Ironically, he just proved that he faked those previous lifts...

20% less weight, 50% less speed, 90% more arching, 100% bitch move.

He pulled Brad Castleberry. Remember when Brad did 400 lbs bench as proof that he can bench 675 lbs

If Jeff was a competent strength coach then surely his viewers would have learned enough by now to know the difference between a hard 400 lb single and an easy 500 lb double.

1. He peaked for this 2. He's using a belt 3. Scared cat back position 4. Slow compared to the "495lbs" deadlift I haven't watched the video yet

Damn, this sucks, I hate losing respect for someone I like

"It's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled" This describes Jeff's fans exactly.

What's I find scary is that there's people who still believe that Jeff's old "5 plate" deadlift was real. Just imagine how they must be getting taken advantage of in other aspects of life... incredibly sad and pathetic.

he can lift 700lb easily lol. He just doesn't want to ego lift smh my head

Undoubtedly one of the strongest Deadlifts I have seen this year....Jeff is a beast and could probably do 800lbs

He didn't follow his own advice to not round the back while lifting and use a weight light enough to keep a neutral spine. Now I'm no physical therapist but I think the reason for this might lie in Jeff's knees, which have tendonitis from years of Jeff using his own legs as a curl bar.

Jeff was just teaching us how to get a one way ticket to snap city

Once Scott Herman pulled a deadlift with form this bad (it was a personal vlog, not an instructional video. Definitely an ego lift) and got absolutely dragged over the coals for it. I don't see why Jeff should get a pass.

Can't wait for jeff to prove that he can curl 135lbs with ease by cheating up 95lbs then slamming it on the floor and ripping his shirt off then flipping the camera

Bad form 425 with belt after training for this lift to shut people up isn't anything like the 495 he presented. He is furthering the case of him having used fake weights to misrepresent his strenght level all by himself.

Imo, 425 was his 1 rep max. If your form breaks that much, you're already beyond your limits. Yes, he got it up, but he almost died doing it. ZEROOO

And people wanna complain about Tyrone being dangerous to the fitness community...I'd argue that nobody takes Tyrone seriously. Jeff is far more dangerous, because people think hes the fitness messiah.

Obviously the guy can't swallow his pride, it's not like that's an uncommon thing unfortunately.

correction: Average age of jeff's audience is well below 14

Good thing the fraudster is a physio, so he can employ his own BS services on his own broken body soon. His deadlift was terrible. It was bad with the fake weights, but this is just horrendous. No leg drive (because he has chicken legs, like a typical gym bro), no back strength (also just like a typical gym bro), and so he just yanked it off the floor bent over with no control over his back. Do that often enough and he will be forever grimacing, like he is often doing with his fake weights. He also doesn't know how to use a belt, it's clear to see. Worst of all is his douchebag attitude. It's ultra cringe. He's not even lifting with the technique he recommends himself. I think he does have a video about how to deadlift or something like that. I don't think even he is dumb enough to recommend pulling like that. There is no way he can pull much more; this was near max what he can lift and actually according to me past his max, because I count a max lift as a completed lift with solid technique and no cutting corners. This was nothing remotely like good form. Max gym lifts are often exaggerated, because people cut depth on the squat, also on the bench (where they bounce and lift their butt off the bench too and have the spotter row the weight up, and the deadlift is often with godawful form, like Athlean Dipshit has just demonstrated. The guy is typical of someone who does some steroids secretly and then busies himself with some fluff pump work. Any serious lifter can see right through him. Still, he can retain his core audience of complete tool noobs. I have nothing against beginners, but his audience consists of the dumb kind. It's the biggest market share, which he wisely chose to select. Anyone with two or more brain cells capable of rubbing together won't bother getting advice from him. I'm mildly curious to see his lapdogs praise him now even more. I mean that bald man with the crooked teeth and potty mouth and that other douchebag, whose name I can't remember. Pure Bullfit, I think. Also very cringe.

Its so obvious he's never spent an appreciable amount of time training dl and squats .

Bro but like he did a 425 STRAIGHT leg deadlift, he can probably regular deadlift 750 easy peasy...

He will never get my respect back, he didn’t address the issue directly, as usual.

Two months to prep and we get....THAT?

Jeff's fans are delusional and naive af, lmao.

Lol the way jeff threw the weights down and kept looking at that camera. Catman needs to sit down, almost broke his back.

It’s like the blind leading the blind. I think Jeff actually thinks a 450 deadlift is similar to a 550 deadlift. Which shows how clueless he really is when it comes to strength training.

People are really acting like this 425 is a smoking gun. Guys he supposedly did 495 for like 2 fucking reps lmao. Why would his strength drop this much?

