TOP 5 ASSISTANCE EXERCISES Of ALL Time...(In My Opinion)

[@hannibalwantsahuggrande3433]

Standing curls, seated curls, Squat bar rack curls, banded DB curls and inverted BB curls. Boom!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Haha you son of a

[@ejimenez5203]

Assistance/ accessory lifts to hammer curls!

[@dustythejones]

I couldn’t help but remember, “NOT TODAY, BEAR!!!” Be strong and courageous, man!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Every time someone has mentioned this, I have to say that I appreciate how long you have been a loyal watcher! People like you or why the channel is still around!

[@dustythejones]

@@BrianAlsruheOfficial absolutely. It’s been a ride following along through the ups and downs… been watching since pretty near 2015 or 16 when you were pursuing nationals. Be strong and courageous!

[@QQyoko]

Pullups/chinups, dips, rows, good mornings, some sort of single-leg work

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I like where your heads at

[@jonathanrhodes8525]

The backdrop here is a great endorsement of the functionality of weighted carries and loading!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you, my friend. If I am remembered for anything, then those would be great!

[@dalejansen127]

Added strongman style sandbags a few months ago. Using them for over-the-bar, carries, front squats. Pulling those into your chest and doing the above movements is AMAZING. The big 4, with pullups/dips, farmers walk, are pretty much my go to for lifting. Biking/running/concept 2 rower for cardio covers steady state and interval training. I love song intervals on the rower…warm up then slam a song, rest a song. Pick your interval numbers or go for time. Funtimes.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Very well thought out comment my friend

[@Simpleburger1968]

The only one I do not do is the no 5. Love the functional aspect of weight training . A pull-up / chin-up is rather more a realistic measure of upper body strength than say a press-up ? I do the "Big Four" too ...with barbells, dumbells, kettlebells, sandbags ....each challenges you differently .....so many variations of the "carries/weighted loads" too ...

[@nmnate]

I really liked using a GHR when I found one in a commercial gym. My work gym has a GHR/reverse hyper combined machine and I don't quite love it as much (probably how tye pad is set up, bit of a compromise). I do absolutely love doing weighted 45 degree back extensions for my posterior. Really hammers the glutes and hams. Also, I couldn't agree more about rows and pullups. My shoulders have really felt better since making those exercises a staple in my programming. With that said, I do wish I had access to more of the odd lift implements. I'd love to try a yoke carry, or be able to drag a sled around. I might just have to buy a sled for myself so i can just run up and down my street 😁

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I really appreciate you taking the time to leave his comment. It’s very well thought out and worded.

[@dilffred5464]

So great! I needed to hear this. I've been running your conjugate template program and LOVING it. I needed to focus my accessories though. Keep up the good work bruh.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I’m so glad it is working for you, my friend!

[@ManuelVCano]

All great and I use most of them weekly. Need to get some bags for loading. My family if 6 train daily in our garage gym. Thank you Brian

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment, my friend!

[@MatthewStrength3265]

Awesome Brian!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you so much, Matt

[@LatimusChadimus]

Nordic hamstring curls, good mornings/RDLs/zercher hinges, rowing, YT&W low trap raises, hip thrusts

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I like it

[@greglancaster4424]

Row your face off oldie but a Goldie love it lol

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Great pull brother and thank you for being a loyal watcher for so long!

[@kozmo7]

Good stuff man

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thanks for taking the time to wash it and reply, my friend

[@stu2729]

2:42 not today bear!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Nice pull my friend! Thank you for being a lawyer watcher

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Loyal! Haha

[@Eee00123]

Awesome video!!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you so much for taking the time to watch it and reply!

[@millemaolchannel8608]

THE video I needed!!!

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you my friend

[@TheBrick534]

I do 3/5 of these consistently in my program. Carries and loading are something I don’t do very often as U focus primarily on power building, but thinking about it as a U type, using loading for a burnout exercise for the posterior chain would be a great idea.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Definitely test it out brother

[@raymondjurado9203]

Splitting wood is my all time favorite.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Me too but I throw it in the GPP category haha

[@slipvyne]

Don't mean to be that guy, but a video or few back you mentioned you wanted to challenge yourself to 30 days of grease the groove to increase your pull ups from 10 to 30 (or something much higher) saying that most GTG methods only really talk about getting to 10 reps. How'd you fair?

