SUMMER SHREDDING PT II - Reconstructing Your Strength for Conditioning

Here is Part two of My Series On Conditioning where I discuss how I restructure my Strength and Assistance work to take care of the conditioning. Less time in the gym for better results. I hope some of you will find this helpful!
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[@creatism]

The antagonistic group to dead lifts is alive lifts! And yes I watch all your videos!!!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah good memory man!

[@slipvyne]

i literally just watched that video then came here to tweak the program....savages

[@Johnjay82]

Working the antagonistic muslegroup before the prime mover was one the best things I have ever done. Before that I often had shoulder pain/issues. Not anymore. Thank you, Brian!

[@joshjohnston7388]

Johnjay82 yeah man. this stuff has been GOLD for me.

[@JS-ub9mn]

Agreed. For Bench, I am rowing between every set. Nothing's been better.

[@austinadkins9113]

I noticed that my posture has greatly improved too

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks so much for trying it man!

[@crewc02]

Can't wait to try this at peak gym hours.... Yes all these stations are mine!!! Brian said to so shut it!

[@joshjohnston7388]

crewc02 my gym has one bench and one power rack. I've learned to be very friendly and share. as a result, i've made some gym friends! everyone knows i'm perfectly happy to work in with anyone. i'll reload your weights, whatever. and some of those gym friends... well let's just say it's too bad i'm not single. (not really. luv you, babe!)

[@crewc02]

Josh Johnston lucky!

[@joshjohnston7388]

crewc02 well in regards to my lady, I truly am lucky! but with gym pals, I'm just really friendly. there are a lot of old folks at my gym so when you walk in and the 65 y/o ladies smile and say hi, people get the hint that you're probably not a jerk.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah you can make it work man. I did for a decade in a commercial gym, you just need to be smart about your exercise selection.

[@lilhazestings278]

@@joshjohnston7388 damn...thats clever...it never comes to my mind tho :D

[@prince0fsains]

I've been lifting 15 years & I still end up learning things from Brian. Good stuff! I'm just shocked he's at 57k followers & not 100k. You guys need to start subscribing. Come on people!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah I wish i was brother!

[@rcmec42]

Wow appreciate the conditioning templates, what more could a man want, its like an early Christmas present!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah that me AFTER!

[@TheZooCrew]

Just started doing the second template and already had to tweak because I stupidly set my weights too high. For reference, I'm coming off a powerlifting meet and I've spent the last 8 weeks or so training with high specificity and basically zero conditioning. I'm already in love. I'm less sore the next day than expected due to more blood flow, I'm breathing more smoothly and deeply, I'm challenging myself in a radically different way that will likely pay off in the long run, and my gym time has been reduced. Thanks for the help, Brian, and I'll post again in about 8 weeks with some more reporting.

[@alconandre]

You're awesome, Brian! I was at my leanest and most muscular when following this. Now that I'm chubby again and rediscovered why I fell in love with this style of trainning, I don't think I'll do conditioning & bodybuilding work separated ever again.

[@gtafreak175]

Brian thank you for answering all of the comments.

[@Lummers70]

Guys, definitely recommend this to you. It kicked my ass hard (giant sets and conditioning) and took time to get used to. Wished I'd known you 15 years ago Brian.....

[@apexlifestyle1078]

Hey Brian love your charisma! glad i found your channel through Omar's vids. You always motivate me to crush my workouts, make youtube videos and dream about starting my own gym! So thanks bro :)

[@omglumpia]

yeah thanks to omar too

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks for checking it out man!

[@chris95935]

Remi Lifts what Omar video did he appear on?

[@VincentS988]

Hey Brian, after I finished my straight sets of squats with my current program; I did tabata for Front Squats, Romanian Deadlifts, and that Leg Blaster 😵 I was destroyed hahaha. I had such a great workout and I was out of the gym a lil faster than usual... My heart rate was up and I felt great! I love your content and you're a very humble individual! I appreciate you taking the time to create these KZbin videos. You're one of my favorite pages I subscribe to. Have a great day! 💪🏼

[@picspc]

Glad I found this channel. One of the few no b/s guys out there. Talks to the point and always in depth backing his points with facts and actual knowledge. Instant sub from me!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

That is awesome man, thank you!

