If I Could Do It All Over Again WHAT WOULD I DO!? || The 3 Stages of a Lifter's Education

[@baibhavghosh8641]

if i could start it all over again i'd stop "training like an athlete" XD

[@rasmusjensen4838]

2 years of slowest newbie gains doing curleanX fluff training. I made more gains in my 3rd year doing basic compounds than I did the first two years doing whatever trash curleanX made me believe was the shit.

[@DrOrr]

Frfr I wasted my first few years of lifting on doing that my numbers are nothing like what a person who’s been training for 3 years should be and I also don’t look like I’ve been training for 3 years neither.

[@Gainzster]

What a fucking fantastic video, it's what I've needed to hear. I had a four year layoff from parkinsonism after 6 years of lifting, and I've had to try to remember everything all over again, but I've been reading and listening to everything I can whilst doing my thing, very true that after a while, you will always remember the basics, but that doesn't mean you're an expert.

[@FitLabb]

I think we all made so many mistakes earlier on in our lifting careers that we’d do totally differently if we could go back & do it all over again. I made so many mistakes in my teens because of ego lifting & listening to bad advice, but thankfully I only got injured a couple times before learning my lessons. Looking back, I wish I had hired a professional coach like one of us to teach me what I needed to know back then..... Solid video brother!!! 💪👍

[@EnkiriElite]

I think it would expedite the initial process and potentially raise the absolute ceiling because of it. My beginner gains were haphazard and these days I regularly take guys past my own 2-3 year mark in a matter of months. I wish I had that for myself!

[@herotastic1496]

Aah yes...The period of pushups, sit ups, pull ups,no progressive overload and eating too little to get them abs to show...yeah good times

[@watsonkushmaster3067]

8 minute abs

[@brainymeathead9206]

Good Days indeed, knowing absolutely nothing brainwashed by who ever has the most following its good that we know better and gained better gains eliminating bs

[@tdogdamuhfukka]

Beginner times, miss the body weight training

[@wariowa3817]

That Dunning Kruger effect in fitness is mad present in the transitional stage. I remember being in the gym one day and seeing someone lowbar squat for the first time. I was worried and thought he was in danger of hurting himself, even though he was moving the weight controlled and smooth. Luckily I didn't tell him anything and make a fool out of myself. Some time later I found out about the lowbar squat and realized he was doing everything right. Even now I see comments on youtube telling people who lowbar squat that "they're doing it wrong!" And that they're leaning forward too much and that they're going to hurt themselves. I think the most ridiculous case of this is when this dude was doing cheat curls and people in the comments were saying he was an ego maniac that's going to hurt himself. This dude was just light swinging in his cheat curls and easily handling the weight, he wasn't swinging hard, arching his back, and struggling with the weight. Yet, people really thought this dude was doing nothing but stroking his own ego and in danger of snapping like a pretzel stick, I can't believe these people. Each time I see those people in the comments it gets me angry, and it's unfortunate that there's a lot of them.

[@EnkiriElite]

It'd a lot of Dunning Kruger along with a lot of people who don't even lift projecting their own insecurities. The ones who are least knowledgeable typically bark the loudest.

[@ianleonard9238]

Never had a coach or someone with knowledge teach me how to lift and get fit, but I've learned everything I know from guys like you. Thank you Alec, you've helped me and countless other people who didn't have access to coaches when they first started, you've been a blessing to all!

[@user-zk4dv2nx8k]

As a 17 y.o. who has never been to the gym , this is going to be very helpful 🙏. I'll probably start in 2-3 mths .

[@EnkiriElite]

Best of luck!

[@user-zk4dv2nx8k]

@Just Some Guy without Pubic Hair in India , they arent closed , but that is why we are no . 1 (in cases) 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@user-zk4dv2nx8k]

@@EnkiriElite thnx man

[@user-zk4dv2nx8k]

@Just Some Guy without Pubic Hair thnx and yes , I will , abs are tempting but I hv accepted the fact that I need to first be in a slight surplus for atleast 6-8 mths before cutting .

[@waddwawadsdasad2339]

@@user-zk4dv2nx8k 3 years i recommend to be in surplus before cutting if you arent obese

[@peaceman3350]

Dont have time to watch it right now. Will watch it later. But always time to leave a comment👍🏾

[@EnkiriElite]

Thank you, sir. I hope you enjoy it!

