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@calebworden2993

8 ай бұрын

You should look Dennis Rogers and Kevin fast

@calebworden2993

8 ай бұрын

And you said it's a parlor trick for you guys to lift a car well it may be a parlor trick for you guys but for in every day woman it's pretty crazy and also how do you know she didn't lift the car 4 inches where you there did you see it

@AlexanderBromley

8 ай бұрын

​@@calebworden2993 good god I hope you are never on a jury.

@calebworden2993

8 ай бұрын

How can you say something didn't happen if you didn't see I wouldn't say did and then Wednesday didn't cuz I don't have any certain permission to know

@calebworden2993

8 ай бұрын

And yeah they're going to be stupid people who do stupid things but you don't discount what everybody says because of some stupid people that seems to be your whole reasoning for why you don't believe this lady because what does lady said people are doing dumb things that's not the fault of lady that's the fault of the dumb people

I will no longer refer to myself as fat, I'll forever be "heavily marbled" Thank you, Alex.

@StrongmanJack95

8 ай бұрын

That was one of my main takeaways too LOL

@ytsux9259

8 ай бұрын

Ok, chub.

@erko8620

8 ай бұрын

Hard fat

@Sage1Million

8 ай бұрын

You shouldn’t be content with being obese.

@dennissmith7214

8 ай бұрын

😳😂😂🤌🏽😙

I think the "endurance thing" is glossed over and overlooked. Primitive humans with the capacity to communicate advanced tactics and their incredible endurance were nightmare fuel. Imagine you're a gorilla...yeah you can beatdown anything. One on one. And most other animals attacked one at a time or if they did come in groups, they could easily be scared away or would give up if there seemed to be a long battle ahead because of the caloric requirements would outweigh the need to fight that long for food. But here come those damn humans again...tools/spears in hand. They don't scare as easy and only peer at you from a distance as you try and scurry away from the large group of them. You run over a hill, your gorilla heart moving your massive frame. No worries, most animals would give up by now. You turn around...all 20 peering from around trees. On and on...until you're so exhausted all you can do is snarl and growl and they start closing in, throwing spears and darting away. Most people don't realize that even modern day marathoners can easily outrun a horse for distance over a day.

@random.3665

4 ай бұрын

Great point. I once heard someone (i think it was a biologist, but im not certain there) refer to it as the same level of horror that a zombie horde would give a human. It was in the context of most mammals being four-legged and furry. With their four legs, they could easily outperform humans in terms of speed and acceleration. But - just like a horde of zombies - the humans would never stop chasing you. They cant sprint up to you by matching your speed, but whenever you would stop to rest (and most importantly, cool back down, since most animals actually have to rest to regulate body temperature back down, rather than being 100% exhausted muscle-wise), they are still running after you. You cant loose them easily, since their human eyes can see you at distance, and their upright way of walking means they can see above the gras/vegetation. They dont overheat like you do, since they have less fur and have a built-in cooling system (sweating). And their intelligence and social proclivity makes it almost impossible to scare them off when they are in a group. Eventually, you WILL have to rest, and by the time you would be recovered, they have already reached you.... Nature is terrifying in a lot of ways, but i think a lot of people underestimate how terrifying our human ancestors had to be in order to conquer nature they way they ended up doing.

@mishXY

4 ай бұрын

@@random.3665 damn right! also the fact that humans could hunt without projectiles, simply by chasing an animal to die of exhaustion, is insane. and then comes the fact that we can pretty precisely launch deadly projectiles MUUUUUUCH further than anything alive is also crazy. the strongest gorilla can throw a rock maybe 10-15m/33-50ft with abysmal precision.

@ObsidianRadio

4 ай бұрын

Homo Sapiens are in a weird space. We were/are the most efficient hunters in the animal kingdom yet we're also the easiest prey animal. Most people don't like to think about it obviously, but many researchers gloss over the fact that homo sapiens were hunted by many different predators for eons because in the right circumstances we're actually quite easy to kill.

@danielragsdale9849

4 ай бұрын

@@ObsidianRadioTrue, I can only imagine a reason a lot of animals don’t target us has nothing to do with how hard it would be and everything to do with fears of thing that won’t happen. We have incredibly unique advantages, but we’re not anywhere close to perfect at all.

@random.3665

4 ай бұрын

@@ObsidianRadio Its one of the traits of being a social species. One of us alone is easy prey. A group of our species is the most lethal hunting force on the planet.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU PUT THE SAME STEROIDS IN THE GORILA????

@r1sing_dawn320

Ай бұрын

☠️☠️☠️

@marshal000

Ай бұрын

you get a gorilla saying Yeaahh buddy!!

@user-zk7xn2xx9y

Ай бұрын

You get the king, the goat, yeah buddy, light weight baby, Ronnie Coleman...

@SeagullBBQ

Ай бұрын

LIGHT WEIGHT

@pauleccleston5006

Ай бұрын

A study needs to be done with the gorilla given 2g of tren with every meal 5x a day What can go wrong

Grusome some of those clips you included of bone breaks and tendons going. I was not ready for that man!

@tappajaav

3 ай бұрын

Those people who broke bones and tendons were not ready for it either

@WilliamJohnson-bo7rm

25 күн бұрын

Me too man, that shit scared me😂

@adrianharrison5208

24 күн бұрын

I was just about to go to bed, guess I'll be watching this now instead

Serge Redding's 502 clean and press (strict) is still the most impressive feat of strength I've ever seen.

