Modern Lessons From Early Bodybuilders

[@NattyLifeYT]

Old School Bodybuilding playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLK7oVKkif-qXRDEob5MKbaT0KEZRe9niu

[@dusandragovic09srb]

Shadow boxing and dancing can "build muscle" 🤣💪🙏 Will is the problem. People are info junkies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWHYmoqtodqBapY

[@GrimDarkHalfOff]

This is literally the healthiest channel on KZbin

[@NattyLifeYT]

Hah thanks bro! :)

[@SilasSeiler]

I have osteoporosis and also fractured 2 vertebrae in an accident, but thru physiotherapy and continuing working out a couple times each week, I feel like I've completely recovered and even surpassed my past self in health and strength.

[@TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

get your testosterone checked....bone loss can be a sign for low t. One of my friends used to get fractures pretty often for small injuries and it turns out he had low t

[@SilasSeiler]

@petahgriffin3132 I have a rare birth disorder called Job Syndrome(Hyper-IGE Syndrome), and the osteoporosis is just a side effect that can develop with my condition.

[@MrStinkels]

How did it happen?

[@SilasSeiler]

@MrStinkels it was a recessive disorder my grandmother had, although it only passed onto my mother but not her older brother. My older sister and I were both born with it. However, it affects our bodies differently. Mine affects my lungs, skin, and bones primarily. I also receive monthly white blood cell transfusions.

[@notacyborg1717]

Awesome job. Hope your continued journey yields even more results

[@Dud-in9iu]

I had severe scoliosis as a child that required I wear a back brace. My doctor told me I was headed for a wheelchair, and the only thing I could do to help prevent that from happening was to start exercising to strengthen my core (abs, lower back, and glutes). I now am an adult in my 30s and haven't need a back brace in 20 years. I work out regularly and even competed in several bodybuilding shows. Bronze era bodybuilders had the right mindset.

[@beyondthefilmfatale145]

I lift six days a week with dumbbells and barbells at home, lots of stretching, yoga on my rest day, and meal prep for the week every weekend. I feel great, am losing weight gradually and am gaining strength. My two cents, the bodies from the bronze era look better and healthier to me than today's bodybuilders. And it was a healthy and holistic approach.

[@rdrrr]

We understand biomechanics better nowadays, so we have a better idea of which exercises are effective and why they're effective. But what we've lost is the connection to health. Bodybuilding now is pure aesthetics - it's ruinous to your health. Worse, the aesthetics modern bodybuilders prize are grotesque to anyone who isn't in the scene. It's basically competitive body dysmorphia.

[@atompunk5575]

I started working out because i was pre diabetic and already had hypertension for being overweight, back in 2013. Had to workout or suffer the consequences which most of my family suffered. Lost 88lbs, lost my asthma in the process, did a 180° in my diet and slowly in one year, lost 88 lbs, and over time, stronger in the past 10 years, i don't ever wanna be fat again

[@NaturalBornWinner-]

💪👍

[@natural-Beast]

This guys where tough as nails, true role models

[@RianneMision]

Thank you! Whenever people in my life think about fitness the first things that come to mind are unfortunately the idea of a fancy gym membership, a personal trainer, diet pills, cumbersome at home equipment, nice athletic wear. A lot of them have struggled just to get started with their fitness journey just because they get so bogged down in all of these details. Thank you for emphasizing that fitness is actually very simple: do something every day and eventually you will be much stronger and have a much better physique. Period.

[@johnreidy2804]

...or even a gym membership that isn't fancy

[@blackman4life]

Having worked out in both fancy hotel gyms and average commercial ones as well as open air places with weight I've come to the conclusion that all the fancy equipment and gym gear is absolutely unnecessary. All one needs imo is their body, willpower and a certain amount of space. A pull up bar and bars for dips would be very beneficial but that's about it. I've seen a lot of military guys and ex convicts who are in phenomenal shape and the majority of their training is calisthenics. Obviously everyone is different but as long as there's a will there's a way.

