The last few years summarized in 15 minutes.

@FunnyFlirtTalks

8 ай бұрын

@MarcoIsBigtake HGH temporarily will fix you up

@jdh8931

8 ай бұрын

I used to be stuck at rehabbing with 500mL water bottle after neglecting my elbow for 7 years. Got to where I couldn't open doors without pain or sleep without ibuprofen. I'm closing in on a 3 plate bench now. There are rehab methodologies that encourage replacing of scar tissue with parallel aligns collagen (functional tendon). I used to do 1x30 with a 10sec ecc and a 3-5sec concentric with super light weight

@marionnette6231

8 ай бұрын

legitimately excited to see you progress, i have injured my left wrist in the gym last month so i can relate to having to take a few steps back to then do a few steps forward, altho to a lesser extent. keep crushing it i really love your vidoes

@TerryGrindr

8 ай бұрын

Shoulda taken steroids

@scatdaddy3790

8 ай бұрын

Glad you’re back! Was wondering what happened to you! Hope your journey continues positively

Natural Atrophy

@punxsutawneyphil3944

8 ай бұрын

​@HandsomeTouchdownActually true, yes.

@Schrankle

8 ай бұрын

Natural claiming all evidence is fake without proving his claims

@anysimmers8702

8 ай бұрын

Natural covering up for neo not sees, lying about people, lying about me having a criminal record all while he pushes new man neo not see ideology and other neo not see hateful ideologies.

@bmanhsu

8 ай бұрын

😂

Life gets in the way sometimes and as you get older it becomes more obvious that there’s more to life than working out. But it’s good to see you back in this new chapter

@gankt

8 ай бұрын

If you ever thought that working out was all there is to life then you were kind of dumb to begin with

@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514

8 ай бұрын

Working out is really all there is.

@GerogeChan

8 ай бұрын

Life doesn't get In the way if your alphadestiny or lexx little cbum have no real manual labor jobs or stressors

@janoycresva919

8 ай бұрын

sounds kinda sad @@a_fuckin_spacemarine7514

@Soccasteve

7 ай бұрын

Lol yep, lifting is life

I’ve been watching you for the past 10 years and love your content. Please heal up nicely and take things slow! ❤

Really sad to hear Omar has been having such a hard time, but really happy to hear about it and that he's being open about it. Keep it up man!

Very relatable! Excited to see your successes moving forward omar. Been following you since the begining of my journey of working out in 2012-2013. Appreciate your hard work bro!

Can’t wait to see your return. Love your rational and objective approach to overcoming these obstacles. Stress management is key, and sleep is our biggest lever-looking forward to seeing your progress.

Appreciate the update Omar, I too am going through a bit of a shoulder problem which is around 5 months in. It's bringing me down a bit, but it's encouraging to see your positivity on the subject. I'm working on the rehab, while simultaneously trying to cut body fat down to around 12-14%. Time will heal and I'm glad I've seen this video today !

Thanks Omar For your last couple deadlift videos Helped me see the light of 6 plates coming soon

So glad you’re getting back on track and looking forward to more content

Looking forward to the journey/future collabed! Been following since 2013, excited for your upcoming progress again.

Great job recognizing what happened and staying focused on what matters. Love the journey, not the destination. Excited for you and your next steps!

Love how real you are man as always, thanks for the update and keep at it!

Sorry to hear about your injury. Thanks for sharing your circumstances and lessons learned.

Cant wait to see it brother. Just healed up from 1 year off from a lagging injury i finally handled.

Thanks for sharing this. While I wouldn't consider injury "normal", I do think that a huge majority of **really** serious lifters will, at some point, pick up an issue that takes more than a few months to resolve. The only real way to avoid it in most cases is to perform wishy-washy training that just isn't effective. I've seen people injury shamed before, or made to seem like they were a bad coach or content creator for having an injury issue. That's a pretty ridiculous take but some people actually think that way. The reinjuring thing is the worst, especially when there doesn't seem to be a clear trend in what causes it. I think I reinjured my QL about 10 times over 10 months with 10 different exercises, but ultimately I learned a lot from the experience and grew from it.

@Soccasteve

7 ай бұрын

Yes sir

definitely looking forward to the video with you and Dr Mike!!

Can't wait to see you bulk again. I truly believe you will hit more PRs. Excited to see.

Omar you are an OG. Inspired me in my early days and I bought the real saiyans deadlift shirt even back than. Glad you are still killing it and appreaciate what you do. You'll always have a special place in my heart!

