I talk to training clients all the time about how muscle mass gives the potential for strength, but the strength itself is because of the nervous system. Thanks for helping me understand this concept a bit better than I did!
Hard physical labor with sufficient rest makes you strong. Construction workers, package handlers, and farmers may not look jacked. But they're some of the physically toughest people alive
wym may not look jacked? Have you seen forearms and rhomboids of a blue collar worker? Also, calves! It's just bodybuilders primarily target muscles that specifically make you visually bigger like lats and quads (ok, I kinda answered myself: they all _are_ jacked, but workers not appear so without paying closer attention)
@@eamparbeng no, "may not" may not: I forbid it😁 Any form of hypertrophy _should_ be visible, making it a problem of perception if we notice said appearance while appearance stays objectively true disregards perception.
“Because the more time these two spend together, connecting and pulling on each other, the stronger their bond gets, and they cuddle and ratchet even harder” You just made a highly educational video on TH-cam that does not violate any of their rules, yet made it sound so dirty with that segment. That's some skill in teaching with style.
I'm just a 5 foot 6 135 pound guy. In my early 20s, There was a guy around the same age as me preparing to join military and he was buff hitting the gym everyday. He challenged me to an arm wrestle thinking he could beat me and impress girls, and I just accepted cuz I figured it wouldn't be that much of an embarrassment even if I lose because he's buff as hell. I just destroyed him in few seconds even to my own surprise. Turns out he only had been doing a lot of reps but they all had been short reps. And it had only been around 3 months since he started hitting the gym. On the contrast, at that time, I had never done a single weight lifting purely for muscle but I had been doing all kinds of martial arts such as TKD, kick boxing, and more, over the course of almost 2 decades and I had that much experience in using my muscles for explosive strength. My masters have always told me muscle size alone does not indicate anything, and that's when I understood it.
Armwrestling isn't showing pure strength. Lot of factors, levers, pronation force, technique etc. He could be stronger in all areas and still lose to you if he's bad at armwrestling
@@ThcBanaman That's true but turns out I could lift heavier stuff than him, and I also have a friend who is also small like myself, smaller than me rather that can lift heavy stuff that buffer people strugle. Same for me. That guy also had been training in MMA and Jujitsu for about 6 years with 0 weight training purely for muscle size alone. And he's actually stronger than me having done Jujitsu, though with 0 lifting. Of course, if you can combine weight training with prolonged martial art and strength training, that will be best but it still is true that just lifting weights alone does not really give you much strength.
You need to watch Anatoly's youtube videos I believe. He is a 170 lb man, holds close to world records for his weight. He does a 290 kilo dead lift, around 680 pounds. He's hugely funny as he goes into Gold's Gym with these huge bodybuilders there, and disguised as the janitor. He asks these hulks if he can do lifts with them, and they laugh, telling him he's far too skinny, and "no muscle mass" to do these lifts, and he'll hurt himself. Being persistent, they agree and are laughing, soon to be astonished he can outlift them. The expressions on their faces is hilarious. He has a Polish accent,which makes it funnier. He's living proof of the truth in this video, that you don't need huge muscle mass to be immensely strong. His real name is Vladimir Schmedlenko, or something like that.
@@grantp4022- your mate Anatoly has been caught using fake weights a number of times and those scenarios are completely fake with actors . The guy pretends to mop a gym floor do you seriously believe that nonsense?
I know another important factor: mobility. If you are stiff you have all your muscles working against each other, what I like to call internal resistance. If muscle A is tight and tense, it's antagonist B will have a harder time contracting wasting a good deal of it's power in pulling againts A. B is probably tight too and that joint becomes very limited. If your muscles are long, flexible and coordinated your movements become very smooth and strong
My overhead press went up significantly by incorporating a few shoulder mobilizing yoga poses into my warmup/cool down. Definitely improved my squat as well the same way. Once you start practicing your mobility you quickly notice exactly what you're referring to particularly at end ranges of movements. My right scapula for instance did not have the freedom to move up as freely as my left scapula could due to several tight back muscles.
This is where it expands beyond just muscle. The ability for muscles to experience tension at their and ranges helps with fascia movement, joint mobility, neural tension, lymph drainage, and a whole host of other benefits.
Spoilers: your "education" has nothing to do with learning. It's mind control, nothing more. In my 30s I vetted everything I learned starting in Stuyvesant HS. (It was top 10 in the nation at the time.) Nothing I was taught above physical measures (no level of abstraction above our senses or what you could read out from a machine about the environment) like the temperature of water boiling at one atmosphere turned out to be true. Becoming a perfectly exploitable "citizen" for our oligarchs that run our gov'ts takes a lot of researched propaganda*, look up a ytube video entitled, "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America," by Charlotte Iserbyt Learn Logical Fallacies and Rhetoric weapons, that's all our politicos say. Learn about the design of experiment and statistical analysis. Our education system is bifurcated into Arts (the latin trivium: logic, rhetoric and grammar), and Sciences (STEM). By doing so, our gov't handlers can usually fool the public all the time because ppl are not complete, they can be fooled by fallacies or fake gov't studies. I have an adv degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics and an undergrad degree in Engrish (sic) Writing (among other degrees, licenses and certs). I see it all almost all the time. (I'm human after all.) _________________________________ * _Propaganda,_ by Edward Bernays. Should be free online. He showed the power of his technique including coining the term propaganda (now renamed to "marketing," but the same thing with a different name only) by getting women to smoke, when at the time it was considered a dirty male habit.
You went to a terrible school or had a very bad teacher. I'm sorry. I had learned most of what's in this video in a day of my human anatomy and physiology class, I think that was freshman year.
If you are disciplined you can use TH-cam as a phenomenal leaning tool. In that context it is one of the best inventions in human history for spreading knowledge. Way higher bandwidth than reading, builds critical thinking skills (as there is so much b.s to weed out) and an endless supply of information. I would always prefer a proper teacher to learn from but as a way of passively learning while I work or during dead time like driving in traffic (just listening not watching lol) it has made my life way more interesting and enlightened.
Just my two cents as a personal trainer: don't increase volume (reps or sets) and intensity (weight) in the same week. If you increase volume one week (maybe by adding 1 extra rep per set or one extra set per bodypart while keeping the number of reps per set the same), keep the intensity (weight lifted) the same for that week. And if you increase the intensity (weight lifted) one week, keep the volume (sets and reps) the same as the previous week. Don't be discouraged if progress is slower than a 2-3% strength increase per week as only beginners will gain strength that fast. Chances are if you've watched a video as detailed as this, you are more of an intermediate level lifter so might see as little as a 1% increase in strength per month (and for those who are more advanced/near their genetic ceiling for their weight the strength gains may be even slower). Only strength train each bodypart a maximum of twice per week (or once a week for deadlifts & other high fatigue movements) and leave any high intensity (zone 3 or 4) cardio workouts to be done on a separate day to a strength workout. Only dynamic stretching should be done before a strength workout, but static stretching may be done after. The above recommendations may help reduce injury risk but still won't be a guarantee you won't get injured. And above all, stay consistent!
It’s nice seeing this because recently thoughts have entered my mind, I’ve been lifting a solid bit and it doesn’t seem like I’ve put on muscle and I’m not gaining/losing weight, but I am lifting heavier
@@Augfordpdoggie out of all things it could be, I can safely say eating enough is not the problem for me 😂 it’s probably more on the protein and recovery end of things need to make sure I’m sleeping enough and eating enough protein
@@derekm1918you probably don't train hard enough for the level you are. I am not very muscular and don't train often, but everytime I do, I instantly see growth the next few days. You have to get sore which is difficult when you are at a higher level and also if you are naturally not gifted in building muscles as you have lower levels of certain hormones etc. Just look at blue collar workers outside who are probably stronger than most gym goers but in an entirely slim frame. They never go full sore but their strength is build by constant but never over the limit stress caused by their daily job
Wow. I came for anatomy and I got into the thick of microbiology. I am referring this to all my friends, trainers and buddies at the gym. This is intellectual gold.
