For me it didn't lol. I accidentally ate more food and more processed food for like 3 weeks and although I gained muscle, the most of it was fat. I felt bloated, fat and shit in general. Being ripped feels so much better for me not only aesthetically but also for my everyday life.
One thing I really admire from your videos is how well you're able to plan everything out and make every video work together through multi-tasking different goals through out the week. U FOCUSING BRO😮
Every time I watch your videos, I get excited like it's the first time. You always pump me up with motivation, push me to take action, and instill belief in myself! Thanks for being you, wishing you all the best, BUT YOU GOTTA FOCUS!
Your looking great brother 👍🏼dont risk anything with a bad back. I’ve had back problems for the last 3 to 4 years that have totally changed the way I live/move. My injury came from heavy lifting and not focusing on keeping strong core and back form. I was just young and strong and didn’t care about my body and I’ll probably be stuck paying for it most of my adult life. Listen to your body if it’s hurting my man 🙏🏼
Similar thing for me I'd been lifting for about a year and hurt my back squatting with some not so great form, kept lifting after, and now I have a partial disc protrusion and essentially a micro fracture in my spine
You guys literally just “lifted through” the seemingly constant pain, in full knowledge/awareness of your incorrect technique?? For weeks/months/YEARS?!
Lucas! I ditched my pillow 1.5 years ago and my sleep quality has gone through the roof, the first 2 weeks-2 months are really annoying but since I've gotten used to it I've never slept better! I have gone back to my pillow for a week or few days at a time but my sleep always gets noticeably worse. Now I just sleep flat on my mattress or with a pillow to elevate my feet(rarely). I never wake up with stiffness or a sore neck anymore (unless it was just neck day) and I barely move in my sleep anymore as well. I almost always wake up exactly as I fell asleep, well rested, and before my alarms. I would like to see your thoughts on sleeping without a pillow. If you do try it I would say stick with it for a couple months because you may need time to kill the pillow addiction and get used to sleeping flat on your back. If you can persevere the initial discomfort its so worth it, it has been lifechanging for me! But you gotta focus!
I agree, I didn't completely ditch my pillow but I switched to a much thinner soft memory foam pillow. It's only about 2 inches thick at its thickest and contoured so it just supports the back of your neck and hardly raises your head at all. No more stiff neck, better sleep and I seem to breathe easier as opposed to having my neck bent with a normal pillow.
Hey, I love the idea of continuing to bulk. It's cool to see you getting stronger, and you look way more jacked. First though, I would highly recommend a 6-week fat loss phase, maybe 2 months. Another round of bulking and you'll start to get a little extra skin, which never goes away, and you'll lose any ab and muscle definition. Another 15-20 pounds and suddenly running sucks, your knees hurt all the time, your face looks different, and pullups are significantly more difficult. For someone who has been as lean as you have as long as you have, and enjoys being a bodyweight beast, that's gonna be a big mental hit. Potential depression trigger type stuff. And what you don't want is to be at your heaviest, be unhappy with your body, and start eating to cope. 5 years later, you're 280 and don't know how you got there. Happens all the time. Take 6-8 weeks, trim down some of the fat, and then repeat. 4 month bulk where you gain 10-20 lbs. 2 month cut where you lose 10-20 pounds. Twice a year.
Here are some video suggestions for you: only plyometrics workouts exercises in cold environment vs hot environment intensily stretch after a workout (Ive heard it could boost muscle growth) contract and extend your muscles quickly. Its like plyometrics + flexing ( example: quickly extend and contract your arm, so your biceps and triceps) You stretch half of your body every single day, and the other half you don't. So half tight, half flexible muscles
really liking these tests that go for a longer period of time. Most things won't give any noticeable results in 7 days but months on monts? now that's different
A suggestion that may help with your squats/back issue. Using a trap bar for squats and deadlifts. This is how I do all of my leg exercises at home now. It'll take a lot of pressure and compression off your spin. But you still do have to be careful. I'll feel that twinge in my back if I start going to heavy. But Ive had way less injury moving to the trap bar!! (I found some cheap trap bars on Amazon)
Love you brother! You are doing shit nobody else is doing, and a lot of it is stuff I have been questioning myself. One of these videos you should look into vertical jumps/dunking maybe(check out knees over toes guys before you go into it). Keep up the good work.
