Greg Doucette Was Right About Me (featuring Paul Carter)

[@AlexanderBromley]

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[@heveyweightheveyweight5399]

Im not watching somone who hates on your channels stuff bro i got respect for you an the way you conduct your self and the knowledge you give us . .i just hope once you hit that massive number of subsribers you still engage with us in the comment section an i hope you put some more templetes out for strength training . Currently using power building routine from base strength im getting huge an strong . Thank you so much for putting the quality you put in to your work .

[@JohnSmith-um7iy]

​@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 dude, it's the Internet. When someone with a bigger following comments on your videos, he's actually bringing a lot of his viewers to your channel. There's nothing spiteful here, it's just a difference in opinions. You can see the exchange being quite civil. This is in fact good for everyone.

[@JohnSmith-um7iy]

I used to buy barbell apparel but holy... it's so much more expensive now 😢

[@redwojak5182]

Always remember uss liberty and the man who died that day

[@moblife11]

Time under tension beats counting high reps... Heaviest weight possible 8-12 reps 4-5 second reps.... That's key to build muscle. End of discussion

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Wait holy shit, Paul Carter has a problem with you? That is absolutely wild that is something that has never happened to anyone in the fitness industry before, certainly not ~95% of people who have ever had an interaction with him! And you're telling me new science Paul completely reversed a position he had back in the blog/powerlifting/wholesome family man days where he actually built all his size? And acted like someone was a complete idiot for having an opinion that he used to publicly express??? Dude, I'm picking my jaw up off the floor right now. Wild. Completely unexpected.

[@MasoNowa]

Such a family man that his girlfriends are young enough to be his daughters!

[@atlaspowershrugged]

@@MasoNowa clearly you didn't read his blog back in the day. No one was more committed to family values than Paul!

[@drinkinouttacups2665]

@@MasoNowa based

[@MasoNowa]

@@drinkinouttacups2665 and pedo pilled

[@BGFitnessNY]

@@atlaspowershrugged didn’t he have all those IG posts about being a great dad?

[@LeeH3nson]

My favourite thing about Greg is Dr Mike's occasional slipping into a parrot/Greg impression on RP videos 😂

[@user-dn4lg1dv5v]

So freaking hilarious!😂😂

[@EnigmaticAnamoly]

And now those two are beefin lol. Well, maybe not "beefin" in the traditional sense, but having some "exchanges" lately lol

[@Philip__325]

“Dr” Mike is a clown.

[@SpaghettiToaster]

No he isn't.

[@N1120A]

​@@Philip__325 why the quotes?

[@pcuezze]

I just started watching your channel a few weeks ago…but man you gained so much respect from me with this one. Humility seems to be the most lacking muscle among fitness influencers and you demonstrate it in spades.

[@LowIQLabRat]

Agreed it’s a rare thing with celebrity/influencer culture as a whole. It’s good to see here from Bromley

[@gamebros87]

If you can get a reaction from Greg than you got a clout farm.

[@tommendham7686]

Greg is basically a react channel at this point

[@espenstoro]

@@tommendham7686 A tabloid fitness drama channel

[@BuJammy]

@@espenstoro yes

[@Ilson7]

if someone gets out something from Greg that means Greg thinks he found something in a video to gaslight his audience.

[@arvopenaali896]

Don't shit on Greg, man needs to Maingain his channel somehow and we all know how hard maingaining is.

[@samueljohnson6152]

This can only be settled by you reviewing his cookbook, and Greg reviewing Bull Mastiff.

[@Victor-wq8fs]

Greg reviewing programs is something I can get behind on

[@strongwiseandfree]

It's easier to appreciate Greg if you act like the cookbooks don't exist

[@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514]

Mastiff is on Boost camp, and it fuckin blows. Too much volume+intensity, and it's a not even the good kinda volume, it's just there for the sake of it.

[@drschwandi3687]

Pretty easy to review: Hillariously overpriced like everything Greg sells.

[@bushmaster6894]

@@drschwandi3687 You can get both cookbooks as a PDF with an easy Google search. Would never pay for them, but the recipes aren't too bad.

[@richie2044]

I was following Carter on Instagram and noticed how asshole-ish he was to anybody who slightly disagreed with him. Or, he would mis-interpret a person's comments and get pissed and rant about it. What made me stop following him, though, was he contradicted himself in a post that went against what he said in a post a few weeks earlier. Someone asked him about it and he went off saying "You guys never quote me correctly ARGGGHHHH!!!" He's insufferable.

[@lefonwastaken3393]

What was his contradiction?

[@Str8Deenin47]

Paul is such a snowflake lol. I went through the same cycle as you and I'm sure many others. Dude always makes a conscious decision to be a mega douche everyday.

[@razoreater616]

@@lefonwastaken3393 he said semen tastes salty, and a couple weeks later he said it’s sweet.

