The Most Important Video I’ve Ever Made on Building Muscle

[@MattFlyFisher]

I know I've said it many times since finding your content but ill say it again; man am I so glad I've found your channel!

[@lukeydukey20]

A Joe and JP team up would be insane! The best of the best.

[@ReEeZ08]

Honestly I love this channel. I think one thing that’ll be a huge hit is live q&a’s. I’d love to see things answered that everyone has questions about.

[@BrendanTietz]

This is such a good video and unfortunately will go largely unnoticed :/ not from anything you’re doing wrong but from our fitness culture. I agree with the ideas here so much

[@ricks1502]

If there has been any silver lining to covid and gym lockdowns it has been using the extra time to watch youtube and finding guys like you and channels like this to get clarity. Progressive overload. Tax the muscle with time under tension. Get your nutrition right. Get plenty of rest. Build that mind-muscle connection. The basics. From there, I've found it's fine tuning by finding someone, whether a trainer at the gym or watching channels like this, who can explain the proper exercise properly performed to give optimal results. Thanks.

[@draKuMaximus]

I found your channel like one month ago, and since then I'm consuming your content non stop, also my workouts have been better since I've applied all the information that you spread!! THX COACH!

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Awesome! 👊🙏🙏🙏

[@qhaisosman6380]

JOE, THANKYOU FOR SAYING EVERYTHING EVERYONE DOSNT HAVE THE BALLS TO TALK ABOUT. YOU ARE A GOD AMOUNG MEN.

[@phil5037]

I appreciate everything you’ve said in this video. People always ask the wrong questions. The path of bodybuilding is simple but difficult to adhere to.

[@bigpicturegains]

Hmm I suspected some level of clickbait, but this is real talk with real hard truths. Extremely well said! The part about enduring pain & discomfort over years to achieve great results is so true. I think many are afraid to say it because they don’t want people to injure themselves. It’s a fact that can’t be ignored though, we are pushing human physiology beyond its comfort zone to create adaptations.

[@alanfeuer6337]

Consistent Nutrition, H2O, and Sleep ( 8 hr straight per night!) has been the key for me. Cardio has helped while adhering and logging what have accomplished in the gym. I have been switched between push, pull and legs and chest-Legs- Shoulders-Arms-Back. Key is KYB - Know Your Body!!!! 58 year old Vet in Woodside NY Consistency-Consistency-Consistency. Meal prep Fridays!!!!!

[@jacobisrael919]

Do sprints. It increases your hgh dramatically

[@gary_michael_flanagan_wildlife]

Awesome! I got started late, at 35 and it’s amazing how the gains come in when all the major points you mentioned are hit.

[@JustinHSV17]

Simply Not possible for me to sleep 8h straight. I sleep 8h+, but will wake up 2 times to pee or whatever. Any Help?

[@alanfeuer6337]

@@JustinHSV17 just stop drinking 2 hours before you go to sleep. Works for me

[@JustinHSV17]

@@alanfeuer6337 okay, was thinking about anabolism getting lost, If there's No Fluid for the nutrients. But will try it

[@cooloh2low]

This video goes beyond just for people building muscle. When i went from fat to fit, so many people asked me how i lost weight and told them i counted my calories everyday. The only person that listened to me has made progress and has lost so many pant sizes.

[@wiseeidu616]

Well spoken. If you want bigger shoulders get your ohp from 95x8 to 135x8 while maintaining proper form and you will grow same with every other muscle

[@michaelworley8866]

this is great , this is what i refer to as chasing the "golden gem" or information overload. Too many people want to get caught up on the reading and research rather than just getting in there and pushing hard on the basics and making sure you're pushing harder next time. Many want to jump before they can even crawl . Unfortunately if your passion is getting in optimal health and building muscle , you will be crawling for a long time. Nobody can master the workouts , the diets and lifestyle right out of the gate lol but that sure think they can. My best advice i can give is get up , start deciding on things and track your progress. Learn through experience take overall notes and enjoy the ride. One day when you do find a way to balance it all you will miss the ride and things move much slower and the reality of things is not flashy marketing or hacks. Just good old fashion nut grinding work and consistency win the game.

[@kneelb4zod784]

The last 8 weeks I've gotten the best results in years because I stopped thinking and started doing. The pain is the best friend I could ever know.

[@Sportside311]

Mike Thurston sent me here... Happy to be here, Subed!!

