4 PRINCIPLES to GROW a BIGGER, WIDER BACK!

[@rurikbrackett4575]

Excellent video! it reminds me of the saying "backs to strength athletes are like biceps to bodybuilders"

[@StevenIuele98]

Rurik Brackett love that quote

[@quimripoll6824]

Every video you upload is a f*cking update to my program and my trainning mindset. Really appreciate it.

[@DrDevil123123]

I hate watching your videos when I'm about to go to bed because it makes me want to go back to the gym and hit an awesome workout every time

[@wd7643]

TIME STAMPS 1:19 How I Gained Mass on my Back in the First Place. 2:07 Why I chose Principals as opposed to Techniques. 2:35 A BodyBuilding Confession… 3:25 The Start of the Principles. 3:30 What is the appropriate Weight for back training? 4:52 What is the Appropriate Volume for Back Training? 6:15 Does the Time Under Tension Matter With Back Training? 6:24 Pausing your reaps on Strict(ish) Back Movements. 7:27 Increasing Reps & Time In a Given Exercise/Workout. 8:00 Utilizing “Rep Games” to initiate growth. 8:28 How Much weighted Carries Can Change the Game. 9:40 Make Your Back a Priority! 10:10 How I layout my Back Training.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I am confused. You literally cut and Pasted this from the description. Should I post it here as well?

[@vascomachado2570]

Brian Alsruhe Yes, unfortunately a lot of people don’t check the description. Maybe just put it as a comment and pin it. Appreciate your content! You’ve been one of my favourite to watch

[@wd7643]

Brian Alsruhe Yes I did that so people can click on the times and go to that portion of the video. Most people don't read the description. Sorry for the copy and paste.

[@The513Warning]

It makes it easier for people on mobile too. I always check the description, but you can't click on timestamps in the description when you're on mobile.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

It’s no problem man and that is for making it, but wow. If people watching a video about hard work are too lazy to click a button I think they might not make it haha

[@isaaccox737]

Watching you walk around that pond is more relaxing than it should be

[@burner1303]

Your proselytizing of the barbell row convinced me to always include it as an antagonistic mover for bench. Now I chase bench and row prs at the same time. Glad you're doing better!

[@grahamcallaghan5429]

I've had food poisoning - Campylobacteriosis - for the last 6 days. Hardly slept, havent eaten, lost probably 8lbs and was just about to peak for a bench PR too. Feeling very sorry for myself! Hearing your story and how you've dropped almost 70lbs gives me a much more positive attitude. Even after all that - you're still at it with everything you got! An inspiration and role model. Plus this video has given me something good to watch while I lay in my bed! So thanks! Haha.

[@VaelinAlSo]

got that too, lost 12lbs in a week, felt like shit for another week at the gym

[@JasonLeeno]

Your definitely right about heavy carries being on a whole other level. The first time I did a 500lb carry, I felt like a baby with a swollen head learning to walk lol

[@apexbjj]

I love how honest and real you are talking about your health.

[@jamiemorris6088]

Brian has an awful disease that cuts his weight and strength dramatically. Still ten times stronger than me at my best 😂😭 Oh love your content Brian keep moving forward legend !

[@callanbentlee3357]

i guess Im randomly asking but does any of you know of a method to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my account password. I appreciate any assistance you can offer me

[@jaxtonjase7189]

@Callan Bentlee Instablaster :)

[@mr.d_88]

"Put your back into it!" Every dad ever. Thanks papa Alsruhe

[@andrewtate5652]

After just a few weeks with your free mass template and applying principles from your videos, results are legit. Thank you so much. Your workouts are insane, especially in Maryland summer heat and humidity! Good speed on the recovery and adding mass to your back!

[@travisellison7098]

When I started lifting about a year ago I could bench 225 for reps but I could not row 135 for reps. Back has been my main focus for a year and this channel has helped me learn how to do that more than any other.

