Hello Dr. Mike. June Update. Im down to 165kg from starting 210 using your advice from Nutrition Made simple and how to design your own workout program. Even got a better job and i can afford to be a member now. Thank you for everything
My theory is that, as a personal trainer in Hollywood, you need to believe that you offer something unique to have a clear conscience while charging obscene amounts of money to your clients
@@stiffeification you just have a crush. He's an actor, also everyone has genuine interests. That those interests differ from yours doesn't take away from them being genuine❤❤
@AloneAgainstAll885 if you're not secure in your sexuality and masculinity enough to even think another man is handsome that's your personal problem buddy.
Yes we think he is handsome obviously, but we are not swooning not even 0.01%. Sorry, this is the internet and if I did feel even the slightest attraction I'd say it. But I've never felt any for any man.
Thanks, I was looking for this comment. You do need arm endurance to use one for a long time, but that has little to do with the actual weight of the sword. They are most certainly not "very, very heavy."
@@martystrasinger3801 I believe they used prop swords that had the same weightage a real one would in the series to make it seem more real. I think he's mentioned it before. Absolutely true though, that they aren't ridiculously heavy, otherwise malnourished soldiers in the 1700s or whatever wouldn't have even been able to use them.
Watched this before and I got the impression that the trainer knows what he’s doing, I think he just had to spice it up because men’s health asked them to. Henry Cavill just wanted to talk about swords
That cable machine exercise is something I was prescribed by a PT coming back from a disc injury. Maybe the point of it was injury prevention rather than to make him better at swinging a sword.
Isn't Henry everyone's dream man? I mean gosh he ticks *all* the boxes: handsome, harmoniously muscular, a complete gent, humorous and even a goddamn absolute nerd. Something to please literally everyone!
@huejastle it's because guys look up to men they wish they were more like and he's probably that for just about every man, at least in my opinion.. no homo though
Been training 40 years thought I knew it all! Since discovering this channel learned loads of new tips and ready to push it to the limit again..thanks man!!!
@@Voidrunner01 The big advantage of the pallof is that it's able to go very very light in resistance. Great for someone who has extremely limited strength and/or mobility. What it sucks at is progression. There's a certain point where the core and arms can handle the lateral load but you just aren't heavy enough to withstand the pull, so it just tips you over. You end up taking a wider and wider stance to compensate, but you can barely focus on the primary movement.
@@Beakerbite I've yet to see someone actually get to that point, and if they did, you can "graduate" them to more advanced work. But also, not all exercises need to progress to high loads.
Well then he fails at his job at actually getting the actor to the goal in the most efficient way possible, the video was advertised as his training to look the part of the witcher. Doing PT exercises only makes sense when youre dealing with an actual issues. PT exercises Usually also are worse than standard exercises at Prehab, they usually only are great for the warmup. When i fix my clients i get them back to Deadlifting, Squatting and Pressing ASAP. I only do PT work as long as its necessary. Not to mention that most Physical therapist are only experts at milking you by only doing stretches and weird chiropractic adjacent bullshit. One of my clients went to PT for a whole effing year before she came to me with serious back pain. The industry has serious issues
I absolutely LOVE this channel. I didn't realize the passion had for this subject when I got back in the gym. I have been cutting and focusing on fat loss. I've lost 37 pounds and would like to lose 13-23 more. This channel has helped me learn the ins and outs of hypertrophy. I just made my first hypertrophy program from scratch. Focusing on one thing at a time has been a major theme on this channel. The whole team is amazing.
For the obliques you recommended gravity weighted as opposed to the bands he’s doing. As someone who does sword training I can say that that is wrong. The longswords usually weigh between 1,5-2 kilos, a few Hollywood swords a bit more but regardless most of the weight is shifted towards the hilt. It is not the weight of the sword per se but the sideways force you have to generate and repulse constantly during a session. You also want the perfect structure where the hand is in front the chest in the middle and to maintain that posture against resistance, if you lose that center you lose. His training there is perfect for this and I do it myself. Imagine holding out a sword but someone else is pushing it away to the side and you are trying to prevent it while maintaining good structure. Obliques, core and posterior chain is where it all is… well that and good structure and technique. Shoulder strength not so much. Awesome video as always.
Thanks for pitchng in. I was also skeptical of his critique as dumbbell and swords have very different center of gravity and are flung at high speeds. Having different field's knowledge is critical and usually presents a balanced approach as opposed to just gaining for muscles. Makes you look like a person who views everything as a nail.
@@jamesbabbath5306 yes and if you cannot differentiate between a training designed to train the body and technique used in actual fencing you have many other problems.
A Physical Therapist had me do the cable hold and push workout in the kneeling position but it wasn’t to get jacked, it was to recover from a back injury. I’ve noticed that allot of the workouts that men’s health tends to focus on are used in injury rehabilitation.
I feel like Mr. Obvious here but wouldn't training with a blunt, heavy, sword accomplish the goal of ohhh...I don't know....getting stronger at swing a sword around?
The main reason I stopped seeing a Personal Trainer as was the constant programming of unnecessarily, complicated exercise variants. I could never put my finger on exactly what it was, I just knew I didn’t enjoy it, and Dr. Mike laid it out perfectly here. This year I started training on my own as I felt like I had a good idea of form and committed to getting stronger at all of the main compound lifts and steadily adding weight to the bar. I’ve gained more muscle in the past six months than I did in the last three years. A lot of the confidence I had to work out on my own was from watching your videos so, thank you, Dr. Mike!
I started with a strength & conditioning coach a few months ago. He's got a masters in sports science & he seems really aligned with Dr Mike! He's very expensive compared to the usual PTs who have a certificate 3 in personal training lol, but I haven't regretted one penny. Im extremely injury prone, hypermobile & have a list of limiting factors like arthritis & bulging discs & in 3 months I've gone from a shuffling pain-ball to a mini-beast with no pain, no after workout headaches which were the norm, & without watching my food my body has surprisingly recomp'd. It's worth paying for Dr Mikes, not PTs IMO.