[@richie2044]

@@lefonwastaken3393 He kept going on and on about how muscles are not built by tearing them down; that it's all about mechanical tension. Then a few posts later, he mentioned something about tearing down muscles to get them to grow (or something to that effect). Someone asked, innocently, that he thought Carter said that previously that that is not how it works. Carter got super pissed. It's been about a month since that happened, so I may not be remembering it exactly right.

[@matthewschoenborn4833]

Exactly why I unfollowed him.

[@shrexyboi1850]

Paul carter has a split personality one is a high volume trainer and one is a low volume trainer.

[@drinkinouttacups2665]

More like blo guy-lume brainer!

[@justinhall3073]

Nothing better than hearing a person explain the history of the discussion, clarify any context and bring the receipts... Bromley this is why we love following your channel and programs! I'm nearly done with Kong (absolutely loved it, every phase has kicked my ass in the best way) and I look forward to another 12 week training groom your material toward my first strongman comp!

[@Skoopyghost]

As a musician. Tell me if this can apply it to strongman. Experence in a field/sport trumps book learning. Nothing against book learning. I like it Alex doesn't relay just on studies.

[@MaxBadstibner]

Paul came across as a very sensible and likeable guy on Table Talk, but go into any of his social media posts and it literally oozes the phrase “egotistical dbag.”

[@alexanderbertisch1006]

I asked him about his take on desensitization and Mike israetel style training. I got: a short, useless answer and he blocked me. What a guy😊

[@AlexanderBromley]

I've never seen him have it out in person, just over text. I watched him melt down on Mike over some nonsense about exogeneus ketones on Facebook, but when they were together on another channel more recently, he almost seemed brown-nosey

[@MrSpicabooo]

Same with layne norton

[@thisxgreatxdecay]

​​@@MrSpicaboooLayne Norton, I believe, at least apologized for being a jerk in the past and revealed that it was because he was going through a mental health crisis. I think Paul Carter is just a jerk. Edit: just realized I got Layne Norton confused with Lyle MacDonald. It's the latter who had the mental health struggles in the past that caused him to lash out.

[@douglasschrift4453]

@@thisxgreatxdecayyeah you’re referring to lyle McDonald. However Layne also has apologized for how he’s acted in the past. And least compared to Paul, he can be somewhat humble, admit his mistakes and grow from them. Paul is just plain old asshole

[@johndoiron9615]

This makes me happy that I've never heard of Paul Carter until now.

[@jahimuddin2306]

Same.

[@BustinThumbsForGazzo]

Lol he's won't believe you

[@MrHapp7]

Paul Carter is a goat, been following him for 10 years

[@buckyhate7695]

This is the first I've ever heard of this guy.

[@jimb4366]

Paul carter thinks adding a set isn’t progressive overload he’s a gimp I think

[@Thekingofgodofwar]

Greg Doucette is doing good things by trying to give people a simple framework for fitness but boy does he have the subtlety of a brick through the window.

[@SH43418]

If I mention Greg Doucette talking to people about fitness stuff that have never heard of him I refer to him as the Gilbert Godfrey (because of his voice) of bodybuilding. I like Greg's honesty about what he's used in the past and where he is at.

[@Thekingofgodofwar]

@@Henock95 I've always thought of him as the parrot from cyberchase

[@SH43418]

@h3n0ck I spelled it wrong Gilbert Gottfried but he did the voice for Iago in Alladin.

[@KyTheBeatStar]

All you have to do is say Greg Doucettes name 3 times in a video and he will appear with his cookbook

[@bri-manhunter2654]

😂😂😂😂

[@stevemann1299]

Don't be knocking that cookbook. It put inches on my chest.

[@markburnette465]

Paul once posted that he didn’t take lifting advice from anyone under 6 foot 240 lbs. It was a bit of a punch down joke, probably not too serious, but I mentioned Flex Lewis and he argued with me about how flex Lewis is generally larger than 240 (though he certainly isn’t 6 foot). Anyway, he ended up sending me a personal message saying I needed psychological evaluation…because I disagreed with him and didn’t back down about it, 😂. Unless he’s speaking to someone he wants to suck up to, he’s always gotta be the boss.

[@JFearless]

Seriously I have a whole series of private messages from him spanning a decent amount of time which was basically every single time he disagreed with me he’d be straight into my messages. It’s such an ego thing with him. He’d rather try and shut you down in private, than actually have the conversation in front of people and prove his case.

