really like the farmer carry. I use (2) 30# dumbbells and walk 1/2 mile without stopping, if I can…Harder than it seems! Man I can feel every muscle at the end of a good walk. I plan to move up to 40lb dumbbells next week. It’s gonna be a mother! Btw, I also got my 9 year old some 15# kettle bells and he is now doing the walks. In training for wrestling and football. It is helping him. No doubt about it. His grip has tightened up. Good video. Thanks for sharing your results.
Bro that is fucking awesome!!! I think I only made it 0.22 of a mile or something without letting go 😂 it is INTENSE!! And that’s great to hear, I hope my kids have passion for fitness like I do. I love that, keep doing it bro 💪🏼 thanks 🙏🏼 for watching
I’m doing the exact same exercise trying to prepare to drag out a deer I’ve been trying to do some remote hunting but I feel I should be prepared! A half mile is all I want so far too it’s a poke!
@@isaacmackenzie6139 a deer 🦌 sounds heavy AF lol but yeah good luck man 💪🏼 thanks for watching 🙏🏼
@@ROBLIFTS never feel more out of shape in your life than dragging a deer through the brush 😂 just keep slowly adding weight until November!
@@isaacmackenzie6139 I can only imagine lol 😂 never had the pleasure of dragging a deer. Yeah just keep getting stronger until then lol 💪🏼
came here for the farmer walks, stayed here for the farmer walks and the dog
@@Freedm762 yeeee my boi Dexter 🐺
TH-cam decided to pull this one up and land it on my feeds. So I also did Farmer Walks/Carries for 10 mins every 20 mins (I'm doing a Pomodoro) for 30 days with kettlebells and leg weights. I'm limited to 10 to 25 lb KBs. I start with the 10 and make my way up to 25. But to make the carries complex, I will rack the KB while I walk and/or hoist it over my head. I also do a cross body swing with the KB whilst walking. It did improve my grip strength.
Nice 👍🏼 glad it’s working for you. What’s a Pomodoro?
@@ROBLIFTS sorry for not explaining that. Pomodoro is a time management technique. you basically work or focus on a task for 25 mins then take a 5 min short break after. you do this for 4 cycles but on the 4th break, you get a longer break period - 15 mins. then repeat all over again. i have adjusted mine to 20 mins of work and 10 mins of short break. the long break stays at 15 mins. I do the Farmer's Carry during each break and I do that until I hit my daily goal of 10000 steps.
@@JosephAlanOliveros damn, never heard of that before. I gotta look into that more, sounds interesting
Yes, these do make you noticeably stronger.
It's helpful that you posted about some benefits (better grip for deadlifts, better grip with pull ups). Also, thanks for sharing about how much rest you're taking. Reducing rest is definitely a good way to challenge yourself and build!
Glad you enjoyed the video and happy I could help. If you’re interested in glute development and deadlift strength check out my “Hip Thrusters for 30 Days” video. Same concept and huge benefits. Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it 🙏🏼
Reducing rest is a good way to build in what universe? lol
@@clamdigger1602 I too was perplexed 🤔
Yeah, I’m amazed at rests of like 10-20s. Hardly a rest. I push to get the most controlled steps and seconds I can and rest way more than that. I take easily 10s just to pick up and start a new set, after resting 1+ minute. Hmmmmm.
i can't explain it, i got a pinched nerve on my left shoulder that left my arm really week. I was able to do 10 reps for 8 sets with a 60lb dumbell, but after only 35lbs were heavy as hell. Everywhere i had to go in the house i did farmers walk with a 40lb, after one week, when i was benching the 35lb dumbell, for some reason it was much much easier and i even moved up to 40lbs. I think it was the grip strenght, but either way i got back a lot of strength in my weak arm in one week.
