I always watch on YT, but you have to admit the irony of saying we must watch it on YT and then having the rest of the shit talk looking like it was the Lumière brothers' first camera test.
As a high school student in the United States, I’ve had some teachers with PHDs correct me for addressing them with anything other than Dr. Mind you, the majority of those teachers’ PHDs are in English and almost never in any science. In the U.S. a lot of high school teachers are trying to get PHDs because they will get automatic bonuses for their extra education. Additionally, I’ve had a friend’s mom get upset with me for not addressing her as Dr.--- while at their house. I think PHDs are generally way more paraded here than elsewhere in the world.
They're some egotistical aholes demanding more respect than they deserve. There is good reason it's so difficult to become a true medical doctor and we shouldn't confuse that level of accomplishment with doing a PhD program
You claimed in a vid a couple of years ago that the vast majority of males will never squat 200 kg. I'm 43 and have been squatting for about 2.5 years, and that 200kg target has motivated me entirely, literally every squat session I think about it, and I will surpass it! I'm 6', very lean and long-limbed, and have found squatting heavy weights to be incredibly difficult due to my leverages and musculature (lack of). My ATG high-bar 1RM was about 135lb when staring out and is now 275lb after 2.5 years (contrast that with DL, which I could hit 400lb within a few months of training). I'm hoping to hit that 200kg within another 2 - 3 years. FYI I'm currently using that PL program you wrote for Haydn, which he reviewed at length on YT, and am finding it to be an excellent fit for me.
The problem for most people will be the commitment to be able to train sensibly for 5-10 years non stop to reach the 200kg high bar back squat. Leverages are hardly an excuse at all, if you have longer legs you just need to build more muscle mass and use a slightly wider position than the manlets to effectively "shorten your femur".
I guess I'd be the 'other guy' in this part of the equation. Same height as you, started at ~80kg, lean, limited sporting experience. First week I could squat 135kg with no belt or sleeves, ass to grass. 18 months to squat 200kg (with belt and sleeves,) 2 years to squat 220kg. Currently at ~3.5 years in, 1rm backsquat is 235kg, recently hit 200kg for five clean reps. Current body weight is ~111kg. I think I could potentially get to 260kg in another few years.
I started in October and on a program since November. I expect to hit 200kg high bar in the next month or so but I'm only deadlifting 150kg raw conventional
please explain in a bit more detail what is limited sporting experience? Like how many times did you train squats before hitting that 135? Did you do some other exercises for legs? To me 135kg after one week sounds crazy (with your bw and height)@@christopherroberts2500
That's funny, that statement has also stuck in my mind. I squatted 190kg maybe 4 months ago, and I'm hoping to hit 200 in 2 weeks. I'm 41 and also long-limbed, although I wouldn't call myself lean at 102kg bodyweight. It'll have taken me about 4 years. I do agree though that most men won't squat 200kg, and that's self-evident from the fact that most men will never try. Even if we restrict it to gym goers, most people aren't trying for big squats. If we restrict it once again, there's just the fact that 200kg is much easier for some than others. My 200kg will be about a 2 times bodyweight squat, whereas for some people, it might be 2.5 or 3 times their bodyweight. The difference in the work you need to put in to hit 3x bodyweight vs 2x is huge. There's another video I watched by another CZcamsr about how most men could bench 180kg if they put their mind to it. It was pretty ridiculous, as he based it on the fact that thousands of men in powerlifting federations have done it before. He skipped over the men in those same federations who hadn't, but it just generally spoke to the idea in fitness content that if anyone just puts enough work in, they can do anything. I think Sika Strength is more realistic about the general population, and I think just their personal experience with Eoin squatting 300, but Daire knowing full well that he'll never sniff that, is refreshing.
With the Harry Potter bit, 5th book during the fight with the death eaters in the ministry of magic, they destroyed all the timeturners during the battle so no one could time travel if I remember correctly.