[@snorlaxcom]

I can row 235 for reps but not bench 220 for reps😭

[@travisellison7098]

I have heard that you should be able to row at least as much as bench but better to be able to row 20% more.

[@snorlaxcom]

@@travisellison7098 I keep hearing big back = big bench, so I have been hitting rows accordingly. at least back fills up the shirt lol

[@therealg4197]

How tf is that even possible

[@jakesimmonds5043]

I bench 235lbs 5 reps. Deadlift is 300 squat is 220lb 15 reps. I row 80lb dumbells I can chin up 125lbs. Its weird

[@mjcox12]

1. Move Heavy Weights - Light Isolation / Compounds don't work alone. 2. Back needs a lot of volume - Hit a pulling exercise every time in the gym. 3. Time under tension - Keep mind muscle connection. Heavy Kroc Rows / Carries. 4. Take it serious - Think in same terms as your main movements.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you but all of the time stamps are already in the description

[@mr.monitor.]

You're back and your back is back. That's fantastic 👍

[@joshchunkynhunkymiller9725]

Brian you’re an absolute warrior brother! Fighting through Illness with the positivity you’ve been doing while still making killer content is an inspiration. Cheers dude! 💪🏻💯

[@jamesbrannigan5620]

Thanks to Brian I do 2-3 x more pulling than pushing & it works. Great carryover too

[@SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980]

Speedy recovery, Brian. Rows & Avocados. ❤️

[@davidverzwyvelt1962]

Good timing for me I've had what I thought was an injury for a year, no serious back work. Turns out I just had a giant knot and am 100% now! Bout to get serious about back training! Thx for the video!

[@MegaVRAK]

Brian, I must say the videos and how you make them are very well made. Precise, exact, with the focus on training and specific stuff. Other strongman do a lot of entertaining videos, which can be fun to look at, interesting, but yours are the ones which have the most informational value. And that´s why I am very thankful for the time you spend making them. You and Alan are the best! Peace.

[@ascendedvegeta]

Yo Brian! I was just wondering if you had any plans for more podcasts. I've been listening to them a lot more while I drive instead of music and I find myself wishing there was more podcast content with you. I just really enjoy hearing your (and others) thoughts and opinions about anything and everything

[@catherinemyers9021]

I second a podcast.

[@aielwar]

Always putting supreme content that is easy to understand and more importantly, implement. You're the best trainer on the net Brian. Why he doesn't have a million or more subscribers is beyond me.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I wish I did man, but thank you!

[@michaelgendron3420]

Love your honesty Brian. It is so refreshing and inspiring. Thanks for your insight and wisdom.

[@js-gstrength4190]

I followed almost all the advice u said, 2 years later I have one of the most developed back in my gym. Only been training for 2 years and a bit

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

That is so cold here brother! I am honored to be part of your journey

[@mihael2509]

Weighted carries are the GOAT

[@robbaldwin2402]

Haha, I like the admission of how you felt once you lost a lot of your size; there are a lot of guys who say they don't care about aesthetics or any of that, but it's because they already fill out an XL shirt so they don't feel any need to do anything else. Sorry to hear about the illnesses; best of luck taking care of yourself.

[@bmstylee]

XL shirt. Those dudes are going for the girls small.

[@morrisolmsted1316]

Dude, once again, great info. I find your videos super helpful. Just started lifting heavy for 1st time in my life at 49. I need all the info I can get, I’ll do the rest!!!

[@apuuvah]

Light weight, baby! Yeah buddy! "Everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, don' nobody wanna lifts some heavy-ass weight". Ronnie trained VERY heavy and his back was insanity.

[@joeljames2367]

Brian something I learned from you and Maybe you said it on this video and I missed it but the best gauge on if your back is strong enough is if you can row what you bench press. I though you were nuts but I worked towards it anyway and not only is it possible it’s so right I wish had I known years ago.

