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I see alot of stupid stuff on your channel - exercise scientist!??? How many millions globally exercise from light workouts to hardcore training? How many different ages, bodytypes, genetic diversity? Each one needs a different set of training diet and exercise protocols and those will change with time and devopment Sorry dude but your recommendations are generic and don't allow individual evolution. There are way way too many TH-camrs don't do this or do this for gym goers. I wish I could delete TH-cam.
@@kingkiller_bg428 All little Mikey does is trash those who have actually succeeded at the highest level. Truly pathetic that someone 5'7" lectured 6'8" LeBron on what HE should do to have a successful basketball career.
can confirm they are actually pretty good. I feel kind of silly being the only one in the gym using straps, but at least I can lat pulldown now to lat failure.
Microbiologist and former genetic engineer here. I support your view on the chicken egg question! I'm always reacting the same, when someone brings this topic up!
I get so excited when people understand and use words and concepts properly (chemicals, organic, "chicken or egg"), because so few ever have.... Thanks Mike!
My dude finally got that versagrip sponsorship. Congratz. Also, a small tip for the editor, you can use a matching EQ ( something like FabFilter Pro Q has that for instance) to make two recordings from two different microphones/rooms/etc sounds pretty close to each other. So it doesn't sounds as jarring when you switch to an ad segment.
@@SakuragiLastname9 Hence the suggestion to use a tool that literally does it for you. It's like saying you don't know how to beat-match when DJing when there is a button (sync) that will do it for you.
Conservation biologist here that supports your egg and chicken talk. I physically cannot restrain myself from yapping about it when it comes up so you made me very happy.
More interesting has gotta be... Is the egg an intermediate step that a chicken uses to make another chicken, or is the chicken the intermediate that an egg uses to make another egg?
How I've veiwed the problem is which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg. And how I view this is at some point, there was a first chicken that came from 2 almost chickens. Does the fertilization of the almost chickens create the first chicken egg, or does the first chicken have to lay the first chicken egg. Or rather, is the egg named from what lays it or what it hatches. I perfer to believe the first chicken was hatched from the first chicken egg, making the chicken egg come first
@@RHLW This is beautiful. Suddenly life feels a bit brighter realizing I am just the intermediate of one sperm cell’s grand scheme of making more sperm on Earth
Doesn’t mean much. The cliche of people that can do and those that can’t teach can be true. But some incredible teachers and trainers can help guide people to incredible feats that they can’t teach themselves.
I think the only thing you need to be a Hollywood trainer, is to have that cultists spiritual energy or talk about doing crap like stretching your soul and making sure your air doesn't get stuck in your throat. Also, make sure your training methods are green and environmentally responsible. It doesn't hurt to adopt a dozen or so kids from third world countries and then neglect them.
I don't know if you've seen what the TOP bbing coaches look like but they're not and never have been top bbing athletes, but they know what it takes. Look at Hany Rambod or Stefan Kienzl. In every industry you don't need to be able to do it to be knowledgeable. Kobe had a coach. Rick Rubin can't rap but has made the most famous rap songs in history. There are male OBGYN, they definitely never gave birth. Steven Spielberg can't act but he knows what he needs actors to do.
You are very consistent. It's obv very easy to contradict oneself when providing so much information and feedback on so many different topics and examples without giving long full depth explanations, but you seem to be fast and concise with your responses and somehow avoid potential conflicts or contradictions. Very articulate and this it shows you have not only educated yourself well but have become well practiced in communication. Great content
This man earned my subscription so hard. I cannot say in the 10 years following my chemistry degree how many times I've heard people say they "don't want chemicals in their diet." IT'S ALL CHEMICALS! Another one is "I don't eat foods with ingredients I can't pronounce." Self-proclaimed ignorance does not somehow flip into dietary wisdom. 10/10 comment.
Meh. It's a different subject. AthleanX seems more about rehab and prehab, and supplemental training for athletes, and seems absolutely obsessed with shoulder problems. Which, I guess is understandable since he was the physio for a baseball team. When every problem is a nail, you get a hammer. Then you got a hammer, so every problem looks like a nail. You'd be more hard pressed to find a baseball player WITHOUT shoulder issues.