OMG! I just found your channel Dr. Mike and I have not had such a great laugh in so long. From unbridled lust, honest answers and harsh critiques, this video had it all. I guess I am going to have to go through so much of your stuff and see what is going to benefit my broken veteran ass the best. Don't stop what you do!
@@MrCharrrles He's gotten bigger & bigger over the years. He was big & Man of Steel, but he's much bigger now. The funny thing is that I didn't think he needed to get any bigger for The Witcher. If you look at the video game, Geralt is lean & relatively thin. Heck, even comparing him to the other witchers in the series, he's massive...
@@d.a.baracushe's described as rather muscular in the books iirc. Or at least when I read the books, I imagined a giant dude with really wide shoulders.
Loved this reaction. I think his man of steel "workout" (putting it in quotes cuz I ofc do not believe what they claim is what he actually did for that physique) is way more in line with good hypertrophy training practices. RIP his role in Witcher though. He carried the show. Last season with him this year.
Happy last season of the Witcher! Really is a shame what Netflix did with the material. Hope another studio down the line can pick it up and actually do right by the books. Henry was the perfect Geralt though....
Wow! This was my first time seeing this channel and this by far one of the better videos I've seen. Absolutely fantastic analysis and critique, not to mention incredibly fair*. Fantastic work and I look forward to seeing more of your informative content. One of the rare times I wasn't rolling my eyes at the terrible misinformation that is rampant online these days. Thank you for the fantastic video! *in regards to strength, hypertrophy, and conditioning. I'm not weighing in on the sword training
This was my first dr Mike video and I saw it about a year ago. Now I'm on closing in on my fourth month of weight training at the gym. Thank you Henry. Thank you Mike. ❤❤❤
I hear people saying „all the hollywood actors got the most expensive and the best trainers” that’s why they’re in shape but later you see their training. It is no better than average lifter’s training after 2-3 years
@@PcCAvioN They don't need "massive gear". It's just that everything is tailored to them and they just need to show up and do what's already planned. No guesswork, no bs, no decision making, just put down the work.
@IsUserADuck agreed. Idk why that was that persons first retort but its a stupid take. Henry has also been working out for over a decade or more im pretty sure. Before acting he did powerlifting with his brother, according to an interview I read. So he's been at this for a long time
The cable resistance is for the dynamic trunk stability endurance exercise. Static holds will help for posing (with the sword too) before and after the choreography as they hold for shots many times. Swords are light. And you would need trap/rhomboid endurance, and strong and “agile” wrists, more than big strong delts.
Now im no sword expert, but i would assume that it is really similiar to boxing and mma/athlete stuff. A really good exercise for that would be what he showed in the video. he seems to think of everything in a muscle building lens, not as much in a "i dont want to strain my obliques and body doing stuff with the sword for 5 hours" Its not bad, and it seems like mike doesnt completely understand athletic training (though thats not his job)
@@lukelunyeah he is looking at it through bodybuilding and muscular activation for hypertrophy, with other videos he was correct but he doesn’t understand the point of this exercise, as he doesn’t have knowledge about swords and core stability with it, which is fair because that has nothing to do with him and what he does, so it’s fair.
i’ve gotta say, as someone who’s done a little bit of training with a sword (kendo) that it’s not about muscle strength and size. HEMA is mostly the same as kendo and iaido in this sense where most of the power comes from the hips, core, and chest rather than arms and shoulders. shoulder and tricep strength can make some movements more powerful as you would expect, but the really powerful movements are getting enough power from your whole torso working together that it doesn’t really matter how strong you are. if he wants to look like a skilled and competent swordsman, he should practice HEMA
@@VALIANTWEENUS HEMA and Kenjutsu(the type that’s practiced in brazil) are basically the same thing with different textbooks. historical swordplay based on ancient manuals. there are HEMA people and groups that just play with swords and call it HEMA, but that’s not what all of them are
Hey Mike, professional lacrosse player here. I play with a longer stick because I play defense and grew up doing amateur stunt training. so some of the training styles are very similar to swords training. Using a heavy weight in your hands does not have the exact translation to actually doing the task (swinging sword or heavy stick). Also the tax on the obliques is something you will never know without being in that field. The rotation aspect and trunk control will kill your obliques if they aren’t conditioned and it is a soreness that can last for days and really impede performance
Good point about the difference between exercises and feats of whatever. Just because something is difficult, or can only be done if one has done functional training, doesn't mean it provides any training benefits itself.
Sword fighter here (Buhurt/HEMA) - if you are using your shoulder to swing a sword, you are probably also using your forearms and wrists to swing the sword, and you are heading to repetitive stress injury land very quickly (especially one-hand and particularly in armor). Good sword swings come from the hips, not the shoulder
I'm relatively new to strength training but I truly appreciate the discussion of unnecessarily complicating movement. I know I've come dangerously close to injury because I'm so busy focusing on accomplishing the next step in a multiple-move action that I don't get the targeted workout on that muscle group or being able to take the time to control the movement.
2:20 I have a home gym where hamstring machines had to take a backseat to others so I do SLDL/Romanian DL as my main ham exercise. I've never used it as a glute ex because there are other better exercises for that.
Interesting to hear your comments on static holds, isn't there decent evidence for isometric exercise for both hypertrophy and strength? A channel called The Bioneer recently did a big video in the advantages of static holds and he generally researches his stuff well.
Dr. Mike, thanks for doing these celebrity reviews because a lot of newbies will see these and waste time, get frustrated, and maybe injured. You're doing them a service and for the rest of us... it's a load of fun to watch you tear them apart
Great video! As an ex-trainer. I never did iso holds with any clients other than clients with tennis or golfers elbow! At the same time I can understand why they want do something “fancy”. I have had prospects that want to have “fun” workout in the gym. They are the hardest clients to please. Thank god that most of my clients then are serious and understand that they don’t need some instagram workout training. My theory is if you’ve only got 3 sessions with me a week and that’s all you do. I’m gonna compound every f***ing thing. Or do upper lower split if we work f*** hard. That said hats off to all the trainers out there it’s tough work! I remembered working 6days and in the gym 6am-9pm and at least till 11pm twice a week. Life was tough. Don’t hate on the trainers some had to climb their way up. Of course some don’t. If you are looking for a trainer, look for one that’s been through the grind love their work and is always wanting to learn more cause a humble trainer is one that is the one that has the potential to be the most knowledgeable one out there. Ego just stops progress.