@kirkykirk7880

8 ай бұрын

I reckon Iron Biby would crush that with a big enough incentive

@soonahero

8 ай бұрын

A clean and press is a power feat, not strength

@Washyourbellybutton

8 ай бұрын

@@soonahero Think about what you just said. Then please delete that comment.

@toddpacker5734

8 ай бұрын

@@kirkykirk7880no shot iron biby has the mobility/athleticism to clean 502 in any fashion. Also Serge was 300 pounds.

@hairyape_8103

8 ай бұрын

​​@@soonahero it was a press not a jerk. Also even very heavy clean and jerks require a ton of strength so idk what ur on about

I love how this video compared comic book characters with real life human lifters, discussed scientific subjects such as genetic and sexual dimorphism, and eventually ended on sci-fi-esque bionics and gene editing as possible solution to increase a human's upper limits. Great video. I'm truly impressed.

@medvidekmisa

7 ай бұрын

is it so scifi if we already able to breed and edit genes at animals to gain muscles like crazy ? (google belgian blue cow) myostatine blockers are insane.

@ojeritoayala

7 ай бұрын

and don't forget to add the morality of gene editing

@servantes3291

7 ай бұрын

Yeah there was a lot of thought put into this, I liked it a lot

@kwamea.n1723

7 ай бұрын

scientific way uses kilograms not pounds but yeah cool stuff

@NazriB

6 ай бұрын

Lies again? AIA Money High School

Would personally love a deep dive on ancient human strength and methods available to them at the time, and what limits would come from that. Could be interesting. Anyway, great video.

@MF-kr4hf

4 ай бұрын

They had to exercise all day every day, and ate unprocessed fats and foods, so they were as fit, healthy, and strong as possible, I'd imagine..

@AdamMclardy

4 ай бұрын

@@MF-kr4hfapart from the hard access to great food and the work not being about building fitness but meeting a quota so they worked only exactly enough as they needed to to get that day’s calories and shelter

@tucosalamanca5818

3 ай бұрын

@@MF-kr4hfyeah but resources were much scarcer so they didn't always get a ton of protein, most of hunting entailed long distance pursuits so they're mainly doing cardio rather than weight training, and also they didn't have access to spotify playlists to motivate them which are all factors that may limit them

@al-imranadore1182

2 ай бұрын

​@@MF-kr4hfThey were more efficient but not stronger than modern athletes.

@davidryke113

2 ай бұрын

@@al-imranadore1182 They hunted mammoths with sharpened sticks. Would love to see an athlete hunt a full grown elephant with a sharpened stick.

One thing I found EHHH was the "mom lifting a car" segment. From what I've read in the small amount of literature I have read is that it "does" happen but it only happens in so far as it allows one to go beyond the governor you previously talked about, not beyond your actual physical strength. Like you also explained, trained individuals' governors are at a much higher % of their physical max than untrained but things like adrenaline, cortisol and others do play a roll in removing that safety limit, but again neither you nor your body can escape your actual strength limits.

@slofty

2 ай бұрын

You can through a catastrophic tonic-clonic seizure, but I'll give that that doesn't really count as what you had in mind. It isn't rare for otherwise average people to break all kinds of stuff unleashing an ungodly amount of kinetic energy whilst seizing.

@al-imranadore1182

2 ай бұрын

​@@sloftyour bones limit us.

@egoalter1276

2 ай бұрын

In healthy humans both musculus quardiceps and soleus are strong enough to easily tear their connective tendon from bone. The feequency of torn achilles injuries in performance sports is proof enough. Musculus biceps and triceps brachii not necessearly so, but they can be traind to the point they are. The limits exist not to let us have an anime powerup when we get scared or angry. They exist to stop us from tearing our musculature apart.

@al-imranadore1182

2 ай бұрын

@@egoalter1276 If the lifting mechanism works properly our bones can support the dead weight of an average adult rhinoceros.

@egoalter1276

2 ай бұрын

@@al-imranadore1182Bones, yes. Tendons and ligaments? No.

I think the human limit is actually determined by the ability of the body to tolerate mass, and the difficult/stressful road it takes to get to those levels. Meaning the heart, kidney, liver etc. The fact that strongmen require CPAP machines to avoid serious side effects once higher sizes are achieved, is an indication of artificially surpassing natural limits. Along with new equipment, nutrition, rehabilitation/rest options, pharmaceutical, and even eventually DNA modification. That's where it's going to stop once all these options are exhausted.

@phalanx8437

8 ай бұрын

In our current form we're near the ceiling, this milque-toast fantasy "if you just train or believe hard enough!" Is absolute cringe intellectual denialism at best. To surpass our current numbers in large meaningful ways i.e: the average "man" can now lift a car we need what you said, drastic DNA modification to an unrecognisable degree. Sci-Fi shit, we wouldn't even look like homosapiens anymore.

@morsumbra9692

8 ай бұрын

CyberPunk soldiers won't happen cuz Terminator robots are easier to produce at scale. The military really really really wanted em and I even worked on some caloric research with them but the same reason they ditched the dolphin kamikaze idea for better torpedoes we'll have robots instead of biomods unless its for personal consumerism imo.

@adamplentl5588

8 ай бұрын

​​​@@morsumbra9692Cyberpunk soldiers won't happen *at scale.* but even with the advent of mass production death robots you'd still have a few human cyborgs running around for things that require that special touch. Sometimes you just need a couple of fellas to get in an out. The solution to all strategic issues is not massed arms.

