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@vividtunes1637 Жыл бұрын
Just found the channel! Definitely going to check out more!
@nudaveritas6322 Жыл бұрын
and not forget.....these Man had more Power than anybody else from todays Exerciser...they had enormous Strength............hard to find nowadays..............
@BareStrength Жыл бұрын
I see your rocking a Untamed Strength shirt. Love to see it!
@jaredboyd2957 Жыл бұрын
Instead of doing neck curls with the band around your head bite it with your teeth. Better resistance and good for the jaw. Im up to 50 pounds now,neck is jacked.
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@ProgrammedForDamage Жыл бұрын
Let's not overlook the fact he also looked absolutely killer in a suit. I might have to get that book.
@someguy3186 Жыл бұрын
Came in to say this.
@milkster213 Жыл бұрын
yes!! im gunna get that book. that look in the suit is badass
@kewltony Жыл бұрын
Jackenschmidt
@mikehannigan848 Жыл бұрын
I just ordered it buy now from amazon lol. Dude was 5'9 100 kilos and makes me look small at 6'1 20 stone
@Dug625 Жыл бұрын
@@mikehannigan848seriously tho an absolute unit
@FiFiFilth Жыл бұрын
Hackenschmidt must have had the most insane stabilizers. It's absolutely insane, doing a leg press by balancing the bar on your feet. No wonder this guy was a top level wrestler.
@randybowman Жыл бұрын
Used to be pretty common. It's even in the old York barbell courses. Once the weight is enough that it sinks into your foot a bit it's not super hard to keep it there. It is still a bit wonky though.
@zibtihaj3213 Жыл бұрын
VERY GOOD OBSERVATION.... big muscles dont translate into fighting strength, this dude was unique
@RagingRugbyst Жыл бұрын
@@zibtihaj3213 they do, if you train for that discipline. Strength training is required to be stronger, specific training is then required to use that strength to power finer movements. It's not that fucking hard, stop coping because you are small and weak. Skill won't make you beat a 100 pound lean mass advantage on somebody that has a mild idea of what you plan on doing. Your efforts will just slam into a wall and your margin of error is infinitesimal. There's a reason herbivores evolve to be fucking massive, size and strength advantage tend to make you unassailable from smaller specimens.
@zibtihaj3213 Жыл бұрын
@@RagingRugbyst First you are completely misinterpretation what I said... second I am anything but weak... and lastly you have so many holes in what you said, I dont know where to start. Anyway peace !
@RagingRugbyst Жыл бұрын
@@zibtihaj3213 think what you will, you haven't made anything to be any less wrong in my eyes.
@rossedwardmiller Жыл бұрын
The most impressive thing is that he built that physique without headphones.
@jebsdaddy141 Жыл бұрын
or a "smart phone"
@JoshuaCastillo6309 Жыл бұрын
Or Gym Shark gear and Creatine.
@michaelwittmann5754 Жыл бұрын
Bro was listing to nature
@ghostsmoke11 Жыл бұрын
@@michaelwittmann5754 and it told him to lift
@bolivianomugriento4332 Жыл бұрын
@@ghostsmoke11Nature is wise 🙂
@premiumbackgroundmusic Жыл бұрын
What impressed me the most is how well-spoken and smart his writing was, he clearly wasn't a "meat-head" but a learned athlete and intellectual which I think more gym-bros should strive to be.
@leiladekwatro3147 Жыл бұрын
grow from gym bro to gymnasium brother
@karl2428 Жыл бұрын
Hackenscchmidt was highly educated, he spoke 7 languages fluently IIRC. Definitely a man to admire for both his mind and body.
@Haltie1234 Жыл бұрын
@@leiladekwatro3147 😂😂😂
@thedolcetto81 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I thought the same too. He seems so eloquent in his descriptions.
@momentumstocks3493 Жыл бұрын
Most people were in those days. Not like now.
@danielsmith8452 Жыл бұрын
I learned in his book that today men are taught to shovel as much food in their mouths as possible and lift for two hours a day to get big and strong. Hackenshmidt and his colleague Arthur Saxon had a completely different idealogy. They taught that looking after every aspect of mental and physical health made you better and stronger. He emphasized not only sleeping well, but taking care of your own skin by not wearing tight clothes, exposing your skin to the sun everyday for a given time, keeping your bed chambers clean because you spend most of your life in there, and much more things that are never brought up when trying to get physically strong. Simply fascinating
@justinw1765 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, sounds like it was a very holistic and balanced approach, which I like/respect.
@dylanb2086 Жыл бұрын
Yeah sounds awesome - total Health and discipline
@clos6613 Жыл бұрын
What's so bad about wearing tight clothes? Not that I wear it. I find it very uncomfortable. However, I do wear tight clothing when it gets cold in the winters here in Canada
@unknownkingdom Жыл бұрын
It's a proven fact that exposure to sunlight increases testosterone. Best if you can do it naked but not easy in the modern world
@NefariousTomato Жыл бұрын
@@clos6613 i guess because it could be bad for blood circulation, or because it doesn't let the skin ""breathe""
@theghostofsabertache9049 Жыл бұрын
I would prefer the physique of a bronze era bodybuilder over that of a mass monster any day.
@roarbertbearatheon8565 Жыл бұрын
Except Jay Cutler, he's a beauty
@willbournerv2259 Жыл бұрын
Today it's all about who can look the most like a freak
@justinw1765 Жыл бұрын
And so wouldn't most women it seems.
