*Changed my life. I will never eat the same ever again. "Unless you physically trip and your face lands in a box **weightlose.fitness** of donuts, there is no such thing as a 'slip'." Get that mind set and you'll win again and again.*
Family cardiac history, lost his brother and father. He did further than them at least . He had cardiac surgery in the thirty y.o. after an attack while he as training a professional in Europe. 4 hours + on surgery table leave him with a severe shoulder limitation as the table was to narrow and arm was just hanging by the side. Years after he was fixed by the founder A.R.T. Dr. P. Michael Leahy and gained a 30 pounds in his bench in one treatment and since that time was a big promoter of those kind of release. Charles was one of a kind. When I finished university in kinesiology, I met him, I start to have real progress and understanding of training and performance. I trow away my University and it's 25 000$ debt to learn for real after that meeting. He talked about Keizen and small step increments. He unlock my gain with the German Volume Training. He was pre Paleo in a certain way. Making people aware of carbs abuse in our society. Charles was always a speaker, a searcher and ready to adapt. Like he said, sports scientists are historians, they just tell you what work 40 years after it work. Just to say that at University they told me Steroids was mostly a Placebo effect lol He was special, sometime his personage play the rude side. But he was a real human over everything. Having lot of money invested to save big cats and raise money at the opening of his gym to free many child sex slaves in Asia with financing a law enforcement raid. Never brag loud about it. He died soon after that. He change life of athletes and more than that, life of those children girls. RIP Charles.
@@chipdouglas3565 Maybe it's just a TOC ? Maybe something else? - In brief, Family cardiac history, lost his brother and father. He did further than them at least . He had cardiac surgery in the thirty y.o. after an attack while he as training a professional in Europe. 4 hours + on surgery table leave him with a severe shoulder limitation as the table was to narrow and arm was just hanging by the side. Years after he was fixed by the founder A.R.T. Dr. P. Michael Leahy and gained a 30 pounds in his bench in one treatment and since that time was a big promoter of those kind of release. Charles was one of a kind. When I finished university in kinesiology, I met him, I start to have real progress and understanding of training and performance. I trow away my University and it's 25 000$ debt to learn for real after that meeting. He talked about Keizen and small step increments. He unlock my gain with the German Volume Training. He was pre Paleo in a certain way. Making people aware of carbs abuse in our society. Charles was always a speaker, a searcher and ready to adapt. Like he said, sports scientists are historians, they just tell you what work 40 years after it work. Just to say that at University they told me Steroids was mostly a Placebo effect lol He was special, sometime his personage play the rude side. But he was a real human over everything. Having lot of money invested to save big cats and raise money at the opening of his gym to free many child sex slaves in Asia with financing a law enforcement raid. Never brag loud about it. He died soon after that. He change life of athletes and more than that, life of those children girls. RIP Charles.
Changed my life czcams.com/users/postUgkxIUm04tAgSzlAhCWEr7VlRptRAMVsjeAC I will never eat the same ever again. "Unless you physically trip and your face lands in a box of donuts, there is no such thing as a 'slip'." Get that mind set and you'll win again and again.
So many people saying "He died of a heart attack because he ate red meat everyday." He died at 57 because he was a hardcore strength athlete, not a casual college dude in the gym "trying to get big". At some point he may have supplemented by injecting steroids, growth hormone, or test. The body can only take such so much. Big dudes don't tend to live long, and Charles was dedicated to pushing his body his whole life. No matter how healthy you are, years of this stuff can beat people up. Either way, he was a legend. R.I.P.
I used to go to school with Charles here in Ottawa Canada. As a young teen he was painfully slight in build..... he most definitely has been doing a lot of things right to become as thick as he is now. Amazing... way to go Charles! My son is at Ottawa U in Kinesiology and so I've introduced him to Charle' videos... he loves them!
RIP Charles R. Poliquin. What an unexpected loss for him to suddenly passaway. Still waiting for the medical determination. Good that you Mike that you were able to interview this legend before he passed much too soon.
@@KenWang2 I see u everywhere lol yeah indeed "unexpected" with all the shit he ate and the magical juices he used from his diet alone he has 3 times more chance of dying from a CVD event 🚶♂️
Have had the pleasure of attending a Charles Poliquin seminar / workshop and he is by far the best in the business. Thank you for this great interview!
Amazing interview! Charles is just flat out incredible, Mike knows exactly how much to say and not say when interviewing a very smart guest, and despite my years of study, I just learned things that will seriously change my life.
Mike! your videos are beyond any value. I want to thank you for sharing your expertise and the expertise of your guests. I'm all the way in South Africa. Experts like you and your guest are hard to come by. Thank you! Keeping these coming.
High Intensity Health this guy is just a fear mongerer. I really wonder how many eating disorders he has promoted with his fear tactics. I spent years listening to him because he is so confident, and arrogant. Eventually I realized he just says stuff. I realizies carbs aren't the enemy and I could eat all sorts of sorts of starch and lose weight. His diet caused me more health issues then helped me...
About time You don't need to bloody "deserve carbs" That kind of thinking sets up unhealthy relationships with food Carbs are a food, you dont need to fucking deserve to eat a potato This guy is a wanker, i can't believe people regard him so highly
Mike I've just subscribed mate. After your interview with Jason Fung (who helped me reverse type 2 diabetes, when i first saw him online) I can't help but be grateful for some of the amazing people you've interviewed and brought to my attention, Charles is a legend I never knew of, and I'm so excited about exploring both your work and his to a much greater degree. Thank you so much for your great work guys.