Dr. Mike my brother, 1. Leg curls don't have near the anabolic activation of a compound exercise like the dead lift. Cavill isn't likely using "large amounts" of PEDs so the IGF1, HGH, and other natural hormones generated from these are a key component to overall body growth. 2. Back extensions can be specifically done to target the glutes as the primary muscle engaged (the other primary way targets lower back, erectors). Short of hip thrusts, which he wouldn't put in a video, this is one of the best exercises for a film worth backside. 3. The sword exercise is probably meant to help him not fatigue from moving the sword back and forth. IF he were to swing a dumbell back and forth, his shoulders would tire long before the muscles used to swing the sword laterally quickly, for hours on end, during a shoot. Absolutely correct that it would be better as a dynamic exercize though. 4. Agree on the shoulders. 5. Pretty clear the static holds with the dumbell was to train Cavill for static holds with a sword to get him through his stunts.
you are my new hero! seriously I studied diet and nutrition while in the military, NASM certified and was a personal trainer for a while. these odd workout and diet plans on social media are advanced and often confusing for the lay person seems to me it would be frustrating to someone trying to just gain some muscle and lose some weight…
One of the first things you notice if you star practicing historical martial arts with swords, is how light and easy to handle a sword is. Not only is their weight a lot lower than you'd expect, but they are balanced so that most of their weight is towards the grip, making them even easier to handle. The swords he uses in the Witcher also look like they are one-handed swords with a two-handed grip, so they should be even easier to handle than normal swords. So the swords he's handling must be poorly balanced, unusually heavy, or both. Not sure why they would want to make them that way, but there is probably some technical reason for it.
3:30 your critique for his oblique workout doesn't really make sense to me. Surely, using a dumbbell would remove the focus from the obliques towards the shoulders instead, which wasn't the point of that exercise? The point was the obliques since he clearly felt that was a weak point and a problem when doing sword fighting. You're always saying the exercise should focus on the muscle group that you intend to target, but this just seems to go against that, unless I'm missing something?
Love your stuff. Just found these videos after seeing an interview with you and another doctor. Cant wait to tear into all the other videos. Thanks for confirming that all these weird new exercises are mostly all huffy puffy.
The pallof press absolutely has a place in this workout. Its training anti rotation which has carryover to a sword fighting scene where the swords are clashing. In order to not fall over or lose balance when swords are clashing the core engages in anti rotation to keep you stable
Henry Cavill is a gym rat. he built his physique through years of big classic compound lifts training, good nutrition and healthy upper range body fat % (he seldom goes below 15%, never, never appeared shredded so he guarantees a good size also) and that is it. These type of videos are more about promoting the series and getting the view that about giving factual info. Anyway is always funny to hear Dr Mike saying what I also think in my head. Oh and I think he is natty. Feel free to call me delusional😆
Mike was trying way to hard to find problems with first two exercises. And they’re logic was fine his was flawed. Knees bent more hip hinge more glutes. And 2nd exercise variation was erector/glute/hamstring dominant not only hamstring especially pausing at the top fires erector muscles
My dream man is Henry Cavil but with Doc's voice screaming, "Up!!!!" at me and I'm at the gym, about to vomit and pass out, doing leg press. My therapist doesn't want to work me anymore :(
Would love to hear your thoughts on Jason Mamoa's Accelarated Results 7 (AR-7) Program that he did for Conan, GOT and Aquaman. There is quite alot of info on it and some videos online. Also do you think he's natural and same question for Cavill .
I have to disagree with ya at 3:30 with the cable push outs. This is a great ab/core/oblique exercise! He misspeaks a bit when he says it's for "endurance." But your recommendation of a free/gravity weight completely changes the exercise. As shown, it's all about pushing your arms straight and resisting the rotation/pull of the cable. I do these fairly often, and they're great. 👍
3:42 I thought you were going to say, "If you really wanted to train for endurance with a sword, you would instead use a sword." I am no expert, neither in sword usage nor weight training, but that's how I'd do it.
Very true agreed ,as a Soldier in the Army, and someone who has worked out and even done legitimate heavy lifting for over 20 years, I have sadly noticed that a lot of people undervalue strength and body building training.
Because normal is not interesting enough for tv and since allmost all action actors are on PED but wont admit it they use the "you dont do what i do so you dont have my results". Imo ofc
Honestly, I think it has to do with the trainer wanting to make things "interesting" and dynamic for the actor. I think it is more about that in these cases than actual effective exercise.
The pallof press is dynamic though. Cavill said endurance, but I think the point is to build dynamic spine stability for long sword fighting sessions (thus endurance). I first heard of this one from Dr Stu Mcgill, so it has some street cred as well.
Hello. Person who fights with swords here. They aren't that heavy. I've met the chap who makes the prop swords for Witcher and he knows what he is doing. They will be 4lbs absolute max, and more like 3lbs. They are fatiguing after you swing them round for a few hours, particularly in the delts and forearms. Which one fatigues first depends on the style of fencing you're doing. The slow way Cavill will have to swing for filming will also exacerbate fatigue.
Dr. Mike was brave enough to say the quiet part out loud lol. Cheers to you. 🎉. More than that though, the genome birth lottery can be brutal to some of us.
Hi Professor, as a Sports Scientist (Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology/Sports Nutrition), thank you so much for critiquing these absurd, ridiculous celebrity workout routines !! Could you do a YT video on 'Diet & Exercise'. All I hear is Boiled Chicken, Steamed Veg & Brown Rice. No mention of carbs for fuel & recovery, micro-nutrient deficiency & hormone/immune issues, sleep, etc., etc.