@tomklundby6726 Жыл бұрын
💯💯💯
@justynjonn Жыл бұрын
what is the bronze era?
@mydasdriver Жыл бұрын
Can we acknowledge the fact that "Hack" built that physique without steroids and obviously was doing something right in that he lived just short of one hundred years, no modern "advanced" bodybuilders, strength competitors, or fitness stars are coming close to that these days. Just an opinion! By the way, love your channel and what your doing with your videos.
@mattm7798 Жыл бұрын
Right...also no protein shakes, no creatine supplements, no pre workout cocktails(even natty), no HMB etc.
@sageforce9306 Жыл бұрын
Arnold is a good example he's still going
@mattm7798 Жыл бұрын
@@sageforce9306 Arnold took steroids and early protein shakes(that apparently were awful to taste).
@theta_clips Жыл бұрын
@@mattm7798 He also lived in an era where most foods weren't full of carcinogens, plastics, artifical enhancers and other poison.
@mattm7798 Жыл бұрын
@@theta_clips That is also true...on the flip side, food safety wasn't as controlled and our knowledge about nutrition was much less
@soyanchd5439 Жыл бұрын
HackenChad in 1908: *understands progressive overload* Gym bros 120 years later: E G O L I F T
@vornamenachname989 Жыл бұрын
That's why they need steroids to achieve a physique that's even close to Hackeschmidt...
@mrnorthz9373 Жыл бұрын
@@vornamenachname989thats very false. Where did you even come up with that?
@theunicornbay428611 ай бұрын
@@mrnorthz9373 That's very true, where did you even come up with the idea that it's false?
@mrnorthz937311 ай бұрын
@@theunicornbay4286 because there are literally thousands of natty people with hackenschmidts physique
@DiskoKDiskoL10 ай бұрын
Fuck...
@solotopp Жыл бұрын
How people are saying these guys are small/unimpressive is beyond me. They look jacked af and 99% of the population would be beyond happy if they had a physique like those.
@willbournerv2259 Жыл бұрын
It's because the roided freak physique is becoming the standard
@ibrahimtall6209 Жыл бұрын
It’s called body dysmorphia
@willbournerv2259 Жыл бұрын
@Oi yea
@abemo4113 Жыл бұрын
😘😘😘
@xaniyat9491 Жыл бұрын
@@willbournerv2259 yea I absolutely abhor the freakishly massive roided bods The shredded muscular build is just seems so much more desirable and an all around art form to me
@squirrellsquats8428 Жыл бұрын
Hackenschmidt’s advice about not expecting too much from light weight, high repetition training, is a not so subtle dig at Sandow’s light dumbell system, which was popular at the time.
@alexandrebeaudry1038 Жыл бұрын
But many of those are light and with 20 reps. That's a lot
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
@@alexandrebeaudry1038 they are light to start and many of the exercises are not as easy as they might seem. One can and should progress quickly to a weight which is challenging. Meanwhile I think Sandow's light dumbbell system was something like 5lb for most exercises. A bit funny considering Sandow clearly built his own physique by lifting very heavy.
@squirrellsquats8428 Жыл бұрын
@@alexandrebeaudry1038 Sandows light dumbell method was just a system to sell his range of spring dumbells. An early example of effective fitness marketing!! I believe there were three dumbells in the range. One for children, another for women and the massive 5lb bells for the men.
@JakeSemeniuk Жыл бұрын
Sandow was a turd. Hack and Saxon were the real deal
@Juandinggong Жыл бұрын
@@squirrellsquats8428Massive Lmaoooooo
@Ease54 Жыл бұрын
I remember reading he was refused induction into the army, because the doctors thought he was so muscular, there had to be something wrong with him.
@xenn4985 Жыл бұрын
Average draft dodger vs committed draft overqualifier
@miles3369 Жыл бұрын
@@xenn4985 lol
@Timo0469 Жыл бұрын
@@xenn4985 nice comment bro,made me smile!Have a nice day:)
@dragonchr15 Жыл бұрын
@@xenn4985 people offed themselves in WWII when they were told they were not medically fit to serve.... The shame was overwhelming and people questioned why able bodied men with the use of their legs were not fighting the Nazis or the Imperial Japanese....
@xenn4985 Жыл бұрын
@@dragonchr15 ...okay?
@rodolfoschneider7417 Жыл бұрын
I have been a bodybuilder for 67 years and haven't known some of thouse very interesting exercises. I'm now 82 still working out. This is very interesting. Thanks !
@JamesThomas-kx5sjАй бұрын
Keep up the good work, buddy! Comments like yours inspire me to keep going to the gym so I can can live a long and healthy life.
@Arms.Enthusiast Жыл бұрын
Hackenshmidt is such an inspiration to me, he was massive, he was freakishly strong for the time period, he invented staple exercises , the bench press and the hack squat, and an original philosopher of training.
@AM-dl7ot Жыл бұрын
Their bodies are impressive as fuck, because body building wasn't advanced, there were too many misconceptions, about training, food and lifestyle. My father in 70's was 5''6 190 pounds, pure muscle, fast and strong. I read the book by which he was training. There was way too many things, that should prevent you from building muscle. The biggest one was, that you should intake not more, than 1-1.5 liter of LIQUID a day. (Not just water, all the liquid -coffee, tea, soup etc.) Of course now we know, how dangerous and extremely bad for muscles that is, since dehydrate body takes water from muscles.
