Useful vs Useless Fitness Knowledge: How to Distinguish – OmarIsuf

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38 comments

Ricky December 5, 2014 - 6:54 pm

"Some bro talking about six packs" LOLOLOLOL

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Jason Molina December 5, 2014 - 11:06 pm

wheres mike chang reciting?? LOL 

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cdkb77's World December 6, 2014 - 2:59 am

Solid

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Philippe Hamel December 6, 2014 - 10:12 am

Omar, you killed Mike Chang at the end of your video lol

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Lyruko December 6, 2014 - 1:49 pm

so you are gonna be at the Toronto Pro SuperShow next year ?

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waredan waredan December 6, 2014 - 3:34 pm

So where does Omar fall on this spectrum? Obviously he implies that he is putting out useful information. But most of his videos on diet and weight loss are anachronistic and wrong.

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Machiavelli December 6, 2014 - 7:59 pm

How come you have girlish features? Is it genetics, is your oestrogenelevel high? You look great, but just wondering, you look masculant but you also have a 'feminine look'…

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John Liao December 7, 2014 - 5:23 am

excellent informative video. love the diagrams. clear and concise!

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mrbouncelol December 7, 2014 - 9:30 am

Omar if all the stuff in the middle didn't exist you and other youtubers wouldn't have a channel. If you told people to do compounds with good form and add weight over time, you could do that in one video and be done with it.

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Ondrej Beluský December 7, 2014 - 11:17 am

Omar always finds a way to put Mike Chan in his mouth 😀

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TReN aCe December 7, 2014 - 1:47 pm

great vid

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Bruno Amore December 7, 2014 - 6:53 pm

Omar, what is your height?

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Edward DaSilva December 7, 2014 - 11:17 pm

"some experts talking about six pack reside right here" lmao

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mc1029 December 8, 2014 - 4:13 am

another on point video, im attributing some of my gainz to u homie! still waiting for that collab with you and broscience (dom mazzetti). has he gotten back to you about that yet?

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Adam Ex December 8, 2014 - 4:51 am

Great video bro.

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Jimmyskydive December 8, 2014 - 12:21 pm

Sometimes I see videos like yours and just love that despite what people may argue that it doesn't have this or that. It cuts the bullshit and makes simple so many valid points. At the end of the day there are only so many crucial things to focus the rest is just icing on the cake. 

I just wish your videos were around more than the ridiculous information that gets tossed about haha.
Awesome vid man loving it as usual.

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perman07 December 8, 2014 - 4:40 pm

I see your point, but I respectfully disagree. As the saying goes, the devil is in the details. The B/S/D-point really requires good technique, and the foot position thing that you considered borderland is one of many small details that in the end determine how good progress you'll get from squatting and whether you get hurt. Which is my point, there may be important things to know that take priority, but the little details matter just as much in my opinion, it's just that each little thing doesn't matter much on it's own.

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Diego Sheish December 8, 2014 - 10:16 pm Reply
Tanvir Hagane December 9, 2014 - 12:13 am

You've made aaall kinds of whiteboard gainz man.

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HarezTube December 9, 2014 - 1:19 am

Give this boy some test + HGH 

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minutemacros December 9, 2014 - 8:04 am

Much truth. I try to select the useful information on my channel so check it out if you're feeling studious!

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jdcguitar December 9, 2014 - 10:29 am

Wish I had this video 5 years ago

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Ntc2415 December 9, 2014 - 7:07 pm

One for the dead zone list is youtube comments…

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Tenzin Tharchin December 10, 2014 - 4:16 am

46 people are uneducated.

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Korzo2004 December 10, 2014 - 6:17 am

I dont understand the "restricted calories" point. Im in deficit  since three months, thats means im not doing well? too much time in deficit?…I appreciate the info of your videos Omar, you are great. Greetings from Spain.

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Questionable Ethnicity December 11, 2014 - 5:29 am

I think squatting, deadlifting and benching, in their strictest terms, being crucial is bad information- too many powerlifting zealots out there that think it's the solution to strength/size related goals outside of powerlifting. It's definitely a useful place to start off in but I think it can become a hinderance when people religiously persue that philosopy instead of merely considering other options that may be more optimal. I could understand you stressing that some form of pressing, both hip and knee dominant lower body movements and heavy loading of the spine in different planes is necessary for good overall development but to boil that all down to squatting, benching and deadlifting is harmfully simplistic- there are so many ways to use the human body.

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D. Y. December 11, 2014 - 6:08 pm

I think the camera found his words so informational that it decided to nod its head to show support. 

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Karl Opus December 12, 2014 - 1:35 am

I am and will be on a restricted calorie diet for a long time. I need to loose somewhere between 50-100 pounds. I am going to go for a low carb, high fat diet, with intermittent fasting. Can that really be counted as having too little calories, since I am taking calories from my bodyfat?

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powerliftrening1 December 13, 2014 - 5:09 pm

I'm here for the fancy graph.. Nice stuff..

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Barbell Brigade December 14, 2014 - 7:26 am

Why aren't the dead zone lines straighter?

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Darryl UU December 14, 2014 - 11:29 am

nutrition!

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mkshn111 December 14, 2014 - 4:03 pm

what are you plotting "usefulness" against? (assuming y-axis means that). I'm guessing your content does cater to the majority of your audience, you know, ones with limited science background (or high school math). a linear function makes zero sense when your data points on your abscissas is placed to represent arbitrary categories. you might as well just make a table, and that would have made more sense. off a slight tangent, even power-lifting experts like luis Simmons is an offender when it comes to this, whenever he babbles about F=ma, and how that applies to his training techniques, i can't help but cringe. all training methods and their effectiveness are based on trial and error. at the end of the day, everyone is just a bro on the internet and one just gotta put in the work to get stronger/grow, instead of over-theorizing. 

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Yammy Hammy December 14, 2014 - 6:23 pm

Why are you holding a ruler

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Crazylalalalala December 17, 2014 - 11:13 am

hate to be a dick. but a charts without labeling the axes are worthless. you should have made a Venn diagram or something to display this information. 

but great video otherwise.

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nubSawace December 18, 2014 - 11:34 pm

omar, since you can't increase weight while training the PC muscle, i'd love your take on a kickass kegel routine.  i want to shoot one across the damn room… pause… 

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Merih Tekle December 28, 2014 - 11:47 pm

Some guy talking about six pack abs…aka Mike Chan lol

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Jonathan Walker March 24, 2015 - 1:53 am

Omar is so smart. A lot of people don't understand the basics. This and the nutrition basics are my favorite videos!

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vvei July 23, 2015 - 3:03 am

how does one recovery while on the Bulgarian method, someone please explain, thanks!

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