I Trained My Back Everyday For 6 Months - Results

[@thestonecircle]

Two year update out now! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHzOi4eNrMx9pK8si=kX5HItUijTAYsIuR

[@wasabi5338]

i love this. it sets somewhat of a realistic view to people compared to those "i trained x for 30 days/a week"

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you! I know what you mean a lot of those videos are pretty funny, daily training seems to work well so far but the natural game is slow!

[@Wittyp]

“What is functional? It means being prepared for anything at all times.” This guy gets it!

[@thestonecircle]

Heck yes!

[@emonymph6911]

if you're not prepared for the midnight call you ain't functional bb aha

[@dimensionalshade8290]

This is honestly my favorte kind of lifter to watch and listen to, an honest and really humble guy just showcasing what results he got from what and his opinion

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked the video! 🙂

[@codywilson8317]

I apreciate how ou made a 20 min video and not once had to mention haters, comments or trying to force a point. Just good hard work and our thoughts. Thank you for your contribution to life.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you I'm glad you liked it! Just focusing on the stuff I like, others can worry about all the negative 🙂

[@shawnmcmanus2623]

Consistency really is king. Building that habit and coming back everyday to work the skill creates insane results

[@thestonecircle]

So true!

[@vikkidonn]

Trained chest everyday and did a minimum of 15min or cardio regardless of what else I did. I saw results within a month and was shocked. I’d heard too much hate on “over training” ect but everyone I saw doing it was perfectly fine and strong.

[@nocturne3455]

I've heard it said that extremely functional movements that were required for survival are sorta hyper prioritized for growth. Pullups fall into that category, along with sprinting. Two things our species needs to survive in nature. As you said, cheat code.

[@thestonecircle]

That's a really interesting idea and I believe it!

[@alexmk43]

And long distance running

[@JukeHighwalker]

​@@alexmk43 😂 Try sprinting instead. You're welcome...

[@MonkeyBarsEveryday]

Love the overall message of this one as well. Early on, I heard Natural Hypertrophy say that the there's no such thing as too much volume for the upper back. I put that idea to the test and, while there is such a thing as too much, you can push a ton of volume through the back. In my experience, it can exceed even the legs in total tonnage because the back is endurant and recovers faster. All that aside, pulling and rowing exercises are fun as hell. Grippin' and rippin'

[@thestonecircle]

Hell yeah if anyone can back this up it's you after training back yourself for so long! And true I love rows too lol

[@MonkeyBarsEveryday]

@@thestonecircle I'm still pretty new to the game

[@thestonecircle]

@@MonkeyBarsEveryday even so 400 days training the back in some way from monkey bars is still a good base of info to draw from in terms of how much the back can handle! It's great hearing someone else has had success from a high frequency approach like that

[@ssheikh3598]

​@@MonkeyBarsEveryday Your Upper Back can take both high intensity and high volume...

[@Wo1fLarsen]

No disrespect to Ivan Squat Everyday, I truly appreciate and enjoy his channel. However, your approach here is so much more sound for gains. Just training daily based on a muscle group instead of a movement makes all the sense. The back can take so much more training compared to the quads, which are generally the limiting factor in a squat. Good stuff man, looking forward to more of your videos. 💯

[@thestonecircle]

Hey I'm glad you've liked the videos so far! Yeah I think at the heart of it Ivan and I both realized that daily training makes us happier and more content with life, but I can see how sticking to one type of exercise could make it hard to keep progressing. Training 'back' gives me way more options, and whereas a squat is a final destination in terms of strength, I think back training is more of a means towards greater strength in a general sense. A bigger and stronger back will help with any goal, but a stronger squat may not necessarily translate to as many other things directly. Also I think it helps that I have Bodybuilding in my mind too haha, let's me approach programming a bit more practically.