[@OKOKOKOKOKOKOK-zn2fy]

I started doing calisthenics, rings, kettlebells, dumbbells, Concept 2 rowing, mountain biking, and rice bucket when Covid 19 closed all the gyms. I was lucky I had most of the equipment before the hammer fell. I had lifted weights for years, but I never discovered how much better my body does with higher reps and lighter weights. Something about the volume makes my body respond like it never did for free weights. By the end of the Summer, by legs and back are incredibly strong from all the biking and rowing. I guess I have a bias toward Type 1 muscle fibers and I train the Type 2 fibers when I get exhausted and do sprints to failure. Reps, reps, reps...YES!

[@laza6141]

Exactly.

[@nonymus-un2px]

Your videos inspired me to do one of my school projects abt old school bodybuilding. It's great how you promote early physical culture

[@NattyLifeYT]

That's awesome bro! Send it to me when you're done if you want..

[@nonymus-un2px]

@@NattyLifeYT cool

[@natscrest97]

This channel is truly one of the best not just for fitness but in general on this platform. Thank you so much for these amazing videos!

[@NattyLifeYT]

Many thanks bro! That's kind of you to say

[@larsheuker]

Genetics is just where you start. Good genetics means less work to get where you want to be. BUT anyone can reach a peak physique. Even bad muscle insertions can look amazingly impressive. You will be more impressive then 98% out there even with bad genetics.

[@markbaker4425]

Even if you have terrible genetics if you work hard youll look better than 99% of people because 99% of people dont try. I mean ive only been lifting a year and all my friends say im huge. Im not really.

[@arthurvictor6704]

Your content is so increrdibe and necessary nowdays! Indeed, it IS simple, and is MUCH more than hypertrophy. Bodybuilding has been long gone, for most of the people, as an art of the body.

[@ericsonhazeltine5064]

Well said!

[@Art65483]

As a life-long thin guy I appreciate the content of your channel, and the realistic depictions of what hard work and fitness can look like.

[@fliper7504]

I lost my enthusiasm because of all the rubbish the media sales us. Really appreciate all of your work you put it in. It’s helping me out a lot in my journey.

[@gforceeatingcorrect]

You are dead on… You are the best thing that’s happened to Trainor on the Internet, your precise, your eloquent gracefully and intelligently thank you thank you thank you

[@pkrent3461]

I have been excerising since like 10yrs now and I started with all those clickbaity youtube videos "get shredded now" but after years of lifting I got into IF and beign healthy, this kind of content is perfect for natty lifters, I love this channel... real fitness.

[@ReecePlaysDrums_]

The genetics thing. I was an obese 263lbs, and i suffer from asthma. One day i had had enough, signed myself up for a race,and got myself to work. I got down to 183lbs and came 3rd with a 17:35 5km. If you want it, you can do it

[@sonnyn.7967]

But for real your channel is very inspiring to me. Especially the part of this video where you mentioned that they grew up as sickly children and grew into men with the physiques of Greek gods as I have grown up sick my whole life and have a passion for fitness and bodybuilding

[@TrainingEverydayUntilIDie]

I love this. I laughed out loud at the thought of these early bodybuilders just quitting because they were told they had bad genetics or low testosterone, which proves those claims are just silly excuses to not even try. The last point about not only being big and jacked but strong, functional and aesthetic is also great. Epic video as always Natty Life!

[@leodias3061]

This is probably one of the best fitness vídeos on yt. Agree 100% Actually now having more fancy stuff and science at disposal it's our oblogation to try going even better...

[@NattyLifeYT]

Thanks brother

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

Yes, exercise is free. And effort is the most important ingredient.

[@gregbrown4009]

BRAVO!!! I started weightlifting once I retired and have used your videos to guide me to a rational and sustainable fitness routine. I'm using "just" dumbells, protien powder (along with a well-balanced diet), and Leroy Colberts' philosphy to guide me. At 60 I am making great gains, have great energy and look forward to every workout. No excuses, just lift!

[@thebossbaby7402]

Love this channel and this video shows why. There’s so much to admire about bronze era lifters, and they are really inspiring to me. They didn’t have access to steroids, but they also didn’t have access to modern machines, and probably had limited options when it came to food. Yet they still built amazing physiques and became insanely strong. As someone who has dealt with Anorexia for most of my life, and have been really sickly at points, it’s these bodybuilders I look up to.

