Its a pun. Its supposed to sound like "string theory" which is a theoretical framework used in particle physics, but his website is "strengtheory" which combines the two words "strength" and "theory" so it becomes a portmanteau playing off of the phonetics of "string theory." Its also a double meaning vis a vis his channel being the framework for how to heavy weights. Do you even pun, bro?
Some constructive criticism, if i may: The music takes away from the infomercial content in the video, and it would be easier to understand and take in if you outline some of the keywords, kind of like how Omar Isuf does with his videos, check em' out. Great content and i love the articles on your site.
This was the same type of story of how I am good at deadlifts. I used to at 8 years old go to SEARS with my family and pick up 2 50 pound dumbbells with each hand. I thought I was strong lol. When I first entered the high school weight room I deadlifted 300 weighing 150 as a 14 year old freshman and failed 315 after. Then 3 years later I started lifting for real. I went from a 365 to 585 deadlift in about 11 months. I made the most gains when I deadlifted 5 days a week for 3 months going from a 475 to a 585 pound deadlift. The grease the groove is the best way like you said. To master a lift you must practice it multiple times.
TH-cam has been recommending this video to be for a while now but I kept avoiding it, so glad I finally clicked and watched it. I really like your style.
Useful feedback. Deadlift is my 'weakest' pull having done deadlifts once a week for about a year going from 185 to 285. Meanwhile squat is now 285 and bench is 190. Gotta learn to commit any maybe more focused posterior chain work.
Man, you look like Santa from my early childhood dreams... :) Allan Thrall brought me here and I'm currently reading all the free stuff available on your site, so far it's great.
Jim Giant This is also a cultural issue. In the US and other countries there's the healthy tradition to lift weights in high school and college. Here in Spain the heaviest thing I lifted when I was in high school was a football. Sad but true.
Sergio TL I live in the UK. when I was in school parents/teachers were quite anti-lifting. They had no problem with kids doing pressups and pullups or throwing each other on to a dojo floor at 70mph but they seemed to think that lifting an empty bar is magically going to stunt kids growth or injure them.
+Jim Giant So much truth here. For reasons unknown to me British people are more than comfortable with kids doing push ups and pull ups, but are convinced that as soon as a child picks up weights that's it, they're never gonna grow above 5'2 and they've ruined their spine. lol. As for the active kids thing - one of my best friends (who had a very active lifestyle throughout his teens, did farm work, played rugby and so did some push ups etc but no weights) first time he ever did a deadlift, aged 17, managed to pull 200kg, which was pretty incredible. Since then he's been fucked over with an ankle injury from playing rugby and barely been able to squat or deadlift, but we've both just turned 19 now and he's up to 135kg on bench press. I've been lifting weights a lot longer than him and my PB is only 120kg on bench. Genetics and an active childhood can work wonders.
Possible future topics: Finding Individual Squat Stance Vitamin A & D, Friends or Foes(Absorption) Healthy Joints Supps and Nutrition Time Under Tension and Muscle Growth Protein Macros and bio-availability Just for your suggestion box.
Attention to form, consistency, only maxing out every 2nd or 3rd week, and mixing up sets of 10 and 5 in weeks between maxouts. Oh, and actually generating 500lbs of force.
Deadlift feels pretty unnatural for me, when I first started lifting I had way too much trouble getting into the proper position due to poor mobility. And later on I inflamed my hip flexor (non lifting related) which is now like 95% recovered but still makes it hard for me to keep the back straight once the weights get heavy. Do you have any tips on how to strengthen the hip flexors?
400 was less than 2 months, 500 come within 4 months.. been 6 months after that, and still haven't hit 600.. I'm guessing 700 is going to take a few years...
So I basically sold some shit for a while nefariously at an incredibly low tax bracket, offended every demographic and then won the hearts and minds of a nation to become president
I've just started following your channel, and you seem like a really knowledgeable guy. This video didn't really tell me anything at all though. Out of nearly ten minutes, probably fifteen seconds was valid, that being 'posterior chain development = good'. Looking forward to more content from you, but maybe a tighter agenda for the videos just to add value.
hey greg do you have any tips for shoulder impingement pain during bench? i've did various rehab/prehab for the rotators for years but it has made no difference. thanks.
Scott Mackenzie Find someone who specializes in athletes. Specifically people who know about PRI. Check out the Darkside Strength youtube channel as well - Dr. Quinn and Ryan Brown are legit.
Kian19870 So because you are too weak to do it, it's bullshit? Is that how you live your life? I can't do it so it's bullshit. If you can't pull 440, there is no way you are doing 405 for 8. Do you sumo, or conventional? I was conventional deadlifter. What are your bent rows at? What are your Romanian deadlifts at? When I had that sticking point I found that my hams and gluteus were weak.
Waiting on the "What It Took to Curl 225" video but this will have to do for now.
Can I start with "what it took to curl 95" in about 6 months when I curl 95?
+Strengtheory its been a year.. I'm waiting
"With the deadlift, most people tend to pick it up fairly quickly." Ha!