Science is the study of God’s creation- He gave us minds so might appreciate how wondrous this world is. Only fools think there’s a contradiction between science and God
Couple of questions: 1) How do scientists test if what you said is what actually is happening? Given that these fibers are so tiny, I'm curious on how do they even test that? 2) How do hormones plays into muscle strength? How does it change your muscle structure? Is the change temporary or permanent? Does it even change anything at all? Thanks. Very informative video as always.
They don't "test" they investigate protein-by-protein what is going on. To solve a protein is already a challenging task, to "see" a protein move it's a monumental task done at very expensive facilities (like the ESRF where the Institute of Structural Biology resides). It takes a very long time and very smart people to assemble such a puzzle together. Such puzzle involves breaking it sometimes: you mutate the protein to get deeper knowledge of why it works. There are also experimental techniques capable of probing single molecules in real time. Being a physicist with some knowledge on the matter I can only answer for 1).
No.scientist but....use a hight performant microscope and have acces to many last tehnology and have some human stample olso easy to get today.if.you.are.in univerity to get in.micro lvl to experiment or research but the video make simple and easy info i do have a bit of some. Info now is even more clear for me... And o do try on my body do a lot of sport...being curios by nature and no look for renew info about spine and all of that to take care to when get old and now i see with diferent eye from the time was in hight school...hope you get the infon you need.. no much dificulty... Is go very deeep from davinci to now about body how is work now is even big level of details...
Well having said all that, anyone who has had their hand at heavy lifting, heavy strength training, after years of lifting your biggest gains will be in the kitchen and not the gym, once you can build more mass you simply exaggerate the neurological strength you have developed in your body. Eat, train/lift, rest.... Never got stronger than when I quit the keto diet, ate plenty of carbs and put on some amount of body fat, gained 30 pounds and can now lift so more than I ever thought possible and not experience the muscle soreness anymore either. Was able to break through the plateau I was stuck at from simply not eating enough food to build up my body to the max. Trying to look ripped isn't the same as wanting to have a body that is the most physically capable it can be.
this is pretty cool to see. i usually walk around 6 miles every other day after work and yesterday on a whim i wanted to try a 20 mile hike and was successful! I'm tired af though and my body still hasn't recovered
And long distance runners and cyclists. Endurance athletes end up very lean, and very strong - I think very efficient in their oxygen usage. Dancers and gymnasts for sure are strong and very lean! Honestly, to the point that I'm glad I never pursued ballet after ~age 12. They end up with some unhealthy habits to stay *so* lean while having the strength to perform.
I remember most of the knowledge this video provides from my high school years (German equivalent of that) of advanced biology class but I’m so happy about this channel not only helping me to refresh the information but also embedding the theoretical knowledge into a practical topic such as resistance training in an easily digestible way and for everybody free to use on TH-cam. I’m all in on supporting the idea of the fitness bubble agreeing on proven basic principles so that the amount of misinformation as well as the ambivalence in advice (like 3 people giving you 3 different pieces of advice concerning like the form of one exercise) declines. So this channel is very much appreciated and I’m grateful for you educating us. Never stop making us better, please ❤️
i've only just finished watching the intro and i have stopped myself from pressing a like three times already 😸🙈 because i MUST watch it completely first and only then do i allow myself to like it because otherwise i might pause and forget to finish watching later and that's like a crime to me to miss jonathan's lesson on my fave channel😸💖 so i will like it with a comment prematurely and then i can rest peacefully until i have absorbed all this anatomical awesomeness. i swear i'm going to smash that thumbs up icon so hard when i'm done🔥💕
@@RealMTBAddict What are you talking about... the guy's saying he wants to gain strength and not size and you're suggesting a 10x10 split? Literally hypertrophy training, that split breakdown is called German Volume Training and is specifically designed for bodybuilding not strength training. If he's looking to gain strength not size he should be doing a low number of sets and reps but at high weight. This is genuinely common knowledge.
Fascinating physiology. So incredibly complex... and you have barely scratched the surface. A testament to a Creator with infinite knowledge and power.
Your videos have been one of the tools Ive used to understand my body and make recovery in my CRPS and spinal injuries. Part of getting a real understanding of what is going on
@@Daniel-qr4cs up until a certain point. Then you have to eat more to gain the muscle required to increase your strength. This effect is temporary and basically only happens during noob gains
@@Someone-tn8urso, what do you want strength or physique, maybe both 😂, but jokes apart, i also have small joints, and underdeveloped build, and i dont think gym changes the structural build of a being, if i am not wrong, seems like i am cooked, 21, 5'5 wouldn't help the cause either😬
I had this guy in my class, skinny as a twig. He started working out, but you couldn't tell. Eventually he tried arm wrestling with some of the toughest guys in class and was so close to winning multiple times. I'd say that I'm kinda similar, but I don't work out. I only get exercise at work. Yet I'm stronger than one of my co workers who does work out every week. I think it's mostly because he hasn't worked for long and doesn't have "dynamic" muscles like me. He could probably do bench presses and curls way better than me, but since I do a bunch of different motions at work I think that I have more strength in more diverse situations. This happened a few years ago with a guy who could bench 100 kg, while I probably couldn't even bench 50 kg. He was doing some curls with something in the room (don't remember what it was) and then I joined him just to see how I measured up to him. I saw him quickly faltering as his eyes widened. Pretty sure the dude only had big arms with no muscles.
I think arm wrestling isn't necessarily a good indicator of strength. If u have a long forearm, and if you hold off trying to push there arm down and just hold it till they've worn themselves out a little bit u can almost win against anyone even if they can beat everyone else. I have never worked out and I can go toe to toe with even the strongest people, and I'm definately not strong.
If you learn how to arm wrestle (and there is a lot of technique involved), you can easily beat somebody who is considerably stronger than you, but doesn't know how to arm wrestle.
That was a superb summary of strenght_focussed training. Thank you very much. Since you hinted at a PART 2 , might I ask if you could include something along the lines of 1) maintaining a certain strength level and then not going for hypertrophy but rather strength endurance. There are lots of activities that require high strength and hight endurance, but that do not care about mass - or even punish the metabolic cost of extra mass; And since your summary was comprehensive and most concise I would welcome such a discussion from you very much Sir.
I only weigh 140lb but have worked as a plumber for 17 years and workout for strength and cardio daily. I work with guys almost twice my size all the time and am often able to acomplish the exact same tasks with less struggle and at a greater speed. I suppose this video accounts for that somewhat.
This explains a lot. At 5.5 ft tall, if my muscles get huge, I look like the dwarf from LOR. I run a moving crew and move a lot of heavy weight daily. I had gotten up to almost 190lbs and large shirts were getting tight. Seeing as XL shirts extend almost to my knees, I made some changes. I cut eating time to 10 hours daily, cut a lot of sugar and major carbs from my diet and increased my protein input. Because I move stuff for 3-4 hours a day, I work to 95% max. Then I can just take 5 minutes every hour or so and continue to work all day. From my understanding, this helps to creates lean strong muscles. A year later now, I've dropped to 165lbs. I lost a significant amount of fat, but I didn't lose muscle mass. My core is slim, my back is stronger, my calves and quads are poppin, my arms are ripped and I'm definitely stronger than I was last year. Feels great too.
@@fosyay1780 Haha. I actually work with state marshalls doing eviction moves. Talk about fun times. Even found a guy 9 months dead once. I also do carpentry and home repair. Farming life is definitely some hard work. Just maintaining a garden along with everything else I do is a pain in the ass.
Thank you for sharing this information. Instead of doing typical cardio on bike or treadmill, I do 20-30 mins of intense dance cardio, then weight training. My muscles contract really fast and have adapted to react when I'm dancing. A bystander commented on how fast I was able to move. Didn't realize myself until I posted a video. this stuff is amazing and cool to know. Helps me during training even more.
0:37, what are these examples? The guy on the left is on PED's, and the guy on the right with "not much size" is usually about the natural limit for an average person
Exactly what I was also wondering. Promotion of totally unrealistic expectations of the highest order and at the same time totally nullifying people who have worked hard for years to get to the genetic limit. On top of that, coming from a person who should know exactly what is possible and what is not. It is also unclear to me why comments like yours are very rare. Are most people just that much out of touch with reality? The only thing that comes to my mind is that most people just have not even tried working out naturally because if they had, they would have immediately pointed out the same thing.
