Yeah so I achieved this by accident. I was trying to get buff, not skinny strong

This is why I hate when people discredit Bruce Lee for his size

This program works! I doubled my pull ups.... from 1 rep to 2.

I swear this is what K Boges recommends us doing, no overtraining, keep your form tight and do them every day. Physical and physiological hygiene.

This is why old school labourers/builders are lean and strong compared to beefed up gym goers

Most people fail because the urge to overtrain is very powerful. I used to do this will pull ups everyday and got joint problems. The amount of reps or sets you should be doing will be far less than you think it should be if you're doing it everyday.

I did this with pull-ups, after about 2 months, I could rep 20 with ease, and my back looked like Yujiro.

It’s old man strength.

This methodology has worked well for me too. The key is the consistency to do it frequently enough and the discipline to not kill yourself by overtraining.

Once yours muscles are familiarized with a movement,it’s like teaching the best student you’ll ever know

To bodybuilders this is anathema. Repeating endlessly movements for strenght and precission is the base of traditional martial arts training, yet many people (even modern combat sports practititoners) disregard it. Now, it seems that there's some science to back this up

Grease the Groove is so underrated. This technique deserves more attention.

It's Anatoly

This is why bodybuilders are often less strong compared to Farmers, Soldiers and Laborers who use their muscles for work than for show.

I love the beautiful blend of scientific and laymen terminology and illustrations

Your anatomy drawing skills are amazing. Inspires me to get better at it and get skinny strong while I’m at it too

Been preaching this for years, and you’ve worrying things a lot better than I have. Excellent work

Im 5'4", I bounce between 160-170lbs, I workout maybe 5-10 times a month, but I look to be about average with a flat muffin top. I can confirm, that people of average height and strong physique get absolutely confused when they see me lift or pull the same weight as them. They ask what I do for training and they get even more confused whe I tell them my 'routine'. But my true secrets to maintaining my health without working out all the time is labor. I was a landscaper for almost a year, enough time on the job to confidentiality develop lifelong skills, and I still use them to improve my mom and grandparents. I dig up dirt and clay, planted entire 5 year old trees, moved countless bags of soil and cement, its like doing a workout for 6-8 hours with varying rest times and exercises. Another factor that I believe plays into my strength is my mental fortitude. I spent the first 5 years of my adult life as an active duty Marine Infantryman. I was amongst one of the shortest, and aesthetically one of the smallest, so Im always putting in double effort just to keep up with the average sized Marines. Ive carried 80lbs of weight over 20 miles with overly blistered feet during battalion rucks. Whenever we did 1v1 sparring I always picked the guys twice my size just to raise the morale of my platoon and give them something entertaining to watch. I would rarely ever win, but my opponents would always become gassed out by the end of it. Ive carried average sized people over my shoulders with full gear on both myself and my partner during medevac drills. We would run 3-6 miles in stabbing, ice cold -20*F weather every winter. I essentially lived in my 30+lbs worth of gear every time we did practical training. Ive always been of the belief that strength is determined moreso by the fortitude of your mind rather than your muscles.

I discovered this method while locked up in prison. My body dramatically changed in a period of a few months. I didn't gain much muscle mass, but instead became very ripped and strong. Almost over night I had a perfect six pack and had incredible vascularity. I started out doing just one set of burpees after reading 20 pages of a book. Every 20 pages, I owed one rep. It quickly increased, easily to 10 reps, etc.

I came across your videos just last week and I've started thinking more on how to improve my health more than I've done in my entire life. Keep up the good work, and thanks for these videos.

The Saitama Build.

I started working with kettlebells thanks to one of your videos on them, and they are now by far my most enjoyed form of exercise. Very versatile tools. Thanks for what you do.

The art used in this video is astonishing! great job!