[@parkerbell4896]

Best thing I did for my back in high school was playing bass 5 for marching band. Having a 60ish pound drum strapped over your shoulders for a few hours a day really helps

[@roseorphee9008]

This was one of the best back advice Thank you

[@fithealth247]

Great video! Keep grinding brother and I hope you continue to fight this parasite and get back your body and strength to where it was even though you're still strong like a bull!

[@jameswoodall9261]

Great to see how a regular person can overcome the knocks in life. Get aftr it!!

[@torvaldrunarson4219]

Thank you so much for all your videos and work and sharing :D

[@y.cortez657]

AWESOME VIDEO...!! THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE GREAT TIPS...!!

[@donworland]

I hope the question applies, for aging fellows, say a low back thing is messing with a brother.....what are your thoughts on training the back using gymnasts methods with rings and parallelets? Don't worry, the trap bar will get shrugged, the kettlebell will be rowed but any "ring hold' stuff to get the lats firing, stuff like that, supine ring rowing etc. ?

[@mariotigres1873]

I just subscribed to your channel Brian. Strongman training look so much fun!

[@jayc8442]

Brian I hear some top powerlifters say the rack pull is an ego lift. But I wonder if they are referring to people that start way above the knees and only do a 2-3” movement? Your thoughts on the rack pull? I found starting below the knees which is how I was taught helps my back. Can you break that movement down for us?

[@MeinNameistCarlos]

Jay C the below the knee rack pull, starting right at your sticking point, is a common exercise. Even the starting strength people recommend it for overload and training the lockout. This is also common in strongman. You see a kind of rack pull done with the Wagon wheels

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

In my mind a rack pull is 13” or18” brother. I have never done a rack pull above the knee in my life. I would find that largely a waste of time for the most part when just dropping it a few inches makes it much better

[@aljasser1940]

I fking love you man, keep up the good work

[@jdru8787]

You can do side bends and situps....

[@donworland]

Thanks for the carries, I started doing it like a year ago more often, really love it.

[@xavieralexander7233]

I recently got a herniated disk in my lumbar spine and have started lifting again but I am hesitant to do deadlifts and squats because I don’t want to re-injure it. But I also have aspirations to continue with competing in strongman. I love ur channel, all the videos have helped me tons to make leaps and bounds as far as strength is concerned but I would really appreciate it if u could give me some tips for how to return to training, thanks again and have a good one!

[@SamuelDeMaria-n6b]

Great video sir great information

[@wills8557]

Gday Brian just wondering if you have any advice for the opposite, for example if you have a really strong back and can row 3 plates for sets of 20 but can't even bench 3 plates for reps. Any advice for those few of us who can grow back like crazy but pressing is a joke

[@snorlaxcom]

word. I can out back bros but get out pressed and flat benched all day

[@heartbeatpoetry7704]

Maybe take a look at your form? After watching Brian's videos on benching I started using my lats and my quads a lot more when benching. A lot of the same muscles used when rowing are used for benching too, so if you are strong in one you should be strong in the other.

[@wills8557]

@@heartbeatpoetry7704 I'm fairly critical of my bench form as despite struggling with it I love to bench and have studied a lot videos from Brian, Dave Tate/elitefts and others trying to better it. I definitely use a lot of back and leg drive because those areas are strong points for me, I appreciate the input though and will continue to critique my form! Also my question is not specifically just bench but for pressing strength on a whole, what are some strategies a person can implement to bring up their raw pressing strength given they have a strong back, because as you said usually if you are strong in one you are strong in the other.

[@garyk.3080]

Great advice, super in-depth love your videos brother you are awesome keep up the awesome work 💪

[@thomaseld1090]

Brian! Love the content you are putting out but these are hard to watch without getting dizzy!

[@asherray4969]

This was super helpful!!