@@danielnaumoski3875 Very good questions, for how simple muscle growth is, there's so much people get wrong. Fitness content has gotten a lot more popular in recent years, and with it comes beginners willing to spend billions. It's beneficial for some companies and individuals profiting to set unrealistic expectations and spread misinformation. It's really shocking to see this many beginners or misinformed people in the comments though. A lot of this guys content is alright, but he's also sponsored by a company selling a green powder for $700 a kilo.
Yeah... unless you work specifically in disadvantaged leverages with focus on appearance, you're not going to look aesthetic/huge even with "enhanced recovery" chemicals. For most humans training drug free it's harder to look much bigger than a volleyball player if you don't train for size. Tested olympic weightlifters look solid but that's about the limit of looking trim and built if you focus strength. Natural(drug free) muscular people train for size or do high volume(reps&sets/week) resistance in their sport/sport prep, and eat, sleep, and take enough time between muscle challenges.
There is no way you can just look at someone for a few seconds and decided they are at or very near their natural limit. That is a huge generalization. If you are going to make statements like that you should think about what you are saying before you do. What is even an "average person"? You don't know how tall that guy is, how much he weighs, how long he has been working out, his natural hormone levels, what he eats and even how much he sleeps. These are all important aspects to consider if you really want to say that they are naturally peaked. That all said.. he was just showing a guy with more muscle compared to one who has less, you missed the point.
@@GalaxyBrain88 It's called an average, buddy. If you resistance train properly for half a decade, that's an achievable goal for a majority of men. After resistance training for many years, almost all natural lifters make exponentially less muscle mass each year, there's an average settling point, and his frame is that. You're thinking about the average person, I'm taking about a population averaged out. Obviously people have variance, but I'm not talking about outlires here. My point was they were terrible examples and with the millions of posted bodies online he could have found a much better comparison, especially since he's talking about strength and size.
Jonathan has been watching Anatoly's youtube videos I believe. He is a 170 lb man, that holds close to world records for his weight. He does a 290 kilo dead lift, which is around 680 pounds. AMAZING. He's hugely funny as he goes into Gold's Gym with all these huge bodybuilders there, and he's disguised as the janitor. He asks these hulks if he can do a few lifts with them, and they laugh, telling him he's far too skinny, and "no muscle mass" to do these lifts, and he'll hurt himself. After he's been persistent, they agree and are laughing, soon to be totally astonished he can outlift them. The expressions on their faces is hilarious. He also has a Polish accent, which even makes it funnier. He is living proof of the truth in this video, that you don't need huge muscle mass to be immensely strong. His real name is Vladimir something.
Again a beautiful educational video! The way you explained it was just amazing! The way how muscles acutally work was well covered. Keep the great work! Many greetings from a scientist 🙂
1000th comment - I'm in my late 40s/early 50s with military background so take it with a grain of salt, but my strength training over the last year has been high rep heavy lifts done fast/powerful. Specifically 10 sets with 1 minute rest between sets. A set could being 45% my 1rm done for 5 reps (so 50 reps total), or 60% for 3 reps (30 reps total), or 75% for 2 reps (20 reps total). I had stopped doing 90% for 1 rep sets (10 reps total). The lifts for the day were either squat followed by a standing row/push down; deadlift followed by standing press/pull down; or bench followed by bent over rows. Like this video says, each rep was done with the intent to be as fast and powerful as possible. That with the short rest meant every workout felt like a 12 to 15 minute heavy cardio session. Despite my age, I was staying the same weight yet getting slimmer and feeling more powerful/stronger.
Love your content. Fact-based and broken down ino digestible parts. I've been lifting seriously for five years now and the knowledge you guys put out there is pretty nifty for better understanding of the human body. The more you know, the better your training will be.
Ive always wondered how someone with significant increases in strength can maintain or even improve dexterity in precision movements. Id love to see an explanation for this!
1 set with weight enough for 6 reps to failure. Work with this weight until it's gonna be 12 reps to failure. Increase weight to do 6 to failure again. And so on. This way i managed to move from 6 pullups with 10kg added weight to 6 pullups with 50kg in 1 year.
I have seen many of your videos about exercising a certain way. I always feel amazed but i am never able to follow them for more then 2 days. I want to make a difference this time. I hope that i can follow this regime discussed in this video.
This really an amazing channel. Not only does it teach you about anatomy, it teaches you how the knowledge of anatomy help you in real life. And you can really see Jonathan’s passion.
@theanatomylab I have a question. I'm a freshman who plays basketball im skinny but I want gain strength, can't go the gym because my parents don't have time do you have any advice and thank you.
How do you know you have this bone loss? Or are you just asking out of curiosity? As a nimrod layman, I cannot imagine your body would exhibit bone loss in just one or two specific areas, but not the entire body.
Amazing. You just brought up a nerve connectivity I was telling my friend about. Circuits that fire together wire together meaning if you are doing bench without pushups or lat pull downs without pull-ups then some of those nerves are not in synchronicity and are not efficient at recruitment. Meaning doing one exercise to achieve another task isn’t the most efficient. Just perform the task.
This guy should teach about extreme self emotional control.... he is all cheering up, excited to teach us about the body..... while having dead bodies wrapped behind him !!
A couple of questions: 1. Can the number of motor units or the number of motor neuron endings change? 2. Can the speed of myosin-actin "ratcheting" get faster (at the protein level) as the muscle strengthens?
﴿سَنُريهِم آياتِنا فِي الآفاقِ وَفي أَنفُسِهِم حَتّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُم أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ أَوَلَم يَكفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلى كُلِّ شَيءٍ شَهيدٌ﴾ [فصلت: ٥٣] (53) We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.[1402] But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?[1403] [1402]- Or "that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) is the Truth." [1403]- See footnote of 4:79. - English Translation
I’m afraid this subject contains far too much information which is way over my head and doesn’t tell me nothing about how to build strength, without Increasing my body mass.
Yeah the actual advice starts at about 15:30. Basically low rep, heavy load compound lifts. With lots of rest between sets and workouts. Supposed to increase the “efficiency” of the contracting components without the muscle hypertrophy that adds more muscle fibers.
do some of your own research...take an anat/phys class at your local community college. Do not LET it be over your head. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼The brain needs as much exercise as the body.
Compound lifts @3-5 sets/2-6 reps 80% 1RM Fast concentric slow eccentric range of motion 2-5 mins rest per set 48-72hr rest per session Add 3-5% weight or reps per week Eventually add hypertrophy exercises to increase volume explained @18:00 Deload every 5-6 weeks @50% 1RM
That would depend on you and your muscle you moron, how would he possibly show you the exercise you specifically need. You're fucking stupid. The dude is giving you advice, not a training program
exactly this, but a lot of people think strength has to come from big muscles. completely nonsense! tons of body builders have useless muscles, they are just weak babies.
Did you listen till the end? At some pointyou need to get bigger for more strength. It works both ways, at some point you need to get stronger to get bigger. Bodybuilders are strong, maybe not as strong as Strongman or powerlifters but come on. Have you seen bodybuilders lift? And about working on a concrete crew (other comment), that has more to do with muscle endurance, working under load for a long time. So weak babies, you must have seen some strong babies then.
@@iknownothingwillingtolearn The big guys can't even use a shovel for 5 minutes without getting winded, but they can sure brag about how much they can bench. 20 years experience so I've seen it all. I lift 38,000lbs each session yet I'm just regular size at 6'1" and 165lbs. I normally dumbbell bench press 50lbs 10 reps and 10 sets, same for other exercises. Plus hours of mountain biking on the weekends. Trust me, those big bodybuilders can't keep up with me in the gym or on the trail, or on the construction site!
@@RealMTBAddict Because they train for a different goal. You want to be fit, they want to be big. But you can't say they are not strong. 50lbs for 10 reps is not heavy even for 10 sets, good for muscle endurance but not for strength. Like i said different goals different bodies.
I struggled to gain weight, but I had been working out since 7th grade literally 2-3 hours a day almost every day by the time the summer before freshman year came around, and I made the decision to play football. One day close to the start of school the strength coach at the school got us all in the weightroom to teach us proper techniques, safety, and to see where we were at. I was only about 155lbs, but I could bench 225 pretty easily. They also made us do cleans(which I had never done before in my life), and they told me a 45 on each side(135lbs) was probably too much, and I did one easily, despite using horrible(or really no) technique. We ended up adding another 45 on each side(225lbs), and despite the fact that I barely bent my legs at all, I got it up there pretty easily.
