“No one cares how much you can lift” is the realest and most important fact to remember while weight training. I know countless people who have countless injuries because they fail to realize this.
Wise words. I'm sure I could be bigger than I am, but I'm here to do work and to keep doing work for a long long time. For me, that means education, rest, nutrition, more education, and a willingess to push hard AND slow down when my body needs it. I WILL work hard, but I will also rest, eat, and play hard. The gym serves me, I don't serve the gym, and I intend to be showing up there for another 60 years... at least.
@@vipe650r👍👍👍 I’ve been lifting since high school and I’ve been a full time trainer/gym owner for 25 years. Focus on the primary lifts (Squat, dead, bench, dips, pull-ups, rows, military) those will give you most of your results. I cycle my reps from 4- 25. Going down/up to 25s/4s rarely. Staying in the 8-12s mostly. I train deep ranges of motions slowly. I go to failure rarely. Knock on wood, no injuries.🤞 if you get back pain, stretch your piriformis, psoas quads. Those are the usual offenders. For size eat more than you probably think you should. If you use AAS start with half what most people say ie: test/tren/anavar/dbol etc. For cutting I’d recommend low dose retatrutide. It’s new but the science is old. Peace bro ✌️
Yeah, a friend of mine said that to me once. And I realized I never paid any attention to what anybody else was lifting. So why would they pay attention to mine? It's 100% true lol. Maybe a few weirdos will compare themselves to you but who cares.
"4 knee surgeries, Torn quadricep off my pelvis, Torn adductor off my pelvis, Triple hernia surgery, Ruptured Achilles' tendon, Completely shoulder reconstruction, 3 low back disc herniations, 2 low back disc ruptures," a quote from the Rock a few years back.
One thing I've learned from watching Dr Mike's videos is to get that deep stretch. I admittedly was not doing that before and now that I have, I feel a way better burn getting that full range of motion. Plus really focusing on controlling the eccentric is another big plus.
100% agree. After I started using his app and adjusting my technique according to the videos in it, which mostly means getting that stretch ... Dude, my workouts f*ck me up at least three times as hard.
When I was working at gym as a NASM certified personal trainer it was like you just couldn't give a client a "normal" exercise. They (bosses and clients) acted like the fancier the exercise the better it was. So I was constantly trying to come up with new ways to do a damn triceps extension! Ridiculous! It really opened my eyes to how much bullshit there was/is in the personal training / gym world.
Yeah I'm a PT and I have similar issues. What I'm doing is just push the intensity up and train like Dr(good form, slower reps etc) to get them to "feel" it. Cus I'd rather do this instead of giving them funky exercises that barely does anything
Even though this may blow your mind, most people just want to be able to move and perform better in life. A lot Bodybuilding and strength exercises suck for this. In normal life we lift a lot of awkward things, which require the full body, with rotation at weird angles. Bodybuilding exercises don't replicate these moves.
@@b.28Exactly. I see tons of bodybuilding critiques of movements that are for functional strength. Debbie might look weird on that cable machine but what you don't know is Debbie has to awkwardly lift 70lb boxes off a conveyor always on her right side. So if Debbie doesn't go to the gym and replicate that movement on her left side, she gets back pain from an imbalance. Everyone has different goals and people need to stop criticizing from the perspective of only getting bigger.
@mayen67 That is absolutely false. Resistance training and specifically strength training will improve your quality of life for the rest of your life. Yes assess their mobility and stability, and incorporate some work and give em stretches, but resistance training is 1 crucial key to a good, healthy life.
@@mayen67then why don’t you exercise by digging holes or shingling roofs. Why do athletes do weight training in addition to practicing their sport? Because targeted training of muscle groups allows you to get stronger, faster, and become greater than the sum of your parts.
Seriously? Mikey is a whining, attention craving shill who need to diminish those with 1000 times his following and success to make himself feel better. He's become a pathetic joke.
Love these critique videos Mike. Perfect combo of brutal honesty, education, and humor. Not surprised The Rock’s workout was better than most “Hollywood workouts”, but still had a bit of that “celebrity” silly stuff in there.
No surprise. A guy worth as much as the rock probably has an entire pr firm telling him what to post online. At the end of the day, he looks like a monster. He must be doing SOMETHING right. Even with roids, the guy is still a beast for his age (or any age).
@@RenaissancePeriodizationTo be fair, most of the critics where due the depth on legs exercises, tho' editor should have made a simple google search, the man has gone trough a dozen of surgeries indeed 🤣
you probably might not care, but i am loving how human you are, your videos are funny, thought-provoking and great lessons. I have been watching a lot of them recently and its so consistent, wishing you success sir.
