World’s Strongest Man Martins Licis Explains His Workout | Train Like a Celebrity | Men’s Health
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- Reigning 'World's Strongest Man' Martins Licis takes us through his strength-building pull and leg workout as he preps for the Arnold Classic in Santa Monica.
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Not sure if that's Martins, I saw no rotator cuff exercises
Yeah im not sure i trust this guy. something's fishy.. no jokes, no wanting to go home, no wanting to sleep, no oranges, no rotators.. i think its a fake Martins 😡
Thought the same exact thing as soon as it started
That's Martin
k0bra 3eak
Just came here to say that too!!
maybe EVIL MARTINS
The first professional on men's health workout is actually the strongest guy in the world? That's an ambitious step up from random actors.
I hope they're realizing no one gives a fuck what actors do.
@@slippery3799 except their dumbass political views for some reason.
It's weird seeing him so proper and contained
and no rotators for starters...
Martins is a humble beast. Don't get fooled by his goofiness. He got an animal inside that shows up when he competes.
A Dragon
@@caprimbranco THE DRAGON.
Geeze, I was going to say dragon, and did anyway. 👍💪MARTINS!!💪👍
I love how much attention Strongmen are getting these days. It’s a hell of a sport and these guys have always deserved more attention than they previously had (at least in the US.)
They FINALLY got a (little bit) of a show on History Channel a while back. Nice to see a change in the format for once. Must’ve been a slow couple weeks in the painstaking SCOURGE for more Nazi Germany stuff...🙄.
Their CZcams channels really helped the sport. Something about lifting heavy weight and eating a ton of food is endearing to the internet
We are going to be entering the golden age of strongman
@@TheDonkeyFLOPPER I think this has been a surprisingly large factor. These guys make themselves very open and watchable, and people get attached to them. So it makes the sport as a whole more popular. A bunch of them are kinda geeky themselves, in an endearing way, especially Martins.
Lots of collaboration, and the novelty of seeing these crazy looking dudes pick up unusual things means you have very engaging content compared to, say, powerlifting or Olympic weightlifting training. I know guys like Clarence Kennedy are popular, but he also collaborates with lots of people.
I unironically also think Juji and Tom are big influences here despite not being strongmen. They've played a part in bringing these guys to the youtube level they're at now. Brian Shaw has said Tom helped him massively with his channel.
Functional strength, unyielding spirit, the will to surpass human limit, their rigorous training, watch 1 time and I'm addicted. Strongmen like Eddie Hall also gets a lot of publictity. They start making contents. Probably contributing to the current rise in attention.
Lots of dumb comments in here already: "he shouldn't train like that if he's In pain!" "He's not really the world's strongest man compared to power lifters!" "You shouldn't train like that, you'll hurt yourself!" Bunch of amateurs that don't even watch strongman lol
Fucking internet armchair experts...
The same guys that say Thor is weak
@@patwhoknows9584 nobody says that
strongmen are stronger than powerlifters usually anyway, Thor almost broke the world record total in his first meet.
Erik Van der Zee yeah and he doesn’t even do bench
Almost every shot is slightly off-center. Romark wouldn't have done that.
Carcaine this what mulitverse feels like
Oh god why did I have to read this comment before the vid actually started? Now I have to see this crooked shit the whole time
It's for the commentary on the side
Jason g what is faggish?
And?
Finally! Men’s health uses a legitimately strong man, wearing clothes, with a vocabulary beyond “lift to pump”. Don’t c#ck it up MH
I love Martins, but I wish this was about Mateusz, he's my favorite strongman.
Price Rowland you must be Romark in disguise.
As much as i like the polish beast he has the personality of a cardboard cutout
@@Nick_las_seafarer that's why I love him 😅
nicely done
Nic have you seen any of his interviews in Polish?
"please buy my art", lmao.
Odd Haugen cameo at 1:31
*What I like about Martins is that compared to most strongmen in size he's not really the biggest guy out there but still is st the top in strength*
340 isnt something to scoff at lol yes yes ik brian and thor are 400 plus
@@jakehanson216 Literally why I said compared to most strongmen and still even at 340 his frame is a lot slimmer than most
@@c0wboys4life It looks as if he has filled out a ton since WSM though. Be interesting to see how that affects him at Arnold's Santa Monica.