Hello Dr. Mike. June Update. Im down to 165kg from starting 210 using your advice from Nutrition Made simple and how to design your own workout program. Even got a better job and i can afford to be a member now. Thank you for everything
That is fantastic!!! Keep chipping away. You will achieve your goals!!!!!!
Great work! Keep it going we love to see it!
Nice dude!
Gj dude!
Damn that's impressive, really nice my dude !
My theory is that, as a personal trainer in Hollywood, you need to believe that you offer something unique to have a clear conscience while charging obscene amounts of money to your clients
Sounds about right
The main thing is to have access to high quality steroids
you're selling the kool aid
@@HazardlyHarry I agree with every statement you made there my dude
at this point it seems like being scientifically accurate throughout the whole program would be something unique in and of itself lmao
Props to Cavill actually showing up and exercising in a workout video!
Yeah come to think of it, I think this is the first video where the actor actually shows up
Cavill is actually real and down to earth, with genuine interests. rare with celebs
@@stiffeification you just have a crush. He's an actor, also everyone has genuine interests. That those interests differ from yours doesn't take away from them being genuine❤❤
He seems a real genuine guy not up himself happy to be there and explain. No wonder woke Hollywood hates him
"Woke Hollywood hates him"
Yeah, ok.
Expected Dr. Mike would swoon over Henry Cavill and I was not disappointed.
Impossible to not do so if you're even remotely human
@AloneAgainstAll885 if you're not secure in your sexuality and masculinity enough to even think another man is handsome that's your personal problem buddy.
Yes we think he is handsome obviously, but we are not swooning not even 0.01%. Sorry, this is the internet and if I did feel even the slightest attraction I'd say it. But I've never felt any for any man.
@@yianpap6093 Who asked?
@@joshs7160Karan virsingh
It's funny that Henry Cavill's "before" body is essentially my dream body.
For real, tho.
To be fair to you, that's not really his before. At that point he already trained to get away from his previous fat body.
Yeah, In the immortals he has a perfect aesthetic physique
Right? Like Brad Pitts look in "Snatch" a bit less lean than Fight Club but still chiseled.
I'd love, after the critique, to see you do a video of how you would train for the same thing. I think that would be cool!
Additional Pedantry: A good sword is 1.5-2.5ish pounds, and exceedingly well balanced. The wieldiness is the point. They are NOT heavy.
Thanks, I was looking for this comment. You do need arm endurance to use one for a long time, but that has little to do with the actual weight of the sword. They are most certainly not "very, very heavy."
I have zero experience in this field, but wouldn’t the stunt swords be lighter than an actual sword? Minimize fatigue, make injuries less severe etc.?
@@martystrasinger3801 possibly but unlikely I think. Different weighted objects move differently
I don’t have experience with swords but, your shoulders get tired whilst holding your hands up in a guard, like in box, does that happen with swords?
@@martystrasinger3801 I believe they used prop swords that had the same weightage a real one would in the series to make it seem more real. I think he's mentioned it before. Absolutely true though, that they aren't ridiculously heavy, otherwise malnourished soldiers in the 1700s or whatever wouldn't have even been able to use them.
Watched this before and I got the impression that the trainer knows what he’s doing, I think he just had to spice it up because men’s health asked them to. Henry Cavill just wanted to talk about swords
Also good PR for getting well paying celebrity clients.
Lmao accurate about Henry
Yeah this trainer is an IFBB pro, also trains the Rock, and is married to the Rock's ex-wife. This guy is doing very well for himself lol.
hahaha! Henry: i am just running on treadmills.. you know, cause swords!
@@cameronkoch482 He took the girl of one of his clients? Lmao, way to go.
5:05 "Do your taxes, that's hard!" Spitting the truth.
Only in America.
That cable machine exercise is something I was prescribed by a PT coming back from a disc injury. Maybe the point of it was injury prevention rather than to make him better at swinging a sword.
Ya it's called a Pallof Press and it's an anti-rotational exercise which is a very powerful core exercise which is useful for back and core health.
Isn't Henry everyone's dream man? I mean gosh he ticks *all* the boxes: handsome, harmoniously muscular, a complete gent, humorous and even a goddamn absolute nerd. Something to please literally everyone!
Everyone just getting their 🍑s greased over here 😂
@huejastle it's because guys look up to men they wish they were more like and he's probably that for just about every man, at least in my opinion.. no homo though
AND he likes world of warcraft. The man really is it all
@vinyziks8437 Did not know that, but that makes him even better!!!! Would have never expected that. Lol
@@shanelayman8653 apparently he got the Man of Steel call while in a WoW raid
“Do your taxes, that’s hard” - cracked me up real good 😂 Thanks Dr. Mike!
Bro fuck taxes man lol
That was well said indeed 💯% 🙂
Total spit take!!!!
I’ve spit my coffee in laughter😂
i was looking for this comment 😂
Been training 40 years thought I knew it all! Since discovering this channel learned loads of new tips and ready to push it to the limit again..thanks man!!!
Just checked your channel garageman BRUTAL training keep going grandpa 🔥
Woooo! - Dr. Mike
He is doing a Pallof Press to target the obliques with the cable machine. It is a physical therapy exercise
its good to see you get the recognition you deserve these days. ive been a fan for about 6+ years.
Trainer definitely has a physical therapy background. Lots of these like the pallof press and 3 way shoulder raise are straight from PT
Makes sense, they worry celebs get injured, so their focus is on safety.
PED's will make 90% of the job anyway.
Yup, that's straight up injury prevention. The Pallof press especially has a ton of value for rehab/prehab.
@@Voidrunner01 The big advantage of the pallof is that it's able to go very very light in resistance. Great for someone who has extremely limited strength and/or mobility. What it sucks at is progression. There's a certain point where the core and arms can handle the lateral load but you just aren't heavy enough to withstand the pull, so it just tips you over. You end up taking a wider and wider stance to compensate, but you can barely focus on the primary movement.
