The Tim Kennedy Of Powerlifting: Hard Evidence that Matt Wenning is a Compulsive Liar

[@KIKKO6595]

Random person : Hey Matt, what did you eat for breakfast? Matt: Join our patreon bro..

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Lmao

[@baronmeduse]

Funny because it's true.

[@SOC-ir6im]

😂😂😂

[@thegreek510]

Ed Coan is such an amazing guy. I tore my bicep a few years back and remembered an interview of him talking about having a similar injury. Sent him a dm with no expectation of a response and he totally hit me up and we had a great back and forth. Fast forward a few years and I was at a seminar of his. My coach knows him and mentioned I'd be there, and was really proud I just pulled 605. Ed heard my name and told me he heard about my deadlift and then watched the video and critiqued it. Ended up talking with him all lunch. An absolute amazing guy

[@atlaspowershrugged]

And that, in some ways speaks better of him than even his lifts!

[@dumcumpster]

I met him a few times at events around Chicago but one time ran into him at the Toronto airport randomly and he still took some time to chat with me. Seems to be a great guy

[@twistedtrailerparktales2126]

​@@atlaspowershruggednot the same level but I subscribe to meat head and movie review channels and Mike Brakken aka the Horror Geek is a powerlifter. I asked him how he combines conjugate and Bulgarian method and the dude text me back with like 8 screens worth of detail and we ended up having a back and forth for like two weeks. More advice or feedback than I ever got from any of the meat head channels and the first guy I decided to give $10 a month too.

[@barbellbryce]

"I never had the greatest genetics"....... Benched 500 in high school.

[@lovesgibson]

You don’t understand bro! That has NOTHING to do with genetics or super supplements, it’s purely because he tries harder than all of us lazy people !!!

[@russellmuscle7434]

​@lovesgibson is this sarcasm?

[@daltondenun858]

@@russellmuscle7434are you autistic? 😂

[@snowiblind]

​@@russellmuscle7434no, we are all lazy, he is the superior man

[@rockyevans1584]

​@russellmuscle7434 are you out of your mind? I'm not sure how one could conflate this with a genuine statement lol. Yes he's being sarcastic, and very obviously

[@EINAR-zr5to]

how dare you disrespect my king wenning? he graduated at 2 kiwi university 99 bananas ago

[@Rorschachs_Bloat]

King Wenning is a nasty physical beast.

[@carlgibson7850]

This made me laugh something fierce. Stealing 99 bananas ago.

[@EINAR-zr5to]

@@carlgibson7850 2 kiwi

[@Zooky424]

Matt Wenning lit up my BS detector long ago.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

And its worse than you think

[@Zooky424]

@@atlaspowershrugged I thought his comment about Coan wishing he'd trained like him to be odd when I first saw that interview. Ed always talks about how what he did worked for him etc. I figured Matt was exaggerating, but out right lying is wild to me since they are supposedly friends lol.

[@ChicagoScorpion]

Same with me, he's a weird ass dude. Plus I've heard from someone that he got caught with chomo porn, and that's at least part of the reason Louie got rid of him, while at the same time, he didn't want to have Westside Barbell tarnished so he kept that discovery a secret.

[@ramieskola7845]

I asked him why he had USSR flag on his gym and he have me an angry dismissive response.😑

[@charlesdexterward7781]

This is only tangentially related, but one time I was discussing radioactive barium isotopes with Oppenheimer and Von Neumann in 1943 and they told me "if only we had your insights we would have discovered nuclear fission a full decade sooner!"

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Lmao. John Grimek told me he wished he did Jefferson curls with the Zercher hold like I do

[@charlesanthony7954]

This points out the difference between sanity and insanity. Crazy narcissists never have a sense of humor. It's a major tell in both public and private life.​@@atlaspowershrugged

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

🤣🤣

[@YakuzaGoon]

4:36 Good point, it is genuinely bizarre that a Westside barbell lifter and a guy with a raw 611 lb bench even wants to flex a fake doctorate in this field, it's not like there's some sort of strength deficiency there that he needs to paper over by appealing to credentials.