[@wills8656]

Hi Alex, it's been 2 months since I found your channel, and I've learned and improved a lot. It's funny because I'm a big fan of Mr. Chad Wesley Smith, and one day I came home very intoxicated and stoned, and watched one of Mr. Wesley's videos without realizing it was you. It was one of the best mistakes I've made. Thanks for the great content

[@j3rs3yjak3FIU]

😂 What a discovery story

[@paulcox2447]

Its all about progressive overload. Volume has a very real limit. Both practically and physically. Small strength gains are going to be the bread and butter of gains. Volume can modulate, as a changing stimulus. As long as you get stronger at a given rep range, you will gain. So high reps, low reps, more volume less intensity, low volume high intensity, it all works

[@ChadCilli]

Yeah, but did Paul tell you that he’s a mercenary and that he’s going to kill you? If not, then you need to step your game up because he said that to practically everyone on Facebook.

[@CorpusCacus]

That almost makes want to make a Facebook account just to be graced with this threat.

[@vacinadefrangoedurateston2532]

Paul Blaha

[@ChadCilli]

@@vacinadefrangoedurateston2532 a little known fact that the government doesn’t want you to know, the movie, Jason Bourne was based on the life of Jason Blaha

[@andrewsmith5512]

Blaha is the GOAT of informative content however. Dudes channel is a goldmine of great and practical training advice.

[@ThePitPony]

Carter couldn't fight himself and couldn't shoot a gun straight if his life depended on it.

[@davidwaller1872]

I followed Paul Carter for a few years as well as using his training principles, however my progress stalled quickly. Most of what he espouses nowadays has a common thread, which is doing the least to get the most. It sounds appealing for busy guys like myself - low volume, low frequency, low reps, low sets per workout, more machines/less free weights, more iso's, less compounds. It's all supposed to work as long as you go to failure or 1RIR. That can work for some but not all. He changes his principles on a regular basis and when people ask for clarification, he comes down hard on them. Most of his IG posts have to be prefaced with an angry criticism of what other people are doing. It would be simpler just to tell us what he thinks we should do. In between being nasty to people he likes to virtue signal about to treat people kindly. His views are biased by seeing what he'd like to see, and it influences his fitness protocols as well as political, religious and world views.

[@boxerfencer]

Yeah, carter is a Jesus boy.

[@Traps510]

Well Said! He is one of the most hypocrital passive agressive assholes on social media. And he claims to be some devout religious Christian. Yet he doesn't see how badly and disrespectful he treats others

[@youokaybuddyfitness]

He’s delusional. Owes his career to insane juicing but acts like it had no impact since he’s on muh trt only now

[@chrisvassar8503]

Love your channel. No gimmicks like some other channels, just solid lifting advice.

[@WiseMistake]

I followed Paul for about a year and just got sick of his egotistical attitude. Even if he has some good information, I can't stand him. He would never admit he is wrong about anything. He is childish

[@SOC-ir6im]

He spends more time scouring his comment section than the actual post takes to make and that’s cause he loves to just be a giant D and try to make people feel stupid. I don’t know why anyone would waste their time asking him anything ever

[@Wasteabuse]

I've been seeing the Paul Carter stuff since he was on Table Talk, similarly found a bunch of conflicting advice on his website and older articles.

[@Fazlifts]

Really enlightening view of Carter here. I knew of him mostly when he was still in his higher volume/base building phase. But yeah he does have this sort of 'born again Christian' vibe in how vigorously he promotes his current position versus just a few years ago. 9:43 Checkmate

[@possible_131]

Hi Faz!

[@youokaybuddyfitness]

He’s trying to start a cult lmao

[@Fazlifts]

hey dude, sorry KZbin notifications aren't great, only just saw this @@possible_131

[@michaelflorer3509]

This is why we love Bromley. Dude took an L better than just about anyone.

[@jimb4366]

He didn’t even take an L z though really that’s why we love him x10 , he turned his L into taking constructive social media criticism ( being careful what you say) from Greg like a champ and then wiped the floor with Paul carter at the same time, what a guy ay

[@theelement6255]

This was the most beautiful take down I've seen in some time. I still follow paul carter but I take it all with a huge dash a salt because i've challenged myself to remember 1) we're all different and 2) a lot of times, these guys seem to get amnesia about how they initially got big in the first place. Side note: i'm running your 70s powerlifter program and it's sooooo good, man. I'm in love with it. Thank you. I was having a hard time finding a new program. This one is...perfect

[@chezzington918]

It seems to be a very common trend especially with enhanced lifters to have newbie amnesia on what they did early on that got them results.

[@theelement6255]

@@chezzington918 big facts. Almost all of them except like...Natural Gallant and big mike van Wyck. It's crazy

[@justinjordan8016]

Back in the Bulk and Power days, Paul had this habit of talking about other people's lifts only counting if they were on the platform, which would be fair enough, except he himself was always 'good for' some lift he hadn't actually done. To be even more petty, there's something very eye rolling about calling Greg Nuckols fat Greg when Greg had a better total in the same weight class (if memory serves)

[@SUPER8ALTERN8]

Fat Greg has a great ring to it tbf

[@freakied0550]

Even better, Greg Nuckols had a bigger total by over 100lbs in a lighter weight class.