@morsumbra9692

8 ай бұрын

@@adamplentl5588 I could totally see it. Maybe as a phase, maybe as the unique wetworkers. Maybe even as the weakness of the robots as we've seen cardboard kamikaze drones are more effective than jets in unique instances.

@Milliardo55

8 ай бұрын

The limit is determined largely by biology and anatomy. That's the long and short of it. We're not built like gorillas. Even if we could theoretically increase muscle mass and muscle fibers by limiting myostatin, there is still our bone structure to contend with. Again we're not built like gorillas, who have both the muscle and bone structure to exert much force. The only way we can equal or surpass gorillas is to practically build a man from the ground up to be like one--that would require a lot of genetic manipulation, and I don't think we're at that level yet to create a super soldier like Steve Rogers.

5:12 lost it when he said "this is an average male" and dropped a pic of destiny lmao

@riteshyeddu9186

5 ай бұрын

yeah lol

@voicesbyjwanjordan7125

4 ай бұрын

I had to do a double take because I thought I was tripping LOL!

@MaxiAnime-nf8pu

4 ай бұрын

He said whos Been in the gym for a year

@TheMopar181990

4 ай бұрын

@@voicesbyjwanjordan7125 Also had to rewatch it. That was a great diss. Got a good laugh from it

@SuperSecretAgentNein

4 ай бұрын

Did not expect that haha

I love this video. This is insane quality and packed with GOOD information. I appreciate this existing.

Absolutely amazing analysis. Knowledgeable, calm, collected, with an interesting outlook into the future. This is the first video i saw on your channel, and it absolutely makes me excited to check out your others. Very nice work, thank you!

As someone in no way involved in the fitness/lifting community, but has an immense interest in biology and morphology, this video was incredibly interesting and I learned a lot of cool new stuff. Thank you very much!

@TheBoxingCannabyte

7 ай бұрын

As someone who loves your cat avatar, and also shARES the same interest, let me give you some virtual pecan pie, sir/ma'am/they/them/goat-fiend, whatever your b inary or non-binary, you look like you would enjoy some pecan pie.

@pipthewarrior3738

7 ай бұрын

@@TheBoxingCannabyte bruh

@CoralCopperHead

7 ай бұрын

@@TheBoxingCannabyte I'm sure your enthusiasm comes from a genuine place, but uh... dial it back a bit. Sometimes allies can be more embarrassing than those of us who are aggressively stereotypical.

@CeeWorld69

7 ай бұрын

Now go exercise........thank you

@DanielBrennan-xl8hg

7 ай бұрын

​@@CoralCopperHead😂😂that made my day that comment and I was checking to see if cat avatar was female cos he sounde thirsty 😂😂

I'm a licensed massage therapist and it pleases me to see an accurate, technical breakdown of how muscles actually work. Well done!

@thegael791

6 ай бұрын

Glorified protitute.

@fuckyachickenstrips

5 ай бұрын

​@thegael791 you're just mad that you're too ugly to get a happy ending. Touch grass.

@jasonalen7459

5 ай бұрын

@@thegael791 Ah yes, and life-drawing turns artists into glorified voyeurs. 🤦‍♂

@thegael791

5 ай бұрын

@@jasonalen7459 Yeah they all try to mask their creepiness with "professionalism". Anyone with half a brain cell knows it's at least 50 percent sexual lmao. Running your hands all over a strangers body with oil is a scummy and degrading job. Would never lower myself.

Great video, man! All of this was super-informative! Thanks for making it.

One of the best videos on the subject of human strength I ever seen. Thank you.

Alexander I am not a lifter and am not interested in it. But my hat is off to you for your presentation and thoroughness. Your topic-building, timing, subject breakdown, and analytic compliment make for a top-notch educator. I hope the people watching this understand the time, attention and genuine professionalism you put into this video. Thanks.

@Iam1nsane

7 ай бұрын

My exact thoughts. The video has the ability to keep somebody in there not really aiming to use it for self goal. That is a winning content creator. If this guy was a stock, the call is long him.

@alexandrupatru2892

7 ай бұрын

So true. It was very researched, very detailed and crystal clear explained, as well as so well video edited. Better than any documentary I have seen so far on this subject matter. Hat off for the tons of work that went into this!

Thanks for doing this, a lot people don't appreciate the factors that go into strength. One of the prime examples in nature are bears. They have short limbs and bodies that are arched. This makes it so they have far better leverage for swipes and wrestling. Even with the same muscle mass as a human, their force generation is higher along certain axis than we can generate. It's useful to remember that strength is more complex than people realize.

@IndependenOnesTV

7 ай бұрын

No it’s not it’s called effort and roids.

@Handle35667

7 ай бұрын

It’s called steroids. Steroids go into it

@corvidconsumer

7 ай бұрын

@@IndependenOnesTV the hell are you talking about

@Nightdiver20

7 ай бұрын

@@IndependenOnesTV Go outside, get some sunshine, and pick up something heavy. Repeat.

@fastcow7013

7 ай бұрын

@@IndependenOnesTV lift the bed you sleep on before you type something like this

This is a great well done video, thank you man!

I loved this Masterclass/Course thanks a lot.

21:02.... I WASNT READY FOR THAT!!! 😩😩😩

Ive always wondered how strong Andre the giant coukd have been if he'd taken loads of gear and trained accordingly. His totals would have been unbeatable

@yimpyoi9808

8 ай бұрын

i think you, and this video, are missing an important factor. the human organs have to be able to support a a high performance body like that, and those organs already struggle in these obscenely strong 400 lb men. if a guy like andre the giant took PEDs, he very likely would have died from heart complications even earlier than he did.