@jazzminegreen900 Жыл бұрын
For the time period? Mfer was all time strong
@JR-tg1lz Жыл бұрын
idk back then men had more testosterone I'd say there were more strong men back then then there are now. But the asthetic potential is higher due to advancements in peds and bodybuilding science
@AM-dl7ot Жыл бұрын
@@JR-tg1lz I agree with that, people back then, had a higher potential. Because of better food, less plastic, cleaner water, air. On top of that in 50's - 60's, they didn't spend time indoors, all they were doing was outdoor sports and a lot of them started doing hard labour at age of 14, which helped gain good body foundation. I guess that's why my fathers skeleton is two times bigger, than average 25 year old.
@D71219ONE Жыл бұрын
@@AM-dl7otMost of that is true; however, good food was way more difficult to get, and was more expensive comparatively. You couldn’t easily stuff your face with protein rich food back then, like you can today.
@kushagrasharma5402 Жыл бұрын
George is regarded as one of the greatest and influential wrestler of all time. He was a visionary honestly.
@BiG-JuPO1O1 Жыл бұрын
@sean smyth damn
@brandoasan5639 Жыл бұрын
@sean smyth It’s like old time Boxers who fought many rounds in one night
@bobk480 Жыл бұрын
But he ducked the indian champ the great gama which is very slimey for a top wrestler to do! But not only hackendshidmt did that American champ gotch ducked gama too!
@bpnk52373 ай бұрын
He wad the first world champion
@bpnk52373 ай бұрын
@@bobk480hackensmidth was no longer champion when game was in prime, it was frank gotch.
@matrixyst Жыл бұрын
the fact that this dude was accurately talking about the differences between strength, endurance, and hypertrophy training *literally over 100 years ago* (!!!) is absolutely mind-boggling, what a legend strong, huge, intelligent, influential, and lived a long life... hackenschmidt is such an inspiration man
@ximan09 Жыл бұрын
Am I the only one that's impressed by the fact he made it to a ripe old age of 90! Did he ever mention his diet?
@extra4594 Жыл бұрын
In the beginning of the vid you can see nutrition was one of the chapters
@a-a-rondavis9438 Жыл бұрын
Staying away from cell phones and radiation emitting towers, eating raw and unprocessed foods, a ton less water/light/air pollution, no modern medications, etc is a good indicator of one's life expectancy. People lived longer back then because of this.
@jeffbro1021 Жыл бұрын
@@a-a-rondavis9438 a ton less water? What do you mean by that…
@beardieboi420productions Жыл бұрын
@@jeffbro1021less water pollution I assume
@maxwellbeauchesne8914 Жыл бұрын
@@a-a-rondavis9438 I’m sure no modern medications would work excellent for a diabetic or cancer patient
@TheStooch Жыл бұрын
This is probably my favorite video you've made so far. It was really cool seeing all those movements that nobody does anymore
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
Thank you bro!
@samindaheath Жыл бұрын
atlaspowershrugged does many of these to great effect and with some big weights - look him up. hes a jacked natural as well
@rodneyadderton1077 Жыл бұрын
I agree.
@andrewlyon8924 Жыл бұрын
What I like the most about this is knowing just how inefficient and unpolished a lot of these exercises are, but seeing just how effective they ended up being because of his commitment. You hardly need anything to do these exercises, but you can still get great results if you're just persistent; likewise, seeing how easy it is for us to do more refined movements and use better equipment now, it really shouldn't unthinkable that a guy could get an impressive physique naturally as long as he's consistent.
@ranzchannel2586 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely agree. However these guys might not look very massive or really jacked but they found the perfect balance between looking amazing and being healthy. In my opinion I think that this trainingstyle will get more attention by time leading the unhealthy bodybuilding style were having today to die out.
@youlaughyouphill842 Жыл бұрын
Its hard for NATURAL people to look better than this guys today because there is less testosterone in men nowadays
@BeGrizzlyStrong Жыл бұрын
Inefficiency increases exercise efficacy.
@sundanser Жыл бұрын
@@youlaughyouphill842 the lower test doesnt make as much of a difference as you think it does. you just need the commitment they had and youll 100% achieve better results due to how much bodybuilding has progressed. just look at the popular natty lifters on youtube like alpha destiny, verity schofield, natural hypertrophy etc.
@nova2293 Жыл бұрын
@@BeGrizzlyStrong yeah, a lot of “efficiency” is lost in today’s “efficient” exercises because they attempt to target a single muscle, ignoring many of the smaller stabilizing muscles
@TruthTellert63 Жыл бұрын
14:10: Bear in mind that in Hackenschmidt's time, the leg press would usually be done while wearing dress shoes with raised heels -- allowing the barbell to be balanced easier on the feet. They also often sat the bar on two chairs & performed the exercise while lying on the floor between them.
@jd9119 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, if he dropped the weight on his head, he'd probably be dead.
@Sluggernaut Жыл бұрын
WTF who says these old school guys were small? They were huge given they didnt have multiple gyms to choose from, a GNC around the corner, educational material at all to tell them how to get big, etc. This is insane. They had to have basically trained in a super natural way and guess as to what nutrition to go towards, how to train and everything. Amazing to me that they did any of this.