@@Beakerbite I've yet to see someone actually get to that point, and if they did, you can "graduate" them to more advanced work. But also, not all exercises need to progress to high loads.
Well then he fails at his job at actually getting the actor to the goal in the most efficient way possible, the video was advertised as his training to look the part of the witcher. Doing PT exercises only makes sense when youre dealing with an actual issues. PT exercises Usually also are worse than standard exercises at Prehab, they usually only are great for the warmup.
When i fix my clients i get them back to Deadlifting, Squatting and Pressing ASAP. I only do PT work as long as its necessary. Not to mention that most Physical therapist are only experts at milking you by only doing stretches and weird chiropractic adjacent bullshit. One of my clients went to PT for a whole effing year before she came to me with serious back pain. The industry has serious issues
I absolutely LOVE this channel. I didn't realize the passion had for this subject when I got back in the gym. I have been cutting and focusing on fat loss. I've lost 37 pounds and would like to lose 13-23 more. This channel has helped me learn the ins and outs of hypertrophy. I just made my first hypertrophy program from scratch. Focusing on one thing at a time has been a major theme on this channel. The whole team is amazing.
congrats on your progress!
Michael, best wishes to you! - Dr. Mike
For the obliques you recommended gravity weighted as opposed to the bands he’s doing. As someone who does sword training I can say that that is wrong. The longswords usually weigh between 1,5-2 kilos, a few Hollywood swords a bit more but regardless most of the weight is shifted towards the hilt. It is not the weight of the sword per se but the sideways force you have to generate and repulse constantly during a session. You also want the perfect structure where the hand is in front the chest in the middle and to maintain that posture against resistance, if you lose that center you lose. His training there is perfect for this and I do it myself. Imagine holding out a sword but someone else is pushing it away to the side and you are trying to prevent it while maintaining good structure. Obliques, core and posterior chain is where it all is… well that and good structure and technique. Shoulder strength not so much. Awesome video as always.
Very interest counter take. Makes sense.
Yes and mike doesn’t seem to understand the purpose of a pallof press
Thanks for pitchng in. I was also skeptical of his critique as dumbbell and swords have very different center of gravity and are flung at high speeds. Having different field's knowledge is critical and usually presents a balanced approach as opposed to just gaining for muscles. Makes you look like a person who views everything as a nail.
If you're holding steady pressure against your opponent you're doing it wrong lol
@@jamesbabbath5306 yes and if you cannot differentiate between a training designed to train the body and technique used in actual fencing you have many other problems.
A Physical Therapist had me do the cable hold and push workout in the kneeling position but it wasn’t to get jacked, it was to recover from a back injury. I’ve noticed that allot of the workouts that men’s health tends to focus on are used in injury rehabilitation.
I feel like Mr. Obvious here but wouldn't training with a blunt, heavy, sword accomplish the goal of ohhh...I don't know....getting stronger at swing a sword around?
yes but he is also training to look like an action figure not just to be a swordsman
Mike could easily become a stand up comedian too 😂😂😂
Why ? dont you like his videos with him sitting down ?
@@shmo8958 😂😂😂 so much that I imagine him doing a stand up show Dave Chapelle style
He has that degenerate Jew comedy style.
@@shmo8958 He's something like a seated comedian so...
No
The main reason I stopped seeing a Personal Trainer as was the constant programming of unnecessarily, complicated exercise variants. I could never put my finger on exactly what it was, I just knew I didn’t enjoy it, and Dr. Mike laid it out perfectly here.
This year I started training on my own as I felt like I had a good idea of form and committed to getting stronger at all of the main compound lifts and steadily adding weight to the bar.
I’ve gained more muscle in the past six months than I did in the last three years. A lot of the confidence I had to work out on my own was from watching your videos so, thank you, Dr. Mike!
I started with a strength & conditioning coach a few months ago. He's got a masters in sports science & he seems really aligned with Dr Mike! He's very expensive compared to the usual PTs who have a certificate 3 in personal training lol, but I haven't regretted one penny.
Im extremely injury prone, hypermobile & have a list of limiting factors like arthritis & bulging discs & in 3 months I've gone from a shuffling pain-ball to a mini-beast with no pain, no after workout headaches which were the norm, & without watching my food my body has surprisingly recomp'd.
It's worth paying for Dr Mikes, not PTs IMO.
They make it complicated so you feel like you have to rely on them
I'm looking forward to seeing Henry Cavill train to become Primarch Guilliman 🔥
You know that this will not happen, right? Let just hope, that cgi will be fine. Henry's acting is undisputed.
Are primarchs natty? 😏 🤔😅😁
@@kren4449 Only simp Taus are natty
he needs to get big fast so they can fit those three hearts and five kidneys inside him.
@Marko of course it's simply the love of the emperor that makes them so jacked
Henry Cavill is every guy's dream guy. You can't not swoon over him no matter how manly you are.
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I've noticed that for every woman gushing over Henry Cavill, I've run across 10-20 dudes who do the same.
Nah, Ryan Reynolds gives him some serious competition for dream guy
Yeah, nah
I don't care how handsome a guy is. I can never be attracted to a male.
OMG! I just found your channel Dr. Mike and I have not had such a great laugh in so long. From unbridled lust, honest answers and harsh critiques, this video had it all. I guess I am going to have to go through so much of your stuff and see what is going to benefit my broken veteran ass the best.
Don't stop what you do!
Mate where have you been all my life.... the science and the common sense you offer to this workout is brilliant.... sold!!
To be fair Henry Cavill (aside from being the embodiment of Goldy perfection) has been a body builder for well over a decade.
Yeah he was at least that big for Man of Steel
Haha your are 100% correct. The dude is literally a perfect looking dude. Wish I looked like him for a week.