Awesome episode, Mike. A lot of great clinical pearls. My favorite quote (paraphrasing) is, "Clinicians are 30-40 years ahead of the science. The researchers confirm what we've known for decades." This isn't always true, but it shows that we can't always wait for the research when our empirical, clinical experience is handing us the answers.
Really valued this interview Mike! Charles with his many years of experience training clients was great to hear him talk about the trends he has observed.
I am glad you mentioned INDIVIDUAL hormone issues. I wish you would also mention the difference between women and men body difference. I do not know how you can gain weight in college. I went back to school in my 40th. I lost 15 lb just from walking from class to class. Another thing about school. It’s not students it’s school that makes you to use more gadgets. I do prefer writing , but the programs are so intense you have no time to write, typing is much quicker if you really want to take notes. And you do not get books: most of materials are on line. I prefer to read books and write my notes, but today’s school does not give you much choice.
Such a fantastic interview and discussion, and his anecdotes are super insightful and I love that it’s not all blank statements, but very nuanced. I was chuckling when he mentioned the uk and food quality - I’m British and couldn’t agree more for the general offering (but “to be fair,” if you know where to go, there are amazing grass fed sources!). Thank you!!!
“A program is only as good as the time it takes you to adapt to it.” + “Resistance training is like learning a foreign language.” - absolutely keys to live by. If I could contribute something else from a different perspective: Read your body as if it were its own book. Start by recalling all the different activities you have ever done and write down the ones you still wish to do. Execute. Face the fears, explore the unknown and live in that level of infinity.
I love IF but I will say that this man speaks the truth when he says it all depends on genetic variations. What works for one person will not necessarily work for another. He is a man who you know does not have any agenda. Simply genius.
Just watching this after I learned that amazing Charles has passed. Hear a year before his death one can see/ hear, that he struggles with getting enough oxygen. RIP
Thank you both for the interview!!!! Great information as always. Charles is a highly intelligent guy with a lot of sophisticated and empirical knowledge...../ it seems that insulin is the key when it comes to weight loss! I think I remember Jason Fung that you interviewed saying that bulletproof coffee and fat can be used in intermitted fasting because fat does not raise insulin... On a completely different note, what about an interview about the ketogenic diet during pregnancy? and also for children? are there any side effects. I would hypothesise that it would have tremendous benefits for the nervous system of the fetus and child.. Thank you Mike for your great work!
Hi Danae! Great feedback. I would check out the interview with Jong Rho, MD re: KD and pregnancy. He shares some interesting science about ketones and brain development: czcams.com/video/2EZ6pYOdqvg/video.html Let me know what you think! Mike
Great interview Mike...Carles is a Legend and a Visionary! I so enjoyed this interview! As a 55 year old still playing rec hockey I need him to keep me in the game..lol!!!
What an amazing person. I found his view on strength training was a great view and approach to life in general. Thank you for sharing your experiences. 🙏
He was eating at the wrong places in England. Plenty of very high quality grass fed, no hormone, meat grown around here straight from the farmer😉 There's cheap stuff (and good stuff) in the supermarkets but you don't have to buy it! Restaurants will usually try to sell you the cheapest they can get away with.
Muscle mass and strength = the two most significant longevity markers? I wonder if the 350 pound enormously massive looking bodybuilders find this to be the case. This is one of the best interviews that I've seen with Charles but for some reason, even though he's clearly a legend, I find very little of his standard content to be useful even though I lift regularly. At least you managed to do what most others haven't been able to -- you made the content semi-useful. I particularly liked his approach on writing down what he has learned from each book he has read -- great idea! I have to say that I check the High Intensity Health site more than any other site other than perhaps the one run by Dr. Rhonda Patrick. I agree with pretty much everything you publish on diet and health and your interviews are awesome (other than perhaps this one but that was nothing to do with you).
Thanks, Todd. I appreciate your candid feedback. I think strength is a U-shaped curve, like many other correlates of health. Bench pressing 500 lbs is perhaps on the north end of the U, while being able to press or squat your bodyweight is midline of the U; if that makes sense. Charles has a lot of wisdom and is able to cut through the myths and 'bro science' in a credible way that others can't. Appreciate your feedback, Mike
When people die of cancer, they don't have much muscle. But it's not the lack of muscle that kills them and it's not a lack of muscle that gave them cancer.
Great interview! I would have loved to have asked him his opinion on Polynesian bodies. RIP Charles....I wish I had discovered you years ago! I loved the comment about Ancel Keys and the comparison to Stahlin!
Interesting perspective from Charles. The key point here is that exercise and nutrition is heavy based on your own neurotransmitters, and not on who you follow or what you see others do. This is real customization. Charles briefly mentioned this. I have come over the same conclusions after 15 years in the fitness industry.
This guy looks young & fit however he looks slightly breathless at rest, always a sign of heart failure. People with heart failure usually feel far worse when lying down & Doctor always ask how many pillows(more pillows means heart failure).
So Charles died of a heart attack. In this video, he frankly sounds breathless. While strength training and reasonable muscle mass is terrific, most body builders are in pretty bad shape. Using common sense, all that muscle mass needs to be nourished and oxygenated and what if your heart and lungs aren't up to the task? The body builders I know couldn't even run a mile. Stop using body builders as a paragon of health to be emulated!