I remember watching a weirdo give me tips on how to do a flip. I was like this dude is a little off, is it an act? Wasn’t sure but you were entertaining so I subscribed. You’ve come a loooong way💪👊👊
I struggle with the weight gain-core ratio thing too. My desire for cut abs and a less bulky core had me way overdoing boxing training a few years ago which was great for my athleticism and technique but terrible for bodybuilding. Looking back at the progress pictures the aesthetics of my core was the only thing that improved while my arms and chest slimmed down. I have this vague notion in my head that if I lean more into chest and arm lifting workouts that my body ratio will be less focused on my core while bulking (and I remember from a few years back that benching everyday did a lot for pronouncement). Anyways nice results and see where the healthy bulk takes you. BEAR MODE FOREVER BABY
Great video! One thing to note- you can also progressively overload by increasing intensity (ie slow and controlled increasing mind muscle connection, or more fast and explosive than last time)
Bro is just providing us exclusive trending contents which we are about to search on internet and boom his vedios splashes out ..love u heartily my brother ❤
This is an awesome video, Lucas. I would love to see an update down the road (once you've surrendered to the urge to lean out again lol) comparing your size then to what it was at the beginning of your bulk. I think you are getting impressive results with the methods you've been using. I really respect and appreciate the work you put into both this channel and your health and wellness. I'm inspired by you. 👍👍 Oh, and I would also love to watch a full progression over all the years you've been recording your progress on TH-cam. I realize it would be long as hell lol, but I'd watch the hell out of it. Keep it up Lucas. You are doing great! 🙂
Awesome video my dude!😊 Inspirational as always. Man I would love to se you try climbing, indoor bouldering for a while and if that helpt with for example pullup strength. Thanks for the videos dude🙏 gota stay focused!
I love the trap bar for shrugs as it forces me to use the correct posture and deadlifts of course. Really starting to crave blueberries in bear mode these days lol
Especially for naturals, doing such a bulk is absolutely necessary if you want to increase muscle size and strength. The problem is that our perception of what a healthy, normal training body looks like, seeing so many unnatural lifters that just give us false expectations, and as such people these days also think that being at a low bodyfat level and overly muscular is normal and healthy, when it is not, at least not in a sustainable way. I've also had the problem where any increase in fat made me rethink everything and that only made me progress slower because I was not eating enough to fuel my progress. I hope that people start normalizing what a healthy individual looks like and don't undereat or overeat to reach their goals.
Love your video's man, they really inspire me! (Tip: I've heard you say 'expecially' a couple of times now in your videos and I think it should be 'especially')
I say work on maintenance and leaning out at that weight while you strengthen your back so you can do heavy deadlift if you're going to be in a consistent surplus. I've been watching some videos on epigenetic clocks that show increased pace of aging associated with higher BMI. Would love to see some videos in your style on epigenetic clocks!!!!!
Bulk is looking good. Probably want to go for another 60-90 days then cut back down for the summer, 100% will hit those 90s in the meantime. keep it up. My read on all the minimum dose research coming out is that adopting a "seasonal" approach will let us work on multiple specificities (Lifting, Cal skills, MA, Running, etc) while keeping the rest on "maintenance" for months or longer just hitting them once a week.
Definitely continue on what you're doing. You can manipulate the calories a bit if you think your gaining too much fat. Looks like your making solid progress but you need to stay with it or whatever muscle and strength you've gained won't stick. Maybe for fun try a warm up 75x2 and then 85 or 90 max reps, i think you get more stimulus kinda like HIT training concept
Man, that fat gain really isn't too noticeable, at least to me. Absolutely worth it. The 2x IF days probably helped a lot with overall fat gain as well. If anything this makes me feel even better about bulking.