[@natlovell122]

Indeed, shows that just because a man is physically strong, it does not mean he’s mentally strong

[@Dementia.Pugilistica]

I think he's insecure about his intellectual capacity. He's always struck me as someone who had this type of pathology.

[@Brk_Lifts]

@@Dementia.Pugilisticahe has a MS, so it’s even worse lol. I believe this all started when Mike Israetel was critiquing his training

[@L3xXxCLuSivE]

i know matt wenning does have solid info, but its the way how he represents himself at times just doesn't sit right with me

[@zerrodefex]

Problem is when he does stuff like this it makes people question even his "solid" info. It's like what Atlas said earlier about why Liver King needed to be called out early on because once he was busted everything he ever said is thrown into doubt no matter how legitimate some of it was.

[@rodgerbroome]

Why does anyone in the gym get rubbed by other guys and gals being a bit cocky? I get it that Coan might have said “don’t say that” embellishment. But I have yet to see Ed say something himself about it. Are you really the chosen spokesperson for Ed Coan? How about Ed says it? And the Tim Kennedy thing is a non sequitur. Who cares? I like your ending with nobody is perfect. But all this stuff is just virtual gym ego flexing.

[@harpreetsjhutty]

Poliquin released an ebook on squatting a year+ before he died. I know this because I was a member of his 'Dojo of Strength' and you could buy it as an extra. Charles promotes the knees over toes style squat in that very book.

[@cankercanison92]

Yet Matt Wenning lies and said he convinced Charles Poliquin to change to vertical shin squatting

[@AnthonyBolognese710]

damn he actually went there with the tim kennedy reference.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Oh yeah I've been itching to use the grenades meme

[@AnthonyBolognese710]

@ I think you should be the fourth horseman in the next video going after Dr. mike along with Lyle, Solomon, and Greg.

[@jeremynowak2800]

KHmovement already got there. Definitely worth a watch.​@@AnthonyBolognese710

[@jamok3]

My issue with the Bromley thing is how he felt the need to drag other people into a fight he was starting by calling them cowards because they had better shit to do.

[@cammackk]

Man, I commented in the last Wenning video on how different he was from Coan, I've heard him made this claim previously to the Mark Bell on his podcast and you could see both guys across the table pull a face of 'yeah, that's bullshit'

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Well now it's out. He must've thought Coan was to nice to correct him publicly. Taking advantage of kindness.

[@tmckane]

Ask him why Louie fired him. 🤔

[@atlaspowershrugged]

This rabbit hole goes deeper. What happened?

[@CeroAshura]

Pretty sure he was let go due to not wanting to stick to Louie's programming. Or was it something else?

[@atlaspowershrugged]

@CeroAshura apparently there may have been, someone posted about it on my Instagram. Nothing definitive yet.

[@BenjaminKuruga]

@@atlaspowershrugged Pretty sure you can hear about this in the Westside vs. The world documentary.

[@Dementia.Pugilistica]

Do we know why? Because while Louie Simmons is a legend of the strength world, that gym and era was full of cutthroat assholes including Louie (not really the greatest guy behind the scenes and I have heard a million fight and falling out stories about Westside) so I don't know if this means anything unless we know a specific reason that's especially shady - like outlying level of shady for Westside. Dave Tate and JM had plenty of beefs at Westside and they are clearly good men. So just saying.

[@johnpanozzo579]

I think wenning should be given his honorary doctorate and be called......Dr. High Squat😂😂😂

[@patrickbronson5117]

Wennings always came off as elitist and arrogant to me. Huge contrast compared to wendler and tate. 2 cool guys

[@ChadCilli]

Here’s another fun one that you may have noticed. In one of Matt’s response videos that he deleted, he commented that he never took anything more than TRT. Yet in that interview with Dave Tate, Matt talked about taking Anadrol.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Apparently that's trt now

[@Gogogo1315]

TBH I had this feeling something was off when I listened to him on Mark Bell's podcast. He had this whole irrational dislike of kneesovertoesguy apparently for the way he marketed his content or lifting style but had no issues working with Athlean-X. Then this whole thing about Coan/Poliquin. Man, some people just aren't happy with what they have.

