Overthinking Hypertrophy Training Keeps You SMALL

[@GVS]

THINKING about your training is important. But it does not replace FEELING your training. PLANNING is crucial. But it does not replace PUSHING your training. You cannot outthink a lack of effort and many decisions that you make in the gym will not be based on hard, quantifiable data but rather on instinct and feeling. At heart, I'm a lifting nerd. But you have to learn when to nerd out about lifting, and when to shut that shit off and just crush some iron. There's a balance to be struck here, and I feel like a lot of people are stuck not because of a lack of information, but because they are drowning in it. Hope you like the video! Info that is actually useful and practical, what REALLY matters: Book 1: SWEAT (beginners/intermediates) www.verityfit.com/product-page/sweat Book 2: Ring Training For Hypertrophy (ring enthusiasts) www.verityfit.com/product-page/ring-training-for-hypertrophy Book 3: Resurrecting Your Gains (intermediates/advanced lifters) www.verityfit.com/product-page/resurrecting-your-gains-finding-your-muscle-growth-formula Can check the site for full Tables Of Contents of each book. Appreciate the support!

[@NDPFitness]

Feeling was got me great gains before I tapped into all the available info, after a few months of “worker smarter” I went back to feeling and that’s what always got me better gains. Info on bodybuilding science is nice, but knowledge of your own body and your limits so that you can push past them is what leads to growth💪 Another great vid with awesome advice for those beginning their journeys.

[@TheGodLycan]

the preacher curl study said for distal hypertrophy right? wouldn't that mean that potentially the incline curl could get more proximal hypertrophy considering the stretch is at the shoulder joint connection

[@KenanTurkiye]

Left side of the screen 0:00 dude, good down lighting ! :)

[@Fistukbamba]

I always remind myself that bodybuilding isn’t a rocket science. I used to be overthinking and most of the gains I saw when I just stopped thinking and go with the feeling (only thought about progressive overload).

[@TheTyroofToriyama]

Random but I was like "Damn... GVS probably bigger than Henry Cavill... Then I realized that should be obvious because your channel is about your lifting and you don't just lift to improve your content. Still, he is big af but not 100% proven natty. Be good to make some vids on those guys who are popular atm. Even the ones that aren't known for being huge, like Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Mike B Jordan, C. Ronaldo

[@not-thinking-about-cheating]

"Are you feeling it now Mr Krabs?"

[@Protein-Man]

*cue anime intro*

[@dudeguy7825]

I'm feeling like a total barnacle head

[@davidgray4138]

I have never watched an actual episode but I know this meme! 💯

[@Joe-ui5vi]

Indeed.

[@NDPFitness]

Hey GVS, just wanted to stop by and give my story real quick about gratitude and humility. I’ve lost my ability to go to the gym the last 5 months due to addiction, mental health struggles and being in institutions, the best wisdom I can give is appreciation, I had no idea how much of a blessing it is to be able to go to the gym at all until it was taken away. I never would’ve imagine I’d lose everything so quickly even if you told me a year ago that it’d happen, this was and still is my life, for awhile it’s all I had. I’m finally getting back on my feet now and I can’t wait to rebuild my physique and just go to the gym daily, i broke my collar bone from a seizure on may 4th and that’s the last thing that needs addressing before I can get fully back into it, I want to say thanks GVS for being a part of what’s keeping my passion burning throughout these months even though I haven’t been able to practice much of it, I aspire to start my own channel back up in 6 months or so to do the same for others, you’re really helping people man, you, Alex and Paris have been helping me through this, thanks for everything❤💪

[@GVS]

Glad I could help in any way, and happy to hear the lifting fire is still burning!

[@PowerTree-007]

I've had to work around shoulder injuries. While waiting for it to heal, you've got leg presses, leg extensions, leg curls, abductor/adductor machines, seated calf raises, etc. Anything to work without bugging the shoulder. It makes you feel good about getting back in the gym, and let's face it... you can finally give your lower body the attention it deserves.

[@nasreddinehodja5930]

Don't wait for your collar bone to heal, train legs do squats even without a barbell. That way when your injury is healed you'll have jacked legs and the fire to go back to the gym. Wish you the best my friend.