I love that you actually break down the purpose of exercises and make it really easy to determine when adding things like chains or bands is actually improving the effectiveness or not. Great stuff. 👍
I appreciate that, during the squats, you mentioned the possibility of a knee injury preventing him from going too low. As a pro wrestler, a profession where pretty much all of the actors suffer knee injuries due to the jumping and impacts, he has had four knee surgeries. This is undoubtedly why he doesn't go deep in the squats. Good catch.
There are numerous interviews online where he's discussed his numerous injuries. 4 knees surgeries as you said, but also a triple hernia, multiple lower back disc issues, shoulder reconstruction, and he tore his quad and adductor clean off his pelvis. He's got a LOT of injuries that affect his workout and especially his lower body workout.
Let's not forget that he wrestled for a big part of his life and he had multiple severe injuries (for real, not Hollywood injuries) that could have been career-ending for anyone, a lack of mobility has to be expected, especially considering that he's 51.
Actually, Dwane got into the wrestling biz, hit it big and made his money before making the seamless transition to Hollywood. As wrestlers go, he's less injury ridden than most.
Ever since I started watching your videos I completely changed the way I train. I go much lighter and focus on the stretch at the bottom. Mission accomplished (at least for one person)
I literally spent the last year working on my squat depth and getting that stretch and it was really annoying not to progress with the weight at all but now it finally seems like a good idea.
Binge watching dr. Mike for a few weeks straight. All this learning getting me through recovering from bicep surgery getting diet (what I can control right now) on point and excited to get back in the gym with a solid plan 🦾 thanks dr. Mike 👏
Dr. Mike’s humor is always entertaining, but rarely does it make me truly laugh out loud-and this video made me burst into laughter on multiple occasions. Fuck yes
@@markperroni69this guy is so insecure in every post he has to tell a man who’s clearly more secure than he is to stop so he doesn’t “have to” visualize it. Which he totally hates doing
@@pierrea3094 @tomlarr21 Buncha brown-noses, aren't you? How sad that people feel so small, they have to kiss the ass of someone that doesn't give two shits about them?? Get a life, you two!! Or get a room....
@@tomlarr21 @pierrea3094 Buncha brown-noses, aren't you? How sad that people feel so small, they have to kiss the ass of someone that doesn't give two shits about them?? Get a life, you two!! Or get a room....
I really appreciate the way you explain the details of why an exercise can be damaging. Sense of humour isn't for me but you articulate the problems so well. Definitely improved my back workout today from your critique videos thank you! #BigSub
Dr. Mike, I’ve been following your advice on lifting for almost a year now. I recently bumped into someone I haven’t seen an several months and he commented that I was looking bigger and more muscular. Thank you for all the advice you share! 💪
I love your emphasis on the exentric/stretch. I remember trying Manfred Hoberts arm workout many, many years ago and the incline dumbbell curls have been a favorite since then because of the stretch.
You're doing a great job dude! These actors command quite a lot of influence among the uninitiated youngsters and hence their (actors') bad workout regimes can be quite a damaging thing for them (young population). Hats off!
The "ego" part of the bottom ROM is real, for sure. As my hip, pelvis and lower back mobility and stability have improved I've been able to get deeper into just about every lower body lift and god damn. Going from 420 from a 90 degree leg press for 6+ reps to 320 and barely being able to get 6 reps is insane. On the other hand, despite the weight on the machine dropping by almost a third, I can actually get almost all the way down on a pistol squat and sissy squat now. Relative strength OP.
@@mightyhendo9828😂 I was doing 45 curls on Monday lol. But they were actual reps to 10 with proper form and full ROM. I also just happen to be a big guy so 40-50 is my typical workout weight for biceps curls. That said, I've seen some of the younger men in the gym (late teens-early twenties) doing the swing to the moon strategy, trying to lift more than they actually can.
yeah cause you're not trying to impress idiots on instagram; but i mean what he's doing here tracks, fake natty also happens to be an ego lifter is not that surprising.
@@mightyhendo9828 Yeah, I have definitely gotten more out of a set of slow-as-shit, deep, good form pause squats with two plates than I have out of any heavier set. Hell, after finishing that even just the bar or body weight feels like you're moving the world.
The Rock is what happens when you combine elite genetics, considerable pharma, and decades of consistent hard training. Intelligent methods are not part of this equation. I recall Dr. Mike pointing out this dynamic countless times when cautioning trainees from blindly following the methods of jacked influencers.
The rock was a pro wrestler for most of his adult lives & has had more injuries because of it than you Can imagine. He has had multiple surgeries he has had to work around & is still jacked in his 50’s. Yet you are accusing him of not being intelligent. Wild.