[@petersouleyrette8484]

I will admit, I used to watch Matt Wenning a while ago, but I’m completely sick of him. One thing that always bothered me is his complete dogmatism on things that are obviously false. For example he claims bicep curls are terrible for the shoulder. This makes zero sense because to my knowledge most bodybuilders who have done tons and tons of curls don’t have destroyed shoulders when compared to people who don’t curl. In fact they probably have healthier shoulders since the elbow joint has been strengthened. In addition he claims overhead pressing is bad for the shoulder because something something “the bone rubs against the joint” excuse me WHAT?! Dude no evidence of overhead pressing inherently being bad for the shoulder exists, but when Wenning is pressed on this he gives vague appeals to authority like “ask any ortho doc about that shit” it’s not an answer to a question. Lastly i unsubscribed from him because of his content on Jefferson curls and spinal flexion. He said spinal flexion was bad because a study of powerlifters attempting to deadlift like 700 pounds potentially had herniated disc’s afterwards as a result. This is NOT an argument against Jefferson curls being bad because literally no one is doing a 700 pounds Jefferson curl… but he doesn’t respond with an actual statement when pressed on issues like this. He just appeals to authority or insults the person asking the question. I honestly really appreciate you exposing him like this because in my eyes Matt is a charlatan

[@kylewells1928]

the overhead pressing thing is also wild because tons of powerlifters have bum shoulders from benching but as far as I can tell strongmen don't have that problem?

[@petersouleyrette8484]

@kylewells1928 yep exactly. Like I’ve never once heard that it’s bad except from Wenning. Truly makes no sense to me lol

[@alugificator]

There is an argument that people with a hooked acromion subtype would be better off avoiding certain types of overhead pressing due to greater risk of AC joint impingement. That's not to say it's inherently bad, but that certain people should consider the risk/benefits more carefully. That said, barbell benching is way worse for the shoulders than biceps curls. That's usually the first thing I cut out if dealing with someone with crap shoulders.

[@shades4313]

Yep, and another one he’s wrong about is knees over toes. He claims it destroys knees but it actually strengthens them and makes them more resilient. I have direct experience with this

[@patrickjulius7352]

@@petersouleyrette8484 lot of people warn against OHP risks. Joe DeFranco, Meadows before he died was really careful with it, Dave Tate, etc. and many strongmen have jacked shoulders (Kazmaeier, for example). benching is problematic, which wenning always admits, but has ways to mitigate those risks (narrower grip, mixing variations, upper back work).

[@weakest_serb]

I knew you were following the Tim Kennedy scandal since you mentioned Jocko's allegations in a previous video or podcast. I also find those things really interesting, along with the Rob O' Neil stuff too. Crazy how many of these guys who are ultra succesful (Tim was a UFC fighter and special ops soldier) still find the need to lie. These guys were essentially the peak of manliness as seen by young men, yet they still have a massive chip on their shoulders I'd venture to say that that is partly the reason why they even got that far in their career. A normal person wouldn't feel the need to compete in high-level martial arts AND then become reach the very top of a military career, AND still feel the need to lie to people who don't even know any better. He clearly needed a ton of validation due to his insecurities, which led him to these draconian pursuits, and yet they still didn't fix his insecurities. You can see that in fitness too.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

@@weakest_serb motivation is motivation. Without principles, It'll make you do both the good things and the bad things required to succeed.

[@weakest_serb]

@atlaspowershrugged Motivation is motivation, but people like this tend to get extra motivation from their inner self esteem issues, so they tend to get a bit further. This brings me to one of my favourite ments someone dropped in the comments of the og videos about Tim Kennedy. A guy said he and his friend were going to a convention of some sort, and there were UFC fighters there for meetups. Tim Kennedy was there of course. The commentors friend was a big UFC fan, so of course he went to get a picture with Tim. When they went and the friend got their pic, Tim said to the OP "You want to get a pic too?" The OP was like "Nahh, thanks." After that Tim blew his lid and started yelling at OP for "wasting his time" and other bullshit. He couldn't imagine someone would't want a picture with him. Can you imagine being that person mentally? Being so narcissistic (as they say, no one likes Tim Kennedy as much as Tim Kennedy), yet so weak mentally that a random person not worshipping you makes you meltdown publically. He clearly isn't a very balanced, emotionally healthy person.