[@alena.alsruhe]

This video is awesome and super helpful to keep in mind when choosing weights for the workout ! Love what you said about carries ! My goal is typically body weight sandbag, keg or farmers each hand. This is a challenge but well worth it !!!! And always always weighted pull ups ! Thanks for all you shared! For those of you who want specific exercises Brian put out a 9 back variations video that was awesome ! Check it out !

[@1985Crystal]

A great morning for a great video

[@DrewLSsix]

3:50 whatever that guy sees that bodybuilder doing today I promise you he got that back and the majority of his mass moving heavy weights and lots of volume over time.

[@kevindraper8885]

thx Brian. Great video

[@jamesbenedict7516]

Does carrying a case of Guinness count as front loaaded carries?

[@NinjaofApathy]

Thanks Brian.

[@finditmakeitliftit]

Awesome Video Brain👊. Really great content👍

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks for watching it!

[@safwatshawky5302]

thank you for the amazing tips, and I hope you get your back..back 😁

[@meowmeowone8479]

Schistosoma: Mansonii or Heamatobium? Two slightly different symptomatologies. Both nasty. Glad you're doing better. Had me the old typhoid few years back. Goddamn if it didn't damn near kill me. Guess it wasn't my time. Took forever to regain the strength to just climb stairs. The struggle is real. Health is truly the ultimate wealth. Take care of it, always.

[@JS-ub9mn]

Thanks for the good guidance. You mentioned the highs and lows of your bodyweight...where are you are right now?

[@stackered]

Sucks to hear you have/had Lyme. Keep up on monitoring it, because it comes back over and over until you really take care of it. I've had Lyme for a while and it came back 10 years after I originally had it at the peak of my athletic and strength development, taking me out of the gym for 10 months and atrophying me from 215 lbs jacked to 170 lbs skinny fat. Basically started all over in the gym back then

[@2012lmfao]

Hi Brian . Colloidal ionic silver 100ppm 3 tablespoons a day for about 3 months killed off a parasite I picked up.

[@NextSurvivor]

Great video, very helpful!

[@felixj7696]

Brian, i have a question Can a person with high minus eye (miopia ) 8 or 9 can lift heavy weight and is it safe for them to do bracing because the higher pressure on the eye ? Thanks

[@johnbendfeldt]

Excellent video as always. You should collaborate with Eric Bugenhagen sometime. Thicc back Bois together at last.

[@AZ_TONY]

May God bless this beautiful man.

[@AussieAlex4]

"Was" throwing up 50 times a day? Good to hear that you're on the mend with that.

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Snatch grip high pulls.

[@Johnjay82]

Yeah! I love them. Since the last months I only train Muscle Snatch (also great for upper back), Snatch Grip High Pulls, Zercher Squats as main movements. Push-Ups (make them as hard, that you are toasted by the 10th rep - either through TUT or just maximum concentration on full body contraction), Inverted Rows (same as Push-ups) and Atlas Stone Carries are secondary Movements. That really works for me. My Back looks good and I get stronger each time.

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

@@Johnjay82 I literally just started doing snatch grip high pulls last night. I wanted to build a bigger back, and strongerbyscience said snatch high pulls, deadlifts, high-block deadlifts, rack pulls, and full control on heavy shrugs.

[@Johnjay82]

@@JoshuaKevinPerry I do High Pulls since 4 years (on/off) now. They are great for Shoulders (train the medial delts too), traps and upper backs in general. I don´t do deadlifts anymore because I start the High Pulls and Muscle Snatch from the bottom - so it´s like high volume deadlifts. I think it´s better to focus on only a few exercises and get good at them. With Inv. Rows (also called bodyweight rows) in different grips, Muscle Snatches, Zercher Squats and Atlas Stones my back is fried. I train for the 7th year now and since last year I think I finally understood how to train my back properly. Concentration on full body tension with the Inverted Rows (and different grips) was far better than trying to put on more weight with (for example) Bent Over Rows. With everything else -> more weight, not to much volume but higher training frequency. And: Don´t underestimate Inverted Rows. They are always put as a "beginner" exercise, but they are my main staple for back training (I see them as secondary because I don´t try to do them with more weight, sets oder reps - but with more and better contraction). For me they are better than pull-ups. Also Push-Ups are great. I think that Paul Chek (if I remember correctly) said it best: "I don´t want to learn from the guy who can do 100 push ups but from the one who does them as hard that he can´t do more than 10." - That´s how I try to handle Inv Rows and Push-Ups - without doing exotic things like planches (ok, I do pseudo planche Push-Ups as a finisher often, but you get the idea). But -> there are no "best" exercises or secret tips. Try things out - keep what works best and ditch what doesn´t .