I think discussing the principle of accomodation would be awesome. Its something from Soviet sport science, that i never saw explained physiologically/anatomically. Its when the nervous system adapts to a movement in a way that you can't progress how much you accelerate it
Would you make a video on what happens in your muscles/ nervous system when you stretch and right after stretching? Show why you are prone to injuries if you transfer high loads through stretched muscle without warm up excercises in between?
Contracting a muscle N times faster is equivalent to an N times heavier load. So you can whether increase the load or increase the velocity of lifting the load. That’s Newton’s law! Force is proportional to the acceleration (a derivative of velocity).
Looking forward to this video. I was 185-190 lbs two years ago and heavily into resistance training. I am 20-25 lbs lighter now and lifting WAY heavier now. In my opinion it’s funny, if I had to guess I am majority T1 fibers lol.
1.) Get better genetics as a higher fast twitch II fiber composition will be necessary for high power performance (pro tip: being reborn as a chimpanzee will give you a substantial advantage in this category) 2.) Abuse highly androgenic steroids as anabolic steroids with higher androgenic binding affinities have the most profound effects on the CNS
Not a fan of the sponsored product, but are you guys sure it was well known that AG1 was a questionable supplement when this video was produced? As a PT from Luxembourg: this free anatomy/physiology educational content is real good. Factual, evidence-based, clear and easy to understand. Never skipping good metaphors and small jokes
Make sense. I remember when I first started to increase my Benching PR, I would do 5 sets of 5 reps with the last set being my max. Then I am done. I'd rest for 60 to 90 mins based on listening to body builders. But I always felt weak around my last 2 sets. I started to rest more. 3 to 4 minutes with 5 to 6 mins on my last set. Noticed a huge improvement. And I noticed every week I would increase my weight by 5 pounds. Started in September of 2021 1 rep max of 205 and by April/May 2022 I shot up to a 1 rep max of 285.
Ex-gymnast here. Nationally ranked at 16yrs old. I weighed approximately 120lbs and benched 250lbs free weights and 300 machine weights. Scared ppl lol with two different BlackBelts. 30yrs later, still 120lbs, but benching 120lbs on free weights rn would scare me to try.
Do you have a video on how tendons and ligaments work and adapt during exercise? Because I've heard that strengthening your tendons will increase how much force you can produce, especially when you get up in age and muscle mass starts to decline
I switched from Body Building to CrossFit, I am doing crazy amounts of reps and I have noticed that even if I am not practicing typical strength building program I can still lift heavy as I was doing typical hypertrophic, bodybuilding program.
it'll be really great if the speaker also shares some insight into how all this details are actually discovered by scientists. What instruments are used, what experiments are performed, so on. Just a brief description should be good.
Very interesting. However, I don't care about muscle mass or strength per se, but only as a means to improve insulin sensitivity and overall metabolic health. Would you mind address the proper exercises for this end in a future video? Thanks
This helps explain why natural "maingaining" (lifting plus eating close to maintenance) over the long term still brings strength. Efficiency over engine size. In addition to that though, in terms of workout schedules, I do make sure for each muscle group per week to have one fast twitch muscle fiber day to emphasize mechanical tension, and one slow twitch fiber day day to emphasize metabolic stress (high reps until it burns).
What amazes me is not only that the human body is fantastically complex, but that some people are able to figure out this stuff.
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"Figure it out."
We don't know shit, about anything. Remember that.
@@lyndonstucker6710 not entirely but we're learning.
a lot of animals have muscles like these, nothing specific to homo sapiens.
I talk to training clients all the time about how muscle mass gives the potential for strength, but the strength itself is because of the nervous system. Thanks for helping me understand this concept a bit better than I did!
its both. strenght equals musclemass. adapting to movements equls strenght but is limited
And muscle type… get a marathon runner to power lean and front squat 1 to 1.5 x body weight and I’ll be impressed
wait till adrenaline hits
Martial arts has this Kung Fu monks have some of the best weight to strength ratio.
@@Daniel-qr4cs they may have power but do they have strenght? like lifting 3xtheir bodyweight for deadlift? or squating or pressing? doubt that
Hard physical labor with sufficient rest makes you strong. Construction workers, package handlers, and farmers may not look jacked. But they're some of the physically toughest people alive
I stock shelves in a grocery store and it’s like a 7 hour gym workout. Exhausted at the end of the day.
@@fcmiller3 exactly. But you have far greater strength endurance than someone who works out st the gym for only an hour or two
wym may not look jacked? Have you seen forearms and rhomboids of a blue collar worker? Also, calves!
It's just bodybuilders primarily target muscles that specifically make you visually bigger like lats and quads (ok, I kinda answered myself: they all _are_ jacked, but workers not appear so without paying closer attention)
@@feedbackzaloop key words: "MAY NOT". "May" is future tense that's not definitive. But we both get the point
@@eamparbeng no, "may not" may not: I forbid it😁 Any form of hypertrophy _should_ be visible, making it a problem of perception if we notice said appearance while appearance stays objectively true disregards perception.
3:30 Motor unit
7:00 Neuromuscular junction 11:00
14:55 *Slow-twitch vs fast-twitch muscle fibers*
17:00 Increasing intensity and volume
Thanks, this breakdown of the video is super helpful!💛
“Because the more time these two spend together, connecting and pulling on each other, the stronger their bond gets, and they cuddle and ratchet even harder”
You just made a highly educational video on TH-cam that does not violate any of their rules, yet made it sound so dirty with that segment.
That's some skill in teaching with style.
Lmfao
wait thats true
That's why they're called sin naps
Haha, you definitely need to out more! 🙂
you dirty little proteins
I'm just a 5 foot 6 135 pound guy.
In my early 20s, There was a guy around the same age as me preparing to join military and he was buff hitting the gym everyday.
He challenged me to an arm wrestle thinking he could beat me and impress girls, and I just accepted cuz I figured it wouldn't be that much of an embarrassment even if I lose because he's buff as hell.
I just destroyed him in few seconds even to my own surprise.
Turns out he only had been doing a lot of reps but they all had been short reps. And it had only been around 3 months since he started hitting the gym.
On the contrast, at that time, I had never done a single weight lifting purely for muscle but I had been doing all kinds of martial arts such as TKD, kick boxing, and more, over the course of almost 2 decades and I had that much experience in using my muscles for explosive strength.
My masters have always told me muscle size alone does not indicate anything, and that's when I understood it.
Armwrestling isn't showing pure strength. Lot of factors, levers, pronation force, technique etc. He could be stronger in all areas and still lose to you if he's bad at armwrestling
@@ThcBanaman
That's true but turns out I could lift heavier stuff than him, and I also have a friend who is also small like myself, smaller than me rather that can lift heavy stuff that buffer people strugle.
Same for me.
That guy also had been training in MMA and Jujitsu for about 6 years with 0 weight training purely for muscle size alone.
And he's actually stronger than me having done Jujitsu, though with 0 lifting.
Of course, if you can combine weight training with prolonged martial art and strength training, that will be best but it still is true that just lifting weights alone does not really give you much strength.
You need to watch Anatoly's youtube videos I believe. He is a 170 lb man,
holds close to world records for his weight. He does a 290 kilo dead lift,
around 680 pounds. He's hugely funny as he goes into Gold's Gym
with these huge bodybuilders there, and disguised as the janitor. He asks
these hulks if he can do lifts with them, and they laugh, telling him he's far
too skinny, and "no muscle mass" to do these lifts, and he'll hurt himself.
Being persistent, they agree and are laughing, soon to be astonished he
can outlift them. The expressions on their faces is hilarious. He has a
Polish accent,which makes it funnier. He's living proof of the truth in this
video, that you don't need huge muscle mass to be immensely strong.
His real name is Vladimir Schmedlenko, or something like that.
@@grantp4022ive seen some of those too😊
@@grantp4022- your mate Anatoly has been caught using fake weights a number of times and those scenarios are completely fake with actors . The guy pretends to mop a gym floor do you seriously believe that nonsense?