@stephenr807 ай бұрын
Bro it is by no meanings so insane. Humans were all strong back then because all works since we hunted included physicality. Have you even meet a farmer? And I mean a farmer that makes everything himself. Before industralization the common Joe had to be strong.
@zenlifestyleandmannersshow6892 Жыл бұрын
I can’t recommend the book enough. It’s my favorite health and fitness book ever. He even goes into Olympic weightlifting exercises not mentioned in this video.
@starbright1256 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful book. I'm a 55 yr old woman & I modify these but do these exercises.
@marcovirtual Жыл бұрын
It's not said in the video, but it's worth mentioning that Hackenschmidt is also usually credited as the originator of the bench press. This is probably why he had such a huge chest!
@informationjunkie11 ай бұрын
The origin of the bench press seems to be contested between 2-3 other lifters in the 20th century, but Hackenschmidt originated the floor press. It was popular in his time to do a back bridge on your neck & then press a barbell. Mr Hackenschmidt realised you could press substantially more weight lying flat on the floor.
@stevehammel2939 Жыл бұрын
My father lifted weights when he was in his early twenties and had a book by Bob Hoffman on weight training and had pictures of the old-time weight lifters . needless to say, it was inspiring to me as a young boy and set the stage of a lifetime of weight training which a cornucopia of health benefits was derived.
@silber11 Жыл бұрын
those bronze era guys may be small in todays standards, but i guarantee you p4p they were stronger than many gym bros, especially their tendons Wouldn’t be surprised if many of them never got seriously injured
@paulbogle8161 Жыл бұрын
@@joshuamcateer255 yeah but the hole in your face would increase vo2 max so it's all good!
@Itstime1231 Жыл бұрын
@@joshuamcateer255 if the wheels are big enough, as long as you dodge the plates, you won't get a bar to the face. and you could also dig a small hole and leg press out of that if you wanted to have an at-home set up
@MrTadas21 Жыл бұрын
@@Itstime1231 or just order a coffin and be done with it :D
@MaximusAdonicus Жыл бұрын
@@Itstime1231 Haha, "dig a hole for a home setup" 😂 Ima start digging a hole to my floor right now!
@LordDirus007 Жыл бұрын
They were also 100% Natural. After the 1930s, most of the Body Builders were on Gear.
@ukestudio3002 Жыл бұрын
Did some of these exercises when I started lifting in the 60’s as Hack, was still living and still of legendary strength. The floor presses were painful at bottom, the leg presse (obviously) quite dangerous as were "thumbless" bench presses. Look closer at foot position in diagrams; split clean and "splot" (feet out) in some cases. I vaguely remember a pic of him "floor pressing" well over 400 in his 80’s I think. Thanks for reminding me of those painful hack squats . Lol
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
He was definitely crazy strong even as he got old. A great example of the sort of longevity natural lifters get to enjoy. Thank you for sharing!
@shaylingrant7004 Жыл бұрын
How tf do some ppl hate on these old era bodybuilders bruh they looked the way they looked without taking enhancers tht deserves mad respect cause compared to a normal male physique who doesn't train tht is pretty big
@c.galindo9639 Жыл бұрын
One thing I really like in this video about Hackenschmidt, is the implementation of his exercises. This was before gyms so he got creative and really aimed at isolating the muscles in the muscle groups he wanted to build. Absolutely impressive and it showed why he gained such a physique. He refined his exercises to gain the most potentially useful gains from them. Clearly he was a pioneering genius in bodybuilding
@NoNameIsBest89 Жыл бұрын
I think the main reason he was so big is due to the fact in every single exercise he did, or at least as was portrayed in this video, he had to seriously stabilize his entire body which means more muscle gets involved during any one lift than might otherwise happen with more modern training methods and equiptment. Picture a dip vs a tricep extension for instance or a pull/chinup vs a dumbbell/barbell curl. Hell, just doing a kettlebell front hold into a squat is one helluva of shoulder, core and leg workout that fries stability muscles.
@davecom3 Жыл бұрын
A big reason why calisthenics and compounds work are so important for all round muscle development
@glassofwater281 Жыл бұрын
@@davecom3 I combine calisthenics and weightlifting
@heavenIy1 Жыл бұрын
Power lifts don't get you huge. I started putting on muscle at a (relative to before) incredible rate when I included more isolation exercises
@alohatigers1199 Жыл бұрын
@@davecom3 Still no match for farmers and their insane strength. Dudes can’t carry barrels for their life
@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын
@@heavenIy1 um wrong
@joeldoxtator9804 Жыл бұрын
In comparison between these exercises and modern machine equivalents, I believe you are missing one important distinction. Hackenschmidt's exercises have a very large stability component to them. Modern machinery takes all that stability work away essentially holding the weight in the range of motion for you. From my own experience, stability challenges greatly increase overall intensity of any given exercise. Looking at these exercises, I couldn't help but compare them to basic gymnastics moves. The more I look the more I am convinced that gymnastics is probably the inspiration for much of these exercises, just tweaked so that they can be externally loaded. Try this for yourself. Try doing a weighted barbell lung. then try doing that same weight in a lateral lung. The difference is astonishing.
@Arkhs Жыл бұрын
Stability is actually better for muscle growth than instability. Machines are actually superior for muscle growth if you use them properly. The instability makes it harder to reach the minimum viable stimulus. Still it's good to do the unstable exercises for the motor skills.