That’s awesome to hear, yeah pinch nerves suck. There are technically to help loosen the nerve and get it out. But yeah they definitely help with overall strength
@@ROBLIFTS “Pinch nerves…are technically to help loosen the nerve and get ‘it’ out.” Please elucidate. What are you referring to when you say this thing you call “it” that needs to get out and is somehow **helped** by a pinched nerve 🤔
Thanks for the videos and I am glad you have gone natural and shoeless - it is important. Good stuff.
@@emma.muhleman oh I was referring to getting a nerve un-pinched lol thank you 🙏🏽
How did you get a pinched nerve? Was it on a particular workout ?
Hey Rob... this is an excellent video...especially to someone that is maybe sitting on the fence about what and how to do it...keep it going and best of luck ... get those Subs up!
Try loading light dumbells in a bucket..like 15 ..10s...8lbs carry them as far as u can ..add water if it's 2 light...then when it's heavy do should raise supersets and rear delt exercises and put em back in and walk
Sounds like a good idea, but doesn’t the bucket handle hurt since it’s so skinny?
Just fill a five gallon full of water and carry it for about 10 minutes everyday and you’re grip will transform😊😊
That's a good idea actually. You don't need to buy weights.
Cool video brother. I’ve been doing farmers carries about twice a week for the past 2+ months. Definitely noticing my functional strength is increasing. Currently doing 28kg per hand @ 5x20 metres. Should be moving up to the 30kg dumbbells shortly 👍🏻
That’s awesome to hear brotha! I love farmer carries, recently switched to Trapbar Farmers to help me with my posture. Keep going 💪🏼 and thanks 🙏🏼 for the support. Watch some of my other videos, you won’t regret it 😉
I treat farmer carries like they are a 1 minute heavy dumbell set, and I rest 2 minutes in between sets. I do 3 sets each time. I don't like the idea of walking around 5 to 10 minutes with them pulling down on my shoulder joints.
I like that idea
that was the funniest intro I've ever seen, very good
I mean if you want funny, watch my more current videos lol 😂 but thank you 🙏🏼 appreciate your support
@@ROBLIFTS Was that the intro and outro of "Eruption" by EVH?
@@dmgscalemodels2825 yes it was, good ear lol
I do them around my neighborhood about 5 times a week. 30lb kettlebell switching hands every 500 feet or so
That sounds like cardio at that point, what’s your goal with it? What have you noticed? That’s quite a bit to do 5x a week for an entire block.
That’s a suit case carry, not a farmer carry. I bet your obliques are getting a great pump
@@lukecoble57 😂 I keep saying, I really can’t differentiate between the farmer names lol thanks for watching 🙏🏼
Hey Rob, you need to edit this video because you're using lifts as a noun and it's a countable noun. Therefore, it's fewer lifts, not [sic] "less lifts." Otherwise, great video.
@@christopherboatmun8262 appreciate you lol 😂 I won’t make the mistake again. Thanks for watching my videos 🙏🏼
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The first 1:05 is him repeating "farmer carries for 30 days".
When I was still a noobie lol 😂
Just know it causes nerve damage on both arms, elbows etc. after taking just a 22lbs dumbell all the way up two steep hills, I dont feel the weight that bad but its when you sleep that you feel the nerve damage
@@lucifero__ i don’t feel the never damage too bad with farmers, but I do feel it on Deadlifts the night of
cool experiment. im enjoying farmers walks but I prefer to do them really heavy and with straps
Thanks 🙏🏼 I want to redo it one day with extremely heavy weight. Just need more equipment first lol
@@ROBLIFTS I'm going to be tying climbing rope around as many plates as I can carry 🤜🤛
@@MonkeyBarsEveryday awesome. good luck
Nooooo straps !!
nice video :) like !
Why did you not just add the weight to the dumbells instead of the vest?
No the dumbbells I have at home are fixed and those are different from the ones I have at the gym. And the adjustable dumbbells I had at home only went up to 30lbs each lol
@@ROBLIFTS I see so you didn't have any dumbells heavier then 30 pounds
@@greenrico10 i have one set of fixed dumbbells and one set of adjustable ones. But the weight for the adjustable ones only went to 30ish
I'm sprinting my dumbell farmer carries at 66lbs each hand after 1 week.
great job!