Exercising "greater the muscle mass greater the hormonal response"---ding, ding-- when I was a kid I wondered why my arms wouldn't get bigger-- I should have squatted more---Now I have skinny arms and skinny legs! Glad I listened to this video!
Agree with him about university research. Private labs, corporations can seldom repeat their results. University studies always have poor protocol discipline
I think whatever diet you are adapted to is what it respond to best. If you really want to be adapted to a diet, I bet you can go slow and adapt your body to it no problem over a long period of time
High Intensity Health did you notice his breathlessness at the time of the interview? All the best to his family...sorry to hear of his passing. Interesting how white people are the ones who shouldn’t be eating white bread on average...lol I love his talk on eating local meats...never thought of that in terms of travel....only in terms of local sourcing and sustainability throughout one’s life in their home base.
But he did what he enjoyed and got the most out of his life. If you live to 90 and couldn't do everything you wanted then it's a waste. People forget that there is a risk/reward ratio no matter what you do in life, his lifestyle isn't any different than any other if it was fulfilling to him. Vegans want to waste their life on social media trying to tell people what to eat, good thing they have all that extra time to do that. When you actually become 70,80,90 you'll regret any time you wasted worrying about others instead of yourself. Speaking in general, not necessarily to you.
@@otallono yeah and also he had so much knowledge and was able to pass it on to so many people. Most people could study the strength game for twice as long as Poliquin, yet only retain a fraction of the knowledge that he had stored in his brain.
Thankyou. I respect Charles approach to life, and usefull tips for focus, relaxation and learning from his vast experience of training and a healthy outlook.
4:15 Research shows that best 2 predictors of how long you will live is muscle mass and maximal strength. Turns out this was not the case. RIP Charles.
Just because he died young doesn't mean it's not true. how do we know he wouldn't have died ten years earlier if he didn't have that much muscle and conditioning. How long you live is largely genetically determined. To lengthen that is difficult, however, to shorten that is pretty easy. Perhaps he lived ten years passed his genetic potential.
He's a single case. He probably damaged his heart from lack of sleep for 20 plus years. He also had heart problems in his family genetically. Obviously he was on steroids as well since a young age which is hard on the heart. However, none of that negates his training advice, and body of wisdom he amassed producing elite athletes.
He is so right about Carbs. Actually diet and nutritions relate with cultural codes as well. For example at Turkish Cuisine there are no stretotype of foods. Anatolia is mix with different ethnics so their cuisines are mixed. For example keto. Keto can be good for Americans but we can not use same diet to Pakistani or Persian person or Serbian. I realised that combination of nutritions are more effective especially for East Mediterraneans. For example how can we say to any avarage Italian man stop eating pasta! We can’t cos that is his cultural code. But what my brother used to experience when he was living at Milano. People were doing jog or exercise everyday regularly at around his neighbourhood. But they were drinking wine, eating pizza or pasta and especially they were also eating crossaint with fruits at morning as well. Our Turkish cuisine has a lot of antioxidane as a recepie. We use lots of meat combine with bulgur and veggies. We mostly do cook at owen. We dont fry for example. We use lots of olive oil and real butter. Fitness science does relate with medical science directly and it changes all the time. And he is so right.
Thank you so much for this awesome interview, have watched in many times..but finally made notes..cannot wait to put into practice the physical and mental strategies.
Disagree about typing. Learning scientist here. Those who are typing are more likely to be simply copying down the lecture verbatim whereas notetaking on paper often requires paraphrasing because of the limit in speed of writing. The latter requires a higher level of cognition via generation and integration of ideas which improves student learning.
Not even 5 minutes in and we have a completely unsubstantiated claim @3:43. I Googled his statement that training time in endurance sports was correlated with Alzheimers, and I couldn't find a single source. Almost all the actual research is showing that endurance exercise is great for brain health and might actually help prevent brain disease. And research shows that cardiovascular fitness is just as important (if not more) than strength/size for longevity and disease prevention. Would encourage people that follow Charles to fact check what he says. He has some good info on strength training but he throws out a lot of statements that are verifiably wrong.
Statements like that that from him that are so patently and demonstrably absurd throw into doubt the credibility of any of his statements. Thanks for pointing that out. I missed that on the first listen because of all of his mumbling.
Totally. If you were to sit down and pick apart every lie that comes out of the guy's mouth in this video it would take a whole day. Yeah when I refer to good info that he has put out I'm basically talking pre-2000s. Somewhere around that time he decided to take on guru status and lose all credibility.
I have read a study that showed how marathoners AND bodybuilders both have shorter telomeres then people of the same age who train more moderately. Telomere length being an indicator of physiological age. This could be part of the equation as well. Now Poliquin doesn’t really train bodybuilders - and bodybuilders are notorious for overtraining. I know people who have learned under him and the training programs he would do were quick and hard, to optimize strength gains and output, but didn’t BURN the system out. You can get stronger without overtraining and generally long distance runners and B.B. lean more toward overtraining which could potentially shorten life span. So strength and longevity could be correlated - you can’t use bodybuilders as a reference for strength though
Telomeres are irrelevant for human life span. Hardly any if anyone dies because of telomere length. Most people die before it would be a factor. The reason why strength training work on preventing neuro-degenerative diseases like Alzheimer is because it challenges the CNS heavily. Alzheimer is to a degree just the disease of undertraining your brain. Overtraining in strength sports is not really a thing. Anyone who has ever gotten near would know why. Unlike in endurace sports you are simply not able to train when you get close to a overtrained state.
