The Differences Between Training for Size Vs Strength
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Watched the whole video just to realize at the end that I'm a beginner and I don't have to worry about this yet
lmao ikr
Same here lmao
Same here! Been lifting a year now though
@Erotic Juice; looooool same here.
Amazing info to absorb and implement immediately though.
This man summarized my undergrad program in a video series within the past month... thanks education system
Kinesiologist here , I agree with your comment
So. Warmup, try to do hard, heavy, small sets first for strength. Then follow up with volume sets for the best of both worlds?
Keep movements compound but with some Accessory work. I don't understand most of what he's saying I just want to be big and strong, like my dad. I watched this a few times.
Dad says I just need to work on the farm more but I need to be strong for wrestling.
Am I right or misunderstanding?
@@rye-bread5236 If your dad got big and strong by working on a farm, it probably won't hurt to do the same. I have a book from Dan Gable and he said one summer he got very strong by doing a lot of hard labour - and getting paid for it.
Gymnasts also get strong by doing lots of submaximal work, never very hard but consistent.
On the other hand, check out Marty Gallagher's one day a week program. Basically, one day three lifts build up to a max set. Rest up and repeat a week later.
Wrestling gets you strong too.
I think Charlie Francis is right with his high/low program. Do your hard work on high cns days (heavy or explosive, live wrestling). Your light and conditioning work (drilling) on low cns days. At least 48 to 72h between high days.
The heavier, more explosive and stronger you are, the more recovery you need.
There's a lot of ways to skin a cat. If something works for you, stick with it.
Good luck
Edit:
So work on the farm, wrestle. Eat good food, sleep enough. If you need it, lift heavy once a week, sprint once a week. Both short sessions on a hard wrestling day.
On easy days you can go for a run, or do some lighter neck work.
Get the most from the least.
I WISH I learned this stuff in my undergrad. But don't worry! If you need your blood pressure taken, I'm your guy!
@@rye-bread5236 always lift. Always help your dad. Always grapple and drill. Always make time for women and good times. 👌
At 70, I’m older than your target audience. My challenge is lifting for strength without injuring my joints. My muscles can easily exceed what my joints and tendons can handle. I’d like to see you do a video for guys like me.
Fish oils, joint support, wraps to help
tendon strength through none compound movements - limit range of motion for sore joints or use machines - at 70 you arguably shouldn’t worry about strength as hypertrophy will favour you more and correlates to strength to a degree
I do two weightlifting workouts using a combination of dumbbells, barbells, kettlebells, resistance bands, body weight, and some machines. Mostly circuit training is what I do. One day it's heavy and one day it's light. The heavy day is 3-6 reps, and the light day is 8-15 reps. This is to reduce fatigue. I like the circuit training I was taught by a trainer, but still like to do some heavy lifting that needs longer rest periods too. I just don't do those workouts every week. I also do heavier lifting when I get more time off work. I don't do heavy lifting more than once a week, but I do two weightlifting workouts. I also go on one or two walks a week. Usually on days off work. My job is physically demanding. I am 41, so we're in a different age range. My focus is on functional training for daily activities. I don't do a strict program. I do exercises I was taught by my trainer for each workout. I also add some workouts that I like to do in addition to that. I do back squats and the trainer didn't have me do them. I also do calf raises while holding kettlebells and my trainer didn't have me do them. I know longer work with the trainer. I worked with a trainer long enough to learn the exercises.
I could probably help with that
I am in my 60s. i work out with a length of inner tube from the front tire of a 150cc motorcycle. i hold the length of tube a couple of inches apart with my hands pronated and do pulls parts in six directions - overhead, to the side, etc. For chest pull aparts i double over the inner tube. Do these pull-apart holds for time, quasi-isometrically, and put in 100% effort. Make sure you keep your shoulders back and down and the chin tucked. This will produce hypertrophy but also strengthen connective tissue with very little muscle damage because it is a quasi-isometric exercise.
@@alijafri774 hypertrophy at 70 only happens to a bare minimum very low test.
You know a channel is good when you can watch certain key videos repeatedly, returning to them later when your understanding and experience has deepened enough to grasp more of what is being said.
And this information is FREE! There are ‘strength coaches’ and ‘elite personal trainers’ out there that are charging extortionate amounts of money for their ‘programs’ that aren’t even close to this kind of quality. Thank you sir for taking the time to make this video. It is much appreciated
Let's be honest. You only need to train harder than last time!
