117: Lyle McDonald - The Generic Bulking Routine Part 1

[@Cary_Shultz]

Steve, much respect, man! What I do not understand is how you have only 13,000 subscribers. You have one of THE BEST channels out there. Period! Anyway, enjoy your interviews. Always top notch folks with top notch discussions | conversations (and make no mistake, these are conversations....). Keep on, keeping on!

[@ReviveStronger]

Cary, thanks a tonne. It always means the world to hear this. Don't get me wrong, we'd love to have millions of subscribers but as long as people find value in what we're putting out and we can help in some kind of way, that's worth more than thousands of entertainment kiddos. - Coach Pascal

[@ReviveStronger]

Timestamps: 01:16 Lyle starts with talking about how he got into creating The Generic Bulking Routine 05:46 Lyle talks about labelling lifting status 07:49 Furthermore Lyle describes how he defines beginner, intermediate & advanced 11:12 Lyle explains what he means with "Productive Training" 26:18 Lyle's opinion on adding weight to the bar as a necessity for progressive overload 30:01 Lyle shares his thoughts on functional overreaching 42:46 Lyle take on junk volume

[@visheshdeepgautam]

This is GOLD. Absolute Gold! 👏🏽

[@DragonballG.]

50:30 to 51:20 is single best piece of advice to give to any lifter.

[@ReviveStronger]

Happy to hear you liked it! - Pascal

[@mattmarceau8156]

Lyle nails it. This is the stuff Dante has talked about forever. Find the right exercises for you that are creating the most tension - exercises you can really feel stressing the muscle, and then get progressive with it.

[@ReviveStronger]

Dante was a pioneer in his field - Coach Pascal

[@DragonballG.]

Revive Stronger - The best guests and collabs, covering both the most important and most contemporary subject matter, getting the absolute most out of every single guests. The guests often deliver more salient and focused information than in their own platforms, thanks largely to your informed questioning. You bring so much enthusiasm out of them, too. As always, fantastic work.

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks a lot for the support! - Pascal

[@EmilWestrum]

Timestamps fixed: 00:00 - 01:00:15 Lyle talks.

[@ReviveStronger]

Looool, hehe

[@boxerfencer]

Finally took up my request to interview Lyle over his GBR. I thought you guys were never going to this!

[@ReviveStronger]

And the best part about it, a second part is coming as well ;) (psst: 122) - Coach Pascal

[@behzadaziz7229]

The audio is fine. Thanks for the interview.

[@ReviveStronger]

We're always striving for the best quality but this time, we had no control over it and still wanted to give the footage to you - Coach Pascal

[@Postermaestro]

31:37 that superhuman speed, def not natural

[@ReviveStronger]

Yeah, I was just like....wut?! - Coach Pascal

[@ALCAPONEGANGSTABITCH]

600mg

[@drak3y]

@@ALCAPONEGANGSTABITCH ED

[@ukulayme2]

I've been lifting for 3 years, but I'm still a beginner due to injuries and lack of focus. For that reason, I really appreciate this episode.

[@ReviveStronger]

Sorry to hear mate! Anyway, hope you're able to progress well! - Coach Pascal

[@JpSceadugenga]

Nice! Please talk about exercise selection in part 2!

[@ReviveStronger]

Shit, I can't remember what he's going to talk about in part 2...so much info - Coach Pascal

[@boxerfencer]

Awesome! There's so much there that I had to pause and go back severas times.

[@ReviveStronger]

You again ;P - Coach Pascal

[@The10Daniel10]

Wasn't expecting this at all! Fantastic episode, can't wait for part II!