[@111kino]

​@@weakest_serbVery well put

[@ramieskola7845]

'Peak of military career' and 'success in MMA' manliness you say? Everything above is scream of insecurity and desperate call for validation. Only a fraction of those guys really enjoy the ruff and tumble, fear and joy of victory. Most of them are mental dwarfs.

[@nmnate]

I did find it amusing when he chucked the framed degree out his front door. But apologizing for being scammed every 2 minutes did feel a little weird.

[@WerazotheLankster]

Yeah I didn't even finish that apology video, my bullshit meter went off as soon as he said he reached out to that fake university and then put the FAQs from their website where it says they aren't properly accredited up on the screen, which to me was implying that was the "response" he got from them. I guess he was hoping no one would pause the video to read since he only left them up for a couple seconds. Also, whether or not that was supposed to be the response from the college, showing that you didn't even bother to read the FAQs while claiming you got scammed is wild

[@WerazotheLankster]

Massive "everyone is dumb except for me" dumb narcissist vibes from Matt

[@fatcat22able]

Matt Lemming

[@DJ_Frankfurter]

I followed Charles Poliquin back in the day and in addition to being one of the greatest strength coaches of all time, he would constantly cite whoever he borrowed ideas from and believed, due to ego or confidence, that his methods were the best. The notion that Poliquin would wish he would train like another man is laughable considering he believed nothing new had been invented in training since the 60s (except whatever he was trying). I remember Mark Bell asked him in an interview about what he learned from Matt Wenning, and Poliquin just said he learned there were other ways to squat, which in retrospect may have been more dismissive than complimentary.

[@guyhorowitz158]

I think we should all start calling him Professor Wenning, or better Professor Doctor Wenning. On a serious note, I always felt there was something with him, great work you and Bromley do, People should be called out when they lie, and lie, and lie...

[@atlaspowershrugged]

His excellency the good doctor professor wenning

[@guyhorowitz158]

@atlaspowershrugged even better!

[@BonytoBeastly]

If you don't cover the drama, you'll leave it to the drama channels. I'd rather a community where more sensible people weigh in, too.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Exactly. Say what needs to be said, but give people a reason to listen.

[@zerrodefex]

Nothing wrong with it as long as drama doesn't take over the channel.

[@leinekenugelvondoofenfocke1002]

I love that you addressed all of that. I absolutely don't believe he taught Poliquin anything at all. This man is a narcissist, and may even be a sociopathic narcissist. The winning by any means mentality is machiavellianism in a nutshell. I'm glad you are being reserved, and guarding your speech too. It's not uncommon for narcissists to sue people, and I really think he would if he could.

[@abbottfriar5682]

machia...v..v.. very big word. I aim to use it in a conversation lol

[@anonymousman4419]

​@@abbottfriar5682 My dream is to use Machiavellianism and asceticism in the same sentence (except this one).

[@themetsfan861]

I don't think Poliquin was all that knowledgeable in the first place (just looking at a lot of the things he put forward), but I also agree that Wenning has some clear narcissism.

[@Aceg13579]

I don’t really care to watch but I support this video because I once heard the guy say that the hip abductor machine mainly works the piriformis, which was a stupid thing being parroted around social media for a while, and if someone repeated it, it pretty much just meant that they’re full of crap and will just say things to try to sound knowledgeable. It’s an obscure thing, but my physical therapy school thesis was about the most effective glute exercises so I was very grumpy about it. Thanks for reading. Have a nice day

[@BenjaminKuruga]

Did you just come here from insta then? Movement optimism enjoyer?