[@TheTriantafillos]

Brian you should write a book man!

[@chrisciotti]

+1

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Yea man, i want to, just need to find more hours in the day

[@lhbeeler]

Brian, you broke me after only two rounds. Brutal dude, brutal.

[@gnodlem]

Loved this video Brian, you're the king of the whiteboard

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahaha thanks man!

[@keltoibard]

I actually started doing this giant set thing two weeks ago, and it's extremely efficient like Brian says. I was missing the ab component, so I'll add that in next week. I also do good mornings rather than jumps on squat day, because I need the hamstring triggering. Anyway, thanks Brian.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks for trying it out Tom!

[@zororedcape8518]

Brian whenever you write on the whiteboard can please walk way from the screen for just two seconds so i can take screenshots the content in full.

[@mcmurph42]

You need Brian in the shot for max gains.

[@fuckception]

wtf...I can almost remember everything just by listen to him. You don't have to do exact the same thing, you need to understand the idea of the template. anyway, do whatever you like.

[@wilaustu]

If you want everything that's on the board but you can't see it all at the same time, you could just write it down on paper.

[@altuber99_athlete]

Just take two half screenshots, then combine them.

[@altuber99_athlete]

Check 6:45.

[@robjeansonne2156]

I've been incorporating your template with 5/3/1.. needless to say it's been GOLD, thanks Brian!

[@lipscantgo]

Day 4 sounds like nothing short of torture.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahaha could be

[@QQyoko]

I don't enjoy giant sets for my main lifts, but supersets/giant sets for assistance have been a blast. Thanks for the templates dude!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Sure thing man!

[@brandonfassnacht3205]

The content you give out is so helpful!

[@ΚΩΝΣΤΑΝΤΙΝΟΣΑΓΓΕΛΑΚΗΣ-μ8ι]

YOU ARE SO GOOD DUDE VERY NICE COATCH!

[@keiferpantke669]

Giant sets are my life since I started watching you Chanel 😂 they work!!!!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

That is so awesome!

[@talkfitnesswith]

thank you again, your method makes stronger every time, pls don't stop give advice to us

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

hahah I won't!

[@Halfpasttime]

I just modify my program so I can focus more on my conditionning soooo thanks for these videos !

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

That is awesome man!

[@joshuacarroll7046]

Thank you Brian Alsruhe. the rest of youtube is irrelevant because you are here 👍👍👍

[@jeffreyhuet5709]

Great info here. I love how you are not afraid of conditioning.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah nothing to be afraid of!

[@EasiFrz]

Thank you Brian for all of the information you give it to us! I love your approach to the training and your methods. I'll start this week new program mostly inspired from your thoughts. Your channel is for me best training source on KZbin. Keep it up!

[@joshdobyns1371]

I love the giant set format, you will sweat buckets and other people at the gym will give you weird looks but ts worth it

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahaha weird looks often turn into results...then being copied by the same individuals who gave you those looks.

[@ImJeffL]

Watched your last video and this one to get me to the gym today to do some conditioning. Keep doin what you're doing !

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks so much Jeff!

[@MLind13]

Love this.... I already love doing the giant sets!

[@flying0graysons]

Great video! I've been using your suggestion of inserting rows into my benching days, so, thanks!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks for trying it!

[@Josifer4GAppFire]

What a great video. Thank you so much.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks Joe!

[@BlazeCompetitive1]

such a great video, ready to add this in my routine

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Definitely do it brother!

[@mibvince]

Awesome vid man, can't wait to try it. Was searching for a good conditioning split

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks so much!

[@derek_406]

Hi... wondering if this is the basis for the RPM program. If so, I'll just buy that since I'm writing none of this down. Ha! Thanks for the great content. Just found your channel and applying the bracing tips and queues it to my novice LP lifts... super helpful!

[@chrisb3017]

Thx on my way to the gym. Love giant sets!

[@chrisb3017]

Changed my mind YOU SUCK! Thx for the great info.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahaha!

[@maplesyruppeanutbutterpancake]

You are such an inspiration

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you so much!

[@Shadowgrimmm]

Woot. Always Awesome

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you!

