What I learned MOST From Training With Dan Green & My Recent Easy 750lb Deadlift!

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00:00 Intro
3:31 Lesson 1 from Dan
6:29 training at boss (1742lb gym total)
9:15 Lesson 2 from Dan
13:14 Cali vacation
#bodybuilding #lifting #nutrition #powerbuilding #powerlifting #training #benchpress #training #hypertrophy #usapl #uspa #aesthetic #strength #science #mindseto

[@Egoliftdaily]

I used to really idolize Dan a lot to the point I let my hair and chin hair grow really long 10 years ago. 😂 It was a phase.

[@smartsimplefit]

Oh boy 😂

[@rickstark85]

Made up my mind many years ago that I'm not idolizing anyone or being a fan (fanatic) of anyone. They're only human. Doesn't mean we can't learn from them or admire some of their qualities. But idolize? Nah, that's not of God.

[@brandonyoung4910]

Hahahaha

[@BrendanTietz]

Lmfao well I’m growing my hair rn and I’m bearded up hahaha maybe I’m going through the same phase

[@sdcard08]

Dan Green is like the embodiment of try trying harder. True animal

[@BrendanTietz]

Dude yes to this x 100

[@JGJ505]

Dan Green is the reason why I started powerlifting ! At the time i was a teenager he looked like a Super Hero to me haha An interview with him would be great !

[@sarahsmith4809]

Crazy to think I've been learning from your content for almost 5 years now. It's inspiring seeing your growth & to hear about your aspirations. Long time trainee of hybridperfromance switched over to Prime group training a couple months ago. Loving the program!

[@BrendanTietz]

5 years is long! I appreciate your support through that time and glad you’re loving the GC! Thank you for being apart of our family and journey ❤️🤙🏼

[@AgeBetterDotCom]

Great stuff!!! You have a bright future in powerlifting!!!

[@TunnelVisionAthletic]

Dan is a legend. Most powerlifters today have never even heard of him.

[@BrendanTietz]

I know and it’s something I want to fix. Planning to interview him soon.

[@charliewilliams7280]

MET DAN YEARS BACK AT SEMINAR AT SKIBA'S GYM , NICE GUY GREAT INFO GIVEN

[@user-jr5tq1mx5i]

now that's a true squat to depth, great job!

[@prideneverdies1001]

Dan is the man thank you for the video!

[@smartsimplefit]

Yoooooo, that is dope. Dan is a legend in powerlifting. Kudos man 👏

[@BrendanTietz]

Yeah he’s the coolest! Stays humble

[@shifter8207]

Awesome gym total! Looking forward to seeing your progress towards the meet. Love to see more tier lists of different muscles and how to program them all together

[@BrendanTietz]

I got you! I will do this!

[@shifter8207]

@@BrendanTietz thanks Brendan!

[@UpsideDownGaming97]

Can’t wait to see your new company! #Noskinnychampions

[@BrendanTietz]

❤️🤙🏼 it’s gonna be a great next few years

[@szt82]

I only saw him in interviews but he seems so humble and soft-spoken and at the same time very dedicated and having incredible work ethic that would he ever had stated he just used linear progression during his entire career I would believe him hands down.

[@szt82]

On a different note Brendan: why are you trying to choke that poor lady on the photos?

[@BrendanTietz]

He’s very cool. He holds a STRONG presence without even needing to say much but he’s humble. Everyone is welcome at his gym regardless of training expertise which I love. I hate clicky gyms. I’m planning on doing an interview. She likes being choked. These damn women these days smh 😂🫣 LOL I’m joking, if I don’t write I’m joking she’ll kill me gahahaha

[@szt82]

@@BrendanTietz Careful pal what you are saying, you can never know for what you will be cancelled in the future - maybe you have already said it...

[@BrendanTietz]

You’re only cancel-able if you care

[@lookupjackkruseonyoutube]

Great to see Izzy back bro!

