Exercise Scientist Puts LeanBeefPatty's Workouts To The Test! 

Huge credit to whoever decided, "we're going to objectively review each piece of content instead of only highlighting stuff that sucks and makes us look smart." Thanks for having faith in the audience that we're interested in seeing good execution, too, and that your commentary is helpful REGARDLESS of the quality of the movements being demonstrated. Good content doesn't have to be critical of other people's works, it can be in support of it. Amazing job.

She keeps it simple, sticks to the basics but does them right. Compared to most influencers she's great.

Love your critique videos! Side note: my wife actually wasn’t able to do one single push-up and all the tucked knee push-ups in the world didn’t change that. When she did that thing with the band around her upper arms I was skeptical. But who would have thought: She can do 5 proper one now without the slingshot.

I had Dr. Israetel as a professor at Temple in 2016 and I hadn’t realized at the time how much of a privilege that was. I have yet to be more exited for an 8am class; he was hilarious and I learned SO MUCH. Any time I saw him in lifting it seemed like he had all the plates in the weightroom loaded up, too lol… Forever a fan of his work and expertise! 💚

The best of Patty's page is her mobility workouts. You don't see many influencers get into mobility like she does.

Her videos always make me laugh. She's got A+ editing game and meme integration. They are usually light hearted and she always seems very down to earth.

Mike, your CONSTRUCTIVE criticism and almost entirely gentlemanly professionalism (focusing entirely on the technique and execution) was refreshing, educational, scholarly, and funny. These are the reasons that I have followed you and look forward to more entertaining and elucidating content!

Thst physique, combined with the geeky persona that makes you think that maybe you have a chance is quite the cocktail. Patty is not bad either

Get her on the channel. Would be great to see you and Jared putting her through a workout.

Its actually really nice seeing a sports doctor give honest professional opinion on popular influencer exercises! Thanks Mike

I tried that booty band pushup. I have hypermobility and struggle with keeping form and injuring myself during pushups, whether they're on the knees or on the wall or whatever. My shoulder blade is feeling pretty good on the band pushups. Hopefully I can work up to doing real pushups, but if not, its still more ideal than injuring myself and giving up on them. Its pretty comfortable and does not ride up with the fabric kind.

Lean beef patty is one of my three go-to fitness RU-vidrs for motivation she's quirky and fun but when she hits the gym she's straight bad ass I have mad respect for her

So basically, she could be a more effective celebrity trainer than some you've spotlighted.

It's always fun watching Dr. Mike dunk on people who don't know what they're doing. But, doing an indepth critique of already good information is wayyyyyy better! Loved this one.

I really like how her page hits all of the checkboxes for being something not only young people new to fitness, but really anyone new to it could get into. 1. She's clearly a down to earth human with no ego at all. Her content, and she as a person that she puts out there 'feels' real, which means real people will gravitate to it, and want to listen and absorb. 2. Her advice is pretty simple and accessible for anyone, with any budget, and most importantly, largely damn sound advice minus a few exercises that aren't as necessary. and 3. Her form on exercises is just really, really good. I think he's definitely right about the high volume for legs. It's almost like she's a young Platz, and has been so obsessed with legs for so long, that they are just cyborg legs at this point that can handle more volume than the average person training.

Mike's grammar nitpicking engages my core. Thank you for fighting the good fight.

Scott and Mike really stepped up their production game. This is feeling like these GQ Expert interviews!

In regards to doing squats starting heavy, a trainer that I had for a while had me do a warmup set, then 3x working set for squats, and then after the third set, immediately drop weight down as far as I needed to and bang out 20 with no rest between. That was by far the most effective leg workout I've had - he had me do it with squats, leg press, etc.

The way you carry yourself in this video (the first I’ve seen) and your obvious knowledge deserved an instant follow!

This was such a refreshing commentary/review! Thank you for keeping it civil, positive, and providing suggestions backed with research.

Scott definitely deserves Lambo money, Mike. He's killing it.

14:40 I look down when doing Bulgarian split squats so people can't see my tears lol

I really enjoyed your humor when evaluating these movements as it did not distract from her instructions (or your corrections), or detract from the the young lady's efforts. There were a couple of these operations that I was unfamiliar with and excited to try out. Thank you.

This young lady is a former gymnast, 5'3", and a UCLA graduate. Smart cookie, quirky sense of humor. I enjoy her videos from a fun perspective, but from a scientific, and professional POV, Dr. Mike you're the man!

These kinds of critique videos perfectly illustrates Dr. Mike as a level-99 God-tier exercise scientist. He knows all the moves; every exercise, and all the little nuances and optimization techniques. Few people have this knowledge, few are willing to share it, and far fewer have great communication skill, with self-effacing humor to go along with it. Truly one of the best 👍

This man is quickly becoming my favorite fitness personality! Dude is like the charming human version of Beast from X-Men.

I know you gave her an A- and generally liked her advice but calling her “awkward nerd girl” is a reason you two should do a workout together 😂 would be a great show!

It was this video that won my respect for your critiques and started me down the RP rabbit hole half a year ago. Love your content.