Rip Charles. Changed my life and got me more pu$$y ... seriously 😅😅😅 started paleo a few months ago after watching one of his videos, dropped 5% body fat in 2 weeks and got a Sixpack
This is one of the brightest minds , if not the brightest mind in all of bodybuilding/ strength training. His record speaks for itself over 800 Olympic/pro athlete's all over the world. First to introduce fish oil to athlete's, Bcaas, And invented German Volume Training , Every pro in the industry knows this
Great interview! Very interesting about intermittent fasting and not necessarily eating less meals a day. I thought this was healthier for building mitochondria and creates atothogy( sp?)
*Changed my life. I will never eat the same ever again. "Unless you physically trip and your face lands in a box **weightlose.fitness** of donuts, there is no such thing as a 'slip'." Get that mind set and you'll win again and again.*
I love your way of saying that I'll do the same
Family cardiac history, lost his brother and father. He did further than them at least . He had cardiac surgery in the thirty y.o. after an attack while he as training a professional in Europe. 4 hours + on surgery table leave him with a severe shoulder limitation as the table was to narrow and arm was just hanging by the side. Years after he was fixed by the founder A.R.T. Dr. P. Michael Leahy and gained a 30 pounds in his bench in one treatment and since that time was a big promoter of those kind of release. Charles was one of a kind. When I finished university in kinesiology, I met him, I start to have real progress and understanding of training and performance. I trow away my University and it's 25 000$ debt to learn for real after that meeting. He talked about Keizen and small step increments. He unlock my gain with the German Volume Training. He was pre Paleo in a certain way. Making people aware of carbs abuse in our society. Charles was always a speaker, a searcher and ready to adapt. Like he said, sports scientists are historians, they just tell you what work 40 years after it work. Just to say that at University they told me Steroids was mostly a Placebo effect lol He was special, sometime his personage play the rude side. But he was a real human over everything. Having lot of money invested to save big cats and raise money at the opening of his gym to free many child sex slaves in Asia with financing a law enforcement raid. Never brag loud about it. He died soon after that. He change life of athletes and more than that, life of those children girls. RIP Charles.
Big thanks to you
R.i.p Charles. Big loss to the strength and fitness community. Respect for the knowledge you brought.
Him being out of breath during this interview was an omen for what was to come. It's abnormal to get out of breath while merely talking.
Oh no.
@@chipdouglas3565 Maybe it's just a TOC ? Maybe something else? - In brief, Family cardiac history, lost his brother and father. He did further than them at least . He had cardiac surgery in the thirty y.o. after an attack while he as training a professional in Europe. 4 hours + on surgery table leave him with a severe shoulder limitation as the table was to narrow and arm was just hanging by the side. Years after he was fixed by the founder A.R.T. Dr. P. Michael Leahy and gained a 30 pounds in his bench in one treatment and since that time was a big promoter of those kind of release. Charles was one of a kind. When I finished university in kinesiology, I met him, I start to have real progress and understanding of training and performance. I trow away my University and it's 25 000$ debt to learn for real after that meeting. He talked about Keizen and small step increments. He unlock my gain with the German Volume Training. He was pre Paleo in a certain way. Making people aware of carbs abuse in our society. Charles was always a speaker, a searcher and ready to adapt. Like he said, sports scientists are historians, they just tell you what work 40 years after it work. Just to say that at University they told me Steroids was mostly a Placebo effect lol He was special, sometime his personage play the rude side. But he was a real human over everything. Having lot of money invested to save big cats and raise money at the opening of his gym to free many child sex slaves in Asia with financing a law enforcement raid. Never brag loud about it. He died soon after that. He change life of athletes and more than that, life of those children girls. RIP Charles.
@@CoachPiuze What you wrote was interesting. Indeed, he sure as heck left his mark in more ways than one.
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Mike, your timestamping of each point you cover in the interview is so professional and helpful thank you so much!
I agree, one of the most informative channels on the tube. Cheers!
Changed my life czcams.com/users/postUgkxIUm04tAgSzlAhCWEr7VlRptRAMVsjeAC I will never eat the same ever again. "Unless you physically trip and your face lands in a box of donuts, there is no such thing as a 'slip'." Get that mind set and you'll win again and again.
So many people saying "He died of a heart attack because he ate red meat everyday." He died at 57 because he was a hardcore strength athlete, not a casual college dude in the gym "trying to get big". At some point he may have supplemented by injecting steroids, growth hormone, or test. The body can only take such so much. Big dudes don't tend to live long, and Charles was dedicated to pushing his body his whole life. No matter how healthy you are, years of this stuff can beat people up. Either way, he was a legend. R.I.P.
No he died from excess red meat. This guy was eating a crazy amount of meat up to 7 pounds per day.
@ken wang you have no idea what you talking about. Red meat does not give you heart attacks, it’s the carbs that causes the plaque.
@@KenWang2he outlived his male family members, he had a massive genetic predisposition to it and had his first heart surgery at like 30.
@@KenWang2 Why are none of his students who follow his exact diet dead then? Clown.
@@KenWang2 That is a pure speculation, an opinion, and not a science that Charles had stood by all of his life.