[@BrendanTietz]

Hadn’t seen her in months! Felt great!!

[@Egoliftdaily]

Noti gang gang 🔔

[@musclemachine8849]

Dan Green👑👑👑 The BOSS OF BOSSES

[@OSCN.]

Would you recommend your sub maximal program to intermediate mediate lifters. I squat 255kg, bench 140kg and deadlift 275kg

[@BrendanTietz]

Yes, our GC would be better at that level but if you can’t afford it that works well too!

[@OSCN.]

@@BrendanTietzWould the sub maximal still increase my lifts. I looked at group coaching but I can afford it at the minute.

[@imhassane]

Right now my best rdl is 150kgs x 5 but my deadlift is 160 x 3. I used to be stronger last year but I lost 20kgs in one month and half and since then my leg strength has decreased a lot and I can’t pull a lot off the floor but my back is very strong. I’ve started front squats and right now I’m at 110 x 2. Hope to get to 150kgs by the end of this year. Wish you good training

[@BrendanTietz]

Keep it up man! You might just be doing something wrong on the rdl allowing more weight or doing something wrong on the pull because that discrepancy is too minimal. Never a bad thing to have a strong back, strong legs don’t do much for a deadlift, only strong hamstrings and glutes with proper quad drive which is more a technical issue in the quads than a strength issue. Even for sumo. I’d encourage you to look into this!

[@imhassane]

@@BrendanTietz I’m pretty confident that I have a good form on my RDL, back straight and everything but when I’m deadlifting, when the bar gets near the knees I can pull a lot of weight, I just need to get the bar off the floor and thats what I’m struggling on currently. That’s why I feel like it’s the quads that are limiting. But I’ll look into it more

[@BrendanTietz]

I’ll tell you what, email me a video if you have one, I’d love to break it down for you and if you’d let me I can use it potentially in a video if I see it’s a good fit! If you’re comfortable with that send me rdl and deadlift!

[@imhassane]

@@BrendanTietz okay, thank you. I’ll send it Tuesday then.

[@skude3]

When does range of motion in an exercise become a detriment? By the big ROM logic everyone should do deficit everything surely

[@BrendanTietz]

Great question, so ROM is hugely overrated actually in a lot of context! Me and Dan were discussing this on split squats actually! It really comes down to tension distribution that maximizes adaptation outcome.

[@happzy]

1:00 Damn this was timed perfectly. I look at the guy and think 800 really? Then he rolls up his shorts and I see that monster quad...

[@BrendanTietz]

Yeahhhh lmfao he’s crazyyyy dude, he benches 430ish I think too. His pull is coming up as well

[@HoldMyTube]

Traps are Trappin’ !! Gaaadd damn son.

[@BrendanTietz]

Trap King 👑

[@StephColbertsonStrength]

I don’t know how anybody squats shirtless lol. I tried it the other day when it was cooking in the gym and the bar just kept sliding down my back haha.

[@BrendanTietz]

It’s hard for sure lol not ideal!

[@tariqo16]

the guy with the red hat should try powerlifting someday

[@BrendanTietz]

I keep telling him but he’s kinda skinny so he’s gotta gain some weight

[@leinekenugelvondoofenfocke1002]

Here is a video idea. I've heard you talk about how the hamstrings don't help the squat. There are quite a few reputable lifters that think they do. That leads me to believe that it may be something to do with different builds, and/or squat styles. It could be that they think the hamstrings help, but something else is going on to make them think that.. It could also be, that there is a technical barrier to entry to using the hamstrings effectively in a squat. Brian Alsruhe was talking about how Dave Tate taught him to build tension in the hamstrings. There is this idea that if the hamstrings are contracting while the knee is extending then it's pulling at the hamstrings like ropes and assisting with hip extension. I think when alot of credible people have a difference in opinion like this it would make for a good discussion.

