Best Rep Range & Technique? Ronnie Coleman Had It Right! 

Jay Cutler even said Ronnie used weights Jay couldn’t. Even Cutler admired him

@DimebagVision Jay is smarter

@@giriprasadkotte9876 which is why he is the richest bodybuilder next to Arnold

The weight he used? It was just … lightweight baby .

True but look at him now? Jay is still training and in good shape. Ronnie is destroyed.

Damn dude you’re a good dad.

Alot of form issues can be due to range of motion issues/flexibility issues. If your body/muscles/ligaments/tendons do not have the range of motion/flexibility needed for let's say a good squat form. Then that is what needs to be worked on. Best way to improve that, is stretching, which is not fun to do imo but will help drastically. Other things, foam rolling, body weight exercises, warming up the body. Lifting weights will give you better range of motion eventually if you're using full range of motion, but may take a while and won't get you as much range of motion/flexibility as stretching will.

You failed your son by allowing him to neglect weight training for so long. His self esteem has already formed around a weak physique. To everyone who reads this- don wait, train your kids young and watch them bloom for life.

Time under tension is import but one thing a lot of people don’t think about is total reps in a muscle group, it takes about a thousand repetitions for your muscle to start adding new synapses. So in a 4 week training cycle you should be hitting 1,000 reps for whatever muscle group you are training. When the muscle adds those synapses it creates a more effective and efficient muscle similar to cylinders in an engine a v12 runs smoother than a v4 and a v4 runs smoother than a lawnmower. When you muscle has adapted you build on that foundation like a pyramid which is why you can see bodybuilders working with “poor form” but still growing. The amount of time a rep takes is as important as the amount of time in a set as time passes while you are in a working set your body will utilize different energy options and phases so it’s important to maximize the time given your goals.

@@DMMDwrestler shut up. Your kids will probably live in pens all their life.

It really all comes down to omproving yer focusing abilities. Meditation, not watching p..rn and not watching women body parts outside greatl help in that - in improving focusing and concentration. And after improving that skill, we may then consider some amount of explosiveness to finish work outs in shorter times, after also mastering the way of that spesific movement.

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@@eliteftsofficial done, thanks again for the great content.

delts are the biggest muscles in the upper body though

@John Carr thats just not true the study on cadavers show delts are biggest followed by chest then lats

@@coachingconfidant2785 all three heads together maybe

@@chgenerationx the heads are all together... they are connected. Otherwise by ur logic the chest would be 3 muscles cuz the chest has 3 heads, same with the lats having 3 regions. The deltoid is the biggest muscle in the upper body. That is every fiber that is over the humeral head. You guys with small delts are probably not training it optimally. You can make your chest and lats bigger than your delts by not hitting your delts properly they are still naturally bigger

High reps works well for legs though.

Since everyone is different then key principles on movement patterns and muscle functions needs to be explained.

its more in the middle though. just because i don't feel my chest (i have a massive issue feeling my chest) doesn't mean its not working or growing

@Richard Horvatich if u're bicep curling with elbows not moving and don't curl too high then its not possible to move the weight without using ur bicep. whether u have a connection with ur bicep or not. same with bench press. if u have a wide enough grip and good enough form/barpath there is no way ur chest isn't doing its job whether u feel it or not. idk about u but my triceps arent moving 130kgs when im doing wide grip regardless of if i feel it or not (which i don't)

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Fair enough, you do you, but be careful about how much faith you have in ‘science’ when it comes to training. This isn’t experimental physics, the ‘science’ is basically dissertations for PE teachers. Nothing wrong with that, but don’t be too sure of the idea of what’s scientific and what isn’t. Training is much more about qualitative experiential evidence than limited studies.