[@renator.8571]

Hate how much I love to suffer doing your templates Brian haha keep the good work!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah that is awesome!

[@lee8]

Brilliant.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks Lee!

[@reanich4813]

best training content on you KZbin

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks so much!

[@mr.potatohead6138]

walk out of the gym after leg blaster???? is that even possible!! could you do a similar video using a full body routine, that would be awesome👍👍

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

They are ridiculous

[@crewc02]

Omg this is awesome! Thx

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks man!

[@mirceab8447]

Love the content! Keep it up man!!!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks so much!

[@jhogan9759]

Excellent vid man

[@anhnouille]

THANK YOU !!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thans for watching it!

[@adamdenton8472]

I really like this, but a subtle suggestion...when you finish explaining the program, can you move every so slightly stage left or right so we can see the entire program? Much appreciated, Sir.

[@adamdenton8472]

I did no read the comment below already requesting this. MY BAD.

[@jonathanswoboda]

Thanks a lot... very useful... hope your subscribers grow to 10x man

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks so much and i hope you are right!

[@lolomelolobomers5173]

hey Brian, I wanne know how to gain weight for this summer. What to eat ? and how to eat?

[@ghfjdksla2]

Hey Brian, awesome video as always. Thanks for sharing your knowledge so we can become better versions of ourselves! Not sure if you've ever done much running, but if you have, could you provide some insight on gaining strength while also training for fast short distance (3 miles or so) runs?

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Honestly man, i think 400 meter repeats on your off days is the way to go.

[@lcmcbain]

Awesome content as always! I get the feeling I'm going to need to be "put down" after trying this though... lol

[@stefantanase5102]

Power!!!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks!

[@stevekdigitalworx]

Brian great advice! One question though; for explosive power you recommend some form of jumping exercise like a box jump. My knees are kind of wrecked for hard impact work, what might you recommend to still get explosive work in? I was thinking maybe power cleans (ala Rippetoe)? Any other explosive type work?

[@ryanhoughton5476]

I've been supersetting push-pull for a while thanks to your video's and Wendlers stuff. Pendlay's with Bench, Chins with Press (got 70 chins with my press volume sets the other day xD). Just started Dips with Squats... Damn hard. Great vid as always, really looking forward to seeing the gym expansion when it happens

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks so much Ryan!

[@sammiller1709]

What variations can you do, similar to the above, but when your working out in a commercial gym and you haven't got access to battle ropes, prowler, space to sprint unless on a treadmill and risk losing your bar in the racks.

[@stevenguymon2392]

For secondary work, what weight do you use? If you do a 10, 8, 6, 8, 10 rep range is that all the same weight or do you change the weight? Thanks for this. Awesome video once again.

[@miqqe93]

Man that day 4 assistance stuff looks brutal

[@chrisciotti]

I'm doing one of his 8-week programs now and it's amazing (and painful). The assistance and conditioning are 100% necessary were often overlooked in my previous routine.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahaha but it works!

[@biblecharlie]

Very helpful. I just started the giant sets and on week 2. I love this way of working out. I'll be honest. My rest is more like 3 minutes but I think my central nervous system is trying to adjust. Also, there is nothing left in the tank after finishing the third giant set, the assistance work set, but were getting there. and unrelated, but I was trying to figure out when I should throw those farmer's walks in and I finally figured it out on this video. It looks like dead lift day. thanks again!

[@joshjohnston7388]

biblecharlie for the first month, i was the same, but i caught up. now, I can't imagine working out any other way. now I'm in a really physical job and this has been key to my survival. Thanks, Brian!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Yea man it takes a little bit but it will change how you look at lifting!

[@IntricateCyborg]

Hey just checking in - You commented like 11 months ago. How goes the giant sets now?

[@johntrainshumans]

The Maryland more jacked Chris Pratt. Awesome content!

[@Biggelz06]

Antagonistic groups to deadlift, cut it in multiple parts and analyze it. First part is a leg press then a rack pull antagonistic movement for: rack pull will be a standing cable sraight bar crunch for leg pres will be knee raise mix everything then the mouvement look like... put some resistant bands on your feet then take the dips position on a straight barbbell in the squat rack , do a knee raise (without touching the bar, you should look like a fetus or starting deadlift position) basically it's a knee raise on a straight bar :)

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Absolutely man, do that!