The whole 'I'm just on TRT/test 200mg' is just another social media hook. Pretend you're 'open' with your usage, and you'll get the 'man he's so honest about his usage!' teenage crowd drawing views and engagement. Sam Sulek is bad for this. The dude is most definitely taking a GRAM or more of gear on a regular basis, yet he's honest enough that he's managed to pull that crowd in. Larry Wheels with his 'sports' TRT, and others.
I‘ll watch it thrice in the background muted if i can dowload it at some point and listen to it on the road. Liking and commenting is a non-negotiable must.
I think the quality and accessibility of the information around PEDs is part of the problem. Teenagers feel more informed and educated about the risks now but still don't have the mental maturity to make that choice, so of course they crack on and blast the stuff.
The Dr/PhD thing is so funny. When I was in research it was just a block in the email signature. But then I started working with MDs, who tend to be pretty picky about credentials. In the US, that culture filters down in the healthcare space so that everyone includes degrees and relevant clinical certifications. For myself, I'm not out here selling anything. I just threw it up on my IG handle after a buddy from the gym started calling me "Dr. J" as a joke. Never had a cool nickname (like Gurphling) so I figured I would just roll with it.
Always look forward to long form content from the lads. The news show for when I train cardio/warm up at the gym, and Sh*t talk when I’m making dinner when I get home.
It's wild to look back and think about how me and my middle school buddies thought vin diesel was "super jacked" in the 2002 movie XXX or the first fast and furious movie. If that version of him was an Instagram fitness influencer today, he'd get called small and fat.
On the topic of Dr. And PhD: It's pretty much the same was in the US. Very few will refer to themselves as Dr., but sometimes others will to show respect in a formal setting. Also, PhDs earn far more income in the US than in Ireland or Europe, so it makes sense for some of us, although a masters can earn a lot too. I'm a 5th year PhD candidate in the Life Sciences with experience in biotech.
Just gotten into my second year of my PhD in Immunology in Scotland. It's been very interested ti see behind the veil. Think I definitey want to move into the civil service after finishing. Academia is so competitive and and endless cycling of begging for grants and justifying why you deserve a job, it feels like a scam
True but the work-life balance, work culture etc. is just not the same as academia though. A employement as a researcher in academia is practically all short term grants, you are never permanently employed and are required to move around and find new work very frequently as an early career sceintist. I just dont like to idea to have been grinding away for 10 years to be chasing ultra competetive, short term jobs. Civil service analyst job sounds very appealing @@yahtzeeeuook3193
Fitz I like you bro but LOTR is goated, if you properly make time and watch the whole thing then go wild and pick at it. Otherwise HP which I like also is incomparable.
Last half of the podcast was honesty the best part. Btw im 31 years old and the high schoolers in my town have a saying that "one cycle wont hurt". Idk who tf started this saying but its insane. Now they kids are telling me i should do roids and that I look good for a natty. Like bro wtf
@sikastrength I suspect it's a subtle dig to pressure me towards peds. But honestly once you're not natty the sky is the limit. It's probably easier to be decent for a natty than it is to be compared to untested lifters, elite weightlifters, power lifers, other athletes or ifbb pro bodybuilders. It's like once you're on peds it's so hard to be "good for an enhanced lifter" So this raising of the bar is so drastic that it kind of tricks the person into blasting high doses. A lot of people probably start peds thinking they'll toe the line but then when they see they aren't looking like their favorite athlete or bodybuilders they end up tapering upwards
58:20 this kinda stuff has always driven me insane. Look at any super popular parkour clip that manages to escape its target audience and go viral and there's a sickening amount of "I hope he falls and dies for doing something so stupid" comments or something to that effect. Why do you care what a grown adult is doing with their free time and why do you care enough to wish death on them?