@@MrCharrrles He's gotten bigger & bigger over the years. He was big & Man of Steel, but he's much bigger now. The funny thing is that I didn't think he needed to get any bigger for The Witcher. If you look at the video game, Geralt is lean & relatively thin. Heck, even comparing him to the other witchers in the series, he's massive...
@@d.a.baracushe's described as rather muscular in the books iirc. Or at least when I read the books, I imagined a giant dude with really wide shoulders.
Loved this reaction. I think his man of steel "workout" (putting it in quotes cuz I ofc do not believe what they claim is what he actually did for that physique) is way more in line with good hypertrophy training practices.
RIP his role in Witcher though. He carried the show. Last season with him this year.
Happy last season of the Witcher! Really is a shame what Netflix did with the material. Hope another studio down the line can pick it up and actually do right by the books. Henry was the perfect Geralt though....
@@worldeater2046 agree, that show was atrocious.
Wow! This was my first time seeing this channel and this by far one of the better videos I've seen. Absolutely fantastic analysis and critique, not to mention incredibly fair*. Fantastic work and I look forward to seeing more of your informative content. One of the rare times I wasn't rolling my eyes at the terrible misinformation that is rampant online these days. Thank you for the fantastic video!
*in regards to strength, hypertrophy, and conditioning. I'm not weighing in on the sword training
This was my first dr Mike video and I saw it about a year ago. Now I'm on closing in on my fourth month of weight training at the gym. Thank you Henry. Thank you Mike. ❤❤❤
Find someone who looks at you and gushes the way that Mike does for Henry Cavil
I hear people saying „all the hollywood actors got the most expensive and the best trainers” that’s why they’re in shape but later you see their training. It is no better than average lifter’s training after 2-3 years
They just have access to quality PEDs and have infinite free time between sets
Massive gear, chef made nutritionist approved meals, and a personal trainer taking care of all the planning and thinking makes everything easy
@@PcCAvioN They don't need "massive gear". It's just that everything is tailored to them and they just need to show up and do what's already planned. No guesswork, no bs, no decision making, just put down the work.
It is no better than average lifter’s training after 2-3 years
It's actually significally worse
Yep, but their results are also no better than the average lifter with 2 years of experience.
I want to see Henry’s true routine. This hodge podge of exercises are just the surface of what built the UNIT that is The Man of Steel.
One word: Steroids
@@BISF2P nah, unlike most others HC looks the least likely to be juiced up. He's not that jacked and he was training forever.
@IsUserADuck agreed. Idk why that was that persons first retort but its a stupid take. Henry has also been working out for over a decade or more im pretty sure. Before acting he did powerlifting with his brother, according to an interview I read. So he's been at this for a long time
Dr. Mike, you have the best edutainment in the fitness genre.
The cable resistance is for the dynamic trunk stability endurance exercise.
Static holds will help for posing (with the sword too) before and after the choreography as they hold for shots many times.
Swords are light. And you would need trap/rhomboid endurance, and strong and “agile” wrists, more than big strong delts.
Now im no sword expert, but i would assume that it is really similiar to boxing and mma/athlete stuff. A really good exercise for that would be what he showed in the video. he seems to think of everything in a muscle building lens, not as much in a "i dont want to strain my obliques and body doing stuff with the sword for 5 hours" Its not bad, and it seems like mike doesnt completely understand athletic training (though thats not his job)
@@lukelunyeah he is looking at it through bodybuilding and muscular activation for hypertrophy, with other videos he was correct but he doesn’t understand the point of this exercise, as he doesn’t have knowledge about swords and core stability with it, which is fair because that has nothing to do with him and what he does, so it’s fair.
Doing a lot of takes talking while holding sword is indeed just static holds
i’ve gotta say, as someone who’s done a little bit of training with a sword (kendo) that it’s not about muscle strength and size. HEMA is mostly the same as kendo and iaido in this sense where most of the power comes from the hips, core, and chest rather than arms and shoulders. shoulder and tricep strength can make some movements more powerful as you would expect, but the really powerful movements are getting enough power from your whole torso working together that it doesn’t really matter how strong you are. if he wants to look like a skilled and competent swordsman, he should practice HEMA
he's sword practice is closer to dancing than HEMA. He's doing choreographs not fights.
HEMA is bullshido fasntasy cosplaying martial arts 😂😂😂
working with a 68 inch 7 lb sword wears me out quick, when I go down to a 4lb sword it is a big difference.
@@jeffreysnethen9586 yeah, and weight training would make no difference on that. using the 7lb sword more would
@@VALIANTWEENUS HEMA and Kenjutsu(the type that’s practiced in brazil) are basically the same thing with different textbooks. historical swordplay based on ancient manuals. there are HEMA people and groups that just play with swords and call it HEMA, but that’s not what all of them are
"You want a challenge - do your taxes . . .that's hard!"
My god I love you Mike. This is why I'm subscribed.
Hey Mike, professional lacrosse player here. I play with a longer stick because I play defense and grew up doing amateur stunt training. so some of the training styles are very similar to swords training. Using a heavy weight in your hands does not have the exact translation to actually doing the task (swinging sword or heavy stick). Also the tax on the obliques is something you will never know without being in that field. The rotation aspect and trunk control will kill your obliques if they aren’t conditioned and it is a soreness that can last for days and really impede performance
This guy is insanely good at critiques towards fitness scammers love it😊 he has the knowledge, ambition, and commitment to the viewers
Good point about the difference between exercises and feats of whatever. Just because something is difficult, or can only be done if one has done functional training, doesn't mean it provides any training benefits itself.
3:59 Dr.Mike threatens you with an imaginary gun.
Love these. As someone who was a fighter, please do a training scene in a boxing or MMA movie. Thanks Dr. Mike!!
Sword fighter here (Buhurt/HEMA) - if you are using your shoulder to swing a sword, you are probably also using your forearms and wrists to swing the sword, and you are heading to repetitive stress injury land very quickly (especially one-hand and particularly in armor).