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You bet!

another video with JM Blakely had them discount genetics as coaches as you don't want to limit your clients. However, as a practical point of view it is important to realize that some people are just built in a way to allow them to do insane things. No one questions Lebron's genetics for basketball, having the handsize to palm the ball, height, arm length, power to jump really high given his weight. At 5'5, I will never dunk. But I can still try my best to be the best basketball player that I can be. So to, some people are just built in a way that allows them to put up insane numbers when it comes to lifting weight. But just because person x can bench 400lbs as a teen with minimal training, doesn't mean that you can't push yourself through years of hard work to get to a 225 bench. Push yourself, and you can achieve most realistic goals with the right programing and lifestyle.

Genetics had nothing to do with Ronnie. Ronnie used well over half a million dollars in growth hormone , when somone uses this much gear the whole genetic excuse is out the window . And honestly as much gear as Ronnie was on he really wants that strong

@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 I'm not saying Rodney Coleman was on juice I'm not saying he isn't on juice but genetics do play big part look at him when he was playing football great genetics

@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 many people use as much peds as Ronnie did but don't look anything like him. Not in size, not in strength and not in body fat percentage.

@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 not true. Response to gear is genetic also. Some people look like crap as a natural but hop on and are hyper responders. Likewise, there's also elite naturals who hop on and won't achieve as much as someone with average genetics who's a hyper responder.

Indeed💯

I think they downplayed the extent of Ronnie’s injuries to be fair. Ronnie’s body is beat up. He’s definitely the greatest Mr Olympia of all time but he’s also the most “beat up” Mr Olympia of all time as well unfortunately. Ronnie can definitely be looked at as a cautionary tale in some respects. He pushed the envelope on every aspect of bodybuilding to the max (training, drugs, and food) and unfortunately he’s paying for it now in a really major way. I also didn’t like how in the beginning they alluded to some kind of “botched” back surgery. Ronnie is being operated on by the best of the best orthopaedic surgeons in the country. None of his surgeries were botched. Unfortunately, Ronnie would never give his body the proper/adequate time to rest (eg zero resistance training) which would negate the benefits/results/goals of the surgery. Long story short, he’d be breaking the titanium rods they inserted into his back because he would go back to lifting heavy pretty much straight away and the force he’d be putting on these newly inserted rods would just be too much, causing them to break. Believe me when I say, Ron is being operated on by the best orthopaedic surgeons money can buy. The surgeons are definitely not the issue. Dude just doesn’t know how to back off the weight training, especially post surgery, which is really silly and sad. I know mans is doing what he loves but he really needs to rethink his approach; especially if he wants to be around to see his little ones grow up. Dude has an army of kids. God only knows the amount of oxycodone his body would be physically/mentally dependent on at this stage of which in the long term cannot be good for your internal organs. Heavy opioid use over a long period of time can cause a myriad of internal problems such as constipation, renal damage, hepatoxicity (liver damage) etc. I know it sounds like i’m taking shots at Ron but I genuinely love the dudes dedication and passion for the sport and I know we may never see another physique like his on stage again, at least in our lifetime. King Ron’s definitely the goat and always will be. Long live the King.

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At the same time I wasted a lot of time and potential newb gains doing perfect form exercises with a weight that probably was t enough to induce hypertrophy. It can work both way in that.

@@HkFinn83 heavy weight is a wast of time would only workout with a 35 pound plate on each side of the bar with best form I can do super concentrated to make every rep count as in slowly dropping the weight to exploding up and making sure to squeeze bit just push the chest and repeat got huge not the strongest but 315 lb bench 385 squat deadlift 500 watever is 5 plates off of never deadlifting , decline bench pressing and squatting also extra movements for the groups light weight except for legs heavy high reps

Dani LaMartina.

@@eliteftsofficial must look her up id say she has lots more good info thanks

I agree. To me, it is counter-intuitive to think that an explosive concentric motion will not activate the most possible muscle fibers, which is what we want.

who says that tho?

Dani LaMartina

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He also commented on him doing a heavy squat deep in contest prep which is exactly where they mentioned he heard a "pop" and continued on to do a show. I'm sure a lot of things could have played into the exacerbation of the injury.

yet he lifted maximal weights leadimg up to comtest, which he drew from powerlofting.