Same thought. It kinda funny that I implemented some of his ideas just for precaution just to hear that this is ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!!/$(/ I am just kidding. I had once in my life problems with my shoulders when I begun with material arts and was not able to raise my hand above my shoulders anymore, and since I have RP MIKE to my side getting me from skinny to monster I think it is a good think to implement these excersises anyway. I am sorry Mike. Still love you.
This is the content I’ve been wanting and is the reason I stick around. No bullshit. No lying for the sake of sponsor money. Honest truth even when it’s at a potential loss. Thank you.
For anyone who doesn't know but is curious: Zac Efron looking "old" is from a movie called The Iron Claw. It's excellent but tragic. And Zac looks absolutely enormous in the whole film.
@@rim7115most common additive is salt. After that, probably some acidity regulator like lemon juce. Complaining about additives is as dumb as complaining about chemicals.
Holy shit congrats, Mike! I was totally expecting the beginning of the RP hypertrophy app to start playing, but when it was for versa grips that took me off guard! Super happy for you. You earned that sponsorship.
Organic in food means that the foods grown using natural food and fertiliser. It means the absence of gmo, pesticides and other man made fertiliser? Seems like a useful term right?
It’s not a useful term at all. Because it doesn’t mean non-GMO. Considering that there are only 10 GMO crops. And people put non-GMO organic on a lot of things. Like coconuts. When there is no such thing as a non-organic coconut using your terms. it means using no synthetic pesticides. It doesn’t mean it’s safer by any means.
@jokersdelights4435 a non organic coconut would be grown using fertiliser that has gmo's and uses pesticides. Thats my understanding of it. So fertiliser arnt made with gmo's? No need to anwser haha. Ive only just started to try and learn about food so forgive my ignorance.
Geneticist here: the egg is formed by the tissue that forms the embryo. So basically, the egg comes first and then becomes the chicken. However, I see the egg as one of the stages of development of the chicken, so the entire thing comes into existence at once.
The answer to the chicken or the chicken egg is more of a definition problem. How do you define a chicken egg? Is it an egg laid by a chicken or one that a chicken hatches from? The eggs that we get at the grocery store will never hatch a chicken but they are still chicken eggs therefore based on this definition the chicken came first.
Man I thought I was the only one whenever I heard that "keep your core in" or "keep your core engaged" bullshit. ENGAGE YOUR CORE seems to just mean "fix your form" or something. My abs turn on and off by themselves if my torso needs to stabilize.
What I like most about your videos, is the lack of cutting every 30 seconds like most other youtubers. Thank you very much for that. Oh, and the content is great, too.
18:06 Ummmmm akshually... In chemistry, 'organic' refers to molecules that have a carbon backbone surrounded by (mostly) hydrogen, often substituted by other elements (mostly nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur). So, gasoline would be part of organic chemistry, but carbonate minerals or diamonds are generally considered part of inorganic chemistry. Of course I'm being pedantic for the hell of it though, because as with many categories in science, they get real fuzzy real fast once you think about it for more than a minute.
We need more critiques by Dr. Mike. Freaking cracks me up the way he unabashedly reacts, then follows it up with a profound, scientific diatribe that's full of amazing insight and truth 😆 Love it -- keep up the great work!!!
I suffered a shoulder subluxation in 2013. Have done 2 sets of light internal and external rotation prior to every shoulder day to prevent recurrence. Helps when you have 0 labrum remaining :)
As much as I don't want to contradict Dr Mike, the Organic food label has some serious meaning in the UK and Europe at least. It can only be used when food is grown/reared in certain ways usually meaning no pesticides for plants (which you might not want to eat) and no antibiotics, certain types of feed, no forced growth etc etc for animals. This has some dietary benefits if you can afford Organic foods, such as eggs that have almost no risk of salmonella in comparison to battery raised eggs (important if you eat them raw) and substantial animal welfare regulations.
Hi there, that pesticide bit is a super common misconception. Like in the US, the European Commission only bans the use of "artificial" pesticides on organic food. They are free to use all the toxins they want as long as they are derived directly from plants or animals. Actually pesticide-free farms will advertise themselves that way and typically use other techniques like crop pairing and integrated pest management to maximize yields.