Good sword swings come from the hips, not the shoulder
Yoooo...Big H always makes everyone question their sexuality, but 1:30 in and I'm just mirin this man's arms. Holy shit this guy's jacked.
Good amount of swooning Henry Cavill and quality explanations. Thanks Mike
I'm relatively new to strength training but I truly appreciate the discussion of unnecessarily complicating movement. I know I've come dangerously close to injury because I'm so busy focusing on accomplishing the next step in a multiple-move action that I don't get the targeted workout on that muscle group or being able to take the time to control the movement.
The lack of heavy club swinging is baffling. Literally the oldest form of training for weapon fighting from time immemorial.
That conclusion was hilarious. Awesome content. Thanks for that.
2:20 I have a home gym where hamstring machines had to take a backseat to others so I do SLDL/Romanian DL as my main ham exercise. I've never used it as a glute ex because there are other better exercises for that.
I hope you get to train Cavill ! Why dont they come to experts for training?
The people picking who they train with don't have the knowledge to pick an expert! - Dr. Mike
Interesting to hear your comments on static holds, isn't there decent evidence for isometric exercise for both hypertrophy and strength? A channel called The Bioneer recently did a big video in the advantages of static holds and he generally researches his stuff well.
This is one of my main problems with all of these videos. I can't think of any other field where there's this much contradictory information
He's been my dream man since the Tudors. And then even more so when he was in Superman and they let him keep his chest hair 😍😍
Rachel relax!
@@OMAR-vk9pi Omar Chill
What if I have chest hair, too...?
@@coronalights9693 Corona, chillax
@@afterzanzibar don't let anyone take it from you!
This guy is a fucking professional. He has taught me so much already
Just found your videos a few weeks ago. Great explanations and sarcasm! Appreciate you man!
Dr. Mike, thanks for doing these celebrity reviews because a lot of newbies will see these and waste time, get frustrated, and maybe injured. You're doing them a service and for the rest of us... it's a load of fun to watch you tear them apart
I'm sure 99% of us were waving our hands at our faces at the sight of Mr. Cavill.
I always believed I was 100 % straight as well. That was until I saw Henry Cavill put on the S-suit and work out. God!
The Man Is a total stud... Just saying! 🤷🏻♂️
2:40 two back to back? Yes, that is why his glutes are the best in the industry lmao
Great video! As an ex-trainer. I never did iso holds with any clients other than clients with tennis or golfers elbow!
At the same time I can understand why they want do something “fancy”. I have had prospects that want to have “fun” workout in the gym. They are the hardest clients to please.
Thank god that most of my clients then are serious and understand that they don’t need some instagram workout training.
My theory is if you’ve only got 3 sessions with me a week and that’s all you do. I’m gonna compound every f***ing thing. Or do upper lower split if we work f*** hard.
That said hats off to all the trainers out there it’s tough work!
I remembered working 6days and in the gym 6am-9pm and at least till 11pm twice a week. Life was tough.
Don’t hate on the trainers some had to climb their way up. Of course some don’t.
If you are looking for a trainer, look for one that’s been through the grind love their work and is always wanting to learn more cause a humble trainer is one that is the one that has the potential to be the most knowledgeable one out there. Ego just stops progress.
Even Ricky Martin is in love with Henry Cavill 😅😅
Favorite series of yours love it, keep up the good work 😎
Ever consider a critique of sumo wrestler training?
Dr. Mike my brother,
1. Leg curls don't have near the anabolic activation of a compound exercise like the dead lift. Cavill isn't likely using "large amounts" of PEDs so the IGF1, HGH, and other natural hormones generated from these are a key component to overall body growth.
2. Back extensions can be specifically done to target the glutes as the primary muscle engaged (the other primary way targets lower back, erectors). Short of hip thrusts, which he wouldn't put in a video, this is one of the best exercises for a film worth backside.
3. The sword exercise is probably meant to help him not fatigue from moving the sword back and forth. IF he were to swing a dumbell back and forth, his shoulders would tire long before the muscles used to swing the sword laterally quickly, for hours on end, during a shoot. Absolutely correct that it would be better as a dynamic exercize though.
4. Agree on the shoulders.
5. Pretty clear the static holds with the dumbell was to train Cavill for static holds with a sword to get him through his stunts.
Can you critique the Army's ACFT? Your critiques are hilarious. Thank you
you are my new hero! seriously I studied diet and nutrition while in the military, NASM certified and was a personal trainer for a while. these odd workout and diet plans on social media are advanced and often confusing for the lay person seems to me it would be frustrating to someone trying to just gain some muscle and lose some weight…
One of the first things you notice if you star practicing historical martial arts with swords, is how light and easy to handle a sword is. Not only is their weight a lot lower than you'd expect, but they are balanced so that most of their weight is towards the grip, making them even easier to handle. The swords he uses in the Witcher also look like they are one-handed swords with a two-handed grip, so they should be even easier to handle than normal swords. So the swords he's handling must be poorly balanced, unusually heavy, or both. Not sure why they would want to make them that way, but there is probably some technical reason for it.
3:30 your critique for his oblique workout doesn't really make sense to me. Surely, using a dumbbell would remove the focus from the obliques towards the shoulders instead, which wasn't the point of that exercise? The point was the obliques since he clearly felt that was a weak point and a problem when doing sword fighting.
You're always saying the exercise should focus on the muscle group that you intend to target, but this just seems to go against that, unless I'm missing something?
Love your stuff. Just found these videos after seeing an interview with you and another doctor. Cant wait to tear into all the other videos. Thanks for confirming that all these weird new exercises are mostly all huffy puffy.
For shoulders, I ONLY do Lat Raises and Military Press... I find my shoulders get used A LOT as secondary muscles, on chest and back Day.....