This attitude is everywhere, "Eye on the TV, 'cause tragedy thrills me Whatever flavor it happens to be like "Killed by the husband" "Drowned by the ocean" "Shot by his own son" "She used the poison in his tea" "Then kissed him goodbye" That's my kind of story It's no fun 'til someone dies"
In Canada, at least in Ontario and Quebec, you can't call yourself doctor if you aren't 1. a medical doctor, a dentist or a vetenarian or 2. part of a professional order that requires a doctorate. The #2s also have to specify their profession in their signature. I have a PhD and I don't fall in either of those categories, so I can't use Dr., though I can add PhD in my signature. To be honest though, using that in my signature makes me feel pretentious and I've never done it. If it was ever relevant to what I was signing, maybe, but otherwise, no thanks.
From what my advisor has said, PhD programs in the hard sciences are genuinely longer and perhaps a smidge bit more rigorous than those in Europe. And I would never have anyone call me doctor, though I do put it in my email signature block along with PhD after my name.
Physics undergrad and none of my professors cared about being called Dr. We did it to be respectful but some didn't even mind if we used their first name. When I have seen them since graduating I refer to them by first name.
On the comment about “teenagers being dumb”: I grew up as the eldest of eight kids with a lot of responsibility. If you don’t get a chance to be dumb as a teenager you become an adult with lots of regrets. In a way I’ve had delayed development and I find that I am constantly behind athletically and financially compared with my peers. It’s one or the other
I like Sam Sulek. The majority of the comments I see on his videos are more people just deciding to be more dedicated to lifting in whatever capacity they’re lifting. Everyone knows he’s on gear and I’ve never heard him endorse taking stuff, but that’s not to say that someone seeing him won’t jump on a truck load of shit thinking that they’ll be just like Sam. I would hope that teens would just push their natural abilities as far as they can, but teenage boys are reckless to say the least.
I enjoy Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, but the two do not compare even closely. Tolkien created languages and the whole history and universe before writing the hobbit. Definitely no plots holes.
Engineer from the US: My professors back in school said to either call them by their first name, their last name, or Dr. *last name*. In general, I view people wanting me to call them Dr in almost any capacity as a knob. Even the few MDs I know
Regarding calling yourself “dr” with phd in US, depends on context. Do you mean at a party or something? Only if talking about having a phd. If you mean as a CZcamsr or something, it would not be emphasized for people in serious fields. (As opposed to the dummies in exercise science 🤣😜)
American here. I had a professor who had a sign that chastised you for not calling them Dr. I now work with many physics phds. I don't call anyone Dr. No one demands it. They are proud of their degrees but aren't elitist about it. Typically they don't care if you have one or not. They only care about competence.
dunning kruger effect in action among internet comments. let's just disregard the opinions of guys who literally spend their lives seeing what peak athleticism looks like first hand. 🤦
I used to listen to these on Spotify but i now watch them on youtube to provide viewtime, gotta support the lads
I like the corruption of the camera making it seem like they're talking in a hookah bar or its a 1920s movie
FULL OF HOOKAHS?
I always watch on YT, but you have to admit the irony of saying we must watch it on YT and then having the rest of the shit talk looking like it was the Lumière brothers' first camera test.
Eoin, more Irish history stuff please fucking love it. From a proud Irish man and more importantly proud cork man
I look forward to Daire trying to poke holes in LOTR 😂
Hands down best commentary on strength sports and philosophy.
As a high school student in the United States, I’ve had some teachers with PHDs correct me for addressing them with anything other than Dr. Mind you, the majority of those teachers’ PHDs are in English and almost never in any science. In the U.S. a lot of high school teachers are trying to get PHDs because they will get automatic bonuses for their extra education. Additionally, I’ve had a friend’s mom get upset with me for not addressing her as Dr.--- while at their house. I think PHDs are generally way more paraded here than elsewhere in the world.
They're some egotistical aholes demanding more respect than they deserve. There is good reason it's so difficult to become a true medical doctor and we shouldn't confuse that level of accomplishment with doing a PhD program
You claimed in a vid a couple of years ago that the vast majority of males will never squat 200 kg. I'm 43 and have been squatting for about 2.5 years, and that 200kg target has motivated me entirely, literally every squat session I think about it, and I will surpass it!