@g.dalfleblanc63

8 ай бұрын

Dude he died in his 40s you wanted him dead by 30??

@buck_X

8 ай бұрын

@@g.dalfleblanc63 In fairness, his death was because his genetic condition was progressive. Higher stresses might have pushed him to his breaking point earlier, but the impact of going on gear until his numbers started dropping then giving it up permanently would likely be fairly minor. You look at pictures of Andre at 20 and it's night and day compared with his misshapen face in the final years.

@g.dalfleblanc63

7 ай бұрын

@@buck_X He died of heart failure. He is the last person to be taking tons of gear. You look at personal medical information but you also look at family history. I'm average height no heart conditions but my Dad died of a stroke at 68, he survived a heart attack in his 40s and then a stroke in his early 50s. That's information which tells me not to touch gear. Gear is not even necessary for the best athletic performance, take Usain Bolt.

@mainsource8030

7 ай бұрын

i wouldnt be suprised if bolt was on gear@@g.dalfleblanc63

this was awesome. I never thought about the nervous system part. You made a great analogy with the governor and chimp.

Thank you I found this informative and thought provoking!

Excellent video. Well researched, well spoken, well edited. Much like our collective deadlifts, Bromley's video quality has definitely gone up over the years.

@bathyalgames

8 ай бұрын

In my opinion this is currently the best video, that cleans up a lot of nonsense and educates the right things.

@roncaruso931

7 ай бұрын

These guys are all on roids and PEDs. You left out Lasha Talahadze , super heavyweight OLY lifter who did a 594lb. C&J in training. He had to lift the weight off the floor, front squat it and then jerk it over head! Paul Anderson did a back squat of 1700 lbs. NO roids or drugs.

@DarkVeghetta

7 ай бұрын

@@roncaruso931 I'm not sure you're replying to the correct comment. I wasn't talking about any specific lifters and ofc they're on PEDs - the point is to see what the human body is capable of, not go full natty.

Watching Lasha snatch 225kg and c&j 266kg is probably the most insane thing I have ever seen. He makes it look effortless.

@iceborned2019

8 ай бұрын

fingers crossed that we see the 500kg total in the next couple of years

@snakesolidhb

8 ай бұрын

thank you for translating the video to european XD was lost with the pounds

@roncaruso931

7 ай бұрын

These guys are all on roids and PEDs. You left out Lasha Talahadze , super heavyweight OLY lifter who did a 594lb. C&J in training. He had to lift the weight off the floor, front squat it and then jerk it over head! Paul Anderson did a back squat of 1700 lbs. NO roids or drugs.

@misutatomasu

7 ай бұрын

@@roncaruso931 Literally every single athlete in top 1000 of every sport is on PEDs. You are delusional and know nothin about the subject.

@ghoulbuster1

4 ай бұрын

@@roncaruso931 Yeah no shiet bro everyone knows.

One of the more interesting subjects to watch , thank you .

Educational, informative, and thought-provoking. Quality.

I'm a mechanical engineer. I'm working on a power generator to make one of these exosuits you're talking about. The limiting factor for power armor, currently, is energy density. Exosuits work but require a lot of power/energy. Consequently, they can only run for very short time periods. Batteries don't have the energy density, and oil has the energy density but current generation ICE engines that are sufficiently efficient enough to power them can't be downscaled to fit on or in a suit. This challenge will eventually be overcome, potentially very soon. That being said, being athletic and in shape won't go away. If you can lift a thousand pounds, an exosuit will simply add how much you can lift. Remember, hydraulic pumps and rams also have limitations as well. When they are stressed to their limits, it will require additional strength from the guy piloting the suit. And unlike humans, hydraulic pumps and rams are unable to push past their limits. Their engineered limits are absolute and known.

@magicmallet5800

6 ай бұрын

I've thought about the problem in terms of size and capability to move such a suit. I have an idea of using a 2-stroke engine with a fuel pump that turns a small electric generator that has a capacitor and battery to smooth out and make power delivery more consistent. Probably not a very good idea but eh, it's another idea.

@smh9902

6 ай бұрын

@@magicmallet5800 Thats basically what I'm doing, but I have a very special 2T engine made specifically for the job. Hydraulic pump on one side, electric generator on the other.

@rightwingsafetysquad9872

6 ай бұрын

@@magicmallet5800 The only real problem I see with that idea is having 2-stroke exhaust following you around all day. I’m sure there’s a solution out there, but it’s going to require a lot of refinement.

@magicmallet5800

6 ай бұрын

@rightwingsafetysquad9872 very true. That would be a problem and thus require the suit be sealed, which wouldn't be too bad a thing. You could also use propane or some other clean burning gas like they use in the floor polishers at the store I work at. They use a 4 stroke vertical shift v-twin engine for it but the fumes are minimal despite its size. That could work I believe, though even then there would be SOME fumes.

@smh9902

6 ай бұрын

@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 I've solved the problem, the emissions on my prototypes are cleaner than a poppet valve 4T.

This channel is a hidden gem! Alexander is an amazing narrator!

@ericflynn6541

7 ай бұрын

Great presentation and a phenomenal radio voice ❤

@roncaruso931

7 ай бұрын

These guys are all on roids and PEDs. You left out Lasha Talahadze , super heavyweight OLY lifter who did a 594lb. C&J in training. He had to lift the weight off the floor, front squat it and then jerk it over head! Paul Anderson did a back squat of 1700 lbs. NO roids or drugs.