[@NDPFitness]

@@nasreddinehodja5930 that’s the plan man, I get out of rehab on 20th Ima have to go to planet fitness for a few weeks it’s all I can afford atm but then I’m going to a better gym after funds increase, I’m beyond excited to get back to this and fully embrace the lifestyle again, it’s been awful on my end and nothings coming between me and bodybuilding.

[@rockyevans1584]

​@nasreddinehodja5930 jacked legs from squatting without a barbell? Maybe belt squats I guess, but I can't imagine you could hold dbs for squats or split squats with a broken collarbone

[@xox1592009]

Bruce Lee impression on point

[@GVS]

I've trained my whole life for this moment.

[@Mazer2721]

@@GVSLiving in China gives you the edge.

[@adrielperezcruz6613]

​@@GVSxD hahahaah

[@nickmontanaro9638]

You have the best natural arms on KZbin. Not blowing smoke here. Been following you for years, the guns are truly impressive. Legs also looking real good. Good job.

[@Jumpei-nn2zl]

Limb dominance keepin him bug as hell

[@freelancerAM]

This is the best you've ever looked, not just in terms of physique but your face. You look healthy. Keep this state.

[@GVS]

Thanks man, mini-cut definitely helped. Feel a lot better at 218 than 230. Been running as well.

[@mikakoivisto6504]

​@@GVSthat's crazy you're huge at such a healthy weight.

[@deruneldembal5048]

@@GVSwhat height are you?

[@naitirofanboy4813]

​@@deruneldembal5048IIRC he's 6'3

[@piyushdwivedi7195]

That's why i love BOM's oonga boonga approach.

[@yeehawpartner3893]

What’s the oonga boonga approach?

[@toni6194]

Not beeing able to stop talking in meme references

[@logomarkz]

​@@yeehawpartner3893just smash the weights, then smash the fridge.

[@DenaturedProtein]

Who's BOM

[@DenaturedProtein]

Bald omniman?😂

[@finnianfanning3136]

I needed this video, I’m a huge overthinker. I’m also very impressionable one guy says something I’ll do that then switch it when someone says something else.

[@AlyxFaust]

At this point I think with his work ethic, GVS has found his genetic advantage for muscle building. Guy looks absurd🤣😂 Much love dude! I’ve been following you since 2018-2019.

[@baronmeduse]

Impressive triceps development.

[@andyw732]

Out of this world

[@chrisdotdash5154]

Definitely without a doubt the most real lifting YT channel, you and Alex are the hidden gems and goats of fitness internet.

[@Raao1]

Alex is not natty

[@emmang2010]

They capitalize on people who don't want to think too much and just lift. A little more informed than Sam Sulek but still closer to that side.

[@syed2694]

​@@Raao1lol NGMI

[@user-us4mc7ej3c]

@@emmang2010 tf you talking about him and Alex litterally provide the best lifting advice on this platform

[@emmang2010]

@@user-us4mc7ej3c Heard of RP and Dr Mike? 3dmj? Meno H? Or has GVS done enough hit piece videos on those guys or at least Dr Mike?

[@DarthNoshitam]

I watched a random Athlean-X video yesterday and thought this exact thing. He gave me 7 tips to grow my biceps, but all together they would contribute to like +5% results provided you are training consistently with appropriate intensity 😅

[@RLS_91]

Athlean x Is a snake oil salesman

[@ridafett133]

Been overthinking a lot recently, needed this rn plain and simple - thanks Geoff!

[@ezravall1677]

“We think too much and feel too little” - Henry Adams

[@cdrtej]

Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator

[@swandaley]

I'm glad you brought up "enjoyment" as a factor. You're right. If you don't like your program, you're not going to stick to it. Also, experiential learning is king. I was working on improving on my upper pecs, and what I discovered is that training them twice a week with two different grips (regular and close grip) helped them grow. In six months, I noticed a noteworthy increase while in a cut. This is info I didn't obtain from a YT video.

[@Jdm5299]

The biggest thing people overlook with training that affects all lifters of different spectrums is autoregulation. Whether you're bodybuilder, powerlifter, or strongman, autoregulation will always be a key factor in how and where you take your training.