Jeff's true fans are a lost cause. I've tried telling them to at least watch other people but they reply back saying that Jeff's advice is all they need. What's worse is the spanish speaking community that watches athleanx Español. They're so oblivious of Jeff's deception.

A month ago his fans were saying he could easily deadlift 500. Then Jeff lifts 425 with bad form and they think he disproved his critics. Now they changed the argument to he can’t lift 500 pounds today but he could do it 5 years ago.

Stop these negative comments about Jeff 😡 I can't keep liking them all

I used to watch Jeff first few years...for general advice, but this disrespect to our intelligence is not acceptable.... As a side note , his advice seemed a bit complicated at times, that's why I unsubed just 2 months before this controversy....

By doing 10x10 with 80% he means to do it with fake weights bro.

Jeff has fallen so low, i get you're trying to be a good dude and all but that slam was pathetic. Like coach Greg pointed out he slams that like he is about to fight someone and like he singlehandedly silenced the critics when in actuality he literally confirmed everything that the critics have talked about. Imagine looking even worse than before and then trying to put on a badass face like you just slayed a dragon or some shit. Just pathetic, dude has the ego of a teenager.

I've noticed that everytime that I watch your latest video that you keep getting more subscribers. You deserve it young man!

“That’s 425 solid ass pounds!” The subtleties... Your trolling has reached new heights 😂👌🏻

Not quite sure how he could look at that deadlift video and think it was a good idea to post it. He would have been better served to continue to ignore the controversy.

Looks like his glutes were totally deactivated during the lift

• Ground out an ugly-ass single with around 70lbs less than the convincing double he did previously (with blatant gimmick plates). • Wore a belt (even though they weaken the transverse abdominis, bro). • Lost his grip on the bar & pretended he did it intentionally (hand opening & bar roll can be better seen at 0.25 speed). I'm sorry, but I'm not the slightest bit impressed. 425 lbs for a single is something the vast overwhelming majority of young men taking up strength training should be able to do within their first year of (proper) training. & if people want to use Jeff's emaciated physique as an excuse for his "meh" strength, he made his bed by choosing physique over strength & performance. The fact he's used fake weights to give impressionable young men an unrealistic standard of "dick-skin" leanness + strength irks me. There's too much of this crap in the fitness industry, & all it does is take something that should give young men an outlet & a sense of self-worth & instead make them feel inadequate because they can't maintain 6% body fat while being able to deadlift "500lbs for reps" like Jeff "Fake Pulls" Cavaliere, which he uses to exploit them with extortionate (& frankly shitty) training programs. He's a worthless prat & the fact that he's going to such lengths to surreptitiously keep up the blatant lie rather than coming clean demonstrates that: 1. He has 0 integrity. 2. He is easily capable of lying about other things, such as his "natty" status. This issue is like the KZfaq fitness equivalent of Lance Armstrong. The fact is that there are amazing content providers (like yourself Alec) whose channels have been buried by a portion of Jeff's 10 million+ strong sub-base, just because they dared to criticise the gimmick laden/fallacious content Jeff has put out over the years. Fuck Jeff. *Order 66 all the way.*

Enkiri, I think you're too forgiving in calculating his 1RM. I think the gap between the two e1RMs is even wider, if we make the straight back a mandatory consistency, which makes sense, considering standardization is a must for comparative analysis to be of any worth.

Haha, the fake weights situation is bugging Jeff little bit by little bit LOL. As I expected, the snowball rolls more and more :)

3:15 "And that fraud still hasn't even been acknowledged, let alone has an apology been issued to all the consumers who purchased his training programs, thinking that it would make them strong like Jeff." I think the reason that Jeff's so reluctant to do that is not because of his ego - it's because of the flood of refund demands that his admission could unleash.

He just chooses to put the science back in strength, Jeff sticks to 425lb because of Earth's gravitational pull naturally adds 75lb

This is why I love your channel. You give credit where it is due, you don't launch into unnecessary ad hominems like Pure BullFit, and you say it like it is.

The fact that your channel hasn’t blown up yet (or at least doesn’t get the attention it deserves) is a testament to what the average gym bro is looking for- flashy, faked, and over produced redundant info. This is easily the best channel of its kind on KZfaq, it’s just a shame that athleticism has become niche...

To me, the funniest thing is how he put on that strained face while deadlifting the fake weight to make it seem heavy, then proceeded to pull it like a warm up weight. It just doesn’t add up.

All of the real ones see through what Jeff’s been doing. Regardless of if he provides “good” info on his other videos I can’t really respect the guy anymore and this is coming from a fan of his channel for years. I’m glad others are trying to hold him accountable.