[@SOC-ir6im]

Wait,that’s what he calls Nuckols???

[@MasoNowa]

I didn't know he came after Greg Nuckols. Went from F tier to F--

[@ruylopez1039]

To be fair there was a lot stranger people on that forum than Paul lol

[@spamandsazon]

I think the big thing is, context is key and nuance is necessary. Greg has made a ridiculous amount of videos, and often the bigger picture context and nuance of his training ideas gets lost in that mass amount of content. Reading your comment as "double volume no matter what" is as lacking in context and nuance as reading "harder than last time" as overload infinitely with no end in sight. To me, you both offer great advice towards the desired goals. There's just context and nuance that gets lost along the way which can make it seem bad or wrong.

[@Noonesbusiness]

Nothing better than the argument “Follow the science cause anecdote means nothing” and “HOW DARE YOU CHALLENGE MY VAGUE CREED”

[@zackhurwitz9441]

It's kind of a good thing, in a way. Alex has no doubt "made it", if people are trying to use his videos, out of context, against him.

[@Noonesbusiness]

@@zackhurwitz9441 for sure the same thing happened to GVS with Doucette although Doucette was way scummier with GVS.

[@Seahawks1976]

Paul has done this forever. He released a program just a couple of years ago with super short rest periods lol. I wonder if maybe he's in a spectrum or something or if this is just an online act? He claims to be a strong Christian yet treats people like shit. It's sad because he does put out some fantastic stuff but he can't get out of his own way. I wish he would take a softer approach especially since like you pointed out he has put out and still has out the same information he now calls anyone who uses "stupid". People are weird.

[@Seahawks1976]

Shit I forgot about his hundreds of lunges per workout adding even more every workout for leg size. It's not even a bad idea and I think you can make gains with low volume and high intensity.....just no reason to be a douche about it

[@ScruffyLeKing]

most religious people are hypocrites

[@anthonyurso3554]

Ego. Plain and simple. “I’m right you’re wrong. I’m bigger. Im stronger. I’m smarter you are dumb” mentality bs

[@youokaybuddyfitness]

Brain damage from too much roids

[@guid0_gainz908]

Insufferable is the only way to describe Paul 😂

[@Kenoyer]

I am not a fitness influencer. I don't Instagram, I don't Twitter, and I certainly don't create content; I'm not a somebody in other words, as far as social media is concerned. That being said, Paul Carter went out of his way to write a full paragraph about how much I sucked based entirely on my (at the time) Facebook profile picture. Which was just a picture of my back after a good lift. I'd been hitting the weights for about 3-4 months. I was blown away. I had no idea who he was, or why he took it upon himself to jump in on a conversation between me and someone else to just randomly tear into some 21 year old. Fuckin' wild. Here I am at 35 and my opinion of him as only worsened over the years. Promote the Bromley's in life, people. They're the good ones.

[@Blake.Sweeney]

Anyone notice Bromley went from 100k to 120k in a flash? Finally getting some traction!

[@josecadena8577]

I’ve seen enough to know where you were coming from so I took Greg’s comments with a grain of salt but was happy you got exposure. Greg, you and Johnny Shrive are my 3 favorite channels to listen to

[@joeyhitchcock5550]

I have a masters and phd. Went to ETSU under Dr. Mike Stone. I love your work, great books. Very sensible

[@leinekenugelvondoofenfocke1002]

Wow, you really owned Paul. There's no coming back from that. If he says anything after that, it will be merely the noise after defeat.

[@BGFitnessNY]

Carter seems to be 24-7 angry. He appears to have a petulant personality disorder. He has what I call weirdo anger, the sort of persistent anger I’ve seen in homosexual and/or fatherless men.

[@drinkinouttacups2665]

People are not gonna like this one lmao

[@BGFitnessNY]

@@drinkinouttacups2665 like my comment or the video?

[@drinkinouttacups2665]

@@BGFitnessNY your comment. You're making too much sense bro

[@BGFitnessNY]

@@drinkinouttacups2665 thank you. 😀

[@mckenziecooper4643]

I used to watch Greg Doucette a lot years ago and censoring yourself with the cookbook made me crack tf up lmao

[@AlexanderBromley]

I wish I could take credit... that was his edit lol

[@mckenziecooper4643]

@@AlexanderBromley Aww hahaha. Great vid tho!

[@Verinius]

COOKBOOK!

[@j3rs3yjak3FIU]

"Fat shit ginger" 😂 we love ya, Bromley. These high brow takes are for the win. Glad you can step back and reassess yourself, keeps the information honest.