@@Zahed9327 do I see a Dr. Coach Greg fan
@@Zahed9327 actually, I followed that approach from an illegally downloaded coach greg training book. After a couple months of hitting PRs and what not, I had accumulated so much fatigue that my motivation crashed to the point where I was struggling mentally everyday to get up and workout, and ended up giving up overall because it was unsustainable. Turns out my PhD course was draining me out too much and was lacking sleep too much, yet fatigue hit my mentally and not physically, and it did so in a very sneaky way. Watch out for that. I am nw following RPs principles of mesocycle/deload and everything is going very well because I can grasp my fatigue very clearly and design my mesocycle around that. Sleep my friend
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*You DO your Exercise WorK OUT!!! I'LL CaLL it the CURLS!!!!*
*That was on ( [ Monday the First ] )!!!!!*
*HOW MANY DAYS OFF for REST?????????????????????*
*On wut DAY & DATE, DO I DO CURLS, Again!!!!?????????*
Yeah, I would not place money on just any coach, but I do believe there are plenty of good reasons to pay for coaching. If you're starting out and want to learn to do the lifts properly while identifying weak points (shit ankle mobility) and avoiding injury, then coaching would help because it would speed up the learning curve exponentially.
This goes double for the sports: strongman, weightlifting, etc...
Couldn't focus on the content because I was focused on that vegeta shirt😆
What’s so funny? That’s what realistically would happen
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@@notproductiveproductions3504 yeah not at all. Depending on the version of superman and batman
@@aaronrodriguez1410 any version would get clapped🤦🏼♂️
@@CONG001 not at all. You don't know comics mate
mike's head grew a lot in just 3 years
Lmfao
Hgh baby
This is SO interesting ! I've recently had a huge progression on chin ups after stopping doing lots of reps with an elastic. I started doing just 1 rep with 1 min rest because that's all I could do with my full weight. So 6 reps in total and 3 times a week. And I've progressed more in one month than in almost a year of using elastics or doing australian push ups ! I'm starting to understand the logic for strength better now, thank you for sharing on the subject !
Strength training isn’t that deep. To get as strong as possible you have to max out period. And after neurological adaption is maxed out the only way you’re getting stronger is by gaining more muscle. “Bodybuilders” can go from 315 to 350 without gaining muscle but not 360-380-405 etc. 90% of your strength is from how much muscle YOU as an individual has. And it doesn’t take more than 2 months to max out neuro adapt, could be done really fast with the Bulgarian light method
@@KurokamiNajimi muscles do not show how strong you are sir…. Neural adaptation occurs without sometimes increasing muscle tissue size. Bone mass, tendons help a lot with strength too. I deadlift 500 pounds easily. and I don’t even look like I lift lol.
@@horaciogonzalez4070 Confused as to why you made this comment. My comment clearly mentions neurological adaption…
@@horaciogonzalez4070 Mass moves mass
Power/ weight = speed, and makes pull ups and chin-ups super easy, I can hit 19 clean pull ups, at 19.1 BMI.
I been weight lifting for 10+ years. He just summarized what I learned during that time with trial and error. He pretty much described my experience as a beginner, intermediate, and advance at the end lmao.
Lol right!? We all go through the period of "wanting to lose weight/get toned", then we wanna be a bodybuilder, then some of us go on to being powerlifters and eventually either back to body builder or in my case, olympic style weightlifting. Oh and the rare few that go the CrossFit route....😐
@@lyndsay4153CrossFit is for dudes that buy baby carrots just to suck on them
mike sometimes engages in pseudoscience due to his own personal biases, you have to understand these academic studies are often paid for and biased. there is no difference between strength and size, they're interchangeable. one reinforces the other. you can't get big without getting strong, you can't get strong without getting big. END OF STORY
Oh the CrossFit route, those poor souls😂
@@lyndsay4153How do you lose weight and get toned ?
It works i just deadlifted 502kg as a 43kg guy 8’2
That's only because you are built for the deadlift :)
oh yeah, well I just deadlifted 503kg at 42kg bodyweight 8'3"
You can stop bragging guys. I've just deadlifted 504 kg. 9 years old btw.
@@pyrrosdimas5798 that's nothing ... - I just came out my mother's womb and I hit a 510kg Deadlift, 505kg Squat and a 500kg bench press
@@93RG thats nothing, I was bench pressing mom as a fetus
Am I the only one who has to watch once to get a general idea then watch 2-4 more times to take notes and actually learn??
