A message to Greg Doucette
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the host discusses the impracticality of Greg Doucette's suggestion to do three hours of cardio daily for bodybuilding preparation. The host, an experienced coach, argues that such an approach is counterproductive for building muscle, as it can lead to muscle loss. Instead, he advocates for a balanced diet and targeted cardio to preserve muscle while getting stage-ready. The conversation highlights the importance of practical coaching experience over theoretical advice in achieving bodybuilding goals.
Takeaways
- ποΈ Coach Ryan Benson emphasizes the impracticality of doing 3 hours of cardio daily for bodybuilders, as it could lead to muscle loss rather than building.
- π He highlights that having 3 hours free for cardio is not realistic and could deter people from pursuing bodybuilding.
- πͺ Building muscle is a slow and difficult process that requires a year of consistent training and diet to add just 5 pounds of quality muscle.
- π₯ Losing muscle mass can happen quickly with excessive cardio, potentially negating the hard work of muscle building.
- π« Benson would never recommend 3 hours of cardio to any of his clients, including pros and Olympians, due to its muscle-wasting effects.
- βοΈ The focus for bodybuilders should be on muscle building, not destruction, hence the term 'bodybuilders' and not 'body destroyers'.
- π Muscle density increases resting metabolic rate, which in turn helps burn more calories and makes getting into shape easier.
- π₯ Benson suggests finding ways to cut calories in the diet rather than spending hours on the treadmill, as it's a matter of calories in versus calories out.
- β³ Over time, consistent diet management is more effective for sustaining muscle than excessive cardio, which can lead to muscle wastage.
- π€ The coach questions the logic behind Greg Duette's advice, considering it contradictory and potentially harmful to bodybuilding goals.
- π Benson's coaching philosophy is based on simplicity, education, and practical application, with a focus on helping clients make informed choices.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video script?
-The main topic of the video script is the discussion on the role of cardio in bodybuilding preparation, specifically addressing the idea of doing three hours of cardio a day as suggested by Greg Duette.
Who is Ryan Benson and what is his role in the video?
-Ryan Benson is a coach and partner with Team Zero Gravity. He is discussing his coaching philosophy and experience in bodybuilding, particularly in relation to cardio and muscle building.
What does Ryan Benson believe about the necessity of three hours of cardio for bodybuilders?
-Ryan Benson believes that three hours of cardio is excessive and not necessary for bodybuilders. He argues that it can lead to muscle loss and is not an efficient way to prepare for a bodybuilding show.
Why does Ryan Benson think doing three hours of cardio could be discouraging for someone interested in bodybuilding?
-Ryan Benson thinks that the requirement of doing three hours of cardio could discourage someone from getting into bodybuilding due to the time commitment and the potential muscle loss associated with such intense cardio sessions.
What is the main goal of a bodybuilder according to Ryan Benson?
-According to Ryan Benson, the main goal of a bodybuilder is to build muscle, not destroy it. He emphasizes that muscle building is a difficult, slow, and tedious process.
How does Ryan Benson describe the process of muscle gain and its relation to calories?
-Ryan Benson describes the process of muscle gain as requiring about 50 calories per day to sustain each pound of muscle. He explains that increasing muscle density increases the resting metabolic rate, which in turn burns more calories.
What is Ryan Benson's approach to bodybuilding preparation in terms of diet and cardio?
-Ryan Benson's approach is to focus on finding extra calories to eliminate in the diet rather than spending hours on the treadmill. He emphasizes the importance of a proper diet, sufficient protein, fats, and minimal carbs to sustain muscle density.
What contradiction did Ryan Benson point out in Greg Duette's advice?
-Ryan Benson pointed out a contradiction in Greg Duette's advice where he suggested doing more cardio while also saying that the individual's carbs were too low and calories were insufficient.
How does Ryan Benson view the role of practical application in coaching bodybuilders?
-Ryan Benson views practical application as crucial in coaching bodybuilders. He believes that years of experience and proven results with various clients are more valuable than theoretical knowledge without practical application.
What is the One Gen App mentioned in the video script and what is its purpose?
-The One Gen App is a new training and nutritional app being developed by Ryan Benson and his team. Its purpose is to educate clients so they can make educated choices for themselves regarding their bodybuilding preparation.
How can viewers follow Ryan Benson's journey and stay updated with Team Zero Gravity?
-Viewers can follow Ryan Benson's journey and stay updated with Team Zero Gravity by checking out their Instagram. The link to their Instagram will be provided in the video description.