[@TheLouisianan]

Love how this channel has stayed legit since it had so few subs. Bromley still calling out the BS as he sees it. Need to do a round table with Rus again with just an open mic and talking about random shit again to really bring it home.

[@AlexanderBromley]

Man, the OLD old days lol. Next time I see Russ we'll do one for sure

[@ezradanger]

I've lost all respect for Paul Carter. He has a huge and FRAGILE ego. The dude blocked me on TikTok for disagreeing with his claims that anyone who says they can't build big impressive calves just doesn't know how to train them. I agreed with him that everyone can make significant gains in their calves, but added the nuance that because the area between the knee and ankle has a higher portion of tendon than anywhere else on the body, your ability to grow impressive calves is going to be more dependant on your muscle insertions than other areas. Because if you have really short calves and a really long tendon, you can build the muscle as much as you want, but your calves just aren't going to look very good. And he refused to acknowledge any nuance, called me names, tagged TNF to "get me" then blocked me. The dude's a chump.

[@hecatrice2064]

That's funny because just yesterday I saw someone tag TNF under one of his videos and Paul replied ''Sit down kid''. Then another commenter came to his aid and commented ''These kids are about to tag JPG, Ryan Jewels and the whole tiktok brigade on you'' (sth along those lines). Then I replied to the dude above by tagging JPG & Ryan Jewels because I'm very hilarious.I then explained that I only did it for fun and asked for Paul to not block me with a handprayer emoji. I realised Paul had a very short temper, a big ego and took everything personally so I guess I wanted to test the waters. In 24h I was blocked lmaoo

[@ezradanger]

@@hecatrice2064 lol

[@EnigmaticAnamoly]

FWIW, I think most of us knew exactly what you meant when you said double up the volume. Greg wasn't wrong and you owned it like a man. But at the end of the day, I like your straight forward approach. I fell into the trap of low volume low frequency until I discovered you, Greg, and Dr. Mike from RP. After taking a chance on increasing the amount of work, as you encouraged, as well as dialing back the intensity just a little bit and keeping RIR,I started blowing up and not burning out so much.

[@doug2993]

Boom, good response.

[@matversion2]

100% when i saw the title I was expecting you to pull half of your argument from old paul carter stuff. He was a huge proponent of volume back in the day and even had a book on base building. That's actually what made it easier to trust your work and ultimately why i was curious enough to buy Base Strength. Disappointed he went 180, but thankful that I got your book, it is really good and has me making the best gains of my life.

[@freakied0550]

Greg showed me benching 535lbs and I got "fake plates" comments, not credibility lmao

[@AlexanderBromley]

Just admit you really bench 290

[@dietsodalite3716]

Colab with Jason Geneva when?

[@freakied0550]

@@dietsodalite3716 m'lord is too expensive. I'm about 8 buck short.

[@OMAR-vk9pi]

Obviously you can’t be that strong natty!!

[@strongwiseandfree]

@@AlexanderBromley hey, that's my max!

[@david-pb4bi]

I am seventy still do powerlifting competitions, I have never done more than three reps for over ten years (never taken anything) that’s what works. Not burned out because I am not stupid.

[@kettlebell2103]

Greg's screech-out rather than call-out

[@Verinius]

This is the second time I was brought to your channel by the algorithm after watching a Greg video. I was listening to KZbin while playing it in the background so when you started with the Greg clip I thought it was another Greg video lol. I never saw the original video from Greg by the way. But yeah, I like your voice, you give good information, and it's something I can listen to while doing other things. Subbed.

[@GutsBatman]

I find volume in about the 70-85% range has been helpful over the last 4-6 weeks, especially since I had to take a step back from lifts above 85% for various physical related issues (shoulder tendinitis/arm weakness, it band strain). The volume in the range I stated has helped me maintain the strength floor I am aiming to hold. It's also been extremely helpful for building up work capacity, both in the gym and at work.

[@SUPER8ALTERN8]

Yeah I think Greg was actually giving you some props and a shoutout, he or editor Steve definitely been watching your stuff

[@Sam-vk8xd]

I can’t wait for Greg to do a reaction/reply video to this. The fitness drama is hilariously entertaining.

[@walderstorn8212]

Did he ever?