[@MrVerno46]

Sound, thoughtful advice! I started lifting weights in 1959 and continue to this very day with enthusiasm. I have a collection of muscle magazines going back to the late 1940's that offered good advise. I to have witnessed the evolution and destructive nature of steroids and was able to avoid that temptation! I enjoy your content....thank you!

[@AtheistNihilist]

Bodybuilding = consistent training + good diet + patience. Now okay there are nuances. But they matter at the margins, not for the middle 80%. For the middle 80% - everything else should be an afterthought, including genetics. Also agree that modern fitness culture values muscle over anything else. That's a sad development - we should value mobility & flexibility just as much. Hopefully there will be an evolution with channels like yours.

[@mikolajakubiec666]

explain why "we" should value mobility and flexibility just as much as size

[@NaturalBornWinner-]

@@mikolajakubiec666 Because mobility and flexibility are important, unless you want to be stiff and rigid and develop injuries, muscle size isn't the be all end all, we need to have a good all round balance.

[@mikolajakubiec666]

@@NaturalBornWinner- "because they are important" Yeah great fucking answer there bud. As for the "stiffness and rigidity" - the vast majority of people don't need any extra stretching or mobilty work to stay injury free. Doing the actual movements is enough to build the mobilty required to do them (what a fucking surprise huh). If you're doing RDLs, you will have good hamstring flexibility. There are 0 real life benefits (for an ordinary person) to having extreme flexibility / mobility.

[@carlosdelsol76]

Genetics dont affect bodybuilding

[@hiruyabebaw7140]

Also not training like a retard

[@alexcordero6672]

I'm 59 and just told a friend that I run 25 to 20 miles a week and do resistance training 4 times a week. I have a crappy diet in that I eat whatever I want and only supplement with creatine. I have nothing against supplements as I feel like I've tried them all and just got nothing out of them. The only thing that seems to work on me is simply more cardio than the average lifter likes to do. Most of all, keep it fun and rest when your body seems to need it. Great video, thanks!!!

[@pogo55555]

I have gotten into a couple of back and forths with people online because I questioned the utility of theorizing so much about people's "genetic limits". It would have been nice to clearly articulate my thoughts in an effective manner. Like you just did. Those were my thoughts. Thank you for presenting them to me in a organized manner. Thou rockest.

[@GrandmasterZen]

Im just about to start my body building journey and get recommended this video .

[@NattyLifeYT]

Best of luck bro! 💪

[@christianbailleul7049]

Bonsoir merci de remettre "les pendules à l'heure". Et en plus vous avez mis mon athlète préféré de l'air de bronze en photo dans votre vidéo le Français Ernest Cadine .J'ai 65 ans et je continue à m'entrainer .Des haltères cours. banc à développer ,Soulevé de terre .Presse. Squat au poids de corps je ne plus mettre de poids sur mes trapèzes, cela compresse trop mes vertèbres.L'été dans la rue en t shirt les gens me demande si je fait de la musculation .Ca fait plaisir .Et oui je peu bomber le torse comme les "jeunes coq" 😁😁.Continuez de faire vos vidéos ca fait du bien à des gens de mon âge de voir des jeunes s'entrainer comme on le faisais avant l'air des stéroïdes.Bonne soirée.

[@jacksonstenger]

This inspired me to start working out again. You seem like a good guy, the world needs more genuine people like you. Thank you for your videos, keep up the great work man

[@OTM-101]

Excellent video thank you for another awesome video

[@Redpillphysique]

This is a very refreshing take man. We've forgotten why we train

[@gur262]

Oh. I had terrible lower back pain as slim even kinda sporty teenager that forced me into the gym. It fixed it. Went through plenty gym breaks till the pain came back. Maxxed out low back and abs machines. Currently deadlifting up to 160kg/350lbs raw and i like the gym now . No backpain at all 9+/10 days. I'm definitely not looking my best but them being sickly kids kinda makes me feel connected.

[@jordibarguno]

Great Video!!! I wish more "fitness influencers" would share this very simple message.

[@richardjeffrey1809]

Great channel excellent content. Old school bodybuilders are the boys.Hard training and dedication pays off.Nice one.