@joeldoxtator9804 Жыл бұрын
@@Arkhs From the point of view of pure targeted muscle fiber exhaustion, this is true. However, exhaustion and intensity are two very different things. Contractile strength is much higher in unstable situations than in stabilized. The reason why machines have been developed to stabilize the joints is so that bodybuilders can preserve more of their endurance for intensity leaving them with more work volume in reserve to specifically target other muscle fibers. This leads to very complex exercise programs that bodybuilders are famous for . Strength athletes have no business touching such overly complex programs and should focus more on stability challenging exercises. What works best for size is arguable, as isolation heavy bodybuilding workouts were specifically designed to take advantage of the benefits steroids provide. Intensity is far more beneficial to a natural lifter.
@Z-Diode Жыл бұрын
You’re actually dead on! 👍
@ohurley11 Жыл бұрын
@@joeldoxtator9804 Volume is the primary driver of hypertrophy regardless of steroid use. Utilizing rep ranges of between ~6-30 taken to muscular failure (or just short of it). I used to think the primary driver was frequency but high training frequency is what allows the higher volume. Which is especially true for natural athletes. Minimum 10 working sets/wk and up to 20/25 sets. This is the answer according to modern science.
@joeldoxtator9804 Жыл бұрын
@@ohurley11 volume over the week does not equate to volume over the same workout or even volume over the same exercise. We are talking about vastly different training stimulus.
@johnweymouth5685 Жыл бұрын
So glad to see this vid. I started my fitness journey 50yrs ago and have stuck with it. I noticed in my 30's the new generations coming up were leaving the grassroots and wanting their 15sec of fame trying to "pioneer" new things, but there is "no new thing under the sun" want to start out with isolated movements instead of spending the first year doing tried and true compound exercises looking for short cuts. I used to explain it to my students this way, "when building a house you don't build the roof first you build a good strong foundation first", hence you start building your own foundation with compound movements.
@lorenzogiani7190 Жыл бұрын
Having been studying and using old time training methods and lifts for a good while now, its really amazing to see more and more people getting intereseted in this stuff. It's all part of the NATTY RENAISSANCE
@user-zw7qe1ex3c Жыл бұрын
primals like liver king
@lorenzogiani7190 Жыл бұрын
@@user-zw7qe1ex3c liver king is a quack. A fake natty and a scammer. These guys ate their veggies
@Joy80JJ Жыл бұрын
Thank you for researching & sharing history of past bodybuilders.
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
Thank you for stopping by!
@castrof937 Жыл бұрын
These bronze era guys had great natural physiques. Great content, it's good to see someone making good natural body building content in this era of instagram and steroids
@garyandrewranford Жыл бұрын
I'm old school. 57 years old, about 203lbs, lean. I did a lot of research into Jack Lalaine, Vince Gironda, Steve Reeves, I have most of their material... but, I've never heard of George until now. Just found a copy of the book, ordered. It will prove useful as I bulk to 217lbs over the next few months... Thank you for sharing😊
@mottenpups Жыл бұрын
What a beast he must have been. This Leg Press is just wild even to look at
@prospectorbonky Жыл бұрын
As an experienced bodybuilder of 10 yrs that shit looks so intimidating
@aquamon68 Жыл бұрын
@@prospectorbonky Need a spotter, or even two.
@Exgrmbl Жыл бұрын
@@prospectorbonky looks reasonably safe to do with shoes with a well defined heel. No flat shoes.
@chelo4197 Жыл бұрын
@@Exgrmbl yeah, I agree. More than likely what one might've worn to the gym at the time.
@victorgomez6330 Жыл бұрын
Truly a pioneer of modern strength
@Irish_Hooligan Жыл бұрын
What a lot of people don’t understand is bronze era also trained for strength much more than mass. This means a LOT more.
@jesustyronechrist2330 Жыл бұрын
Probably the #1 thing that people ignore about the bodybuilders of yesteryear: Flexibility. Some of these moves in the video really cannot be performed properly if you have stiff hamstrings for example. And I bet bunch of modern bodybuilding exercises have systematically gotten rid of the moves that are super good, but require flexibility.
@bossdog1480 Жыл бұрын
I've been training 45 years. We did a lot of these exercises back when I started, when there weren't a lot of machines to distract us. We did things like Zottman curls as well which almost Nobody does today.
@bane4318 Жыл бұрын
7 years lifetime natty here, and I absolutely love the old school nattys. You earned a sub with this vid.
@hnglmccrnglbrry1637 Жыл бұрын
Wasn't a choice back then.
@bane4318 Жыл бұрын
@@hnglmccrnglbrry1637 yes that's why it's so impressive. Achieving bodies like these back then demanded the utmost dedication and perseverance.💪👌
@hnglmccrnglbrry1637 Жыл бұрын
@@bane4318 the proportions were spot on, perfect.
@paulb2995 Жыл бұрын
8:17 is a barbell, just shown from a side angle. Works your forearm stabilizers as well as your pressing muscles.
@Formakiwi Жыл бұрын
I´ve also spent some time experimenting with old-timey techniques; some are surprisingly effective, if often mechanically difficult, while others are just impractical or simply unsound. The idea of repeat sets seems to have eluded many of them, with sometimes insane (100-120) rep limits per single set. Hackenschmidt´s techniques seem like the closest to today´s protocols, but you can still see the primitive understanding of body mechanics that underpinned many of the exercises.