[@gordonsteyn8509]

This caption (as click baity as it might sound) is 100% true. I think this video should be played before every pay per view bodybuilding show and on a big screen at the Olympia so that every single person in this industry can see it. Love the work you do man and thanks for the amazing content!!

[@HypertrophyCoach]

🙏🙏

[@robertbates9948]

Man brother, u are speaking the truth! Very valuable information. Great video!! I love how u broke it down.

[@willmagaard8007]

This is a great video for the people worrying about the fine details. Don't overcomplicate it and be consistent with the basics.

[@Subs1338]

For some people it works though. Learning about those details made me more invested in fitness and I couldnt wait to go to the gym.

[@YunP0711]

I am your Korean fan. I hope that someday I will become a great coach like you and meet you. thank you every time

[@jediknight1209]

Oh thanks so much Erick C ...never thought about that...amazes me how everyone is like...yes this is right..yet here they are trying to find the answer...god people are unbelievable

[@danielcolak]

One should watch this a couple off times. So much information here.

[@codyr2318]

Solid advice man. I took notes. Appreciate it.

[@blakepetersen2509]

Probably the best fitness video out there

[@sgtdonf]

These are FACTS. Most people do not understand the sacrifice and consistency that it takes over a decade or more to achieve high-level results.

[@mobiuscolors7459]

Growth mentality was golden to hear

[@sulaimannazeer6737]

Great info... underrated fosho

[@BehindtheMuscle]

Thank you.

[@matthewyarbrough1056]

Just found you! Love it!! Thank you!

[@NAUHEALING]

im watching it again but it is such great vid. thank you again 🙏🙏🙏

[@gordofml929]

On point! Everything about training sorted out in 1 video 👏✌

[@eagleelisei]

My favorite channel about muscle building hands down 🙌

[@HypertrophyCoach]

🙏🙏👊

[@zxsw85]

Your hands are up bro

[@Professional.Bro.777]

@@zxsw85 i had to think about it for a couple seconds ahah

[@chrisjoiner958]

8mins 88888

[@chrisjoiner958]

@@zxsw85 the same

[@dustinduewel2067]

Preach brother!

[@hypertrophytraining8911]

Great video man. Agreed with so much, two words, HONEST WORK!

[@JustinHSV17]

Simply Not possible for me to sleep 8h straight. I sleep 8h+, but will wake up 2 times to pee or whatever. Any Help?

[@Jake-jv9ff]

The most important truth everyone who really trains knows but everyone else doesn’t want to hear🤣 great vid💪

[@erickmartinez5819]

such an insightful video thank you for making this. First saw you in a RAW video and started following your content and deep dive Q and As world class advice is all I can say!

[@cameronmatthews5631]

Just discovered your channel and I am loving it, a "thinker", might have differences in opinions but we can all take things from different coaches provided they are thinking about what they are doing. Lots of knowledge in this video - focusing on the basics first, technique, effort, consistency, exercise selection and progressive overload. Great video cannot wait to watch a ton more keep them coming!!!

[@kingjj2870]

This is the hard truth that many people don’t want hear or do. They just want a magic pill and the easy way out. Diamonds are formed under pressure remember that

[@blackpillfitness9136]

This guys in steroids. Remember that.

[@alecjones868]

@@blackpillfitness9136 come on man, one of the best coaches and most knowledgeable guys in the industry who’s giving out countless videos which help educate for free but your complaining that it’s all bs cause he takes PED’s? Training and nutrition remains virtually the same whether your enhanced or not, using that as a way to put someone or their work down suggests a lack of knowledge on that front lad

[@aj7907]

@@blackpillfitness9136 so what?

[@ryanrogers8211]

Juice is the magic pill

[@espojespo5]

​@Blackpill Fitness ok and......???? NOTHING to do with how muscle is built.

[@johnshayk3723]

OMG just discovered your channel with this video and subbed ! Good content !

[@HypertrophyCoach]

👊🙏🙏🙏

[@ElRusoSalvatruco]

You’re pretty good brother. You should have a lot more subs.

[@Cacophony314]

Force feeding is my issue. I struggle to eat enough, but I do it. However pain at the gym?... Oh I live for that 😜. What helped me succeed at the gym, or with my fitness, was concentrating on how *my body* responded to the stressors I chose to give it. I stopped comparing my workout to someone's else's biomechanics, physiology, genetics etc. and made sure to tailor my workouts around my goals and my mind to muscle connection, making sure each rep counted. _Your battle is not between you and the weight, it's with you and your mind._ ❤️.