Great work on this video. Fantastic.

I love your sense of humor, so subtle and very well-timed 🤣

I've never seen anyone address the issue of attachment points before, which always surprised me. It seems feasible (in theory) to surgically modify the bone for increased leverage. A wider epiphysis or carefully grafted sesmoid bone would increase the moment arm and thus total strength.

@JustSomeGuy69420

8 ай бұрын

Hell yeah. I'm gonna get my bicep tendon attached to the distal end of my radius, so i can hammer curl 300 pounds with my weird webbed arm.

@logangrimnar3800

8 ай бұрын

@JustSomeGuy69420 lol not that extreme, but apes do have lower attachment points. But the biggest improvement would come from wider epiphysis and sesmoid bones

@charlesterrizzi8311

8 ай бұрын

Oh please don’t give bodybuilders any ideas

@TheRiquelmeONE

8 ай бұрын

pretty sure some armwrestlers who tore their biceps did something like that already with some minor success. They basically let surgeons optimize the attachment points.

@morsumbra9692

8 ай бұрын

Baseball has a common surgery for this called the Tommy John Surgery to make pitching faster. A few crazy scientists also did a lot of research about doing it to the gastroc to run faster like cheetahs. Eventually we'll have CyberPunk soldiers with biomodifications and steroids

i always thought the premise was "the adrenaline reduced her muscle preservation and she lifted the corner a few inches long enough to get help." never thought it was a hidden power, always thought it was the body saying "not succeeding is not an option, full send"

@windhelmguard5295

4 ай бұрын

it just removes pain and fear from the equation. the pain you feel when you overexert your muscles and the fear of getting hurt are what usually limits what an average human can do, you throw those things out the window and suddenly you see yourself doing things you thought impossible.

@yngfljm2277

4 ай бұрын

@@windhelmguard5295 you throw these things out the window and in a house fire you throw yourself out the window

@Xeno455

4 ай бұрын

Adrenaline forces the body to intake more oxygen, the heart to pump faster, and increases blood flow to muscle tissue while restricting it to places like the digestive tract. It does make you temporarily stronger. Because its a fight or flight survival response. Of course it doesn't turn you into the hulk. The limiter is still there. So is the fear since its literally a fear response designed to give you a boost to remove whatever threat is causing the response. But it does make you stronger for a short period.@@windhelmguard5295

What a great video and editing, thoroughly enjoyed this!

@VAHOSS

Ай бұрын

👍

Quality content, I enjoyed a lot, thank you!

I'm 68 and back in the gym. I agree, the scaffolding of bones, tendons and ligaments are first and foremost. I'm lifting linear progression and so for so good. Enough lean muscle mass is MY goal, NOT the most.💪🙏

I started lifting when I was 47 and I'm 50 now when I started I hadn't worked out since I was 26 but I already had pretty jacked shoulders and I believe it was my job...I built fences, swinging a pick ax and using post hole diggers for 20 years which leads me to say consistency is key

@Mratet

8 ай бұрын

why do you sound like a 12 yr

@rel8m868

8 ай бұрын

ive been lifting for 5 years but ive seen my best shoulder and arm gains so far in just the last few months after starting a hard labour job, all the cardio has made me leaner too while maintaining my muscle and gaining strength. fuck office jobs

@tilt6715

7 ай бұрын

You really are Kratos

@Speeder84XL

7 ай бұрын

Yes - that have indeed helped some. If your goal is to build strength, working is quite inefficient, compared to how much time you spend on it though. Strength is built most effiently by putting maximum effort for shorter periods and resting - not by doing "low intensity work out" for like 8 hour, 5 days a week. You sometimes also get the problem of building uneven strength. Work that requires both strength and precision is the worst. That's where we see people with totally skewed strength, like for example the grip strength being 20% higher in the dominant hand, than the other. But work can still build quite a bit of strength under the right conditions - and in any case, it's way better than being a couch potato.

@dkratos2640

7 ай бұрын

Probably explains why my shoulders were jacked but I still had man boobs, lol

Gem of a Channel ❤ Lucky to find it!

Very, very interesting work here. You had me glued to this. Thanks for the content

Absolutely phenomenal video!!! I don’t think most people have any idea what it takes to put something like this together. As a gym owner, personal trainer, power lifter and scholar that’s been obsessed with this sport for 34 years and has read everything strength, nutrition and bodybuilding I could gt my hands on for as long as I can remember and I’m now working on creating my own KZread channel, I have the utmost respect for you. Very cool video! 5 star, perfect 10! Keep up the great work! 👌

@beentheredonethat5908

8 ай бұрын

Nice! I have studied fitness, strengh, powerlifting and bodybuilding for 30 years. I've seen the human body do things that everyone claims isn't possible, most done in prison, bad food, no supplements or drugs, just time, repetitive training, and incredibly high stress levels. Honestly, there are men in prisons across the USA, I'm sure other places as well, that can smash the current records in almost every weight class, all clean with no anabolic drugs. I myself cane home after 14 years and could out lift and train longer and harder then anyone in the gyms, many far bigger and more muscler then myself. I don't have great genetics , I'm not big, and even now at 44 years old, I can still lift more then other mem half my age, although I'm not capable of what I once was. I'd love some serious research into why this happens , how its possible, because I was FAR from the strongest guy in there, not even close to mamy of the men, and if we can find out what that factor is, we can enhance training and give more natural athletes an advantage. The fitness community talks at times about the builds that come out of prison, but no one has actually done research, bloodwork, mental edge or any other real dive into why or how this is possible. If the powerlifting records from these places were actually researched, most records would definitely be held by incarcerated men, maybe thats why, idk, but it's worth the research for the next generation of lifters to tap into this, and maybe keep the ped use down.

