00:00:00.960Hello lads, welcome back to the Wednesday Patreon Q&A.
00:00:05.320First question of the day is from my man, Liam.
00:00:09.460Now, big shout out to Liam, as you can see on this picture he is highly testosteroneous.
00:00:15.580And he asks, what do you wish you knew when you first started lifting?
00:00:20.560The short answer is, I wish I knew how to properly squat, deadlift, bench press and military press.
00:00:28.140And that is also my main advice to many of you.
00:00:32.920So, what you should do is go to a gym, preferably a powerlifting gym.
00:00:39.300Get a personal trainer there and get 3 or 4 private sessions where he goes through the motion and teaches you how to do it properly.
00:00:48.640So you know from the beginning and then you just train at getting a good technique.
00:00:52.660When the technique is good enough, then you can start your ascent upwatch.
00:00:56.120Just, you know, adding weight, adhering to a progression schedule.
00:01:00.220Now for me, I was extremely fortunate in that I had my glorious brother, massive shout out, who wrote me a schedule when I first started lifting.
00:01:09.420He made a handwritten note for me on a paper with the whole schedule.
00:01:15.740So I utilized that, had it in my pocket the entire time.
00:01:21.520And that is obviously something I recommend as well, to have a progression plan going forward.
00:01:26.720So you just don't go into the gym and do whatever you feel like.
00:01:29.680So to answer the question, I wish I knew how to deadlift, squat, bench press, overhead press.
00:01:37.260And from the beginning, because I've spent so much time just, you know, tweaking my bench press technique, tweaking my deadlift technique or squat technique.
00:01:45.800And obviously you can't expect to nail the technique on, you know, a few private sessions or whatever.
00:01:54.600And now obviously I can't offer such a service now because I'm always at different places, etc.
00:02:00.940But in the future, maybe it would be a fun thing to do some private training in the flesh, so to speak.
00:02:07.900But until then, find some sort of local powerlifting gym and ask someone who has good numbers and good mass to show you.
00:02:16.700Because the personal trainers at commercial gyms, they are usually in need of a personal trainer themselves.
00:02:23.000And they have some sort of certificate from a week-long education and then they get their diploma saying that they have completed the course.
00:02:30.700But, you know, for me, I trust the guys who've been putting in the intensity and the pressure over a long period of time.
00:02:36.200Who has, you know, perfected their technique and who has, you know, the mass and strength to show for it.
00:04:08.880So if we're talking about the bench press or the military press, add some extra carbohydrates.
00:04:13.160Long story short, carbohydrates is your way to break stalls.
00:04:16.780Then there was obviously some other glorious questions, which I aim to answer at a later time.
00:04:22.620One was in regards to my thoughts on Julius Evola.
00:04:26.320I've talked a bit about him before, but I'll do a separate video on what I like with him and what I don't like with him at a separate stage.
00:04:34.080Now, lastly, if you do appreciate my videos, if you do appreciate this particular channel,
00:04:40.080I would very much indeed appreciate it if you sign up to become a Patreon in the link, the first link in the description.
00:04:47.200And the point is to give one septim a month from a lot of different guys.
00:04:51.980That is the point of these kind of services.