Seemly yes
No, he does talk pretty fast
No mate. I've done it for quite a few of his videos
yeah this is me don't worry mate
Yes
I wish it was Dr Mike that popped up in my feeds, instead of V-shred 😅
Good thing it happened now
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Yup, keep getting a little dehydrated guy proud of how skinny his waist is.
This video deserves a like JUST for the shirt he's wearing (hands clapping).
As opposed to booty clapping? Lmfao
Just messing, that shirt is dope af.
Shirt is sweet af
*Here is WUT I NEVER GET====>*
*You DO your Exercise WorK OUT!!! I'LL CaLL it the CURLS!!!!*
*That was on ( [ Monday the First ] )!!!!!*
*HOW MANY DAYS OFF for REST?????????????????????*
*On wut DAY & DATE, DO I DO CURLS, Again!!!!?????????*
@@lyincontrumpster7199 It depends on the exercise, but 48-72 hours is good
Big difference in training natural as opposed to enhanced. A distinction should be made here because your recovery will be VASTLY different if you are natural.
agreed.
isnt that obvious?
Cameron Bond A study showed that people that didn’t lift gained more muscle mass than a natural lifter who lifted intensely 3x a week while making newbie gains. Steroids are a fucking cheat for pussies that want a shortcut unless you’ve maximized your natural capabilities, which nobody in this comment thread has.
@Cameron Bond Dude.Steroids are made to keep people in coma alive.To not let their muscles go into atrophy.Some of them even gain muscle mass in a coma.So dont give us these sterotypic bs every professional bodybuilder says.Steroids dont just "make you recover faster".They actually build muscle.If all the pro bodybuilders out there dropped the juice they woud look muscled-fat (you know these type of people you see in constructions sites).
3 name changes allowed every 90 days. if u like steroids just say that
Even when this man is being “scientific “ he still explains things way better than the rest of CZcams put together! His info is spot on and he’s by far the most thorough!
For hypertrophy, the load is a tool. For strength, it's everything. THIS.
I've never heard the difference between strength and size explained so well. I definitely need to make a few changes to my program. Thank you so much for this advice!
What changes did you do?
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Size = overeating with cardio. You get more size you can bench more too, but otherwise, you can just bench heavy.
"You get stronger by putting more weight on the bar"
Mike Israetel, 2020
looks like you're getting good information for your vids :D
Then wouldn't you see better results the more weight you lift?
Now why didn't I think of that? Oh, wait....
You're the guy from quora
"Mike Israel doesn't know what he's talking about, just do bosu ball squats and you'll be a stronger more functional athlete" - Adolf Einstein
Probably one of the most informative video on working out / training. Its like a whole book summed up in half hour. Thank you
I’ve been watching various videos for more than a year and found this to be the most clear, logical and informative one I’ve seen yet. Thanks!
It should also be noted that strength sets demand more recovery time between sets, narrowing the amount of sets or exercises you can realisicaly reach in a training session
Super sets.
He said that at the “Volume differences” section
ns fatigue.@@aethylwulfeiii6502
Or maybe just spend a little longer in the gym. More exercises doesn't automatically equal a better session anyway.
Intraset rest periods (between sets) for strength are 3-5 minutes and for hypertrophy is 2-3 minutes
There is peer review studies, empirical research, evidence based research (Whatever you want to call it) to support the above
I started following the NSCA guidelines for strength after years of lifting 10-12 reps, in one month my bench has gone up 30 pounds, deadlifts have almost doubled, and squats have gone up 20 pounds (not super impressing but I’m still recovering from ACL surgery). My lat pull downs have gone from 60 pounds to 90.
It’s weird because I have my certification from the NSCA but some of my other trainer friends are asking why I’m only lifting sets of 6-8 sets because they didn’t learn that for their certification, they were just taught 10-12.
I have no education on fitness or anything and have only been lifting for a couple of years but to me this was just instinctive. I always simply felt my muscles way more fatigued in the 6-8 rep and noticed how I with not even a year of training was getting almost as big as guys in my gym wo were doing 12-15 for a couple years. It's crazy but I just did what felt right and exploded in size
Is this a good range for someone who wants to be athletic and lift weights but not put on too much size? Like I wanna learn to box eventually but not screw myself by training too much hypertrophy, or training too low reps and getting injured. I just want general fitness and to feel strong and young as I should be (I’m 19) look good but not big muscles that can’t do anything, but not powerlift either a good balance, functional muscle I guess
@@tinocabral4201I’m in a very similar place as you and I say this is a great range. I look smaller than my friends but I lift more and shake less.
