“POWERBUILDING” IS A F*CKING MYTH | MIKE VAN WYCK 

I come to this man's videos for both stellar advice and verbal abuse, i love it

What you’re referring to is a Jump cut. Influencers do this to keep the viewer more engaged because our gen z ass can’t watch a video longer that 15 secondlong unless theres a jump cut every 5 seconds🤣. Love the rants. Keep em comin, Mr Wyck.

I started doing push downs the way Mike recommended. For years my tris were weak, flat in the back and little side development. My shoulders took over every compound movement for tris. Im 58 amd my tris are getting bigger than ever in my life with the isolation movement's Mike suggests. No close grip bench or overhead DB extensions etc. AND I got much stronger on the press down doing it Mikes way also- do it works on strength also! Thanks Mike! 👍🏻

What people think powerbuilding is: Doing main lifts with hypertrophy focused accessory work. AKA powerlifting. What powerbuilding actually is: trying to combine bodybuilding and powerlifting methodologies to optimize both training styles at once and being ineffective at both.

It's weird but there are ppl at my gym who are 100% all about how much weight they can move. They have twigs for legs but can squat 405 lbs. I would rather build muscle and can only do half that weight but that's just me.

Mike should have millions of subs. Only reason I can possibly think of is that people are too soft to actually take his advice in the way he says things 😂

Thanks for all the info Mike!!!

Control the Bar all the way to the chest .. I try to pull the bar like a row and when my elbows are behind me and scaps are together..pause 3 to 4 seconds in that "pined" position then I lift the bar under control with no arch and with a little leg drive .. to lock out . I learned this years ago and it works for me .

Huge fan , 48 yo man no pain anymore lifting on muscle. Getting bigger !!! When is the next merch drop? Who makes the wedge and the rope handle for triceps? You my man is the best love all the videos and the opinions. Thanks for changing my life BIG MIKE

Powerlifters practice the lockout range as well because its very important to be strong in that range as the weight slows down or even gets close to stopping. Also, when he talked about the editing of "influencers" it made me realize why him, lee priest, rich piana and guys like him are the only ones I can stand watching.

Mike, you are killing me!!! “Always chopping” I couldn’t stop laughing. Hey at 59 I’m certain you’ve helped a lot to improve and avoid injuries. Thank you.

This guy is one of the best voices out there right now. Definitely should have a podcast but don’t be like the rest and have mainstream guests…….get some different guests that we don’t see everyday. You’re awesome man. Love the information.

😂😂😂. Big Mike never disappoints!!

Since i follow Mike, i am injury free and my joints feels good. Mind muscle connection is way better. Started training in the 70's with almost no information but some magazine and Joe Weider spring chest expander with the power twister bar lol. Diet of GOMAD and tuna cans. When is the new drop Mike?

Bodybuilding Yoda you are Big Mike, indeed;-) Thank you for all the tips and tricks as to proper movement execution. You've often stressed the need to spend an appropriate while in the bottom position of an exercise (or let the weight "sink" in the lengthened / bottom position). Let me ask you a question as to whether one should relax the target muscle in the bottom position /use the stretch reflex in exercises like triceps pressdowns, presses for chest, leg presses or squats, etc. or should one keep "constant tension" (I might misunderstand the aplication of the constant tention principle but I feel that concentrating on keeping constant tension of the working muscle makes it hard to let the weight "sink" in the bottom position as the trainee gets too tight trying to keep the muscle tensed troughout the full range of motion). Thank you in advance and all the best from Poland

Love these rants/talks. I gain so much knowledge from you brotha. Keep it up!

Consistency over time, proper form, I don’t count( to failure), weight that won’t brake your form. All of this is 100% correct. Jerry Brainum said the same but on a more complex form.

Out here spitting facts!

The Man The Best BMVW 💪🏻💯

My dose of daily wisdom love it 👌🤌

Long time follow / subscriber and I have made much progress with just turning 40 this year. Thanks man for your help. Question on my trt been seeing my doctor for 5 years and it’s old school 200 ml every 2 weeks. Any advice about newer doctors ext’. Your the man an thank you

Man, part of the reason I watch your videos is for the comedy you provide while clowning on the wannabes. #goodstuff

I threw in powerlifting moves at the start of my workouts for years when I was casually lifting. But, when I started training more specifically for classic physique, I dropped them because they were taking up recovery energy. I grew for the first time in a loooong time and I think that was a big part of it. Funny thing is, I went back to deadlift the other day just to see where I was at after not doing it for a year....I was within 10-12% of my best, lol. Sigh, so much for specificity. I guess a bit more muscle in the right places, letting nagging injuries heal etc. idk. But, I'll be training for quality muscle here on in.

this is why i fuckin live pause reps. nobody ever does it, everyone is scared at the bottom of the rep.