[@jrozelle9388]

I have to stop being so fat. Looking at those templates made me sweat.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

hahaha!

[@MasterOfSquirells]

I love your channel Brian but after my first day of that squat assistance - 5 mins front squats, 5 mins lunges and 5 mins leg blaster............... I hate you. Not going to be walking normally for days haha! Will take me a while to be able to keep the intensity up for the full 15 minutes but the journey looks to be fun!

[@jasonvella6840]

Hi Brian awesome channel thank you for putting out such awesome content ! I really am interested in trying a program like this seeing as I need to burn some fat but don't want to get weaker. I had a quick question though. Would it be ok to include the olympic lifts in these templates? I was thinking power snatch before the squat and power clean before the deadlift on those respective days. What are your thoughts on this? Thank you ! keep up the good content you are a beast!

[@arcaaksu18]

Hi Brian, Thanks for the awesome content you are providing. I'm in my final cutting phase right now. After 4 week I'm finished. After the cutting phase I'm going to build as much as possible muscle by following your 4 day split. There is only one thing I don't really understand. I assume that you eat a shit load of food to grow/maintain your current physique and your still very lean? Is that just because of the high intensity of the giant sets? Or do you also finish of with some cardio/muscle conditioning ?

[@jagakuna1989]

Can you do a video on the routine to follow to gain mass ?

[@brad8644]

Drink whole milk every time you are thirsty. Eat constantly. Squat three days a week. Sleep 10 hrs every night. If you don't bulk up, you have tapeworms; see a doctor.

[@deadcakesandpanlifts2019]

Brad D stop with those kind of replies. When ppl ask how to gain mass,they dont mean strongman eddie hall level fat mass,they mean some muscle with little to no fat. Im tired of seeing these comments about gomad

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Yea man, i have put out 4 free programs on my channel and Alan thrall's

[@redjoker2497]

Hey Brian do you have a favotite row variation? :D i would say that it was an awesome video but with you that's a given :D

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks so much. And right now I would have to say either seal rows or grenade landmine rows.

[@garypriest7679]

Leg blasters 👀😳👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah they are horrendous!

[@shawnlight9695]

Brian, I love all of your videos! I'm doing Texas Method and on week 4. Would you recommend to put a giant set full body workout on the light day for conditioning and recovery? Or would it impede it?

[@isaac6735]

So for Day 3 would you just build endurance for your shoulders? Or does it build size as well? Sorry if this is a dumb question just wanted to know the purpose of tabata.

[@MrHapp7]

Brian, do you have these training templates recorded somewhere where we actually see you doing them? Would love to see the effort and compare if I put enough work :) cheers!

[@yzodelgado6735]

Do we really need the chest day? How many percent do we need a chest workout in strongman?

[@commonsense5188]

New subscriber here, first off I dig the content. Secondly, I know you mention in a couple of videos that you like ramping sets. Would the giant set method be suitable when doing straight sets as well? Or would that garner too much fatigue vs ramping?

[@saxorexic]

Fabulous template! How many times do you go through your giant sets? 3-5 times?

[@Captainjack010]

Hi Brian, would this type of conditioning also work for us boxers / kickboxers? Love to follow your UB / LB splits in between those trainings. However, I wish to address conditioning more instead of just PR'ing on the big lifts - as that is not that helpful for fighting. Any tips are welcome, Thanks!!

[@krakonoskraken8763]

yeah of course...its probably the best type of trainig for fighters - compound movements, giant sets and alot of conditioning...of course you can adjust conditioning for yourself (punching bag, shadow boxing etc.)...maybe you should really focus on explosiveness...and in my opinion strongman movements are great for fighting too - you have strong core, grip etc...everything will help

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Absolutely man, they will definitely work!

[@DJ404GT]

Brian for strength wars!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

haha

[@David-lu5tl]

Brian I dig all your videos and advice. I have a question. what is the best magnesium sup you recommend for best absorption? I was told I get bad muscle spasms cause of magnesium deficiency

[@altuber99_athlete]

Before even takin supplements, test your magnesium levels so you can see if it's BS or true.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

i don't really take any supps except for protein and creatine. i honestly don't thin they are worth the money.