[@Wo1fLarsen]

@@thestonecircle well said. Let's get these gains! 🤘🏽

[@CitsVariants]

Wonder if working out daily is counter productive

[@backwoodsbrooksknives4625]

I think Rich Piana's feeder workouts probably match your experience with pull-ups. They are not to burn you out or trigger the muscles to get stronger, they are only to pump them full of blood so that with adequate nutrition and hydration you are feeding the muscles with what they need to recover.

[@areallytallguy]

This was a great video for a variety of reasons. You can tell a lot of work went into prep went into it and you should be proud.

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you I really appreciate that!!

[@brandeeno2846]

You deserve more recognition. Just a raw mf. I just did it, it was hard, but I still did it. Your mental strength improved as well I can only imagine. And the way you articulated your plan and experience. Low key generational cuz it’s so fucking simple and you did it. Gangster shit man. Much respect!

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thanks so much!!

[@Acewhip]

I think the pull-up (like your stone work) is a compound exercise too, so it's hard to see them as junk. There's SO much that movement touches, it's creating core strength that is hard to judge. Yes your lats will grow, but you also have grip strength, loads of core, all that internal stuff you can't see, etc. etc... I use Metolius Rock Rings which allow rotation (so your elbows don't see too much loading) and try to do something every day.

[@thestonecircle]

That's awesome daily exercise has been such a great thing. I think you're right, I've only ever seen benefits from doing pullups. It seems like the more I do the better!

[@dulappen494]

The reason why your lats grew is fairly simple. It's just that your understanding of what muscles get worked during your pulling exercises is a bit oversimplified. Traditionally people think of the lat as moving your elbow down towards your hips (shoulder extension) like in any pull-up, lat pull-down or chin up variation, but that is only one function of the lats. The other function is to pull back your shoulders (scapular retraction) together with your traps and rhomboids. It is almost mechanically impossible to do any type of pulling without training your lats. So while I think the pull ups probably helped a bit too, it's more likely that the lat growth came from other pulling motions that you actually pushed yourself hard on.

[@thestonecircle]

Oh yeah for sure! I only mentioned that briefly but there's definitely overlap and the basic 'vertical pull = width, horizontal = thickness' is a bit short sighted. I do believe the pullups played a part, but since this video I've really pushed the bear hug carries harder than ever before and it's gotta be one of the best lat exercises ever!

[@tariqo16]

Your videos been poppin a lot ony feed lately and thats amazing.

[@thestonecircle]

Heck yeah really glad to hear that! This video in particular seems to be going around a lot right now 🙂

[@trontrontrontron4]

I had seen this video where this dude was talking about "neuron overload", and the way he explained it was people who work labor intensive jobs during seasonal periods and have insane gains and they do simple repeated actions (massive junk volume), but somehow are still able to develop large strength and muscles even though they would take off during off seasons and come back stronger. he theorized that it was because of the nerve development to drive more muscle activation and stronger integration to the nervous system. anyways, congrats on your gains!

[@thestonecircle]

Hey I think that definitely could have played a part! Possibly one of Migan's videos? Thank you!

[@alexstone9099]

Yeah exactly, nucleus overload. You see these fishermen in west Africa who spend all day carrying and throwing nets and they have incredible upper bodies despite never doing a 'proper' set, and never training to failure. Simply by repeating the same movements again and again it seems growth will occur, much like in this video training back everyday.

[@LegsON]

increased volume = hypertrophy! Briliant video, thank you very much for it.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked it!

[@thatstheguy07]

Good stuff man. Motivating. The end talking about all the pull ups has me wondering where I went wrong. During the lockdown bullshit I was just working out at parks, doing lots of pull ups/chin ups. But I ended up with golfers elbow. In fact it’s still plaguing me to this day. I took like a year off. From almost everything. Because it just wasn’t getting better. But then when I started up again, it returned. I just worked through the pain for the past year but stopped a few months ago from doing any pull ups at all and my last have shrunk. Mind you I didn’t put enough effort into trying to rehab it. But it’s definitely ruined my workouts. Making most shit uncomfortable and not fun. Anyway, I stumbled on one of your sandbag videos a few weeks ago and these have definitely motivated me to changing up my workouts. Good stuff 👍🏼

[@thestonecircle]

That feeling is no joke, I had some tendinitis from overdoing straight arm work for a while, it really does make you want to just stop. Good luck with the sandbags!