[@SOC-ir6im]

Definitely a hot topic rt now. I tend to think it has to do with squat style but who knows I’m certainly not as knowledgeable bout body mechanics as many of these guys are just find it hard to think they’re not assisting in some way 🧑🏻‍🔧

[@BrendanTietz]

Unfortunately I don’t believe this is debatable. This isn’t my idea or opinion, it’s backed by modeling research and emg. Greg Nuckols has an extensive article breaking it down. The issue here is what coaches “believe” and what we’ve examined ad nauseam. They simply don’t hypertrophy in the research. They don’t elicit emg activity much, and aggressive mathematical models disprove their usage. It’s pretty much case closed. The glutes are key not hamstrings

[@leinekenugelvondoofenfocke1002]

Okay, do you think if someone like Dave Tate taught them how to use them, they would see improvement? Not in hypertrophy, but in the squat itself?

[@BrendanTietz]

You’re not understanding, it’s biomechanically not possible to use them to a large degree. You need to read the article. Like it’s literally not possible based on biomechanics.

[@leinekenugelvondoofenfocke1002]

@@BrendanTietz Right, it's not to a large degree. This wouldn't be controversial if it wasn't being put out as an absolute. It's for sure not a game changer, but I also don't think it's been completely invalidated. They should run these tests on the high level lifters who believe they have learned how to use them, and that they are beneficial. Like Matt Wenning. It's going to be part of the noise until someone can say " here is how he thought hamstrings helped his squat, and how he got that wrong. I might check out the article, but I've heard the talking points, and have yet seen a refutation to the notion that this could be something that has to be trained, and wasn't in the research. If the quads, are pulling the tibia, and the tibia/fibia are pulling the hamstrings, then because the hamstrings are biarticulate it may aide a small amount in hip extension. That isn't an impossibility unless the hips are fixed in place like on a leg press. It would require you to consciously contract the hamstrings though. That isn't immediately intuitive, and that's why I doubt it could be done without serious deliberation, and practice. Also if you flex the hamstrings it might help prevent rotation of the knee to a certain extent. If there isn't rotation your brain might let you use more force. To test that you need someone who has a degree of rotation at some point in the movement. Then they would need to learn how to do it. See this already went passed the point where I can just dismiss it. I wouldn't train hamstrings to up my squat, but I wouldn't knock somebody whose really advanced trying it. It hasn't been done justice yet.

[@lawrence675a]

Dan green is proof that you dont have to have RPE to be an elite level lifter

[@BrendanTietz]

I agree however I do believe using RPE is ideal! I would never coach an athlete without it in some regard. Dan is more the exception than the rule. This is why we break records today and not wonder how the older guys did it. Progress not regress!

[@lawrence675a]

@@BrendanTietz great point honestly, not that I dont use RPE, I've been using it for years, or a year actually lol not years, but damn I just wish I could go rir 0 every set every exercise sometimes, that's what I do on my YOLO workouts

[@Connorleadbeater1]

Are you natural bro

[@BrendanTietz]

No currently on 350 test and 3ius oh GH. I don’t plan on blasting big. Might go 4 IUs soon but no extra orals or high test or anything.

[@truthseeker3412]

This amount of weight cannot be good for the knees etc, especially for over 40s. It's asking for a long term injury that can put you out of work.

[@BrendanTietz]

It’s totally safe. My mom powerlifts into her 60s pain free. When she stopped during covid she became sedentary and injured. When she returned she got healthy. Doctors lied to you so you can get surgeries and pills. Wake up!

[@truthseeker3412]

@@BrendanTietz if you were meant to lift that kind of weight, you wouldn't need knee braces! A doctor has never told me not to do this. I don't live in a country where doctors profit from offering me drugs l do not need 🤷‍♂️

[@BrendanTietz]

Ok so how is my 64 year old mom squatting and deadlifting hundreds of pounds with not injury? How about the thousands of masters class powerlifters in their 70s doing the same? I literally just saw a 70 year old squatting 2.5x bodyweight…. You’re just making shit up in your head because the MEDIA and bad advice put this into the zeitgeist. The medical system is world wide and transnational. Or did you miss the whole WHO thing?