[@worldsstrongestblacksmith]

My personal opinion from experience is If someone wants size they should go for volume based training and if you want to go for strength they should go for density based training

[@Joe-nh8eq]

@4:23 I'm going to be brutally honest about this. Probably my biggest hot take, which mere utterance has actually literally ended friendships.... Basically no one understands how to evaluate or even conduct a proper study. This is where everybody nods their head in agreement until I explain why that actually is and what it means... Proximally, its a combination of logistics and complications. Science builds on each other. You can accurately calculate the velocity of gravity on Earth within a 1% error with a timer and a golf ball, but even basic Chemistry experiments have expected errors of 5%. Basically, physics is built off of math. So, there's minimal excess variables. For instance, dropping a golf ball on Earth really only fails to account for human error, air resistance, and the minimal fluctuations in g depending on your position. Then you have Pchem is built off physics. Ochem built off Pchem. Biochem off Ochem. Microbio off BChem. Molec and Cell off Microbio. Histo off of Microbio. Anatomy/physiology off histology in a fairly simplified pyramid. Each new level is infinitely more complicated than the previous containing exponential increases in variability. This makes isolating for specific variables very difficult if not logistically impossible. This can be overcome by increasing the size of the study, but this becomes logistically impossible. A sufficient samples size would be minimally in the 100s. This results in studies that are either so specific they are meaningless in practicality, so vague they fail to isolate the variables in questions, or at worst have such a small samples size, they are actually meaningless in every way. Basically, no more than well documented anecdotes. Now this doesn't mean scientific experimentation us "useless", but just that the process takes far longer than actually realized. Then there's a few other related common fallacies: overestimating specificity and sensitivity of said studies. This where everybody nods their head again in agreement for a moment until they fully realize the implications of what I just stated...

[@AlexanderBromley]

Damn man, I had a rant about this specifically that I chopped out. Started with physics as the gold standard of predictable, measurable variables, how chemistry, biology, engineering is built off of that and that everything else is too far away with too many moving pieces and unknowns for the same methods to offer any real predictive value. Everyone from Psychology to Sociology desperately wants their field to be looked at as just as concrete, but literally none of them are. Something, something replication crisis....

[@Joe-nh8eq]

@@AlexanderBromley What’s your background in? Normally anytime I bring this up to someone who’s outside of STEM, it’s literally fighting words.

[@AlexanderBromley]

I dicked around in college for 10 years off and on between 3 different majors (and finished with none). I took a lot of physics, o. chem, biology and some upper division math courses. I had some really good professors but I also read a lot of pop science books growing up; it was burned into my brain that aggressive skepticism is non-optional to do 'science right', and that especially applies within the discipline itself.

[@DG-gx8pn]

I recently started following Paul on instagram and yeah, the information he provides is great but fuck me, he comes off as such a child sometimes. Sometimes someone would ask a fairly reasonable question and he’d reply with such passive aggression(or just aggression), it reminds me of teenage angst. And then what rubs me the wrong way is how nice he is on camera. It’s either or, can’t be both.

[@schoolofatypicalinsights]

You're a great speaker and I enjoyed listening to this video

[@strongwiseandfree]

Greg ended up agreeing with you by pointing out that "working towards" that double volume and making adjustments along the way, will work. I took your original statement as hyperbole to illustrate the point. It is so ironic that Greg is bringing nuance to this conversation considering he's...Greg

[@FaithVsFate]

I mean, I think your quote of more volume more size was for people with an IQ above room temperature who wouldn’t take it as literally as Greg

[@harronator-2670]

You’ve caught the mainstream, congratulations. Yeah I don’t get that 6 sets thing paul said, like 6 sets for what, how many reps, what exercise, what body part. Everyone reacts differently, also you can’t expect your quads to grow the same way, from the same sets, as your forearms

[@alexmc7798]

Paul Carter … ‘no excuses’ meaning he doesn’t like belts, wraps or sleeves, but walks around for 20years being loaded to the gils on PEDs, lifting like shit.

[@AlexanderBromley]

Thought that was weird considering he was never not pressing with his Inzer elbow sleeves. Those aren't nothing.

[@alexmc7798]

@@AlexanderBromley 💯

[@utgardkraft1412]

Not sure it is Pauls account to be fair.... But he has a certain tone throughout his career that is quite ass holey. I really like his stuff on T Nation, especially the article named 'Guaranteed Muscle Mass' or something like it. And it isnt a mad amount of volume...

[@bushmaster6894]

I get the “harder than last time” though. General lifters don’t go hard enough, ever, because they don’t like being uncomfortable.

[@OMAR-vk9pi]

And some go way too hard it’s not hard to be honest and not just repeat some stupid catch phrase

[@Matthew-rc1xt]

@@OMAR-vk9pi lmao 99.999% of people who train don't train too hard

[@Victor-wq8fs]

​​@@OMAR-vk9pi nobody ever goes too hard. If you think you are, you're not

[@TR-zf6io]

I’ve always interpreted the “harder than last time” phrase as a common language way of describing progressive overload. Which we know is necessary for continual improvement in whatever aspect of our athletic performance we want to progress on.

[@DMCDanteDMC]

Yeah for the people just going to the gym for gym's sake. But anyone who is on set journey, be it bodybuilding or powerlifting, you can't infinitely train harder then last time. Most people out of the newbie gains stage need to learn fatigue management imo.