@@tinocabral4201 I do aerial dance which has similar cross training requirements. I would look into a calisthenics routine followed by agility training, explosiveness, and active flexibility/ROM compared to any strength specific routine. This would be more functional for your sport.
I cannot thank you enough for all the work you put into your videos. You’ve helped me grow so much in the gym and in life over the past 6 months. I really hope you see this message to let you know your impacting people over the globe man, keep rocking!
Thank you for taking time to clearly lay out all the information and clarify that hypertrophy and strength training are both different and some times competing in nature. Very helpful.
This is such goddamn useful information. Much appreciated. I love your shirt too.
This is without question the best video I ever watched for understanding the complicated reality of how hypotrophy and strength training overlap but are also very different. I have newfound clarity! This was incredibly helpful! Thanks Mike!
Sir, this is one of the most educational and well structured videos I've ever seen. THANK YOU INFINITLY
Man this is the first video I’ve seen by you and it was an instant subscribe. I think I’ve gotten pretty good at being able to tell who truly knows what they’re trying to explain and can explain things well, whether I’m super familiar with the subject or not. And from the structure and way you speak you seem like a no bs, knowledgeable person trying to help others, cheers!
Subbed within 10 minutes of this video. This was my introduction to your channel. Massive thanks for the effort and knowledge you put into this.
i've been watching people talk about lifting on youtube for years and this may be the best one ive ever watched. concepts are throughly thought out and explained very clearly. beautiful work
This was an incredibly helpful lecture, as are all of Dr. Israetel's videos. It helped me understand the purpose behind the training programs I have purchased (I've noticed a trend of hybridized programming no matter what they are called), and more importantly, it aided me in understanding what type of training I should be doing for my goals & level of experience (currently in my 3rd year of consistent, dedicated training). Thank you for sweeping away all of the conflicting advice of fitness people on social media for me.
I love to see the bullet points in each video. It is so helpful
Not even halfway through the video and I’ve learned the best explanation between the 2! SUBSCRIBED 🔥
Really wish I would have seen this video when I first started lifting! So much knowledge presented in a way that is very easy to understand. Thank you for this video!
I always benched heavy on wednesday and had a bench variation on saturday. Always been RPE 8 to 10 on wednesday and same on saturday. Just started to do RPE 6-7 on saturday instead and the change is phenomenal. What's the most difficult when you want gains in strength but you love hypertrophy training is that you love to go hard all the time, but going hard all the time on strength is what slows the process of getting stronger because you can't recover. RP giving so much free excellent content is helping me a ton in my training and also how I program for my clients.
This video is literally what I’ve been looking for for a year , thank you 🙏🏼
wtf crazy shit i was looking for your take on size vs strength last night bingewatching u on revive stronger and then boom you upload one just now. bruh BEST DOCTOR EVER
Wow!!! I've been a trainer for about 8 years now and this video was fantastic! What you're saying is what experience has taught me and some research. But I have learned so much from this video, I had to subscribe! It's amazing you're putting out this information for free!
This was a truly useful and high quality video. Great job Mike!
I've never heard someone explain this so well. Thank you!
As a beginner who transitioned from martial arts and gymnastics, this makes sense. I got to a wall and now need to start to split it up. I sometimes go to the gym seeking the intensity and the good feeling but it just feels like such a drag. I took a rest cycle of two weeks, but going back to my heaviest 3_5 reps feels dangerous and slow. I've also gained weight from my lack of cardiovascular endurance work. I'm skinny fat, no real cuts anymore. This video is so so so so helpful.
it'd be really great if you make a series on accessories for powerlifting movements...😊
wow this has to be the best fitness related video i've ever watched, learned more from this video than anything ive learned these past 4 months of working out! thank you Mike!
This is really eye opening as one would think that you can achieve the best of both worlds but from what I’m experiencing trying to cram high volume and high intensity in one week is like working and going to school full time. A lot of bodybuilding forums constantly state, “just lift heavy and you’ll get big bro, stop overthinking it.” So of course I did that and while I excel in the strength department I think I’ve been missing out on a lot of hypertrophy.
Great vid man! Been training for years and started as bodybuilding and now the latest year as strongman , learned some great advice today my man!
I want that tee.
@@Watcher4187 omg thank you
Probably one of the best videos I have ever seen. Helped to answer a lot of questions I had. I always heard about all these rep ranges and sort of knew when to use which, but there was still a lot of question marks and I had a lot of questions starting with "Why?". Thank you, Dr. Israetel.