[@truthseeker3412]

@@BrendanTietz no, I love The Who, kidding! Look, you are conflating two completely different things. Just using common sense, lifting 700lbs repeatedly will eventually cause injury. Our bodies were not built to do that. At some point due to poor form or a pound too much, the risk of injury is high. You must know people from the gym who have a back injury that won't go away.

[@BrendanTietz]

Where does this common sense come from? Have you done this? Because if you actually talk to anyone who has they’ll tell you the human body is regenerative. Ronnie Coleman chose surgery and pills instead of holistic proactive health. Arnold didn’t. So how is it Arnold is still walking around after such heavy squats and deads even with subpar technique compared to what we know today and he’s still lifting heavy in his 70s?? Tom platz, Lee Haney, Ed Coan, all of these guys still lift! You’re using “common sense” from a sense that’s been programmed from people saying heavy squats are bad. They’re literally not. You’re flat wrong and can’t provide a single circumstance where they are bad other than people who let doctors carve them up and feed them pills.

[@khailephd]

Totally buried the lead here. Kissing your gf. Didn’t know you were in a new relationship

[@BrendanTietz]

This is our two year anniversary! I’ve posted multiple videos with her. We just don’t post a ton publicly.

[@bretthong6137]

Next ronnie Coleman. Goin to mess ur back up.

[@BrendanTietz]

I know I’m so excited 🤗

[@bretthong6137]

@BrendanTietz doctor reacts ronnie coleman. There is 2 doctors. Please watch those . Listen to somebody trying to help you instead of being a know it all, like I used to be lol

[@BrendanTietz]

So how is Arnold so healthy even older than Ronnie? What about platz and every great? For the one piece of evidence you provide there’s countless 70 year old powerlifters lifting hundreds of pounds. You believe in doctors, I believe in the human body. Those same doctors will pump you full of meds. The medical system is corrupt and Ronnie used the medical system after years of steroid abuse. You just limit yourself believing doctors are this pinnacle of knowledge because appealing towards authority gives you a sense of security that your lack of experience and knowledge doesn’t fulfill. I also don’t train anything like Ronnie Coleman. I’m not a dumbass who goes balls to the wall every day. Ronnie is the pinnacle of what not to do.

[@bretthong6137]

@BrendanTietz I'm not questioning your strenght at all both know that's strong. What I'm question is can the human body handle at Weight on the back. Look at most powerlifters or bodybuilders most of them tear bicep, hams, chest. Be nice if there was a youtube channel saying how much the back can handle before it breaks and requires rods. I love lifting also. When your lifting 500+ pounds the back and certain parts of so strong. But if your doin a Deload I can see that. Have a great Friday.

[@BrendanTietz]

Your body is regenerative. You’re believing in what medical students used to believe called a “biomedical” model of pain/injury. These days we have research show casing how easily the body regenerates especially when you don’t go through the pharmaceutical industry or surgical route! If you simply just looks at open powerlifting in the masters class you’ll see how many active powerlifters are going in their 70s and 80s! Does buying a Porsche mean you’ll crash? No. Does powerlifting mean you’ll wreck your back? No. It’s all in how you do it and has nothing to do with “how much you lift” but how well you lift it. The proof is in the fact you can only name Ronnie Coleman and then ironically EVERYONE else who’s older you can also name you don’t. Arnold, Platz, franco, Carl weathers, Stalone, Ventura, ferigno, the list goes on man. They’re all more than healthy! Meanwhile you look at football and it’s the complete opposite. Boxing brain damage out the ass. Hell most baseball players are fucked! The media and dumb doctors have convinced you lifting is dangerous. They’re just simply wrong and we have endless data showcasing this. There’s literally a long term cohort study analyzing injuries and long term problems from various sports and powerlifting is literally one of the least risky