[@---------------1]

Could you elaborate? What does auto regulation mean in this context?

[@Jdm5299]

@---------------1 it's essentially basing your program and progression off how you feel. If you're doing a certain weight on a bench in your program, but you're not feeling it, lower the weight, maybe up the reps, and you'll still get a good workout.

[@Artproject9087]

@@Jdm5299 so basically auto regulation is if I feel not at my best that day I need to change something?

[@Jdm5299]

​@leomord9811 if you're not feeling the weight or reps, or you're feeling beat up, lower the weight, up the reps. Or do a similar exercise that feels less strenuating

[@Sparksnorthern]

Segment on finding your path has resonated so much and why I'm a fan. Go in, push to your limits and see how it goes. I've nearly doubled my chest volume and now I'm getting pr's

[@footylad21]

Great timing, such great advice, I had just unsubscribed from 15 different bodybuilding channels... Except yours😂 ok and a couple of others! I got fed up of watching videos where one study contradicts another one from two weeks ago. Or how they're saying the same thing in different ways to make a "new" video. Thank you for being straight with us.

[@GVS]

At least keep a few others yea, I don't want people having me as their only source, best to get a well rounded picture of training!

[@cdrtej]

Drop 15 and you still have channels? If you take enough opinions they'll cancel each other and average to zero

[@nicoladiiusto328]

@@GVSsorry according to you is effective to do weighted dips and pull ups x3 each week? I just have a dip station/ pull up bar and some plate

[@AlexanderRodriguez-lm1qw]

Bro adding in the bachelor edit. I love that shit

[@nightwoIf94]

I'm feel, I'm very feel

[@panic_diver]

Everytime i hear you talk, i can feel a fellow natty talking. Now i am not nearly as big as you but the way you workout and talk about stuff and lifting philosophy aligns with what i have learned over the years. I see all these enhanced lifters at my gym who come in do some quick movements for 30-45 mins where i dont even see them struggling and they keep getting massive, now most of these guys are in their early 20s, still in college and they already have a physique of a peak natty who has been training for 15 years, some are already looking like something you cant achieve naturally. Natural vs enhanced lifting is a completely different ball game. When you dont have roid infused blood to stimulate growth, you gotta provide all that stimulus yourself and that means training to failure, beyond failure with partitial reps to keep the burn going, adjusting rep range and angles, whatever works for your body proportions so that you feel that target muscle being hammered. I dont feel inspired by all these these enhanced lifters cause they are playing a different game but you are an inspirition, along with Alex, NH, bb, Scott and a few other real natties on youtube. Keep going brother.

[@night_traffic]

Bro come on...this dude is not natty 😂

[@therippedemon]

My best progress over the years has always been through feel and not through overly technical details or science.

[@Kyle111]

This is probably my favorite fitness related channel. (You or Shethar training )I’ve been watching for a few years and appreciate how you continue to learn and change your opinions and methods. I definitely consume more lifting content than I need. Just wanted to say thanks for your videos and advice.

[@GVS]

Sam is great! Watch his stuff regularly.

[@alessioNY]

Much needed content. " optimal form science based" cult like followers out of control.

[@JariSatta]

李小龍 What Bruce meant was simplify. More accurately; don't escape the process.

[@liefacts3000]

Hearing iliac pulldown twice within a week give me tingles.

[@mikakoivisto6504]

Training hard makes me hard

[@FitOneswithVarun]

12:02 LMFAO, this needs go in the next editing supercut video. Also the great thing about this topic is that wisdom as opposed to intelligence (gathering of information) can more practically be used in other aspects of your life, learning autoregulation in lifting is a skill that can be applied across the board

[@tmac2368]

As a chronic overthinker, this video was amazing to watch

[@bambostarla6259]

Hi geoff, I agree with you wholeheartedly. When I was a beginner, you tend to follow a lot of information and overall you dont really have the experience to judge how you go about things. The pendulum swinging between different schools of thought also doesnt help! After surgery at the end of 2023 I decided to give old school silver era full body (including calves and rear delts) training a go, and I love this training style! 3x a week gives me time to recover well and avoid doms (which really helps for my work). I used to do push pull legs as a beginner but when I hit intermediate I moved to upper lower 4x a week, and then a 5 day split (upper lower, rest, chest/back, shoulders/arms,legs, rest repeat). But full body just feels right, and I forsee training this way for a long time. I started training in october 2021

[@joecowan3719]

Use your brain to plan before you enter the gym, once inside, use your body exclusively.

