This guy threw his first name in a blender to get his last name

looks like hes about to say "youre a wizard harry"

"Deadlifts are not good for you" Lifts 800lbs

I pulled my back out doing dead lifts when I first started working out 4 years ago. My back is not the same. I have back problems every day. In my opinion. I would say don't go to heavy. Pick a comfortable weight. Theres nothing to prove. The after affect of messing your back up is no joke. Your back will never be the same

Most people wear sleeveless shirts to show off, this guy literally can't find wide enough sleeves

I hate it when joe talks about a picture but we dont see.....

My chiropractor told me to deadlift to keep my spine strong and aligned. Fast forward 10 years and I have zero issues with my back.

Such a cool and down to earth dude. You can tell he's a blast to be around.

This was how Robert Baratheon looked when he was younger

Don’t do deadlifts ✅ Smoke weed ✅ Get paid almost nothing ✅ Is this an application for security work???

My low back is trashed. I stopped doing deadlifts with a straight bar 25 years ago. I recently started doing deadlifts with a hex bar. Lower weight, high reps. It makes my back feel great every time I do it.

I've done bodybuilding and power lifting my entire life, one day I did deadlifts not even that heavy as usually I would go to about 500lbs, this time I had like half that weight. The following night I woke up with a disc in my nerve and muscle tissue, somehow my deadlift fucked my entire lower back and I didn't feel anything until hours later. I was brought to the hospital and couldn't walk for months, had to teach myself again. To this day, I can barely workout, barely walk, barely do anything.

"Yeah, but have you ever tried deadlifting on DMT?"

Actually the title should be: don't do ego deadlifting....

These strong men guys have huge hearts and great souls you can tell!

Deadlifts fucked me up for a long time. Fuck deadlifts.

Deadlifting is so unsafe it's better to do a more a complicated Olympic lift that combines a deadlift and a squat

Cue tons of gym bros switching to cleans with no training and injuring themselves

“You should never get a bad back from deadlifts. It’s always some bad form or technique” *- Eddie Hall, the first man to deadlift 500kg*

got a chance to run into Robert at the DFW airport. what a massive, massive man. yet moves VERY athletically. just an amazing young man.

It's kind of disheartening how there's so much conflicting advice in the realms of exercise and nutritional science; you could ask ten different experts and they would give you ten different lines of advice on what to eat and how best to work out. I know it's hard to come up with conclusive studies in those fields based on the nature of the problem but it'd be nice if there were some kind of authoritative source that you could look up and get a universally agreed upon answer to any health or fitness related question that you might have.

Nah I dont deadlift. *lifts up car to sweep out garage* Yeah no..its bad for you. *drops car*

I used to deadlift 425 for reps of 12; nice, slow, controlled form. Never had a day of back pain in my life. Strong core and glutes = injury free. Then some lady rear ended me with her car and now I’m fucked. Blows

i listened to this dude and have been feeling much better. was getting some bad hip pain from having to lower the bar slowly (downstairs neighbors). now i have a hex bar with bumper plates and it's so much better. instead of getting pain in my hips when i lower it slowly i just feel nice activation in the hamstrings. feels like it's working the muscles i want to build rather than just building up my spinal erectors and making me all stiff.

"You will never get the same feeling from something virtual as something physical. It would appear our man joe hasnt ever played dark souls.

For scale, look at how small his headphones look, they're the same size as Joe's

I admire these strong men and their abilities. I used to lift weights and wanted to get strong. I did get strong but only strong relative to the average man. This Gus and guys like him are true strong men! It is unbelievable the weight he can lift. This requires a genetic advantage but also a lot of work to get so strong. These giant strong men often seem to be really nice and polite. I guess when you can kick the crap out of an elephant you don’t need go around acting tough and dominant.

I tried deadlifting when I first started to lift and I never got comfortable with it. I stopped soon after and I've still managed to get pretty okay back gains while keeping my back healthy 👌🏼

Robert: “And his brother is actually the lead singer of Powerman 5000.” Joe: *has no idea who they are* Joe: “Really? Oh, wow.”

Reminds me of Robert Baratheon... Gods he was strong then!