“You can train your arms as much as you want, after awhile if you don’t squat they won’t grow”. That’s next level game right there!
I used to go to school with Charles here in Ottawa Canada. As a young teen he was painfully slight in build..... he most definitely has been doing a lot of things right to become as thick as he is now. Amazing... way to go Charles! My son is at Ottawa U in Kinesiology and so I've introduced him to Charle' videos... he loves them!
RIP Charles R. Poliquin. What an unexpected loss for him to suddenly passaway. Still waiting for the medical determination. Good that you Mike that you were able to interview this legend before he passed much too soon.
Heart attack from excess saturated fat
@@KenWang2 I see u everywhere lol
yeah indeed "unexpected"
with all the shit he ate and the magical juices he used
from his diet alone he has 3 times more chance of dying from a CVD event 🚶♂️
He truly was a legend ahead of his time. He was so nice too. 😊
Have had the pleasure of attending a Charles Poliquin seminar / workshop and he is by far the best in the business.
Thank you for this great interview!
Coach Poliquin, is so awesome. Love his humor and honesty. No BS here!
Amazing interview! Charles is just flat out incredible, Mike knows exactly how much to say and not say when interviewing a very smart guest, and despite my years of study, I just learned things that will seriously change my life.
Wow, Beedee!
I'm honored to hear that feedback--it means a lot.
Charles is a wealth of knowledge indeed.
Thanks for tuning in,
MIke
Totally agree. Some interviewer talk too much. Mike say enough when talk to smart guy
Mike this is one of the best interviews!! I'm so glad I have found your podcast!! I look forward your shows on a daily basis!! God bless you man!!
Thanks so much for that, Jason.
I'm honored to hear that you enjoyed the show,
Mike
Sir this one is the best interview with Charles that you can find online,no ego, just two mens straight talking.
Mike! your videos are beyond any value. I want to thank you for sharing your expertise and the expertise of your guests. I'm all the way in South Africa. Experts like you and your guest are hard to come by.
Thank you! Keeping these coming.
Hi there Muneer!
I'm grateful for that feedback, thank you so much.
If I'm every in SA, will reach out for sure!
Mike
"You have to deserve your carbs', I will remember this sentence!
It's a good one to have on the tip of your tongue, Andrea!
Mike
"Ten licks of a dried prune every six months."
That was a classic one, heraldofthegospel!
Nice catch,
Mike
High Intensity Health this guy is just a fear mongerer. I really wonder how many eating disorders he has promoted with his fear tactics. I spent years listening to him because he is so confident, and arrogant. Eventually I realized he just says stuff. I realizies carbs aren't the enemy and I could eat all sorts of sorts of starch and lose weight. His diet caused me more health issues then helped me...
About time
You don't need to bloody "deserve carbs"
That kind of thinking sets up unhealthy relationships with food
Carbs are a food, you dont need to fucking deserve to eat a potato
This guy is a wanker, i can't believe people regard him so highly
Thanks for another amazing interview. My takes from this: 1) be mindful. 2) do what works for you. 3) good quality work out. Thanks!!!
Excellent takeaways!
Cheers,
Mike
This guy is a walking Encyclopedia. So much respect for all his knowledge, I really wanna become this knowledgable one day. Thank you so much.
T Z What’s your point?
Mike I've just subscribed mate. After your interview with Jason Fung (who helped me reverse type 2 diabetes, when i first saw him online) I can't help but be grateful for some of the amazing people you've interviewed and brought to my attention, Charles is a legend I never knew of, and I'm so excited about exploring both your work and his to a much greater degree.
Thank you so much for your great work guys.
Wow - legendary persona in the body building community - Charles Poliquin. Master Trainer. GREAT interview. Thanks.
Awesome episode, Mike. A lot of great clinical pearls. My favorite quote (paraphrasing) is, "Clinicians are 30-40 years ahead of the science. The researchers confirm what we've known for decades." This isn't always true, but it shows that we can't always wait for the research when our empirical, clinical experience is handing us the answers.
Thanks, Aaron!
Appreciate the feedback and perspective,
Mike
If Charles was so ahead of doctors and so healthy why did he die prematurely?
THE BEST INTERVIEW EVER. A MUST WATCH VIDEO FOR ALL THOSE WHO LIFTS WEIGHT!
Agreed, thanks!
RIP Charles, thank you for changing so many lives for the better
I like the philosophy : the growth mindset is very important. The mindset of moving forward and making progress.
R.I.P. strength sensei:(
All of this knowledge & to die off a heart attack is insane #irony
Charles is the man! Nicely done, I think I've watched this 4 times now - Great work High Intensity Health
Really valued this interview Mike! Charles with his many years of experience training clients was great to hear him talk about the trends he has observed.
Thanks, Nicholas!
I too have learned so much from him over the years, hopefully we summarized some key insights here.
Cheers,
Mike
Knowledgeable dude. Something going on with those arms. Don't want to speculate.
Great work Mike. Love how raw and to the point Charles is
Me too, thanks for that.
Appreciate you tuning in,
Mike
I am glad you mentioned INDIVIDUAL hormone issues. I wish you would also mention the difference between women and men body difference.
I do not know how you can gain weight in college. I went back to school in my 40th. I lost 15 lb just from walking from class to class. Another thing about school. It’s not students it’s school that makes you to use more gadgets. I do prefer writing , but the programs are so intense you have no time to write, typing is much quicker if you really want to take notes. And you do not get books: most of materials are on line. I prefer to read books and write my notes, but today’s school does not give you much choice.
