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I was feeling the smooth and gentleness of my beard.
It's coming along.
I'm gonna save it for another month and then perhaps another month after that.
See how it gets because I haven't saved it out for this long at any time in my life.
I've always had a nice clean shave.
I will shave it though in the summer when I have photo shoots and need to look my very best because you know it's it's more suited to my aesthetics to have a nice close shave.
But all that aside I want to elaborate on something that might interest most of you and that is whether powerlifting can be utilized for our goals which is to first of all be looking like Greek gods looking like statues and then martial strength.
I wanted to say functional strength but that term has been so abused and degraded so I won't use that.
I'm gonna use martial strength which is basically what you can utilize when shit hits the fan.
To keep it simple you want to be able to utilize your whole body in a wide variety of movements.
You do not just want to be strong in the deadlift, you also want to have pushing power.
You can push somebody away from.
You want to have power in your legs, you can kick.
You want to have power in your whole body, in your arms you can punch, or when you clinch and wrestle.
You want to be powerful there as well.
So all these different things we have to look at.
So those two aspects and then obviously, being healthy and everything like that.
But what I would say here is that I love powerlifting.
I think everyone should, you know, find a good progression plan in the bench, deadlift and squats.
But it isn't enough.
It is not enough for total strength, for martial strength or for aesthetics.
Now, aesthetics obviously are determined also by genetics and your body fat percentage.
But if you want to create a physique of harmony, the three big lifts aren't enough.
I would propose that you have at least some sort of weighted chin up, like chins, like that, and some sort of overhead press, so you target those muscles in a way like sure, you will get delt work from the bench, no question about it at all.
You will get some lats from the bench and the deadlift as well, but not nearly enough.
And then when you talk with powerlifters, they tend to be a bit degrading against other exercise as well, and that bothers me.
But if you talk with a strong man, he will be a bit, you know, not as keen on powerlifting, because they don't include any pushes above the head, because that's really important in strongman and I mean, if you're looking at being fucking Atlas or being a fucking demigod of strength, pushing something above your head is one of the most satisfying feelings in the world, like it genuinely is.
I love overhead press, I fucking love it, And I really think that you should focus on that also.
So with that said, I want to keep this video brief.
To conclude, like yeah, I think powerlifting is great for building strength and aesthetics, but it isn't enough for our purposes.
You need to be strong in the arms, you need to be strong in the shoulders and lats as well.
And obviously arms you get from weighted chins a lot as well.
So if you're out for optimal strength and optimal aesthetics, utilize powerlifting.
Train a lot like a powerlifter, but also include other exercises.
And also if you're a powerlifter and listen to this, be a bit more humble.
Those three exercises that you compete in isn't the be-all and end-all, even though they're great exercises that everyone should do.