[@hughwheaton2705]

I discovered this channel a couple weeks ago and idk why but Bromley is just my authority on lifting now. He talks like he knows what he's talking about. Maybe it's just that his humor bruised my ego and now I desparately want his approval...

[@dustinirwin1]

Would've been great if you plugged Paul Carter's books as the sponsor of this video.

[@AlexanderBromley]

Bahaha no lie, I'm thinking of running one of his cycles and charting the progress. I'd call it "The In-effective Reps Challenge"

[@vamursky]

Anyone have the video and timestamp for the clip at 5:00? Thanks.

[@AE_CC_-Tutorials]

8:05 thats complete nonsense we are seeing very clear in the studies that there are no rests that are to long but there are rests that are to short.

[@eliezermelendez4417]

Greg:26 sets and a few to failure…crazy!!! *Geoffreyverityschofield laughs doing double that with the biggest natty arms*

[@jeffbunnell9961]

GVS talked about how such high volumes also wrecked his joints and how he doesn't necessarily recommend that to everyone, unless they want to deal with lots of tendinopathy while pursuing big arms.

[@eliezermelendez4417]

@@jeffbunnell9961 he’s had a lot of issues in his training journey but regardless of them he’s still getting bigger every year and he’s always used a shitload of volume on everything But i get your point on how its not for everyone It’s definitely not for me Im used to the low volume style of training

[@jeffbunnell9961]

@@eliezermelendez4417 for sure he has an amazing inspirational physique and I would say tolerates high volume very well for how intensely he trains as well. If I tried to match his arm volume in the hopes of getting bigger arms I know my biceps and elbows will be in pain very quickly.

[@KurokamiNajimi]

@@jeffbunnell9961 Does he really? He looks big because he’s over 20% body fat normally but now that he cut we can see he’s not that big. And even with his arms they’re impressive but not THAT impressive when you consider he’s 6’0. Taller people are overall bigger is what I’m getting at and he has measured them at 17 inches when he’s 195 If you look at some mainstream guys who are probably natural like Will Tennyson and Jesse James West is he really all that different from them overall?

[@adam-lt8iy]

@@KurokamiNajimi Yup he has very good muscle insertions in his arms, that's genetics. Using anecdotes like that won't get you far. We have a bunch of other naturals doing half the volume he does who have just as big if not bigger muscles. Alex Leonidas switched to low volume training 6 months ago and he looks better than ever. Now I'm not saying one way is better than the other but to say "this guy does 12 sets of biceps to failure every week and he has big arms so that means it's optimal" is a weak argument.

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

I think one thing that is often overlooked, but is very important for any kind of progress over time, being in sport or otherwise, is the positive feedback from the work. If all the time you train (or study, work...) to the point where you feel like sh*t, your attitude towards this training will slowly grow into a hatred and despise. Being in such condition, your workouts will be less effective and you will not pay as much attention to the details, neither try to do everything to the best of your ability. Yes, Bulgarian weightlifters were pushed by the old main coach to train much harder than they felt good and they achieved things, but one other things is they were also like walking chemical experiments, plus it's not clear what they could have achieved, have they trained only to the point where they feel good and are excited about training. Today's Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia, for exaple, isn't being pushed by anyone else, harder than by himself, and he has achieved more than anyone before. Russian wrestler Alexander Karelin, the best of all time, was also training out of personal motivation. Hard work is very important, but in my opinion should not be done beyond the point of positive feedback, for best gains.

[@piouspapist]

I think the biggest thing is they didn't look into any of the programs bromley makes. Most of his volume is basically warming up to heavier sets of RPE 10 on accessories or just doing many sets on a compound through pyramid training. Basically building to a challenging set and pushing those sets to the max. Then in the long run you have muscles being pushed hard in top sets and some accumulative volume for endurance and possibly that extra edge in strength & hypertrophy.

[@austinslater4773]

Go look at all the older(not that old though) articles of Paul Carter. It’s all the advice he claims people are stupid for believing currently. I hate how he responds to people

[@ryanmaxwelll2730]

When Dr Greg says "harder than last time" he is really just over simplifying to illustrate the need for progressive overload. Rather than talking in terms like "RPE", "MRV", "MEV", etc, he just boils it down - harder than last time. He even says in his videos "harder" can mean more weight, more reps, more sets, less rest between sets, etc. It's meant to counter the Byzantine and overly detailed way that many of the evidence based guys talk. It actually helped me a lot to get away from paralysis by analysis and just remember to work hard and not over think. He's definitely a goofball, but a hilarious goofball who's fucking jacked and stronger than shit. Keep up the great work, man. Love the channel. very useful stuff.

[@bayat53]

Hi alex, Just wish that charles poliquin was around to chime in on this discussion

[@iceblox3004]

How do I determine things like volume?