[@MichaelKrick-hn2tu]

My 53rd summer of training, I would pick this guy for overall content for naturals to follow quite good in all aspects, I had many good sources along the way, Iron man mag, (Perry Rader), Robert Kennedys Magazine, Individuals like Vince Gironda, Bruce Randell, Could go on and on , but point is this is good content for knowledge, about this simple yet very complex subject , HAPPY training to all through the years !

[@mlampert7676]

Just wanted to say thanks for your book. I hit a major plateau and your lazy man’s workout is kicking my butt. I’m finally going up in weight and realized I wasn’t pushing myself hard enough.

[@GVS]

Glad it's helped!

[@robelbelay4065]

Great video, couldn't agree more. Over optimization can actually be discouraging and really just overcomplication in disguise

[@joshuaswilling9428]

thanks for showing what training to failure looks like so relatable

[@beardyben7848]

Age is a factor, but always challenge some goal physically. Take your "Iron Pills" kids! Mid 40's but low training age. I am careful and resting, but I am also programming and pushing. Lift to live! If I get tired of hypertrophy for looks, I will push strength progression. When I live long enough to be fighting slow decline, I will seek progression on coordination and grace. If I get laid up or lose major function I will do muscle control and yoga and meditate. Point is (besides old man yells at sky)Always work towards something. Also, Thanks GVS. You always inspire.

[@Aveorl]

The channel is a gold mine.🗿🥂

[@leonkennedy9739]

The squat rant hit me deep. Just getting out of that problem. I started just practicing the movement more. found out my knees and spine dont like me squatting atg instead parralel just feels healthier for me. Just felt it out now my knees suck less.

[@user-he4ef9br7z]

You probably damaged your knees earlier. ATG shouldn't bother your knees IF they are healthy. And most people just coddle their spine too much.

[@scorchrp6871]

Do what feels right for your body and goals. I don't care about going atg or hitting powerlifting standards of parallel. (I personally go to about 90° at the knee) You're on the right track. Keep discovering what you want and what works for you.

[@GodmyX]

Haven't watched any of your videos in a few months, but let me say just right off the bat, while seeing your posing in the mirror, if you have still stayed natural to this day (and I quite trust into your honesty that unless you would inform your viewers otherwise [and I haven't heard of it] that you really did) that you are insanely huge! Congratulations. I remember you years ago pondering on your channel whether you should finally give a try to some juicing or not, but now, honestly, looking at your physique, the question really is "why to fuck one's health and hormones when one looks so phenomenal already" :) Again, great job!

[@user-he4ef9br7z]

I feel like lifters are prone to overthinking because people get into lifting because of the monotonous, discipline aspect of it. Sports training is very different day to day but for hypertrophy it's the same AxB reps of the same movement weekly, along with tracking everything. That's the whole appeal.

[@PowerMaze]

You're right that working hard and being consistent aren't sexy topics but they are definitely the most important in my experience. People get too caught up in the weeds.

[@louisgworld]

"Show me the studies!" Pencil necks vs "It just feels right" weight heavers

[@marcodragneel8035]

Thats some horsecockery right there

[@kamo7293]

"um ackshually" vs "actually"

[@Mmmmchocolate]

Dude, just realized how awesome your tricep insertions are. Short tendons!! Damn!

[@Sheo.G]

I get so caught up in the feels that I legit forget what rep I'm on, usually happens around rep 8 for some reason. So frustrating.

[@mikakoivisto6504]

Yeah. I had 100 gigs of videos when I used to film myself in my homegym just so I can check my reps.

[@Nando_lifts2021]

Thanks for all of your content. It has been instrumental in earning my gainz. Being a little tired and still going to the gym moving around warming up seeing what is recovered and working it has been transformational

[@SaiRam-bm4mp]

This is a really important video, perhaps something unique to GVS, bringing up the aspects that are actually key for making progress. Your books helped me to make significant progress over last couple of years. Thank you good sir!