Such a fantastic interview and discussion, and his anecdotes are super insightful and I love that it’s not all blank statements, but very nuanced. I was chuckling when he mentioned the uk and food quality - I’m British and couldn’t agree more for the general offering (but “to be fair,” if you know where to go, there are amazing grass fed sources!). Thank you!!!
Thanks, AJ!
Thanks for posting this. Ive watched tbis multiple times throughout rhe years. I never met him and i still miss him
“A program is only as good as the time it takes you to adapt to it.” + “Resistance training is like learning a foreign language.” - absolutely keys to live by. If I could contribute something else from a different perspective: Read your body as if it were its own book. Start by recalling all the different activities you have ever done and write down the ones you still wish to do. Execute. Face the fears, explore the unknown and live in that level of infinity.
This is awesome. I love Charles Poliquin; first discovered him on the Tim Ferris show. Great way to keep the interview interesting and grounded.
I loved this Mike! I find strength training the key for increasing DHEA in my patients - especially women!
Thanks, Sara!
Cool to know about DHEA for women--any specifics on dosing that helps majority--or a good starting place? (e.g. 2.5 mg BID etc...?)
Mike
Great info! You def have to see what works best for you through trial & error! Thanks for sharing this. It makes a lot of sense.
Thanks so much!
Glad you're on the same page,
Mike
I love IF but I will say that this man speaks the truth when he says it all depends on genetic variations. What works for one person will not necessarily work for another. He is a man who you know does not have any agenda. Simply genius.
Just watching this after I learned that amazing Charles has passed. Hear a year before his death one can see/ hear, that he struggles with getting enough oxygen. RIP
Just found out about Charles through KneesOverToesGuy's appearance on JRE. Appreciate having this thorough interview to dive into his knowledge.
Thank you both for the interview!!!! Great information as always. Charles is a highly intelligent guy with a lot of sophisticated and empirical knowledge...../ it seems that insulin is the key when it comes to weight loss! I think I remember Jason Fung that you interviewed saying that bulletproof coffee and fat can be used in intermitted fasting because fat does not raise insulin... On a completely different note, what about an interview about the ketogenic diet during pregnancy? and also for children? are there any side effects. I would hypothesise that it would have tremendous benefits for the nervous system of the fetus and child.. Thank you Mike for your great work!
Hi Danae!
Great feedback. I would check out the interview with Jong Rho, MD re: KD and pregnancy. He shares some interesting science about ketones and brain development: czcams.com/video/2EZ6pYOdqvg/video.html
Let me know what you think!
Mike
Great interview Mike...Carles is a Legend and a Visionary! I so enjoyed this interview! As a 55 year old still playing rec hockey I need him to keep me in the game..lol!!!
What an amazing person. I found his view on strength training was a great view and approach to life in general. Thank you for sharing your experiences. 🙏
Thnaks for such a cool guest and an awesome video.
Thank YOU for tuning in,
Mike
Another interesting video. Thanks Mike.
Appreciate that, Wes!
Mike
He was eating at the wrong places in England. Plenty of very high quality grass fed, no hormone, meat grown around here straight from the farmer😉 There's cheap stuff (and good stuff) in the supermarkets but you don't have to buy it! Restaurants will usually try to sell you the cheapest they can get away with.
Worthwhile information, Mike. Thank you for making it available.
My pleasure, thanks so much,
Mike
Good vid, I used to enjoy reading his stuff years ago but hadn't checked much and just looked him up, can't believe he passed. RIP
As much as i loved Charles.. I suspect his biceps had a synthol look.. did u observe the same in person Mike?
Excellent interview. So much information I'm going to have to listen to it again, and again. Thanks for great content.
My pleasure, Lynne!
Mike
Muscle mass and strength = the two most significant longevity markers? I wonder if the 350 pound enormously massive looking bodybuilders find this to be the case.
This is one of the best interviews that I've seen with Charles but for some reason, even though he's clearly a legend, I find very little of his standard content to be useful even though I lift regularly. At least you managed to do what most others haven't been able to -- you made the content semi-useful. I particularly liked his approach on writing down what he has learned from each book he has read -- great idea!
I have to say that I check the High Intensity Health site more than any other site other than perhaps the one run by Dr. Rhonda Patrick. I agree with pretty much everything you publish on diet and health and your interviews are awesome (other than perhaps this one but that was nothing to do with you).
Todd S high intensity health and Ronda Patrick are two of my favorites as well. whativelearned and smart drug smarts is great as well
Thanks, Todd. I appreciate your candid feedback. I think strength is a U-shaped curve, like many other correlates of health.
Bench pressing 500 lbs is perhaps on the north end of the U, while being able to press or squat your bodyweight is midline of the U; if that makes sense.
Charles has a lot of wisdom and is able to cut through the myths and 'bro science' in a credible way that others can't.
Appreciate your feedback,
Mike
When people die of cancer, they don't have much muscle. But it's not the lack of muscle that kills them and it's not a lack of muscle that gave them cancer.
Super.
the very old people that makes the news are not full of muscles, the contrary
Great interview! I would have loved to have asked him his opinion on Polynesian bodies. RIP Charles....I wish I had discovered you years ago! I loved the comment about Ancel Keys and the comparison to Stahlin!