Definitely should be heavier when you get the chance!
I’ve worked my way up to 0.7-0.75x my bodyweight in each hand. But couldn’t imagine doing them every day, it’s so taxing physically.
Niiiiice. I don’t have dumbbells but thinking of investing in some of those adjustable handles so I can put plates on them
3:28
You can use a couple of tool boxes too.
That would work lol
The Kettlebell carries look more cool.
Farmer’s Carry
Bro make a video of suitcase carry. Much more challenging than farmers walk. And more functional.
Were they full of money?
@@PNWTraveler yes. Full of coins
I only do farmer walks and isometrics
Farmer walks are amazing 🙌🏼
Go Rob!
Thank you for watching 🙏🏼
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I do jump rope with a 6k (13lb) weight and switch hand with the weight every minute..
Awesome video bro, Quick question, How long should you farmers carry if you are just starting out?
Thanks for watching 🙏🏼 if you are just starting to workout maybe add them once a week. Use a medium heavy weight, try walking about 20-30 feet or until it starts to burn your forearms. Do about 2-3 sets. That’s a good way to start out my dude 👊🏼
@@ROBLIFTS Alright thank you, What a champ responding a yearater 🙌
Called farmer carry for reason bc named after farmers there jacked n have such a strong grip.
Funniest response yet lol
@@ROBLIFTS funny? Haha I’m being for real 😳 😂🤷🏻♂️
@@ROBLIFTS I know this from experience maybe not all jacked but grip strength is stronger then most or over half gym lifters.. lol
@@tacticalbt1023 i cannot agree with you more, I totally realized how important grip strength was this year. Especially when I started this farmer challenge lol 😂 it’s VERY important
If one does farmer carries everyday for decades won't they end up shorter?
About to attempt 75 lb per arm dumbbell farmer carry. Maybe 1/2 mile trip to test grip...full mile soon. Can this build EVERYTHING I've been working for 6 months(Traps,shoulders,legs,abs/obliques,forearms,back,chest...?)
You got this bro! I think so, that’s a good test!
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Imma try light unilateral farmer carries tomorrow for two sets of 40 minutes and i'll see what happens. I reckon there are gains to be had.
There are always gains to be made 💪🏼 lol thanks for watching 🙏🏼 be sure to check out some of my newer fun stuff 🙂
Nice video
Thank you 🙏🏼 for watching ☺️ I appreciate you watching videos. Newer stuff is way better 🤓
All farmer walk ..no farm!
Is doing farmer walk on a treadmill also viable
As long as you don’t trip my friend lol
@@ROBLIFTSAlright thanks
one minute, ten? important information I didn't catch
10 minutes
Now imagine if you do loaded carries every day for a year…
Massive strength gainz for sure lol
I feel like thats just working in manual labour
I think if you go heavier for every single day your body will need more recovery. Perhaps 2-3 times a week might be optimal for most people
I agree, anything above 85% would need more recovery
@@ROBLIFTS thanks for sharing your experience 🙏 I was searching for ways to condition the body effectively!
@@rahdinchowdhury1476 no problem, I am the guinea pig lol 😂 I’m starting a 30 day deadlifting program next week in the hopes of sky rocketing my 1RM deadlift 💪🏼 I’ll keep you posted lol
Is that a farmer carry tho? You should try it with weight in one hand at a time. Crazy core workout
I agree, doing it one handed would be very difficult and a good workout. Might implement that soon 💪🏼 thanks for supporting the channel 🙏🏼
I do them for diatance with mid 400 pounds and shorter diatances about half rhe long distance with over 500 pounds. Step it up folks👍
Daaaamn bro!! lol 400lbs on a hex bar? That’s insane! Respect ✊🏼
@@ROBLIFTS no they're separate handles. My best is close to mid 500's for shorter distance. I do them in my street on a cul du sac. Long distance is back and forth and short distance is just across once
Nothing will build you like weighted carries in my experience. Zercher carries, farmers walks, front loaded carries will all blow you up
@@michaelderenne9838 damn that’s insane, you sound huge lol looked up those Zercher carries. Those look intense AF too 🔥
@@ROBLIFTS zercher holds and zercher squats are awesome to. I'm not huge I have a good amount of muscle and I'm strong but I only weigh a little over 200
Try hanging on a over head bar see if you get greater forearm strength
Very difficult, my max is a little over a minute. But takes a lot longer to built up to that
I like walking down the street so u have to carry em back
Hey how many steps did you start with? Is that how you counted it, or laps of your backyard or something?
