Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Thanks to Geoffrey Verity Schofield for the mention.
Strength respects strength. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that anyone with an impressive amount of muscle mass always has an impressive amount of strength. They’re always far stronger than when they started and significantly stronger than the average lifter in the average gym.
We can debate relative strength all we want, but there’s no way around it, he is strong. Is he powerlifting strong? Well, I wasn’t either until 2007, when I took up powerlifting after 20 years of strict bodybuilding. I didn’t even deadlift until 2007.
I suppose the lifting community could’ve laughed at me for that. The most I squatted before then was around 365 for three or four reps, and I wasn’t dumbbell rowing more than 120 for a set of 10. Still, it was more than enough to build a high-quality amount of muscle mass.
GVS is a top-tier person in this industry. He’s grounded, down-to-earth, and I have nothing but good things to say about him. Even though I haven’t trained with him, I know that the amount of muscle mass he carries comes with an impressive level of strength.
I don’t care how many gymflation videos get put out there. I coach for a living, and I can tell you that my strongest clients would have nothing but respect for GVS’s trap bar deadlift and the bulk of my clients would love to come anywhere close to it.
#massiveiron
Thanks to Geoffrey Verity Schofield for the mention.
Strength respects strength. One thing I’ve learned over the years is that anyone with an impressive amount of muscle mass always has an impressive amount of strength. They’re always far stronger than when they started and significantly stronger than the average lifter in the average gym.
We can debate relative strength all we want, but there’s no way around it, he is strong. Is he powerlifting strong? Well, I wasn’t either until 2007, when I took up powerlifting after 20 years of strict bodybuilding. I didn’t even deadlift until 2007.
I suppose the lifting community could’ve laughed at me for that. The most I squatted before then was around 365 for three or four reps, and I wasn’t dumbbell rowing more than 120 for a set of 10. Still, it was more than enough to build a high-quality amount of muscle mass.
GVS is a top-tier person in this industry. He’s grounded, down-to-earth, and I have nothing but good things to say about him. Even though I haven’t trained with him, I know that the amount of muscle mass he carries comes with an impressive level of strength.
I don’t care how many gymflation videos get put out there. I coach for a living, and I can tell you that my strongest clients would have nothing but respect for GVS’s trap bar deadlift and the bulk of my clients would love to come anywhere close to it.
#massiveiron