I lost respect for him years ago. Realised he wasn't a strength coach at all. Especially when he started training Jesse and made no progress with him.

Rounded back could be cuz of contracting the abs like the squat tip video.

He also only demonstrated the deadlift. He left out bench, squat, overhead press and power cleans. So there's that as well.

His fanboys are insane. The comments section is a cesspool of endless facepull, imbalance and "killing your gains" memes, and these all get thousands of likes from the herd. Anything else gets drowned out by the noise.

I've been waiting for this legendary video

I said something about his form and pointed out that Jeff harps constantly about avoiding form breakdown, but a dude just accused me of being weak and never having done a " near maximal lift" because apparently they ALL look like that... Since I can DL a little over what Jeff did in this video with a relatively straight back, I guess that just means I'm really a 500+lb deadlifter, just gotta use proper form and round my back until my spine shoots out of my asshole.

5:00 Pure Bullfit be like: PeRfOrMaNcE UnDuLaTeS BrO

I don't think barely lifting 20% less proves you could easily lift 20% more.

I used to watch Athlean X quite a bit but this fake plate issue has dimmed my interest significantly, in fact I haven't watched a video from him since your take on it. You go straight to the point with no Ad Homenims . Also when I saw the SSS deadlift vid and your analysis of it I was mortified.

I like how he slammed the bar to the ground and looked angry into the camera like he was going to say that he proved everyone wrong 😂😂

I can't take from Jeff. Pound for pound, he is stronger than me. That said, you are completely correct. He knew his average viewer would eat that shit up, but people with a discerning eye would know the difference. The thing is, his brand is built on the people he fools.....and this made him stronger in that regard. Those comments you showed are proof of that. He may very well be full of pure bullfit, but he is a marketing genius.

What you said about paving the way to stop the bullshit in the fitness industry was a brilliant thing to say. 3 years later and it's the same or even worse. Saying that he is in a position to do this is absolutely correct and one of the most important things I've heard surrounding this even 3 years later. What a great thing to call for, absolutely amazing!

Guy 1: “I can bench 315 for Reps!” Guy 2: “Bullshit! Prove it!” Guy 1: *maxes out at 225* “seee that’s close enough right?”

YESSS been waiting on this video

He misled his followers. His 425lb deadlift is still good for his age and weight. It doesn't change the fact the guy wanted to look stronger than he really is.

The most egregious example of fake weights was when he did the 315 close grip bench press to low set pins. The bar barely kissed the pins that was set a couple inches off his chest or maybe 3-4 but in an impossibly difficult portion ofmovement to reverse the direction of the bar before your pecs have a chance to pre stretch and actually provide explosion out of the bottom position. The bar almost elevated as if a magician was raising it with invisible fishing line. The bar with six total plates on it didn't appear to assert any meaningful downward force into his hands.even guys who have world record bench presses appear to be under some stress when they have 315 the bar because it is actually 315 x on the bar which is known to exert 315 pounds of downward gravitational force in one atmosphere. It looked like a totally empty bar and moved like one. Even if you can bench press 600 pounds and toy with 315,you none-the-less have to get underneath the weight and drive up with more than an equivalent amount of force. That bench press effort was an absolute disgrace and insults any lifters intelligence. When people claim that Jeff is capable of lifting the weights that are shown in the video, that is complete b*******. But people who have never deadlifted 400 let alone 500, have no idea how fast 425 would move if he was capable of deadlifting in the mid 500s. So in summary, 1) the video was complete horse crap 2) the fact that he never admitted it is embarrassing and unprofessional 3)the fact that he dead lifted a single with poor form and 70 pounds lessresistance then he nailed for a perfect double lowering it slowly under control which nobody does with 500,shows that he thinks you're even dumber by trying to convince you that he wasn't necessarily lying about how much he could lift. He actually proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that he was wayweaker and yet he use that video to prove that he was just as strong as he purported to be in the video. That means he takes most of his audience as a real dummies. Not cool and you are absolutely right.

He still lied BUT, 425 is still solid af at his weight.

This is like when Milli Vanilli got caught lip singing!

To me the give away is the grip. Look at how the bar is forcing his hands open with the real weights vs the tight closed hand with the fake weights.

Omg wtffff that’s me 1:48 lmaooo

The best thing about this scandal is it's led me to finding new useful strength training channels.

He didn't prove anything at all I swear just that he can't lift 495 or above.

So little Jeff finally "admitted" and proved that he used fake weights, nice. Outside of the shitty form, and not lifting 500lbs, the look he gave to the camera when he ended was laughable. Anyway, props to him for a real lift this time.