I used a laps of my backyard type of strategy. I didn’t have anyway to measure my distance so I used my backyard and did laps as a set
Walk up step stool increases heart rate and staumina.
@@jamesdixon8891 I’ll add that in 💪🏼 thanks for watching my videos 👊🏼
Do farmers carries help with losing weight?
Farmers help with strength and muscle. Building muscle will help with losing weight, but in general diet is the key to weightloss
My farmer carries include a km to barn on a 10° grade.... granted if I don't the goats and dogs don't get water... 40 litres in gas cans... party on. Do it sick... do it hung over...do it in the snow... no days off. Thats farm lol
Jesus lol 😂 now that’s a party
Nice video! question though, I don't have much space in my room in order to walk consistently straight, can I just stand still and march?
Honestly that would probably still work, or maybe just walking back and forth with whatever space you do have? 💪🏼 thanks for watching my content :)
More stabilization involved in walking with the weight if I had to guess.
I have the same lack of space. I load my trap bar and walk 6-7 feet forwad in my garage, then the same distance back, keep repeating for maybe 50 lengths or more, depending on how heavy the bar is. It is harder than just going forward but it does fhe job.
I will stand with one knee up for core and grip.
To add benefit I will shoulder press one and stand on one leg.
Really good for core and balance.
Go heavy always.
Can do this with walking back from the grocery store
I would say so lol 😂
What is heavy weight?
@@atrain1270 whatever feels like 70-80% of your max would be under heavy
@@ROBLIFTS so why don’t you say that so people won’t follow you and wreck themselves with lack of knowledge?
I use 5 Gallon water jugs. Not sure what they weigh but they’re pretty heavy.
Hell yeah!! I believe its in the 40s my dude
5 gallon weighs Just less then 19 kg so your carry approx. 38 kg. NICE!!
41.7 lbs each excluding the weight of the jugs.
40 pounds is the weight of 5 gallons of water
how long (seconds or minut) do u walk with the carries?
I was focused on laps when I did this and since I only had my backyard and my work gym. I would use the distance of my backyard length as a reference and I would do one lap back and forth
It should be done with one hand, cause this helps you with balance
I thought about that too!! But not till the very last week 😂 I was like damn, next attempt I guess lol
How many sets and time you do?
I do them in laps (certain distance) for 10 minutes with 30 second breaks between sets.
Shit when i worked at a plant nursery we did this shit when putting plants out in the fields... each plant was about 65 pounds
Not a good advert for farmer carries.
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How long do u do farmer carries?
Are you referring to the distance per set? Not really sure how to measure it, but it was around 30-40 seconds per set worth. The length of my house.
@ROB LIFTS I meant like how long do you do em for, to complete the workout
@@Frestryx it was just four heavy sets per day. Usually around 10 minutes or less
@ROB LIFTS sorry for alot questions but 10 minutes without break?
@@Frestryx you’re good man, I don’t mind 👍🏼 this was about a year ago, so I’m refreshing myself. Actually yes, it was around 10 minutes each day with short breaks in between each set. So when I first started I would take around 20 second breaks before going again and towards the end it was 10 seconds between each set. W a 10 min timer
Did you get calluses?
Some, yes but not overly
i'd hope a man has calluses.
