- Getting ripped, shredded, swole!
Strength training.
Why do people like it?
(jaunty piano music)
For the past five weeks, I got off my badonkadonk
and have actually tried to build muscle
for the first time in my life.
Never done burpees before!
Why you trying to build muscle, WheezyWaiter?
Same reasons I'm doing most of the things
I document on this channel.
As I notice my body getting older,
- Something's happening to me!
- I want to see if it'll give me more energy,
more confidence, help me sleep better,
help me sweep better,
oh my God, so heavy,
help me Streep better, as in help me focus
to be really good at what I do, like Meryl Streep.
- You can do anything, right?
- [Craig] Also, will I be able to make my abs
look like a four-eyed alien sucking a milkshake?
And will it ultimately help me live longer
and become the all-seeing, all-knowing space baby
at the center of the universe?
That's what we all want.
Goo goo gaa gaa, indeed.
I'm not ready to share with you my full journey
because it's still early days,
plus I'm in negotiations with Industrial Light and Magic
to make my muscles beefier and give me a Yoda face.
Shredded, I will be.
See, when I do it myself, it's not...
So be sure to subscribe to this 'Tube channel
and look out for my muscle-gaining 'Tube,
which will be called something like
"My Muscle McMuscle Tussle Journey:
"A Story of Pains, Gains, Stains, and Trains."
I should probably put some trains in there, I like trains.
Anyway, with this video, as usual,
I'm asking a ridiculous question
with a seemingly obvious answer
because I like to dig deeper.
Who knows, we might find out stuff we didn't know,
get inspired, and just maybe, fall in love.
Okay, why do people like getting ripped?
Obviously, the obvious, obvious one is
they want to be sexy. (sexy music)
(grunts)
Oh yeah.
Get it, sexy clone.
Oh yeah, get it.
It is what you're getting.
Acquire it, pilfer it!
This is it, and you're like, "Yoink!"
You got it. (growls)
This is a fun category because everyone has
the exact same idea of what is sexy.
That is not true at all.
However, this is a reason people like to build muscle,
so we must talk about it.
That's me on day two, by the way,
I got a lot better, and so did my director of photography.
Why do they want to be sexy?
Sub-list, maybe people will treat you better,
maybe you'll be more popular,
maybe you'll be able to get with
your preferred type of sexual partner,
maybe it's Maybelline,
possibly it's Possibelline,
definitely it's Definelline.
Anyway, it's a reality that getting ripped
may make you more attractive and popular to many people.
Why? (chair rustling)
Other list.
People think looking at things they think look good is good,
whether true or not, appearing to take care of yourself
indicates responsibility, and with great responsibility
comes people liking you and stuff.
Befriending strong people will protect you
from the coming war with the eagles.
Not the band, not the football team,
actual eagles. (eagles chirping)
(grunting) (punches landing)
They're coming and we must be strong,
or friendly to strong people.
(yells)
Or a fourth reason, which comes from creator and co-host
of the YouTube channel, New Rock Stars, Filup Molina.
You once were not a fit person, according to you,
and now are. (laughs)
Anyway, for him, it's all about
wanting other people to find you attractive.
- I don't think people should really think,
"I should get fit so that other people find me attractive."
- Oh, so yeah, the opposite of that.
- Your self worth is tied to
other peoples' gaze, which is a terrible idea.
But finding myself in an aesthetically pleasing shape,
enjoying the products I'm making,
the confidence boost you get from that
is what people find attractive.
My girlfriend kind of noticed it too, she was like,
"You have the confidence back that you had in college."
She's like, "That's what I've always
"found attractive about you is your confidence."
- Okay, again, none of this is true for everyone.
One person's ripped is another's moderately lacerated,
and some people don't like muscles at all.
Different physiques for different phy-freaks,
you know what I'm saying?
The point is, you do you.
I think for most of my life,
I've actually been on the side that,
"Caring about muscles is stupid and vapid,
"what really matters is what's in here,
"and what's in here."
I'm pointing at my stomach
'cause I love me some num-nums.
I know what you thought I was pointing at.
Get your mind out of--
And probably for most of my life,
I was just lying to myself with that
as an excuse to just not try.
Well, I'm trying now.
But being sexy isn't the main reason I'm trying.
I'm already married and my wife seems happy.
Hey, are you happy?
- Yeah.
Well, now I'm happy and suspicious.
- See?
But, being sexy, it can't be denied,
is a big reason why people like to get ripped.
Moving on, number two, it's healthy.
It's probably unanimous among health professionals
and health amateurs that moving around
is good for you.
Of course, you can exercise incorrectly
in ways that will hurt you,
I'm never gonna do those wall punches again.
No pain, no gain!