I know a lot of people who work around these kinds of vegetables. They literally paste the "organic" label on random stuff. Sorry to burst your bubble.
They absolutely use pesticides. And if you refuse to give an animal antibiotics when they are called fro you are a complete ahole and should be charged with animal cruelty. No dietary benefits at all, proven by many, many studies. No salmonella in organic eggs? That's a new one! Do you have a source for that factoid? Big Organic is almost complete BS
In America "Organic foods" means that the food was produced under a stricter set of regulations. In some cases this means less fertilizers or pesticides, and usually means the food was produced with a reduced environmental impact. It's not meaningless, it just doesn't mean healthy like some people like to think.
Same with the EU BIO stamp. In the EU for example it means that animals, aside from organic feed, get more than double the space, in case of chickens year around free range in sheltered areas and have over double the time to grow(so don't grow so fast they're can't really walk towards the end). It does mean something, just look up what it means where you live. But for health it's not clear.
mostly about the source of the fertilizers and pesticides than the amounts, but I will say that organic fertilizers are better for issues like runoff for instance in the Mississippi River that travels through the midwest and into the gulf, transporting nutrient runoff that has created a dead zone due to eutrophication. Another concerning issue is grain farmers that spray roundup on their crop to finish it at the end of the season. But yes, in general it's not inherently healthier, especially today when there are a lot of large scale organic farmers that operate just like non organic, just with different chemicals that aren't derived from fossil fuels.
@@maxschmidt9461I don't believe that's a requirement in the US, it's did they eat orgainic feed and were not fed antibiotics. The antibiotics thing is actually meaninful because they used to just add antibiotics to chicken and pig feed because they would get fat faster. I believe even conventional farmers have largely moved away from that, but antibiotics due to an illness would disqualify from organic status so they mark the animal for separate sale (at least they are supposed to)
It doesnt mean less environmental impact either. Some chemical trwatments are highly selective. Many organic ones are highly broad spectrum. (Like surfactants, that can harm all insects equally, as well as fish or any vertibrate that eats too much of it)
Having just screwed up my shoulder, thanks for the explanation on the external rotation stuff. It'll help me for a bit as I recover but damn, love your content. Insanely informative as to what is actually helpful and what is...gimmicky.
I've tried to explain the egg thing to many people before. If a person could'nt grasp it I was confident I should'nt involve them in my life. Been working great so far.
@@brettlivingston595 you obviously lack certain cognitive functions. My point is: Are you really going to exclude people in your life based on 1 single criteria? Guess who the dumb one is here
I would love to see your take on Rob McElhenney’s body transformation. His “easy” equation for getting into hollywood shape is the best I’ve ever heard. Have a personal trainer + personal chef + no work obligations + no family obligations = easy hollywood body transformation
Zac Efron's body transformation is what happens when your manager tells you that you're doing a movie with the rock, but you aren't Vin Diesel or Kevin Hart
Dr. Mike recommends a useful thing that he has been recommending for years and is fully credible. Quite differently from podcasters who sometimes come across as endorsing and suddenly everyone loves the same drinks, electrolytes, and other nonsense simultaneously.
one of the best bundles of information i heard in this critique and not because your others are any less informative but because it cleared up some questions i had in my mind at the time
As a pedantic chemist, the term "organic" for foods used bother me for exactly the reason Dr. Mike states. Supposedly to qualify as organic, foods have to meet certain qualifications, and I have no clue how well that's regulated/enforced. However, if "organic" means that a food wasn't produced with (and possibly contaminated with) something like Monsanto's cancer-causing glyphosate, then to me, it's a meaningful distinction.
Yes, but also, the organic certification grandfathered in older pesticides which were thought to be "more natural" than petroleum-based compounds. Copper sulfide fungicides are approved within the "organic" label and are very toxic to humans, fish, cattle, etc. Lots of people buy organic produce thinking those crops have never been treated with "chemicals", but it's not true.
I urge you to look into the scientific literature on glyphosate more, bud. All the fear mongering for it is absolute rubish. If you'd like to hear what experts have to say about it? Someone I'd recommend is "FoodScienceBabe." She has a molecular chem degree. She has and still works in the food industry. She does food myth debunks and breakdowns. She also posts the scientific literature.
