Thanks. It just looks so extreme to me. Is that how others see it too? I hate doing a Most Muscular because my right shoulder looks silly.

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literally never gonna happen

@@GambitQueens Repent. Find joy in God's love, rather than seeking misery in others.

I do.

I can't agree. It's clear that this is actually bringing them, and me, better results than what we've been doing before. And, not all at the same time, AlphaDestiny, Alan Thrall, Basement Bodybuilding, and Will Tennyson all came to try and adopt this style of training without being told to. These are all very big and serious lifters who care about their results, and they find it to be the best for them. I call that convergent evolution.

​@@howjackedcaniget, a year from now they'll all sing another song again, since the clicks need to get coming. Bodybuilding is just not so complicated. You have some leeway with frequency, volume and intensity, and as long as you don't go to extremes, it'll all work. Just go back in the time lines of all your favourite fitness youtubers: sometimes it's low volume, sometimes high, low frequency, high, bulking, clean bulking, maingaining, recomping ... Whenever a new study comes out, they'll all force one of those old tired horses out again. They get bored, and they need clicks. Not deeper than that.

@@user-nm3ug3zq1y This is not based on studies. I hate that crap too. More like "science-cringe". They're basing it off personal experience and their reactions are genuine. I think you're being way too pessimistic. Realising I can make such amazing gains doing like 50-60% the amount of sets I would otherwise and get that somewhat unexplainable effect you get with training to failure makes me wonder why I should ever train any other way again, except perhaps for a strength phase.

@@howjackedcaniget, I don't know how long you've been following youtube bodybuilders, but I can promise you, nothing of this is new. Look at all those old tubers, like Jeff Nippard, Omar Isuf or what have you. Look at their videos from five years earlier, or even ten, and then look at them today. There is hardly a difference. And that's quite normal, because they are close to or at their natural limit. And yet, how often have I heard them deliver those "genuine reactions" to some change in their routine, and how they suddenly made "so much better progress". Yet if you don't just believe those claims but *look at them* closely, there's not much of a difference, if any. There may be exceptions, when one of them wasn't quite maxed out, sure. But understand a few truths of this space. As a natty, you won't grow forever. If you want to go on hooking viewers anyway, you need to cycle through all the old topics over and over and make it appear like something has changed. If you don't allow yourself to be manipulated but just look over their video lists with a calm eye, then you will recognize that this is just a content creation scheme, a pattern which they all follow eternally. There are a few guys that feel more genuine to me. Vitruvian Physique for example, who has basically stopped now, because he knows he isn't growing and has nothing new to say. Or Sean Nalewanyj, who just keeps at it, but doesn't make shit up. He's just talking about the same old basics over and over, although most people should and do know already. HIT is not new, it's half a century old. It always had proponents and opponents, and everyone lifting for long enough has done it at least once and then switched to something else for whatever reasons. Mostly though because HIT is not magic. It can work, sure, but other styles work too. It's just a way to liven it up a little and not get bored, or to keep viewers watching your stuff.

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It's a sign. LEEEEMON!!!!

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It was a great time. I ended up doing 410 as well before I cut weight. It's on the channel as simply 186 - 410. I train with a hypertrophy focus now and I got a meniscus tear, so I can't squat or DL for now. Though I'll probably be able to in 2025.

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How can you say such anthing? Guy is happy he’s making improvements. No need to criticize him. Applause to the chanel!

I guess you're not smart enough to read the description... or the title. "nothing to be proud of". You sound just like the typical Johnny 1pl8 you'd find on /fit/ trying to put everyone down because he can't make progress himself. I got to over a 4 plate deadlift, and yes, my form did improve, and then I lost about 50 lbs net in bodyweight, more like 60 lbs total because of the recovery bulks. I didn't need debbie downers such as yourself for me to improve. Your attitude keeps people small and unhappy, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

@@howjackedcaniget I literally just wanted to help you. If I would have said "amazing you have such a good form" you would think "Oh yeah he's right" and you would fuck your back. This is just critic no hate at all

brother I understand what you're saying, but you should instead of saying that actually offering a better example of form is actual criticism. you just sounded like a d!ck @@krakken379

​@@krakken379 The 2020 version of me no longer exists. He expired on January 1st 2021. Over 3 years ago. It's an old video. A throwback. A lot of commenters seem to think video makers are helpless lemmings without your unsolicited guidance. It's insulting. If it had been a recent video, you still would've been wrong to say "nothing to be proud of". I worked hard. I improved myself like crazy and went from being a weak stick to a guy who can deadlift 102 kg for 4 reps with downright silly form. I know I'm being a bit hypocritical now that I say the following, but I didn't want my first proper batch of comments to be filled with negativity: Have some fun, will you? I'm trying not to feed the trolls or be a LOLCOW, but for whatever reasons, whether genetics, upbringing, or something else entirely, I can't let comments that leave a bad taste in my mouth go without a response.

Why don't you check out the rest of my channel and find out? (Yes, I am aware. But this form doesn't cause any injury. It's just inefficient. This is 3 ½ years ago.)

it will at a high enough weight, but good on you for getting after it @@howjackedcaniget

Cookie cutter! 😎

Yeah, we're both thinking that kind of deadlift is what he'll achieve this year.

It's called a "chest expander". It's old-timey workout equipment. Alex Leonidas has made some good videos about them. Mine is from the '70s. My knee is slowly healing, and I feel good about it. I'm more or less expecting to be able to do some form of squatting this year, likely no later than the start of summer. Though I'd rather wait longer than I need to than not long enough.

Thanks! It really means a lot to start getting comments. It's not fun to make videos for nobody. I'm cutting for a little longer and then I'm finally done with that stuff and I can bulk and grow again. I really wanna get huge.

Thanks, big man! Yeah, I estimate 5 more weeks before I'm as lean as I wanna be, then I can finally put cutting behind me for quite some time.

I know nobody watched that video, but I've already asked not to be given rookie advice. I know about controlled reps and I disagree with the cult of TUT but understand the truth that there is to it. But I am cutting. My goal here is to preserve my performance and volume as best as I can for the entire duration of the cut. I am not going to grow. While I appreciate you wanting to help, I've got my own thing going on here and I know what I'm doing. I coach someone myself.

I'd be interested to read about your training experience. What do you lift? Weight, height, bodyfat percentage, etc.

Cookie cutter

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Nah. When you're this far into a cut, you've gotta be smart with recovery. I'm not trying to, or able to, make gains right now. I did this to preserve my top-end strength, and then I did 3 sets at RPE 6.

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