[@lieutenantdan5361]

Micheal Eckert has a really good video on golfers elbow with pull-ups. I don’t know if it’s on his KZbin but it is on his Instagram for sure.

[@thatstheguy07]

@@lieutenantdan5361 Nice I’ll look for it. Thanks.

[@krisumusic]

I think I have to agree, I also do so much junk volume with pullups but damn, my lats exploded as well. Also my arms and forearms from all the hanging/grip strength.

[@thestonecircle]

Heck yeah great to hear it's been working for you too!

[@2tx215]

Favorite KZbinr by far you deserve more attention

[@thestonecircle]

Dang that's so awesome thank you!!

[@jqzhou1564]

Everyone else in the comments have already expressed my appreciation of your content. Just one point-Man the way you elaborate makes me feel like I'm listening to Eminem's "Stan" especially around 3'00.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked it! And that's awesome haha, that could never be a bad thing the man's a genius with words 😄

[@WalterWeight39]

Very interesting video! I ended up here by chance, but I watched the whole video. Makes me think about doing something "crazy" for a training period. Great work man!

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you glad you liked it! I always love getting that feeling, wondering if there's something you could do to really go all in for the next couple months

[@Wrathofgod220]

within the past few years of training higher volume, I realize that my body responds way better to higher volume than lower volume. I've also found the high volume bodyweight exercises dips, pullups are most effective at high volume. I'm pretty sure that guy Tom Halivand would also agree as he's come out stating that Jailhouse Strong has influenced his training a lot.

[@thestonecircle]

Something special about high rep Bodyweight stuff! And that makes a lot of sense! I know Josh Bryant was (still is?) training him

[@bigt1013]

About the pull-ups, I think that there is a progressive overload considering that you progressed on everything else. If you can consistently train back and progress every day with all the other stuff, the fact that you could still do the same amount of pull ups means that you accumulated volume by maintaining the strength. Kind of like how I progress on compounds. For pushing I do ad press and flat bench. I always start with the overhead pressing, then I bench. As you can imagine this hinders your flat bench strength, and can make it hard to add weight or reps. So what I do is get to a certain point where I’m happy with my vertical press, then just maintain the amount of reps and sets I’m doing, while adding weight or reps to my second compound. Any one else would probably do this differently, but I love vertical press and don’t want to bench first, so I just do my press first at a maintenance level then bench and progress. Then I’ll switch back to vertical and maintain my bench. What you did was maintain the pull ups, while progressing on various other back movements. It would be like if I only progressed on bench and my ohp strength stayed the same, but my delts got bigger.

[@bigt1013]

And to add on to that, what I would recommend based on the photos is to now do the opposite. Try to maintain your strength in everything else for awhile, while progressing with weighted pull ups (specifically chin ups or the close grip neutral if supination hurts your wrist). This will definitely add lots of width. As you can tell from the before and after your traps and rhomboids blew tf up, and your lats grew aswell. But now I imagine the same thing would happen if you alternated to weighted chins and maintained the other back work. Just a recommendation because as you stated, training what you like is what you should do. You won’t burn out and will always look forward to lifting.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey great point!! I think I'll definitely get more into weighted calisthenics once I hit my current sandbag goal!

[@watermydriedupsoul]

Same here with the pull-ups I joined my first show a few months ago and always thought that my back was poor. After losing body fat I realised it was actually my best part and what I did was mostly pullups low reps but high number of sets to get volume. Paired with heavy deadlifts once a week, my back got pretty conditioned, including my lower back. Got that Christmas tree.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey that's awesome! Pullups and deads are a winning combo for sure

[@novitrix9671]

Really great attitude and spirit in the conclusion man! Wish you all the best in your new lifestyle habit.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thanks I appreciate it! 🙂

[@squidy2522]

This video was sick very well done makes me want to get into more strength based barbell movements

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you!! Nothing like straining under some heavy weight imo :)

[@ninjaoffire3070]

that was pretty helpful, and I noticed that your traps has gotten massively bigger and suggest that you focus on your side delts so that your traps looks more amazing

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!