[@David-lu5tl]

Brian Alsruhe thanks appreciate it.

[@minhbu95]

How is explosive jump antagonist muscle to squat?

[@mikementzer9292]

So what would you consider the antagonist of a pull up? A dip or a shoulder press?

[@mikementzer9292]

I'd say it's a dip and not a OHP.

[@mongoosekhan3079]

Brian will you go to the event held by Tiger Fitness stuff?? Just watched a vid of Tiger Fitness telling us to let our favourite KZbinrs know about it.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I haven't heard about it, but I will definitely look into it.

[@fakkadihellbitch]

On the giant sets, how many times or rounds are u doing 1a-1d? I hear u say no more than 30min, But how many sets are u usually doing?

[@tangoxrayniner5659]

Meters? Meters!! Oh come on, Im from 'Murica!! How many feet is that? haha What can I do other then battle ropes? I dont have access to them. Also the jumping, hurts my knees, though I might try box jumps.

[@mongoosekhan3079]

SteelD34KC 3.3333333 feet

[@andymacmillan6376]

if you don't have battle ropes get some old chains from an old junkyard or something, works great on grass but I wouldn't try them out on concrete lol

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

You can throw in whatever works for you man, I just lay out the template. You fill in whatever you want!

[@joshciuciui757]

Hey Brian, how many rounds per giant set would you recommend? I considered myself an advanced lifter and wanted to know how much volume to do with this program.

[@MrShaunG]

Sorry Brian I'm not competing in anything I need a alsruhe-lite version please

[@kelvin7511]

yay

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks man!

[@randygentry1207]

Sprint after squating...HA Ha ...Tuesday I fell walking after 10 sets of front squats...bet those blasters are fun

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahaha they are brutal man!

[@jeraisnaturalfitness9313]

What about Neck and Calves day?

[@arenuzzle6282]

just use oil for that theyl be huge

[@Svm8250]

So this will kill me, I like it

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah it might

[@gregmccandless755]

This is almost my exact program right now accept for the ab work. I guess that's why I'm so fat.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

hahaha

[@PenguinzFtMFW]

Hey brian, what types of rep schemes do you use on your secondary giant sets, and assistance work? is it always 4x10 or do you cycle rep ranges like you do for that primary giant set?

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

i definitely cycle them to coincide with what my main strength work was for that day

[@andrewlipnick8131]

I've recently started doing giant sets for all my lifts and while I haven't found too much of a strength drop on my upper body lifts where I'm doing antagonistic lifts in the giant set, I have found that for squats and deadlifts doing an explosive movement and abs in the giant set really effects the weight I can hit. How long do you think it will take for my conditioning to catch up? I'm used to resting 4-5 mins between sets of squats and deads so these giant sets are really winding me (in a good way)!

[@loved012one]

Andrew Lipnick @15:05 Brian says 1-2 weeks. Hope this helps!

[@andrewlipnick8131]

loved012one yeah I heard that. I've been doing giant sets for about 3 weeks now and I'm still having trouble for the lower body lifts. I understand his point about antagonist muscle groups not hindering each other, but explosive lower body movements aren't antagonist to squats and deadlifts so they just seem to make them more difficult.

[@joshjohnston7388]

Andrew Lipnick it took me about a month before i caught up but now i tend to underestimate what i can hit on the strength portion. that's fine though. I'm getting more out of training somewhat sub-maximally. maybe i always went too heavy, i dunno. i'm still learning.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I would say it takes most people between 2-4 weeks brother.

[@harrychamas8863]

hay Brian, iv started doing weighted dips for the antagonist movement for deadlifts, it is a vertical push that hits the muscles deads don't hit - what do you think?

[@JorgeGonzalez-sx7fk]

Harry Chamas thats not an antagonistic movement pattern

[@TheSivac]

not sure if troll or not

[@harrychamas8863]

I didn't think it was such a dumb idea, Brian said that there is no true antagonist movement. and dips stuck with the push pull concept he uses with bench and OHP - he has said before he does this to prevent shoulder injury/imbalance and I think dips would provide some balance to the stress on the shoulder from deads.

