What Elite Lifters Do, That Lifetime Intermediates Don't.

[@garrettbaratheon567]

Lifetime intermediate checking in ✅

[@Cultured_Barbarian]

Ditto

[@joshforeman1648]

🙋🏻‍♂️

[@leedowner2249]

I squatted 440lbs over 4 years ago... I still like to think about it

[@Cultured_Barbarian]

@leedowner2249 Yeah.... We better get with it. Yesterday, I saw a picture of myself benching 365 for reps about 15 years ago. Realized, I'm still there as of last week.

[@leedowner2249]

@@Cultured_Barbarian that's a long way past intermediate, to hit numbers like that and struggle to make more progress is quite normal

[@acebantz7649]

m8 why did you decide to shoot this video in front of the sun

[@TheBushmaster4]

That’s not lighting, that’s just the candito aura

[@Jimminityjabooboo]

@@TheBushmaster4 His aura is chill and lively

[@afgvGb4Th5180]

Looks dope

[@readywhen]

Candito has probably picked up on some of Jack Kruse's work

[@heyitsmort7744]

Looks sick

[@Lavabug]

Lifetime intermediate here - consistent for years on end and I never miss program sessions. I think the missing ingredient is the squat plug.

[@EinhanderSn0m4n]

Those are only good for some people. Try if if you want, keep it if it works for you, ditch it if it doesn't!

[@Manettvibrante]

plz dont bring this overused stupid joke from matt vena's channel here

[@Raasker]

Matt Vena is having his holiday sale, maybe you can pick up an XXL plug on the cheap

[@Manettvibrante]

@@Raasker wow thats a funny joke. u have a great sense of humour

[@based8223]

Cringe

[@javierlopez3530]

1000%. I have experienced this myself and seen this with general population personal training clients as well. When I used to be a powerlifter myself I had this 5-day split that worked wonders for me and since then I had this arbitrary 5-day number that I had to hit or else I failed. It turned into a cycle of missing one or two workouts and just scratching the entire week because I had already missed one or two. Then it turned into a 4-day split with the same thing happening. As a new dad, new job, more responsibilities, and chronically sleeping 3-4 hours less I just had to come to the conclusion that it was unrealistic for me to keep up with what I was doing when I could sleep 8-9 hours a night and had way less going on. Fast forward a whole year and my new standard is a 3-day Total Body split where I can give it my all for only those 3 workouts. One of those days has to be a weekend so that I only have to workout two days during the week. I'm back in my groove and my levels of self-efficacy are back up. Whatever extra energy I have goes towards bonus or "extra credit" relatively easy and light workouts.

[@marken816]

What's your split like?

[@Manettvibrante]

but did you PR?

[@javierlopez3530]

@@marken816 Now that I’m 31 the amount of volume I can handle is significantly less. My workouts used to be 8-10 exercises long and now it’s a solid 5 exercises with maybe 1 or 2 “extra credit” ones if I feel I have the time and energy. I had a “leave no stone left unturned” approach and if you asked why an exercise was in my split I could give you a 1 paragraph response as to why lol. Those exercises probably helped get to where I was, but one can argue now some of it was probably junk volume and wasting valuable time that could be used for recovery. It’s crazy how much I would stress over exercise selection. Getting older, I developed a perspective of just being grateful I got the workout in, while sort of auto regulating and also making sure I’m still progressing over time even if it wasn’t as aggressive. I used to squat and deadlift twice a week on the same day and now I can only handle once a week and they have to be on separate days. Golfing is my biggest athletic endeavor now and I have to make sure I’m not crazy sore for that. Squatting, deadlifting, and bench pressing strength are all still right now that I'm trying to build some clubhead speed. My split is fairly simple. Day 1: squats, paused bench press, lat pulldown, rows, and some other horizontal push exercise Day 2: Overhead Press, Pull Ups, Lunges, Close Grip Bench Press, rows Day 3: Deadlifts, Different Pull Up variation, Touch and go bench press, Incline DB Bench, Favorite Bicep/Tricep variation at the time Obviously this video is on elite lifters so they may be more aggressive with the way they go about things and exercise selection. But if you’re just an average joe looking to build solid muscle and strength without getting too crazy with it, I feel this is a solid approach and has worked great for me. The biggest thing is finding a frequency that works best for you and kill it. If it’s 4 days, go Upper/Lower and you can probably handle a few more exercises.