Interesting perspective from Charles. The key point here is that exercise and nutrition is heavy based on your own neurotransmitters, and not on who you follow or what you see others do. This is real customization. Charles briefly mentioned this. I have come over the same conclusions after 15 years in the fitness industry.
This guy looks young & fit however he looks slightly breathless at rest, always a sign of heart failure. People with heart failure usually feel far worse when lying down & Doctor always ask how many pillows(more pillows means heart failure).
Maybe, or could just be anxiety. He is being interviewed.
Unfortunately you were right. Looks like he outlived some of his other family members but had a huge predisposition to heart issues.
Thanks to both of you Mike and Charles. Great video. I really appreciate the education.
@high intensity health OMG this was my first video I saw of you! I was looking up Charles Poliquin
So Charles died of a heart attack. In this video, he frankly sounds breathless. While strength training and reasonable muscle mass is terrific, most body builders are in pretty bad shape. Using common sense, all that muscle mass needs to be nourished and oxygenated and what if your heart and lungs aren't up to the task? The body builders I know couldn't even run a mile. Stop using body builders as a paragon of health to be emulated!
Valid point. Functional strength and mobility (stretching!), as well as aerobic fitness are the gold standard for health and longevity.
Will be a legend forever!
Exercising "greater the muscle mass greater the hormonal response"---ding, ding-- when I was a kid I wondered why my arms wouldn't get bigger-- I should have squatted more---Now I have skinny arms and skinny legs! Glad I listened to this video!
"A program is only as good as the time it takes you to adapt to it".
I like this quote from Charles and will try to remember it
Agree with him about university research. Private labs, corporations can seldom repeat their results. University studies always have poor protocol discipline
Ooh. Estonia exists.
Wow! This is a great video. Do another 1 with him in the near future please.
Thanks for posting Mike, I'm a huge fan of Charles Poliquin
Me too, Swedd! He's amazing.
Cheers,
Mike
I think whatever diet you are adapted to is what it respond to best. If you really want to be adapted to a diet, I bet you can go slow and adapt your body to it no problem over a long period of time
Wow I can’t believe I’m just hearing of this guy. Would’ve given anything to be mentored by him. So much knowledge. Very inspiring!
Thank you Mike and Charles for this interview ❤
I learn so much everyday... thanks for this information.
When I grow up I want to have arms like that. Beast!
That he was!
High Intensity Health did you notice his breathlessness at the time of the interview?
All the best to his family...sorry to hear of his passing.
Interesting how white people are the ones who shouldn’t be eating white bread on average...lol
I love his talk on eating local meats...never thought of that in terms of travel....only in terms of local sourcing and sustainability throughout one’s life in their home base.
You can literally hear his heart condition in this video. He gets breathless while talking. That was not a good sign for his health!
But he did what he enjoyed and got the most out of his life. If you live to 90 and couldn't do everything you wanted then it's a waste. People forget that there is a risk/reward ratio no matter what you do in life, his lifestyle isn't any different than any other if it was fulfilling to him. Vegans want to waste their life on social media trying to tell people what to eat, good thing they have all that extra time to do that. When you actually become 70,80,90 you'll regret any time you wasted worrying about others instead of yourself. Speaking in general, not necessarily to you.
He has hereditary heart disease, his father and 2 of his brother died early from heart attacks. Thats why he gets "breathless".
@@otallono yeah and also he had so much knowledge and was able to pass it on to so many people. Most people could study the strength game for twice as long as Poliquin, yet only retain a fraction of the knowledge that he had stored in his brain.
Lol
@@swedd2 Lot of difference between heart attacks & heart failure.
High fat cream w glutamine shots for carbs cravings 🤔 thanks
these guys need to speak more about steroid dangers, synthol injections etc. it's obvious
Fantastic! Thanks for the info. Learned heaps..
R.I.P
Wow, he’s a legend. Thanks for this!
Best fitness knowledge site, im so glad I found this channel. God bless.
Another wonderful podcast. Thank you!!
One of your best sources! Great discussion
Having a really hard time with Charles Death...cant believe he left us
yep first rich piana, now charles
he shows, oversupplementation and roids kill. Are you surprised?
It seams he just passed AWAY. Very sad..!
From a heart attack, this man abused his body.
With all the health advice , heart attack ?!🙄 Was he using any ..?
@@functionalcontractions1469 yeah he was on roids
Genetic heart failure guys 🥺Stop jumping into conclusions 🙄😲😲please not nice 🙏
@@ascendtoaesthetics roids and bad diet is a rough combo for your heart no doubt
Thankyou. I respect Charles approach to life, and usefull tips for focus, relaxation and learning from his vast experience of training and a healthy outlook.
4:15 Research shows that best 2 predictors of how long you will live is muscle mass and maximal strength. Turns out this was not the case. RIP Charles.
Just because he died young doesn't mean it's not true. how do we know he wouldn't have died ten years earlier if he didn't have that much muscle and conditioning. How long you live is largely genetically determined. To lengthen that is difficult, however, to shorten that is pretty easy. Perhaps he lived ten years passed his genetic potential.
He's a single case. He probably damaged his heart from lack of sleep for 20 plus years. He also had heart problems in his family genetically. Obviously he was on steroids as well since a young age which is hard on the heart. However, none of that negates his training advice, and body of wisdom he amassed producing elite athletes.
lol props for the random aussie saying. sorry to hear he passed away. thanks for covering topics like this with people like this!