Brooooooo great job! You can definitely see the progress. Look at your freaking rear and side delts. You can also see the line on the top of your chest more clearly. This is like the most ideal bear mode I've ever seen. Seems like you mostly gained muscle. Maybe the numerical amount of fat on your body went up, but you don't look like your body fat percentage went up.
I'm in a similar process with and extra 35 lbs of weight and I have also noticed that doing exercises like lunges and even just running a short distance puts some serious stress on my lower back. Been doing a set of bent over back extensions daily to try to adjust and I pre exhaust my quads before squatting so it's not just my back wearing out.
A big neck is negative for health. It can impact your breathing especially while sleeping. It actually impacts overall mortality even for high muscularity individuals.
I think you would get more out of your incline dumbbell press if you used more ROM; the advantage of incline db over a barbell is that you can get it below your chest to your biceps/side of your delts giving you more tension in the stretch position. Even though the conventional wisdom is that 5-30 reps are equivalent for hypertrophy I still think you’d be better off in the ~10-12 range if the goal is adding muscle.
I love your work! I have an idea for a new camera angle on your videos..Using the best thermal camera you can afford (”Flir” is a well known company on the internet ) , you could point it at the muscles as you are weight lifting or aerobic workouts..I am suggesting the best you can get as it could POSSIBLY really show the individual muscles as they get hot from use..You could possibly really see the muscles change color as they are activated..I have seen only one video doing this and it is low quality on TH-cam, but it does show them doing an aerobic workout..The point they showed is how the arms seemed to get cold first, then they get hot as they take off heat with the hands getting really hot even not on the handle bars..If anything it is going to be some really cool new thermal image video angles to add to your awesome channel!
You should try only train unweighted calisthenics for like a week, or 2 weeks. From personal experience: I’ve been going to the gym for a few years now. I had a good schedule and was training every muscle very well but it was making slow slow progress. My gym membership got cancelled because I had no money so I switched to calisthenics. (Pullups, push-ups etc.) and I noticed my back and chest (and other muscles but mainly those 2) got bigger, way faster than when I did freeweights. I made more progress in 2 months training body weight then when I did going to the gym for half a year.
One pot meals in a really big pressure cooker and maybe a huge smoothie will save you a ton of time and work. You just need to put together enough variety so you don't get bored with them. I did it with 2 or 3, but it did get a little boring after a while, adding the smoothie later on helped a lot. Maybe 5 or 6 would last a lot longer. It's just a little bit of a challenge to balance everything you need and have 5, 6, 7 unique one pot meals. I was just a little lazy to come up with more lol.
You can intermittent fasting and still eat 4-5 meals a day. It actually helps with insulin sensitivity which has a direct effect on muscle synthesis. I life heavy on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and do feeder workouts Tuesday and Thursday. So here’s how it looks. Sundays, I eat meals at 9am, 11:30am, 2:30pm, 5pm, and 7pm, and then I begin fasting, Mondays I have coffee when I wake up, work out from 10:30am -12pm, then wait until 3pm to break my fast. This allows my body to really burn fat during that recovery time and when I break the fasts my insulin sensitivity is super high. Then I eat meals every two hours (5pm, 7pm, &9pm). Tuesdays I wake up at 8am and drink a protein shake with MCT Oil by 9am, then have meals at 11:30am, 2:30pm, 5pm, and 7pm followed by a feeder workout. This begins my fast for the next day. Then I repeat this cycle. I’ve notice that my metabolism remains high because I’m not overdoing it with the fasting, and the frequency of the meals creates a great anabolic window and really high muscle building with insulin spikes. Further more, those 3 hour waits after my workout have helped reduce my body fat big time. Yes, it’s a lot to keep track of but once it’s a habit, the benefits are incredible.