Or face squishes.
(strains)
I really don't see how this helps.
Never should have got advice from Hulk Hogan clone.
- Gotta get the gains, brother!
- What are you doing, are you trying--
Don't rip that shirt!
(grunts) (cloth ripping)
Anyway, there's lots of ways to be healthy
without muscle building.
You can do cardio, walking, running,
moving from one side of the couch to the other
while you're watching "Real Housewives."
Man, these housewives.
They're so real!
You don't have to be this guy to be healthy,
but are there some things that building muscle
specifically helps you with?
Probably.
After doing some Googles, I found these.
It can improve balance, which could prevent injury
and allow for "Karate Kid" roleplay.
Reduce certain mobility pain.
When Filup started training,
he had a lot of pain and he didn't know why.
- Went to five different trainers,
seven different surgeons,
and eventually I figured out that I actually do have
an autoimmune issue tax my joints
and kind of gives me the premature feelings of arthritis.
It would hurt to drive my car.
Controlling the steering wheel
would give me a shoulder ache.
All the surgeons always want to operate,
regular steroid injections to decrease inflammation,
and that all sounded terrible,
and then I just found this one trainer,
and what we did, actually, is just make me stronger
in every other way, that now it's very hard
for me to hurt myself.
The surrounding muscle is so much stronger
that now I don't really hurt myself.
- You can improve glucose control
and Glenn Close control, probably.
More study needed.
I just referenced Glenn Close and Meryl Streep
in the same video.
The bifecta.
If I can get Teri Garr, then we have the trifecta.
I just did!
It can possibly increase bone density
and bone destiny! (majestic music)
It can improve mental health,
according to a study from Harvard Medical School,
it provides an opportunity to overcome obstacles
in a controlled, predictable environment,
increasing mental resiliency.
And it can help with sleep.
If you been watching for a while,
you know that sleep and I go together like peas and hammers,
but since I've started doing this,
I'm actually noticing a little improvement,
and the person training me, Nate Frezzell,
- I've been a personal trainer for 17 years, now.
- 17 years.
Has the same sleep experience.
Slexperience.
- Me, personally, it helps with my sleep.
I've talked to a lot of other people who do as well.
- I used to be an insomniac,
now I kind of, like, I very pleasantly just get tired
at the end of the day.
- And if I don't exercise, two a.m. and I'm still awake.
My mind is going a million miles per hour.
- Nate actually trains me through an app
called DeltaTrainer, which is the sponsor of this video.
Let's talk about how they're helping me for a moment.
It uses the Apple Watch and it detects sets,
counts reps, and plods, plods aren't a thing,
made that up, estimates difficulty,
and grades my pacing.
Before, when I did pushups, I was like,
"Yeah, let's do 'em really fast!"
And I've learned that I've been doing them way too fast.
I'm really feeling the improvement.
The app shows me how to do each exercise,
Nate plans out my exercises and monitors my heart rate.
- Do you have certain days a week
that will always be better to work out than others?
- These days, every day is the same.
I feel like we're in "Groundhog Day."
- I'll get a lot of feedback from the app.
If I see something from your workout
that I'm just like, "What happened there?"
then I'll most likely message you to follow up.
- This gives me peace of mind,
knowing that I'm not doing stupid things,
like I like to do.
- If you ever have any issues, too,
in terms of soreness, and you're like,
"What stretches should I do?
- Since I started, I had shoulder pain and knee pain,
and he showed me some stretches, and it fixed the problem!
He fixed my creaky old man body, listen!
No creaking, unlike how it used to be.
(metallic creaking)
And during Covid closures, they're helping gyms and trainers
offer remote training through their app.
Normal price for the service is a hundred dollars a month
and a one-time hundred dollar payment for the Apple Watch
when it's normally two hundred dollars.
Unless, of course, you already have one,
well then lah-ti-dah, Mr. Apple Watch Pants, or Ms.,
but if you follow the
highly exclusive WheezyWaiter link below,
you get $25 off the first month.
And there's a 30 day money back guarantee,
and cancel at any time, and keep the watch.
And then, if you're not already,
you can be a Mr. or Ms. Apple Watch Pants.
Thank you, DeltaTrainer and thank you Nate
for helping me do something
I probably couldn't do without you
because I don't know what I'm doing.
Okay, third reason people want to get ripped,
to feel strong, duh.
As I get exercising more,
I'm noticing that some things are starting to feel easier.
Like when I use the manual coffee grinder,
or when I'm walking up and down stairs
and I feel a little extra
spring in my step. (cartoon bouncing)
And hopefully, if this continues,
I'll eventually feel like this.
- I have the power!