[@therealforestelf]

flat earthers off the rocket triggered my ptsd again 💀💀💀

[@gregnoble4035]

Funny timing on the boostcamp add lol

[@AlexanderBromley]

There's no good way to segue so I just cram it in lol

[@SFRB1187]

I’m finally coming to accept that the fitness industry is basically like the WWE, with designated baby faces, and heels, and scripted rivalries 🤦‍♂️

[@Omar1066]

I had the same thought.

[@Kez_Starr]

Ah yes Mr Carter of T-Nation forum fame… 🤣🤦🏽‍♂️

[@joshuavd5194]

I love Alexander's logic, definitely a fan.

[@ledebhill2392]

You can overhead press both of this guys, their opinion doesnt matter

[@KurokamiNajimi]

My current view is that volume is only king in terms of quality sets. Performance drops are the same at all rep ranges if effort level is equal. I’m guessing the reason some research says low reps don’t build as much is either they don’t do multiple sets or the reps of 2-4 have more RIR than the higher rep group. If you do 0 RIR then you need less sets

[@soonahero]

Just because you can do less sets doesn’t mean they grow more

[@spurzo-thespiralspacewolf8916]

Yeah, Paul Carter blocked me off IG for no reason! I even posted on one of his videos that his content was great and I told him to keep up the good work. The next day, I was blocked!!

[@lefonwastaken3393]

I like Paul’s advice, but some times his advice isn’t the best like for eg he says deload are absolutely useless for hypertrophy training. Idt anyone can go 100% all the time, even in the 5-10 range and not feel like they need a deload. And his ego is a big problem haha. I asked him the other day what he thought about front raises and he responded with ‘that I don’t do thoughts on because it’s not a legitimate question’. His followers can’t even seek advice from him without getting shit thrown in their face and be called dumb by him.

[@Goberserk999]

Didn’t know this was going to be a 🤡 Paul Carter 🤡 Roast but I’m here for it😂! Always the best Alex 🫡 🔥

[@erector5953]

excellent !

[@bobbyross8289]

Hey Alex. I was watching your video on 90 90 breathing but I'm not sure if I'm doing it correctly. I can feel alot of pressure go into my lower back/ sides of my abdominal area. Is that correct?

[@ericreed2064]

Dude... how long should my rest period be? I have been waiting 3 minutes forever

[@sneeuwballa]

paul carter has been getting closer to lyle mcd i guess

[@grizzly_bear_A]

Bro Cable Deadlifts can replace RDL if dont have space in home gym to do rdl ?.,

[@Cargotruck]

Paul is someone for whom lifting has been a primary focus in life for decades, and someone who has been acting as an authority on it both on- and offline for a long time. Yet he needed studies to tell him that doing 20 sets of back in a single workout is a bad idea. What a goof

[@christopherclark279]

Great video. Alex should teach a master class on grown up accountability

[@Barneyfithlawman]

I think your absolutely correct on volume. As you get more advanced and stronger you can tolerate more but you still need recovery. My experience anyway Also you have to think would these guys be anywhere without peds . Probably just like most people nothing exceptional... I'm not sure the nuance's matter that much... consistency with everything and results about the same

[@kicknitoldskool]

Dying on a hill is in our heritage after all... God *slay* the king!

[@buckyhate7695]

Hey, Alex. I'm new to the channel, but I've already learned so much from you, and I'm just about to finish my first week of your Kong Program. Keep doing what a do. Who cares what this helium-voiced mouthpiece says?

[@jasonrobertson9256]

Volume is king obviously there are limits , Minimal Recoverable Value and Maximum.Recoverable Value most serious lifters know and learn this especially if strength training

[@justinu4521]

I love the Jeff nippard version of volume. 😂😂😂

[@draganababinkostic4803]

Can you make a video how to bench press for building a base

[@jbraun211]

“Gives him a new way of yelling at people” lmao

[@snakeriverscotto]

I sent this post to a bunch of friends and told them: subscribe because what he says at 14:15. Brother keeps his life and posts real.

[@liftingkid]

I red article from Lift Run bang yesterday and paul did 8 sets of 10 reps on uprights rows :D

[@AlexanderBromley]

lol he was big as shit back then too

[@benjamintreitz1647]

Bromley outdid himself with this one. Based af.

[@WtbgoldBlogspot]

Never liked Greg and didn't know why until I watched his debate with Dr. Mike where he says flat out that he's just doing this for more personal training clients and will say whatever he can to get the views. Finally understood the bad taste in my mouth.

[@tweatification]

lol @ the cookbook edit

[@RennyRe]

Speaking hyperbolicly is kind of the name of the game nowadays :D

[@RoidfreeSenior]

I am careful taking advice from anyone that is too dogmatic on one style or another. I try lots of different things, largely because it is more fun and keeps things interesting