@@ryancounts8131 then why is there a multi million dollar glyphosate cancer settlement and a new legal presedent linking the plantiffs cancer directly to the use of glyphosate?
Here's the argument against the phylogenetic argument that the egg came first: 1. Species-concepts are vague in phylogeny. When a population becomes reproductively isolated, you have species-branching. But the concept of becoming reproductively isolated is vague: How long does there have to be no shared reproduction between groups? How much reproductive isolation is needed before the two populations are distinct species? 2. Vagueness is metaphysical, not epistemological. It's in nature, not our minds. It's not that it's just hard to tell when exactly two species branch off. Rather, there's no fact of the matter, just like there's no exact pair of colors that mark the boundary between red and red-orange. All that you can say is that there are paradigms cases of red, paradigm cases of red-orange, and borderline cases where there are shades that fit uncomfortably between the two. 3. Therefore, there was no first chicken. All you can say is that there were paradigm cases of proto-chickens, paradigm cases of chickens, and borderline cases between them. 4. Since there was no first chicken, there was no first chicken egg. So the question is ill-formed. Neither answer makes sense.
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I think stretching is important after a workout, I was having rotator cuff issues for a number of years and I fixed the issues with different stretches. I am now back to lifting and no pain, creeks or pops in the shoulders! My shoulders use to be so bad, I couldn't lift my arms over my head, completely frozen! My doctor is completely shocked, I didn't get shoulder surgery and now no issues! Physical therapy is very important, surgery causes scar tissue! I know other people that got surgery and now they are worse off!
You know they're not mentioning that even before the Baywatch movies he was already in fairly good shape so he already had a good shape base on top of all this they did for Baywatch to
because goggins is more of a cheerleader, running your body into the ground and calling yourself hard is not smart, it's actually the opposite...being a masochist for no reason doesn't make you special@@mr.jameson218
I knew I was right about the "egg and the chicken" conversation, my belief was that evolution takes too long for a supposed "proto-chicken" to evolve into an actual chicken during it's lifetime. What makes more since is that these proto-chickens evolved more and more until eventually one of them laid an egg that had the very first chicken inside. I know little to nothing about evolution or biology outside of what I learned in high school, this just made sense to me.
Well sort of, but it's not like there is an obvious point where proto-chicken becomes chicken. There is just a gradual change until we arbitrarily decide at some point it became different enough to be a new species.
The example I use is mules dont need to be born from a mule parent. Also we know what the proto chicken was because it didnt evolve it was selectively bred within the last 10000 years for domestication from the red junglefowl
for sexually reproducing organisms evolution generally happens when your DNA gets sort of mixed and matched during fertilization, so at the very start of an individuals existence, not during the span of their lifetimes. thats the old point on how the giraffe didnt get a longer neck by longingly staring up at the leaves on those tall trees, but by two proto-giraffes with unusually long necks mating and their offspring having an impactful advantage over their peers. evolution is always driven by the combination of mutation and selection pressure. mutation primarily happens during fertilization, and then selection pressure plays out over the course of an individuals lifespan. but mutation is what defines what you are, selection pressure just decides whether or not thats successful.
I personally think the whole "chicken or the egg"-thing is a wondrous analogy, because all too often it's used in a case of "anyone remotely educated on the subject knows which one it is, but I don't know enough so I'm pretending it's unknowable". For which "chicken or the egg" IS the perfect analogy.
Love your content and have been enjoying it and learning from it for some time now. The background is peaceful and much more welcoming than the dark void you used to use. However, is that a Shake Weight on the shelf behind you? Well, practice makes perfect. Peace!
External rotations help prevent from shoulder injuries. I’ve made this a part of my warmup for doing any lifting and haven’t had shoulder issues since I started doing it this way
My dad has a fully torn ACL. He still fully plays tennis to this day. He's 58. Apparently the other muscles can compensate if you exercise them, though you still have to be careful to not push things too hard and stop once your muscles start getting tired.
2:57 maybe he meant “Mitochondrial Efficiency”. Not a factor in looking good for a role, but a huge factor in how much weight you can push over time. You can train this by doing a little light cardio immediately after every heavy set, but presumably a superset could have a similar effect. Again, not necessary for a movie role.