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Hey I appreciate the paragraph even though you didn't watch. Commitment to the grudge!

[@Aceg13579]

@@BenjaminKurugait was just recommended

[@Aceg13579]

@@atlaspowershruggednp

[@FitOneswithVarun]

I respect the research and hustle here

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Real recognize real fam 🤝

[@mattc4266]

Varun than why don’t you respect when people told you what herosyvac was into and you blocked them ?

[@Mgh101590]

I have been in healthcare going on 15 years now. I have returned to school doing a 2 year program and it's only getting me an associates degree everyone knows the steps, 2 years gets you an associates, 4 years in a bachelor's, 6-8 years masters or PhD. He knew a 2 year online program didn't get him a PhD it's just claiming ignorance. In anything health related you require clinical hours there's no way in hell he thought a 2 year online program got him a PhD

[@twistedtrailerparktales2126]

I've never understood people doing this stuff. I work construction and we had a luber (mechanics assisstant basically just topping off fluids but not repairing anything.) Anyway dude goes out to a mine site and told everyone he was sent out there because he was told they're all a bunch of f ups and he's their to set them straight and get them back on schedule. One phone call he's not a boss but the literal FNG. Needless to say things were a bit awkward for him after that and he didn't make any friends.

[@cramz101]

Ed Coan is like the only one who’s well adjusted enough to realize that by and large, the vast majority of the world doesn’t care about how much people can lift

[@MF-hz6xx]

I sincerely hope Matt supports the individual right of the American citizens to own firearms more than Timmy does.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Couldn't be any worse, right?

[@earthxmover]

Thank you for your work on this. Loved these videos. Respect.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Glad you liked it!

[@coloradobarbellclub6865]

I was introduced to powerlifting by Wenning while in the army. I opened a gym with Poliquin in Colorado Springs and I can tell you with absolute certainty that Poliquin did not agree with almost anything Matt had to say. I called him out on it in the comments on an IG video and he blocked me.

[@davo9774]

He's deleted comments and disabled the likes/ dislikes on heaps of his videos.

[@FirstChoiceMechanical-ck9ch]

Alex and Matt are both jokes

[@briancarter8842]

Matt Wenning regardless of what being mentioned in this video has some awesome Achievements in the sport of Powerlifting. I still hold Matt in high Regard he did earn degrees at both the Undergraduate and Graduate levels in the Field. Many college Professors with Doctoral degrees in this area don’t have nearly as much Knowledge or Application in the Lab/Weight Training that Matt has. Both the Belt Squat and Good Morning machines are very Impressive pieces of Equipment that he Distributes. It weird what is happening these days in the Fitness industry with many Pundits criticizing accomplished Athletes and have not broken a single Record.

[@111kino]

Nah, callouts are definitely necessary since you cant challenge people to a duel or chin check anymore, so anyone can say almost anything since it doesn't have to be backed up and digital communication makes pulling receipts practically a full time job so its painstaking calling really shrewd people out on their deception.

[@111kino]

It reminds me of ZT calling out Seedman on the parallel vs ass to grass squatting and they both ran the other person's program except Joel didn't actually stick to Zach's program and made the complaints he planned on making anyway then moved on with his grift like it never happened cuz the evidence is way too easy to bury.

[@Skygooose]

The investigative journalism on the internet the last week has been great. Between this and Elon Musk lying about being a gaming savant is hilarious.

[@stormsa-coming4315]

Thanks for the information mate, I'll never know why being honest is so difficult for most people. If it makes my story boring then I guess it's boring, at least it is real.

[@ryanselk]

Ed Coan the GOAT is powerliftings best ambassador. You can't not love him

[@originaljungle]

Ed Coan is so down to earth...what a G

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Indeed! The greatest is humble. The wannabes are loud.

[@reallymakesyouthink]

Matt graduated from bovine university.

