Martins Licis talks ligament strength and staying INJURY FREE 

these should get a lot more attention, superb insights from martins

Fantastic advice Definitely noticed this, started heavy and had alot of tendon/ligament pain Reduced weight and increased reps and now feel much better overall Its about the long game

We need more content like this

You should write books on the issue. I love that stuff. MARTIIINS!!!

It's so weird to see him talk normally, after i only saw him kinda "in character" for weeks now in his videos ^^

I’ve been so injury prone throughout my life. I’ve hurt myself so many times through improper form or just trying to push too hard when I needed to rest. I wish there were more sources for proper form and injury prevention when I was younger. Thanks for the information, it’s probably important for people to hear the worlds strongest man talking about how the goal isn’t to just lift as much as possible every single workout.

I did calisthenics and light weights with higher reps for 3 years. Nutrition, sleep, and form on point. Took care of stabilizers. Did everything right and still developed degenerative tendonosis of shoulder and bicep tendons. This is much worse then a tear or rupture as it never wants to heal. I ammon month 20 and am still no where near 100% . I may never be again. Did every physical therapy program. Hired 2 different coaches, seen specialists, sports medicine professionals, had stem cell treatment with multiple billions of cells along with a PRP cocktail, pep tide injections, etc. I threw away over $14,000 for nothing. I found some movements that are s -l - o - w - l -y getting my tendons stronger. But I still have a long road ahead of me and I'm getting older. I have been a life long surfer and athlete. Never been out of shape in my life and still got snapped up. In the end you can do everything right but injury still could happen. I regret ever starting to train because I was already in excellent shape and chiseled from surfing all my life. I started training to gain a little more mass and strength. And because all I have ever heard was how important it is for older men to train. Big mistake for me. It brought me more muscle and a lot of strength. But it wasn't worth the hell I have been through. Being injured for so long created mental health problems as well as some problems with alcohol due to the hopelessness. If you are in good shape and are thinking about lifting, consider the risks over reward.

man martins understanding of the anatomy is awesome! he preaches proper health. Martins is my favourite Strongman

Amazing Content! We need more Martins talking about stuff like this!

This is awesome. Just a simple video with some great, easy to digest information. Great stuff.

Brilliant question about tendons and ligaments, brilliant answer

This seems like solid advice. I’ve heard so many contradictory tips from strong lifters when it comes to tendon strength. It’s hard for people do put it all together. Some say really heavy super compensation work in a static or partial rep style is the key. Some say fast light band work while not fighting the negative/eccentric because that’s more for muscle damage than tendon strength, but others say going too fast is too high impact on the joints, etc.

This is actually golden advice .

Articulte and informative, the sport needs more of Martins Licis and the like.

More Fantastic stuff. World strongest Man. 💪🏼

The thinking Man, very shrewd analysis of your health and fitness. I am impressed by your focus, perhaps you share it more then other Strong Men but I feel you are one of the brightest.

amazing how the world works, i've been having tendon pain in my elbows from overwork and have been wondering how to correct this as i move forward and then this video comes across my dash. Thanks do much champ it was a pleasure watching you at the arnold and i hope to watch you live again!

Thank you Mr. for sharing this great info for us to learn. Please give stabilizer workout tips if you have time one day.(the ones you do) Its awesome to see your channel growing .Good luck in competition ! Ok by.

Of course I see this right after I tore one of my shoulder ligaments

So much wisdom from a young man, very useful insight.

Good advice. I'm not in strong man, but a sport that puts a ton of strain on joints. What he says is informative and aligns with what I've researched before.

beautiful answers, loved it Thanks Martin

Martins!!!! Excellent information. Just shared it with my client base and friends I train with.

Brilliant! Love to see guys like Martin showing the brain behind the brawn!

Good stuff as always from Martins. You should do a series of videos on all these subjects that we don't see any strongmen talking about

Most profound VIDEO about that topic I saw in a long time. MARTIIINS

Invaluable advice. Anybody lifting, no matter if beginner or advanced, no matter how strong or weak, should take these to heart.

This channel should hit a million subscribers soon!!! It's amazing content

Love it! great video!

Thank you so much Martin!

Love the content!!!!

Do your shoulder external rotation warm up. Intro to Literally every video on Martins channel. LOL.

I had to quit squatting as I was developing problems in my legs, and back. Recently I had the idea that perhaps I should lift at high reps to increase durability of my connective tissues. Thank you for this video to confirm that my thinking was on the right path.

As someone else said already write a book.. it will help a lot of people..... one of the best videos I saw on strength training.. thanks a lot.

Thanks for the tips especially about the shoulders. Im 4 years in from a bad shoulder injury. Finally overhead pressing again. Thanks to Jeff at athleanx and you guys for the motivation.

The people’s champion ✊🏾🔥 Thx for the insight 🙏

Thanks Martins. Lots of great information.

This deserves more attention!

Great content and a good piece of advice!

So much great advice here!

Thanks for the tips!

Came across very intelligent and likeable. A realistic career in presenting if he wanted it after his strongman days are done.

Such a likeable guy, great energy about him.