The boxer you mentioned with tremendous power in a little body Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini actually killed an opponent (Kim Duk-koo) in a boxing match.

i'm glad to say that i was subscribed to this channel very early at around 1k subs. I always knew this channel would take off and now that i came back here, i see i was right which is great

Have seen most of your videos and believe your instructions are some of the best, most informative, communicated succinctly and with little fuss or delay. Thank you very much. 🏆

Amazing video, neuromuscular recruitment is so little talked about but so effective

Great video! It provided the information quickly and clearly.

needed this because i've trying to increase my pull up reps. I went from not being able to do any, did hella push ups for 5 weeks straight, came back and could rep out 4-5 easily. now i regressed back to 2-3 and its been playing with my mind knowing i can get 4-5. definitely perfect timing for this video to show up on my recommended

Lift heavy for short reps with high mecha tension for mecha strength. Move light for long/g.t.g reps with low mecha tension for neuromascular strength.

I always look forward to your monthly videos because the quality and effort you put into them are truly remarkable. It's a pleasant surprise to get an extra video this month! Thank you for your hard work and dedication - it really shows in your content. Keep up the amazing work !

The animation with the font goes crazy + killer info you dialed this in g well done

Keep em coming! love your content!

Skinny strong is best for longevity

Build muscle memory and the connections your brain has to what little muscle you have so you can utilize more of it more effectively. Makes a lot of sense really

I've been doing this with pull ups and push ups. I can easily do 20+ strict form pull ups and 50+ slow strict form push ups at 190lbs bodyweight.

The illustrations in this video are amazing!!

Next video should be about rotator cuff. i think its important. keep the nice videos coming man!

Enjoyed your explanation of neuromuscular activity. Cheers, mate.

Love your videos and animations dude, your videos along with stonecircles helped me get outta my fitness funk I was in

"Can I clean here?"

Love the content bud! Keep up the good work 👍

I have been recommending Pavel and "greasing the groove" for years because it WORKS!! Glad you mentioned it!

Super random, I've watched a decent amount of your vids. Just wanted to say keep up the great work, I love how informative and easy it is to digest your content.

This is pure gold. I know that the information in this video is true but the thing is that it has hardly been spoken about. This is a very underrated video (going by the number of likes and the content of the comments). Thank you so much for the video.

This has been a topic of great confusion for me for a long time. Thanks for breaking it down!

I was using greasing the groove about 20 years ago, also learned from Pavel's works.

Thank you, my man!

You're videos are excellent.

Such a good video, thanks!

When I was a 22-year old kid, I used to read books at night after work. Every time I finished a chapter I would do 50 push ups and go to the bathroom. On the way into the bathroom I would do 25 pull ups and 25 on the way out. Then I would do 25 dips and go back to reading my book. 30 years later, I still love greasing the groove although I don't do as many reps. And I still fit into the same size clothes.

Ha, I never knew I came across the 'greasing the groove' technique until now. I started working out at my warehouse and badly hurt my arm doing pullups in the racking (trying to hit 20 in 1 set), so I dropped the number I was doing in 1 set starting at 3 and building up to 5 over a couple weeks now several months later I still do between 5-7 but do this several times a day. I normally managing 25-30 reps a day for 5 days. 😅 Doing this with my 10-12K steps a day in the place, my health is doing amazing.

Didn't know this was a real concept/strategy. Did something like this just for the hell of it during pandemic with military style push ups (I think that's the name?). Couldn't do one when I started. Went from barely doing 3 inclined against the bathroom counter to 20 on the ground over the spring/summer. The trigger was every time I had to use the washroom.

Thank you so much. This is absolutely perfect. I needed this AND the art was beautiful.

Great video. GTG method has been a go to for me. I don't for pull ups , push ups squats, rows etc etc. Excellent way to get a lot of volume in also

This video is a gem

GENETICS has a Lot to do with strength also. Kinda like Franco Colombo being "small" compared to Arnold & other Giants but Franco out maxing them in weight & reps during workouts

It's a nice coincidence that this came out now. I started doing pull ups after many years just last week. My pull up bar has 4 grips. So I use a different one everyday. I just do as many reps throughout the day, no schedule but at least one set an hour and I already see improvement in my posture and form. Only at 3 reps per set so far but I can feel the strength building up each day. Will start adding a few more body parts into the mix as I go along.

I greased my groove and now the groove is back baby!