The pallof press absolutely has a place in this workout. Its training anti rotation which has carryover to a sword fighting scene where the swords are clashing. In order to not fall over or lose balance when swords are clashing the core engages in anti rotation to keep you stable
I mean really. Look at the size of Cavill. He can swing a sword around without falling over or losing balance, with or without the pallof press 😂
@@Gallywomack perhaps, but also him being so top heavy could make him an easier target to throw off his balance
@@RapidBlindfolds If you think he's top heavy man you have not been staring at his ass, you know, the way any normal heterosexual male does :p
Totally agree, but wouldnt a full contact twist or something just give more effect for the time spent? Might actually help you swing the sword..
@@andersbjrnsen7203 both explosive rotation and anti-rotation should be trained 👍
Henry Cavill is a gym rat. he built his physique through years of big classic compound lifts training, good nutrition and healthy upper range body fat % (he seldom goes below 15%, never, never appeared shredded so he guarantees a good size also) and that is it. These type of videos are more about promoting the series and getting the view that about giving factual info. Anyway is always funny to hear Dr Mike saying what I also think in my head. Oh and I think he is natty. Feel free to call me delusional😆
He also plays/played world of warcraft
He's probably natty with great genes. I mean look at him.
@@soap2421 yeah! The guy is basically a nerd too!
I'd like to think he's natural. He seems comfortable in the gym and even a bit knowledgeable.
Mike was trying way to hard to find problems with first two exercises. And they’re logic was fine his was flawed. Knees bent more hip hinge more glutes. And 2nd exercise variation was erector/glute/hamstring dominant not only hamstring especially pausing at the top fires erector muscles
My dream man is Henry Cavil but with Doc's voice screaming, "Up!!!!" at me and I'm at the gym, about to vomit and pass out, doing leg press. My therapist doesn't want to work me anymore :(
Side laterals is a redundant term. We don’t say forward front raises. Laterals will suffice.
The absolute best fitness channel out there. No bullshit and completely back by scientific literature.
"Ooo, obliques time, a muscle you almost certainly don't need to train" got me.
Would love to hear your thoughts on Jason Mamoa's Accelarated Results 7 (AR-7) Program that he did for Conan, GOT and Aquaman. There is quite alot of info on it and some videos online. Also do you think he's natural and same question for Cavill .
7 ways to hit the androgen receptor works bro
I have to disagree with ya at 3:30 with the cable push outs.
This is a great ab/core/oblique exercise!
He misspeaks a bit when he says it's for "endurance."
But your recommendation of a free/gravity weight completely changes the exercise. As shown, it's all about pushing your arms straight and resisting the rotation/pull of the cable.
I do these fairly often, and they're great. 👍
no dirty joke was made in 7:20? disappointed :(
I am practicing a sword-based martial art. Did not expect to get very good, no-nonsense advice on this today. Thanks Dr. Mike!
4:10 I love it
He is everyone's dream man and if anyone says otherwise - they're lying.
I've only heard men talking about this guy's looks. Never heard a single woman speak about him positively.
@@QuestionMarkKick360my mom would like a word
@@QuestionMarkKick360 I'm straight as fuck and even my ass hurts just looking at this guy. lol
@@jacobi-vision3249 A lot of women I know say he's "too pretty" whatever the hell that means.
@@QuestionMarkKick360 maybe you talk to too many men because i've definitely heard women say he's good looking lol
Henry Cavill IS Superman. There is no arguing this with me, cause he's just a dope dope guy.
3:42 I thought you were going to say, "If you really wanted to train for endurance with a sword, you would instead use a sword." I am no expert, neither in sword usage nor weight training, but that's how I'd do it.
Lots of great pieces of advice. Thanks, Mike!
Caville rocks. Dudes a gentleman and a scholar.
As a British person I find it incredibly offensive when British people are trained by non-British coaches!
I don't get why no one wants to just do traditional bodybuilding exercises.
Very true agreed ,as a Soldier in the Army, and someone who has worked out and even done legitimate heavy lifting for over 20 years, I have sadly noticed that a lot of people undervalue strength and body building training.
Because normal is not interesting enough for tv and since allmost all action actors are on PED but wont admit it they use the "you dont do what i do so you dont have my results". Imo ofc
Honestly, I think it has to do with the trainer wanting to make things "interesting" and dynamic for the actor. I think it is more about that in these cases than actual effective exercise.
3:50 a mace would be perfect
The pallof press is dynamic though. Cavill said endurance, but I think the point is to build dynamic spine stability for long sword fighting sessions (thus endurance). I first heard of this one from Dr Stu Mcgill, so it has some street cred as well.
For the sword endurance, he could have used a weighted kendo sword - a big hunk of heavy octagonally cut wood with a handle.
I think YT recommended this channel to me because I’ve been watching Josh Brett’s videos.. and I’m glad. Loving this content
I’ve just started watching your videos. I love how matter fact they are you’re hilarious.
6:08 I going from a side lateral, to a little forward to front lifts are very complicated nor requiring a lot of band width to figure out.
Hello. Person who fights with swords here. They aren't that heavy. I've met the chap who makes the prop swords for Witcher and he knows what he is doing. They will be 4lbs absolute max, and more like 3lbs. They are fatiguing after you swing them round for a few hours, particularly in the delts and forearms. Which one fatigues first depends on the style of fencing you're doing. The slow way Cavill will have to swing for filming will also exacerbate fatigue.
The cable exercise Henry is doing for using a sword is accurate. It helps to move a heavy sword in lateral movements.
why is this guy gives me shiver in a sense where i am almost scared of him without him doing anything to scare me
I actually learn a lot from your videos, thank you!
Henry stands like he served in the forces. The hands behind the back when listening and waiting. Standing at ease
Dr. Mike was brave enough to say the quiet part out loud lol. Cheers to you. 🎉.
More than that though, the genome birth lottery can be brutal to some of us.
Hi Professor, as a Sports Scientist (Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology/Sports Nutrition), thank you so much for critiquing these absurd, ridiculous celebrity workout routines !! Could you do a YT video on 'Diet & Exercise'. All I hear is Boiled Chicken, Steamed Veg & Brown Rice. No mention of carbs for fuel & recovery, micro-nutrient deficiency & hormone/immune issues, sleep, etc., etc.