[@clutson6515]

what a brilliant comprehensive yet coherent video 10/10 gained a subscriber

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you so glad you liked this one!

[@mantorok09]

My uneducated opinion on your lat growth and pull-ups. I’m thinking the progressive overloading with your heavy main lifts is what mostly triggered the bulking; but, the junk volume on pull-ups helped keep your lats stimulated more consistently throughout the week. So maybe in a way that convinced your body to favor sending resources to the lats over other muscles that might have worked harder but not as often.

[@thestonecircle]

Not a bad idea it makes sense!

[@daeseanboyd]

This is a cool video that shows the practical functionality of training certain muscle groups... thanks for this vid

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked it!

[@emonymph6911]

Volume is volume, there is no junk volume (but over training fatigue exists). When I was a young teen I stacked newspapers on pallets, a bundle was about 8-12kg (depending on the day). And moving that weight from the belt to the pallet was a grab, turn, drop, return motion that's all... First 3 weeks I always felt sore even though the weight was low asf and I didn't have time to train cuz worked + night study after. So stopped going to the gym... but when I finished my studies and got a new job I went back to the gym and hit a PR deadlift by like +40kg without even training it was so weird, could even have gone higher but was scared to attempt it LOL felt like unknown power from a superhero comic... I PR'd every exercise and movement. One day I calculated the weight let's say 8KG every 30sec for 7h (removing breaks). That's 120 lifts per hour * 7 hours = 840 lifts of 8kg = 6720kg so I was moving 7 tons, the weight of a bus per day and the weight of a train per week. No wonder I got strong without putting in any effort outside of the work. My theory for why things like crunches worked for the old timers is because they didn't have the same concept of resting for 4days or 1week... so they would have just smashed them out daily (even multiple times per day sometimes) so even if it's not the most optimal exercise it eventually just gave results due to volume. I want to add that you eventually have to up weights too because me nor any of the other guys in the factory were the biggest guys ever. If volume alone got people jacked we would be the biggest guys in the city with that amount of daily volume but it didn't happen. So I think mixing volume with just literally 1-3 reps where you attempt 70-90% of your max is good. Then you can drop the % to get more volume if you wanted. the high % just keeps your body sharp and in tuned for the occasional ultra heavy lift.

[@alexanderbautista3354]

Thanks for the vid man! Really informative take on a good transformation.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked it!

[@invaderaf]

I don't know what it is, but I like your style. Subscribed.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey really glad to have you here!

[@az9324]

Keep going Champion Keep learning

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you gonna do my best!!

[@daeseanboyd]

Yes... progressive overload isn't always the way to get stronger... just doing the same thing everyday will make you improve

[@thestonecircle]

Definitely more going on that just sets and reps!

[@MonkeyBarsEveryday]

i love the yelling at the camera intro. reminds me of workout videos from 2007

[@thestonecircle]

Haha thanks, I think my phones camera is on par with that era too 😅

[@KwisBwown]

great vid lad!

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!

[@Shinigami7of1]

I did back everyday for about 2 months and I saw i big difference but I was doing them close to failure. I believe this also work for squats.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey awesome thanks for your input!!

[@tycho103]

Solid advice! Really great progress, congrats! I especially liked the stone lifting. Such a badass movement.

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!! And I know how you feel, ever since I first started lifting stones I've been obsessed lol.

[@mikafoxx2717]

​@@thestonecircle You need to follow your name and make circles out of large stones and make people wonder - who lifted these here?