[@Johnjay82]

My Mistake: It was Steve Maxwell on London Real, not Paul Chek: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5KTg5iBm9ite68

[@evooff]

@@JoshuaKevinPerry When you say strongerbyscience you mean Greg Nuckols? Where did he say that?

[@41DiRkNoWiTzKi41]

How much back volume for a beginner? I train full body 3x per week. 2x per week: 3 sets pullups (weighted once I can do 10), 3 sets rows, 2 sets facepulls 1x per week: 3x5 Snatch grip Deadlift, 3 sets pullups, 2 sets facepulls In your opinion is this too much?

[@Wutang3737]

Do those hand grip strengthen things work for grip strength? The ones you squeeze that like a clip. My farmers carry is weak. My traps don’t get much of a workout because my forearms give out too quick.

[@n0yn0y]

How to build a bigger back: - flare your arms and send shoulders forward when benching -round back when deadlifting -only do bicep curls

[@Goon.29]

Make sure you do those curls in the power rack too

[@stewartbailey5500]

Preach brother 🙏

[@damianhinch2907]

The problem I have is apparently I have a slipped vertebrae (spondylolisthesis) so basically any heavy work has the potential to mess me up real good. So bent over rows and even carries normally are not possible.

[@JsDentonable]

" also kind of cool experience " the fuckin madlad

[@The513Warning]

Yeah, them battle ropes? Oh, man lol. I started throwing those in as conditioning at the end of some of my sets and they will light your back up something serious. The ones that I use have a 2 inch diameter, so it taxes my grip too.

[@Dummebertrambentebix]

Ive Got tendonitis in both hands (stabilizers and grip/finger muscles). My back has been suffering alot because of my inabillity to pull anything with my hands. (Straps barely help) Do you guys have a good exercise I can do to regain some strength?

[@juliancollis7794]

Thanks brother

[@heartbeatpoetry7704]

When doing light and fast(explosive) sets, what kind of rep range are you looking at?

[@balkee42]

Any tips for fixing brachioradialis pain/inflammation?? Any pronated row,pullup,pulldown is impossible for me. This shit wont go away

[@jigginjohnson2893]

How did you get the worm? What did you eat?

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

It swam through my skin when j was doing stuff in counter terrorism. Wasn’t something I ate

[@morganfreeman8230]

could i use a zercher shrug as its the only way to keep weight infront of me

[@anthonyhaga7559]

Brian, I love pulling a weighted sled for tractioning the low back and hips. The other day I pulled a sled that was 470 without counting the sled (no idea how much it actually weighs) but I noticed my back wasn’t pumped at all compared to pulling one at home on concrete. Is there any suggestion you can give to fix this? Love the channel, keep fighting the good fight brother!

[@aresjerry]

How did he contract the parasite? Or giardia?

[@lazarnikolic8161]

Ever considered making a "back stuff" T-shirt?

[@frankmorris2603]

Super high standard and informative video again Brian. Question......are you seeking compensation for the physical ailments you've accrued while risking your life for your country in the past ? Nobody would think less of you for trying.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

No man. If I could I would but you can’t prove where someone was infected with something

[@frankmorris2603]

@@BrianAlsruheOfficial Bummer.