Wonder how Jesse feels? He thought everyone loved Jeff

Great response Alec! Heading after this to hear coach Greg's take on it.

Alec Enkiri vs Jeff Cavaliere in a fight would be a highlight!

Grip failure at the top (trust me, I know all about this subject, unfortunately), then the pretend bar slam to play it off made me lol though.

I think Jeff wasn't trying to prove his weights weren't fake , but he tried to display how strong he ACTUALLY is so he doesn't look like a total fraud

The thumbnail for this video is amazing 😂😂😂👍

For someone who preach "ego lifts are bad" surely he can't follow that advice. I was a sheep of his after fake weights, I question even his teaching. Can't wait for his bench + squat.

Been training his whole life for 1 bad rep of 420 that’s poor, also his fake video was 495 for 2

Something that bothers me about Jeff is that he never really responds to his fans either. He shows up occasionally on my Instagram feed and I like to read the comments on his posts. There are countless comments asking genuine questions and he doesn't take the time to answer a single goddamn one. I don't think he gives a flying fuck about his fans and helping them.

so he's proving that he can deadlift 500 lbs without a belt for a double with no grinding by posting a clip of him deadlifting 425 lbs with a belt grinding the whole time and people take that as evidence that he didnt use fake weigths?How can people believe that i dont get it

Bullfit gonna be silent about this

Okay Jeff, how about that bench now?

Jeff Castleberry might send his goon Pure Bullfit on you...

425 pounds, back hunched abit, 1 rep struggle. 500 pounds, back totally straight, 2 easy reps. Jeff just own-goaled himself.

I think the most hilarious thing Jeff could do right now is comit to gaining a little bit of weight and trying to get insanely strong for his age/weight. I gained a little bit of respect back to Jeff here... He's sort of like... Coming clean, by showing his max Deadlift is 425. Proving that he could never pull 500 and a lot of other lifts in the past were obviously fake. While Jeff probably doesn't squat bench or Deadlift that much, I reckon he has a relatively more impressive Weighted pull up and strict curl... And if he actually trained to get strong, he'd probably find at least 1 of the big 3 that he excels at... Especially if he takes his slow methodical approach.

Jeff audiences are mostly teenagers so don't take his fanboys seriously

This obviously happened a few years ago now but even today I see people defending him. 'Oh his face-pull exercise blew up my shoulders without causing my existing shoulder injury any problems. So what if he used fake weights one time?', I actually got that one. I love this drama, I will admit it. Not only do I love the drama but I also learn a lot too.

In Jeff’s defence he also lifted all 250lbs of Bullfit who is permanently attached to his nuts. 🤷‍♂️

"Hell yeah he owned dem haters!!", said the delusional fanboys as he proved them right

Damn bro you're roasting the shit out of these guys. I always knew you were a sharp dude ever since I watched your squat/hips shooting up video back in the day. Been subbed ever since.

When I started lifting 1.5 years ago I quickly came to Jeffs channel. However after a few months with all kinds of weird exercises I kinda was done with it. Changed to Virtuvian Physique and Greg Doucette. They mostly gave me the idea it doesnt have to be so complicated and also emphasized more on doing what works for you and focus on having fun with working out and nutrition. I feel Jeffs content usually focussed on 5% of those extra gains, but it wasnt consequent. Having a steady program for a few weeks with good exercises for each bodypart and then switching up in order, intensity in dropsets and other variations works better then having 12 different exercises that are so complicated that changes are your form isnt gonna be good. Now that I see this and know he cant even do it, it seems it confirms my gut feeling that it doesnt actually give better results to do all that. It just makes them complicated for no reason.

Alec is really making thumbnail harder than last time lol

Not that this is relevant to the fake weights issue, but 405 deadlift is considered a realistic 1-year achievement for an average dude... and this guy lifts 425 with scaredy cat back arching. The only thing that makes this in any way a respectable lift is the fact that he's in his 40s and ultra lean. And btw this proves even more that he was lying.

A shaky single at 425 doesn’t prove an easy double at 495. I swear people are so dumb

Doctor Greg absolutely roasted the fuck outta his video! 🤣🤣🤣

What is everyone talking about? Jeff DID NOT prove anything. He only proved that he is indeed weak. He didn't deadlift 495x2 beltless. He struggled with 425 with a belt, with horrible form.

Glad you gave him some props, was worried at first it was gonna be sarcastic praise lol.

"You think I faked those lifts? Well, what about this atrocious lift? Huh? Fuck you!"

I LOLed so hard @ the thumbnail

More like proved the haters right. 500 for reps, no belt vs 425 with bad form and a belt.