[@alphabromega859]

Sick video. Sick results. I will say this. I did Armstrong Pullups for 6 months straight. No joke. I just followed that program. Nothing else. I gained 20lbs yet was able to bust out 12+ pullups at 212lbs. At 190 I couldn't even do 4. After a few months I started over and started adding weight even. My back became significantly wider, thicker, and I just simply felt "substantial". However that amount of volume is not sustainable on the joints and I hated being that heavy. What's my point? Is that your "junk volume" pullups were ANYTHING but junk as you hinted at. In fact they were probably a key component to your results.

[@thestonecircle]

Dang those are some amazing results! I'm really curious I'll have to look up the armstrong pullups program! I think you're right, can't be junk if they worked so well!

[@imflyingoverclouds]

Body adjusts. Body always want to make it easier next time. So even the volume didn't change, body wanted to make it easier the 60 pull-ups at each iteration so it'll spend less and less effort to survive.

[@shannonc8759]

Hectic. Would have been ideal if you had pics controlling lighting for comparison though

[@thestonecircle]

For sure that was my bad! In my one year update video I did a direct comparison, and I'll have a 2 year video coming out in the next few days!

[@SlimeSolo]

deserves wayyyy more views this was a dope video. Also referring to the last 5 minutes of the video i agree, with my training when i wanted to develop my lats more I started doing pull ups over lat pulldowns. Since i couldn't rep it out id do 5,6 maybe even 7 sets of 3-5 reps just going to failure and doing holds on failed reps and it made SUCH a difference for my lats. Ive tried lat pulldowns again and while they feel good, i dont see a point when i could just switch pull-up variations as i get stronger. I've only done neutral grip and supinated but you reminded me to switch up the variation but for my joint health, but i realized I will see such a difference in gains overtime being able to do shoulder-width and wide grip and being able to alternate.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked it! That's awesome it worked for you too!

[@krisumusic]

I did pullups 5 days a week for all of 2023. I think that's over 10.000 pullups. My back went from my weakest to strongest and on January 1st 2024 I did 20 wide pullups in a row (I weight 95 kg at 189 cm) so anything over 10 pullups starts to get really hard. I could not even do a chin 2-3 years ago but overall, traning for 5 years in 2 months!

[@thestonecircle]

That's some amazing progress awesome!! This stuff really works!

[@taefithendo]

I did the same thing for one year tho and now my back is my strong point. My lifts are insanely strong relative to my weight as well

[@thestonecircle]

Heck yeah!

[@alextrainor2552]

Okay now do back everyday for 6 months but on tren this time

[@thestonecircle]

I think my mind would break I'm already amped up enough as it is haha

[@michaelkhan7012]

This is awesome man great job and fantastic results!

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you I really appreciate it! Put a lot into this one

[@michaelkhan7012]

@@thestonecircle I can tell man and it came out great, I have been doing similar training for my shoulder for a little while and my results seem to back up your research as well lol I'm getting great results and strengthening my bad shoulder without re-injury

[@thestonecircle]

@@michaelkhan7012 thank you! That's awesome to hear makes me wonder if this strategy could be used for any part of the body!

[@michaelkhan7012]

@@thestonecircle I do think so! but as with any type of exercise you have to be careful of injury, but I think of it like those people who do 10k steps or more everyday or day laborers who move heavy things day in and out, as long as you don't get injured and you're properly eating and sleeping you can probably get insanely strong dense muscle and you've proved you can also get bigger with this type of training

[@thestonecircle]

@@michaelkhan7012 Good point some of the most jacked dudes I've seen move furniture all day haha. It seems obvious from the start that lifting couches all day would build muscle, maybe pullups are overlooked because they're so basic. Whatever the reason, I definitely won't be skipping out on pullups anytime soon!

[@Oromanowarful]

This is awesome and reminds me of when I was younger I loved training my back (still do) I wanted it to look like a mountain almost the way Arnold's did back in the day. I used to want to build an underground level area where it would be dark and cool with sand, and the idea would be to carry boulders around through the sand as long as I could for training. I haven't built a training area like that yet, but I'm glad so many are into fitness in the mainstream these days, again awesome vid.