Been consuming 3500 calories a day, 1500g for 2 months and fasting for 3 days a week. Eating nothing but real whole foods that meet all my micros and macros. NEVER FELT BETTER! Gained 4kgs on 2 months, lost body fat and improved strength insanely fast. This is the way! Started this experiment at 55kg btw, height 5"6'. I now weigh 59kg!
If you combine 70- 80% raw vegan, the rest whole foods vegan, no beans or lentils, only chickpeas, no grains, just potato & sweet potato for cooked foods, no fried food. Combined With herbs i mentioned, regularly First time gains indeed! Might wanna do food combining for a while first though, like a couple of years at least.
Noticeable gains with triceps and legs! I’ve been doing the same thing for the last 90 days give or take a couple days I’m 5’6 eating 3,000 a day and am force feeding. I wanna try the fasting couple days of the week for a break. I started at 153 now I’m weighing 167. Feeling good. However seems like my strength finally just hit a plateau with some lifts. Not quite sure why. Squats continuing to go up. My bench has been sitting in the same spot for the last month Related a lot to this video.
My question is did you fast on the rest days? I've always wondered what is more important, Eating on work days or eating on rest days (as far as muscle growth goes)
Bear mode feels so good on the body (calorie surplus, lots of training, and rest). Awesome progress!
For me it didn't lol. I accidentally ate more food and more processed food for like 3 weeks and although I gained muscle, the most of it was fat. I felt bloated, fat and shit in general. Being ripped feels so much better for me not only aesthetically but also for my everyday life.
@@Constantinos_Is_Dead then you cut and feel like a new man, thats the duality of going to the gym.
@@eeee6937Or just slightly maingain. Bulk and cut can't be good for you.
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Couldn’t agree more. My body getting all that fuel and hitting the weights hard, it felt like I was finally giving my body what it needed
shoulders, biceps, quads all look much bigger and fuller in the after. seriously sick progress man!
You should do more of these longer challenges
One thing I really admire from your videos is how well you're able to plan everything out and make every video work together through multi-tasking different goals through out the week. U FOCUSING BRO😮
Thats literally his motto stay 'focused'
I definitely enjoy the longer time frame on these challenges more! Great video as always :)
Every time I watch your videos, I get excited like it's the first time. You always pump me up with motivation, push me to take action, and instill belief in myself! Thanks for being you, wishing you all the best, BUT YOU GOTTA FOCUS!
You are the first video I’m watching since I just woke up: great way to start this Saturday:) have a very very great day today 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
Your looking great brother 👍🏼dont risk anything with a bad back. I’ve had back problems for the last 3 to 4 years that have totally changed the way I live/move. My injury came from heavy lifting and not focusing on keeping strong core and back form. I was just young and strong and didn’t care about my body and I’ll probably be stuck paying for it most of my adult life. Listen to your body if it’s hurting my man 🙏🏼
Similar thing for me I'd been lifting for about a year and hurt my back squatting with some not so great form, kept lifting after, and now I have a partial disc protrusion and essentially a micro fracture in my spine
You guys literally just “lifted through” the seemingly constant pain, in full knowledge/awareness of your incorrect technique?? For weeks/months/YEARS?!
I think I was like in high school when I started watching your channel, just revisiting after a long time and glad to see you doing good bro!
Lucas! I ditched my pillow 1.5 years ago and my sleep quality has gone through the roof, the first 2 weeks-2 months are really annoying but since I've gotten used to it I've never slept better! I have gone back to my pillow for a week or few days at a time but my sleep always gets noticeably worse.
Now I just sleep flat on my mattress or with a pillow to elevate my feet(rarely). I never wake up with stiffness or a sore neck anymore (unless it was just neck day) and I barely move in my sleep anymore as well. I almost always wake up exactly as I fell asleep, well rested, and before my alarms.