[@amishshark3549]

13:10 almost a year and im still waiting on that protractor

[@LamarEdwards00]

Very well said! Great job on explaining this!

[@trade00]

This is a simple effective video. Master the basics! Sleep and consistent training the bomb

[@robertsonjoshua87]

Couldn't agree more. Everyone's overinflated young ego and overthinking the basic fundamentals has delayed all of our potential progress.

[@WILD__THINGS]

Agreed. And I just want to add that sometimes people stop short of failure because of fear. That was my problem with squats for a long time. I would get very scared of going down and not being able to come back up. It wasn't the pain in my legs that was holding me back, it was the fear in my mind. And as a result my legs sorely lagged behind my upper body. People would call me chicken legs or ask if I skipped leg day. It drove me crazy. But I used that as fuel to just say "Fuck it. I'm going for it no matter what." And I failed on reps. I couldn't get back up. So I just ditched the bar. And guess what...nothing happened. That completely shifted my mindset. Now if I don't fail on my last rep I kind of feel like I didn't push enough. I had to face that dragon to get past it.

[@saaizd]

Love this bro, appreciate you and this channel. We will grow and reach those goals. Much love from South Africa💣💪

[@madelineclark1220]

This is great! I’d love to learn more about your take on volume and frequency. You’re awesome

[@zxsw85]

Bruh, more volume more frequency, duhhhh

[@newyorkforever5779]

subbed, hard work, nutrition, sleep. What works for you, continue. Don't always have to go up in weight. Form, time under tension. Most don't want to hear what you said in this video though.

[@magmaster100]

My best results come from keeping it simple. Stay consistent, get better overtime. And always individualise a workout or exercise to what works for you, you feel it better another way and its not a compromising position, great do it that way and overload it.

[@simonmarsh7876]

Love this, everyone should watch this

[@rudyforero6013]

Thank you sir so much A-100

[@Abdulaziz-ir3oo]

Best video out there

[@ronnysudiono315]

5:29 execution/form of the exercise is also a subject/metrics in the principal of progressive overload, that is the answer I was looking at when I study it. PO sounds easy to understand because it is widely supported by our logical thinking, and in essence it is, but the practical day by day application of it can be confusing at some point, at least to me. Look at the need for deloading after a period of accumulation - this means that we are not progressing every single period of time. PO means not progressing all the time in term of kg or reps.

[@thghtfl]

brilliant words

[@mikeramgopal3912]

Great perspective, well presented, on getting out what you put into any worthwhile endeavour. Good post sir! 🙏

[@carloskolich7773]

Man at this point i feel like i am padawan, you are the master of bodybuilding! and your content is aunthentic and real! thanks so much!

[@vkosma]

great video, from now on, if someone just asks me why do i get annoyed by their bulshit overthinking attitude and not putting the actual work in, I can just show them this video ^^

[@zvonimirbodrozic7357]

Great video

[@helmutkrusemann9194]

Love your content. If you dont mind, please make a video about protein intake before bed, sleep. When do you have your last meal before bed, how many hours before? Thank you very much

[@andreawilson6887]

Sleep. Eat. Train. Don’t be an asshole. Pretty solid life advice. Thanks mate.

[@johnkaminski7605]

You dont always want to just train as hard as you can. It's about how much damage you can recover from based on the time between each workout. If you're hitting a muscle only once per week you can work out a lot harder than if you're doing the same muscle every other day. That's what it's not always good to go to failure on every set, because you can have more workouts per month (frequency) if you don't go quite as hard. The higher the frequency the more muscle growth opportunities.

[@williamduncan1813]

100% Gold!!!

[@javad346]

Currently I have problem with studying and I can tell these advice will help with studying too. The problem with me is that I love to suffer in bodybuilding but not in studying. Hope I can fix it. thank you coach.

[@MrProphet469]

Amen, bro

[@tonyfudge5458]

All facts I am 3 years into training and still not sure I train to failure speaking to your point about pain.🤔

[@drewgb]

Well said.

[@alexbradley2186]

Just because it’s easy don’t mean that it doesn’t require hard work -peterson Great video.

[@apikotoafamily6631]

You have a new subscriber. Very informative. Cheers from NZ 🇳🇿💪💯

[@dakotasonney2142]

This video inspired me.