Outlines
π₯ Controversy Over 3-Hour Cardio for Bodybuilders
In this paragraph, the speaker and his coach, Ryan Benson, discuss the impracticality and potential harm of doing three hours of cardio daily for bodybuilding preparation. They argue that such an approach could lead to muscle loss, which contradicts the primary goal of bodybuilding: muscle growth. The coach emphasizes his extensive experience coaching professionals and Olympians and states that he would never recommend such an extreme cardio regimen. Instead, he suggests focusing on diet and calorie management to achieve the desired physique without sacrificing hard-earned muscle mass.
ποΈββοΈ The Importance of Diet Over Excessive Cardio
The second paragraph continues the discussion on bodybuilding preparation, highlighting the coach's belief in the importance of diet over excessive cardio. The coach refutes the idea of increasing calorie intake and then burning it off with an hour of cardio, which he views as counterproductive to muscle preservation. He advocates for a simpler approach that involves educating clients to make informed dietary choices. The paragraph concludes with a promotion of the speaker's new training and nutritional app, One Gen, and an invitation for viewers to join their waiting list for more informative content.
Mindmap
Keywords
π‘Bodybuilding
π‘Cardio
π‘Coach Ryan Benson
π‘Greg Duette
π‘Stage Ready
π‘Muscle Building
π‘Calories
π‘Resting Metabolic Rate
π‘Diet
π‘Nutritional App
π‘Olympia
Highlights
Coach Ryan Benson emphasizes the impracticality of doing 3 hours of cardio daily for bodybuilders.
Benson, with a 25-year coaching career, has never advised such an intense cardio regimen for bodybuilders.
The time commitment for 3 hours of cardio is highlighted as a deterrent for aspiring bodybuilders.
Building muscle is described as a difficult, slow, and tedious process that should not be undermined by excessive cardio.
The risk of losing hard-earned muscle mass through excessive cardio is discussed.
Benson explains the calorie requirement to maintain or increase muscle mass and the counterproductive effects of 3-hour cardio sessions.
The importance of muscle density in increasing resting metabolic rate is highlighted.
Benson shares his coaching philosophy of not losing muscle during bodybuilding preparation.
The transcript discusses the contradiction of low carb intake and high cardio recommendations.
Benson advocates for a simpler approach to bodybuilding preparation, focusing on diet over excessive cardio.
The potential calorie burn of 3 hours of cardio and its impact on muscle preservation is analyzed.
Benson questions the logic behind the cardio and diet advice given by Greg Duette.
The transcript emphasizes the importance of practical application and experience in coaching over theoretical knowledge.
Benson's coaching success, including working with Olympians, is mentioned to underscore his credibility.
The transcript addresses the confusion caused by contradictory advice in bodybuilding preparation.
Benson introduces the One Gen App as a tool for simplifying training and nutritional guidance.
An invitation for viewers to join a waiting list for the One Gen App and contribute to its development is extended.
The transcript concludes with an invitation to follow Ryan Benson's journey and Team Zero Gravity on Instagram.
Transcripts
welcome back to the channel guys we are
here at one gen gym in Claremont and
sitting beside me is my coach and
partner Ryan Benson with Team
zerogravity yes sir So today we're going
to talk about my bodybuilding show
experience and more notably what Greg
duche or is it duett it doesn't
matter what Greg duette was saying about
cardio when I was in preparation for my
show so he made a comment saying if you
want it bad enough you'll do 3 hours of
cardio a
day right yeah to make wait for the
show and to get shredded where so where
I can be stage ready and
competitive
well let's talk about this three hours
of cardio thing
so I would never in my entire career
have any body do three hours of cardio
um I now I have a 25e career in coaching
and have had hundreds of pros and
Olympians and I can say from just just
experience that I would never put
somebody in three hours of cardio
multiple reasons right the the reason
number one is who has 3 hours extra to
do cardio right and if if you ever want
to discourage somebody from wanting to
get into a sport like bodybuilding tell
them they have to do 3 hours of cardio
right and and who wants to do that but
let's just put it this way we're not
marathon runners right we are
bodybuilders right remember that part of
the of the title Builders right not body
destroyers all right so what we're
trying to do as a bodybuilder is build
muscle and building muscle is such a
difficult slow and tedious process right
so to put on to put on 5 lbs of muscle
would take you a good year of hard
training with supplements with the
proper diet with the proper sleep to put
on a good 5 lbs of quality muscle in a
year and that's that's if you had a very
perfect year of training right so to
lose 5 lbs of muscle go ahead and do
three hours of cardio for about two
weeks and that 5 pounds of muscle is
gone right so for every pound of muscle
that you lose or increase it requires
about 50 calories per day to sustain
that pound of muscle so if we're talking
about just Baseline you're resting
metabolic rate by increasing muscle
density obviously increases then your
resting metabolic rate which means you
just in turn burn more calories right so
the more muscle you have the more
calories your your body burns the easier
it is to get into shape now we talked