I know another important factor: mobility. If you are stiff you have all your muscles working against each other, what I like to call internal resistance. If muscle A is tight and tense, it's antagonist B will have a harder time contracting wasting a good deal of it's power in pulling againts A. B is probably tight too and that joint becomes very limited. If your muscles are long, flexible and coordinated your movements become very smooth and strong
My overhead press went up significantly by incorporating a few shoulder mobilizing yoga poses into my warmup/cool down. Definitely improved my squat as well the same way. Once you start practicing your mobility you quickly notice exactly what you're referring to particularly at end ranges of movements. My right scapula for instance did not have the freedom to move up as freely as my left scapula could due to several tight back muscles.
This is where it expands beyond just muscle. The ability for muscles to experience tension at their and ranges helps with fascia movement, joint mobility, neural tension, lymph drainage, and a whole host of other benefits.
wtf is stiff
@@killerkamali Unable to bend; rigid
Interesting how I learn more biology in a 20min video than in multiple weeks of high school. I love it, I want more
Years*
Spoilers: your "education" has nothing to do with learning. It's mind control, nothing more. In my 30s I vetted everything I learned starting in Stuyvesant HS. (It was top 10 in the nation at the time.) Nothing I was taught above physical measures (no level of abstraction above our senses or what you could read out from a machine about the environment) like the temperature of water boiling at one atmosphere turned out to be true.
Becoming a perfectly exploitable "citizen" for our oligarchs that run our gov'ts takes a lot of researched propaganda*, look up a ytube video entitled, "The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America," by Charlotte Iserbyt
Learn Logical Fallacies and Rhetoric weapons, that's all our politicos say. Learn about the design of experiment and statistical analysis. Our education system is bifurcated into Arts (the latin trivium: logic, rhetoric and grammar), and Sciences (STEM). By doing so, our gov't handlers can usually fool the public all the time because ppl are not complete, they can be fooled by fallacies or fake gov't studies.
I have an adv degree in Applied Mathematics and Statistics and an undergrad degree in Engrish (sic) Writing (among other degrees, licenses and certs). I see it all almost all the time. (I'm human after all.)
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* _Propaganda,_ by Edward Bernays. Should be free online. He showed the power of his technique including coining the term propaganda (now renamed to "marketing," but the same thing with a different name only) by getting women to smoke, when at the time it was considered a dirty male habit.
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You went to a terrible school or had a very bad teacher. I'm sorry. I had learned most of what's in this video in a day of my human anatomy and physiology class, I think that was freshman year.
If you are disciplined you can use TH-cam as a phenomenal leaning tool. In that context it is one of the best inventions in human history for spreading knowledge. Way higher bandwidth than reading, builds critical thinking skills (as there is so much b.s to weed out) and an endless supply of information. I would always prefer a proper teacher to learn from but as a way of passively learning while I work or during dead time like driving in traffic (just listening not watching lol) it has made my life way more interesting and enlightened.
"Two golf clubs twisted together"
Sir, that is testicular torsion from the 7th layer of hell.
Edit: This is my first 1k comment. Thanks, everyone!
Lvl 6 testicular torsion wizard spell
@@valestivale4711You fool. Those were my decoy balls.
Hahaha, exactly what I was thinking. I don't see no golfclubs😂😂😂
Lmfaoooo
Twisted Vas Deferens. Not as popular as Twisted Sister at the time...
Just my two cents as a personal trainer: don't increase volume (reps or sets) and intensity (weight) in the same week. If you increase volume one week (maybe by adding 1 extra rep per set or one extra set per bodypart while keeping the number of reps per set the same), keep the intensity (weight lifted) the same for that week. And if you increase the intensity (weight lifted) one week, keep the volume (sets and reps) the same as the previous week. Don't be discouraged if progress is slower than a 2-3% strength increase per week as only beginners will gain strength that fast. Chances are if you've watched a video as detailed as this, you are more of an intermediate level lifter so might see as little as a 1% increase in strength per month (and for those who are more advanced/near their genetic ceiling for their weight the strength gains may be even slower). Only strength train each bodypart a maximum of twice per week (or once a week for deadlifts & other high fatigue movements) and leave any high intensity (zone 3 or 4) cardio workouts to be done on a separate day to a strength workout. Only dynamic stretching should be done before a strength workout, but static stretching may be done after. The above recommendations may help reduce injury risk but still won't be a guarantee you won't get injured. And above all, stay consistent!
It’s nice seeing this because recently thoughts have entered my mind, I’ve been lifting a solid bit and it doesn’t seem like I’ve put on muscle and I’m not gaining/losing weight, but I am lifting heavier
Same! I havent worked out in a while due to life things but I felt the same when I was going consistently. Thought perhaps maybe my diet was a factor
you arent eating enough
Hypertrophy training is different. Go slow and focus on tearing the muscle as much as possible
@@Augfordpdoggie out of all things it could be, I can safely say eating enough is not the problem for me 😂 it’s probably more on the protein and recovery end of things need to make sure I’m sleeping enough and eating enough protein
@@derekm1918you probably don't train hard enough for the level you are.
I am not very muscular and don't train often, but everytime I do, I instantly see growth the next few days.
You have to get sore which is difficult when you are at a higher level and also if you are naturally not gifted in building muscles as you have lower levels of certain hormones etc.
Just look at blue collar workers outside who are probably stronger than most gym goers but in an entirely slim frame. They never go full sore but their strength is build by constant but never over the limit stress caused by their daily job
Who’s going to tell him AG1 is under a law suit for being fake? 😂
Let him get his bag lol
@@uhlexseeuh a channel about anatomy and health promoting a fake supplement incredibly bad.
@@kaischreurs2488that's what TH-cam is based off of
Not the paycheck 😅
Everything is a scam these days
Wow. I came for anatomy and I got into the thick of microbiology. I am referring this to all my friends, trainers and buddies at the gym. This is intellectual gold.
so this is about anatoly. 😮
Lol! I thought about using a picture of him on the thumbnail!
Was thinking the same haha
Human Anatoly
..or Magnus Midtbo
Yeah that's what I thought too lol
When I learn this, Psalm 139 comes to mind....
I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
Wow.
@@12xenn45😭😭😭 foul 💀
Science is the study of God’s creation- He gave us minds so might appreciate how wondrous this world is. Only fools think there’s a contradiction between science and God
Couple of questions:
1) How do scientists test if what you said is what actually is happening? Given that these fibers are so tiny, I'm curious on how do they even test that?
2) How do hormones plays into muscle strength? How does it change your muscle structure? Is the change temporary or permanent? Does it even change anything at all?
Thanks. Very informative video as always.
They don't "test" they investigate protein-by-protein what is going on. To solve a protein is already a challenging task, to "see" a protein move it's a monumental task done at very expensive facilities (like the ESRF where the Institute of Structural Biology resides). It takes a very long time and very smart people to assemble such a puzzle together. Such puzzle involves breaking it sometimes: you mutate the protein to get deeper knowledge of why it works. There are also experimental techniques capable of probing single molecules in real time.
Being a physicist with some knowledge on the matter I can only answer for 1).
No.scientist but....use a hight performant microscope and have acces to many last tehnology and have some human stample olso easy to get today.if.you.are.in univerity to get in.micro lvl to experiment or research but the video make simple and easy info i do have a bit of some. Info now is even more clear for me... And o do try on my body do a lot of sport...being curios by nature and no look for renew info about spine and all of that to take care to when get old and now i see with diferent eye from the time was in hight school...hope you get the infon you need.. no much dificulty... Is go very deeep from davinci to now about body how is work now is even big level of details...
Well having said all that, anyone who has had their hand at heavy lifting, heavy strength training, after years of lifting your biggest gains will be in the kitchen and not the gym, once you can build more mass you simply exaggerate the neurological strength you have developed in your body. Eat, train/lift, rest.... Never got stronger than when I quit the keto diet, ate plenty of carbs and put on some amount of body fat, gained 30 pounds and can now lift so more than I ever thought possible and not experience the muscle soreness anymore either. Was able to break through the plateau I was stuck at from simply not eating enough food to build up my body to the max. Trying to look ripped isn't the same as wanting to have a body that is the most physically capable it can be.