Serb checking in, feel so lucky :D
Jovan Bogic Yes’💪Especially kito ones! He should of studied me😂🥳😁
D. McG. Why?
He is so right about Carbs. Actually diet and nutritions relate with cultural codes as well. For example at Turkish Cuisine there are no stretotype of foods. Anatolia is mix with different ethnics so their cuisines are mixed. For example keto. Keto can be good for Americans but we can not use same diet to Pakistani or Persian person or Serbian. I realised that combination of nutritions are more effective especially for East Mediterraneans. For example how can we say to any avarage Italian man stop eating pasta! We can’t cos that is his cultural code. But what my brother used to experience when he was living at Milano. People were doing jog or exercise everyday regularly at around his neighbourhood. But they were drinking wine, eating pizza or pasta and especially they were also eating crossaint with fruits at morning as well. Our Turkish cuisine has a lot of antioxidane as a recepie. We use lots of meat combine with bulgur and veggies. We mostly do cook at owen. We dont fry for example. We use lots of olive oil and real butter. Fitness science does relate with medical science directly and it changes all the time. And he is so right.
Thank you so much for this awesome interview, have watched in many times..but finally made notes..cannot wait to put into practice the physical and mental strategies.
and if you want to look as good as charles, don't forget to take steroids and inject synthol into your biceps
Subtitles for deaf people :(
Dam.... I will miss you Mr. Poliquin! What a legend! Completely changed the strength training game!
#RIPMrCharlesPoliquin
Disagree about typing. Learning scientist here. Those who are typing are more likely to be simply copying down the lecture verbatim whereas notetaking on paper often requires paraphrasing because of the limit in speed of writing. The latter requires a higher level of cognition via generation and integration of ideas which improves student learning.
Yeah I don't see them taxing soda when they subsidize sugar and corn, and we all know soda is corn syrup with artificial flavor in it
Not even 5 minutes in and we have a completely unsubstantiated claim @3:43. I Googled his statement that training time in endurance sports was correlated with Alzheimers, and I couldn't find a single source. Almost all the actual research is showing that endurance exercise is great for brain health and might actually help prevent brain disease. And research shows that cardiovascular fitness is just as important (if not more) than strength/size for longevity and disease prevention.
Would encourage people that follow Charles to fact check what he says. He has some good info on strength training but he throws out a lot of statements that are verifiably wrong.
Statements like that that from him that are so patently and demonstrably absurd throw into doubt the credibility of any of his statements. Thanks for pointing that out. I missed that on the first listen because of all of his mumbling.
Totally. If you were to sit down and pick apart every lie that comes out of the guy's mouth in this video it would take a whole day. Yeah when I refer to good info that he has put out I'm basically talking pre-2000s. Somewhere around that time he decided to take on guru status and lose all credibility.
i would assume the only reason would be a higher carb diet and inflammation from the endurance
I have read a study that showed how marathoners AND bodybuilders both have shorter telomeres then people of the same age who train more moderately. Telomere length being an indicator of physiological age. This could be part of the equation as well. Now Poliquin doesn’t really train bodybuilders - and bodybuilders are notorious for overtraining. I know people who have learned under him and the training programs he would do were quick and hard, to optimize strength gains and output, but didn’t BURN the system out. You can get stronger without overtraining and generally long distance runners and B.B. lean more toward overtraining which could potentially shorten life span. So strength and longevity could be correlated - you can’t use bodybuilders as a reference for strength though
Telomeres are irrelevant for human life span. Hardly any if anyone dies because of telomere length. Most people die before it would be a factor.
The reason why strength training work on preventing neuro-degenerative diseases like Alzheimer is because it challenges the CNS heavily. Alzheimer is to a degree just the disease of undertraining your brain.
Overtraining in strength sports is not really a thing. Anyone who has ever gotten near would know why. Unlike in endurace sports you are simply not able to train when you get close to a overtrained state.
Great video. This guy bring a lot of wisdom to the table.
Goes to show we are all unique individuals with different dietary needs and protocols. Best to experiment and see what works best for your body.
Rip Charles. Changed my life and got me more pu$$y ... seriously 😅😅😅
started paleo a few months ago after watching one of his videos, dropped 5% body fat in 2 weeks and got a Sixpack
Love the video and RIP Strength Sensei.
Anyone watching this in bed late at night? Haha
Died at the ripe old age of 57. I think I'll take his advice with a gram of salt.
Idiot
This is one of the brightest minds , if not the brightest mind in all of bodybuilding/ strength training.
His record speaks for itself over 800 Olympic/pro athlete's all over the world.
First to introduce fish oil to athlete's,
Bcaas,
And invented German Volume Training ,
Every pro in the industry knows this
But lived one hundred plus years just on experience and helping others on this time frame
josh lienhardt true, he just needed to work on his diet.
@@JayK-vc3np Just like Steve Jobs needed to work on his.
I love your channel so much. So many helpful information. Thank you for doing your job!
Good interview.
Thanks!
Great interview! Very interesting about intermittent fasting and not necessarily eating less meals a day. I thought this was healthier for building mitochondria and creates atothogy( sp?)
Krista Zurawski unless you have as much muscle mass as Charles or are an competitive athlete you don’t need to eat as often as Charles does.