@zakzwijn8410

7 ай бұрын

What is your opinion on Tongkat Ali and Fadogia Agrestis?

@roncaruso931

7 ай бұрын

These guys are all on roids and PEDs. You left out Lasha Talahadze , super heavyweight OLY lifter who did a 594lb. C&J in training. He had to lift the weight off the floor, front squat it and then jerk it over head! Paul Anderson did a back squat of 1700 lbs. NO roids or drugs.

@breaknfiction21

7 ай бұрын

Been working out for 4 years regularly attempting to progressively overload, but I plateau after just 1 year. I actually start to get weaker, every time I hit that “ceiling”. I look like the guy in the video who represents the average guy after two months of training. I actually have the worst genetics

@roncaruso931

7 ай бұрын

@@breaknfiction21 Take some steroids or PEDs like the pros do.

Big fan Bromley. More theoretical please.

Very Very Very Informative, loved it!

This is my first video of yours i have seen, your intro into your ad read has made a me fan.

I have always had a very thin build. 6'3" and 165 lbs back in HS. I had one of those miracle strength incidents. A friend who was on the football team asked me to spot him (bad idea since I didn't know what that meant. He was trying to press 300lbs. It ended up on his face. I stepped over him, lifted it off his face and threw it aside. Moments later after the adrenaline was gone, I couldn't lift that for the life of me. Not a car I know, but more than this skinny kid should have been able to lift.

@SovereignStatesman

7 ай бұрын

Wow, you lifted 1/20th the world record, what a miracle.

@MenOn13

7 ай бұрын

@@SovereignStatesman HE Was a non lifting kid then u illiterate

@Real_MisterSir

7 ай бұрын

@@SovereignStatesman It is relative strength, not peak strength. Your comment has no purpose other than showing your own arrogance.

@toastedt140

7 ай бұрын

​@@SovereignStatesmanBad troll is bad. Go back to cave

@adrianaslund8605

7 ай бұрын

Varangians(Vikings who ended up working as royal guards in Constantinople) were said to have something called "The Varangian war dance". In which they basically worked themselves up into a frenzy. Where they would exhibit unusual strength for a while. And afterwards. They typically needed some rest days. Basically they purposefully activated that high adrenaline state so that none of their muscles would hold back.

21:05 is absolutely terrifying.

@gitsurfer27

6 ай бұрын

That was the jump scare of my life XD

@Ticks

6 ай бұрын

I'm not the same anymore

@gitsurfer27

6 ай бұрын

@@Ticks I'll never trust again

@kozmosis3486

6 ай бұрын

Did that guy fkn die or wut?

@Ticks

5 ай бұрын

@kozmosis3486 I reckon he must have :/

Good video. Thanks for putting it out.

Incredible video, well edited and funny just overall entertaining i definitely subbed. Especially being a powerlifter and nerd found this very interesting and informative thanks 🙏

You really showed all the muscle breaks and tendon snaps. I salute you

@calamorta

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, stuff like 21:03 is usually what other KZreadrs would tell we shouldn't search for it lol

@roncaruso931

7 ай бұрын

These guys are all on roids and PEDs. You left out Lasha Talahadze , super heavyweight OLY lifter who did a 594lb. C&J in training. He had to lift the weight off the floor, front squat it and then jerk it over head! Paul Anderson did a back squat of 1700 lbs. NO roids or drugs.

@magnanimouscontributor881

7 ай бұрын

​@@calamortaIt looks fake

@IceDunker-2000

7 ай бұрын

@@calamorta that was brutal

@SetTheCurve

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I applaud for this. Every now and then as I’m approaching a 1rm I think about “what if this is when my shit pops”. Keeps me a bit realistic. It’s good for people to understand the risk

Interesting findings on this topic. Amazing the lengths to which people go to increase their strength and the things they've achieved. That being said there's also mechanical advantage: "Give me a place to stand and I will move the earth" -Archimedes.

As a former gymnast, I have always wondered where the limit is on the rings in terms of static strength parts. Over the years, I have always seen new exercise parts that I previously considered unthinkable. Thanks to the latest technology as well as good nutritional science, one is now able to perform the unthinkable. who knows what will come in the distant future. bones will probably still break, but maybe you can make them grow thicker. That was a very interesting and informative video. Thank you and greetings 😉

@roncaruso931

7 ай бұрын

These guys are all on roids and PEDs. You left out Lasha Talahadze , super heavyweight OLY lifter who did a 594lb. C&J in training. He had to lift the weight off the floor, front squat it and then jerk it over head! Paul Anderson did a back squat of 1700 lbs. NO roids or drugs.

@justroberto7646

7 ай бұрын

​@@roncaruso931I doubt he was natural

@Lordmewtwo151

2 ай бұрын

Regarding the point on the bones: That will, of course, probably bring other disadvantages. As a person would be denser, they might not be able to swim as well. And on a more serious note, if bones are more dense, perhaps the bone marrow may become less efficient at producing the required blood cells.