[@mrtreize013]

100% agree with this. It is how I prefer to work with my clients: teach a lot and then guide them towards autonomy!

[@jakdexter2832]

Thanks to your and others amazing YT channels i only wasted about 6 months of my lifting journey before starting a compound-lift based novice program. Thanks.

[@dstod4481]

ive been lifting for a little over a year now and I've become obsessed with learning, I feel like I have gone through all of these phases but I still need to have more experience in the gym with myself and not just scientific/practical external knowledge, love the video and I cant wait to look back in ten years

[@Iridium-77-g]

Just leaving a comment to send some love! Keep up with the amazing content, Alec. You are one of the few real athletes on the platform!

[@mumpodaaman]

No doubt

[@lucamaltempo723]

You have no idea how much you are helping the barbell community

[@xagremnightyndale673]

I've been always reading and hearing everyone has made mistakes along their journey and still they are beasts. I surely made bigger mistakes because in almost 10 years I reached nothing but a mediocre result in performance and appearance. The only education I gained is someone is talented and someone is completely hopeless

[@maggiemclean7863]

This is very much how martial arts progression goes!

[@snakesoccult2444]

There's a lot of parallels between strength training and martial arts

[@mumpodaaman]

I am saying this again but you make me feel like leaping out of bed or chair or wherever i am and start working out on strength power speed etc. The sad part is i cant right now because of adductor strain. It requires a lot of patience to wait out the pain and let yourself recover and then when i see you on youtube my patience wanes out and i feel like imprisoned. I am just waiting to recover and it might take a month more but as soon as i am fit enough i am starting with your novice template for sure (cant afford coaching services yet :) )... Keep up the good work brother... This particular video is a lot of help.. Thanks

[@EnkiriElite]

Best of luck with rehabbing the injury man!

[@111kino]

Your honesty is always great.

[@safathletics]

As someone who turns 50 in 6 months the only thing I would really change is I would have started Olympic lifting as a teenager. I started lifting weights at 16 years old and mixed bodybuilding and powerlifting for about 15 years. I then switched gears and started training for explosive strength and athleticism. I always went full ROM from the very beginning because I asked questions and talked to the right guys in the gym. I left my ego out of it and learned the technique properly. Always ATG squats, btn press, full range bench, etc. And, to this day I still do those movements. No injuries, great mobility, joints, tendons, ligaments are 100%. They strengthened properly as I did over the many years. Normally I am very anti-personal trainer because a lot of them look like they need personal trainers of their own lol. I think proper bodybuilding gave me the foundation and static strength to be healthy and continue to push myself to move big weights and training for athleticism, olympic lifts, compound movements, etc in my 30’s and beyond as kept me big and strong. I’ll never quit.

[@jmcantila9104]

It's fun knowing the lifting game is long term. It annoys me when people ask "You still workout?" To which I answer of course. I'll stop when I'm dead and I'd turn back time to lift even more

[@NOAH576]

Love this video. I’m still learning 6 years but I’m loving the journey. Though one thing I’d change hard would be to learn strength training earlier. I just did body building work cuz I was fascinated by having the smallest waist in town. Now I’m over here wondering how strong I actually am every session since it’s so new to me.

[@rowersuarez8143]

25k subs around the corner hope one day you get a silver play button.

[@EnkiriElite]

Thanks man!

[@highintensity415]

On one hand I look back on all the mistakes and time wasted in the gym over the years and wonder how much stronger/bigger/more athletic I would be now if I had trained correctly in relation to my goals from the get go, but reality doesn't work that way which is a tough pill to swallow. To succeed going forward, we have to be grateful for all the mistakes and time wasted because those things have led us down the path to more effective and optimal ways to train, being able to do the movements and program correctly while knowing what is worthwhile and what is bullsh!t, accepting that we are ever growing and evolving to become more knowledgable and better at what we do

[@UniversalSoldier3k]

My fitness journey also started with dayly pushups and chin-ups. I discovered leg training much later as well.

[@countrystrength4701]

Can you do a tutorial video on how to do weighted pushups effectively. How to physically load the weights on your body properly.