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you! That sounds like the most badass gym imaginable

[@crateball]

props man, you put in the work. a lot of it. thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience. love the nature exercises - stones and logs such a raw environment for heavy lifting.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you! Nothing quite like getting outside and lifting stones and logs :)

[@wasabigamer9235]

Wow sweet I love how you broke everything down I’ll be coming back for more

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked this one!

[@declanmcclelland]

Love this video. Would love to know more details about the pull-up routine! Might be a good follow up? One concern I have personally is getting the joints warmed up. Do you have any thoughts on that? Btw I didn’t notice you saying ‘like comment and subscribe’ and all that nonsense. So I’ve liked and subscribed as a thank you for that 😁 oh, also, those banded good mornings look great, I’m planning to try them 😊

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked it! Haha I appreciate that, I find that stuff annoying sometimes too. I would think by now people would know how to subscribe if that's what they want! Yeah I could definitely do that thanks for the idea :) After a while I conditioned myself to pretty much roll out of bed and start doing pullups, but you're right it definitely takes time to get to that point. Pretty much anytime I train besides those low intensity early sessions I do a warmup with a band. I'll do pull aparts for the shoulders, and for the elbows I'll do a couple sets of 30 curls. I'll just stand on the band and pump out the reps really fast, it looks funny lol but I think it really warms up the elbows well. It does seem to be something you adapt to pretty quick though, it's a good feeling knowing at any time of day you could go do some pullups no problem!

[@bengazi8183]

Interesting about the junk volume method, I've had some luck doing weighted 5x5 pullups/rows followed by higher volume 5x10+ work but I there's no way in hell I could keep that up without at least 48-hrs break. I might experiment a bit based on this. I cant say I have what feels like a thick back so will experiment with lower intensity spread over longer timeframe. I'm inspired by the carryover you're getting but also looks pretty solid. Thanks for the video.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked it! That tried and true 5x5 followed by some back off sets works great no doubt! I hope the volume approach works for you, I always think back to an old Omar Isuf video where he did like 10,000 pullups in a year or something like that and his back was so much wider. Pure motivation!

[@debbarhamza5867]

In my opinion, the heavy sets with the rows and stone carries plus the other stuff is what got you wider lats, mainly. I don't think it was the casual pullups. Thanks for sharing the experience 😁

[@thestonecircle]

Definitely not ruling that out thank you!

[@dagimshimelis7732]

The video was poorly edited and I don't like it.... I LOVE it. it feels genuine. I feel like im watching a real person expressing his thoughts. you've got your self a new subscriber. looking forward to your other videos

[@thestonecircle]

Haha hey thank you I'm glad to have you here! 🙂

[@ZaidIsm007]

Love channels like this. Great contributions.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you!

[@ZaidIsm007]

@@thestonecircle You've taught me a different way of approaching fitness. Reminds me of the Greeks and Romans who put brain and brawn together. Been on a binge with your videos.

[@2130dar]

One of the most informative videos I’ve seen.. nice work

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you!

[@arnoldgurung635]

great video bro it's informative and was fun to watch. keep it up man !

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you I'm glad you liked it!

[@ulfheddin3686]

Great vid dude !! This inspired me even further to get a heavy sandbag and go ham on it !!

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you! Awesome you're gonna love it!

[@laskji]

Yep good old school video! No flashy bullshit and flourescent lights. Just a guy speaking his truth!

[@thestonecircle]

Glad you liked it!!

[@zzfresh1]

In terms of pull ups volume without progressive overload will get you jacked I know this first hand from prison style training. Lots of “junk” volume

[@thestonecircle]

Heck yeah!