5:11 Bromley firing shots at destiny LMAO

@AlexanderBromley

8 ай бұрын

Ahaha that was my editor. I didn't even see that until now

@AndreiIhanus

8 ай бұрын

Destiny? That's a girls name.

@Tyler-yw3rf

7 ай бұрын

​@AlexanderBromley based editor. Though I would consider calling him the average man too generous.

I always knew Marius was special, he was always my favourite lifter back when I still followed the sport.

Appreciate the effort that went into this exploration Very smart guy

Love the nuanced way you tackled the topic, no bias or anything. Keep it up 👍

i always did find it interesting that smaller frames, with more refined musculature, can move around the same weight as a big frame with bulky musculature, if not more weight without much more issue than the other.

First time finding your channel. Great video man!!! Great content and it was funny. Subscribed!

Very nice video. Love all the research that went into this

Awesome explanations Alex, I really appreciate it. The CGI were indispensable for my comprehension. I'm grateful for the extra time you took to illustrate what was being said. Please do more such CGI for us, especially when considering those "problem joints" the knees and shoulders, and the hidden joint of the hip and Psoas function. That may help many of us progress faster through rehabilitative training. All the best to you and yours. New sub.

This video and this man’s sense of humor and the understated, almost monotone way in which it’s delivered are all amazing.

Man, what an awesome video! You debunked a load of myths with facts, dove deep into the science of the human body AND mind, and nailed it with the lady lifting the car thing. One of the most informative and interesting videos I’ve seen in quite some time. Subscribing now!

@ivoryas1696

24 күн бұрын

@woodnbassmentproductions1429 Heh, me several months ago.

Awesome content!!!

There was a discovery channel show or something similar about incredible human feats a few years ago, I wish I could remember it. But some guy ended up getting crushed under a stone and sliding towards a cliff or something like that, and he lifted the stone off to free himself, which was the incredible feat because it was ginormous. It was one of those "she lifted the car" adrenaline strength stories. Anyway I'm talking about it because it completely crippled him, like both his biceps blew off, broken ribs, fractured his spine and ruptured every tendon in his body. He had to lie there crippled till someone found him. Good example of the psychological safety limit you were talking about and the consequences of being able to override it.

@kashutosh9132

8 ай бұрын

Did he recovered and lived a normal life after that??

@TheGoldenMan888

8 ай бұрын

So fake because it was proven the woman never lifted the car.

@eatkunedo

8 ай бұрын

@@kashutosh9132 I'm not sure, someone also commented about it on the second video about lifting the car so they might know

@eatkunedo

8 ай бұрын

@@TheGoldenMan888 I'm not sure if you're trolling but it definitely wasn't fake and I was saying it as further evidence of Bromley's point about the woman never lifting the car. If you are ever able to "adrenaline" yourself beyond your normal psychological limits it would be physically catastrophic.

@whiteeye3453

7 ай бұрын

That is why brains limits strength to not hurt the self's unless in dire situation

Please tell me im not the only one who saw the SHOTS FIRED @ Destiny LOLOLOL. The clip only lasted a quarter second, but that was enough LOLOL

Great video, thanks!

Pure greatness double-dipped in awesome sauce and served on a platinum platter of quality! Great information.

Bro this video is like insanely well edited and informative. I’m very impressed. Keep making content please.

This is the most interesting and sensical explanation to how muscles work and understanding human limits that I've ever seen. Clean and concise explanations that a non-weightlifter such as I can understand. Awesome!

What an amazing video on the biomechanical engineering of powerlifting!

well as regards 'moving cars' me and my cousin did put my friends car between 2 trees for a laugh. But we were both young(at the time) and fit and very large men - both played rugby, me for college, him professionally for the Sheffield eagles and I was a Judo blackbelt. Id say we lifted about 700 lbs between us, it was a small car, so the idea of parents moving cars off kids etc is not a problem for me, bearing in mind that modern and particularly European cars are a LOT lighter than an Impala! Hell i've seen my (at the time) middle aged mum pick up a 300 lb man in a medical emergency - but she was trained to lift bodies due to her profession. Regarding the mental discipline, I can say that this is something I have researched a lot in my life - as a pro fighter psyching my self up was normal, but as some one that has delved into the spiritual and mental disciplines associated with martial arts, meditation can absolutely lead to unlocking those natural protective barriers that the body has in place to prevent damaging itself. As a now middle aged/older gent that is living with disability from military service ( and a lifetime of combat sports) I can also state that these same techniques I learned then enable me to get by now - to ignore pain, to force my body to move. further more that the good musculature can compensate for damaged bone and joints. I have lost track of the number of medical professionals that have told me they cant understand how I can walk at all - that I should be in a wheel chair.. but I get by walking with a stick

I absolutely love how you break it down scientifically and also make it understandable to your entire audience. I’m now a new subscriber lol

@roncaruso931

7 ай бұрын

These guys are all on roids and PEDs. You left out Lasha Talahadze , super heavyweight OLY lifter who did a 594lb. C&J in training. He had to lift the weight off the floor, front squat it and then jerk it over head! Paul Anderson did a back squat of 1700 lbs. NO roids or drugs.

So am I the only one who flinched at 21:00 ........?

@Metryk

Ай бұрын

Wondering if it's even real. If so... yeah, fuck that

Very educational so thank you mr Bromley

A very good video. Well done for making this video so polished. You are a talent sir!!

I’ve been the same weight for the past 3 years and always wondered what i was missing. i’m not someone looking to get big but this helps with everything i thought i knew about human anatomy. loved this video!!