I would like to see your thoughts on sleeping without a pillow. If you do try it I would say stick with it for a couple months because you may need time to kill the pillow addiction and get used to sleeping flat on your back. If you can persevere the initial discomfort its so worth it, it has been lifechanging for me!
But you gotta focus!
I agree, I didn't completely ditch my pillow but I switched to a much thinner soft memory foam pillow. It's only about 2 inches thick at its thickest and contoured so it just supports the back of your neck and hardly raises your head at all. No more stiff neck, better sleep and I seem to breathe easier as opposed to having my neck bent with a normal pillow.
Great video man, happy to see the strength gains you’re getting, 85’s are no joke
Hey, I love the idea of continuing to bulk. It's cool to see you getting stronger, and you look way more jacked. First though, I would highly recommend a 6-week fat loss phase, maybe 2 months. Another round of bulking and you'll start to get a little extra skin, which never goes away, and you'll lose any ab and muscle definition. Another 15-20 pounds and suddenly running sucks, your knees hurt all the time, your face looks different, and pullups are significantly more difficult. For someone who has been as lean as you have as long as you have, and enjoys being a bodyweight beast, that's gonna be a big mental hit. Potential depression trigger type stuff. And what you don't want is to be at your heaviest, be unhappy with your body, and start eating to cope. 5 years later, you're 280 and don't know how you got there. Happens all the time. Take 6-8 weeks, trim down some of the fat, and then repeat. 4 month bulk where you gain 10-20 lbs. 2 month cut where you lose 10-20 pounds. Twice a year.
me watching that headspin tutorial video by you 14 years ago and seeing what you've become now is just amazing
Here are some video suggestions for you:
only plyometrics workouts
exercises in cold environment vs hot environment
intensily stretch after a workout (Ive heard it could boost muscle growth)
contract and extend your muscles quickly. Its like plyometrics + flexing ( example: quickly extend and contract your arm, so your biceps and triceps)
You stretch half of your body every single day, and the other half you don't. So half tight, half flexible muscles
Never let bro comment again😭🙏🙏
horrible ideas 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️
@@timetracker9759 Cold + Hot is juice and stretching after a workout is juice wdym
really liking these tests that go for a longer period of time. Most things won't give any noticeable results in 7 days but months on monts? now that's different
Hey Pigmie. One of your best video,
Agreed
Love this guy's videos. Super solid vibes, and awesome experiments. Keep it up man
You definitely bulked up, good job! There's a CLEAR increase in muscle
Your getting bulkier by the day nice
It's "YOU'RE"! "YOU'RE"!!!!
WHY DO YOU PPL KEEP MESSING THIS SHIT UP??!!😭
@@OGTennyson Why do you even care? Does it really matter?
@@OGTennysonbecause nobody cares
@@OGTennyson💀
@@OGTennyson bruh really got the Ben 10 logo as his pfp😭
This guy taught me how to do a backflip when I was 12 I’m 18 and still watching his videos
Love your content bro keep it up!
A suggestion that may help with your squats/back issue. Using a trap bar for squats and deadlifts. This is how I do all of my leg exercises at home now.
It'll take a lot of pressure and compression off your spin. But you still do have to be careful. I'll feel that twinge in my back if I start going to heavy. But Ive had way less injury moving to the trap bar!! (I found some cheap trap bars on Amazon)
i love your eye excersize video pls upload one more eye excersize
i love how your voice is changing with the sound of the music 😂
you make such a great content, keep up going brother ❤
Love you brother! You are doing shit nobody else is doing, and a lot of it is stuff I have been questioning myself. One of these videos you should look into vertical jumps/dunking maybe(check out knees over toes guys before you go into it). Keep up the good work.
Definitely one of your best videos yet!