I was hoping you were going to talk about Efron's transformation he did for his recent movie role where he played a professional wrestler. That transformation is unreal. You showed a picture of him from that movie but only talked about his transformation for Baywatch, which came out many years ago. Maybe do a follow up video about his most recent transformation? In other news, I ordered my Versa Gripps today! Thanks for the discount code!
Not sure if it's different terms in the US, but in Europe organic food is related to the farming practices. So not better for your body, but better for the environment. Unrelated to nutrition (as Mike says) but thought someone might find that interesting.
15:10 Totally correct. I also hate the organic snake oil and chemophobic talking points. They just exist to increase the price of stuff for people wanting an easy solution to "being healthy".
Glad to hear a professional agree with me about bands. Personal trainers who are doing sessions with their clients will sometimes recommened I use bands for neck exercises or other things, and it confuses me. I've tried them, and they just feel wrong. Aren't they primarily for rehabilitation of injuries? Cables are much better, and weights are just not that bad, even when they are sub-optimal. What is with the band obsession some people have?
I agree with pretty much everything you say dr Mike. But something I do is the rotator cuff warmup. Did them wrong for years but fixed that. And now I've given it some thought. The way I see it, when I've done the 75s and want to do the 90s, and I have a tense burning sensation, doing the rotator cuff exercise really loosens me up for my heaviest set. And ima keep doing it for my warmup because I'll stay accustomed to doing this exercise atleast 2/3 times a week and it'll remain effortless
This was good until you started nit picking "processed" and "organic." "Technically" you can find flaws in the word choice, but you know what people mean when they say it. Simply, the least processed foods, and also, foods that aren't loaded with chemicals made in a lab, like food coloring, some sugars, some preservatives, etc. Other than that, I really like that you break down all of these workouts and health advice.
You won’t see this but on the off chance you do, love your sense of humour dude, it’s very dry, innuendo and dark.. very British.. I love it. Keep it up!
I remember watching Zac’s travel doc and how he was basically crying over seeing healthy people eat carbs… idk if what he did was necessary but i can’t imagine it’s sustainable for most people
As much as i despise people misusing technical terms to talk about shit they don't actually understand, sometimes people are trying to express something that has some truth to it. Like in this case, people talk about "chemicals", when they really mean pesticides, which is a fair point. There's plenty to criticise "organic" farming for, but who wants to mainline glyphosate if they can avoid it...?
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Keep begging for money, shill.
I see alot of stupid stuff on your channel - exercise scientist!???
How many millions globally exercise from light workouts to hardcore training?
How many different ages, bodytypes, genetic diversity?
Each one needs a different set of training diet and exercise protocols and those will change with time and devopment
Sorry dude but your recommendations are generic and don't allow individual evolution.
There are way way too many TH-camrs don't do this or do this for gym goers. I wish I could delete TH-cam.
Hey could you react next to our Bulgarian legend Karlos Nasar? He is the best and youngest powerlifter in the world, no cap ❤
@@kingkiller_bg428 All little Mikey does is trash those who have actually succeeded at the highest level. Truly pathetic that someone 5'7" lectured 6'8" LeBron on what HE should do to have a successful basketball career.
Mike actually got versa grips to sponsor him😂😂
Maybe they should buy him a mic.
@@jameswalbright7940 Right, a better mic would be nice.
Bout time! He's been singlehandedly running marketing for them on this channel for years.
Dreams DO come true!🎉
@@jameswalbright7940He sounds perfectly fine, dude. Not everyone needs the Shure Rogan bass-boosted faux voice microphone
congratulations on the versagrip sponsor, it was about time!
can confirm they are actually pretty good. I feel kind of silly being the only one in the gym using straps, but at least I can lat pulldown now to lat failure.
Microbiologist and former genetic engineer here. I support your view on the chicken egg question! I'm always reacting the same, when someone brings this topic up!
Yeah same😛
LOL Same. It annoys me when people say ‘it’s a chicken and the egg problem’ when really they’re just too lazy to look into it.
No you’re not
Molecular Biologist trained in forensics - Agreed. Obviously the Egg.
Forensic Psychiatrist here. 100% correct.
I get so excited when people understand and use words and concepts properly (chemicals, organic, "chicken or egg"), because so few ever have....