[@welp5970]

Good job bro the calling out should have happened I'm one of the firsts to call out fitness KZbin drama but Indeed,as you said, it's not drama Appreciate the humbleness too

[@SOC-ir6im]

I believe in one of his recent videos he also claimed he never took anything other than the TRT the doctor put him on 🤦‍♂️

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Someone needs to talk to his doctor lol

[@CeroAshura]

Never ran anything above a gram of test, supposedly while training at Westside popping var and other orals to near liver failure

[@RickyThreePumps]

Well sounds like Wenning = Hulk Hogan

[@thomasmiller4843]

It seems to be common these days. "I just took TRT doses back then."

[@michaelkhan7012]

Followed you on insta for a long time, always great advice for training!

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Thank you +

[@MeatheadMatt]

The juxtaposition of the ripped dude and the cutesy background is great haha

[@janoycresva276]

2:48 Not under a rock, we just have better things to do than to care about some half baked former military nobody who literally only got a small amount of attention from JRE.

[@brad5349]

His claims of only being on Dr prescribed TRT when he was training at west side and breaking world records is also laughable.

[@HellaMarkHarley]

Great vid

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Thank you!

[@slicksouthpaw489]

I saw a video of Wenning showing tricep exercises to a group where he said he didnt know why people called it the "Tate Press" when he couldnt bench 500 without a bench shirt, he seems very salty.

[@AdamA23272]

With all due respect mate, Matt has raw benched 611lbs in competition. So I don't know where you got your information. I don't particularly like him but I'm not going to lie, he's legitimately strong.

[@JohnQ84765]

@AdamA23272 I think he means that Matt was making a dig at Dave Tate by saying Dave couldn't bench 500 without a bench shirt and making the implication that he wasn't worthy of naming the "Tate Press" after him.

[@AdamA23272]

@@JohnQ84765 Typical Wenning. Think's he's God's gift.

[@slicksouthpaw489]

Yeah thats what i was meaning, cheers ​@@JohnQ84765

[@slicksouthpaw489]

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[@mattystewart8]

I dunno if you guys have a british series called “The Inbetweeners” over in the states but Matt Wenning reminds me of Jay from that series 😂😂😂😂

[@andneomatmj23]

6:35 man, he often speak about not his method but "Original Conjugate" that "everybody missed" and where you often change exercises, change angles and similar. But, anyway that thing with Ed Coen and Matt lies about is crazy!

[@donutfitness6324]

Contrary to popular belief, Matt does not have a good reputation in Columbus at all. He's actually the butt of a lot of jokes unless you are one of the few that are obsessed with hiim. I don't know him personally so who knows what kinds of issues he has or whatever I mean we all have "our stuff". But his whole shtick is odd and he's honestly just not the nicest guy from what almost everyone says.

[@Wo1fLarsen]

Sucks he feels the need to behave this way, but shout out to APS for shining a light on it. More honesty and integrity is needed all around.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

thank you!

[@yeeboy217]

Another example is Elon musk recently claiming to be video game champ and actually being a total noob who’s never even played the game and hired people to build up the gaming account … lol similar . Thanks for sharing

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Wow. Stolen Valor in halo. Incredible

[@fdsfsdsdfsdfsddfcsfsxc]

he does play the game literally just go look it up, he’s not a noob lmao but he’s not as good as he claims

[@Oho159]

Correct me if i am wrong but i think Ed mom had joint disease that causes alot of joint pain and i think Ed mentioned that he had something similar too.

[@Garret_bruh_homey]

People, man. Wenning is a strong guy and does have a lot of interesting things to say. There was absolutely no need for him to lie. Why risk this complete and total humiliation? I just don't get it.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

You shouldn't get it. Decent people don't

[@muscleandmath2910]

I didn't know it was that bad with him, but I did find him extremely arrogant. And those Wenning warmups are a joke. 4x25 with a sub... no, micromaximal weight, is not correcting any weaknesses like he claims.

[@johntrains1317]

I remember that Matt Wenning video. Lord I was cringing the whole time.

[@reggie7716]

Loved the Jonathan Frakes clip, lol. "It was made up..."

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Classic!

[@sirloin9348]

There's something darkly poetic about the guy's last name being "Wenning" lol

[@RickyR0zay]

3:38 is that you?