Every now and then coming back to this great lesson! Thanks Dr. for your great input AS ALWAYS
I was skeptical until I saw the shirt. So many people on CZcams give what I consider to be bad advice but I'm eager to hear what Vegeta has to say.
This presentation is fantastic especially compared to other training vids. To the point and organized. Love it
That was the best comprehensive explanation I have ever heard about this particular issue. I just subscribed. Salute.
This was packed with useful information. Thanks!
damn that was some really decent advice! can't believe I got it for free. thanks a ton for this awesome, AWE.SOME. video!!!
2 minutes in.. I've never seen this gentleman before, randomly came up on my feed.. VERY clear and concise.. I just know this gentleman is speaking absolute sense..
Just found this channel and it is gold. You're an excellent speaker. I need this knowledge
Loved this video - and the Zac refron and v shred one you did! Great info
I don't really have strength or size yet but I started to calisthenics 3 weeks ago and I hope to build some strength so I just feel more fit. Good luck to everyone killing it out there and good luck for those who are about to start! 💪🏻
This was great! I feel like my goals are 100% best of both worlds. In my research, it seems like there is a battle between the two. Your take home points is what really brought it together for me. As a beginner, i definitely feel like strength and overall fitness is my primary objective right now. Its nice to know that I can expect some of my longer term goals, like size will show up at this point.
I like that I dont have to decide the intermediate stage upfront. I 100% relate to mesocycles and phases. I feel like I will have plenty of time to learn what works for me in the beginning and that as my mind and body adapt, so will my understanding and wisdom of what to expect.
This is the last time i feel like im gonna need to look for strength vs size or hypertrophy vs strength! Thanks!
I keep coming back to all your videos, the knowledge you’re putting on CZcams is amazing thankyou!
Seriously, those videos are oure gold. All the information you ll ever need structured and clear.
Awesome damn video. I might try hypertrophy focused training for a few months to see what happens. Up until now I have been strength focused, doing compound movements, focused only on getting the weight on the bar higher. Thanks dude 😁
Man that was perfect. I've been training on and off for years but never really made massive gains. I feel like you offered a lot of questions of min in that video. New subscriber bud 👍ps sick Tshirt
THANK YOU! This is exactly the right info at exactly the right time for me. Priceless stuff.
amazing! this hit all the details to the questions i had. thank you!
Thank you so much for this fountain of knowledge to drink from. I am entering what's considered the intermediate phase of this journey and your video is a tremendous amount of help. I've been mote or less freestyle in my workout routine and now see the fatal flaw in doing so. Thank you, this video is truly insightful and down to earth.
Honestly, this video really made me feel better about myself now that I know for sure I'm doing the right stuff to get both size and strength😎
This was wonderful! I mean absolutely WONDERFUL!!! What an effective and practical time saver. The good doctor put his foot in this one. I would love to see this type of antagonistic supersets for the rest of the body and then for full body. New to the channel and a brand new sub. Wow!
This is one of the most informative fitness videos I've ever seen
This is probably one of the best videos on youtube. Period.
Says you.
Not gonna lie I figured some of this stuff out on my own throughout my own experience in the gym, but you gave a lot of pointers that I’ve never heard and I appreciate the video 💯🙏🏾
This video is perfect 👌🏿 thank you for your insight and time!
Perfectly answered the follow-up "cycling" between the two question. Awesome information yet again. Thanks!
Love the shirt Dr. Mike!
Year into my lifting - I got carried away with ego lifting. Scrapped everything and started over. Light weight, slow reps. Gadual progressive overload as I progress now.
This guy gives great information that’s not just regurgitated from other sites.
Dr. MIke .. as always epic in explaining! The content is perfekt. I've send it to several my friends. Thank you!
We need a collab with Mike and John Meadows where they talk about comic book stuff.
We need this Mike
@Biff Tannen's Dad your just jealous. They train harder then you ever will
@3 name changes allowed every 90 days. his reply about wasn't related to any training he just randomly brought it up like most jealous betas. Im not saying steroids shouldn't be talked about when related to training. This guy is clearly just but hurt that he doesn't have any gains
@3 name changes allowed every 90 days. you'll find John has talked about the difference in training natty vs enhanced
This is an absolutely astonishing video, containing dense information that answers so many many questions. Thanks so much.
You're awesome, man. Thank you. Following right away.
Thank you for the high quality education materials.