Every time you say "Strengtheory" I hear "String Theory"
good
Its a pun. Its supposed to sound like "string theory" which is a theoretical framework used in particle physics, but his website is "strengtheory" which combines the two words "strength" and "theory" so it becomes a portmanteau playing off of the phonetics of "string theory." Its also a double meaning vis a vis his channel being the framework for how to heavy weights.
Do you even pun, bro?
Some constructive criticism, if i may: The music takes away from the infomercial content in the video, and it would be easier to understand and take in if you outline some of the keywords, kind of like how Omar Isuf does with his videos, check em' out. Great content and i love the articles on your site.
I second this
I'll check it out!
Agreed
This was the same type of story of how I am good at deadlifts. I used to at 8 years old go to SEARS with my family and pick up 2 50 pound dumbbells with each hand. I thought I was strong lol. When I first entered the high school weight room I deadlifted 300 weighing 150 as a 14 year old freshman and failed 315 after. Then 3 years later I started lifting for real. I went from a 365 to 585 deadlift in about 11 months. I made the most gains when I deadlifted 5 days a week for 3 months going from a 475 to a 585 pound deadlift. The grease the groove is the best way like you said. To master a lift you must practice it multiple times.
talder123 amazing progress but holy fuck man 5 days a week geez that would be tiresome lol
Love your videos Greg! keep it coming
fucking lol at katy perry and t swift
strengthairy
"Calm like a bomb" has been my PR song for years now, nice choice.
TH-cam has been recommending this video to be for a while now but I kept avoiding it, so glad I finally clicked and watched it. I really like your style.
Useful feedback. Deadlift is my 'weakest' pull having done deadlifts once a week for about a year going from 185 to 285. Meanwhile squat is now 285 and bench is 190. Gotta learn to commit any maybe more focused posterior chain work.
Target3212 Whats ur bodywieght?Have u been training consistent for a year?
Man, you look like Santa from my early childhood dreams... :)
Allan Thrall brought me here and I'm currently reading all the free stuff available on your site, so far it's great.
It's amazing how strong kids with an active lifestyle can be, sadly too few of them these days.
Jim Giant This is also a cultural issue. In the US and other countries there's the healthy tradition to lift weights in high school and college. Here in Spain the heaviest thing I lifted when I was in high school was a football. Sad but true.
Sergio TL I live in the UK. when I was in school parents/teachers were quite anti-lifting. They had no problem with kids doing pressups and pullups or throwing each other on to a dojo floor at 70mph but they seemed to think that lifting an empty bar is magically going to stunt kids growth or injure them.
Jim Giant Yeah man, when I was a teen it was common knowledge that you would be a midget if you were to lift weights.
+Jim Giant So much truth here. For reasons unknown to me British people are more than comfortable with kids doing push ups and pull ups, but are convinced that as soon as a child picks up weights that's it, they're never gonna grow above 5'2 and they've ruined their spine. lol. As for the active kids thing - one of my best friends (who had a very active lifestyle throughout his teens, did farm work, played rugby and so did some push ups etc but no weights) first time he ever did a deadlift, aged 17, managed to pull 200kg, which was pretty incredible. Since then he's been fucked over with an ankle injury from playing rugby and barely been able to squat or deadlift, but we've both just turned 19 now and he's up to 135kg on bench press. I've been lifting weights a lot longer than him and my PB is only 120kg on bench. Genetics and an active childhood can work wonders.
Herp Derp
It's a cultural issue too. Here in Spain there's a great tradition of playing football at school, but none of strength training.
You are a freak of strength man.
Possible future topics:
Finding Individual Squat Stance
Vitamin A & D, Friends or Foes(Absorption)
Healthy Joints Supps and Nutrition
Time Under Tension and Muscle Growth
Protein Macros and bio-availability
Just for your suggestion box.
Attention to form, consistency, only maxing out every 2nd or 3rd week, and mixing up sets of 10 and 5 in weeks between maxouts. Oh, and actually generating 500lbs of force.
I liked the bby Greg backstory. I wish I had been lifting heavy stuff as a kid.
Greg is listening Rage Against the Machine for deadlift! Just like me!
Deadlift feels pretty unnatural for me, when I first started lifting I had way too much trouble getting into the proper position due to poor mobility. And later on I inflamed my hip flexor (non lifting related) which is now like 95% recovered but still makes it hard for me to keep the back straight once the weights get heavy. Do you have any tips on how to strengthen the hip flexors?
leg raises get the job done
Good video Greg, can't wait for the squat one!
Definitely agree on RATM for deadlifts; Guerrilla Radio is another good song I like to deadlift to as well :D
400 was less than 2 months, 500 come within 4 months.. been 6 months after that, and still haven't hit 600.. I'm guessing 700 is going to take a few years...
Your information is always great, but the music in this video is really distracting.
Rammstein - bück dich is my deadlift song
My heavy Deadlift Song - Sodom - In War and Pieces. Heaviest song out there!