@1sydeee

5 ай бұрын

U have been the same weight either becsuse you dont workout or have a fast metabolism so u dont gain weight

@grantleach8421

4 ай бұрын

You gotta eat

@BaronNate

3 ай бұрын

I was like that in high school. I weighed 130 and had been lifting weights since seventh grade. I couldn't gain an ounce of size but gained lots of strength. Then after I joined the Army and could eat all I wanted with no limit, I STILL didn't gain an ounce, just more strength. Then I turned 30, everything changed. I shot up in size in a matter of a couple years, I shot up to 200 lbs. and was strong A.F. But I slowed down a lot and my metabolism did as well and now it takes forever to lose a pound of weight when I couldn't gain it for anything before. Trust me, your metabolism will slow down if you are young, and by what you said, I'm just about sure you are young, early 20s at most, right?

5:10 someone tell me the love or secret behind using a photo of destiny in this video? Lmao.

I randomly came across this video. It was really interesting. I will look into more of your content.

Love the info.

Informative, engaging and thought provoking! Very well put together video, as a physiotherapist i will recommend this to my juniors, students of anatomy and everyone who is athlete, active in workout, gym coach etc. keep up the good work mate.

I don't lift, I'm more of a cardio guy but every time you put out one of these types of videos I'm transfixed. Keep up the good work.

@Skoopyghost

8 ай бұрын

Kettlebell/jumproper guy here. The injuries in power lifting is something that I wouldn't like to deal with. It's still badass.

7:56 The chimp helping that man up the tree was just so wholesome.

Love your style of presenting! I subbed

It’s funny that they accidentally made Batman pretty realistic before they knew how strong humans could be, I think I read he could bench like 500 and squat 1000, which is completely feasible, the only fantastical part is how lean he stays while doing these things

@marioaveiro1118

7 ай бұрын

Master Wayne is blessed with exceptional genetics

@parisscott2496

7 ай бұрын

Batman can bench a 1000 tho😎

@callak_9974

7 ай бұрын

Remember that Batman also is highly intelligent and basically holds like 6-8 phd levels of knowledge in a range of sciences.

Well articulated and well rounded with a beautiful mix of scientific fact and expertise in the field itself. Great content!

My takeaway. Elite powerlifters really wish they were Silverbacks.

@champloo9

19 күн бұрын

Who wouldn't?

Stunningly throrough video. Thank you.

About the whole super strength during extreme stress thing. There was one time that I got really angry and ripped a nylon rope clean in half as a teenager. That rope was rated for over 500 pounds, and I tore it in front of my chest horizontally. This injured my shoulders, upper back, and hands badly enough that I couldn't use them properly for a week, but it still worked in the moment. So I think there is some validity to that whole thing. For reference, I normally couldn't rip anything close to that in that same time period. Like, my limit was closer to 100 pounds.

@blazestrange4499

6 ай бұрын

The phenomenon you experienced is called hysterical strength.

@ClashBluelight

6 ай бұрын

@@blazestrange4499 I know that. I was just responding to the video's seeming rejection of the entire concept as fiction.

@user-jc5wz8gh8h

5 ай бұрын

Hmm really?

@user-jc5wz8gh8h

5 ай бұрын

@@bigballs274 8 inches is great

@elijahknox4421

5 ай бұрын

I was going to ask you what gender you were because apparently it's a lot more common among females but i went onto your channel to see instead and i watched your gangsta video.... and more questions were answered than i was asking

Great delivery and pacing! Interesting, informative, and engaging! Well done! Thanks!

Good episode 🎉

Right on great video!

10:36 absolutely true. I was very, very overweight (around 160kg) 2 years ago. I lost lots of it, and found that my joints were not in great condition. My muscles had been primed to carry and pull huge amounts (160kg (90kg bodyweight + 70kg added)+ pullups, dips, muscle ups etc. with next to no training, easily. But, within weeks of hitting these numbers quite quickly after I had lost weight, my tendons and joints were knackered. It's been about a year since I started calisthenics, and I still haven't gone back to those numbers. I can, but it's just plain stupid until my frame catches up.

5:11 _Average male_ Shows image of Destiny, which is a woman's name.

Very interesting topic. Thank you for the effort making this video. :)

Very Interesting, I was just researching that for a book, thanks

Great deal of information. Lifelong study in 30 minutes. Very profound. Pragmatic , but profound. Congratulations!

@ivoryas1696

8 ай бұрын

johnjames2626 The Bromely standard. 🦾

Need a warning before 21:00, this was so unexpected from a chill video like this

@DevMP

5 ай бұрын

it's a doll xD

@fisken6680

5 ай бұрын

@@DevMP yeah I think that wasnt his point tho?

@cybercryomancergaming6396

4 ай бұрын

Bro I'm heavily scared knowing that could happen to anyone it looked like a horror movie

@Ra-Hul-K

4 ай бұрын

@@cybercryomancergaming6396 something straight out of Final Destination 🤯

@Alizudo

4 ай бұрын

​@@DevMP That's a doll?? Sure doesn't look like one

amazing video, very well made and argued

Educational, accurate, and fun. My strength left 40 years ago, but not my interest. Thank you so much for this great video and narration!

Really broad, comprehensive video dealing with a lot of topics in a factual, eloquent and clearly well researched way. I have no interest in weight lifting, but I've liked the vid and will recommend a few of my friends to watch it :)