Martins is probably the only person that actually trains hard out of this video series.
Calm down, he has won WSM once. Plenty of the other competitors train just as hard.
Michael D'Ambrosio he’s talking about the other celebrities not strongmen.....
They had lebron on here one time. Him and Martins are the only two I can recall that weren’t actors and legitimately rely on their training to succeed
@@DanteVixage oh oops I thought in regards of strongmen sorry
I think more people than ever are starting to realize how cool strong man is.
I ruptured a disc watching from my couch. And my form was perfect too! Likable guy!
I think it's amazing that he can lift that much weight and not lose form
All of his stabilizing muscles are out of this world.
The man with arguably the best grip strength in the world even at age 70 is his coach as well. Martin's grip strength is also an anomaly
Is that odd haugen in the background? Haha just a legend casually videobomb martins workout !
You know your strong when you can sit on the weights on your barbell
My favorite strongman. He's such an inspiration. & lol @ his art.
El Rey Del Mundo Close third for me right after Eddie and Brian
You forgot "second" right before "favorite"
@@baconfromhell666 no I didnt. Who would you put before him?
@@elreydelmundo1343 Mateusz obviously. Even Martins' friends knows he's better.
Wow I actually learned about the importance of mobility, stretching and listening to your body.
Is this guy the voice from wreck it Ralph? If not he needs to be cause he sounds like him without trying
Looks like him too
Strong enough, too.
“Just BECAUSE you are bad guy, does not MEAANNN you are bad guy?...”
It's John C. Reily.
Martins great representative of power as WSM 2019. Can’t wait for Arnold Strongman in Santa Monica
Yea it’s gonna be insane. Think him and Brian Shaw need to get 1st to qualify for the Arnold Classic in Columbus
Odd sneaking in😂😂😂
MARTIIIINS!!!!
MARTINS!!
Quite impressed! obviously Martins is a incredibly strong bloke, but his mobility and flexibility is impressive for his size for sure. I also do the single arm holds, hanging leg raises, i got into that habbit from my days rock climbing(bouldering)
MARTIIINS !!!
Martins!!
Strong Seth Rogan
Energy provided by Macaroni Grill.
EXCELENTE, SALUDOS DESDE COLOMBIA
Warming up with my max that took me Years too get too😂😂
Yeah.
that was his max at one point too. we all start somewhere. the only difference is where you stop, so never give up =)
@@jays2551 well said sir!
Martins!
Beast 🍊 Good luck in santa monica 🍊🍊🍊
I'M GONNA WRECK IT
Good luck nice big guy!!
9:48 I'll buy your art, seems like a pretty good price to me
Phenomenal athlete, makes you wonder how far he could go in other strength based sports which brings me to the question, what is considered more prestigious olympic gold or Worlds strongest man?
Steve Jenkins thousands of people have won Olympic gold medals. There have been less men crowned WSM than men walked on the surface of the moon.
@@holland_strongman not true. 12 have been on the moon and 20+ people have won WSM.
venktesh rao Right well... thanks for checking Google still works...There’s always one.
Let me rephrase;
Olympics = for the many. WSM = for the few.
There's no weight category for WSM but modern WSM need to be born at least 6.1 feet and weigh at least 360. Martins is one of the smallest modern strongmen and that's due to him having no weaknesses compared to his competitors (Thor is slow on moving events, Kielszkowski is very bad at static lifts). Older strongman events were not as static strength based so lighter guys could win.
As for the comparison I would say WSM is harder to get cause it could simply be impossible if you're short but the olympics are more well known and more prestigious.
He could probably be a good calisthenics athlete if he lost the weight (I think he started out that way in his younger days) even at his current weight, his explosive pulling power on the bar is crazy. He could probably still muscle up if he wasn't carrying the strongman belly.
Martin: I don't lose deadlift
Also Martin: Pulls only 906
He is injured
This guy eats between his workouts, I would honestly just throw up that food afterwards
Tell me about it. My pms makes me so nauseous I can't even drink until after my workout. Eating would do me in lol
AlcideIzMine how can you not drink whilst training? I’m crazy with drinking water whilst lifting
@@mpownage4806 I'm insanely thirsty during my routine, but I just tough it out until afterwards.