Completely agree
this is pretty cool to see. i usually walk around 6 miles every other day after work and yesterday on a whim i wanted to try a 20 mile hike and was successful! I'm tired af though and my body still hasn't recovered
Yep. Just look at gymnasts. Not huge yet incredibly strong.
Or ballet dancers
And long distance runners and cyclists. Endurance athletes end up very lean, and very strong - I think very efficient in their oxygen usage.
Dancers and gymnasts for sure are strong and very lean! Honestly, to the point that I'm glad I never pursued ballet after ~age 12. They end up with some unhealthy habits to stay *so* lean while having the strength to perform.
Male gymnasts have wicked biceps and shoulders. They're also 5'5 but they do have a lot of hypertrophy.
Very toned but they also aren't bodybuilders.
I remember most of the knowledge this video provides from my high school years (German equivalent of that) of advanced biology class but I’m so happy about this channel not only helping me to refresh the information but also embedding the theoretical knowledge into a practical topic such as resistance training in an easily digestible way and for everybody free to use on TH-cam. I’m all in on supporting the idea of the fitness bubble agreeing on proven basic principles so that the amount of
misinformation as well as the ambivalence in advice (like 3 people giving you 3 different pieces of advice concerning like the form of one exercise) declines. So this channel is very much appreciated and I’m grateful for you educating us. Never stop making us better, please ❤️
Cool story bra
i've only just finished watching the intro and i have stopped myself from pressing a like three times already 😸🙈 because i MUST watch it completely first and only then do i allow myself to like it because otherwise i might pause and forget to finish watching later and that's like a crime to me to miss jonathan's lesson on my fave channel😸💖 so i will like it with a comment prematurely and then i can rest peacefully until i have absorbed all this anatomical awesomeness. i swear i'm going to smash that thumbs up icon so hard when i'm done🔥💕
Wtf 💀
perfect timing, I want to gain strength without embracing a Roblox build
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@@gottabepablo more reps. I do 10 reps and 10 sets.
That's just not how it works lol @@RealMTBAddict
@@sbsnate2312 Replying with "lol" isn't an argument or advice.
@@RealMTBAddict What are you talking about... the guy's saying he wants to gain strength and not size and you're suggesting a 10x10 split? Literally hypertrophy training, that split breakdown is called German Volume Training and is specifically designed for bodybuilding not strength training. If he's looking to gain strength not size he should be doing a low number of sets and reps but at high weight. This is genuinely common knowledge.
Fascinating physiology. So incredibly complex... and you have barely scratched the surface. A testament to a Creator with infinite knowledge and power.
Confirmation bias. For everything complex and functioning in biology, you can find 100 messed up broken things.
There's no creator.
Your videos have been one of the tools Ive used to understand my body and make recovery in my CRPS and spinal injuries. Part of getting a real understanding of what is going on
I like how he just has a couple bodies in the background while explaining human anatomy to us
I can't stomach it, I had to stop eating just to watch this video lol
Lol, I think humanity progressed a lot watching these videos. Very glad I live in this time period😂
Ya what if he is just pretending to work at a lab but actually is in his dungeon
How do I apply to be one of those extras behind you?
Lol. I don't think you want to be one of those!
😅😅@@theanatomylab
Is this a joke or is this how women flirt?
Become a democrat and vote.
Eventually...
So that explains it. I am still skinny but I keep gaining strength
Yes as long as you eat the same you will not get bigger. But if you train hard. You will for sure get stronger 💪
How much do you incline press? And what is your height/weight
@@Daniel-qr4cs up until a certain point. Then you have to eat more to gain the muscle required to increase your strength. This effect is temporary and basically only happens during noob gains
@alex cool story bra
@@alexmasak blud over here tryna flex his incline bench.
Can confirm: I weigh 160lb and I've taken my bench from 195lb to 240lb this year and my chest still looks the same, small size.
Yup the body is very efficient. You have to deliberately train for hypertrophy to noticeably grow
it must be a lot more toned now though
@@joneh9483yeah, it definitely looks better now. When I bounce those specs, they really bounce 😂
@@Someone-tn8urso, what do you want strength or physique, maybe both 😂, but jokes apart, i also have small joints, and underdeveloped build, and i dont think gym changes the structural build of a being, if i am not wrong, seems like i am cooked, 21, 5'5 wouldn't help the cause either😬
@@kunle9but how to train for hypertrophy?
I had this guy in my class, skinny as a twig. He started working out, but you couldn't tell. Eventually he tried arm wrestling with some of the toughest guys in class and was so close to winning multiple times. I'd say that I'm kinda similar, but I don't work out. I only get exercise at work. Yet I'm stronger than one of my co workers who does work out every week. I think it's mostly because he hasn't worked for long and doesn't have "dynamic" muscles like me. He could probably do bench presses and curls way better than me, but since I do a bunch of different motions at work I think that I have more strength in more diverse situations.
This happened a few years ago with a guy who could bench 100 kg, while I probably couldn't even bench 50 kg. He was doing some curls with something in the room (don't remember what it was) and then I joined him just to see how I measured up to him. I saw him quickly faltering as his eyes widened. Pretty sure the dude only had big arms with no muscles.
I think arm wrestling isn't necessarily a good indicator of strength. If u have a long forearm, and if you hold off trying to push there arm down and just hold it till they've worn themselves out a little bit u can almost win against anyone even if they can beat everyone else. I have never worked out and I can go toe to toe with even the strongest people, and I'm definately not strong.
@@Classicalpianosongs also someone who have better technique are more likely to beat someone who's strong but bad technique in arm wrestling
If you learn how to arm wrestle (and there is a lot of technique involved), you can easily beat somebody who is considerably stronger than you, but doesn't know how to arm wrestle.
@@Classicalpianosongs If you're arm wrestling other guys who know the technique to arm wrestling, then strength and conditioning are very important.
That was a superb summary of strenght_focussed training. Thank you very much. Since you hinted at a PART 2 , might I ask if you could include something along the lines of 1) maintaining a certain strength level and then not going for hypertrophy but rather strength endurance. There are lots of activities that require high strength and hight endurance, but that do not care about mass - or even punish the metabolic cost of extra mass; And since your summary was comprehensive and most concise I would welcome such a discussion from you very much Sir.
Nice series, I'm looking forward to part 2. This is exactly what I'd like to do, build strength/stamina vs mass.
I only weigh 140lb but have worked as a plumber for 17 years and workout for strength and cardio daily. I work with guys almost twice my size all the time and am often able to acomplish the exact same tasks with less struggle and at a greater speed. I suppose this video accounts for that somewhat.
This explains a lot. At 5.5 ft tall, if my muscles get huge, I look like the dwarf from LOR.
I run a moving crew and move a lot of heavy weight daily. I had gotten up to almost 190lbs and large shirts were getting tight. Seeing as XL shirts extend almost to my knees, I made some changes.
I cut eating time to 10 hours daily, cut a lot of sugar and major carbs from my diet and increased my protein input.
Because I move stuff for 3-4 hours a day, I work to 95% max. Then I can just take 5 minutes every hour or so and continue to work all day. From my understanding, this helps to creates lean strong muscles.
A year later now, I've dropped to 165lbs. I lost a significant amount of fat, but I didn't lose muscle mass. My core is slim, my back is stronger, my calves and quads are poppin, my arms are ripped and I'm definitely stronger than I was last year. Feels great too.
Lol your comment is as tall as you 😂
Sorry man lol I let the voices win
@@fosyay1780 Hahaha! Been doing hard physical work my whole life. I don't know what it means to feel weak. Why don't you explain it for me...
@@DADela-ht6ux Weak would be the mover asking the farmer to talk about weakness 😉
@@fosyay1780 Haha. I actually work with state marshalls doing eviction moves. Talk about fun times. Even found a guy 9 months dead once. I also do carpentry and home repair.
Farming life is definitely some hard work. Just maintaining a garden along with everything else I do is a pain in the ass.
Thank you for sharing this information.
Instead of doing typical cardio on bike or treadmill, I do 20-30 mins of intense dance cardio, then weight training.
My muscles contract really fast and have adapted to react when I'm dancing. A bystander commented on how fast I was able to move. Didn't realize myself until I posted a video.
this stuff is amazing and cool to know. Helps me during training even more.