[@FernandoGarzaConde]

Great content as always! Wish I had came across stuff like this when I first started lifting. Sadly the clowny videos posted by the top KZbin fitness guys is what gets visibility and most people don't care to put in the effort to do their own research. Have been using this year long lockdown period to learn more about other training methods, and the importance of nutrition/sleep. I'm guilty of using the dirty bulk as an excuse to eat whatever I want 😅

[@robertmosley1188]

#1 thing I would change is consistency. Been in and out of training past 10+ years. More difficult than it sounds though

[@AcceleratingUniverse]

ATG squat purity spiraling was one of the biggest mistakes i ever made too. my anthropometry just really isn't built to handle ATG squatting and i really handicapped myself for years over a few inches of depth.

[@EnkiriElite]

Same here!

[@venkatvallabhaneni1227]

I think the biggest mistake I made was doing too much volume and intensity at the same time, luckily I realized this was stupid before I injured myself.

[@thebuddhasmiles]

Just realized that myself! I was doing 5x5 at maximal effort because I thought I'd make DEM MAD GAINZ

[@kapitalidea]

great video! excellent information on finding the right coach. AND you dont have to pay $997

[@snooopybud4034]

For the algorithm

[@OGfromGst]

Heey, that thing about doing a few hundred push ups and a few hundred curls EVERY DAY hits a bit close to home home, though I also did seated OHP and floorpress with the dumbbell in my room. I thought I had to do it everyday or I'd lose my gains.

[@EnkiriElite]

Another thing I would do once I got my first bench....if I was too lazy to the actual sets and reps for my training that day, I would just max out instead because that was easier hahaha forgot about that one until now.

[@mohamedelzek3368]

some love for the man

[@ThePitPony]

Luckily i realised in the early 80s that the UK "bodybuilding" magazines were sh*t for their complete lack of even basic PR training programmes. Consequently i subscribed to Powerlifting USA and was introduced to better advice in articles by Marty Gallagher and the programmes of the top lifters of their era. The problems i encountered were to do with terrible equipment, bent bars, plates so thick the most that would load on an Olympic bar was about 270kg and 3rd world country facilities.

[@functionalaestheticse.c.8953]

Solid video

[@neversate]

Alec enkiri, jeff nippard ,barbell medicine, mike israetel,alex and ofcourse coath are people who have super no BS training info

[@ninjaknight4486]

What’s your opinion on Eric buginhaggin

[@ayaanlifts]

If i could start over- 1) pick a program on day 1 and stick to it. 2) bulk up.

[@bill_monty]

My first biggest mistake was becoming consistent at 31 rather than 18 lol. Other than that I’d say if I could start all over when I did get consistent, it’s dropping all the unwanted fat right off the bat then building up from there vs. recomping at the start. My goals now are to just get as muscular as staying lean (small surpluses) will allow while maintaining good aerobic capacity. Closing in on 2 years and wonder where my goals will shift moving forward.

[@AsadAli-om9ir]

Came here n Subscribed after Geoffrey's New video...

[@jk-rg2ko]

Haha I love how I saw this just after I emailed you. 😂

[@thahomiejosh9203]

I think we all had a pretty similar learning starting phase. I remember my first two years of training I never did a single squat just because I didn’t like them. Thank god I’m not that stupid anymore

[@aumurphy]

I believe that almost any beginner would benefit from 3-5 months of session-by-session progression on the big compound lifts. If there’s a better way to make quick and lasting progress right out of the gate, I haven’t heard it

[@DrOrr]

I wasted so much time thinking “oh an athlete wouldn’t do this type of workout, lemme see a circus trick I could replace this workout with” which costed me 3 years worth of lifting. Such a damn shame I didn’t realize I was wasting my time until recently.

[@bso1469]

So iv been working out consistenly for a year n half but worked out before, sporadically for an other year or so. Is it stupid to follow a strength based programme for my compound lifts but then doing bodybuilding exercises after i finish my sets on a given compound lift?

[@EnkiriElite]

Nothing wrong with that...people call it "powerbuilding."

[@garciastrength7817]

What do you think of the bioneer? If you don’t know him, I think you should check him out. Not a traditional fitness channel but I think he covers some important things that no one else does.