AlcideIzMine damn 😅
If you eat right you won’t puke
beast
How those red wires held that hunk of a man is beyond me
He’s the live action version of Reck it Ralph
MARTIIIIIIINS!
Macaroni Grill!!!
It's still so crazy that's he's only 340 lbs. He's very small for a strongman
seth rogan makin gains yo
Where is this gym? Kyrgyzstan flag is on the wall) i am reallly proud of it)
California
@@raivis9164 thanks
Azim Ib if you’re interested he has a CZcams that he posts on super frequently.
@@Mr-Sunday ok. Thank you
hes american but latvian ethnicity
I hope Martins wins Santa Monica.
Perhaps his biggest rival will be Shaw. I looked up the events and it looks like Martins has an advantage.
The log for reps is in Shaw's favor. If he doesn't take too long in between reps, he can crush the competition in this event for sure. Same with the bag over bar. However, I think Martins has an edge with the farmer's walk, the carry medley, and the deadlift. What's more, if Shaw is slow on the medley and farmer's, there might be other competitors edging in between him and Martins, giving Martins more of an edge. The deadlift is a big question for me when it comes to Shaw. I don't see his CZcams channel devote time to it, but Martins has given some insight to his deadlift and it's looking pretty good. As there will be other big pullers, Martins can once again extend a possible lead in this event, if Shaw doesn't do well in this event. I don't think Martins is weak in any of the events and he'll be consistently scoring big points, whereas Shaw might be off on the deadlift. Still, the events are heavy and that favors Shaw. If the deadlift for reps doesn't bother his hamstrings, it's going to be close. In any case a very interesting competition, with much at stake, and lots of top competitors -- and people being stoked to doing well and get to the Arnold.
I agree with you on everything except the log part. Shaw barely did three (actually two) reps with 180 kg at WUS. Martins will be good for at least 5-6 reps with 170 kg. Not so sure about Brian. Not to mention, Martins sets up way quicker in between reps compared to Brian.
But yeah, that aside your analysis is spot on.
Shaw won't even be in the picture imo. He isn't as strong as he used to be. This is probably going to be thor vs Martins, although I would've said it's mateusz's contest if he wasn't injured
@@adrianpap1374 Martins has been having shoulder problems though, so it's a bit of a wild card. Personally I think it's thors event, and the other two will place slightly lower down
Thor will win
@@habbo159 Thor isn't in Arnold Santa Monica
MARTIIIIIIIIIINS
Damn Martins on first clip looked more red than youtube's logo
Martins licis is the mf man!
HE IS A DRAGON !
Articulate and informative teaching
He reminds me of Dr. Steve Brule
The ongoing joke is that he's Wreck it Ralph.
No fucking belt on the snatch grip deadlift 😳 that's quite a strength feat. He could do 800+ with one I'd say
09:50 is that beyonce holding the camera?
he sounds and kind of looks like john c reilly
Odd in the back being gangster as fuck and showing these kids how to train.
This guy sounds identical to John C. Reily.
Tfw his warmup is your max lift
Wreck it Ralph!!
I love Martins but I just don’t see how Brian does not win in Santa Monica. So it just sucks that both of them can’t go to Ohio because whoever wins will be the only one going
If Brian is going into it completely injury free, he could definitely take it. Last year was bad for him because he got injuries quite badly early on, and that definitely held him back the rest of the year. But I would never count Martins out so quickly.
seth rogen suddenly got swole as FUCK
Martins! You are one of the only current strongmen whom I think is not sports doping, or even if you are, you would still be one of the strongest natural people in the world! I aspire to be World Strongest Man too one day, and I look up to people like Brian Shaw, Magnus Samuelson, Jouko Ahola, Sven Karlson, Raymonds Bergmanus and obviosly yourself too!!!
Keep up the good work man! 💪
Also no offense to Eddie Hall, etc. but I believe that without the extreme unfair advantage of sports doping, he would never come close to e.g Martins or Brian Shaw naturally, even if Brian is sports doping, however I believe he is not, he is way stronger than Eddie and others without sports drugs. It is sad to see how Strongman is no longer a drug free sport. Mariusz Pudzianowski most probably was on sports drugs, but he would still have been naturally a very strong human being without them! He was a legend however, so I am not too effected by that one. Geoff Capes is also a man that I aspire to be like, as he was just an immensely strong and huge man, who was also very quick, and was a great sportsman, e.g Shot put.