[@ReviveStronger]

And there's even more to come buddy. And oi, changed your profile pic ;P - Coach Pascal

[@The10Daniel10]

I'm so excited! and thank you for noticing the picture haha, I figured it time to mach it up with my recent instagram photos lol

[@yangbo5615]

Lyle = GOAT

[@ReviveStronger]

Meeeeeh (< this is me trying to sound like a goat) - Coach Pascal

[@MeleDrummer]

Very high quality content! I really appreciate Lyle's input here, he's a deep thinker and he is very critical, which is great. I would love to see him expand upon "volume is king" and the mechanisms of hypertrophy. BTW Steve is looking Jacked and Tan!! Cheers!

[@ReviveStronger]

MDrummer, as always happy to see you around - Coach Pascal

[@boxerfencer]

34:42 Bryan Haycock's idea behind HST is mentioned, and again at 41:00 41:30 Why volume is not king, and why frequency is better

[@icejumperke]

Lyle shaved his beard?! 😱 Way better this way 👌

[@whitegatorade6209]

That stache he use to rock was fire though

[@ReviveStronger]

I liked the GOAT look ;) - Coach Pascal

[@sacheta01]

gayyyyyyy

[@rulesyaface]

My greatest regret in my training career, short of injuries, is following this program for many unproductive years. That said, this was well before I became familiar with the principles behind resistance training so I have no one to blame but myself. My chief critique is that the volume is much too low for a hypertrophy program, unless perhaps the trainee is a very fast twitch dominant "intermediate." Secondly, the directive of only increasing load once rep performance improves, very likely leads to under training if the goal is hypertrophy. Nevertheless, thanks for the interview Steve. You are the best in the biz at assembling the greatest minds in the field of gainz acquisition.

[@ReviveStronger]

Sure, that's the biggest downside of generic programmes, it's not individual at all. For some it's too much, for some too little. - Coach Pascal

[@deividc]

Thank you very much, great questions... Amazing answers

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks a lot deivid! - Pascal

[@shawnrampton2749]

I could listen to Lyle talk forever lol

[@howmuchcanyabench3456]

Why the heck does Lyle look like the dad in American Pie

[@ReviveStronger]

Lol, that is actually somehow true^^ - Coach Pascal

[@Huntraain]

For me, his program was a great springboard to apply programming principles such as MRV, MEV, etc.

[@JpSceadugenga]

How so?

[@Huntraain]

João Pedro de Aquino After running the program long enough to develop realistic expectations about the progress you can make on it, just manipulating the sets over time and, figuring out how much volume you can preform, allows you to keep track of “Okay so last time I ran this program I started off with this many sets of this and ended with that many. However, I could have done more, so I’ll start with more sets and add two more sets at week two.” or also “Okay, so this many sets of this exercise burns me out, I’ll start with the same number of sets next time, but only add one more set every other week”. Stuff like that.

[@ReviveStronger]

I'd have loved to have such a great programme at hand when I started. I'd saved so much time :) - Coach Pascal

[@kalvincalvert]

Awesome.

[@Christopher.dahl_]

Fuck that was brilliant! Can't wait for the second part

[@ReviveStronger]

Coming soon buddy! - Coach Pascal

[@Siegbert85]

What an answer to "how are you?" 🤯

[@McMeatBag]

Lyle vs Mike Israetel debate podcast when?

[@ReviveStronger]

Lyle, Borge, Mike & Brad - Coach Pascal

[@StevenMartinGuitar]

Is Lyle secretly The Flash?

[@ReviveStronger]

That could very well be the case. As we know, there are many speedsters out there - Coach Pascal

[@berrysliwa1]

Perfect!

[@ReviveStronger]

Yeah buddy - Coach Pascal

[@mohammadsalah6848]

Anyone tried this routine ? Is it good ? Any pros and cons for it ?

[@ReviveStronger]

Never tried it myself but the principles are in check - Pascal

[@whitegatorade6209]

Tell Lyle to get a better camera and mic for part 2 haha

[@whitegatorade6209]

Just kidddddinn

[@ReviveStronger]

We would, but unfortunately part 1&2 has been recorded in one sitting ;P - Coach Pascal

[@wtpiep82]

Please get Dante Trudel on the podcast

[@ReviveStronger]

What for? - Coach Jess

[@wtpiep82]

@@ReviveStronger because be has interesting ideas on bulking, training to failure, health. Plus he never does interviews and you obviously have big names in the industry on your channel quite regularly.

