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– Timestamps –
00:00 – Is Fitness Dead?
00:57 – 2007 The Start
02:05 – 2009 Vlogging
02:14 – 2010 Growth
02:29 – 2011 Matt Ogus
02:57 – Collabs Begin
03:45 – 2012 Bigger Names
04:33 – 2013 Fitness EXPLODES
07:38 – 2014 Powerlifting Explodes
10:23 – 2018 Things Change
12:04 – 2020 The Freaks
12:41 – 2021
15:13 – Gen Z Enters
16:20 – CONCLUSION
17:32 – End of a Generation
18:04 – View Inflation
20:17 – Quick Summary
35 Comments
I miss that time. Was so awesome to watch all of you guys back in the days
I found your channel after my freshman year of college, back in 2011……now I’m married with a kid. Crazy to look back on.
Loved this 👏🏻
Trip down the memory lane❤
Yes, I was subbed to may of the early fitness youtubers and life happened. The only thing that I changed is that I moved from trying to get jacked to running faster and farther. So basically, I switched to running fitness.
so glad your video popped up, i legit started working out when you first started your youtube in your parents basement … feels just like yesteray !! love seeing your vids again my bro!
Damn I would love to see you take this channel and continue to share your thoughts on fitness and the industry. This was awesome bro
I won’t say my age but I remember all the greats and watching many of them on YouTube become famous. Definitely happy Maxx shared this video. You spoke valuable, knowledgeable, kind and caring words about everyone and you need to remember to include yourself. Because you and your family were a part of the era also. Actually you still are. I like to say with age comes the knowledge of your life’s purpose. Remember that! I also will watch your videos from now on. Especially now that I know you are still on here even if it’s only from time to time. Anyway I hope you and your family are doing well. Sending OG hugs!!
This was awesome. Come back and post more discussion vids like this 🔥🔥🔥
Damn this hit hard. I've still got an oldschool black NWB V-neck tee lying around somewhere from around 08-2010
Thanks for the nostalgia
No mention of the biggest of them all. AthleanX
Damn this brought me back to the golden area of youtube. I havent watched a "vlog" or anything remotely close in years but i used to wake up and eat my protein oats every single morning watching some youtuber like you nick or chris jones or max chewning or a even rich piana 😅 man i miss those days, simpler times.
Damn I literally had a trip down memory lane. I feel old😅appreciate you Nick
Will never forget my time on Youtube collabing and just having fun growing muscles and having the viewers keepin me honest. Very fun in the hayday.
You 4got about Michael Kory
This is so nostalgic! I remember all of this!! I’ve been really enjoying the content you’ve been putting out ever since your break!
Keep making more 🔥🔥
The fitness media has completely transitioned to gym commentary videos on tiktok. Most of it is talking about how you feel while you lift and not lifting itself
I am going to come back to this in 5 years, you think it’s nostalgic now? See you all in 5!
And Nick, I remember you uploading that video of you driving through the drive through like it was 5 minutes ago, it was then followed by a Twin muscle video. I watched it just after a big push session whilst sitting on my sofa, downing a optimum nutrition shake.
Nick, your a YouTube legend and we all owe so much to you for your commitment through the years.
In my opinion, YOU are the YouTube fitness OG.
Completely of topic, but who remembers the YouTube fitness feuds between Ian McCarthy and hodge twins 😂 Jimmy stutters
Let's not forget Greg Plitt rip , I'm glad I grew up in that era , things were more informative than just tiktoks of people doing crazy shit like loads of preworkouts or caffeine for views to become famous or go viral , while risking death , mad how things have gotten
Massive
Twins took a whole different pathway
I miss the golden era of YouTube fitness so much Roughly 10 years ago. It’s now mostly over commercialized crap these days
I loved this trip down memory lane lol
Good times
Nick you are awesome brother
You always bring Legit info to the table.
Great vid ,so point on .👏
Thank you and always great to see you on
Crazy that you mention Alex Eubanks but no mention of Bradley Martyn.
Good video
Lol revolving wheel like the broccoli haircut
This was a great topic
Bro completely forgot Bradley Martin and Dom Mazzeti
its identical to most anything else in the world now, somewhere around 2017 and later social media, narcissism and materialism took over
If I could give this multiple likes I would.
A literal time line fo a lot of us
And now the new generation 😎
This took me back man. I was 13 in 2007. First computer that year and I discovered “YouTube fitness”. I literally went through the entire progression you just outlined. Older now and still killing it.