You and Alan Thrall are my all time favourite fitness content creators. I love how transparent and vulnerable you are. Good luck to you!

i have not watched your videos in years. So this was great for me. I love the channel and never unsubbed. I miss your preworkout. I still have ths merch!

Glad to know you're doing better Omar, I wish you good luck for the following year. I'll be here when you show us the gains!

Holy buckets, good video Mr Clam. You got this. It's a mindset!!

I can understand what you've been through with that elbow injury, had one recently, that along with a couple of other problems, made me stop training for more than a year, now I am finally feeling better and started exercising again, you'll make it through Omar, we know just how passionate you are about exercising, keep your head up king 👑💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Omar one of the best fitness content creator 🙌🏽💪🏽

Omar I've been following you since the dawn of my lifting days about 7 years ago. I still keep a screenshot of the ideal way to progress to the maxing out from your video 11 years. My friend you're the natty gold standard and have been my motivation to compare me to me, keep striving for greatness and helping others do the same as a Personal Trainer. I hope your recovery goes well and that you get to the point where you're satisfied with your progress again. You deserve your roses bro 💪🏾

I have been dealing with some annoying injuries as well.. Started bouldering and being 230lbs just takes a toll. My rotator cuffs started acting up, elbow tendonitis,biceps got inflamed. I simply had to stop, just before I stopped I got some shoulder pain which has haunted me for a year. Turns out it was a proximal bicep issue and not a shoulder issue. I have finally reached a point where I seem to be able to do pull and push without pain or aggravating something. Time for us to get big Omar!

🔥🎸🔥 I can identify so much with this video. The last few years really changed my understanding of well-being and fitness. Thanks for the video!

Life does get in the way! It’s very exciting to see what you’ll be up to in the near future!!

Welcome back. Sounds like my life (minus the injury) in that I need to get back in the gym and be more consistent. If nothing happens, we'll be back in a year and hopefully we'll be improved. 💪

Halfway through the video...and already got some useful insights into my life. I am a college student and I won't say that I am having a hustle like at your level. But it is definitely something for me. And also, I injured my back so it really took a toll on me psychologically. But your story really helped me. Thank You.♥️

It's no longer a death sentence Omar, get well buddy ❤❤❤

Omar I love you and am praying for the best for you. Glad you're doing better my friend

Sleep, stress management and nutrition really seem to be the biggest pillars for gains, by a long shot

yeah lets goo!! love you big boy!!

Glad to see you on the up n up, brother.

I wish you a great bulk and many many new gains old man! :*

Glad you're doing better! I wondered what happened during that time gap. Look forward to your videos with Dr. Israetel, he's hilarious and is probably the best guy to run the numbers.

Great return video

Psyched to see the process! I've been watching you from lanky omar times before the green power ranger, cool to see you back on track! 👍

I'm on a similar path as you as well. This week I'm deloading, it was from a weird tweak of my wrist from getting up. Any bodyweight pressure felt uncomfortable for 2 days. For the 5 weeks prior I went hard af and honestly quite glad I did. I've been pondering quite a bit of where to change selection and such. I've landed to fewer compound movements on the first 4-5 weeks at a lower weight on some exercise selection, and last week (maybe two if body can do it) going full throttle until form failure, then deload. Going to see how that works on this period and the following and reasses. Thanks so much on your insight and how your progress is regarding all physical and mental states. It's quite validating to have these videos being uploaded. Appreciate your content and all the work you've been doing.

Bless up Omar I've been following you since 2016 but only recently got back into the gym myself... Bless up brother 🙏

there's more to life than working out guys. keep exercising and staying fit but that extra muscle mass you do not need

@Soccasteve

7 ай бұрын

Lol no offense but you don’t sound like a real lifter

Priorities change in your late 20's, the gym has been taking a back seat to other goals for me lately as well. Had a lower back thing flare up about 6 months back, along with knee pain that at one point was so bad I couldn't do any sort of squat variation whatsoever. The thing that's been getting me back into being serious about lifting is discovering new ways to train, trying out different styles of training that I used to write off or think I knew better. I read the short essay "Developing Physical Strength" by Bob Peoples (deadlifted 725lbs Naturally in the 1940's at age 40!), he inspired me to start doing back work as a warm-up for every single workout (rather than the stair climber). I'm going to double my back training volume and see how it goes. Cheers Omar!

Thanks for the video man!

LETS GET IT BRO can’t wait to see you a year from now! hopefully I will have made some progress too

gl mate!

Really pumped for the Bald Omni Man collab 🔥

Love it mate, i can personally relate to your story with constantly injuring my left pec over 7 years, but somewhere in 2023 i mamage to work around with specific technique and hit my all time PR 150kg, i wish u the same and more!

good to see you back dude

You’ve been there with us through our highs and lows, we will be here through yours.