A lot of people who get hurt deadlifting try to lift near their one rep max. It’s insane how much progress I’ve made just by adding deadlifts to my workout routine. I spent a long time making sure I have proper form and I mean so far so good. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Exercise advice is all over the place

People, this man isn’t telling us to not do deadlifts. What he’s saying is that the risk factor is high, especially if you’re doing heavy weight. That’s why athletes like to stay away from it. To safely deadlift, always make sure your form is good, and only lift what you feel is comfortable/achievable with proper form.

*Guy lifts 10k pound with 1 hand on an empty stomach* Joe: That's just like Comedy

I like it when he talks in kilograms... saves me dividing by 2.2

damn, @7:00 got real deep there for a moment. His friend held the record and passed away and he wanted to be the one to break it.

ego is the only reason the average person gets hurt doing deadlifts

Wow, I can’t believe I’m seeing Robert on Joe Rogan!!

The best weightlifting advice I’ve ever gotten, regardless of the specific exercises themselves, is to utilize good form, have a good coach, and control your ego.

Love this guy... appreciate the wisdom and realness

I think the problem is people lifting way more than what they probably need for fitness.

I wished Jamie (or whoever controls switching between cameras) would actually show the pics they are talking about more often.

Robert has such infectious enthusiasm. Really great dude.

Too many good content in JRE but this one one of my fav. Robert is such a nice and interesting person. Intelligent as well.

What a nice, humble dude.

i have no idea who this man is but he is incredibly humble and talks really nicely about others while looking like a terrifying bear. impressive dude

This dude looks like bam margera if he was as big as phil n bacame a powerlifter.

What a lovely guy. So well spoken and articulate. Very interesting interview.

I enjoy dead-lifts because of the raw visceral feeling of lifting heavy weight from the floor, but after talking to my chiropractor about the long-term effects on the spine I am a bit more apprehensive. I now take a more thoughtful approach to lifting and have also incorporated some mat Pilates workouts which I highly recommend since it trains your body in ranges of motion we tend to neglect. You may laugh but your 65+ year old self will thank you one day. Also I'm also surprised no one brings up Ronnie Coleman and the toll heavy lifting did to his body. It's truly sad.

Good to see Hagrid's finally left behind the Wizard world and taken up Muggle workouts to make a living

7:05 listen with no context

I injured my lower back twice. Once lifting my father off the ground after he had fallen and the first time I ever did heavy deadlifts. This is what Robert is talking about. In both situations I didn't lift properly, in the first I didn't even have the strength to do it at all. I then began watching tutorials daily and checking back constantly to make sure I was performing the lift properly. Lifted for about four years after that, with the deadlift being one of my core strength building exercises. Never once had another issue again, because I was doing them correctly. Robert's advice shouldn't be "don't perform deadlifts.". It should be, "don't perform deadlifts if you're not serious about mastering correct form and performance of this exercise.". Granted, he is right, most people, like myself in the beginning, probably won't. But if one is going to learn to safely and properly do the deadlift, then it is actually quite bad advice to advise against "ever" doing it. It's a natural lifting movement that humans have been performing for millennia. It works several key muscle groups and can be great for building beast like power when lifting heavy and correctly.

I have now huge respect for this dude... Awesome guy

Makes “The Rock” look more like “The Pebble”

Joe: Arnold was there? Robert: Yea Joe: rAHRAHRahRA

I used to frontsquat almost 2xbw beltless and deadlift over 2xbw beltless, my clean technique was aproved by coach as pretty good, until I injoured my back trying to catch powerclean lower than usual, at about paralel, since that my lower back discs are totaly unpredictable, sometimes I can deadlift or frontsquat but mostly warmup or lighter weights injoures my again, i cant stand longer than few minutes to immense pain, cant bend freely to put on shoes, cant do fast movements. Trying to catch powerclean low was my worst gym decision, never had such problems from any other exercise before

he's such a chill dude. he'd be cool to hang out with

“I smoke weed”. Joes ears instantly perk.

I like this dude, he looks like I could seriously have a conversation with him as he benches me a few dozen times

Look at how any gymbro does deadlifts with a banana back hitch, and what this dude is saying is absolutely true.

Watching this interview sent me on a journey of fitness. I got out of shape since then... and now I am recommiting myself to getting fit again.

Anyone else think that this dude looks like a jacked bam Margera?

The Russian strongman he talked about that was in the Russian special forces is Mikhail Shivlyakov. He's a beast, but also a gentle giant. He's known for both his friendliness and humility, and also bleeding out of his nose on super-heavy deadlifts.