@nemonucliosis not true at all. It's just that the ones that don't have good genetics don't look like they're on gear. They just look like a super jacked natty person.
I’m guessing the limited ROM on leg stuff is related to the 4 knee surgeries and quad tear. He’s also 51 and at some point we all make modifications to keep trying through physical limitations of wear and tear from Father Time.
I do weighted dips as well. No neck chains due to neck injury. Agree man about the depth…… go comfortably deep into the dip and three second raise up. Amazing workout for chest / shoulders
He kills me with the gay jokes. He just doesn't know when to stop and just continues and continues until it becomes awkward, which makes it even funnier and makes you want to keep watching. LOL! he did that with the video he did on Jason Momoa.
I have seen him in interviews talk about blowing his knee out and the more I’ve seen him train the more I can see that he really doesn’t wanna risk doing that again, especially at he’s age
The Rock is the greatest litmus test to see if people can understand how obvious it is that some people use roids. The guy is 50+ years old and is 4 times the size he was when he was a young guy who was an athlete. He literally gets bigger every year and is about the width of a truck nowadays and yet some people still don't realise he is clearly juicing. Fucking insanity.
So Mike, ha I'm Mike to, have been dropping into the deep stretch and really controlling eccentrics doing my best to make it my focus during each set and in 2 months I've already seen growth and also some physical changes nothing crazy but happy I found your channel
I’ve always heard that you don’t have to touch your chest on an incline bench, but I’ve also always done it anyways just because it didn’t hurt me and felt good. It’s nice to finally have some validation for that feeling from someone who’s looked into the science.
The general rule of thumb is that if your joints are getting at least a 90° bend on any exercise, then you're good. Some people will disagree, but the reality is that everyone has a different body type and modifications typically need to be made in most people's training for at least one exercise. So long as your muscles are actually getting activated, it's going to be beneficial.
Oh my days you make me laugh, i just watched the hogan vid, Cena vid and now this all in a row and laughed the whole way through. Great work, sub well earned!
Great content as always. I know you are an expert on hypertrophy, but I would love to see a reaction/critique of a professional weightlifting or strongman training like Lasha or Shawn or any chinese lifter, just to see your toughts on this kind of athetles that go for strenght/power, not aesthetics. 👏🏽
Love that I found in your channel. You are hilarious and I find your videos extremely helpful. Finishing up week 2 of my first month using your app. Liking it so far, I do wish there is more of an individual muscle group option though. I will be switching to the 6 month app after this month.
I've had a really great time with bottom stretched pauses. It was something I already did for most exercises, but it was more of the '1 sec count' style for powerlifting. really marinating in the stretch has been great for my lagging rear delts and lats
i dont agree with pushing the "big stretch is most hypertrophic" for every muscle group without nuance, because many muscles dont seem to benefit from stretch mediated hypertr. due to the sarcomere operating lenghts the muscle can produce passive tension in.
I used to get offended by mike with the first few ever videos... Now I can't get enough Dr Mike... take that as you will sir ;) Keep up the great work LOVE the channel
I am so glad I found this channel. I’ve learned so much and can actually feel the results from making adjustments and incorporating the advice given in these videos. So grateful to have access to all of this valuable knowledge.
I would love to see a video of Mike doing these workout videos, either a review of someone's workout or tips and footage showing it and describing it, with an average person. Someone I can relate to maybe 50 lbs over weight trying to lose fat and build muscle. Sign me up if you want Mike. Won't impress anybody but can probably help a lot of people relate!
At first, one would think these would just be snarky/funny reaction videos, but I honestly learn a ton from these and have improved my techniques. So thanks!!
I've been working a lot more of the stretch with wide grip hammer strength decline chest press. Pretty brutal stretch but feels great on my joints and shoulders in general. Stretch marks on my outer pecs must mean I'm doing something right 😅
I want to be his homie so bad 😂 Jokes aside, this channel is amazing on so many levels. Content that helps bring science to anyone is always welcome, but this is another level ! Thank you so much Dr. K*ke, I sure hope I can call you that in person one day 😁
For the shoulder exercise, keeping the weight locked in the focus on producing the most force throughout the rep range, wouldn't a side cable raise be best?
@@Bramble20322 very true. I usually put a bench on an incline and do laterals leaning against it. Absolutely fries your side delts. Got it from Davis diley
Hey Dr Mike, I'm sure a lot of other people have said it already, but the rock had several knee surgeries and some torque quad issues and he was a pro wrestler So yes he does in fact have any issues
Men are on here simping for the Rock, defending him, making sure they are to 50ty person to state it, no, the rock got hurt, he is a super sexy, glad you did not do that…