about this with your prep it's it's not
the typical way that we would want to do
a prep for somebody because you had a
weight requirement all right so that
weight
requirement limited us we had to do
things and we had to lose muscle in
order to make that weight cap but we're
trying to especially with someone like
your physique we we just put on a lot of
muscle in your legs and we want to we
want to preserve as much as muscle is
possible so in what world does it make
sense for you to go ahead and burn all
that off by doing three hours of cardio
so let's say during that three hours of
cardio how many calories could you
possibly be burning right maybe 500
calories in a good hour of cardio so
you're talking about burning 1,500
calories but at the expense of losing
muscle from doing all that cardio right
because there's always a percent of
muscle being wasted when you're doing
cardio I would rather in my
Approach would rather look at somebody
and say where can we find extra calories
to eliminate in the diet and not have to
sit on the treadmill for 3 hours it
really is just calories in and calories
out when you're talking about cardio so
in order to burn that 1500 calories
though now I'm losing muscle so let's
look at how this this works in the
larger pict picture over time
so I listened to Greg I want to get lean
and I'm doing an hour of cardio right
three hours of cardio and I just burned
off 1,500
calories but my diet's not correct
there's a couple areas in there you know
he was saying also that like your carbs
were too low right and that's where it
was very contradictory like your
calories were too low but do more
cardio H how how does that make sense
like it is just calories in calories out
when it comes to this so why not just
eliminate the 1500
calories and you have a much better
chance a much greater chance of
sustaining the muscle if the calories
that you're still consuming if you have
enough protein in your diet to sustain
muscle we still have enough fats in your
diet to sustain muscle and we have the
minimal amount of carbs but enough to
sustain the muscle density that we
already have right but if you're so over
a longer period of time let's say you
he's telling you increase your calories
well if I eat 500 calories then but then
do an hour cardio to burn those 500
calories what did I do is just a wash
and in order to burn off the calories
that I just ate I lost a percentage of
muscle to accomplish that right so why
would I not just eliminate 500 calories
and have a much greater chance of
sustaining all the muscle that I
have it it just I mean I don't know s I
guess you know
so my personal opinion on this whole
thing was you know blew my mind actually
that that somebody had that approach in
the first place when I heard it but what
do I know 200 Olympians
s and how many Olympians every year you
have oh you know the most I've ever had
at the Olympia in one season is
18 um I don't think I've ever had less
than seven at the Olympia over the
course of the last
uh uh 19 years so it's
um it's been a fun Journey you know but
and that's the that's the beauty in
coaching all right the beauty in
coaching is that I I have had enough
people in my career over the last 25
years that had enough faith in me to
allow me to do what I do and to coach
them and so the one thing that you can't
replace there's a lot of people out
there with a lot of degrees and a lot of
doctor this and doctor that after their
name but at what point Have you ever put
this into kind of any practical
application right and the one thing that
you cannot beat is something that has
been proven tried and true year after
year week after week month after month
of being it with different bodybuilders
different divisions male female figure
mening bodybuilding from every Walk of
Life and everybody coming from a
different background a different
starting point point right and being
able to bring everybody to that same
common goal to get them all to the
summit of bodybuilding which is the
Olympia and then circling back real
quick to what Greg said about 3 hours of
cardio and my carbet is being too low
increase my calories and increase my
cardio so how could you make that make
sense for somebody right how in where is
there a world where what he said can
make sense for anybody when the goal is
to get stage ready for
bodybuilding if if I was a runway model
who wanted
to uh who wanted to still live a normal
life and to stay super skinny than this
it would make sense but if you are a
bodybuilder Builder again who is trying
to build these precious muscle fibers
man that we know so hard to get I would
never encourage anybody to do anything
to be counterproductive to that because
that is the found foundation for what we
do and that is going to be the
foundation to your final look on stage
along with how easy how much easier the
process is going to be through the whole
through the whole prep for a show right
it's so I think that nowhere in the
world would that be
beneficial all right guys so my theory
over the last 25 years has just been
proven by years and years and years of
practical application and I believe on
keeping things extremely simple simple
and basic and my theory has always been
to educate my clients so that they can
make educated choices for themselves
right so this is what we're going to
preach and this is what we're going to
teach so if you're tired of being
confused please sign up to our waiting
list for our new training and
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guys thank you so much see you on the
next one next week and if you want to
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