I'm 6', very lean and long-limbed, and have found squatting heavy weights to be incredibly difficult due to my leverages and musculature (lack of). My ATG high-bar 1RM was about 135lb when staring out and is now 275lb after 2.5 years (contrast that with DL, which I could hit 400lb within a few months of training). I'm hoping to hit that 200kg within another 2 - 3 years.
FYI I'm currently using that PL program you wrote for Haydn, which he reviewed at length on YT, and am finding it to be an excellent fit for me.
The problem for most people will be the commitment to be able to train sensibly for 5-10 years non stop to reach the 200kg high bar back squat.
Leverages are hardly an excuse at all, if you have longer legs you just need to build more muscle mass and use a slightly wider position than the manlets to effectively "shorten your femur".
I guess I'd be the 'other guy' in this part of the equation. Same height as you, started at ~80kg, lean, limited sporting experience. First week I could squat 135kg with no belt or sleeves, ass to grass. 18 months to squat 200kg (with belt and sleeves,) 2 years to squat 220kg. Currently at ~3.5 years in, 1rm backsquat is 235kg, recently hit 200kg for five clean reps. Current body weight is ~111kg. I think I could potentially get to 260kg in another few years.
I started in October and on a program since November. I expect to hit 200kg high bar in the next month or so but I'm only deadlifting 150kg raw conventional
please explain in a bit more detail what is limited sporting experience? Like how many times did you train squats before hitting that 135? Did you do some other exercises for legs? To me 135kg after one week sounds crazy (with your bw and height)@@christopherroberts2500
That's funny, that statement has also stuck in my mind. I squatted 190kg maybe 4 months ago, and I'm hoping to hit 200 in 2 weeks. I'm 41 and also long-limbed, although I wouldn't call myself lean at 102kg bodyweight. It'll have taken me about 4 years. I do agree though that most men won't squat 200kg, and that's self-evident from the fact that most men will never try. Even if we restrict it to gym goers, most people aren't trying for big squats. If we restrict it once again, there's just the fact that 200kg is much easier for some than others. My 200kg will be about a 2 times bodyweight squat, whereas for some people, it might be 2.5 or 3 times their bodyweight. The difference in the work you need to put in to hit 3x bodyweight vs 2x is huge.
There's another video I watched by another CZcamsr about how most men could bench 180kg if they put their mind to it. It was pretty ridiculous, as he based it on the fact that thousands of men in powerlifting federations have done it before. He skipped over the men in those same federations who hadn't, but it just generally spoke to the idea in fitness content that if anyone just puts enough work in, they can do anything. I think Sika Strength is more realistic about the general population, and I think just their personal experience with Eoin squatting 300, but Daire knowing full well that he'll never sniff that, is refreshing.
With the Harry Potter bit, 5th book during the fight with the death eaters in the ministry of magic, they destroyed all the timeturners during the battle so no one could time travel if I remember correctly.
The whole 'I'm just on TRT/test 200mg' is just another social media hook. Pretend you're 'open' with your usage, and you'll get the 'man he's so honest about his usage!' teenage crowd drawing views and engagement. Sam Sulek is bad for this. The dude is most definitely taking a GRAM or more of gear on a regular basis, yet he's honest enough that he's managed to pull that crowd in. Larry Wheels with his 'sports' TRT, and others.
Sam doesn’t mention AAS at all.
I‘ll watch it thrice in the background muted if i can dowload it at some point and listen to it on the road. Liking and commenting is a non-negotiable must.
Thanks for uploading 💪🏻
This is my favorite content of yours. More please.
I’m starting my masters in S and C in October. Can’t wait. Dunning Kruger effect is gonna hit hard though.
I think the quality and accessibility of the information around PEDs is part of the problem. Teenagers feel more informed and educated about the risks now but still don't have the mental maturity to make that choice, so of course they crack on and blast the stuff.
Had to answer the Sika call and come from Spotify to put this on in the background, keep up the great work lads!