[@johnthompson1437]

i have to admit, that i prefer the old school look more than the mordern day look of body building!

[@Not-Lunar]

I recently got me a chest expander with 6 springs (I even have another 4 laying around). Can barely use 2 rn, when I get to 5-6 springs I'll be JACKED

[@מימוןבןאברהם]

I fully agree on this matter. All I take is just a basic protein powder and black coffee for energy before I go work out. This was a great take as it takes hard work and dedication get in the best shape you can be.

[@nicholaskoenig3106]

So TRUE! What a fantastic reminder. Keep at it, get pumped, eat and sleep well. Gains are comin'.

[@franciswashack89]

You are right, building muscle is indeed very simple, just hard work, consistency, good healthy food.

[@edwardfranklin4152]

Great stuff love hearing about bronze and silver era bodybuilders .. Keep up the good work.

[@poopop5090]

I wish I didn’t listen to people at the gym on training splits. I’m getting way better results from training twice a week than training six days a week. I do legs on Saturday and an upper body workout on Sunday.

[@blackpurple9163]

5:30 I 100% agree with this, finding content for hypertrophy is magnitudes times easier than finding more functional training content because these type of functional movements take much longer time to show any visual effects, but these are the actual movements we need to get strong at You may have a crazy strong bench or deadlift pr, but in practical situations, you don't have a bench or proper flat surfaces to exert your maximum effort/muscular strength. It's better to improve your pushing strength in 10 different angles/movements/exercises if your goal is strength and power and body control

[@mikafoxx2717]

The bioneer is one of my favorites for this. He looks like a superhero but has a great personality and focus on body function.

[@coolvegas69]

Awesome video!

[@NattyLifeYT]

Thanks bro!

[@timothy3993]

Awesome channel

[@Hakk8477]

You've said it all and summed it up perfectly. Thanks for this new video and all your content in general.

[@gavinmoskovitz7391]

Great video man, this is what Arthur Jones was saying in the early 70's its all about the intensity of effort and being consistent long term. Of course your genetics determine your shape and the amount of muscle mass an individual can aquire but we all can improve drastically over time

[@baronmeduse]

Arthur Jones wasn't really saying that. He pretty much set out to make the barbell redundant.

[@c.galindo9639]

Absolutely astounding great video!!! Yes! This is what can benefit anyone with a true passion to not only better themselves but to perfect what has been done but lost over time. Excellent work done here

[@wearetheremnants1615]

Great video .. I eat steak and eggs and lift heavy as I can .. sometimes I can't go as heavy from a hard weeks work so I train less days and maybe go abit lighter.. just doing something is better than not doing it.. also some of the best sessions you have are when you are battling with yourself about even going to workout

[@charkvaror2112]

Thank you for your videos! : )

[@jumbothompson]

Old school bodybuilders were definitely more versatile. Like you said they did a bit of everything. Nowadays everyone just wants to look the part.

[@ralphc1405]

Look at those old gyms--NO benches! All the pressing was done standing. Leg work too. Barbell and dumbbell cleans, presses, snatches were the norm. Works ALL the muscles.

[@edoardodardi57]

Im happy to find this Channel,great,true Content!🔥👍😎

[@BigV24]

Nice to see you uploading more 🙏🏾

[@brandonpotts54]

I lifted to look good for years but missed training for a purpose. I didn't want to compete as a bodybuilder, so I started thinking to myself, "Why am I this big?" I had a lifelong interest in Judo and found a school near my work. As soon as I took my first class, I knew I had to start weight training for function and had never been so excited. It had been over 20 years since I trained for a sport, and it's been the change I needed. Love training for Judo, and it's made my training more fun.

[@ReyShady05]

I have to admit, and I think many others can agree the paralysis by analysis is a giant factor.

[@Phuktup3]

Dude, this video is fantastic, fucking love it! Bro you have no idea, when I saw the Indian body builders from your channel, it set a fire in my soul - I purchased a macebell. I want to be like those guys. The physiques of that era are just on another level. Thank you for making a video about this. Very informative, very inspiring!

[@INSFarms]

Appreciated, keep motivating.