I remember watching a weirdo give me tips on how to do a flip. I was like this dude is a little off, is it an act? Wasn’t sure but you were entertaining so I subscribed. You’ve come a loooong way💪👊👊
Haha yes man
@@philanders3705Smd for hating on someone that’s being supportive
@zach761 Yea that guy was a meanie
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Highly recommend an open trap bar for deadlifts if you’re recovering and for general strength
Nice progress man!
i always appreciate the quality bro, you always are informing me of new ways to train ive never thought about, keep making vids bro! 😁😁😁
We need more of these longer challenges!
A Pigmie video just makes my day! 😊
I have been a fan since 2 years ive seen a lot of your videos i hope you keep uploading ^^
I struggle with the weight gain-core ratio thing too. My desire for cut abs and a less bulky core had me way overdoing boxing training a few years ago which was great for my athleticism and technique but terrible for bodybuilding. Looking back at the progress pictures the aesthetics of my core was the only thing that improved while my arms and chest slimmed down. I have this vague notion in my head that if I lean more into chest and arm lifting workouts that my body ratio will be less focused on my core while bulking (and I remember from a few years back that benching everyday did a lot for pronouncement). Anyways nice results and see where the healthy bulk takes you. BEAR MODE FOREVER BABY
You look good!!!! Keep the bulk going. Im looking forward to the next update
This is actually super helpful 🔥🔥🔥
Great video! One thing to note- you can also progressively overload by increasing intensity (ie slow and controlled increasing mind muscle connection, or more fast and explosive than last time)
I like your natural voice. The bear voice was very intimidating.
Next video idea: Do arm focused training for 180 days.
Bro is just providing us exclusive trending contents which we are about to search on internet and boom his vedios splashes out ..love u heartily my brother ❤
You seem really relatable and nice. Keep up the great work! ;)
4-6 reps and hitting failure is the sweet spot for building strength + mass
This is an awesome video, Lucas. I would love to see an update down the road (once you've surrendered to the urge to lean out again lol) comparing your size then to what it was at the beginning of your bulk. I think you are getting impressive results with the methods you've been using. I really respect and appreciate the work you put into both this channel and your health and wellness. I'm inspired by you. 👍👍
Oh, and I would also love to watch a full progression over all the years you've been recording your progress on TH-cam. I realize it would be long as hell lol, but I'd watch the hell out of it. Keep it up Lucas. You are doing great! 🙂
I’m in bear mode now. And by bear mode, I mean hibernation.
The definition looks nearly the same at a larger size! That’s awesome
Top tier quality content!
Awesome video my dude!😊 Inspirational as always. Man I would love to se you try climbing, indoor bouldering for a while and if that helpt with for example pullup strength. Thanks for the videos dude🙏 gota stay focused!
This was a really good video!
I love the trap bar for shrugs as it forces me to use the correct posture and deadlifts of course. Really starting to crave blueberries in bear mode these days lol
Especially for naturals, doing such a bulk is absolutely necessary if you want to increase muscle size and strength. The problem is that our perception of what a healthy, normal training body looks like, seeing so many unnatural lifters that just give us false expectations, and as such people these days also think that being at a low bodyfat level and overly muscular is normal and healthy, when it is not, at least not in a sustainable way. I've also had the problem where any increase in fat made me rethink everything and that only made me progress slower because I was not eating enough to fuel my progress. I hope that people start normalizing what a healthy individual looks like and don't undereat or overeat to reach their goals.
Love your video's man, they really inspire me! (Tip: I've heard you say 'expecially' a couple of times now in your videos and I think it should be 'especially')
I say work on maintenance and leaning out at that weight while you strengthen your back so you can do heavy deadlift if you're going to be in a consistent surplus. I've been watching some videos on epigenetic clocks that show increased pace of aging associated with higher BMI. Would love to see some videos in your style on epigenetic clocks!!!!!
Bulk is looking good. Probably want to go for another 60-90 days then cut back down for the summer, 100% will hit those 90s in the meantime. keep it up.
My read on all the minimum dose research coming out is that adopting a "seasonal" approach will let us work on multiple specificities (Lifting, Cal skills, MA, Running, etc) while keeping the rest on "maintenance" for months or longer just hitting them once a week.