[@dimps911]

Preach. 🙌🏽

[@michaelpatterson475]

Great tips 💪

[@PrimeMatt]

Great video that everyone should watch. No one wants to do the boring, consistent stuff that actually makes a difference 😏

[@DadsAnime]

Interesting what you said with the barbell Bench press as well because I train alone I've always focused more on DB Bench or Smith machine Bench so I don't end up in a guillotine 🤣

[@YahikoTG]

Very good video!

[@verydarkelf7083]

Consistency is king

[@mrianboore]

Awesome video! Have you done a video on how to grow an epic beard like yours?

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Pick the right parents 😂🤷‍♂️

[@ogchorizo7953]

I like the Wild Wild West themed room 🤠

[@liamc3173]

Should've been called "Home Truths by Joe Bennett". Great video Coach

[@ryanmcwilliamss]

fucking love this video.

[@Soulwork1980]

Beard envy 😁 great content,real talk 🙏❤️💪

[@JuiceGodRyan]

Those 2 dislikes probably don’t wanna build muscle 🤡

[@hugh6948]

Honestly, one thing I've realized with my own training and I'm sure I can speak for others is that anytime you're doing a set for 6 or fewer reps, it's not only incredibly easy to go to failure but your ability to distinguish when you're actually at failure is obvious because the weight will not move. Once you start doing pretty much anything north of 12 reps, particularly 16, you feel like you can always "probably squeeze out at least a few more reps" but the fundamental difference in that rep range is pain. A lot more pain than lower reps, but the pain is where the gains are

[@mentalpower0]

6-30 reps to failure is equal for hypertrophy. Look Brad Schoenfield researches 😊

[@jolelofgren2005]

@@mentalpower0🤓

[@ninjasrose1653]

I subbed purely off the strength of this great video. Even though I am a Calisthenics dude, I feel I can apply your knowledge to my training. Bit pissed off you got a better beard than me though. haha!

[@raygengamer8440]

I'm still going

[@herrmanselcher1632]

Amen

[@beaucarpenter4688]

I like what I'm hearing. Great talk couch!

[@marcoscharfl103]

Great😇😇😇😇

[@DanielDenitro]

Liked the video as soon as this guy apparently called Joe said "there's nothing cool, nothing effective, nothing optimal, about no sleep". And Joe if you're reading this, just so you know I can already tell from just about 3 min in to this video (being my first one watching too) that you have SO much more common sense than anyone else I've seen regardless of any kind of topic basically. Mike Thurston sent me here.

[@OolabaSwa]

I would love a hypertrophy coach branded protractor on my desk as a novelty 😂

[@jasonbekker3248]

Where do I find the HC protractor? 👀

[@DadsAnime]

I have a baby on the way and a strong feeling training will be on the back burner for a little while. Any advice on how to keep ticking over? Obviously if your sleep deprived you shouldn't be pushing your body to hard.. maybe just some full body workouts using body weight at home

[@Christophermeow]

Lol this be a late comment but this was just so perfectly said and is just so spot on

[@EntertainmentOnTheTube]

Coach, your Dilf Maker program or Hypertrophy Coach program, which would you recommend? Novice weight lifter. On and off (more off) for the last few years.

[@HypertrophyCoach]

Really just about equipment you have access to. If only a garage gym, then the DILF Maker. If you have a commercial gym, then definitely Hypertrophy Coach App

[@raygengamer8440]

Pain barrier. So many fear injury in gym from overtraining. But you have to train for hours you would pass out before that

[@carlosdiaz3779]

Can you make a video on growing a beard?

[@binkyfaith]

Appreciate ya I struggle with muscle gain, cause I really don’t know how to eat/ train to failure...cause I get tired easily 😞

[@joojotin]

Just get your protein needs that is the most important in your diet to build muscle. I would say 1.6g per kg or 0.8g per lbs minimum. In compound movements you shouldnt go all the way to failure, you can feel when the bar slows down and you cant get much more reps. I usually do compounds 1-2 reps from failure if the movement is risky to fail, I know my body so I know im not failing the rep and Im not training too easy. Isolation and not risky movements you can go to failure. Just experiment yourself and what works for you and you will make great progress. I have never been on a program because I want to learn myself and it has worked well for me.

[@joojotin]

If you are really tired in the end of your session you are propably doing too many sets too hard.

[@oscarosborn121]

pretty much

[@trippking2358]

Please, please, please make a Hypertrophy Coach protractor! 😂

[@NitroSpeed253]

I'm 21 years old and want to workout serious again. (already having experience) How about building a good physique without meat? I think for the muscle building purpose as far as I heard it is one of the most useful things to eat.