Took a 1 year hiatus from working out and just started lifting again 2 months ago. I’ve been doing full body workouts everyday focusing on a different compound lift each day and my strength has gone up A LOT since starting. Think I’m gonna switch over to a hypertrophy workout for the next 3 months then get back into a strength building routine
I feel guilty getting this info for free
Awesome video…dr mike puts out lots of great videos. This has info that’s great for all to hear especially those starting out.
This was so informative I must say. Instant subscribe for sure. Thanks Doc !!
I started weight lifting at 17, progressed for awhile and realized that I didn't want to bulk up (I was starting to) so met with a trainer and changed for strength. Back into it again in my 40s and want to be strong, stay strong, into old age but getting huge is still not the goal.
Dr. Mike’s shirt is saying the most. Love this video.
Nah. Superman would destroy Vegeta.
S H1990 depends which Superman, that’s the problema when comparing a character who has only one writer so it’s consistent (dragon ball) and a character that’s been done by hundreds of different writers who all give him different feats and levels of strength
@@hewesy7265 Nope
kaga13 he can and so can Batman. Both characters would solo the DBZ universe.
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Thanks Mike.. Love your videos bro.. Gives me a game plan. Been following you for 8 months and have definitely advanced my routine in many different ways. Love it! Thanks doggy!
Discovered your channel recently, great stuff! Thanks for sharing
Just found the channel. Love the way information is presented and backed up with the evidence to support. You are doing the real work, thank you.
Same, this guy knows his stuff and is quick to the point. I like it
I have a hunch it’s only beginners who truly want “both” and they will accomplish that by following any beginner program.
Yeah, true beginners like Larry Wheels and Brian Alsruhe
There is a lot of value in this comment, but there is also value in recognising some goals can’t be accomplished without specialisation. No question Larry and Brian want to be jacked but they can achieve that while pursuing strength. Those who don’t take TRT or steroids might have to specialise a bit. Either way, you will look better strong than weak no matter how fat you get so just do what you want!
Doesn't almost everyone want to be both?
I want both. But not at the same time. I want to & was working both but not now (which I've just switched to strength today so I can't say if its maintainable, but I'll be finding out for myself, I'm just on this video for anything I can take on board). Now I'll train strength more but still throw in occasionally hypertrophy (occasionally I mean a week & a half to 2) weeks after 4-5 weeks of strength... Then when done with strength goals I will switch the other way & probably even stop strength totally. I may very well have to just 100% focus on 1 then the other for my goals but I need to see for myself what works for me. I'm working out my own program for my own goals.
Btw im a beginner so don't be to harsh hahaa I'm a noob & 42 years old with about 6 months in my whole life weight training.
that's a vey good enough detailed video to understand the two types of training thank you a lot
Thank you for this video, big effort and is greatly appreciated. Absolutely invaluable 💪
I skimmed the video and watched at 2x speed.. from what I understand 5-6 reps per set will make me a pro bodybuilder and elite powerlifter simultaneously. Thanks Mike!
You must have turned off the video at the beginning then.
Now try watching at 1x speed
Maybe dedicated the whole 30 minutes and actually learn something 😂
Your joke went over these meatheads.
Friggin brains and brawn, so much info I had to watch this twice.
Loved the info. As well as your T-shirt.
Just found your channel recently and binge watching a bunch of your videos. You have a good selection of good videos my dude
Awesome Shirt!
This video made me realize a depressing conclusion about what's happened to me and other weight trainers during the pandemic. My loss of muscle size hasn't been as bad as my loss of strength. When I get back in the gym, I'll know that I need much lighter weights and see how extreme it is.
Exactly my issue too. I have not really lost size or gained a lot of fat, but my strength has left the building.
Don't worry guys, it will be back very quickly. The gyms have opened almost 2 months ago in my country, and even though I started with pathetically light weights, after 2 heavy-ish sessions of each compound (so after 2 weeks), all of the strength was back. Muscle memory works well :)
For me during the pandemic I was stuck doing cardio and bodyweight exercises. When i got back to the gym approx 4 weeks ago I noticed approx a 10% decrease in weight of my working sets of squat bench and deadlift. Week after week I have been able to increase the weight to get somewhat close to where I was pre pandemic. The one thing I have noticed is that my muscles are noticeably more fuller than when I was stuck doing body weight exercises and the aches and pains I had before while lifting heavy have had a chance to heal and are gone now.
Have you tried bodyweight training at home to reduce your strenght loss?
Agreed. I lose strength if I don’t lift for a week but size stays for a long time.
I've watched this a few times and it's making more sense each time. Thanks.
This was very helpfull, thank you so much for uploading this video!