Definitely continue on what you're doing. You can manipulate the calories a bit if you think your gaining too much fat. Looks like your making solid progress but you need to stay with it or whatever muscle and strength you've gained won't stick. Maybe for fun try a warm up 75x2 and then 85 or 90 max reps, i think you get more stimulus kinda like HIT training concept
Man, that fat gain really isn't too noticeable, at least to me. Absolutely worth it. The 2x IF days probably helped a lot with overall fat gain as well. If anything this makes me feel even better about bulking.
The 2x IF days would have any effect on his fat gain if the calories he consumed are still the same.
Great video! 🙏
do a kettlebell challenge. It’ll help your back.
Also, look up the McGill big 3 movements for low back rehab. They make a huge difference.
Good job. Definitely see a big difference
Nice bro, definitely getting my sub
Reverse Hypers for your back man. Changed my life.
When he said "my back." I relate so much.
the longer hair also doing you justice lol
This is great! Would love to see you do a cut down to 80 kg and then a year long bulk up to 95 kg 😃
Brooooooo great job! You can definitely see the progress. Look at your freaking rear and side delts. You can also see the line on the top of your chest more clearly. This is like the most ideal bear mode I've ever seen. Seems like you mostly gained muscle. Maybe the numerical amount of fat on your body went up, but you don't look like your body fat percentage went up.
Wow, great experiment 👏
You should try to eat 36 eggs a day for a week or month as vince gironda recommended.
“This leads me to my first setback… MY BACK” I cracked up a little but then saw you on the ground 😂 😢 got mixed emotions
I'm in a similar process with and extra 35 lbs of weight and I have also noticed that doing exercises like lunges and even just running a short distance puts some serious stress on my lower back. Been doing a set of bent over back extensions daily to try to adjust and I pre exhaust my quads before squatting so it's not just my back wearing out.
A big neck is negative for health. It can impact your breathing especially while sleeping. It actually impacts overall mortality even for high muscularity individuals.
I think you should hire a bodybuilding trainer. You would make enormous gains and you could even do a series on it.
Tbh, call it what you want but this was a normal offseason and there is a reason bodybuilder do it that way, you made good gains!
I think you would get more out of your incline dumbbell press if you used more ROM; the advantage of incline db over a barbell is that you can get it below your chest to your biceps/side of your delts giving you more tension in the stretch position. Even though the conventional wisdom is that 5-30 reps are equivalent for hypertrophy I still think you’d be better off in the ~10-12 range if the goal is adding muscle.
Love you man! Sam Sulek got nothin on you
such an amazing youtuber
I love your work! I have an idea for a new camera angle on your videos..Using the best thermal camera you can afford (”Flir” is a well known company on the internet ) , you could point it at the muscles as you are weight lifting or aerobic workouts..I am suggesting the best you can get as it could POSSIBLY really show the individual muscles as they get hot from use..You could possibly really see the muscles change color as they are activated..I have seen only one video doing this and it is low quality on TH-cam, but it does show them doing an aerobic workout..The point they showed is how the arms seemed to get cold first, then they get hot as they take off heat with the hands getting really hot even not on the handle bars..If anything it is going to be some really cool new thermal image video angles to add to your awesome channel!
You should try only train unweighted calisthenics for like a week, or 2 weeks.
From personal experience: I’ve been going to the gym for a few years now. I had a good schedule and was training every muscle very well but it was making slow slow progress. My gym membership got cancelled because I had no money so I switched to calisthenics. (Pullups, push-ups etc.) and I noticed my back and chest (and other muscles but mainly those 2) got bigger, way faster than when I did freeweights. I made more progress in 2 months training body weight then when I did going to the gym for half a year.