One of the best best best advice i ever heard

Holy fuck this is some needed insight into joint and tendon maintenance. Great thing to have floating around on the internet as a starting point for research onto the topics.

great video!

holly crap, i didn't expect this.. He speaks English way better than i expected, since he keeps mostly quiet during the strongman competitions, also some of that advice is very useful and rarely talked about.. Overall great video, thanks!

Nice explanation thank you

Thank you. Quality basic knowledge.

This was perfect.!

Never heard this in the thousands of videos I’ve watched. I’m going to try this.

excellent insights

It's the first time I have heard this but the concept is interesting. Will give it a try

Greatttt information here

Can you do a video on important stretches you use on a regular basis. I belive this would be helpful to alot of people.

Thank you!

So instructive ! Also I listened because it's Martins haha

My fav strongman, so knowledgeable

Very understandable 👍🔥

Come on bro.......make more of these videos. I apprecite your funny videos but, you are very intelligent and deliver the information in a way I understand and would much rather watch these types of videos.

Greeeeat video ! 💪💪💪

I had a learning experience trying to rush into powerlifting. My knees really took a beating from squats. Also I screwed up working overnight and then getting off work going straight to the gym 🤦🏿‍♂️ it took my literally 3yrs to be able to squat again. I don’t high bar or low bar squat. I do ssb, camber bar squats, box squats, pin squats (kinda like the strongman style) I wear 9mm knee sleeves and wraps. My knees are loving it lol

Great advice!

Wow very well explained

Finally!!! Someone to explain how to build up joint and ligament strength! I’ve been trying to find out how to do it since I started training for arm wrestling.

As someone who armwrestles I can absolutely agree with Martins. The vast majority of injuries in armwrestling is ligaments and tendons not bone breaks. Because most guys (especially newer guys) focus solely on lifting heavy and not working everything. Because like Martins alluded to its monotonous and boring but it 100% prevents injury.

tas ir fantastisks padoms, paldies Mārtiņš 💪

Thanks for this bro. Im actually starting to specifically train for strength myself, and i must admit tendon injuries are my biggest worry

doing shoulder press like martins injured me pretty bad over the previous summer :D I was TOO inspired

Great information! Going to do some high reps now

So much good info in six short minutes.

fantastic video

"..a part 2...a question 2 part, a question part 2..." Nailed it

Big thanks big fellah

Thank you martins

Good tips.

I hear a lot of stuff about lifting heavy when dieting down, trust me this is a quick route to injury. So if you under this notion maybe rethink it, stay safe.

Most intelligent man in strongman

I like watching strongman contest very much but am far from being a strongman. But I do exercises with my own bodyweight and this video is useful info anyway.

Martins makes the Most scientific videos about strongman on RU-vid

your looking ripped right now and you explain stuff really well

Oh man, I needed this. My knees have been exploding when I squat, even at lower weights.

Thank you for making this video. I'm just starting my journey and am very afraid of ripping a muscle or tendon 😩

That video worth 1billion dollars. Tnks for the upload

Nice video.

I actually applied high reps for chest works wonders for my shoulder injury.. never thought of lifting heavy one third of the year. That should be common knowledge damn..

Learning biology with Martins 👍👍👍

This is the kind of advice I wish I'd got back when I started training as a kid instead of listening to all the older knuckle brains / experts at my first gym..... would have saved me a few hard lessons !!

Martins the rehab guy and also more relatable guy to get along

Wow superb information..i think its really true because i hurt my shoulder a lot of times..so for the next video..can u provide us how to work on that stabilizer? An answer from a strongman..will be great i think not like an answer from a doctor or terapist that never goes to the gym their entirrlife

You're the best strongman

I’ve always thought that high reps low weight contributed to tendon and ligament strength……thanks for confirming! This video is great!

Could you cover some movements/strategies to work the stabilizers more? Is it just as simple as doing the main movements with lower weight and more reps?

Gold 💯

Light weight high reps is more to feed the tendons so as they recovery quicker. But that's not how they are built, just part of the overall process to build them faster and probably better (Martins himself would know this of course). For actually building tendons, you want overcoming isometrics or heavy yielding isometrics or Heavy Slow Reps. Now for a strongman, they're lifting so heavy and are doing so many static holds and all that, just as part of their typical lifts in the sport, so they're already super covered as far as tendon building goes. Then it's just about feeding those structures with fluids via light movements like he said, to repair the tendons and get them healthier.

MARTINS ✊

I wish I heard this years ago

In 3 months i have a little pain with squat and it became worse every week. I became scared for a worse injury. Later i realised i feel my ellbows also, i became more scared. Now my hips are hurting to. This al in 3 months period, your mind can make yourself crazy and feel real pain...3 months ago i was healthy and was making 10 years old pr's.

Martins: What excercises do you recommend using for developing the stabalising muscles in your shoulders? Could you do a video about general shoulder mobility also ?👀🙏 Much love ❤️

actually isometrics and heavy lifting over a long amount of time is how you stimulate collegen synthesis for tendon and ligament growth. overall knowing your limits and controlling over all load is how you prevent injuries