Thanks Mike!
Recently discovered this channel and have been integrating your guidance in my workouts, thank you.
My dude finally got that versagrip sponsorship. Congratz. Also, a small tip for the editor, you can use a matching EQ ( something like FabFilter Pro Q has that for instance) to make two recordings from two different microphones/rooms/etc sounds pretty close to each other. So it doesn't sounds as jarring when you switch to an ad segment.
Very good advice but EQing sound is a separate skillset he might not have
iZotope Dialogue Match works perfect for this as well
@@SakuragiLastname9 Hence the suggestion to use a tool that literally does it for you. It's like saying you don't know how to beat-match when DJing when there is a button (sync) that will do it for you.
His name is scott the video guy goddammit
@@BJahodanot scott the audio guy
Conservation biologist here that supports your egg and chicken talk. I physically cannot restrain myself from yapping about it when it comes up so you made me very happy.
All the eggs before the first chicken were protochicken eggs therefore the chicken came first...
More interesting has gotta be... Is the egg an intermediate step that a chicken uses to make another chicken, or is the chicken the intermediate that an egg uses to make another egg?
How I've veiwed the problem is which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg. And how I view this is at some point, there was a first chicken that came from 2 almost chickens. Does the fertilization of the almost chickens create the first chicken egg, or does the first chicken have to lay the first chicken egg. Or rather, is the egg named from what lays it or what it hatches. I perfer to believe the first chicken was hatched from the first chicken egg, making the chicken egg come first
Oh shit, I posted this before I watched that part of the video. I'm glad Dr Mike thinks exactly how I do about it 😭
@@RHLW This is beautiful. Suddenly life feels a bit brighter realizing I am just the intermediate of one sperm cell’s grand scheme of making more sperm on Earth
I've noticed that none of these Hollywood "trainers" look like they lift.
Doesn’t mean much. The cliche of people that can do and those that can’t teach can be true. But some incredible teachers and trainers can help guide people to incredible feats that they can’t teach themselves.
I think the only thing you need to be a Hollywood trainer, is to have that cultists spiritual energy or talk about doing crap like stretching your soul and making sure your air doesn't get stuck in your throat. Also, make sure your training methods are green and environmentally responsible. It doesn't hurt to adopt a dozen or so kids from third world countries and then neglect them.
funny enough the best i've seen mike react to one of these was that duffy guy from the chris pratt vid who, unsuprisingly, was jacked
I don't know if you've seen what the TOP bbing coaches look like but they're not and never have been top bbing athletes, but they know what it takes. Look at Hany Rambod or Stefan Kienzl. In every industry you don't need to be able to do it to be knowledgeable. Kobe had a coach. Rick Rubin can't rap but has made the most famous rap songs in history. There are male OBGYN, they definitely never gave birth. Steven Spielberg can't act but he knows what he needs actors to do.
Yeah Freddie Roach is a terrible Boxer too 😂😂😂, so unathletic
I love it when Dr. Mike exasperatedly corrects people! This man is teaching me a lot of useful information!
loved the chemicals mini-rant. and the egg/chicken rant. just top shelf stuff, please keep it up
Nice to see Versa Gripps sponsoring! I remember you shouting them out years ago for free
The first time I listened to this channel, I was not cued into the humor at first. Now that I’ve been conditioned, I really enjoy it😂
Same! I actually really just watch more for the humor than the knowledge (which is a bonus😂).
Using Albert Hammond JR as a stand in for Efron is surreal. Feel like I’m having a lucid dream.
Fun fact: I used to manage NY Health & Racquet Club in the East village, NYC from 2006-2008. Albert was in there 5 days a week killin it!
As in the guitar player from the Strokes?
@@bomaniiglooyes.
@DannyKavadlo I saw this comment before watching the whole vid. Lol
literally got flashbanged
You are very consistent. It's obv very easy to contradict oneself when providing so much information and feedback on so many different topics and examples without giving long full depth explanations, but you seem to be fast and concise with your responses and somehow avoid potential conflicts or contradictions. Very articulate and this it shows you have not only educated yourself well but have become well practiced in communication. Great content
This man earned my subscription so hard. I cannot say in the 10 years following my chemistry degree how many times I've heard people say they "don't want chemicals in their diet." IT'S ALL CHEMICALS! Another one is "I don't eat foods with ingredients I can't pronounce." Self-proclaimed ignorance does not somehow flip into dietary wisdom. 10/10 comment.