[@based8223]

cool story bro

[@javierlopez3530]

​@@marken816 My split is fairly simple. Day 1: squats, paused bench press, lat pulldown, rows, and some other horizontal push exercise Day 2: Overhead Press, Pull Ups, Lunges, Close Grip Bench Press, rows Day 3: Deadlifts, Different Pull Up variation, Touch and go bench press, Incline DB Bench, Favorite Bicep/Triceps variation at the time Now that I’m 31 the amount of volume I can handle is significantly less. My workouts used to be 8-10 exercises long and now it’s a solid 5 exercises with maybe 1 or 2 “extra credit” ones if I feel I have the time and energy. I had a “leave no stone left unturned” approach and if you asked why an exercise was in my split I could give you a 1 paragraph response as to why lol. It’s crazy how much I would stress over exercise selection. Getting older, I developed a perspective of just being grateful I got the workout in, while sort of auto regulating and also making sure I’m still progressing over time even if it wasn’t as aggressive. I used to squat and deadlift twice a week on the same day and now I can only handle once a week and they have to be on separate days. Golfing is my biggest athletic endeavor now and I have to make sure I’m not crazy sore for that. Obviously this video is on elite lifters so they may be more aggressive with the way they go about things and exercise selection. But if you’re just an average joe looking to build solid muscle and strength without getting too crazy with it, I feel this is a solid approach and has worked great for me. The biggest thing is finding a frequency that works best for you and kill it. If it’s 4 days, go Upper/Lower and you can probably handle a few more exercises.

[@eshankpanchal4121]

2:31 he REALLY meant it

[@s9209122222]

The HDR image quality is amazing.

[@jakeburlaczenko8165]

Mad, I used to watch your videos over a decade ago

[@dudee499]

How? When he was a kid?

[@TraposaurusFlex]

Brother he wasn't a kid over a decade ago, we OGs are here ​@@dudee499

[@wigletron2846]

​@@dudee499umm yeah, he's been posting videos for over ten years...

[@NickCarrollFit]

@@dudee499 Johnny started making videos 12 years ago and he started making a name for himself online in the YT community about 10 years ago. So the math checks out. 🙂

[@milkismurder]

@@dudee499when he was a world class junior powerlifter

[@michaelkarayan6652]

Man did this video resonate with me and most of my lifters, especially when you said “I’ve trained 4 times in the last 8 days” 2:00

[@stelliumeleven2889]

This is a very interesting take. Never really thought of it like this but it makes far more sense. You really have a good look at the bigger picture of things. We often get lost in the minor details, and overlook major details.

[@chattingwithshap8010]

I love this! I teach and coach strength training. Number one on our list is planning and programming appropriately. So many people lack a consistent plan that addresses you time - stress - rest - food - goals and even motivation. I’d add that it’s better to err on the side of caution. It’s easy to get discouraged if things don’t go perfectly. Also, quality is far superior to just quantity.

[@freakied0550]

This is a great piece of information.

[@timothydavis2568]

short and sweet, i like it

[@haydonstrong4521]

Only put in the work you can maintain. The body is like a garden, don’t start planting plants you don’t have the time to prune.

[@johndoiron9615]

I don't think I'll ever make it to elite at age 59, but I'm still improving even now.

[@paulwaters4672]

Don't say that..if you have started this sport late in life then that's a good thing cause your body isn't torn up like myself.. There's several lifters in late 50's doing incredible lifts cause their body isn't worn out..

[@johndoiron9615]

@@paulwaters4672Thank you friend. I started serious lifting when I was 45. I have to keep myself from comparing my numbers to others. As long as I keep working and improving, I'm doing well.

[@judod97]

be elite version of yourself then🙂good luck

[@oof-by1lz]

Awesome video

[@EinhanderSn0m4n]

Advice as solid as the fit of your shirt. Bravo Zulu! o7

[@rightofleft6280]

Good video

[@tysjt]

Planning to do 6 days, 2 hours sessions, during the holidays. Should be fine.

[@stelliumeleven2889]

did you watch the video? lol

[@Kobe005]

Highly agree. Intermediate weightlifter here, who was making good steady progress training once every three days. Upped to 3-4 times a week and got burnt out after a few months, haven't been consistent in the past four months since then.

[@Tofuthesnake-vq9ep]

Haaaaaa Imagine not being a life time beginner

[@ho2673]

I think I am talking for everyone here, WE want another Q&A 👍

[@letterkeys4440]

Lifetime intermediate was the reality check i needed lol

[@dave4148]

Howd u even get that shirt on dude 😮😫

[@FlyingPastilla]

Honestly I don't see how some can train more than 3 times a week with any intensity. I'm making pretty good gains these days on 2 times a week, don't miss a workout and have time to actually get stronger between sessions without the anxiety of being recovered enough. Currently in the last week of a 5 week block and I still feel decently fresh.

[@mildredmelan]

This better not be click bait

[@MuscularMontel]

Dito looking swole 🔥

[@makobe584]

Simple: they have Elite Genetics.

[@duckslayer11000]

For real. Only a small percentage can be elite or elite fails to exist.

[@andr1]

yep, a lot of this other stuff is just waffle

[@meanpie13]

This is the answer; I was about to post this. Everything else is just the difference between the top 1% and the top .001%.

[@MrAckers75]

Needs a t-shirt that fits him first

[@oftankoftan]

I want the HQ-edit back.

[@VirtousStoic]

Hapoy holidays 🎉

[@Mfran3599]

What size shirt jonnieee???

[@Omnis2]

What Elite Lifters Do, That Lifetime Intermediates Don't? Test.

[@shades4313]

No. There’s tons of intermediates and even beginners on PEDs that still won’t amount to shit because of this and many other factors

[@Wisey_83]

@@shades4313 trained in a few PL gyms in my time. Lifetime natty, 200kg, 150kg, 272kg, S/B/D, so i was still kinda shit...But MANY p.e.d users never got that far from what i saw!. Especially with the deadlift. They did look better tho LOL.

