Get Weaker to Get Stronger? (Q&A)

To quote Ralph Carpinelli (you can find his research on ResearchGate) "There is very little evidence that very heavy, time consuming, complex protocols, and voluminous amounts of strength training are any more effective than simple, moderate resistance, low volume guidelines."

Please do some videos on cooking and meal prep!

Man what should I focus on? Where do I fit mobility, neck, forearms, calves, rotator cuffs, abs, gpp training, rack pulls? I always feel lost I feel like there’s a thousand things I should be doing but idk how to plan them

I can only train MWF and can't recover from full body. If I did upper and lower alternating on those days, would any upper body exercises or muscles be able to be shifted to the lower days without compromising (a) muscle recovery and (b) joint health before the next upper day?

Can upright rows be a good replacement for lateral raises? I've been stuck at the same weight and reps on laterals, and im considering switching to upright rows.

What do you think about emoms for strength? I've been training weighted pull Ups and dips with that method and is by far the most efficient progress i've ever done. Would you do a video about emoms for strength? I LOVE your channel. Very usefull. Have a nice day 💪

Alex, This content of this video is really excellent.

I built my quads doing low bar squats working up to 407.5 for a single if I switch to calisthenics do you think I'll be able to maintain them

Alex you say don’t do dumbbell 90° shoulder press but at the same time you encourage us to do behind the neck press isn’t that the same thing?

This may not be the best place to ask, but I recently saw a reddit post stating that Alex no longer recommends his Naturally Enhanced program and suggests that he wouldn't use that style now. So my question is does Alex have a new program he suggests and if so where could I find it?

Hey Alex I’m doing single arm dumbbell preacher curls as my bicep isolation right now, and my dominant right arm won’t stop growing while my left barley grows if at all. I’m training the left arm a lot closer to failure but with equivalent sets and reps to my right arm. My right arm ends up 4-5 rir while my left is one rir or failure. Should I scale back my intensity for the left arm or add sets or something?

Hey Alex! I got a question for you and it legit has me confused af. How come I can deadlift way more on a Deficit Deadlift than on conventional?? Deficit is supposedly harder but to me conventional is harder. I have long limbs too, long legs and arms and a short torso

Since the resistance curve of the pull up is most difficult at the top, pulling explosively at the bottom to fly through the top with momentum can be effective.
Does this mean that a dynamic effort day of doing unweighted or lightly weighted explosive pull ups has carryover to weighted pull up 1RM, by developing explosivity?

80kg pull ups for 8? 100 kg dips for 10? That's just too strong

Hi Alex! Jeff Nippard just now dropped a video on his bulk and bulking in general. In it he advocates a surplus of around 5-10 of maintenance meaning he used a surplus of 200 calories per day. What are your thoughts on this? To me it seems low and that a more aggressive bulk coupled with cutting could produce faster and better results, especially if you push close to or into low 20% bodyfat. A video on your impression of Jeff's video would be interesting to see.

What program would you recommend for OHP specialisation?

What are tips to boost your sleep/immune system? I have to constantly skip training days because of my health

My home plates are mostly cheap, and all weigh more than listed. One "45" is 47.4 in reality.
My 2 york calibrated plates are 45lb 2oz and 45lb 1oz

Should i focus on being able to bench 225 first for reps before i start focusing on upper chest and incline presses

why not just do the same lift and lower the weight and increase the tonnage?

runs to translate "chest expander"

Look how small his shoulders look in the thumb nail. He is like lil Tristan Lee, all about his " power " not true bodybuilding

THAT SAID, thumbs up

Yo, Alex! Thanks for making this. For the next Q&A, my question would be this: What are your thoughts on the 5x5 program and your experience using low volume, heavy weight for muscle and strength gain.

Can you make a video on Breathing Squats and Pullovers for RIBCAGE EXPANSION

Alex any thoughts on a belt squat? Got low back issues so it’s the only variation of squats I’m doing atm do you think I’m missing out on a lot of leg gains?

The video picture has strong Charles Bronson vibes, in a good way. Looking naturally enhancccced brah 👌

Great educational video Alex! 💪💪

Hey Alex, what do you think of splits like Upper Lower for 2/4 weeks followed by couple of weeks where you do bro split and then repeat ?

Nice!💪😍👍

I was lucky and found a used chest expander from the 80s for about $10 online. It has been a lot of fun to use.

Resistance bands as good as chest expandars?

Hey alex!

Can you do a video about the mike tyson push ups?

Love the video's 💪🏼

What would you say the best tricep exercises on the chest expander are. I tried the overhead extension but when I do it with my left arm, my left elbow starts to feel very uncomfortable. The gains from the chest expander as a whole though have been insane and I'm still practically a novice

Hey Alex, i wanna get the "plate of armour" chest look like leon edwards or colby covington (or other fighters) and not the chest look of lifters were their lower chest is developed way too much(famous andrew tate side profile pic eg), since as a natty size and strength correlate heavily when do you think i should stop training chest to not lose the armour plate look and gain too much size? I was thinking 185 or at the most 225 for reps on bp

Hey Alex, would you say that pullovers for more lat isolation volume isn't needed if you are already doing 2 vertical pulls in one workout?

Chest expander FTW

you mentioned arm wrestling, Alex, would be awesome if you could talk a little bit more in depth about the sport and how to progress with certain gym lifts!!

Hey Alex, what do you think of Ryan Maclellan's position on bulking? he says you can stay pretty lean all year round making gains, and he is pretty advanced getting great results with this.

You talk a lot about avoiding injuries from overuse but how to go about it once you notice you do have some kind of overuse injury let's say in the pec tendon?

Man,all these years I was wondering....."what happened to ALPHA DESTINY".

Do you train your rotator cuff and if so what do you do?

Hi Alex, what would be your approach to take a high 100's squat to a mid 200's? We are talking all in kg and high bar atg

How did that calisthenics guy grow his spinal erectors so well?

Rocking those Ranged Top Glasses 😎

Hey Alex, I got two questions :

1. Is the reverse grip bench or incline bench still in your programming for this block?
2. Any chance you would be able to upload your music collection as something we could pay to access? Istg I would kill to have your collection

I don't think Ian Barseagle is natty at all

Alex, curious if you've ever taken 6 months or so off from lifting? i have a buddy that did, life happened. when he got back at it he was 10ish pounds fluffier and felt like he had almost newbie sensitivity...like super refreshed and ready to roll. might try it... what do you think?