Was going through something similar, sub optimal sleep,nutrition & stress, mad how small changes make all the difference excited to see the training take off now LFG

You sound good. I am in no position to evaluate your physical challenges, but mentally you sound good. I look forward to watching your video from June 2024.

It's cool to see you post more on youtube, but it's cooler when you're not destroying yourself. You're a cool guy, stay healthy and cool.

An elbow injury completely derailed my training for about six months and it was truly horrible. Hope you get to 100%

Honestly, this guy is very honest. 💪

Hope you have a video about your bulk diet, etc. Would be cool to see how you're approaching the calories.

It would be interesting to see some martial arts videos 👊🏼

Definitely tweaked my elbows a bit (probably shoulders too if I'm being honest) doing martial arts a while back. Arm bars, shoulder throws, definitely the striking work too. After a few years of working on those areas in the gym, I definitely feel better. The worst injury was tweaking my shoulder after hitting a tree mountain biking. Light hit but still caused a pretty bad instability (couldn't even do a pushup or hold myself in a plank). Thankfully rehab and strengthening everything around the shoulder helped massively. That was really the kick in the butt to get me back in the gym seriously. Strengthen everything around your joints and treat them with the respect they deserve! Wish you the best in fixing your elbow, can't way to see a hypertrophy arc. BOM is a cool dude! 💪

Wow I’ve been going through something very similar with the elbows and tendons, it really affected me mentally a few months ago. This is alongside stress and work life balance! Thank you for this video

@Shvabicu

8 ай бұрын

I would say the stress and work life balance are the causes for it. Got piriformis syndrome from work stress and a desk job. Had a hip cramp while benching and next morning sciatic pain. How tf are you gonna get a glute injury from benching? Tf is this?

Looking forward to the Mike Israetel (RP) collaboration, my guy! God bless

BIG MOTIVATION SURFCLAM, LETS GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD

Would love to see a video on your creative process. Are all the t-shirt slogans and designs written and drawn by you, others, or a team?

I also habe the 5 hours sleep problem. I’m with you 💤

I also had an acute injury to my elbow that, a few reconstructive surgeries later, resulted in a noticeably lower range of motion in that elbow (It doesn't straighten or flex all the way). I can train any lift I want. Obviously every injury is different but a little loss in elbow range of motion isn't the end of the world. If Omar's life has settled into a place that allows good training, I could definitely see him still hitting a bunch of PR's.

This is really beneficial for the fitness community to see. Too many people are not honest with how being natty works. The standard move for an influencer is to use steroids when the gains stall, claim natty, and preach to natties how to get out of stalled gains for views/$$$. It's just a reality. Train all you want for decades and decades, if you ain't got the genetics, you ain't gonna look like you're on steroids. You're gonna look natty and there's nothing wrong with that. After 15 years of lifting consistently, I look for gains after a full year and I recognize that I'm probably the only one that can notice them. Look up career fitness youtubers and see what they look like now and 10+ years ago, a lot of them look pretty much the same if not regressed with situations like Omar's explaining here. The expectations need to drop for natties. Keep lifting to age better and continue this wonderful hobby. You've gotta shift the focus off the gains or you'll end up with an ass full of steroids or mentally debilitating body dysmorphia.

We all come to these realizations at some point, whether we like it or not. Once I hit 40, when I had aches and pains after years of training for size and strength, I stopped fighting my body in the interest of growth so much, lowered the weight, and did more reps of pretty much everything. We lifting people often think that hitting higher numbers will make us happy, but now training for reps, a good pump, and just for the sake of it have become surprisingly enjoyable and far less achy. Good luck on your journey.

@ginoyesano5649

8 ай бұрын

The good thing is, this type of training can still be optimal for muscle growth, only less so for strength

I know that feeling Bro, I injured my knee and shoulder doing heavy squats. Been out of the gym for six months and felt like crap.

I have a bone spur in my right elbow that's hampered me for years. I train with higher reps as I've gotten older (43) but overall I'm still able to train intensely with respectable weight. It's just that the days of 5 reps or fewer are over on pressing exercises

Hyped for the Bald Omni Man collab

Oh mate. If 5-6 hours is good in comparison, I can't imagine how you've been surviving before. Maybe try to aim for even more, so you can finally grow and work and exist at full capacity. Can't wait to come along! 💪💪💪

Relatable. I got a shoulder dislocated two years ago and since then it's reoccured 6 times and every time it happens it takes me a month to get back to normal.

shit, wish i could look like injured and less muscled up omar 😂 jokes aside man, happy to see you're starting to get back at it hard my man

Awesome 💪🔥🔥🔥💪

LETS GO OMAR

Can the elbow injury be fixed and get back full rom? I had a nagging bicep injury for a long time and the recovery was rough, I had to stop lifting and do full rehab and I'm still afraid of doing straight arm calisthenics exercises even though my bicep curls seem to have come back up.