[@toscadonna]

I had asthma very bad as a child, but in the early 80s, the doctor told my parents to put my inhaler on the side of the pool and make me swim. I also worked out with the chest expander, bullworker, 5BX from the Air Force, etc. I ended up playing 2 Division I sports in college and was in the Army. I grew out of the asthma and weakness with lots of hard work. Black pill is stupid and limiting. Life is like a track meet; you’re competing against your own personal record and abilities. It’s your job to develop yourself into the best that God gave you.

[@Starchaser63]

Light weights with multiple reps and sets works for me and my genetics 😊

[@mario8833]

The last point really inspires me. Physical activity is beautiful. It is useful, funciontal, benefic, all those things, but above all is beautiful. Is gives you joy, it's pleasant to watch and to perform and one should explore and cultivate as many skills as he/she can in my opinion. Of course time is not unlikited so you would have to periodize your traininf, and it is something that I' lookinf forward to as soon as I reach certain strenght levels ( particularly squat 2 times bw, bench press 1.5 times bw, 15 clean full rom pull ups to the clavicle)

[@ericsonhazeltine5064]

Well said!

[@jbro128]

Information now is really like a double edged sword like you said. It becomes overwhelming to the point lifters now obssess about training the most 'optimal' way with the most 'science-based' studies, or with top tier equipment rather than training hard and eating enough itself. Bronze Era bodybuilders just worked with what they have regardless of equipment or whatever they could supplement their performance with. It just comes down with training their asses off consistently, pushing themselves to their limits to progress as well as also giving their time to eat enough and rest/recover.

[@mikafoxx2717]

This. I'm trying to do bodyweight full-body exercises every day that I feel good and not sore, getting all the fundamental movements in. Often hear so much about diet and PPL splits and all this.. I just want to be strong, healthy, and capable. Maybe it's not optimal, but it's due better than what most are doing for their health.

[@TOKYEO]

I love the message this sends!

[@chepesantacruz777]

Their muscles just looked so freaking dense its insane. Prob due to the vastly superior nutrition value of their largely unadulterated food.

[@Here4thepain]

Another fantastic piece

[@NaturalBornWinner-]

Great video💪👍

[@NattyLifeYT]

Thanks brother!

[@Goudaisgouda]

Great video, thanks for the inspo.

[@puukkojunkkari5653]

Thanks! Extremely welcome and refreshing insight. We should all learn from history

[@careyolson3446]

Great Vid. True and wise words spoken. A person would do well to heed and apply them...

[@fabfab2991]

Amazing vídeo as always!

[@Unidentifies]

Nice reminder that building a body is very simple not something complicated

[@asperaesthetic]

I love old school training and I started to study training science for this. Old school training is a great deal to start lifting and to get big and strong simultaneously, but today we got incredible gym equipments and machines that can help us a lot in the matter of bodybuilding. Sticking to the principles of hard training and progressing overload it's a must and this is truly what gym members need to understand to get their whished results.

[@nenetovar]

I completely agree with your thoughts. Today we overthink too much

[@mozax8118]

I don't buy his supplements, but I love watching coach greg.

[@Valoric]

Old school bodybuilders never had to live in the modern toxic environment. So don’t say thinking testosterone is irrelevant. We don’t have their luxury of living in a world without plastic, poisoned drinking water, low nutrition foods and nukes. It’s incomparable. We should try to correct low testosterone because it can be a sign of poor health and environmental stress. Agreed with everything else.

[@Rion101-w7r]

Cope. Lifting weights naturally increases testosterone. A few changes in food with the right training routine will improve the body no matter what

[@b4surf928]

Yeah, but at the same levels of this bronze era guys? Like 1.000 or more? I’ve been lifting weight and eating properly for years and everything I got was a 700. I’m talking about quality food and heavy training. I think we as a modern man have the extra job of undo a lot of modern habits such as: poor sleeping schedule, lack of sun exposure, low animal fat diets etc. Those guys, and many more in our days that share a more primitive life style, have their hormone levels maximized naturally.

[@b4surf928]

I think you raised a crucial point. Testosterone is a recent topic because it’s a recent problem. It’s not like we have the same conditions of them. Everything that was simple back then now is complicated.