[@06igwec]

This is wholesome as fuck

[@thestonecircle]

Haha hey thank you! :D

[@Chaosworkout]

Niceeee that dedication is absurd awesome man

[@thestonecircle]

Thanks man! Hope your training has been good recently. I never asked, how'd you feel the day after that long distance carry haha

[@weissbrot-rg9hd]

One hour later after one your videos and I see him hit the 20k subs *Congrates man!*

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!! Happening much faster than I thought possible

[@weissbrot-rg9hd]

@@thestonecircle no, I thank you! Sharing your perspective is very valuable for me. Moreover, eveything is possible if we believe in it strong enough and work for it! So whatever you do, dont give up! 💪

[@thestonecircle]

@@weissbrot-rg9hd so true!! Thanks for being here 🙂

[@weissbrot-rg9hd]

@@thestonecircle 👍

[@jackzfr1650]

Big props to you big man. On the other hand you remind me very much of the "you want my guns come take it from me" meme guy. Look him up, he's hilarious.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you! I'll look it up haha

[@vinzaron3996]

Very Interesting video. I learned something new thanks to you, thankyou

[@thestonecircle]

Glad you liked it!

[@JshBrck]

Love this! Great work bro!

[@thestonecircle]

Thanks man!

[@PK2Fresh]

absolute mad lad 5/5. Subscribed

[@thestonecircle]

Heck yeah glad to have you here!

[@calefslp]

About progressive overload, volume accumulation is just n.4 on your list of main methods!

[@thestonecircle]

Definitely seems that way!

[@matiasmenozzi5388]

great video man

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!

[@BlumChoi]

Old and natty Eric Bugenhagen vibes. Subbed.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad to have you here! Nothing else like the early metal and iron days 💪🤘

[@ayo4767]

hope this video gets more recognition

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you I really appreciate it!

[@xxminecraftlegendarxx6804]

Very good video. Almost as exceptional as your training form. Biggest respects! Every movement I saw was controlled and the execution was perfect. How did you get there?

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you very much! I've always tried my best to use the best form I can 🙂

[@Niberspace]

have you considered building stone walls for a living? I tried to hire someone to do that but all the stone wall builders are busy so I had to do it myself, but the stones I managed to carry is nowhere near that size that you're lifting

[@thestonecircle]

Funny story about that. I actually applied for an entry level stone masons job, everything was going great with the application, then something went wrong with my phone. For some reason the recruiter couldn't call me. To this day I'm still not sure why. Shortly after that I started the animal care business that I still have to this day, crazy to think how different things would have been had she managed to call me!

[@Niberspace]

@@thestonecircle Got it. and I saw in a different video that you already addressed this "just get a job" perspective. Anyway I still have about 50 meters of stone wall to build on my property so I'm thinking about seeing it as a workout rather than chore.. Just got to save up for 50 tons of stone first

[@nighttenful]

yeah maybe kinda logical, if you look at gymnasts they dont really use progressive overload and they are strong and jacked great video!

[@thestonecircle]

Great point and thank you!

[@nighttenful]

@@thestonecircle dont thank me, you did all the hard work and due diligence to do this "experiment" and record your findings your sandbag and rock training / follow up vid was great too! In my mind, if you cant grip the weight (mostly a bar, no disrepect to traditional training) you cant carry it. Thats some real usefull strenght/ training.

[@SweetPappyJones]

Great video! Lots of takeaways. 👏👏👏

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you glad you liked it!

[@Rei_geDo]

I think what you did with the pullups could be considered nucleus overload

[@thestonecircle]

I think you're right. While I may have caused a bit more muscle damage than Migan would recommend for pure N.O. I definitely think this was part of it!

[@Mcdaveytrain]

I think you could argue that your pullups were progressively overloaded because your back was pre-exhausted from the rest of your training. You still achieved more volume that was that little bit harder to complete each time. Also I think your lats grew wider simply because of more overall stimulus from the rest of your training as well. Great video, though. Awesome experiment

[@thestonecircle]

Hey that's a great point and I definitely wouldn't rule it out! I hadn't considered the fact that I could be pre-exhausted from never taking a day off, thank you for that haha, made me think a bit :)

[@kafrikotroll8610]

Wow nice video do you have a cideo for proper warmup and cooldown to avoid injuries? Ty vm !