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Is 20kg good enough ?
Yes.
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Can these help with flared ribs
Anything that works on your posture should help with flared ribs, so yeah 👍🏼
@@ROBLIFTS ok ill start doing them
@@obilivexus9660 nice, let me know your results 👍🏼
In 30 days?
This was a 30 day experiment yes 🙂
"I didn't do this for aesthetic reasons, it was for building strength. . ."
Me: Yeah just skip to the part to how your body changed physically.
lol 😂
Will you not shrink in height though?
Surely you're compressing your spine.
That’s a good point you got there 😂
@@ROBLIFTS i'm just wondering?
@@KrisVic91 you’re working the muscles that improve your posture and ability to hold your spine up. So if done correctly, it shouldn’t.
But one thing you can do daily is dead hangs (60 seconds or less) which decompress the spine. Technically your spine is compressed daily just through walking. So daily dead hangs for decompression are really good
1/2 inch 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it is impossible even in 6 month
LOL, I guess you didn't do HEAVY farmer carries. Because if you did you would be too sore to them for a couple of days. And yes ,I do HEAVY farmer carries .
Definitely not as heavy as I wanted. I wish I had more equipment to be able to do HEAVY HEAVY carries everyday lol 😂 definitely want to try this again when I have more equipment
@Badger Bill definitely have to try it again with heavy heavy weight. But I remember when I did farmers for a mile, even with lightish weight … that was the most torture my forearms ever knew lol
@Badger Bill I see what you mean. Right now I add it to my chest day. I do chest press, incline and heavy farmers with trap bar. Only those 3 exercises bc I’m TAXED after those lol
I added a few German Training videos to my watchlist. I’ll check it out 👍🏼
@Badger Bill I actually do legs the day after, but maybe I should switch it to shoulders or something
This video is useless. You missed the three most beneficial points of doing this protocol.
My advice is to do a little more research, read an anatomy and physiology book and do the protocol properly
Bro stop stuffing keywords. It’s annoying.
Not sure what you mean by that, what do you mean?
I had to look up the meaning. So what? If you find it annoying there are many YT channels you can switch to.
I got a grip like iron from farmers walks and cardio as well
Nice 👍🏼 congrats brotha, thanks for watching 🙏🏼
i walked 2 miles holding two 20 lbs kettlebells yesterday
That’s beast bro!! You must be sore AF 😂 Keep it up 💪🏼 thanks for watching 🙏🏼
Does it helps for you spine erector muscles as well.
I am doing 10kg each hand for 20 minutes.
20 minutes? Damn that’s quite a bit lol the major muscles worked are the forearms and the core, but I’m sure it hits a bit of the lower back muscles as well. Do you have low-back problems?
I think it hits Upper spine as well.
I've done these for quite a few months now , Oh man my Traps have blown up. Upper back is bulletproof and Forearms like SYLVESTER STALLION..
NOICE!! I stopped for a while but just started adding them back in and waiting for those gains 💪🏼
Is that every day?
In what way did it better your posture? I have rounded shoulders and want to train them back. I have to carry 2 x 19ltr water buckets (19 kilo each) about 100 meters when feeding the chickens :) I try to hold my shoulders back and feel it most on the traps. I wonder how this would be when incorporating hanging from a bar for a total of 5 minutes of which is harder than you think! My first time hanging was 108 seconds.
My bad on the late response, never saw it. I think it helped me push my shoulders back more, since I too tend to have my shoulders forward. So it did it help with posture.
I think that’s a good weight, maybe try doing laps before actually feeding them lol 😂 do it until it burns, that’s when u know it’s working
Also, totally agree with hanging. I tried that for a while, my best time was like 100 seconds. It’s REALLY TOUGH
once you tighten your core as in all lifts and tighten your shoulders to protect them, you'll get accustomed to walking with heavy weight like that. That's one of the ways it'll help you. Plus your legs will have to get stronger to stop wobbling while walking with them
Wat abt doing shrugs with it??