He is definitely on stuff but that's okay. There is no testing in the sport, so everybody is. It's more honest than mainstream sports, at least.
@@ogfromtheisland2683 every pro strongman/powerlifter is roided to the gills. No exceptions, still fucking impressive what they can do though.
@@ogfromtheisland2683 its impressive that you think that any of the wsm are roid free. It doesn´t change anything. You can juice up 99% of the world, and they couldn´t do what they did.
You are a cringy fuck
Strongman doing... CALISTHENICS?!?!?!! AAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
But in all seriousness I think his very strategic use of his body weight is fucking dope and I wish more people would realize how useful body weight exercises can be.
Who is this guy!? I mean.... I know who MARTINS! is. But who is this non child-like version???
you dont take 2-3 minutes rest between sets as a strongman, its more like 2-15
its about 2-3 minutes. 2-3 minutes is for strength and its around 20-30 seconds for endurance.
ojcookiez_ it’s however long you need to be fully recovered to hit what you’re prescribed
@@Jmack7861 uh, no. theres different times before sets based on what goal you have.
@@whosjoe244 I'm a powerlifter get out of here
ojcookiez_ yeah um no, maybe in a textbook from the 70s, but recent meta analysis from the likes of brad Schoenfield and Eric helms etc show that the best test period is the one that’s long enough to fully recover for strength. How would getting less volume or missing a lift because you aren’t recovered be better for strength? Trust me, I’m a competitive powerlifter, for strength you want as long as you need, usually ends up being 5-10 min
He could use me as a dumbbell
For fun
That doesn’t sound perverted at all.
I'm a year older than this guy and yet I feel like I'm younger. Even with my gray hair starting to show up now
Check out Larry wheels and his age
@@DreamsOfMorpheus His roids have done a number on him
Focus on form not weight
Lifting 1 ton
His Mum looks about 25
Santa Monica means CA yachts and party boats right people?? WSM Bradenton failed
weird, same intro song as #NDA
only martins could make 340 lbs of muscle look human
The contest wasn't light at all.
Martins' RPG
Species: Dragon
+2 Charisma
+7 Strenght
Mens's helth should add a disclaimer "do not dare to train this heavy, unless you are insanely fucking strong"
Crazy strong but not that big for world strongest man. Eddie, brian and Thor was just unreal. Amazing form tho. Crazy
Mats Thømt he’s not as strong but he’s lighter and more flexible
Grizly Rants true
Yes but he won the WSM last year, even if there were some injuries with the other guys, so rn hes the worlds strongest man, wonder how itll go next year if Thor is fully fit
I just started my CZcams channel and I'm thinking about posting random gym stuff. I would like if people check it out and give me feedback or anything I can improve.
I'm the same age as this guy, but i've achieved nothing in life worth noting lol!
armwrestling?
new career
It's funny he took the piss out of the banana and duct tape that was sold for like 250k
I wanna see how he's gonna do against Brian Shaw .
Well he placed better than Shaw in pretty much All comps in 2019
@@rasmusthorsejensen766 , that's only because of injuries. If they didn't injure themselves, we know the outcome would have been different.
@@christinah.8504 Yeah but as Long as Shaw keeps injuring himself, Martins Will beat him
@@rasmusthorsejensen766 , I would hate to know that injuries would be the singular reason to be given that title. Clearly , you have some deep man love for this particular weight lifter. At the end of the day, let the strongest man prevail.
@@christinah.8504 i might have some love for Martins. But so do you for Shaw since you went to a Martins video to talk about Shaw 😊
did he ever won the world strongest man? i thouth he got second
Nico P He won last year.
Nico P won 2019
If David harbour and Seth rogan had a baby... just saying
Showing how human you guys are take away the fact that you are the strongest men who ever live. Think about that?
0:52 I mean sure, unless Bjornsson, Shaw, Pritchett, Caron and Heinla are also competing. Martins has a huge deadlift, but he is not even in the world's top 5 pullers.
2-3 minutes is short rest lol
When you're training for strength it is.