[@RWAC685]

Those Guys Were Not Ronnie Coleman Big, But They Were The Definition Of Pure Strength. I Would Rather Have A Bronze Era Physique Than Coleman’s Any Day.

[@samarthur1847]

What a great message ❤

[@magnusorestes6364]

Thank you very much.

[@ReyShady05]

Great video

[@thebadgamer1967]

Could not agree more excellent vid

[@MartinHeim-jr5qv]

Thanks a lot for sharing your view. It is so important, that people recognize, that this sport isn't about mass, but quality, also about overall health and most importantly mind-body connection!!! People are caught up deep in the dschungel of fitness methods, that they do not see, what it is essentially about . It is a big help, to especially younger people, to get into touch with a more natural way of living and conducting sports without drugs! All the best🙂

[@atlaspowershrugged]

There seems to be a really strong temptation to look at the Bronze Era and see it as a simpler time where men without modern conveniences made up for it with basic exercises and good old fashioned hard work. While obviously these guys worked hard, I think this take really overlooks the level of skill, sophistication, and creativity that went into their training. They didn't have the same variety of equipment in some cases, but what they did with it! That's a different story all together. No matter how hard working or consistent they were, they would never have been able to build such capabilities with "simple, basic training" as we understand it today. I think there was a lot less agreement on what sort of training was the best at that time than now, when we're all comparing notes on social media, so it isn't as easy to see what the generally agreed upon principles were at that time, but if you look at the training of any of the greats, each individual found something that worked very well for him, and it was rarely "Simple," by today's standards.

[@NattyLifeYT]

Great points! Always love your input bro, thanks for sharing

[@markbaker4425]

There were a lot of bullshitters and salesmen back then too. We only remember the greats

[@rokmin8550]

excellent points! you make a ton of sense but I'm afraid it will fall on deaf ears, or on people who already agree. I'm more boxer than bodybuilder but I like bodybuilding too but sadly there's only yourself and maybe 2 other people I listen to, everything else I've seen out there is just garbage. Maybe I had an advantage, my dad worked for Nautilus and would tell me stories about Arthur Jones and training that to me anyway, made lots of sense. Anyway, great video, have a good day!

[@paulblackwell4073]

Great stuff! interesting and informative.

[@baronmeduse]

Even if people pay some attention to new research, they really need to disregard the idea that they need to be 'updating' their plans all the time as a result. All you need to do is train, eat and sleep well. It may well be that there are some small inefficiencies and better ways of doing things, but the facts is that the core principles haven't altered a great deal. Progressive consistency over time and a sense of reality goes a long way.

[@sonyjumper111]

Thanks needed to hear this :)

[@Wildcat_93]

I love the bronze era. Natural strength for life man!

[@tapanmukherjee338]

Best channel on health

[@dentonthornton241]

I agree cuz im training like this to i gave up the machines and modern bodybuilders know days are for show but no go im prefer this training method method of body building it needs to come back

[@creativetraininghacks]

Great talk! I wholeheartedly agree 👍

[@VijayKumar-dn4pz]

Thank you, bro

[@Billy_MacBilly]

Brilliant video

[@oldnatty61]

Great message!👍

[@gingermuffindrof5984]

Hey Natty Life I wanted to ask if you are still wanting to organize a natural bodybuilding show? Where people compete with healthy body fats and not skeletons

[@LatimusChadimus]

Modern bodybuilding: looking unnatural while being unhealthy&dehydrated, and flexing everything as hard as possible Classic bodybuilding: had to display strength, muscle control, while looking vibrant

[@Pantelifts10]

Exactly. Healthy,strong,fit is the best combo. If you're not healthy inside and out then it's pointless imo.

[@levdar9860]

Good video keep it real my friend

[@matthewmckitrick8592]

Where do you get the pics and paintings? Some of those need to be in my home gym!

[@reynalditoholanda884]

Spot on! I am with you! but I think it's too late!

[@JP-mz8xd]

So very well said!

[@Oldtimenattylife]

Training in this way and living the way they did taught me to be creative, self imposed limitations are now a joke, you can achieve a lot with just the basics.

[@mauro1563]

do you train like hackenschmidt?

[@Oldtimenattylife]

@@mauro1563 just a little bit 😉💪