Listening on Spotify. Commenting on YT to boost the algo. 💪🍀
The Dr/PhD thing is so funny. When I was in research it was just a block in the email signature. But then I started working with MDs, who tend to be pretty picky about credentials. In the US, that culture filters down in the healthcare space so that everyone includes degrees and relevant clinical certifications.
For myself, I'm not out here selling anything. I just threw it up on my IG handle after a buddy from the gym started calling me "Dr. J" as a joke. Never had a cool nickname (like Gurphling) so I figured I would just roll with it.
Always look forward to long form content from the lads. The news show for when I train cardio/warm up at the gym, and Sh*t talk when I’m making dinner when I get home.
It's wild to look back and think about how me and my middle school buddies thought vin diesel was "super jacked" in the 2002 movie XXX or the first fast and furious movie. If that version of him was an Instagram fitness influencer today, he'd get called small and fat.
On the topic of Dr. And PhD:
It's pretty much the same was in the US. Very few will refer to themselves as Dr., but sometimes others will to show respect in a formal setting.
Also, PhDs earn far more income in the US than in Ireland or Europe, so it makes sense for some of us, although a masters can earn a lot too.
I'm a 5th year PhD candidate in the Life Sciences with experience in biotech.
Also, in the life sciences in the US you don't pay for a PhD. The university pays us. I make enough each month to live without worrying about money.
Good Lord I needed this shit talk. Irish history and harry potter plot holes are my favorite recurring segments
Just gotten into my second year of my PhD in Immunology in Scotland. It's been very interested ti see behind the veil. Think I definitey want to move into the civil service after finishing. Academia is so competitive and and endless cycling of begging for grants and justifying why you deserve a job, it feels like a scam
This is funny because working in civil service is justifying why your job deserves to exist as well 😂
True but the work-life balance, work culture etc. is just not the same as academia though. A employement as a researcher in academia is practically all short term grants, you are never permanently employed and are required to move around and find new work very frequently as an early career sceintist.
I just dont like to idea to have been grinding away for 10 years to be chasing ultra competetive, short term jobs. Civil service analyst job sounds very appealing
@@yahtzeeeuook3193
liked + commented + left playing in the background, god speed gents
It’s no Mr Incredible attends UoE but it still deserves a couple of Grammys
Fitz I like you bro but LOTR is goated, if you properly make time and watch the whole thing then go wild and pick at it. Otherwise HP which I like also is incomparable.
Last half of the podcast was honesty the best part.
Btw im 31 years old and the high schoolers in my town have a saying that "one cycle wont hurt". Idk who tf started this saying but its insane.
Now they kids are telling me i should do roids and that I look good for a natty. Like bro wtf
'Good for a natty' almost insulting 🤣
@sikastrength I suspect it's a subtle dig to pressure me towards peds.
But honestly once you're not natty the sky is the limit. It's probably easier to be decent for a natty than it is to be compared to untested lifters, elite weightlifters, power lifers, other athletes or ifbb pro bodybuilders.
It's like once you're on peds it's so hard to be "good for an enhanced lifter"
So this raising of the bar is so drastic that it kind of tricks the person into blasting high doses.
A lot of people probably start peds thinking they'll toe the line but then when they see they aren't looking like their favorite athlete or bodybuilders they end up tapering upwards
Yeh the Irish history is really cool to learn about (especially with an Irish convict background)
these shit talks are my favourite podcasts
14:14 - The FÖG consumes
58:20 this kinda stuff has always driven me insane. Look at any super popular parkour clip that manages to escape its target audience and go viral and there's a sickening amount of "I hope he falls and dies for doing something so stupid" comments or something to that effect. Why do you care what a grown adult is doing with their free time and why do you care enough to wish death on them?