[@atlaspowershrugged]

I'll take the compliment.

[@WilliamRueben]

Damn the “Tim Kennedy of powerlifting” is a savage roast

[@danteghazizadeh1656]

I don’t get why he would even feel the need to lie. He’s a world record holder and obviously has a ton of knowledge that comes with that. There’s no need to lie at that point.

[@mlikoipura]

Top athletes are often insecure about their intelligence. Lebron pretending to read books for example .

[@themetsfan861]

It's a relevance thing. Wenning hasn't competed since 2016ish and is furiously trying to stay relevant and keep money coming in.

[@Dementia.Pugilistica]

These guys are the coolest guys they know lol

[@Dementia.Pugilistica]

Wow calling out 2 grifters I've seen the fitness industry and enthsiasts totally get conned by in one title? That's gonna earn a watch

[@duck_gainz_m8]

I watched this vide.... what is this video about??

[@duck_gainz_m8]

Uhhhh , sorry I get it now like Seinfeld.... Nothing

[@BuJammy]

Odd comment.

[@OverTheHillTraining]

The looney tales of the "alpha dog" powerlifter from Lilliput. Best video I've watched this month.

[@zubizubi1559]

He ran out of the GI bill and picked the cheapest college will also knowing it wasn't real… that's my guess

[@Pappyslifts]

So in the end Wenning is just a flawed human being with some good character traits. Imagine that?

[@davefilmssometimes]

Awww shit son! That title alone made me laugh. Well played.

[@mikecartier6163]

Dr. Wenning is so strong and lifted such heavy weights he gave himself severe liver damage.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Yep! a real doctor said this!

[@russellmuscle7434]

Look man just shut up and sign up to his patreon

[@Awill1875]

Wenning just has a massive ego bro needs to chill

[@nickvoelker7180]

C'mon, Matt. Don't be such a Tim Kennedy. My feed is filled with Tim Kennedy drama. The Vet community is just like the lifting community, everyone inflates their previous experiences and achievements. I totally benched 405 in high school, just like everyone else. Just like I and everyone else were also Rangers on Delta Force Recon Team 6 and single-handedly won the War on Terror with nothing more than our M4s and a can do attitude. I just kinda accept the BS when dealing with lifters and other Vets, to an extent, but people making BS claims publicly to further their careers, that's a bit far and disrespectful to others that put their time in and sacrificed following either pursuit.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

As multiple people have opined, telling exaderated war stories to a girl at the bar to get laid is one thing. But when you're publiclly putting other people down to make it seem like you're better, that has to be addressed.

[@mikeabel7577]

Wenning has always seemed like a huge weirdo to me.

[@slee2695]

Fitness is becoming feminine with all this drama...can we get back to lifting

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Post powerlifting total.

[@slee2695]

@atlaspowershrugged I dont even like Matt..we had a long back and forth over his disrespect over Louie Simmons Still not a fan of this type of content...you do you though...i know it brings more views

[@ericg649]

Love the title 😂😂😂😂

[@1611Barbarian]

Bromley is probably drooling about to make a video about this

[@atlaspowershrugged]

I sure hope so!

[@jacobnieves9505]

Tim Kennedy of lifting is so accurate lol

[@hong-enlin4651]

Tim Kenneday bragged about shooting children soldiers and having no guilty conscience whatsoever for collateral damage, he genaded a civilian family and blamed the Tailban. That was all before the antihero podcast. He grabbed Yoel Romero's gloves leading to the knockdown Yoel's corner proceeded to wet the ring during the rounds to buy time, but Tim claimed the UFC robbed him that's why he retired, not mentioning he got knocked out by Gastelum. He is like Hulk Hogan, just couldn't stop lying to get one up on everyone.

[@fdsfsdsdfsdfsddfcsfsxc]

yea it’s called war buddy

[@nateperryshootingsports6201]

I appreciate these videos, needed to happen But is Powerlifting still a pyramid scheme tho?

[@atlaspowershrugged]

The culture has elements of it, I stand by my analysis. Why?