0:37, what are these examples? The guy on the left is on PED's, and the guy on the right with "not much size" is usually about the natural limit for an average person
Exactly what I was also wondering. Promotion of totally unrealistic expectations of the highest order and at the same time totally nullifying people who have worked hard for years to get to the genetic limit. On top of that, coming from a person who should know exactly what is possible and what is not. It is also unclear to me why comments like yours are very rare. Are most people just that much out of touch with reality? The only thing that comes to my mind is that most people just have not even tried working out naturally because if they had, they would have immediately pointed out the same thing.
@@danielnaumoski3875 Very good questions, for how simple muscle growth is, there's so much people get wrong. Fitness content has gotten a lot more popular in recent years, and with it comes beginners willing to spend billions. It's beneficial for some companies and individuals profiting to set unrealistic expectations and spread misinformation. It's really shocking to see this many beginners or misinformed people in the comments though.
A lot of this guys content is alright, but he's also sponsored by a company selling a green powder for $700 a kilo.
Yeah... unless you work specifically in disadvantaged leverages with focus on appearance, you're not going to look aesthetic/huge even with "enhanced recovery" chemicals.
For most humans training drug free it's harder to look much bigger than a volleyball player if you don't train for size. Tested olympic weightlifters look solid but that's about the limit of looking trim and built if you focus strength.
Natural(drug free) muscular people train for size or do high volume(reps&sets/week) resistance in their sport/sport prep,
and eat, sleep, and take enough time between muscle challenges.
There is no way you can just look at someone for a few seconds and decided they are at or very near their natural limit. That is a huge generalization. If you are going to make statements like that you should think about what you are saying before you do. What is even an "average person"? You don't know how tall that guy is, how much he weighs, how long he has been working out, his natural hormone levels, what he eats and even how much he sleeps. These are all important aspects to consider if you really want to say that they are naturally peaked. That all said.. he was just showing a guy with more muscle compared to one who has less, you missed the point.
@@GalaxyBrain88 It's called an average, buddy. If you resistance train properly for half a decade, that's an achievable goal for a majority of men. After resistance training for many years, almost all natural lifters make exponentially less muscle mass each year, there's an average settling point, and his frame is that. You're thinking about the average person, I'm taking about a population averaged out. Obviously people have variance, but I'm not talking about outlires here.
My point was they were terrible examples and with the millions of posted bodies online he could have found a much better comparison, especially since he's talking about strength and size.
The most fascinating thing to me is that this entire process you've outlined happens in seconds sometimes. There is so much going on in the body
Jonathan has been watching Anatoly's youtube videos I believe. He is a 170 lb man,
that holds close to world records for his weight. He does a 290 kilo dead lift, which
is around 680 pounds. AMAZING. He's hugely funny as he goes into Gold's Gym
with all these huge bodybuilders there, and he's disguised as the janitor. He asks
these hulks if he can do a few lifts with them, and they laugh, telling him he's far
too skinny, and "no muscle mass" to do these lifts, and he'll hurt himself. After he's
been persistent, they agree and are laughing, soon to be totally astonished he can
outlift them. The expressions on their faces is hilarious. He also has a Polish accent,
which even makes it funnier. He is living proof of the truth in this video, that you
don't need huge muscle mass to be immensely strong. His real name is Vladimir
something.
Again a beautiful educational video! The way you explained it was just amazing! The way how muscles acutally work was well covered. Keep the great work! Many greetings from a scientist 🙂
I have permanent nerve damage in c4/5 6/7 arms skinny now. If I do weights I can get stronger but loose strength and muscle very fast. Any tips?
I'm undoubtedly excited to see a part 2 to this. Maybe a 3-4 ology. Lol please continue
1000th comment - I'm in my late 40s/early 50s with military background so take it with a grain of salt, but my strength training over the last year has been high rep heavy lifts done fast/powerful. Specifically 10 sets with 1 minute rest between sets. A set could being 45% my 1rm done for 5 reps (so 50 reps total), or 60% for 3 reps (30 reps total), or 75% for 2 reps (20 reps total). I had stopped doing 90% for 1 rep sets (10 reps total). The lifts for the day were either squat followed by a standing row/push down; deadlift followed by standing press/pull down; or bench followed by bent over rows.
Like this video says, each rep was done with the intent to be as fast and powerful as possible. That with the short rest meant every workout felt like a 12 to 15 minute heavy cardio session. Despite my age, I was staying the same weight yet getting slimmer and feeling more powerful/stronger.
Thank you for such magnificent work and dedication.
Love your content. Fact-based and broken down ino digestible parts. I've been lifting seriously for five years now and the knowledge you guys put out there is pretty nifty for better understanding of the human body. The more you know, the better your training will be.
Ive always wondered how someone with significant increases in strength can maintain or even improve dexterity in precision movements. Id love to see an explanation for this!
1 set with weight enough for 6 reps to failure. Work with this weight until it's gonna be 12 reps to failure. Increase weight to do 6 to failure again. And so on. This way i managed to move from 6 pullups with 10kg added weight to 6 pullups with 50kg in 1 year.
I have seen many of your videos about exercising a certain way. I always feel amazed but i am never able to follow them for more then 2 days. I want to make a difference this time.
I hope that i can follow this regime discussed in this video.
You got it, remember doing a little everyday is better than doing a lot at once!
You can do it!!👍🏻
@@theanatomylab Thanks for the motivation. I am determined this time to change for the better.
@@uhlexseeuh I will keep this in mind.
Just focus on doing it consistently and keep with working towards your goal, make it a habit to exercise and not a chore 👍
I have learned a lot, thank you. Incredible how complex chemistry of human body is, such genius design
This felt like more of a physiology class than an anatomy lecture😂
This really an amazing channel. Not only does it teach you about anatomy, it teaches you how the knowledge of anatomy help you in real life. And you can really see Jonathan’s passion.
We are anatomy nerds, what can I tell you 🙌
@theanatomylab I have a question. I'm a freshman who plays basketball im skinny but I want gain strength, can't go the gym because my parents don't have time do you have any advice and thank you.
What is the best exercise for bone loss in the lower back and hips.
Weight lifting!
But correct technique
Squat. Romanian deadlift
How do you know you have this bone loss? Or are you just asking out of curiosity? As a nimrod layman, I cannot imagine your body would exhibit bone loss in just one or two specific areas, but not the entire body.
@@terry_willis a test
Remember to take vitamin d, k2, A, boron, bioavaible silicon, strontium, msm. Enough calcium and a lot of magnesium.
Amazing. You just brought up a nerve connectivity I was telling my friend about. Circuits that fire together wire together meaning if you are doing bench without pushups or lat pull downs without pull-ups then some of those nerves are not in synchronicity and are not efficient at recruitment. Meaning doing one exercise to achieve another task isn’t the most efficient. Just perform the task.
This guy should teach about extreme self emotional control.... he is all cheering up, excited to teach us about the body..... while having dead bodies wrapped behind him !!
This is the last person you want teaching emotional control. Where's the empathy with the families of the deceased?
A couple of questions:
1. Can the number of motor units or the number of motor neuron endings change?
2. Can the speed of myosin-actin "ratcheting" get faster (at the protein level) as the muscle strengthens?
9:31 not golf clubs… more like testicular torsion 🤣
Great video!! Thank you!!! You're always able to bring things down to a much more understandable bite size style
And the voice echoed "Can i clean here"
Your channels ( both, in english and spanish) are very didactive to me . I'm subscribed long time ago. Thanks sir! Alberto from Argentina
Learning these complex things of the human body proves God created us
It proves the process of evolution. Maybe god invented that, assuming there is a god.
Yes there is God and the one who has no son or father.
﴿سَنُريهِم آياتِنا فِي الآفاقِ وَفي أَنفُسِهِم حَتّى يَتَبَيَّنَ لَهُم أَنَّهُ الحَقُّ أَوَلَم يَكفِ بِرَبِّكَ أَنَّهُ عَلى كُلِّ شَيءٍ شَهيدٌ﴾ [فصلت: ٥٣]
(53) We will show them Our signs in the horizons and within themselves until it becomes clear to them that it is the truth.[1402] But is it not sufficient concerning your Lord that He is, over all things, a Witness?[1403]
[1402]- Or "that He (subḥānahu wa taʿālā) is the Truth."