03:35 I think these RDLs are glute focused instead of hamstring focused. Hense the rounding and knee action.

100% get patty on the channel for a legday!

Your advice on pull-ups is absolutely 100% correct. My partner and I are both recovering from shoulder injuries, and so we have had to use alternatives to pullups, the lat pull down has been our go to

An immense whoooosh on why they're called "Australian push-ups" 😂

I really like the idea of these kinds of videos. So many influencers with their advice & your unbiased, fair opinion for rom & optimization is really great insight to have. I hope there's a lot more of these coming! Thanks Dr. Mike

This is my first time discovering this channel. I absolutely love how this dude explains things, including critiques. His language is very precise

Dr.Mike is such a riot explaining basic form, strength training and muscle growth! Your content is amazing and so informative 🙌🏻

I really like her channel. Found it during the pandemic when home workouts without equipment was super helpful.

Dr. Mike has such a great, natural tv presence. You can tell he'd be a fun person to hang out with. He's also so knowledgable! I really hope more people get to see these insightful and honest reviews.

I just started following you not too long ago and your videos have not only helped with growth and fatigue recovery, but they also have the most hilarious takes. The "We'll be right back" absolutely made me bust out laughing in front of my friends.

I really love the level of technical - and grammatical XD - information that you give us! Great video!

Can't believe it took the algorithm this long to get you in my feed. Great stuff and instant subscription! I've been a fan of Patty for a while because of her humor and no-BS delivery of information, and you seem to be cut of the same cloth (but with extra credentials). Cheers!

A collab with her would be top, her wierdness matches the tone of Mike's jokes very well

Man do i truly enjoy the way you properly explain things.

I appreciate the quality of your critiques a lot.

Mike’s content never fails to make me laugh and learn at the same time which is rare

After john meadows passed, I'm glad I found you love the content and ideas you help me with. thank you

Calling out that apostrophe was THE BEST 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Lean Beef is my favorite, because I can see her processing and thinking things out like I do. We've soaked up all this knowledge on weight lifting, but we all have our own little ways of making the workouts best for "us". We all have different body types and genetics. The same thing that works for her, may not work for you.

Lean Beef RP training when?! I think it would be a fun video 😊

Had my last chest workout for my mesocycle with a great chest workout. Gotta hand it to ya, thanks to you i went to failure i didnt even know i can reach. Thanks a lot ❤️

I really like how you comment on each workout. I don’t know anything about workouts, but I can tell that you really know what you are talking about. It’s also easy for me to understand.

you have come up on my recommended and seen a few videos and your channel is really cool. You example things so well I can actually absorb them and remember it even when at teh gym. I'm new on my fitness journey and these are one the only channels i feel like im not being shouted at on how to achieve my goals. Keep it up - love from London x

Videos are getting better all the time! Scott(?) did a great job of editing. I enjoyed the video, however, think it is more fun watching Doc criticise poor exercise content.

Your voice is so calming I can imagine being able to absorb info really well in a class

I literally like your vibe and, of course, your sense of humor while you make those remarks. Is that type of smart, based sense of humor which spice up the explanations, along with the realistic approach of training. Great content, informations and charisma.

I remember watching this channel the start of COVID, it's amazing to see you guys at 1/2 milli. Definitely deserved!

Love this! Please get Lean Beef Patty on the channel for a future workout.

in terms of the looking down, i was always told to look down when moving down to keep the head and neck aligned with your spine. when you see people deadlifting with their heads up it looks like they are straining their necks

Education about the form of the movements, this was very helpful! I'm always hearing so many perspectives about form. Thank you for reviewing and giving the reasoning behind your critique!

Appreciate the constructive critique. Rather than just ragging out the streamer, you gave really good ideas to improve. Great to see. Both useful to streamer and your audience.

7:26 They are rows from "down under."

I love this concept of a video. Fun to watch and very informative, almost like a PT lesson🤩

Just found your channel. I have to say your sense of humor is great and makes your videos very engaging!!

Love this review and I agree the RP hypertrophy app is a god send

This is a really nice video! I'd love to see you do one on calisthenics, I'm too cheap to pay for a gym but get pretty decent results with gymnastics rings and a pull up bar.

This channel is great, not only some of the best advice but also the funniest! Shoutout to Athlean X as well, him explaining what is happening to muscles in particular exercises has helped me a lot, especially with his pull up video.

Dr. Mike is not only a legend in the workout game. But also ****ing hilarious. The world needs more Dr. Mike.

Dude you have no idea how much motivation and help you guys have given me over the past month starting lifting again and really hitting it off hard and working on progressive overload. I love the tips and content you guys produce. Its helped a bunch

I try to stay in shape but I’m not a work out bro by any means. But I honestly love watching these, this guy is hilarious. Should be in movies haha Great commentary, great jokes, seems like a complete natural on camera. Learning a ton and I know I can trust what he says because he’s a doctor. I’ve tried watching other RU-vid workout “gurus” and I never feel like I can trust what they say.

Need to get LeanBeefPatty in for a workout

Very fun watch. Thanks dr. Mike!

