GRIP: THE MISSING LINK? | MIKE VAN WYCK 

This is best video on grip i've seen. Agree 100% on his technique

I just watched the last bro chat and you looked really happy and at peace, idk if it's the weight you lost or whatever but I'm really freaking happy for you man

Mike on point as always. I so totally agree with him about people being "stuck" doing exercises a certain way, most people are, and i was one of them. I have been following several fitness trainers on here for over a decade. And seriously, only a very few have "unlocked the secret" to muscle gains. Bodybuilders of course know them, but few are willing to teach their tricks, Mike is one of the few that are really giving you the bread and butter of how to get jacked. I wish i could explain in one sentence how to accomplish the best possible way to gain muscle mass, but it isn't possible. I spent years on years getting to that point myself. You have to drop the ego first, that absolute has to go. Go half of what you normally do, no one in the gym cares how much you can lift, muscle gains is not about how much you lift. And once you half the weight, you can start to concentrate on the contraction, and start to do unconventional lifts and movements that forces your muscles to be isolated. This is KEY! It's difficult to explain exactly when you are doing it right, but at some point it just clicks, you understand it, and some if looks ridiculous to others, but you are not training for them, you are doing this for yourself. And you have the last laugh. Drop the ego, drop the weight, dare to think differently, and find your individual muscles, and then force them to work solo = gains, lots of gains.

Mike spitting gold worthy of more than 129k subscribers!

this was probably one of your best tips/Qs for backtraining, i noticed immediately a different contraction, thank you so much Mike, you are doing wonders with your wisdom. 🏅

I agree with Mike. I'm 54 yrs old haven't lifted in 12 years. Max weight on bench or squat is 225, but I do them for 15-20 reps. 4 sets each. Still putting on size!!

Never wrong, always right and always, always great information! Keep it going, Mike; still love this channel! (265 days out)!

True true!!!! I you show them the right way , when they are on their own they will pile on the weight anyway cause they think you go to gym , put the pin all the way down cause that shows how manly they are, load up the plates cause they don’t want to look weak, don’t understand that to see progress you want at times to 😮struggle , example guy goes over to bar does four pull-ups with ease and walks away to do something else No one at my gym sweats or gets out of breath ever. No one does burpees or jumping jacks or crunches or squats or compound exercises . They don’t warm up , just go right to rack and start doing barbell squats. One girl puts seven plates on the sled pull and goes back and forth!!!!!! They think gym is a dumb subject and is self explanatory. It is not, they think if they go to the gym and push or pull the heaviest weight they will get big, and play with phone, sit on equipment, not doing anything!!!!😂😂

So lucky I know about your channel

Avoid stiffness in your lift. Your wrist is playable. Know where to put pressure on your hand to have greater range of motion. Got it😙

Miss that row machine at puremuscle

I had always heard that if you want to emphasize the lats, focus on pulling with the fourth finger and pinkie, and I definitely feel my lats better doing pull downs and pull ups that way. To each his own, I suppose. I doubt it is going to make much difference one way or the other.

Crazy how free this is

Mike should I focus on constantly squeezing and tensing my lats while pulling or let the contraction happen naturally? I feel like I’m over tensing my back while pulling which may be preventing me from pulling correctly.

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Wish I knew all this stuff years ago, oh well....better late than never!

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Saw it 1st lol

what's the name of this back machine

2:10 ONE PIECE !!😮

I’ve seen on a few videos where the guy would say you have to grip the bar as hard as you can on bench press. Yeah no thanks. All of your strength is being wasted on grip. The way you show with the false grip definitely the way to go. And I cringe every time I’m at the gym and every skinny guy is piling on plates and trying to lift the heaviest dumbbells and doing it badly. It’s amazing how little weight you actually need to stimulate. Keep up the good work Mike.

Geez when did Elton John get so SWoL 😝

Here’s a tip , want to eliminate locking the forearm? Get the iron hooks and do it that way . Duh

I would love to be really skinny and bench 3 or 4 plates wtf is the point of having huge muscles that are weak I'd rather be small and strong

Do people really need to learn how to use hands😂

Nope. Heavy weights. Grip it and rip it. Iron therapy bro. More plates more dates. Grip? Pshhhh my middle name is grip. I barbell row 4 plates a side. Grip? Please

Pure bullshit

To do this the weight has to be so light that there’s no possible way to get maximum stimulus. Two fingers ? Nonsense . . Another waste of a video