@josephperkins4857 Жыл бұрын
yep some didn;'t use multi sets or series as they where called back then
@aberhan Жыл бұрын
This was a real bodybuilding athlete, totally overlooked today. The bronze era bodybuilders are favourites of mine up to the era of Frank Zane after which bodybuilding today represents something totally different.
@cj5273 Жыл бұрын
Frank Zane used roids
@El_Bellota Жыл бұрын
This guy is an absolute legend and was an absolute unit. I'm glad you actually made a video about him, I think he was one of the first to actually spread how to get big from a bodybuilding standpoint.
@forwardgrappling2 ай бұрын
as someone who's had a fascination with grapplers at the turn of the century, Hackenschmidt has always stood out. thank you for your work. i know you're interest in him is for different reasons but i love that a man like this can stand the test of time
@ParvParashar10 ай бұрын
Really loved his emphasis on training the neck. It’s definitely one of the most overlooked muscle by most people. Nonetheless, it’s one of the most important to look massive. It’s also amazing to see how much importance he gave to the neck and other muscles that contribute to the yoked look. I appreciate Alex for popularizing neck training on KZfaq. Awesome work! I’m enjoying these videos so much. This video really motivated me to start training my neck again seriously. 💪
@MelanieH1422 Жыл бұрын
I’m pretty new to the channel, and while I have forgotten a lot of my strength exercises, I must say this video is totally fascinating. Thank you for clearly demonstrating what was shown in the book. I would love to see more like this.
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
Welcome! And thank you for your support
@skyre2039 Жыл бұрын
I've also read the book, he emphasized specially on running as well
@roarbertbearatheon8565 Жыл бұрын
Franco Columbu talks of the effectiveness of running also
@fernandomaron87 Жыл бұрын
Frank Zane also said that the year he added running to his program, was the year his legs got bigger and stronger than ever.
@AurelGergey Жыл бұрын
"Hackenschmidt, give me strength!" - made me laugh and made my day. Top vid, bro.
@solfeinberg437 Жыл бұрын
I learned about Hackenschmidt (and Hack squats) from knees over toes. Nice to hear someone else talk about him and get even more info. Thanks!
@skyre2039 Жыл бұрын
Your vids have a chill vibe always nice to watch. Keep up the great work💪
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
Thank you brother
@FirstNameLastName-is6yb Жыл бұрын
No way I'm doing that leg press, lol. Absolute madmen in the Bronze Age!
@ricardobornman1698 Жыл бұрын
No school like old school. Thank you very much for posting this.
@buckaroobonsi555 Жыл бұрын
I started lifting weights in 1982 and most of those exercises where still in use. In fact I did leg presses that exact same way. It was not common to see a power rack or squat rack in every gym and almost no one owned one at home. You either did leg presses like that or you did the Jefferson Squat, Hack Squat, clean and front squat or clean press and back squat or you had to have fantastic collars and lever the bar into position on your back! So you seldom could do enough weight on squat to truly challenge your legs like you can today. Now by 1986 I was old enough that I could go to the gym if my mom or dad signed me in and that was a entirely new world. They had Nautilus machines, heavy duty bench's, Universal Machines, Power Racks, Squat Racks even industrial treadmill. Mind you this was at an Army Field House the treadmills where $15,000 each and they only had 2 in a gym the size of 2 Super Walmarts. Some of the earliest Universal Gym's did not have a leg press station you put your feet on the inward facing rooler handle of the bench press station. This is when the bench press handles went inwards before they switched them to outward and added a leg press station. I lived through the development and multiple generations of Nautalis, Cybex, Hammer Strength, Atlas, and many more. The weight rooms looked like dungeons full of chalk and the machine rooms looked like Car Dealership with plants and no chalk at all!
@RoachDoggJr-v9b Жыл бұрын
U deserve more than 2 likes
@Madchris8828 Жыл бұрын
"The Hackenschmidt give me strength" made me laugh pretty hard. That leg press was terrifying lol
@rubenalvarez6830 Жыл бұрын
Great video sir. I am a New York city police officer, and it has to be said, you have to stay in shape. Keep on working on you and everything will be ok. My job puts me in very high stress situations. Love to see that the old school method of training still reflect a great emphasis on progressive overload!!
@starlight1514 Жыл бұрын
This video is excellent. People need these neck exercises since everyone is always using devices. They get neck pain. Even though I am a female, I will do these exercises for my toning routine. Thank you for demonstrating these exercises. I enjoyed watching them.😉
@TheSuperappelflap Жыл бұрын
a tip about neck exercises: it is not advised by chripractors to do full 360 rotations, instead, rotate one way until your head is almost fully leaning back, but still a little to the side, and then reverse and go the other way, so you will be doing about 340 degree rotations. rotating over completely in the back is bad for your neck vertebrae. it can cause issues especially if you already have tense muscles from stress or bad posture, or low amounts of cartilege in between the vertebrae. also, a criminally underrated exercise for gaining around the neck is swimming. i picked up swimming a few days a week a few years ago. after a year my neck was as big as my head. and i have a big head. oh and PS: your situps look awful. use a counterweight on your legs, keep your back straight and keep tension on the abdomen, you will get back issues doing it like this and youre not using your abs at all
@jonathanfnss7121 Жыл бұрын
good idea to demonstrate the exercises it makes the video way more entertaining.