[@shades4313]

@ dude that’s solid! Especially the deadlift, 600 is nothing to sneeze at. I think your perception is warped due to social media as well as training at a Pl gym. Most gym goers will never get to those numbers PEDs or not

[@Wisey_83]

@@shades4313 My perception is definately skewed haha. Anytime a random gets talking about gym then numbers, most of the time they dont beleive me. haha

[@andresallen4003]

I gotta do this fr

[@GrGal]

Thought I might find here a pro gem 💎 for the average guy. Nah, this is really for the higher levels 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@kirkchurchil8216]

This is a nugget of gold that isn’t talked about enough especially with the “science based” trend currently going on drilling into people heads “you must do high volume or you will never see gains”. You will see way more gains consistently doing 4-6 sets per week than doing 12 sets sporadically 1 or 2 times a month etc.

[@mustang8206]

Well no shit bud but those are both 2 extremes

[@yoyoyoyoyo6714]

Gear ?

[@hayfuturo]

Steroids... thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[@Reservist1695]

I've practically never missed a session in almost 10 years and still weak, I've known guys hit advanced numbers (300+ bench or 550 DL) in literally 1 year of training. I think sadly it's more contingent on genetics than anything else, especially as those guys never even had training plans, they would just come in and say "yeah I feel like deadlifting today" and hit a PR while I would fail a 2.5kg jump on my novice set of 5 reps, tragic.

[@gphanisrinivasful]

There is no way anyone is hitting 300 on the bench in a year. And there's no way someone is not hitting even 220 after 10 years (unless, injury or some physical limitation).

[@Reservist1695]

@@gphanisrinivasful I wouldn't believe it unless I saw it either, there were only 2 of them, one ex-athlete and the other guy was just a random genetic phenom. They made more progress than me in literally 1 tenth of the time and looked about 5x better, nuts.

[@bass779]

Your website is still messed up

[@elephantom12]

It's simple, elite lifters conventional deadlift, while lifetime intermediates sumo deadlift.

[@Jeebizz101]

see that dude at a powerlifting meet just pulled 445kg strapless frog stance, absolute weapon

[@Jafmanz]

@@Jeebizz101 the bar moved about 6 inches.

[@Jeebizz101]

@@Jafmanz I agree conventional deadlift should be the king and sumo shouldnt even count as a deadlift, they should just be completely separate lifts. However....a dude still picked up 445kg off the floor, its pretty fucking cool and immensely strong

[@Jafmanz]

@@Jeebizz101 the strapless part is the impressive part imo.

[@hattaraporsas]

only betas pull sumo

[@sportsander2841]

Failing to plan is planning to fail

[@Edgycoo]

the early bird gets the worm but the second mouse gets the cheese

[@buffetline2605]

Bricked!!

[@rutatutut]

Just me or is there almost no audio volume on this?

[@GraysonAugustine]

Why is your shirt so small

[@Zure467]

My job stalled my progress a lot. So i started doing steroids.

[@jakeburlaczenko8165]

I pray you lose the facial hair, restyle your hair and wear a bigger size tshirt 🙏

[@StraitjacketFitness]

🎉

[@ChasingChevy]

Wearing a shirt that small screams insecurity with how you look - also probably causes chafing in the armpits. Size up bro

[@AyeAre196]

Is it worth losing your hairline?

[@ossian1977]

on a week day I can train 3 / week HAHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA like, 3 days a week is the freest I have been in 5 years, and it happened maybe 10 times

[@mysteriumxarxes]

Dude you could go from a 4 to a 7 if you just shaved whatever you call that's on your face

[@GandalftheWhite-i5g]

get a smaller shirt

[@zane812]

Eating clen and trening hard

[@Luegee-vf7kc]

Is it okay to not care about squatting/deadlifting heavy? I enjoy training more when I focus on cardio and doing high rep front squats/rdls and having a heavy focus on bench/weighted pull-up

[@dennisdejong1708]

Whatever you want i guess, any kind of weighttraining is good. Tho heavy lifting has some healthbenefits improving the quality of life, which you are not able to get any other way.

[@handlethisnut]

I couldn't look at myself in the mirror in that situation but to each their own 😂

[@Don2006]

Nah, I'm pretty sure it's just steroids

[@SØREN77Ø]

Algorithm

[@arymniak1]

Steroids Been in this game since the mid 70’s.

[@shred9475]

It is steroids

[@gyorgygajdos1657]

You are too young to know about lifetime this and that. But you are right about planning. Conscious practice vs. autopilot. If you are attentive enough and you do remember your last raises, your body will tell you when it's time to progress again in some exercise

[@jaymills1720]

Steroids 💉 saved you time

[@antonnilsson3279]

WHO cares

[@Kevin_1996]

First

[@nitroyetevn]

Second!

[@StraitjacketFitness]

I was first with y0r ₼0₼. N0w you eסst . FrFr.

[@deeross1434]

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