Thank f**k I have come across Mike video’s, it has changed the way I am now lifting and I have had more benefit from mike teachings than years of lifting listening to others. However, I still watch Mountain Dog who will always be with us, I was doing one of the exercises Mountain Dog was passing on in reference to doing an all round Delt raises, I thought this one looks easy enough, here was Mounting Dog doing the exercise with what looked like 10 kg dumb bells and I couldn’t even do it with the 5 kgs. But my excuse is I am 65 so I was punishing myself with the 4kg weight and thought no the form is BS and reduced it even further to 3kg but I have gone from the 8 reps dog said to do to 10 reps when I can achieve more reps then I will go up prior to trying 4 kg and this is when you see how strong people like Mike and Mountain Dog really are and their dedication to weight lifting. I also like Mike’s movements because I have a replacement shoulder but using mike’s techniques he as helped heaps so from this old Aussie, Mike thank you mate, because my body is F**Ked after 35 years in the Australian Army and as I say at 65 year old I am making gains listening to you, lifting lighter using your angles and movements.

I do a hybrid style training high intensity training by Don Yates and Mike mentzer then month-and-a-half later I do a mechanical drop set 4 weeks I do not know if I'm right I want to focus on getting strong wear the most weakest at the lengthen range

Thanks coach

“Edit that out” 😂

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Haters will always be haters.. but the truth lies within.. Wycked is the way as the infamous Mandalorian would say!

not everything needs a label lol. “Powerbuilding” is what every powerlifter should be doing unless they’re close to hitting records in their weight class - focusing on getting stronger and bigger at the same time

I agree

Correct

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How do we buy merchandise. . I need some in my life!!

Damn don't tell Mike O'tren.

It has gotten really bad. You can learn a lot from both but make sure you check who is providing the info. They are two different sports and I will never tell a bodybuilder what to do because I am a powerlifter. They need advice on powerlifting I will try to help but I will never say my way is the right or best way. Too many people don’t ever verify what people say and end up worse than where they started. In powerlifting so many of these kids being taught wrong and their going to have back, shoulder, and knee issues by the time they are 18 that could of been avoided. Most of the people teaching these kids are the people you are talking about. These so called coaches in the gym that claims to be powerlifters or bodybuilders telling the kids they are going to make them All American athletes has gotten out of control in our area. 100% agree with what you are saying.😂😂

Have to have my Fix

The biggest guys in my gym are never the strongest, I've noticed that they train with moderate weight and focus on feeling the muscle.

Thinking about installing a grab bar beside my toilet, for leg day. Fack!

What is power building?

I've spent years air f***ing. Not in the gym though. I do a lot of acid.

I think Mike got some new.arm ink since last time I saw him

Dude is yoda of form and movement

I wish someone had told me this thirty years ago. Guilty of badly pushing lots of plates. And the irony is, not once did I ever get asked to lie on my back and press 5 20kg discs in each hand. Not once. A skill as useless as being able to peel the skin of a rice pudding with my feet. I feel mugged off. I later discovered, THEY HAVE MACHINES for that. Wow, who knew? No, complete waste of time. Although I have achieved the lofty heights of almost being crippled and now have a chest like a trifle. Woo hoo! How cool is that kids? Lessson: Listen very carefully to your uncle Mike.

Air fucking 400lbs.....hahahahah. oh man. Love it

Mike!!’ Release a program already!!

Did I miss the reasoning as to why "flat bench is useless for women." Do women not have pecs? Is there not a good percentage of women who may have to push a man off of them in self defense at some point? Do women not do pushing movements at their jobs, in everyday life, etc? I'd honestly like to know whether there's a legitimate reason for this line of thinking or whether it's just typical fitness misogyny.

spitting nothing but knowledge here... btw why do people bench like that??? why yall arching so much???? whats the purpose there? lmao PERPLEXING

Mike O Tren talk eh?

It only works if you eat duck eggs

I agree100%

It’s like after the drake video, there’s always drake playing in the background 👀

I have been powerbodybuilding from the 1980s, doug Hepburn did it in the 1950s ,and he was from Canada, I usually love your stuff , but this time I think you missed the mark

You’d be more pretty too💐

Some of the best bodybuilders in the world also happen to be powerlifters. They go in sync with each so basically this shit doesn't matter. Both build up your body at varying strength levels regardless.

I disagree Mike, powerlifting really isn’t the ultimate test of strength. It is a very specific test of strength based on 3 arbitrary lifts with a barbell. Strongman is a much better test of strength.

Flat bench bar bell is absolutely useless unless used for power lifting only??? hmmmm

"Unconverted Followers." Nice turn of phrase. Anyway, some of us just want to air-fuck 400 lbs up, man.

but AthleanX would 100% disagree with you.

Powerlifting is a sport, if you’re lifting to get as big and strong as you can then your a power builder. Enough with the hair splitting, who cares anyway. People lift weights for as many different reasons as their are people.

Yeah for those of us that are not professional bodybuilders, power building is just not nearly as boring for a natty lifter

Idk. Powerbuilding seemed to work pretty well for Johnny Jackson. Branch Warren. Ronnie. Johnnie Harris. Efferding. Spotto trained a lot like a bodybuilder after his heavy work. Coan ...Dorian went heavy....people are so stupid when they try to debate shit that's not that complicated. Go heavy then get a pump. Simple. Even if all you do.is train like a bodybuilder consistently you'll probably still be pushing more weight for sets of 8-10 than half of the kids maxing out. Too much hot air on the internet but people just want views and content for the sake of content

I disagree 100%