I’m obsessed with this breakdown

I'm super impressed by those handstand pushups. I've been focusing on calisthenics for a year and a half and wish I could do them as easily as her.

I wanna see her on the channel cause I think she comes at training from a good place just a different mindset and perspective so I think it'd be an awesome collab!

I found this channel 3 months ago. I was 260 at 5'7" now Im 230 and Im feeling better than I ever have. Love the content. Love the tips.

Holy crap this was a REALLY helpful video. Thank you.

Great breakdown. I enjoy Patty's videos too. Would be awesome to see you 2 collab.

I believe the thinking behind the arched back during the stiff leg deadlift is that it must target the glutes more in the same way as it does during a 45 degree back extension (I've never felt that to be true personally, but maybe I'm different). You can see her do exactly that in the very next exercise.

great videos! Happy I found your channel

Hell yea! would love to see this with other fitness influencers

11:35 what were you saying? I was distracted by... something.

I've finally watched this after having it in my watch later for a bit, and like so many others, I've come here as a full Lean Patty fan, an absolute awkward nerd myself, but a complete amateur in the fitness world. I love her vibe, and I also fell in love with yours, too. You're both informative, but your correcting spelling and grammar along the way just reeled me in 😂 I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos 🙂

Thank you Dr. Mike 🙂 sending love from Neosho, Mo

“We get a little thumbs up from awkward nerd girl.” Lol

I almost always do reverse pyramid for a majority of my lifts. Never was 100% on the science behind it but was always just more comfortable from a safety and injury prevention standpoint.

I love the positivity in this video. I thought it was going to be a RU-vid drama video and wasn't going to be a real critique. Nicely done.

Thanks for the advice! Glad I found this video.

Ahhh always good content. Informative, entertaining, and hilarious. Dr Mike being a meme generator 😂

I just found out about your channel. I don't really know what I'm doing, but thankfully, steady-state cardio is simple and I've been seeing good weight loss results. I was drinking a few times a week and NOT just 1 or 2 drinks, but many and I've been living that way for 15 years. From that experience, I consider myself a professional on how you shouldn't deal with the loss of loved ones. I'd think "They wouldn't be proud of how I'm living now, but that doesn't matter - they're gone", which fueled my self-hatred, which fueled my drinking, which fueled my self-hatred and so on. For years, I've wanted to quit drinking and focus on my diet, exercise and to reach my goal of having a healthy body that makes me proud of myself in the mirror instead of dodging my reflection when I go into the shower every day. I only just started my life without alcohol, but already, I feel motivated and I feel proud and when I think on what my lost loved ones would say, I hear them in my head, saying "Finally woke up? About time. Now, go be who you actually are. Go be who I wish I was still around for. No more running away. It's time to run forward." The 'bottle' is poison and I hate it, but I no longer hate myself. I'm 34, 6'3" tall and I was at 310. Now, I'm at 279 (just weighed this morning), moving toward the 210 - 220 range. I'm 1/3rd toward my goal. It's so much easier to exercise every day than it is to hate myself, but it was a major struggle to finally decide to stop running away. If you read all this, wow (this was more for myself than anything), but if is helpful in any way to anyone, it was worth sharing. I know I'll always love and miss those I've lost, but now, those losses are my strength and I'll never allow them to become excuses ever again. This community is where I belong.

The sense of hummor made me sub. Love watching gym content mixtured with good amount of hummor makes it even better, keep the content coming.

Great tips on the pullups!

Hey doc, I came up with a great pullup variation for intermediate beginners struggling to get their pullups. They’re called box pullups and you set a height where you lightly rest on your toes and pull with your upper body and only until you need the assistance start applying pressure through your legs to help complete the rep, that way you don’t lose the tension from the bottom of the rep, and have that extra layer of assistance!

3:44 i think the soft knee SLDL was meant to be more for the glutes than hamstring. for this year i've done SLDLs RP style with a lordotic spine and by golly my hamstrings have grown since but now i've felt my glutes lag a bit. i've screwed around with SLDL to be more hyphotic and the slight bend in the knee and i can use my glutes better through the exercise. i'm aware of the dr. mike deficit glute deadlift exercise but i'm still working on technique for that doesn't make me feel it so much in my lower back and even quads. i might be going too low at this point but what Patty is demonstrating seems to be more for the glutes.

Hi, I wouldn't mind talking to you. I have been teaching High School weight training for 20 years and the social media workouts have been giving me fights for a while now. I love your science biomechanical explanations. Great video and I am glad I stubbled across it.

Good work LBP. I love it when people get creative without the need for a gym.

"Dudes got the world's driest Dick" omfg lost it when he said that😂😂😂

17:24 I laugh so hard I forgot I was watching it during work.

Good to know about the assisted pull-up machine being better than the bands. I've been told by a few pepole that I should be using the bands instead. So this was really helpful!

i was just about to do a dumbell only leg workout, so your advice on her back arch and looking forward helped so much thanks doc

As a research scientist I love these kinds of videos - it's basically peer review!

as an older gym nut I use pre-eshaust a lot, as I have gotten into my mid sixties, for me it help minimize the chase of injury later on in the sets and reps