[@nateperryshootingsports6201]

@@atlaspowershrugged Powerlifting is a sport. When we say powerlifting, we mean the sport.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

@@nateperryshootingsports6201 ok. What's your point.

[@thedeadliftdad]

Definitely the Tim Kennedy of Powerlifting 🤣🤣 PLAY THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Looking forward to your reel, lol!

[@LC-in5or]

Its my degree, i bought it 😅😅😅

[@atlaspowershrugged]

fair lol

[@oswelds]

Been critiquing Wennings shitty bench advice and coaching for years. Its incredible how many mentally incompetent fanboys he had, and still has.

[@fdsfsdsdfsdfsddfcsfsxc]

what’s so bad about his bench advice? wait lemme guess you bench wide 😂

[@oswelds]

You wouldnt have the mental capabilities to understand it even If I spelled it out for you.

[@fdsfsdsdfsdfsddfcsfsxc]

@@oswelds u don’t have to tell everyone you bench wide we already know keep inhaling that copium buddy

[@oswelds]

Its an interesting thought process to not be able to make conclusions from 99 percent of top lifters technique and rather take The word of a proven conman.

[@fdsfsdsdfsdfsddfcsfsxc]

@@oswelds “99 percent of top lifters” so ur also delusional ok. cry me a river. Also funny how you resort to ad hominem to try and defend ur garbage form

[@Brekke_and_Bekfast]

Do squat university next!

[@atlaspowershrugged]

I've done plenty of content on that loser. I'm retired from that.

[@jdthegimp]

dude, you talked to the goat!

[@atlaspowershrugged]

I know right!?!?

[@kylewells1928]

lmao did not expect this video to be Ed Coan lighting up Mat Wenning, what beautiful ownage

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Underpromise overdeliver, supposedly that's the formula for success on here.

[@Christian-q5e]

Bro WDYM? Tim Kennedy and Dan Crenshaw are our biggest Truthseekers and Patriots. TPUSA told me so 😎🦅 #donttreadonme #pleasesendmoremoneytoIsrael 🦅 Shabbat Shalom.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

Biggest defenders of our 2nd ammendment!

[@andneomatmj23]

Maybe he is lying about that but isn't he good at powerlifting? He was in Westside Barbell and Dave Tate give him much credits didn't he? Maybe he just brag too much.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

@@andneomatmj23 bragging is talking about your own accomplishments. Lying is saying someone said something they didn't. Big difference.

[@jon-kd5st]

How dare you!!! Youre just jealous of that PHD.

[@NickJennison]

6:13 ...and also, I squat high

[@Rorschachs_Bloat]

2 Kiwi

[@EINAR-zr5to]

2 kiwi

[@larsdoesfitness8988]

2 kiwi

[@youneshassouna8443]

2 kiwi

[@Rorschachs_Bloat]

2 Kiwi

[@atlaspowershrugged]

What does this mean I'm a boomer

[@Rorschachs_Bloat]

@@atlaspowershrugged 110 calories.

[@atlaspowershrugged]

​@Rorschachs_Bloat what's the lore

[@EINAR-zr5to]

our lord and saviour goldfish once wanted something for 110 calories so he ate 2 kiwi, now we all preach him for it

[@g__l7217]

Crazy hahahah

[@Death_Strong]

Perhaps he was angry and reactionary at first but perhaps he just sat down and thought about it and did some more research and realized he should’ve read the fine print and realized he was scammed? Perhaps someone who doesn’t have to lie actually didn’t and actually did overlook some things and get scammed? Perhaps there’s no proof that you ever had a phone call with Ed Coan and this is just more spews for views?

[@atlaspowershrugged]

I'm trying not to involve him in this more than absolutely necessary, but if it becomes an issue, evidence can be provided.

[@I_wish_for_wings]

First tralalala.

[@veganbodybuildingperu4244]

Bromley = The goat

[@atlaspowershrugged]

I mean i like him, but I was referring to Ed Coan.

[@donjuanmckenzie4897]

This is literally gay