@drip369 Жыл бұрын
It's true about the supinated overhead press because I train it specifically, even while I don't ever lock out my elbows, and I do it for a few reasons but it definitely makes certain things in life a lot easier, especially when you were working with things above your midsection, you definitely want to overload the supination aspect long before you pronate to avoid shoulder injuries. Anybody that has shoulder pains even when putting dishes away in the cupboard can benefit from supinated pressing through the lats shoulders and biceps
@MrAkie12 Жыл бұрын
Dude your channel is insightful coming from a former competitive power lifter here. Keep up the great work brother!
@zoidsfan12 Жыл бұрын
I bought this dudes book after seeing this video. I used to be a wrestler and am now a sumo wrestler. These exercises in my opinion are even more versatile because they don't require machines, just free weights. I have never trained in a gym, I prefer just having a barbell and Olympic plates at home. The behind the back exercise especially I could feel the power in it from the picture, because it's hard to hold a barbell with a grip like that, and he is doing the tom platz esque deep sissy squat. As a fellow wrestler I feel it's my duty to try this workout. Just doing the neck stuff felt amazing, my neck is super fucked from headbutting people in sumo and I could feel some of the stiffness getting broken up, I already try to stretch my neck as much as possible but the working against your hands helped immensely. I also can tell I'd benefit from the classic neck bridge press. That's one that the Japanese wrestlers live by, probably another thing brought over by Karl gotch.
@FastwayIndustries Жыл бұрын
I wish we would all still dress like this. So much class back in the day
@ruthlessofficial_ Жыл бұрын
Question is, are these commentators that said all bronze era bodybuilders are tiny any better than they’re in appearance ?
@thefinder8087 Жыл бұрын
Dude was an absolute unit
@SeanP7195 Жыл бұрын
I started learning more and more about nutrition. And the more you learn, the more you find yourself being pulled back to this time period. Society was very nutrition conscious back then and knew very well how it translated to good health and longevity. They kept it smart and simple. It seemed with the depression and massive wars that would arise that food companies and medicines started to dig their heels in and complicated things. I follow principles of nutrition and weight training from this era often. Smart, sharp people who don’t get the respect they deserve I say.
@Ilethsamael Жыл бұрын
The extremely slow progression is very interesting. 1 rep a week...this would give much more time for tendons to grow.
@kgsvvgla2i Жыл бұрын
Even a very slow rate of progression means huge long term gains if done with consistency.
@JorgeGonzalez-sx7fk Жыл бұрын
1 rep per week doesn’t sound slow at all. Weekly progress is excellent.
@Ilethsamael Жыл бұрын
@@JorgeGonzalez-sx7fk those were single set daily workouts, it is bery unusual for current workout styles
@roarbertbearatheon8565 Жыл бұрын
@@Ilethsamael I see alot of similarities with the stuff Mike Mentzer talks about
@Ilethsamael Жыл бұрын
@@roarbertbearatheon8565 I disagree. Old school had less sets per exercise (usually one only) but weekly frequency was extremely high. The single set kept the intensity fairly high but the cardio was insane since you rest just to set up the next exercise and some need very small preparation.
@siddheshghag4910 Жыл бұрын
Love your vids keep making more ✨
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
Thank you bro!
@terryconjugateiron11 ай бұрын
Hack was a beast, in the early 1900s he had a 163kg/360lbs floor press record which he held for nearly 20 years. Love the way to live.
@calvinlouttit4160 Жыл бұрын
This is awesome, we should all enjoy and try new things, or old. Have fun with what you do. I would have never heard of this guy without you, so Ty.
@HerculesFit Жыл бұрын
15:12 Guy was before his time! It's crazy, people still believe these myths today 😂 Love his emphasis on the importance of progressive overload 💪
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
It's so true man. We have known this stuff for sooooo long. Yet you still have people who don't even understand the most basic principles.
@nathanchristman6660 Жыл бұрын
The crazy part is how functional his muscles would be in general. His body could maintain hard labor for an extended period of time from what i'm seeing.
@Panther_heart Жыл бұрын
Another point to take in consideration is the quality of the pictures at this time. Now we have amazing camera even on cell phones, and most people take care of the angle and luminosity. I would like to see bronze era bodybuilders with actual camera and modern people on old pictures...
@Ruudwardt Жыл бұрын
Fellow Estonian - salute. Hack has been my idol from early youth. He knew this stuff way before any significant science in the field - simply pure exhaustive experimentation and ability to finely observe. The more impressive fact is that the strength sport was secondary for him after wrestling. This means speed, agility, endurance and fighting spirit were all equally important for him.
@nathanmeyer6743 Жыл бұрын
Dude, that leg press! 😆
@brucejensen3081 Жыл бұрын
The size of his rib cage and length of quads is insane.
@jamesechevarria6177 Жыл бұрын
I’m 44 and 1st time I go to a gym 3rd month consecutive. Instant sun. Great video 💪
@Jessiesibert Жыл бұрын
These videos are so motivating. I love them. At 50 years old, I’m still trying to get bigger, stronger and overall muscular. I like how I look in a t-shirt but never satisfied. 6ft 210-225, eat lots, eat healthy, push beyond, constantly adjusting routines so they are never routine.