The "Everytime X happens, i do a pushup" meme was real all the time

This is literally what I did until now (I got operated for a problem and I have to stay at home for 1 month at least) and in only one year of gym I gained a lot of strength, I did it based on my intuition, however I also tried to follow a diet made by me (thanks to some little resources) and instead to eat more than I can normally possibly do in general (like way more carbs, proteins, etc...), I started to eat only more proteins, drink a lot of water and to take a lot of vitamin c which is extremely important to recover faster the tendons, (for the rest I eat everything without problems, I just don't eat too much confectionery) your tendons are essential for your muscles, if you have strong muscles and weak tendons, in an exercise where you have to use a lot of strength you risk an injury, your muscles are limited to the capacity of your tendons so if your tendons are weak, you'll never be able to use entirely the strength of your muscles without risking an injury But if your tendons are very strong, you can even use all the strength your muscles can generate without problems making you in fact able to become insanely strong, so yeah, this way of training your muscles is gold for the strength but even a good diet for the tendons is essential and I noticed it by myself

Ngl videos like these make me interested in sports even tho I used to hate anything remotely related to exercising. Keep this up! P.S.: at 5:06, I noticed your fight club reference :)

Fantastic Video. Information. Art.

Very well done video, I didnt know about the theory behind it but ive been doing tai-chi with progressively heavier dumbells for a few months and although my muscles arent much larger they are more efficient which is perfect because I dont want to lose speed

I was 5’9”,135 lbs in high school freshman year benching 225. I was very disciplined on proper form and understanding the mechanics of my body.

information is great and art is amazing🔥

This approach is similar to what I’m doing to rehab my body from major disabling injuries as a kid. Just finding movements that are challenging in themselves to you, but are manageable, and doing them with full focus once (what i do) a day over time can lead to massive improvements. The trick is to find a good base exercise to do and totally master it before you move on to other things. And when i say master i mean sometimes ill spend more than a year or two doing something as simple as a specific stretch before i do anything with that movement, but will attempt it each time with the mentality of perfect form and as i improve try little variations within the movement.

100 Pushups! 100 sit ups! 100 air squats! And a 10km run! Do it everyday! When you start losing your hair... Your on the way -Saitama Approves this Message

Yeah, I love it when guys think you’re skinny and you’re a wimp if they only knew. I weigh 150 pounds in high school. I was squatting 350 lbs 5times. I was at track star cross-country runner and did construction with my dad and-uncles. I’ve done things that people wouldn’t believe if they didn’t see it for themselves. I didn’t get big because I had too many interest and plus you don’t get big if you don’t take all the necessary vitamins along with the protein , and the proper foods.,

OMG YOU"RE BACKKKKKKK

This answers a lot of questions for me, having always been alarmingly light while still being able to outwork larger people. I'd just chalked it up to manual labor and firefighting, but repetition and pacing play into a lot of my habits. I don't regularly exercise, but I've been playing the same chinup game where l can't pass through the 'gateway to gains' without putting up a number or two whenever l wanna enter my living room.

Great work my friend❤❤

I unknowingly used to do this during highschools year, whenever I used to play games I feel a sense of fear of missing out so I thought everytime I lose I'll do 10 curls so everytime I used to play I made it a habit and now I don't even train but my bisceps are still strong

Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾

I'll try this, thanks

Thanks man. Cool shit

Yes！Bruce is the best.😊

Really gotta appreciate the art style used in the video

I really appreciate this video! Im lean but ive always wanted to become stronger while keeping this specific physique and everytime i tried to sewrch for ways to increase strength without size increase hardky anything about GTG came up. I can't wait to incorporate this!

Kyle Boges is a true believer of this proven method. Implementing this approach into my training is what ironed out all of my technical form breakdowns. Henceforth, the correction in form has allowed my physique development to be symmetrical & balanced! Great content!!

I’m 5’9” 165lb I’m not a trained fighter but I’ve always been interested in the training methods they use. A MMA fighter/boxer is usually never too bulky. I prefer thinking in terms of functional strength. Some people are in it for the aesthetics and that’s fine. There are plenty of guys bigger than me at my gym but I can compete with them on some strength exercises. I usually use the drop set method of lifting heavy low volume then dropping 5-10lb and increasing volume to failure. So I might start out with a 60lb bicep curl and by the end I’m doing 30lb. At first it’s strength training then by the end it’s endurance. Plus I can still sprint and do simple calisthenic exercises. Some of the bigger guys can’t support their own weight and they get winded easily. I’m not saying one is better than the other because there are plenty of benefits to both sides.