[@tomlazoriksuccessfitness]

The teased wisdom video is here! Good stuff, brother. Looking forward to the upcoming Ronnie vid

[@Shirou-s5m]

This channel give so much wisdom

[@Realhater1352]

Crazy how much bigger you have gotten bro 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿

[@pricklypear6298]

Propositional: Knowing X has more EMG activation than Y Procedural: Knowing how to physically do X and Y exercises Perspectival: Knowing Y gets more results than X Participatory: Knowing what it feels like to do X and Y exercise Credit to Dr. John Vervaeke

[@elysiummaybee]

GVS, you inspired me to train so hard in the gym and I have massive gains from it(I already train to failure but it wasn't enough)

[@Artproject9087]

Yeahh beyond failure baby definitely my arms has been my strong point following GVS footsteps

[@elysiummaybee]

@@Artproject9087 My arms are 16inches in my first two years of training because I hit arms Isolation like GVS did. Beyong failure, high reps, moderate to high sets and having a day dedicate to arms

[@Artproject9087]

@@elysiummaybee niceee same bro I'm still in my first year training too but not 16 inch yet only 15

[@Artproject9087]

The gains is just started

[@oddmanout7755]

Looking, sick, thick, ripped, stacked and jacked!

[@godlevelcoach6669]

PEDS will do that!

[@taiiiz3969]

🤡​@@godlevelcoach6669

[@garrettbaratheon567]

@@godlevelcoach6669stop it

[@GVS]

@@godlevelcoach6669 still natural (godlevelcoach, LOL!)

[@ChromaticArts-733]

Just on time man, thank you

[@LSwizzle3]

was so confused to see gvs doing half reps then i remembered his lengthened partial challenge that hes doing (excited for the video on that)

[@ImReadyD151]

I fell into this off and on for probably 8-10 years. I start and stop going to the gym because I kept overthinking everything. Just now getting through it

[@Lao-Lin]

0:04 Bro come on, your triceps need their own zip code by now

[@rockyevans1584]

Haha they're absurd in the best way

[@mikakoivisto6504]

Bro's arms have arms that have arms

[@Simran-sl9lx]

Steroids will do that

[@heyitsmort7744]

Your work never fails to inspire. Thanks for everything dawg!

[@scottvasnik]

“I know what the fake natties would say. And it would sound like wisdom but for the warning in my heart.”

[@godlevelcoach6669]

GVS is literally the fakest of fake natties you clown

[@spencerschubert5001]

LOTR

[@chonkeboi]

@@godlevelcoach6669nah

[@brianbachmeier34]

We're all gonna make it brahs 💪

[@ArizonaGrapeade]

You are officially half natty status. Grats bro! 🎉🎉🎉

[@kreejahdulip3292]

Bro....u r so fkn cool as..easily my gym bro....genuine, great sense of humour , relatable ..I appreciate your work and articulating ur wisdom to us...thank you brother 🙏🙏

[@GospelFire]

Hyperfocus on niche movements is one facet of the enshittification of youtube fitness I guess

[@1729krish]

Dude, been following you for years. You are massive now man. Awesome gains

[@majin-vegeta90]

Being a serious lifter will require you to navigate your own obstacles and pay attention to your body in many ways. That takes time to get good at. Until I developed those skills, information on KZbin was all I had. It served me well considering I was so new. Eventually you need to stay your own course and be in tune with your own body

[@CollaredConsulting]

Eat. Lift. Lift more. Eat more.