- The way I see it, gaining strength is like
when you go to your parents' house
to use their computer to check their banking info
to see how much you will eventually inherit,
for example,
and the tracking speed is super slow
because they don't know how to change it,
and every movement is like
(screams)
so then you go into the settings to change it,
and then everything's easier,
until you find out what you will eventually inherit.
That aside, that's what gaining strength is like, sort of.
Four, the thing I'm really looking "four,"
(laughs loudly) (audience laughing)
it increases energy.
- You get so much better.
You recalibrate what "good" is.
Oh, that's what good is supposed to feel like!
- What's so crazy is that most peoples' first fear
is that, "If I start exercising now,
"I'm already busy, I'm already tired,
"it's just gonna make me more fatigued."
It gives you extra energy throughout the day,
especially if you're doing a balanced workout,
as long as you're not pushing yourself
to exhaustion all the time.
- However, in my experience so far,
totally true, yeah, I am noticing more energy.
Finally able to counteract my disease
known as "the late 30s,"
I'm getting up feeling refreshed,
less crashes in the afternoon,
and long periods of focused work
on the things I'm supposed to be working on.
My Stardew Valley farm.
And other stuff.
- A lot of the executives and stuff that I train,
they work out super early in the morning
so they're able to get that focus.
"I'm gonna be able to knock out this hard workout,
"then I'm gonna go to the office and I'm gonna have
"four or five hours of extreme productivity."
- Now don't get me wrong, after the first week,
I felt like I was run over by a truck
carried by a train on an aircraft carrier
in an aquarium on wheels,
but now I feel good.
Five, it's a social thing.
- A lot of younger people who I'm seeing now,
they use it as sort of like a social thing.
Previous generations relied on happy hours,
and now a lot of people who are younger
rely on like a gym time right after.
- [Craig] I don't know if that's a new thing,
that's exactly what I did with my friends,
except for at the gym, we did it at home,
and instead of with my friends, it was by myself,
and instead of exercise, it was video games,
and drinking, and crying.
Moving on.
Six, the workout itself, believe it or not,
for some people, is just fun.
- I enjoy working out.
I enjoy making workouts for people.
There's a lot of times whenever I'll make a workout
for someone, too, and I'll be like,
"I want to do that."
- I binge TV shows while I do it.
- Oh, that sounds great.
So far, I've watched a bunch of "History 101,"
"Middleditch and Schwartz," Eric Andre standup,
and "Back to The Future" while working out.
When I say "watch," I mean, like,
panted and groaned at.
(grunts)
(grunts) That's funny.
(grunts) This is a good show.
While doing research for this video,
I came across a video about this very thing,
enjoying exercise, it's by this YouTuber called WheezyWaiter
and it's called "Why Do People Like Exercise?"
These endorphins are wonderful!
Would you be more likely to exercise if I told you
that the endorphins feel great?
- No.
- Obviously, it isn't true for everyone.
And seven, another thing that I brought up
in other "Why Do People Like" videos,
accomplishing a goal is awesome for its own sake,
like learning a song or beating a video game.
I just beat the game Hollow Knight,
and it was awesome and pointless, yes!
Just setting up a goal, no matter how arbitrary,
and trying to get it.
Oh yeah, get it.
Sometimes it's just seeing what someone else can do
and wanting to do that,
like when I was in grade school
and I saw that my friend could do this with their tongue,
and I just worked at it for a really long time in the mirror
so that I could do it.
You can do it too if you believe and you try hard.
One of Filup's motivations for building muscle
was kind of similar, seeing someone else could do it
and wanting to do it.
Well, this person was fictional.
- I've always looked up to Batman, specifically,
as the peak human.
That guy's just a dude, rich as hell,
but otherwise, he's able to get in the best shape
of anyone, ever, just by determination, I guess.
And then when you start seeing yourself
on that same road to achieving something like that,
your own heroes start to inspire you, where it's like,
"I could kind of look like Superman,
"or Batman, or something."
- Doing something because you've seen that
others are able to do it and it seems kind of awesome.
That might be the main reason we do anything.
And I probably could have just said that,
but then this video would've been a lot shorter
and that would've been bad for the YouTube algorithm.
(laughs loudly) (audience laughing)
Just kidding guys, like, subscribe, comment.
(laughs) (audience laughing)
And that is all.
If you were thinking about building muscle,
maybe, hopefully, this puts you over the edge,
or not.
At least you were able to pass some time.
Thank you for watching.
And thanks to Nate and Filup for talking with me.
Filup just started a new YouTube channel
called Epic Hero Fitness.
No videos yet, but soon there will be
lots of videos to help you start your fitness origin story.
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I do unedited videos every Monday
about my random thoughts about stuff
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and it is also now a podcast,
which is linked down there.
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