RATM when deadlifting...this man is so great!
the ghost of Tom Joad**
I find deadlifting personally for me to be the hardest lift and I can't seem to get my form right. I wish deadlifitng felt natural for me.
Good video good info, I actually liked the music, so I guess it's just personal pref.
ever think about doing strongman?
Oh that is true.
Dude you look like Samwell Tarly. Srs. Btw you're crazy strong man, aspiring to be as strong as you soon. Cheers
I do a lot of running, sprinting, and soccer, and squats have seemed the easiest of the 3 for me.
So I basically sold some shit for a while nefariously at an incredibly low tax bracket, offended every demographic and then won the hearts and minds of a nation to become president
I've just started following your channel, and you seem like a really knowledgeable guy. This video didn't really tell me anything at all though. Out of nearly ten minutes, probably fifteen seconds was valid, that being 'posterior chain development = good'.
Looking forward to more content from you, but maybe a tighter agenda for the videos just to add value.
Great vid. Informative and funny =P
dont think theres a better deadlift song than killswitch engage - end of heartache
If you go KSE, it's GOTTA be holy diver. But the Dio original is every better.
why does everyone hate the music...shit i didnt even notice it
Alan Johansen I even enjoyed it!
My first pull was 345 on a trap bar in high school. Wish I would have stuck with it, then I would be pulling over 500 by now
Great video Greg! I'm starting to develop a man crush on you. What kind of posterior chain work did you do to get your deadlift to 500lbs?
Lots of deadlifts, good mornings, and hyper extensions at that point.
Thanks Greg!
So squats and Romanian deads or? Jw what you mean specifically by posterior work. Thx in advance
steadygroovin lots of weighted back raises and good mornings, mainly.
Shiyet Benny pulled 400 on the first go
hey greg do you have any tips for shoulder impingement pain during bench? i've did various rehab/prehab for the rotators for years but it has made no difference. thanks.
Have you seen a physical therapist / physio who specializes in athletes (not genpop)?
***** no, i saw normal physio who prescribed internal/external rotations, bands etc but it made no real difference.
Scott Mackenzie
Find someone who specializes in athletes. Specifically people who know about PRI. Check out the Darkside Strength youtube channel as well - Dr. Quinn and Ryan Brown are legit.
***** thanks, will do.
thanks for the advice nicolas, it is always in my left shoulder, so you may be right.
for deadlift I like to listen Comeback Kid "Wake the dead".
I listen to Metallica One or Techno/trance music when deadlifting.
I cant believe I never noticed the streng theory pun. Thats clever.
I take you a little less serious now I know you like to listen to Taylor Swift & Katy Perry. (sermi srs)
robvdent and I take you a little less seriously now that I know you don't like good music.
+Strengtheory DAMNNNNNN!!! Bitch slapped!
Dude i'm so much stronger than you were at 11
look how happy he looks!!!! :D
So the point of this video or the message that I take away: steal your genetics ;)
PS: How is the book 'powerlifting' ?
Not 100% sure what you're asking about. If you mean "all about powerlifting" by Tim Henriques, it's great.
***** Sorry, the book I mean is the book that is visible to your left in the video.
ahh yes. It's a good one
how 2 posterior chain pls
pls
GMs, RDLs, rack pulls, deficit pulls, opposite stance deadlifts, back raises, hyperextensions, leg curls, hip thrusts
I've only been deadlifting for a month and I've passed 500lbs. Gonna go for a 550 soon.
how tall are u?
5'10" on a good day
***** 5'6 on mondays?
isaias roman Nah. I'm 5'9.5" pretty much every day
What It Took to reach 500 likes?
Katy perry is life
This is true
You forgot #4: Grow an awesome beard
The deadlift preceded the beard slightly
***** I was under the impression that the strain of the deadlift popped out the beard, when you were eleven.
Youse need to put on Metallica for deadlift
Lol'ed at string theory hahaha
You want to pull 500 lbs? Pull 400 for a set of 8 and you are there! No magic involved or windbag theory.
I did it for 9 6mnths back and still can't, beltless for 6 both ways but soon!!
+dan wilkes Are you using ammonia inhalants? They help more than you might think.
Bullshit. I pulled 400 for 8 at one point yet could not get 440 past my knees, never mind 500
Kian19870 So because you are too weak to do it, it's bullshit? Is that how you live your life? I can't do it so it's bullshit. If you can't pull 440, there is no way you are doing 405 for 8. Do you sumo, or conventional? I was conventional deadlifter. What are your bent rows at? What are your Romanian deadlifts at? When I had that sticking point I found that my hams and gluteus were weak.
Pulls 440x5 and still ain't hit 500
Lol 7:48 to 7:53
a true streng nerd :D but cool
sub'd great channel bro keep up the great content!!!!!!
That's gay, I know a fresh men who does more, and a senior who benches more
So squats and Romanian deads or? Jw what you mean specifically by posterior work. Thx in advance
So squats and Romanian deads or? Jw what you mean specifically by posterior work. Thx in advance