[@kamo7293]

sleep more. recover more. lift more. eat more

[@taylorhillard4868]

Instructions unclear. My 600lb life is on the phone and says I'm overqualified

[@abcdefg-ox6mu]

Why do people comment stuff like this? Look buddy if you’re still struggling to lift and eat maybe this video is a bit too complicated for you

[@CollaredConsulting]

@@abcdefg-ox6mu You sound like a guy who must be fun at parties … or would be if anyone ever invited you to one 🥲

[@abcdefg-ox6mu]

@@CollaredConsulting ur a boomer who doesn’t know their arm from their shoulder. why are u even watching this video, get outta here

[@ryanhailey401]

The concept that there is a "perfect technique" for an exercise is one of the greatest travesties in the fitness industry. From people thinking they are going to get terribly injured or just straight up not make any progress because their spine angle got a little too horizontal on the last rep of a squat set. Finding your own form is crucial

[@glassofwater281]

I follow "If it works it works" and I'm making solid progress

[@plyzogyz]

you are becoming the fitness goat god damn BEAST

[@sub842]

Lmao the "small Guy" in your thumbnail is still huge 😂

[@scottvasnik]

🤣 I’m working hard to be that small one day!

[@papaspaulding]

Ive been saying this for years, too many people train 'too' smart, as opposed to training hard. It's is subsequently always the people I see in the gym talking about training using the optimal science based techniques based on X,Y,Z etc who are also the smallest, they look the same they did 2-3 years ago. Im grateful I started lifting in a time where it was much simpler where mottos such as 'no pain no gain' were prevalent and I learned via hard work and trial and error what works for me and what doesn't. I have learned over the years i can be easily influenced by what I read at times in wanting to progress so im glad I started lifting before the internet. Even the science the more you follow such near always comes back to "maybe the bros were onto something" lol

[@AbhishekSingh-ip3xe]

The only optimal routine is the one you are able to consistently follow.

[@JPstudart10]

Hey Geoffrey, can you talk more about your hiit cardio routine?

[@BigV24]

👀 I can imagine GVS would be a machine

[@lucaslouzada44]

It’s really funny how people deem a certain exercise as “easy” or “hard” as though intensity had anything to do with the movement, not the relative effort. Bulgarian split squats with body weight and crossfit pull-ups is piece of cake. There’ll always be excuses not to jump in cold water…even if it isn’t cold…

[@enduplosttt]

Bro your biceps are insane

[@Aveorl]

Love your lifting philosophy man❤

[@MarkChlenov]

Yeah feels are important. I was thinking if my curling technique is somewhat off or that I'm doing too much of them but it turned out my forearm bones really are different due to an undiscovered injury when I was like 14. So now I know i can only curl with 45° angle and there's only 1 piece of equipment that allows me do that in my gym - v-bar cable attachment

[@MarkChlenov]

My experience is only 1 year though so I can still be wrong

[@Marrmarrin]

video quality has gotten significantly better

[@Nando_lifts2021]

Your triceps look like those shins and ankles plauged with edema from the back. Sick growth my man. I hope you dont take that as backhanded

[@DevilsRejection]

I can not count the number of leg days I've had where I'll load up what should be a working set, I unrack the bar, and simply based on how the weight feels on my back I'll put that shit right back on the rack and go nope!

[@trentenmerrill5239]

I still think your one of the uncrowned champions of natural bodybuilding... Because I actually believe your a lifetime natural. That combined with your height, mass, and how shredded down you can get... Your truly dedicated to your craft and you do try to give back... Which matters more than your accolades and accomplishments in the gym. It's all about the aesthetics when it comes to bodybuilding and you got that shit down.

[@MatthewSFryar]

Hey Geoff you’ve been my go to for all my natty lifting advice been a nice balance in this era of fitness content of overly optimized bs

[@wethepeopleoftheunitedstat8091]

great vid. discovered you recently and your takes are always on point and nuanced, keep it up

[@J0shua2326]

Honestly the paralysis by analysis is so big these days. So much conflicting information, people demonising old school exercises but still do hinges and dumbbell work, hard core people saying stick to the basics then inventing new wild curl variations, all this crap about how much volume to do, if you’re doing above ‘X’ sets per muscle it’s too much yet you’re progressing every set every week, people saying a certain exercise doesn’t train ‘that muscle’ yet it’s growing that muscle on you hugely. It’s just too draining these days. KZbin and social media science has ruined training to a degree

[@smartsfitness]

From my experience, going to failure and leaving 1-3 reps in reserve produce the same results as going to failure as long as you are using progressive overload overtime 👌💪 You will hit failure sometimes as you lift heavier weights but you won't need to chase failure every time you train 💪

[@sebk174]

Absolutely. Training always to failure is way too much stress for your whole body and ages you much faster.