We’re all getting older mate. Just do what you love and love doing it. 👊

Mann injuries suck, I'm dealing with a knee and wrist injury and it feels like my training is pointless. Definitely relatable man

@Soccasteve

7 ай бұрын

Bro I know the feeling. Been dealing with an AC joint and knee issue, been rehabbing for a while now and all my hard training is basically back and calves lol. Just gotta be patient and keep doing your rehab.

You need to Collab with Alexander Bromley. I love Bald Omni Man, and I love Israetel. However Bromley is definitely the man right now in KZread lifting. It's not even close either, the quality of the content this man is putting out is just insane.

Cant wait for the BOM videos!

I can't wait to see you training with Bald Omni-Man

dealing with similar elbow issue. I am going to get it checked out and stop pushing through it

Been having knee pain since 2018. Had to do a ton of mobility work from Kelly Starret's book, the Supple leopard, and did a lot of leg training in the last few years. I am about 99% back to normal with my legs, I am building up my stress tolerance of my once painful tendon/knee again. There is still lots of work to be done in terms of muscle imbalances (uneven overhead press, pullup, bench) but what was the worst has passed. It drove me crazy knowing I was once in the top and fell so badly To anyone struggling, keep going, expect miracles but work for them like crazy.

@Soccasteve

7 ай бұрын

Did you have patella femoral syndrome? Been dealing with that for a little while now

@Virsidus

7 ай бұрын

@@Soccasteve one of the PT's I went to stated that I had patellar tendinopathy. It was just the symptom. Due to loss of mobility I could not get rid of it until I had more mobile hips, ankles and such. And I also had a hard time turning on my glute on the painful side

I had the exact thing happen to my elbow when I was just fiften, but I think it got better with just consistent force. It doesn't go to 180 degrees, and forearm doesn't go fully supine, but I still got the feeling that I'm locking out the bone on overheads, just like on the left arm.

Hey Omar! Can you comment on Position USA? Are these shoes no longer being made? Can't find any solid info but it looks like the company is no longer in business.

When are you making a boxing video ? 🥊

Lets discuss the fallacy of unbounded continuous improvement. Everyone will have the final peak at some point, but nobody talks about it. Have some real talk about when optimizing all aspects of training and lifestyle yield the smallest or no marginal gains. How do we know when we get there and, where do we go from there. Do you grind out for nearly 0 improvement, maintain, shift goals or change modalities completely?

Those front delts lookin like a sculpture

Looking forward to those collabs with BOM and Mike Israetel

Not just sleep but strict mobility work is vital to avoid injuries or pain. You need mobility balls from big to small not just some foam roller. Rogue fitness has a bunch of good mobility stuff.

Lets go baby

Great video, Omar. I find myself at a point in my life where I'm also dealing with a lot of stress. My diet/sleep can definitely be better, and I'm not in the gym as much as I would like to be. However, you and other natural OG youtubers have proven that getting jacked doesn't have to be on a short time table, and it's ok to get off track. Thanks for the great content over the years. Shout out to Bald Omni, too!

Work is such a huge stressor for me that it absolutely negatively affects my sleep and even acutely affects my workout performance after work. I started going to the gym at 6 a.m. due to that. Still, got some nagging injuries and recovery is terrible due to constant stress.

Man iv been in the same position for 12 months now .just getting back to normal

You can do this omar. Why do we fall?

Sleep was by far the biggest factor why my training progress sucked .. since I fixed my sleep I just had gains of my life. Sleep is critical. I feel better, have more energy, better mood. Never going back.

Important to say that you don't owe anyone anything. You've proven your presence to be positive and valid, regardless of where your own training is at. One day, you'll be old and weak. Will your words also be irrelevant? I think not.

Have the exact same issue with my elbow, and from doing the exact same thing... Funny old world bro.

Omar 💯

@drip369

8 ай бұрын

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Dude no joke, look in to arm wrestling. You’re already strong for your size, and the angle of which your right arm stays at is literally a biomechanical advantage, look at Michael Todd and others in the sport. It’s been getting a lot more traction over the last couple of years. (If you haven’t looked into it yet) Cheers man! Hope you and yours are well