One pot meals in a really big pressure cooker and maybe a huge smoothie will save you a ton of time and work. You just need to put together enough variety so you don't get bored with them. I did it with 2 or 3, but it did get a little boring after a while, adding the smoothie later on helped a lot. Maybe 5 or 6 would last a lot longer. It's just a little bit of a challenge to balance everything you need and have 5, 6, 7 unique one pot meals. I was just a little lazy to come up with more lol.
It’s good to have catabolism too. The seasons change from winter to summer.
Ooooh a vagal nerve stimulator!! Amazing! I need to try that stuff
LETS GO! I loved the previous bear mode video as well :)
Video idea: Try tendon trainning or armwrestling trainning. Ngl, its really cool
You can intermittent fasting and still eat 4-5 meals a day. It actually helps with insulin sensitivity which has a direct effect on muscle synthesis.
I life heavy on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and do feeder workouts Tuesday and Thursday.
So here’s how it looks.
Sundays, I eat meals at 9am, 11:30am, 2:30pm, 5pm, and 7pm, and then I begin fasting,
Mondays I have coffee when I wake up, work out from 10:30am -12pm, then wait until 3pm to break my fast. This allows my body to really burn fat during that recovery time and when I break the fasts my insulin sensitivity is super high. Then I eat meals every two hours (5pm, 7pm, &9pm).
Tuesdays I wake up at 8am and drink a protein shake with MCT Oil by 9am, then have meals at 11:30am, 2:30pm, 5pm, and 7pm followed by a feeder workout. This begins my fast for the next day. Then I repeat this cycle.
I’ve notice that my metabolism remains high because I’m not overdoing it with the fasting, and the frequency of the meals creates a great anabolic window and really high muscle building with insulin spikes. Further more, those 3 hour waits after my workout have helped reduce my body fat big time.
Yes, it’s a lot to keep track of but once it’s a habit, the benefits are incredible.
Yo new video I’m excited
was it worth it? absolutley!!! amazing gains for only 90 days!!!! inspiring
you should do a video training your vertical jump for a month or sum
Been consuming 3500 calories a day, 1500g for 2 months and fasting for 3 days a week. Eating nothing but real whole foods that meet all my micros and macros. NEVER FELT BETTER! Gained 4kgs on 2 months, lost body fat and improved strength insanely fast. This is the way!
Started this experiment at 55kg btw, height 5"6'. I now weigh 59kg!
Nice progress
You are committed, I will give you that
If you combine
70- 80% raw vegan, the rest whole foods vegan, no beans or lentils, only chickpeas, no grains, just potato & sweet potato for cooked foods, no fried food.
Combined
With herbs i mentioned, regularly
First time gains indeed!
Might wanna do food combining for a while first though, like a couple of years at least.
Oh you got tribulus! Awesome.
Beetroot powder is good allegedly, from using all the others i listed on previous vid, i never noticed extra pump tbh.
Dunno man.. In the before-after shots, I paused and I cannot see much difference... really. I was expecting like a more dramatic result.
Is bear mode code for hopping on cycle?
I love you pigmie. do you still have the natty status?
bro if this guy uses most of his videos exercises daily like the meditation thing bros gonna be the perfect human being
"Tongcat alley" had me laughing 😂😂😂
Noticeable gains with triceps and legs!
I’ve been doing the same thing for the last 90 days give or take a couple days
I’m 5’6 eating 3,000 a day and am force feeding. I wanna try the fasting couple days of the week for a break.
I started at 153 now I’m weighing 167. Feeling good. However seems like my strength finally just hit a plateau with some lifts. Not quite sure why. Squats continuing to go up. My bench has been sitting in the same spot for the last month
Related a lot to this video.
I've been on. bear mode for 9 months, best decision ever - cant wait for the cut next month
00:06 young Henry Rollins.
Bro has very entertaining videos
Looks good, I could definitely tell the difference 👍🏼
My question is did you fast on the rest days? I've always wondered what is more important, Eating on work days or eating on rest days (as far as muscle growth goes)