@Alley00Cat Жыл бұрын
Another great bronze age video. The original hack squat is an eye opener as I don't have a hack/leg-press machine. You should do more videos on these important compound movements like they used to do (or do today) for those who don't have the necessary equipment. As for the barbell leg press, I think I'll pass lolll. (lever arm leg press seem like a good alternative)
@FNL47 Жыл бұрын
definitely implementing more shoulder work in my routine now, didnt notice how little i do until now
@theaugustone Жыл бұрын
This channel is a goldmine. Especially in a time like this when PEDs seem to become the new norm. And with the amount of young people around to be influenced. Thank you.
@pamfrank3962 Жыл бұрын
The bodybuilding in this era is much more physically attractive. I agree with you the neck being strong and enhanced gives a overall better appearance. Thank you for sharing.
@christianmichaud4037 Жыл бұрын
This man’s physique would be impressive today imagine seeing a guy like that back then
@Pughhead Жыл бұрын
Looking at all these old excercies, it's quite amazing how far sports science has come.
@truman583811 ай бұрын
I developed a large neck, traps, and shoulders with standard shrugs. I was younger than i am now. But i put on 50lbs of muscle in 3 months. Completely natty. Just ate everything i could get my hands on and trained like a Beast.
@rosario1980 Жыл бұрын
Bravo✌️il più bel video sullo sport di forza mai visto,mi ha letteralmente gasato 💪💪
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
Grazie amico
@melik1763 Жыл бұрын
Not only him. Sandov, Alexande Zass aka Iron Samson, Poddubnyi, Veider and many more. Those guys were for real, with no hormone enhanced mass
@catyear75 Жыл бұрын
Best video you’ve made so far ! More on Hackenschmidt please !
@helios4753 Жыл бұрын
He seems like a very well reasoned and smart man too.
@msid7748 Жыл бұрын
This channel is a goldmine when it comes to exploring old school bodybuilding. You gotta pay due to the OGs. I love how well-spoken Hackenschmidt sounded in his book. He thoroughly understood progressive overload, full ROM training, specificity, isolating and using the righ muscles, etc. You wanna look like a bodybuilder? Well pick up some heavy weights with full ROM and keep doing it till they feel light. Pick a heavier weight. Rinse and repeat.
@robertdevito5001 Жыл бұрын
Imagine he had todays nutrition, equipment, and knowledge, no one would believe he was natty.
@ArniesTech Жыл бұрын
Lol what nutrition? What knowledge? Doing 8-12 reps? Doing a 5 day Split? Yeah truly an invention of rocket scientists. And what equipment? Bro we have ALL the knowledge and technology right at our fingertipps and still 99,999% of all gym rats look like they have never even touched weights in their life. Wake up please.
@chepesantacruz777 Жыл бұрын
Todays nutrition is pure trash, most of our food has 1/10th the nutrient density of the food back then, thanks to modern agriculture and food processing, not to mention massive drop in avg test levels of men from then to now. So without roids, he would probably be weaker and smaller today.
@colinbrazier8836 Жыл бұрын
To much info is like paralysis by analyasis
@pharaohyx4536 Жыл бұрын
Yes but he won't have the same testosterone levels since it's been dropping yearly
@colinbrazier8836 Жыл бұрын
@Pharaoh Yx stop with that nonsense that's what you fed to believe in giving up and not pushing yourself and asking for trt off your doctor when you barley out your teens
@Starchaser63 Жыл бұрын
Nothing like a regular Deadlift workout for getting big and 💪 strong ... simple , basic but seriously effective..
@Z-Diode Жыл бұрын
Yes, deadlifts and squats the first three years would most beginners make stocky beasts.
@dannybrandon28223 ай бұрын
What a legend. Will definitely try some of the shoulder excercises. Just today I did the classic Hack Lift the first time and boy was it hard. I could barely get 2 reps in a row with 40kg and after some "sets" or lets call them single repetitions now my legs are fried. Thank you for teaching about this!
@Qwert0mietek Жыл бұрын
I like that starting weights and repetitions are recommended and that they are fit for rather unexperienced people.
@vectoralphaSec Жыл бұрын
100% of all those people saying those guys looked small and tiny are people who are delusional about what a good body looks like and probably cant get a girlfriend because they want to be big and dont realize that women mostly prefer men who leaner and fit and not jacked monsters.
@paulk9603Ай бұрын
Say it to Phill Heat
@ryfreedman Жыл бұрын
5’9” 220 lbs and looking like that - it’s worth trying!
@divinecomedian2 Жыл бұрын
BUILT
@jd9119 Жыл бұрын
No, it's not. Georg Hackenschmidt was a "once in a generation" kind of athlete. You're not going to get the results he got doing what he did. You can get better results today doing compound lifts and eating a gram of protein per pound of bodyweight.
@WisconsinWanderer Жыл бұрын
From what I’ve seen on your videos there all champion body builders plus to be honest I’m totally blown away at the science of body builders back in those days totally professional and commitment to there craft. These ladies and gentlemen were way ahead of there time! Love your videos thank you 😊
@NattyLifeYT Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your support!
@rendydrounette3921 Жыл бұрын
I have to agree with the killer stabilizer statement in earlier comment. The modern equipment is great especially if one is older and maybe recovering from and injury. But starting smaller the old school from the get go has obvious benefits. HACK was an absolute stud!
@IsaacMorgan98 Жыл бұрын
Hermann Goerner was another bronze era guy that was massive weighing around 120kg with shoulders as broad as 2 men. Arthur Saxon was also fairly large although not massive at 5'10 and about 90kg