[@jorgeinzunza5562]

I have seen this one man in particular in my gym who only trains twice a week sometimes three but he sticks with two day days out of the week and reasons not because he’s physically sore but mentally he’ll push himself so hard on those two days that going in for third day would feel almost pointless as he rather do something else and everyone around him just does not understand that mental approach of program matters as well

[@lmc4964]

if youtube is a sample of the lifting community I dont see longevity built into most systems, where are all the cardio gains? how many lifters do Concept2 for time? How many take the whole mobility and "bulletproofness" of Ben Patrick as seriously as he does?

[@demigodubermensch]

Love

[@leinekenugelvondoofenfocke1002]

If I had it to do over I would have done barbell training first then martial arts and never would I have tried to do it with all calesthenics.

[@watermelon1221]

I'm looking for a coach. Should I hire vshred, gshred, or curlleanx?

[@EnkiriElite]

V-shred for sure hahaa

[@watermelon1221]

@@EnkiriElite should have figured. there is this one secret testosterone boosting food that only he knows about. will pay for coaching to find it out

[@EnkiriElite]

@@watermelon1221 I think it's bananas

[@davidrtrains]

Approximate height of this you jumped off of @ 1:38?

[@andreabarone4964]

Don’t mind me, just Leaving a comment for the algorithm

[@cjparkeffaking4551]

I wouldn't have started playing call of duty. That's right. At like 27 I got addicted to COD and threw away what I was doing in MMA and became a legit elite COD player. Fun stuff but I actually ruined my career and much of my body and life with that choice :(

[@38Fanda]

7:40 lmao the cat

[@petermiller1565]

Hey Alec, you should have added a warning not to take protein consumption advice from Connor Murphy

[@Copeman9999]

I'd actually do programs the way the author intended instead of thinking I knew what was best for me with only a few weeks experience. I'd also squat to depth.

[@EnkiriElite]

Good job man! I have had people who pay me a lot of money only to ignore my advice and it always genuinely confuses me.

[@adriandragomir106]

Lookin saucy in that thumbnail Alec

[@EnkiriElite]

The sauce is the boss!

[@adriandragomir106]

@@EnkiriElite You may have addressed this in an older video, but how come you decided to go up in weight? The reason I'm asking is because I'm a sports and exercise science student and we're being taught that for various athletic endeavors (including sprinting and other track&field sports) it's better to hold a bit more body fat (13-17% range), especially for natural athletes (the theory being that having enough fat will contribute to a healthy amount of testosterone production). How has that impacted your athletic ability, because on the other hand weighing more means more weight to move, which requires more energy and force output?

[@hannibalwantsahuggrande3433]

Biggest mistake of my lifting carrer is......never starting it haha

[@jim7666]

My beginner story: So I used to play baseball back in high school, I was skinny fat & weak, so I couldn’t hit the ball very far or run fast at all. I thought, I need to be stronger & faster, so summer of my sophomore year, I started doing jump ropes, like crazy amounts of jump ropes, and that’s all I did, I got to a point where I was doing 20minutes straight with reasonable intensity, MULTIPLE times per day. By the time school started again, I was definitely lighter & faster, but surprisingly, I was also stronger, I hit my first home run the third day after school reopened, I wasn’t shocked then, but I am now, like how tf did JUMP ROPES make me stronger? Also, I developed Osgood-Shlatter disease, turns out jump roping on concrete is bad for your knees. And while recovering from that, I found Athlean-X🙃🤦🏻‍♂️

[@WideRecievr]

Where’s the OHP at these days? Edit: bro I did the same shit. Pushups and curls every day in high school. Legit thought that and jogging would turn me into a D1 caliber football player

[@EnkiriElite]

Yeah, I wasted some time jogging too lol. Thought it would help my tennis game!

[@EnkiriElite]

I've been doing high reps on ohp so I can't really say. Just went back to Straight bar and did 100lbs for 12,12,12,15 lol so we will see.

[@dblifts8887]

Yup, curls, push ups, chin-ups, sit ups and jogging were all I did back when I was competing in Muay Thai during middle school. 🤣

[@WideRecievr]

@@dblifts8887 if only Joel Seedman was around back then...