Uhhhh….that’s all they talked about lol what video you watch?

By the way I love everything you put out. Dave your a good man. I'm just throwing my opinion out there. I wonder if any other natural lifters have had the same experience?

Definitely different if your natural . It’s the cardio that separates you from other naturals . So much more work is required than the gym as a natural . Your not skipping safety mechanisms of the body

@@jondoc7525 so much.. The hardest being the eating.

30 years of the same

As a natural lifter, I also find better hypertrophy in the 5-8 reps @ 75-85% range, full control to get that time under tension. Plus the eating

There both different ways to train one isn’t necessarily better then the other due to everyone being impacted differently by both methods. However from a power and strength standpoint i believe not locking out would be beneficial, not only for the joint but for a fatigue factor as well. Obviously if your in competition locking out would be necessary. If we are talking Hypertrophy full ROM would be better as the muscle is contracted more, so rep quality would be beneficial either way. You need to think are you trying to become more explosive or are you training to become visually bigger?

Its easy for enhanced athletes to attribute their gains to all sorts of training methodologies. I'd put Mike's ideas above most of the anecdotal stuff here. At least the stuff about half repping and form. Agree entirely with the discussion about training to your polymorphisms though.

@@Gainzville99 in the context of bodybuilding, visually bigger, so surely what you just said defeats their argument because Jay Cutler wasn't interested in being explosive or powerful, only looking bigger.

No harm in trying both and seeing what works best for you. Many people are form nazi's but they themselves are lucky to push a bodyweight of 170 in a wet shirt. At the same time, there are probably many people that do partial reps but don't look very large either, though those that are fitness influencers tend to use partials and be quite large. Many aspects go into growing muscle and every tool has its use. From partials to full ROM. Each has its place and depending on each person, you may require to use different tools for different body parts. Jay also "half repped" because if he repped any further he'd lose the strain on the muscle he was targeting. And that was his goal, train the muscle to grow and avoid anything unnecessary. If going to lower moved the stress to another muscle, particularly one that maybe on his body was already a strong body part and he's trying to avoid working that muscle.

@@shinjig so by going Full ROM you lose tension on the target muscles? That makes absolutely zero sense. So in your mind if you go any further then partial reps then the tension releases…. Y’all need to stop talking about the elite of the elites as the example. They are the worst to compare or explain reason from.

You should do some steroids. they do work but most Natty's would be extremely disappointed after they do their first cycle when they find out that's not what's making all the difference. Not locking out is hugely beneficial to muscle mass and joint health. It's how the most developed people trained hands down

@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines Jerry Brainum full of it huh. And who's the kid you refer to? Look man, Jerry Brainum has forgotten more than you'll ever know. 99% of the bro science self proclaimed experts on here are utterly clueless. Let me educate you genius, Jerry Brainum was the Science Editor of Flex Magazine and Muscle and Fitness. He's one of the foremost bodybuilding experts in the world. You would do well to read, watch and listen to what he has to say. You'll learn something I guarantee it. Lastly, natural, not natural, it doesn't matter, HIT principles are proven the world over. Here endith the lesson junior...

@Old Skool Bodybuilding Routines There's no helping you. The only thing that's been dead for years is bodybuilders who built their physiques and careers by paying their dues with years of training regardless of system. Using your handle Old Skool Bodybuilding, you should recognize the athletes today depend on drugs over years of training. There's a reason for so many deaths in the sport today. As I've said before, we will have more Dallas Mccarver tragedies if methodology and application aren't changed. To this end, I would pay to hear you debate Dorian Yates about HIT's death as you call it. Until next time...

john jewett, nick gloff, mike isreatel and his crew, heck even nick walker and matt jensens guys...like cmon now, this point was off

@@watsonkushmaster3067 hella off

Guy got his pro card natty soooooo