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A little late and maybe a stupid question, but is there a reason you dont program any overheadpresses? Could I add some without "spoiling" any progress?

I've followed the bar with my eyes for so long I litterally can't stop myself. Question about bench: After I started cutting (-400) my bench strenght dropped dramatically, like within a month I'd lost 15kg and no matter what weight I did, no matter how light, it felt slow and heavy. Have you ever encountered anything like that before and how am I supposed to go back to training when I finish the cut after I've had to slash the volume and est 1rm's?

How wouls you program tempo bench for a tertiary day?

I can recognise so much of what you are saying in my squat technique 😮. Time to review and retrain. Thanks for the information 👍🏻

Thanks for the videos Steve, they're super informative. I've learned a lot from you. There's one thing that I wanted to ask you but I don't know if this is the place for that. I've seen completely polar opposite methods of prescribing weights work well for lifters. On one end you see RTS *in some cases* prescribing ramp up sets to an RPE9 on multiple exercises every week and you see their lifters get really strong. On the other end you see a more conventional approach of starting blocks at a low RPE (say 5 for example) and ramp up to a RPE9 over the course of say 4 weeks and you see lifters que really strong and too. Do you think that you can take a lifter that's thriving in the constant high intensity approach and have him still make progress using the conventional "ramping over a block" approach ? Do you think it also work the other wsy around ?

How is your work on the Back-end de-loading going? Successfully? I hope so, i really like the idea. Can we expect the full video any time soon?

Steve your content just does not miss!

Amazing content! Please keep bringing more videos like these! 💪

With regards to the AI stuff, for me the worst about it currently is the lack of flexibility in these "AI apps", you can't change the prescribed sets/reps, can't add/remove exercises from a given day, can't change the order of days or the order of exercises, etc. A lot of times the "AI" will prescribe insane workloads that the user can't alter other than skipping it, which defeats the purpose of the app in the first place.

Thank You Sir 😊💪🙏

Great content as always, even for someone who's so small and weak, lol ; - )

Love your free program. Running the 2022 one!

Excellent video!

Don’t you mean 48-72hr rest time when speaking about 2-3 rest days?

I changed your 16 week program to 3 day cycle and added 50 kg to my total. Thank you

I apologize on how horribly I repeated the same thing over and over during that "adding novelty" question, that was bad haha

Any ideas if wrists keep rolling forward in the bench press, especially when it gets heavier, let's say around 90%+ ?

You talked about sodium. How much sodium would you suggest per day on this gut cut diet. To avoid the sodium over load.

How do you do this with high rep?

do u online coach for 16y/o ?

21:12 Why would you ever taper water in a water load? Is the point to take advantage of increased diuresis and not let the body get accustomed to gradual changes in water intake?

Very informative, thank you

Thank you so much for this ..ive been over complicating my squat and trying so many things at once...The knees out and even foot pressure means i dont need to think about sitting back at all.I recorded my squat from the side and its straight up and do...I still wear weightlifting shoes for this id assume that's o

i cut from 158 to 148.4 using your gut cut and water loading protocol and also lost 5lbs in the sauna and felt no performance loss. floating around 162 in the morning now but i am eating more than before. was wondering if i should start just a regular nutrition cut to at least drop back down to 158 in the morning or just maintain for now and plan on possibly doing more time in the sauna for my next meet in november. thoughts?

Very late question but can I make the 4 day 3x bench and sumo deadlift be instead a conventional deadlift? Like I would follow the program the same except I'm switching the sumo and sumo accessories into conventional lift and work. Thank you so much for the free program man

What about dépression ? Should we think about it or just use the leg drive do the job and giving you the best position possible ?

I can't slack pull no matter what version I try..trying for about 10 years with multiple coaches..only ever feel it in my back only..so demoralizing..at stage now where I'm about to quit gym completely

little tidbit, for my protein intake and carb intake during a gut cut i use optimum nutrition serious mass powder. 1230 calories a serving with 250g carbs, works like a treat.

What about tempo close grip or tempo larsen?

You’d make a great professor

Great video! I was always under the impression that a bigger breath always equals a better “brace”. I’ve sometimes accidentally done this on squats where I brace before the breath, but I thought it was wrong because I wasn’t taking as big a breath

In other video, you’ve mentioned moving center of mass from heels to midfoot during wediging can help some sumo deadlifters. Are you still advocate it and can I incorporate it with this minimalist wedging setup?

i think kedric kwan is the guy you're referring to regarding to the origins of the gut cut?

I gave up on weights numerous times cos i disnt give my tendons time to toughen up...started last year age 48 and 2 days ago broke my landmark 100 kg bench.🎉

Are the calories based on maintenance or the calories you were eating a couple of weeks before the competition? For instance, if maintenance is 2800 calories, but I was eating 2200 calories for the weeks before to lose fat, which would the calorie count be based on?

Even on a SSB my bar position is uneven😅

Great stuff! Do you have any videos where you go in detail regarding how to choose and periodize reps for a particular lift? For instance, I've always wondered when designing a block, whether to pick 5 reps instead of 4 for a primary squat day, and if you'd lower that across blocks until reaching 2 reps.

This guy is the shiz! Wow, this is like the squat bible.

Tips for first powerlifting meet? I have a meet in 3 weeks.

Any way to submit a question which isn’t Instagram? 😂

Thank You 😊

Would there be a strategy for someone who is not normally counting and don’t know their macros and liquid intake?

Does one stop taking creatine during gut cut ?

Question (unrelated to the gut - which thank you once again for all the awesome information) I keep twisting right before lock out because my under grip hand hits my thigh (I pull sumo). I used to pull hook, but you and some of your athletes inspired me to pull mix and I like it way better (besides the twisting). I’m 99% positive I’m bracing correctly and I’ve even tried moving my under hand further into the smooth and away. Do you have any videos on the topic or possibly some tips?

TY for Poop 2, the sequel

Excellent video

Good poop tips

16:30 I've done your gut cut twice now, both times worked flawlessly, though the carb/fat content that your spreadsheet gave me ended up being pretty significantly skewed towards fats (I usually eat about 400C and 115F , but with the gut cut I ate closer to 300C and 160F). In the future, would you recommend more cinnamon toast crunch and less almonds to get the macros closer to what I normally eat?

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Lol "maybe you're eating crap all the time" 🤣. I eat so much whole foods gut cut really worked for me. Now I'm curious to compare my daily fiber (40g) versus the amount required with the almonds I ate. Calling it a volume food cut makes sense although i originally thought less food volume = less fiber already. I will do the maths.