[@Dark89Avenger]

Hahahah, I find it kinda funny how I made pretty much the same mistakes when I started training and because of that my beginner phase lasted several years , gaining several nagging injuries along the way :D :D What would I do differently from now : Well, I wouldn't hire anyone, simply because I enjoy finding out and learning stuff by myself, but I would have definitely focused from the very beginning on the big compound lifts and proper progression and building everything else from there. Also eating more. What I am saying is that every beginner needs a Rip in his life :D ...And I strongly emphasize on the "beginner" part.

[@EnkiriElite]

I agree, Rip is great for beginners! Eventually you need to figure out on your own when to move on from him because he doesn't really tell you that himself lol but yeah, most of his "bad advice" is actually "good advice for beginners that has been taken out of context."

[@Dark89Avenger]

@@EnkiriElite Yep. I agree with pretty everything you said. Great content as always btw.

[@DrOrr]

Is doing say 4 sets of 8 reps on my lifts optimal for hypertrophy gains?

[@EnkiriElite]

That kind of depends on the rest of the program, but that's a good start!

[@DrOrr]

@@EnkiriElite I sorta just tweaked the strength program I bought from you, but it’s a 3 day program rather than a 4 day.

[@bigboii1150]

@@DrOrr you lost him at asking such a silly question and then saying you tweaked his program

[@DrOrr]

@@bigboii1150 ? Can I just get an answer I just want to know what’s right for gaining muscle is that too much to ask for?

[@bigboii1150]

@@DrOrr don't modify the program at all if you have to ask such a simple question

[@adam_bbing]

If I could start all over again, I would start training at 18 not 31, and I'd blast tren, test and dbol, cause why not!

[@OnTheEdgex23]

Lmaoo curls get girls was my mantra at 18

[@zaccyo]

hahaahahaaha that Bugez clip!!

[@brainymeathead9206]

Good shit dude!!! Probably the biggest mistake is not tuning in to your channel early on, to get my ass schooled about real training ( through mastering a wide range of skills such as powerlifting, olympic weightlifting, weighted calisthenics and real athletic training ) instead listening to this scumbag with an X on his channel talking about getting abs guaranteed for 22 days

[@dikbashli]

12:35 omg lmao

[@jotr.9786]

F yeah atg is the only way ... it is a squat otherwise it's a half squat or quarter squat.

[@LasTortugasAzules]

Sounds a lot like what I first did when I got into lifting. No back training, no leg training. Just way too much chest and arm work. Oh, and some 10 minute ab workouts too

[@johnsmith7759]

😂 everyone’s the same including me I just used to do curls all kinds of wrist pain all kinds

[@EnkiriElite]

Gotta blast those abs!

[@edwardo2436]

great advice really enjoy your channel A111111111

[@EnkiriElite]

Thanks bro!

[@djseaquist]

#1 Beginner Mistake Breathing out before squatting.

[@bergmanhoffstein801]

What’s going on here

[@EnkiriElite]

Lol how the heck did you find this link 😂 the video is set to unlisted so that I can make sure there are no copyright or monetization issues. I have not put a thumbnail on it yet or finalized the Metadata because I wasn't going to publish it until tomorrow. No one has ever inadvertently found one of my unlisted videos before. I am legitimately super confused lol.

[@uwotm8ty]

Based Bergman

[@grahamsmith3186]

@@uwotm8ty based as fuck

[@tjcogger1974]

Bergen found a glitch in the simulation.

[@bergmanhoffstein801]

@@EnkiriElite guess I’m just a G. But for real I just saw it at the end of the informative fitness content playlist with the name “final draft” and thought “hmm something must be up here”

[@samueltoulmin277]

Cheeky algo

[@Shapathmandal]

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[@dropsetsforeverything6061]

Is he acting like an awkward nerd for show or is this the real him?

[@anrm6]

Views & likes too low for a channel like yours🙁

[@EnkiriElite]

Thanks man!

[@createyourpattern2773]

Algorithm

[@greekfinesser9397]

How are u so tan bro

[@EnkiriElite]

Well, there's this big ball of light in the sky...

[@troycross2858]

Damn dawg, you are making things too complicated. All you need to do is train harder than last time. 🥴🦍🐒