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you! This is the one I use kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXfMnomJr86laKssi=d0R_Bq1r4s_Ukxsz

[@ScrubDaddy265]

Great programming! I do very similar things. You might consider adding in lighter weight deeper squats and/or bodyweight deep squat holds, if you don’t already.😊

[@thestonecircle]

Hey that's awesome you do something similar! The deep squat is one of those life long things I've been slowly working at haha, still not that good at it but better than I used to be 🙂

[@kyledexheimer6548]

When I started rowing, even though I wasn't lifting I was doing a ton of what would be junk volume and my quads blew up. I think in 1 month I added an inch in circumference of my thighs.

[@thestonecircle]

Dang that's awesome it's great hearing about this 'volume accumulation' idea working for others too!

[@thunderboltskyy8083]

Can you make a full active recovery video

[@thestonecircle]

I think I could do that! I'll have to think about it a bit but I have some ideas :)

[@akalion213]

Everyone has an ass backwards understanding of progressive overload. It's simply the result of training. It's your ABILITY to add weight as the RESULT of you getting bigger and stronger.

[@thestonecircle]

I've never cared much for the difference myself, seeing as the two things go together either way, but it does let you look at prog overload through the lens of bodybuilding which is pretty cool!

[@RisingTestostorone]

Hold on, about the pull ups. Your back got bigger from accumulating volume over time but you didn't get stronger in pull ups. So could you do more reps of pull ups after your back got bigger? I'm assuming the answer is 100% yes but it felt unclear g

[@thestonecircle]

I was probably wrong in saying I didn't get stronger in a general sense, but in my experience pushing for anything more than 15 pullups in a set usually takes dedicated work. High reps are almost like a skill. I'm guessing I was somewhere around that strength level at the height of the bulk. I never pushed for max reps so that didn't improve much, but my strength with lower reps certainly did!

[@sidahmed789]

Train your back like a top tier wrestler for 6 months, that’ll be interesting

[@thestonecircle]

I'd love to incorporate more of their training into my routine, I think the main thing is I'd need to actually start wrestling too, which does sound fun tbh

[@brute9867]

Good info and well developed physique 💪🏻

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you, getting there! :)

[@loganwarnermusic]

Great video

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!

[@nappasavestheworld4757]

Def into this idea! As long as the stimulus is different daily, ive found this to be very sustainable (if not a way to be constantly sore). My current favs: (1)Dips and rows (2)Rope drags, farmers, sled, or sandbag practice (3)Pushups and pullups (4)Same as (2) Repeat. Crazy amount of variability within these parameters keeps me happy.

[@thestonecircle]

That's a good setup! Yeah that's one of my favorite parts about it, there's so much opportunity to try new things you might not have otherwise done. These short and intense workout seem to work really well for muscle/strength!

[@BlumChoi]

The real back guy

[@thestonecircle]

😁

[@erikmanhoff5545]

Good video man!

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!

[@JP-mz8xd]

Great analysis!

[@thestonecircle]

Hey glad you liked it!

[@MrHunter830]

Hey, I’m new here. Nice vid. Keep it up.

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you glad to have you here!

[@lumpyrex007]

Blows me away that in 2024, we cant get the same lighting for a before and after.

[@thestonecircle]

Haha I tried to do the same pose in the same spot in my one year update video

[@neovandiest463]

great video man

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!

[@mageboi97]

Great video

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!

[@alifrtriscyanandadefvyanto3629]

dude respect

[@thestonecircle]

Hey thank you!

[@MrJamesdryable]

Pull-ups are king.

[@thestonecircle]

Yes!

[@Wanwan-mq3jw]

Training with only bodyweight (pull ups) work different. Maybe it goes more to the muscle ends not only volume. But calisthenics works different

[@bigt1013]

13:53 holy shit bro your traps and rhomboids got crazy.

[@thestonecircle]

Thank you!

[@williamdevine9307]

I did an obscene amount of pull ups everyday a couple years ago. Aimless non structured reps. I gained 10 pounds of non newbie gains. No fat either

[@thestonecircle]

Damn those are some real results!!