Just reading these comments - just throwing it out there - how good is Joe at facilitating these interviews. He listens and allows the interviewee to actual tell their story

Robert always seems well chill. He was also fucking amazing in righteous gemstone! Was shocked how good of an actor he was, with great comedic timing!

Listening this while having lower back pain after doing deadlifts yesterday...

He's built like a boulder. Reminds me of the chief goron from Zelda

1000% agreed. Glad I watched this a few years ago and again today.

I have nothing in common with this dude and yet I enjoyed this little interview and think he's be pleasant to be around. Joe you've really mastered the interview format.

12:57 is where Joe actually tuned in. "I smoke weed" What's that now?

I think I blocked this guy playing high school football in Santa Cruz. Edit: Yes, I definitely did. I was a center, he was a nose. He planted me in a puddle and I almost drown... I'm all good now.

Great to hear him talk about the catalyst I worked there myself GREAT place

The fact that he knows who little bow wow is is fascinating to me.

Its always good to see a good hearted, down to Earth person. he seems like a great guy and really appreciates life, good for him

when Robert said “a buddy of mine” Joe: 😍

Been doing deadlifts for a while and it’s been so beneficial to my back and core. Haven’t had any back pain since doing deadlifts regularly. But I started with really low weight till I got my technique proper, and slowly but surely worked my way up.

Thanks for showing the photo of the leg press with Arnold 👍

my L4 and L5 are applauding this very late information...... 'Fused' in their agreement, if you will.

good god, ive been trying to build my traps for ages...i think i figured out why it doesnt seem to be working, this dude stole em all

This guy is chill as heck man. Cool and interesting episode

That last part hits hard. One of my best friends (brilliant brilliant dude) through it all away over pills. He got sucked in hard, and nobody could pull him out. Sad stuff man.

1:59 "That right there is something we over head press too" Guy in the background: "WUT"

There ain't no trees in Botswana. I know. I am a Botswana lumberjack and I ain't never had a job.

He is correct, deadlifts for a majority of people aren't worth the risk because there is so much technique involved and if you're not competing in powerlifting there is so many other ways you can work your hamstrings and lower back without risking herniating a disc.

I used to have SEVERE back spasms. Then I started deadlifting 2-3x/wk, and I have zero back pain. The exercise saved my back and allows me to walk upright. Of course, I also don't lift 800 lbs.

Joe Rogan on Trending? This is new....

"No TV except for maybe once a week but as a kid it's not that big of a deal you just go outside and play" ...My how the times have changed.

100% correct. All the back injuries I see are from deadlifts or barbell squats.

The Catalyst is LEGENDARY...been around for days

He talked about deadlifts for like 5 seconds

I love how well Obie fit in with Joe on the podcast, he’s such a naturally charismatic guy and I can’t wait for the next time he gets on

My form on conventional deadlifts is pretty good but I will ALWAYS walk away with a lower back that feels kind of sketchy. I've recently switched to lower weight moderate rep range sumo deadlifts and that issue is gone for me completely now. I will sometimes feel some soreness in my lower back , but none of the "bad" pain

I used to hate deadlifts in high school, and every time I got back into working out, I avoided them thinking "they're of no use to me" or "nah I'm not built for deadlifts." Recently however, I got back into lifting 6 months ago and as of now, I do them 2-3 times a week. I do them with a hex/trap bar to prevent myself from rounding my lower back. Whereas regular barbell is difficult because of my longer torso. Without a hex bar, I wouldn't do them, period. They simply cause too much stress on my lower back, so I understand Robert's point of view. But if anyone is unsure about the harm deadlifts do, use a hex bar instead. It hits 85-90% of the muscles that the regular barbell hits and you still see the same back development.

Interesting

Get Eddie Hall on here

As someone who did competitive Powerlifting. I 100% agree.

That was a really good guest! Good information.

This man said, “I could break it right now.” And I didn’t doubt him for a second 😂

gf: honey, where tf is our money? lifter: ate it.

I saw Robert at Cabelas one evening a couple years ago. I'm a big fan and wanted to geek out and get his autograph, but he had his kid with him, and I didn't want to interrupt his father-son time. He seems like a super cool dude.

"I can break the log lift world record right now" never happened. Something to be said for humility. It's now 229kg.