[@gamerchristina1079]

💪💪❤️❤️‼️

[@ReviveStronger]

Thank you! - Coach Jess

[@jrodgers211]

I’ve read that it is recommended to have atleast 6 months lifting experience before starting this. I am not completely new to lifting, however I haven’t lifted since weight training in high school and maybe 6 months after high school, which has been quite a few years. (This routine is very similar to schools weight routine). Is it wise to jump into this or maybe another program

[@ReviveStronger]

It covers all the fundamental principles, so, I'd assume a beginner can do this as well - Pascal

[@hak019910]

Y training routine has enough volume 15+ sets for each muscles group per week and i feel my body can handle it I did not feel deep pain or something but the problem is i am not getting stronger ! Iam less than 2 years of experience

[@ReviveStronger]

Things I'd take a look at: - Nutrition - Recovery/stress/fatigue management - Technique - Coach Pascal

[@IvanToman]

Why not slighly better quality (at least audio) for such valuable contents? :(

[@ReviveStronger]

I guess you haven't read the description then - Coach Pascal

[@IvanToman]

Indeed, I haven't. Keep good work!

[@ReviveStronger]

;P

[@petrosnazos2385]

OMG! In before like!!!

[@ReviveStronger]

Whoop whoop! - Coach Pascal

[@cyberpumpdotcom]

All one has to do is run the numbers with respect to adding weight to the bar. It's just not feasible. For example, if you have a trainee who is bench pressing 200x10 and add a "measly" 2lbs to the bar each week, they would end up at 304x10 in a years time. Uh, no. Not likely unless they were a total beginner who had not lifted weights and that was their out of the gate performance. And, 304x10 drug-free would be someone with superior genetics as well to boot.

[@ReviveStronger]

Yeah, my argument for years. No matter how hard you're trying, when you're getting advanced, the timeframe in which you can progress via load becomes longer and longer and you'll have to start implementing other tools. - Coach Pascal

[@petemayes1940]

@@ReviveStronger this is when stuart mcroberts "little Gems " come into their own , basically washers added to the bar weekly , I have 60g and 100g discs

[@LDacic]

Pretty ballsy uploading this slideshow of a video..

[@smarttrainingnutrition1046]

Are the big natural bodybuilders big because they got strong or really is it not they are strong cause they are big. Case point Omar Isuf is strong but not as big as David Kanye, Nathan Williams or Richard Gordzecki

[@ReviveStronger]

I think, relative to their size, they are decently strong but usually not crazy. That being said, I think the ones who are getting huge have the genetic predisposition of getting strong and big and both drive each other to an extent. - Coach Pascal

[@smarttrainingnutrition1046]

@@ReviveStronger Agreed, I think everyone should be aiming to add load to the bar over time but telling people to forget volume and focus on adding weight to the bar doesn't jive with me. I started off with strength training and it didn't make me huge and when I last ran a pure strength program and was at my strongest, I wasn't huge. In fact I have more muscle now than then. Similarly there are a lot of young guys at my gym out lifting me on Squats and deads but I see them doing little else and as a result are a lot smaller than me. You can't add weight every week indefinitely and being too focused on adding weight to the bar can lead to volume coming down to facilitate at the detriment of hypertrophy. I usually look to use double or triple progression when you can't just add 2.5kg to a lift the next week.

[@ReviveStronger]

All agreed on :)

[@LarryShipeWorld]

Steve looks sleepy af 😆

[@or8t]

Volume is key... Progressive overload is the lock.

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

Looks like Lyle is bulking himself! lol

[@ReviveStronger]

With that beard, you can do everything - Coach Pascal

[@ReviveStronger]

Oh wait, it's all gone!