[1403]- See footnote of 4:79.
- English Translation
I’m afraid this subject contains far too much information which is way over my head and doesn’t tell me nothing about how to build strength, without Increasing my body mass.
Yeah the actual advice starts at about 15:30. Basically low rep, heavy load compound lifts. With lots of rest between sets and workouts. Supposed to increase the “efficiency” of the contracting components without the muscle hypertrophy that adds more muscle fibers.
do some of your own research...take an anat/phys class at your local community college. Do not LET it be over your head. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼The brain needs as much exercise as the body.
@@dalejansen127 thank you Sherlock.
@@nickns732 Thank you very much for your response.
Compound lifts @3-5 sets/2-6 reps 80% 1RM
Fast concentric slow eccentric range of motion
2-5 mins rest per set
48-72hr rest per session
Add 3-5% weight or reps per week
Eventually add hypertrophy exercises to increase volume explained @18:00
Deload every 5-6 weeks @50% 1RM
you should make a video telling how to know when u maximised muscle strength
That would depend on you and your muscle you moron, how would he possibly show you the exercise you specifically need. You're fucking stupid. The dude is giving you advice, not a training program
exactly this, but a lot of people think strength has to come from big muscles. completely nonsense! tons of body builders have useless muscles, they are just weak babies.
@@ms9001 yeah they don't last long on any concrete crew I've been on.
Did you listen till the end? At some pointyou need to get bigger for more strength. It works both ways, at some point you need to get stronger to get bigger. Bodybuilders are strong, maybe not as strong as Strongman or powerlifters but come on. Have you seen bodybuilders lift? And about working on a concrete crew (other comment), that has more to do with muscle endurance, working under load for a long time. So weak babies, you must have seen some strong babies then.
@@iknownothingwillingtolearn The big guys can't even use a shovel for 5 minutes without getting winded, but they can sure brag about how much they can bench. 20 years experience so I've seen it all.
I lift 38,000lbs each session yet I'm just regular size at 6'1" and 165lbs. I normally dumbbell bench press 50lbs 10 reps and 10 sets, same for other exercises. Plus hours of mountain biking on the weekends.
Trust me, those big bodybuilders can't keep up with me in the gym or on the trail, or on the construction site!
@@RealMTBAddict Because they train for a different goal. You want to be fit, they want to be big. But you can't say they are not strong. 50lbs for 10 reps is not heavy even for 10 sets, good for muscle endurance but not for strength. Like i said different goals different bodies.
@@iknownothingwillingtolearn I'd rather last for hours as opposed to minutes but that's just me.
Love your work , I am an Osteopath for many years and really enjoying the information and presentation style.
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Well narrated. Fluent. Flowing. Also to the point. Love your videos
Why is nobody talking about the two dead bodies in the background?
This video is a gold mine ❤
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I love this videos. Hopefully part. 2 is soon realesed
Formula
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Horsepower formula
hp = \frac{F d}{t}
hp = horsepower
F = force in pounds
d = distance in feet
{t} = time in minutes
I struggled to gain weight, but I had been working out since 7th grade literally 2-3 hours a day almost every day by the time the summer before freshman year came around, and I made the decision to play football.
One day close to the start of school the strength coach at the school got us all in the weightroom to teach us proper techniques, safety, and to see where we were at. I was only about 155lbs, but I could bench 225 pretty easily.
They also made us do cleans(which I had never done before in my life), and they told me a 45 on each side(135lbs) was probably too much, and I did one easily, despite using horrible(or really no) technique. We ended up adding another 45 on each side(225lbs), and despite the fact that I barely bent my legs at all, I got it up there pretty easily.
As a recreational strength athlete (strongman sports) this is your most interesting video yet! Thank you so much for sharing this 🙏🏻🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The slow & fast twitch terminology confuses many people, it's better to refer to them as type 1 & type 2
PLEASE do a deep dive like this on slow twitch fibers and endurance adaptations in the muscles!!!!!!
I think discussing the principle of accomodation would be awesome. Its something from Soviet sport science, that i never saw explained physiologically/anatomically. Its when the nervous system adapts to a movement in a way that you can't progress how much you accelerate it
Would you make a video on what happens in your muscles/ nervous system when you stretch and right after stretching? Show why you are prone to injuries if you transfer high loads through stretched muscle without warm up excercises in between?
Contracting a muscle N times faster is equivalent to an N times heavier load. So you can whether increase the load or increase the velocity of lifting the load. That’s Newton’s law! Force is proportional to the acceleration (a derivative of velocity).
I think this explains why despite remaining 55kilos in weight I can now deadlift 2400 kilos. I’ve been doing it for 45 years
Could you make a video on how Tone issues work? This is a problem for people with neurological issues
One of my favorite channels for TH-cam
Looking forward to this video. I was 185-190 lbs two years ago and heavily into resistance training. I am 20-25 lbs lighter now and lifting WAY heavier now. In my opinion it’s funny, if I had to guess I am majority T1 fibers lol.
1.) Get better genetics as a higher fast twitch II fiber composition will be necessary for high power performance (pro tip: being reborn as a chimpanzee will give you a substantial advantage in this category)
2.) Abuse highly androgenic steroids as anabolic steroids with higher androgenic binding affinities have the most profound effects on the CNS
@@bytefu Allah is the ruler of hell, and no one could challenge him without failing miserably.
Not a fan of the sponsored product, but are you guys sure it was well known that AG1 was a questionable supplement when this video was produced?
As a PT from Luxembourg: this free anatomy/physiology educational content is real good. Factual, evidence-based, clear and easy to understand. Never skipping good metaphors and small jokes
Make sense.
I remember when I first started to increase my Benching PR, I would do 5 sets of 5 reps with the last set being my max. Then I am done. I'd rest for 60 to 90 mins based on listening to body builders. But I always felt weak around my last 2 sets. I started to rest more. 3 to 4 minutes with 5 to 6 mins on my last set. Noticed a huge improvement. And I noticed every week I would increase my weight by 5 pounds. Started in September of 2021 1 rep max of 205 and by April/May 2022 I shot up to a 1 rep max of 285.
I havent lifted weights in 4 years. I can still put up 315 though
Ex-gymnast here. Nationally ranked at 16yrs old. I weighed approximately 120lbs and benched 250lbs free weights and 300 machine weights. Scared ppl lol with two different BlackBelts. 30yrs later, still 120lbs, but benching 120lbs on free weights rn would scare me to try.
THIS.
I'm on this journey myself, thx a million for covering the topic ❤
Wonderful!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful knowledge!
Looking forward part 2 💪🏻 🏋️
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Your ability to learn faster than your competition is your only sustainable competitive advantage.
My favorite TH-cam channel!!
Now I understand why the skinny bad hulk can give the Lou Ferrigno hulk a good fight in the 70's TV show🙂.
Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
Do you have a video on how tendons and ligaments work and adapt during exercise? Because I've heard that strengthening your tendons will increase how much force you can produce, especially when you get up in age and muscle mass starts to decline
I switched from Body Building to CrossFit, I am doing crazy amounts of reps and I have noticed that even if I am not practicing typical strength building program I can still lift heavy as I was doing typical hypertrophic, bodybuilding program.
You do real pull-ups though right?
it'll be really great if the speaker also shares some insight into how all this details are actually discovered by scientists. What instruments are used, what experiments are performed, so on. Just a brief description should be good.
Love watching these videos, thank you. Have you done any videos on why some people develop tumors/cysts, cancer, or other diseases while others don’t?
Very interesting. However, I don't care about muscle mass or strength per se, but only as a means to improve insulin sensitivity and overall metabolic health. Would you mind address the proper exercises for this end in a future video? Thanks
What would a training look like for huge mass gain without getting stronger?
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Thank you for sharing. This was fun to follow! First time viewer, got my like and sub.
This helps explain why natural "maingaining" (lifting plus eating close to maintenance) over the long term still brings strength. Efficiency over engine size. In addition to that though, in terms of workout schedules, I do make sure for each muscle group per week to have one fast twitch muscle fiber day to emphasize mechanical tension, and one slow twitch fiber day day to emphasize metabolic stress (high reps until it burns).