[@isaiasxd4453]

Rocket man 🚀✨

[@Josifer4GAppFire]

How did you fix the parasites?

[@bobweber4140]

Thankyou god bless

[@PCSExponent]

Funny lat spreads? Is that something you serve with appetizers?

[@pops3554]

I row every day!!!!!

[@xevilrabbit12]

Yes

[@stoicacostinluigi8564]

Thank you, Lat Daddy!

[@hayanradwan6100]

So gay frate

[@stoicacostinluigi8564]

@@hayanradwan6100 Cum zici tu, frate

[@72buffaloman]

Hunting season opens in a few weeks in maryland . Brian better be careful on his pond walk videos i always notice a treestand just inside the woods . Hah

[@jdavidgarcia127]

Towards the end of the video you could see she took off. Lol good luck getting her and thanks for the content!

[@justincooke1026]

Does anyone have any tips to help with feeling my back during exercises , while doing rows and such i don’t feel them in my lats

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Reps brother. You need to take the time to learn your body. The j Ferber can’t teach you that

[@justincooke1026]

Brian Alsruhe Alrighty , thanks !

[@angelocos1]

Hope your health gets better and better. Thank you also for not being a "Fitness bullshit artist"

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Doing my best brother! Thank you!

[@paulwhite959]

I've tried the pause at the top...and at the bottom...and my arms *always* try to take over any row or pull. Good for biceps, but it's horrible for my back

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Then you need to learn how to use your back brother. It’s not like this is an impossible thing. Take the time to learn it and you will be glad you did. If you keep doing it the way you are doing it, you will run into injury

[@0vermars520]

Guess he's bringing sexy back... *puts on sunglasses YEEEEEEEEEAAAHHHHHHHH

[@cassanopiano5332]

Brian, look into raw vegan diet, you can get rid of ANY parasite and cure ANY disease. Watch John rose KZbin channel, you can still do your strength training. Peace and love brother ❤️🙏🏼

[@gavinrussell7749]

A lot of the time I try to work my back my biceps tend to exhaust before my back. Any tips?

[@gavinrussell7749]

@@anomuumnekilpkonn4335 I wouldn't say ego is the problem. Even when doing a lat pull down where I can feel my back being used, my biceps exhaust first 😂

[@DrewLSsix]

Raigo Pevgonen Didn’t watch the video?

[@gavinrussell7749]

@@DrewLSsix yeah of course, he talks a lot about doing heavy compound movements often. I do this. The problem I'm having is that my biceps are a weak link, which happen to be used in basically all pull movements. So I've been trying to strengthen them, however it doesn't seem to be working. And I am curious if anyone has any tips

[@Dillpickles66]

Gavin Russell I had the same issue and it took months to fix. Drop the weight REALLY light, like the barbell, and really focus on pulling with your elbows, and do like 20 reps to feel your back working. Slowly keep ramping up weight in this same workout just keep focusing on pulling with your elbows. Keep doing it until you don’t have to worry about it. Once I started doing this, it took 2 weeks before I could warm up normally and not even think about it

[@clintbissonnette3433]

Rows and pull downs use alot of biceps especially with a supinated grip but it doesn't take much bicep to do carries, stiff arm pull downs and deadlifts. Also biceps heal faster then back muscle train back more often

[@dedmor1]

Does Brian have a little cauliflower ear?

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Yea

[@94EyeEagle]

imagine if Brian has a daughter (or daughters)... 😂😂😂

[@landerhendrickx3522]

Jay Tran they would be so conditioned they could win at the crossfit games at 20 years old.

[@SantomPh]

@@landerhendrickx3522 nah they would be kicked out for doing proper form and refusing to lift for time

[@twinrivers6200]

Boys would be hella scared to knock on the door especially teenaged lol. Think Bad Boys 2

[@grumpycroissant8712]

"My body was a mess". Well, your mess could be my best lol