[@TheSivac]

There is no stress on the shoulders from deads (to worry about). You should do something to warm up your hips before you dead, like hinge, or maybe kettlebell swing

[@joshjohnston7388]

Harry Chamas i prefer weighted dips in the volume portion of ohp day. makes more sense too me. on deads day, my lower back and hips need the work so those slots are all full. but hey man, you do what works for you.

[@jayc8442]

I just did day 1 of your sample bench session....I see why u don't have more friends bro

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahaha it's sad.

[@tomhines3404]

im in my 7th week of Brian's conjugate program. the giant sets are murder. Im dripping sweat and ready to be done after the main movements. as for getting through the giant sets in 30 minutes? yeah... that never happens. good program though!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahaha move faster my friend! But I am glad you like it!

[@tomhines3404]

Brian Alsruhe In your video you suggested doing the antagonistic movement and abs even when I'm "warming up" towards a 3RM. doing that makes it take all the longer to actually work up to a max. Am i increasing my weight in too small of increments or something? rest periods are 90 secs

[@waleedkhot]

I wish to see Brian play in a rugby sevens game.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I would love to!

[@jamesward2327]

Brian do you workout 4 days then rest for 1 day or do you just workout every day?

[@krakonoskraken8763]

james ward 4x per week

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I go M/W/F/Sa

[@muonwap]

Can you do this mtwt then rest then repeat next week or do you recommend something else? Love the videos man, keep it up!!

[@johnrobinson7036]

OMG. After squat day, when can you walk again? Did the sq/plyo in pt.1. Almost unsubbed. Great stuff.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Hahah thanks man!

[@perturbo]

Just curious, why do you go for such low frequency for each muscle group/lift. It seems like most people need to train bench or squat more than once a week to progress on them.

[@BlueCollarCombat94]

David Van Legendary my guess is because he's a strongman he's not so much worried about his bench as he is developing upper back and tricep strength so thats where most of his focus goes and so you see alot of pulling and over head push vs alot of bench and for the squat hes also doing strongman movements that he has to train which doesn't do actual squats in competition that often so his training is tailored towards driving up his strongman events and training squats multiple times a week would probably be pretty taxing on all the other stuff he does. Thats my guess man. Hope it helps. Have a great day

[@TheSivac]

I hope Brian replies here, but I wonder if Brandon Jones is right, because Brian gave us free Linear Progression workout where he still used low frequency (1 main lift 1 day once a week) and there were any strongman excercises, nor did he specify that low frequency is here because of the strongman training he does.

[@perturbo]

@Brandon Jones yeah I get that back and overhead work is way more important for strongman but even then, why hit it all in one day as a natural lifter (especially in the early years of training where you the weight you work with on says squats, DL, OHP just isn't going to require a full week of recovery from). Instead of say, splitting up the volume across 2 days and getting more work in with that main lift. Again no hate, just wondering. Brian's vids have helped me immensely with my lifting.

[@BlueCollarCombat94]

David Van Legendary i see where your coming from but i think his thinking is he hits upper back multiple times a week but when he dead lifts he hits a few movements that compliment the squat and vice versa so hes getting volume 2 days a week on assistance hes just not hitting the main movement twice a week per se but at the same time hes moving weights that are heavy enough that he needs more recovery. I think some people just tend to do better with a ton of volume and some respond better to less. hes mentioned a few times his body really took off with low reps so he may just respond to less volume. I see coaches that recommend both. just takes some experimentation on what works for yourself. and i love his videos and have learned a ton from them as well. hes as awesome coach

[@joshjohnston7388]

I've seen him (and myself perform) three tiers of giant sets per workout. that's a TON of volume. yeah, some people are gonna need more frequency but i bet this works for most people.

[@abnehmhacks]

How do you preserve your strength during a cut?

[@typarker6837]

Lukas [Lukking] cut your calories down a little at a time. And still train heavy (80% or higher of 1rm) once or twice a week on the main lifts, but incorporate more volume throughout the week as well

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I keep my fat intake high. if I don't, I lose strength

[@porqtevasjuan]

whats the name of that liquid or whatever he said you get in your shoulders with bear walks

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Synovial fluid