How much is normal and how much is long rest? 4-6min?
@@danielle9433 before a max weight attempt, 10-15 minutes are nothing unusual
He usually rests between five and seven minutes
@@fabiank485 What about sets, is it about 3-4? Is it until almost failure or failure? I have it is not good to do until failure since it will take longer time for recovery.
Just a casual 300lbs for a warm up. Wtf
250 kg warmup lol
"I'm gonna be doing high repetitions"
Does 8 reps
pretty high tbh
Imagine him shredding to 10% body fat
He doesn't need to
zenith angel that’s why I said imagine
To get at his level, you have to do insanely! unhealthy things- kind of funny considering the name of the uploader. Love MARTINS tho. Impressive to see him outlift bigger and much heavier guys.
Martins seems like he's in much better general health than most of the other top strongmen, though. I predict a lot of them will have long term issues, but I think he'll be fine.
@@JackgarPrime you are not wrong. But I can tell you with some certainty that hes using at least 3-5 grams testosterone per week and ca 1gram some trenbolone for strength on season. Halotestin oral precontest is highly likely. Massive amounts of hgh year around to protect the joints. Theres a reason why todays AMATEUR strongmen make the pros from 20 years ago look like kiddos playing with legos. All these guys have massive left ventricular hypertrophy and they know it. So for a magazine called mens health to be promoting this is quite hypocritical imho
@@gummixx6885 Oh yeah, in terms of drugs, everybody does it. Sadly, that's the truth of a lot of top athletes, regardless of sport. Most of then are just able to hide it.
And I mean this magazine has guys like The rock on their covers, and he's probably blasting more than even WSM guys are.
@@JackgarPrime nah, i think the rock has used at most 1gr test which is quite reasonable compared to elite ifbbs and strongmen. Now when Dwayne only needs to maintain hes on 300mg max,. Channel moreplatesmoredates just did a guestimation on his levels. Thors dealer is a buddy of mine and hes using up to 10grams test per week. Jabbing that much gets tired real quick
@@JackgarPrime Drugs aside, being this heavy is unhealthy no matter what.
Thor😁
why hurt yourself like that? if you are in pain you shouldnt cause more pain lifting
Edit: WOW! GLAD TO SEE THE 1 arm hanging l sit at the end! did not expect that big guy to do that
he has insane grip strength
if your an elite level athlete you just have to train thru or around pains and injuries if not your gonna fall behind
Hurt my leg, saw a sports injury doctor the other day, said I have to train through it to rehab it.
At some point, a certain amount of pain becomes part of your daily life. Some injuries you can't just wait for to heal on their own. In fact, some just don't. You actively rehab them step by step and of course, you have to be smart about it.
Some things are more important than not hurting.
What the hell is this 🤣🤣🤣
hoe does a man from latvia has such a Dutch accent while speaking english aha
What Dutch accent? You need your ears seeing to. He's an American. Born in Latvia, moved to the US when he was four. His accent is 100% American.
I'm Dutch and I will say Martins has no Dutch accent whatsoever, IMO.
@@DieFlabbergast I spend about 2 years in holland, i just find that he sounds a lot like the dutch.
@@WMdutch What dutch people have you heard there's basically no dutch accent on him at all.
@@WMdutch I live in Belgium. Same language, different accent. He definitely doesn't have a Dutch accent.
the strongest man of nothing, just lucky the contest was so light 2019 and thor got injured
Except he is not the strongest man...
Except he is
stronger than you i m guessing... and he did win wsm 2019, surely you have a favorite strong man athlete but you can't deny that!
It's his title. We can argue all day about the true strongest man based on definitions but the title is his
@Gore4ever FulciLives Mateusz is going to be extremely dangerous in the coming months. I think this is his year.
hes not the worlds strongest man. Hes the worlds fastest man lol the only reason he won is becasue the entire sport of strongman has been ruined by using much lighter weights and essentially turning it into a speed contest rather than a strength contest
Yeah because winning events like the squat lift in the WSM doesn't show strength at all , or placing 2nd in deadlifts in 2019 in the WSM doesn't show strength.
Are you special ?
Wsm always had some speed events. Martins has a great balance between strength and speed. He doesn't really have a weakness.