[@Eniovrolix]

Depends on the lift for compounds like squats rdls bench yes but for curls or extensions you can really go beyond failure

[@smartsfitness]

@@Eniovrolix not really needed to go beyond failure if you go from 15kg dumbell curls for 8 reps to 20kg dumbell curls for 8 reps and never go to failure you will still have bigger arms 💯 I'm not anti failure training and the last exercise and last set you can go all out and see what your max reps to failure with a given weight is but going to failure will never beat progressive overload for making gains as a natural lifter 💪

[@krokodilvomnil5327]

Dude you got huge

[@Christopher-ko9op]

Hey Geoffrey! You've been featured in Josh Bret's latest video, very near the start! Such a high quality of content from him.

[@GVS]

Yep great stuff from him as always!

[@Christopher-ko9op]

@@GVS that's good, Geoffrey! You're getting the recognition you absolutely deserve! I've been watching your channel for a few months and it's helped immensely! It must be weird though getting that recognition and being an "influencer" but you've earned it and I think you deserve it, I said that already but I'm saying it again!

[@Jspec1983]

Think in between sets, feel the muscle during the set.

[@NuclearAnNoahlation]

Lateral raises in a stretched position really upped my growth but the lateral raise machine with the peak contraction focus hammers delts sore for 3 days at least with two thirds of the weight and even less reps. I think what is really missed a lot is that you can feel peak contraction movements by a F*CKTON, thereby strengthening MMC. What's a stretched exercise worth if i don't hit what I wanna target in the first place? What I do for back e.g: First exercise(3 sets) for a bigger muscle group very strict form very controlled slow eccentric, second exercise(3 stets)still fairly strict fairly slow but progressively less so and last exercise(2 sets) lots of oompf, multi joint movement so i can really really squeeze out the last few reps by using my arms as support

[@Pandora234able]

It’s a lot more fun making up your own program…within the confines of being safe and consistent with technique lol. You quickly know what will and won’t work when you just start.

[@Hebra1]

new geoff video and new $B album, today we balling

[@georgi_fps]

Science beginner: "What's this exercise you're doing? I've never seen studies or videos about it." Advanced giga chad: "Idk, I made it up."

[@Fitsuuu]

Regarding injuries, back when I hyper focused on form I’d injure myself all the time, ever since I just feel the lift and move how my body wants to move. I’ve not had a single injury in 2 years

[@Artproject9087]

Real our body is different, so our best most optimal form is different too

[@palmenable]

gr8 vid! damn RDLs get's me cooked after 2 sets, but still manage to keep my CNS fresh.

[@LD.lifts1]

It used to get me a lot when I started lifting I would hear some advice for an exercise, try it out and it would just be awkward as hell for my build. N=1 as you always say Geoff, gotta find what works for you through experience in doing the thing

[@stevewithington7640]

I wish I'd seen something like this when I was starting out.

[@AjayaKrishnaJampana]

Great video, a breath of fresh air. Thanks.

[@BakirTorkman]

Overthinking comes a lot on focusing too much on how the exercise LOOKS. Instead of how it FEELS. Exercise technique is pretty individual past the basics so throw the technique cyborg out the window and get groovy with it.

[@kristiyandinev9629]

The triceps are looking unreal

[@SuperCuriouss]

Totally agree. After each set, if i don't break down and want to audibly CRY then 'm not giving it my all. Simple... sure i know when I'm holding back, when my body warns that I might need an ambulance. But, Gen X here. So... just leave me to my torture sessions thank you 🙂

[@Brewbug]

Nice one. Good points man.

[@onlybrandondyer]

Its a lot like a golfer watching swing videos on the way to the golf course

[@vojtechtax9723]

What's (currently) keeping most people small is time. The rate of growth while training naturally is simply slow, slower than most people think. You will simply not be huge and jacked after a year of working out, even if you do things reasonably well. This is what often leads to erratic changes in programs and diet and thus ven more diminished results. It is necessary to simply be consistent, even on a program that isnt 100% optimal (whatever that means)