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

That was literally a year ago and I had to stop because of my shoulder issue that I’m still dealing with. I still do the grease the groove a lot, but haven’t committed to 30 days straight until my shoulder gets fixed enough to pull it off and get some real results for you guys . But that video is coming!

[@slipvyne]

@@BrianAlsruheOfficial man time flies lately. I preference by saying I didn't want to be that guy but I was curious. I have shoulder issues too, I try to dead hang and I can only last 40s before I am trying to fight pain so that's the other side of why I was asking. I don't want to push it but I want to fix it. I try to grease the groove with dead hangs for 20s here and there and build up. Anyways, cheers Brian, you're an inspiration!

[@millemaolchannel8608]

Brian, I hope you answer… what are your thoughts on the reverse hyper? I have a GHR in my garage gym and want a reverse hyper eventually!

[@V8freaks]

I would like to know your opinion on that as well :-)

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I love the reverse hyper because of how many different ways they can be used. That said it’s a big footprint, and not particularly fun to perform the exercises so it is a tough investment. If you can find another way to rig up a bench or attachment so that you don’t need to buy the piece of equipment separately then I would advise that first if you have a smaller amount of room for equipment

[@Angel_Ripoff]

Split squats/reverse lunges are brutal, mostly mentally, but they're rough physically too 😂

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

They make my butt sore every single time that I do them

[@hlammy6850]

are power cleans speed loading?

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I don’t think I would put anything with a Barbell in the loading category. It kind of needs to be an odd object, like a stone, keg, sand bag, or even dumb things like fire hydrants. But never barbells

[@bsac999]

how can you not include chopping wood when you have an entire forests worth behind you.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

It’s gpp. Not assistance haha

[@alexmc7798]

Pull-ups…”NOT TODAY, BEAR!”

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Yes! Thank you for being a loyal watcher for so long!

[@alexmc7798]

@@BrianAlsruheOfficial you’re welcome. Thank you for everything you’ve done on here mate, with the one exception of helping inspire me to empty my wallet into home gym shenanigans ;)

[@Jimunu]

I hope what I guess is the firewood pile in the back is dry in the bottom.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I hope it is dry in the bottom as well, but why do you say that? Is there something I’m missing that I should know?

[@Jimunu]

@@BrianAlsruheOfficial I'm far from a firewood expert and I'm probably far more north than you are but my impression from helping father in law stack away firewood that he bought and got in a pile that we let lay there awhile, is that usually the bottom is more humid. So my guess is that it is harder for the wood on the bottom to dry if it has rained on the pile or wood touches the ground. And your pile is far larger than the one he gets. But I'm not sure.

[@Carlos-bk5is]

I say curls over carries

[@lukecoleman23]

Just want to note that bears typically can climb trees

[@MrDoeMai]

First comment woot woot! Love you man. Keep the content coming and stay strong!

[@LatimusChadimus]

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[@derbistheeternal2947]

@@LatimusChadimus bro are u the comment commander or something

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you my friend!

[@ghadanfarali1884]

I agree that being able to pull yourself up is important but it won't help against a bear unless there is a weapon you have stored up there! Btw as a long time comic fan (1980s) to me you always looked and felt more like the comic Captain America than Chris Evans ever did.

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Well, that is why I had to officially register my feet as bear killers in the state of Maryland, just in case such an occurrence happens

[@jgbecker24]

I didn't listen to a word you said because I couldn't stop staring at that insane pile of wood that I KNOW you didn't use a splitter for. Fuck.

[@Hamisrodriguez]

Gonna try and predict these before watching if its strongman... Front Squat Good Morning Floor Press RDL

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

You were closed my friend

[@coreyagregaard2106]

First

[@LatimusChadimus]

🥇

[@MrDoeMai]

Awe man

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

Thank you!

[@shadowaccount]

Brian casually sitting in front of his 50 cord mountain. 💪🪵🪓

[@BrianAlsruheOfficial]

I’m just procrastinating stacking it