This attitude is everywhere,
"Eye on the TV, 'cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavor it happens to be like
"Killed by the husband"
"Drowned by the ocean"
"Shot by his own son"
"She used the poison in his tea"
"Then kissed him goodbye"
That's my kind of story
It's no fun 'til someone dies"
In Canada, at least in Ontario and Quebec, you can't call yourself doctor if you aren't 1. a medical doctor, a dentist or a vetenarian or 2. part of a professional order that requires a doctorate. The #2s also have to specify their profession in their signature. I have a PhD and I don't fall in either of those categories, so I can't use Dr., though I can add PhD in my signature. To be honest though, using that in my signature makes me feel pretentious and I've never done it. If it was ever relevant to what I was signing, maybe, but otherwise, no thanks.
Ohh that's very interesting
+1 for Irish reunification and independence, as well as for the algorithm .
Great shit talk lads
From what my advisor has said, PhD programs in the hard sciences are genuinely longer and perhaps a smidge bit more rigorous than those in Europe. And I would never have anyone call me doctor, though I do put it in my email signature block along with PhD after my name.
The end was old couple fighting 😂.
Ti's a good day for a shit talk, I listen while walking the dug
Physics undergrad and none of my professors cared about being called Dr. We did it to be respectful but some didn't even mind if we used their first name. When I have seen them since graduating I refer to them by first name.
I turned 48 just last Tuesday & my physique is very close to that & i eat whatever I want. Take protein & that’s it….run & lift.
imagine training as a teen with SARMs, training natty afterwards will never measure up... its a curse in itself imo.
At least in USA, phds do dissertations and masters do theses
On the comment about “teenagers being dumb”:
I grew up as the eldest of eight kids with a lot of responsibility. If you don’t get a chance to be dumb as a teenager you become an adult with lots of regrets. In a way I’ve had delayed development and I find that I am constantly behind athletically and financially compared with my peers. It’s one or the other
Happy Irish History Day to you all!
I like Sam Sulek. The majority of the comments I see on his videos are more people just deciding to be more dedicated to lifting in whatever capacity they’re lifting. Everyone knows he’s on gear and I’ve never heard him endorse taking stuff, but that’s not to say that someone seeing him won’t jump on a truck load of shit thinking that they’ll be just like Sam. I would hope that teens would just push their natural abilities as far as they can, but teenage boys are reckless to say the least.
phd in doping science from sika university
I enjoy Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, but the two do not compare even closely. Tolkien created languages and the whole history and universe before writing the hobbit. Definitely no plots holes.
Engineer from the US: My professors back in school said to either call them by their first name, their last name, or Dr. *last name*.
In general, I view people wanting me to call them Dr in almost any capacity as a knob. Even the few MDs I know
Regarding calling yourself “dr” with phd in US, depends on context. Do you mean at a party or something? Only if talking about having a phd. If you mean as a CZcamsr or something, it would not be emphasized for people in serious fields. (As opposed to the dummies in exercise science 🤣😜)
Comment for the algo.
American here. I had a professor who had a sign that chastised you for not calling them Dr. I now work with many physics phds. I don't call anyone Dr. No one demands it. They are proud of their degrees but aren't elitist about it. Typically they don't care if you have one or not. They only care about competence.
Just to clarify for youtube metrics . I clicked off of youtube on my phone to click on to youtube on my pewter.
More shit talks please!!
Chicago mix popcorn is excellent
Nice
Tolkien is the GOAT
Tells me to watch the youtube over listening elsewhere. No visuals for 15min 🙄😂
A+
For the algorithm
PEDenim is great stuff, Raskols 😁
did you record this in a steamroom fellas??
do you think the giraffe will cycle?😮
I love shit talk!
SARMs tier list?
Is the space heater that caused the misting on the lens?
The camera was in the cold room and the lens was in a warm room 😅
aye aye
Jesus Olivares claims on his instagram to be a lifetime natural, do you think that's possible?
Quack Quack.
dunning kruger effect in action among internet comments.
let's just disregard the opinions of guys who literally spend their lives seeing what peak athleticism looks like first hand. 🤦
The absolute foolishness of Darragh (or however you spell it) to critique Llord of the Rings while defending Harry Potter is insane.
LFG
Teens take tren, nevermind the sarms...