This works with sprint training too. I just finished my first season of varsity track and field, and the main thing that made me faster was doing tons of starts (that is, the most explosive part of the run) at about 70% effort. I was trying to perfect my form, but ultimately the gains I got from it seemed bigger than just form. I guess I'll be doing this with everything now.

I've been in the building trades my entire life, starting in my early teens. I've always been "strong for my size" but I was skinny (160's). In real world application I've rarely found that another guy was stronger than me, with their grip strength often being the weak point. But in weightlifting I found that I couldn't lift all that impressive of weights. I started lifting weights many years ago and now I'm 183 at 5'11". I now realize how much of weightlifting is technique, and that most lifts focus on major movers, whereas lifting/dragging/ect awkward things outside the gym requires grip and accessory muscles.

They didn't teach me his in baki

My god what a dense packed amount of knowledge and information, only the most luckiest one are chosen to acquire this forbidden knowledge. Thank you for choosing me algorithm.

Climber here, did this exact thing by accident with pull ups. I now have a visibly well developed back, but way more strenght than youd think through pretty much doing five pull ups every now and then.

When you starter talking about how to perform it I instantly thought of Bruce's famous quote, same you put at the end of the video He was such an inconventional genius even for today's standards that we're still trying to keep up with him, amazes me everytime

I would do 5 sets of Pull ups , push ups, and air squats every day and would start with very low reps and only gradually increase every few weeks when i felt it became way too easy, i did however, keep my weight lifting the same

this reminds me when I was doing bench press a couple of years ago. I would only do a single set every day and I went from a 8 rep 75kg set to 15 reps at 75kg in about 5 weeks. I must go back and look wht I did, I still have my workout notes from back then

More videos on this topic please.

Grace = power + precision. Absent grace, strength is illusory. And he moves best who is least encumbered.

I tried this technique without knowing it's an technique. I did it with obsession to learn pullups. I got good result too. But now I knew that it's an technique.

This is great stuff - reminds of atomic habits sind of start small but everyday intresting stuff

The YT algo scares me at times. My only exercise outside of work has been a chin-bar outside my door way - where I’ll do 5 chin-ups (explosive up, controlled down) everytime I leave or enter my room. I’ve never experienced any sort of extreme soreness (unlike a gym sesh or a hard days graft) but it seems to keep me in shape since, on occasion, I’ll have a week off work yet will feel fine when I return to work the following week. I’ve kept track of it on my stream since November 2021 and I’ve currently just broke 9k (which is an average of 1.25 chin-ups a day) - some days I wouldn’t do any since I wouldn’t be home, others I’d peak at 100 depending on how long I’d been awake. What I’m tryna get at is that 2 principals from this video apply to my current situation. First being the consistent low-rep workout that I always do when I’m not away for work. Second being a workout method where I only do as many chin ups as I feel like doing - never “eeking out” a chin up that has bad form, only counting solid form chin ups and not pushing through any “muscle aches” as I wanna be in top form for every chin-up. Therefore my daily amount can vary drastically depending on my recent activity, wake up time or time awake. Yet I’ve stayed consistent with it and I whole heartedly think it’s done me wonders over the years and will keep on doing so.

I knew it somehow 😅 at the beginning for some years ago i reached much more "rounds" at the gym as like the very big muscle guys 🤔🤷‍♂️😅 now i stoped with the gym for maybe 5 years ago cuz of my job but i still got my fitness n sports 🙃🤟

As a small girl who lifts up the couch with one hand while vacuuming the floor, I see this as an absolute win😹

I’ve been unknowingly greasing the groove for the past 1.5 years ever since I got a work at home job. I’ve had fantastic results.

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I tried greasing the groove with pullups, every day for several months. My pullup number did not increase at all, but I did get elbow tendinitis

Simple, time under tension builds muscle mass so if you do only sets of 1-3 reps in 1-5 sets you do not accumulate enough time under tension and metabolite for more mass but you get nervous system stimulus to get stronger. For prove start doing 5 sets of 10 reps near failure instead of 5 sets of 3 reps and measure your muscles diameter before and couple of weeks after the experiment.