I gotta see an Athlean X critique!
Yessss!
He already has one
Meh. It's a different subject. AthleanX seems more about rehab and prehab, and supplemental training for athletes, and seems absolutely obsessed with shoulder problems. Which, I guess is understandable since he was the physio for a baseball team. When every problem is a nail, you get a hammer. Then you got a hammer, so every problem looks like a nail. You'd be more hard pressed to find a baseball player WITHOUT shoulder issues.
@@ashscott6068shoulder problems are really common that's why. I found athlean x searching for rotator cuff exercises for example
Same thought. It kinda funny that I implemented some of his ideas just for precaution just to hear that this is ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT!!/$(/
I am just kidding. I had once in my life problems with my shoulders when I begun with material arts and was not able to raise my hand above my shoulders anymore, and since I have RP MIKE to my side getting me from skinny to monster I think it is a good think to implement these excersises anyway. I am sorry Mike. Still love you.
Honestly only found this channel last week and it's such an education and one of my favourite channels👌
Don't get too hyped :D I love the channel too but keep in mind that it often displays things as universial truths that have far more sides than one.
Watch the advanced hypertrophy concepts playlist. Its long but it was a game changer for me
What rock have you been living under sir?
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Still wishing for an RP Limited Edition Versa Gripps.
I support this. I would absolutely purchase some RP branded Versa Gripps.
I just realized how that sounds. I swear I'm not a bot. 😅
This is the content I’ve been wanting and is the reason I stick around.
No bullshit. No lying for the sake of sponsor money. Honest truth even when it’s at a potential loss. Thank you.
For anyone who doesn't know but is curious: Zac Efron looking "old" is from a movie called The Iron Claw. It's excellent but tragic. And Zac looks absolutely enormous in the whole film.
He looks legitimately weird in that movie. What is movie stars' obsession with body transformation. It's very strange body dysmorphic stuff.
@@davidshmavid5they do that stuff for roles is someone is playing Superman that have to get big🤨 or whatever fits the role
@@davidshmavid5Actors don’t have a choice. It’s either look fit for the role or they’ll hire another actor that will
@@davidshmavid5he smashed his jaw in an accident at his house, had his jaw reconstructed, it looks kinda fucked from it
@@shannonsteven3982 i know that's the official story but it's kind of hard to believe...
I felt your rant about chemicals to the core. I share the same feelings on it.
Yeah, but also, I'm pretty sure he just means additives which is fair enough
@@rim7115most common additive is salt. After that, probably some acidity regulator like lemon juce. Complaining about additives is as dumb as complaining about chemicals.
After watching this channel for a week non stop… downloaded the app. Well done. Ya got me
How has it been?
And nobody heard about him since then... I guess app included visit to mikes play room or something
It’s actually pretty cool
Holy shit congrats, Mike! I was totally expecting the beginning of the RP hypertrophy app to start playing, but when it was for versa grips that took me off guard! Super happy for you. You earned that sponsorship.
Organic in food means that the foods grown using natural food and fertiliser. It means the absence of gmo, pesticides and other man made fertiliser? Seems like a useful term right?
It’s not a useful term at all. Because it doesn’t mean non-GMO. Considering that there are only 10 GMO crops. And people put non-GMO organic on a lot of things. Like coconuts. When there is no such thing as a non-organic coconut using your terms. it means using no synthetic pesticides. It doesn’t mean it’s safer by any means.
@jokersdelights4435 a non organic coconut would be grown using fertiliser that has gmo's and uses pesticides. Thats my understanding of it. So fertiliser arnt made with gmo's? No need to anwser haha. Ive only just started to try and learn about food so forgive my ignorance.
Geneticist here: the egg is formed by the tissue that forms the embryo. So basically, the egg comes first and then becomes the chicken. However, I see the egg as one of the stages of development of the chicken, so the entire thing comes into existence at once.
Love how you all are nerding out on this.😂 I learned something new today!
The answer to the chicken or the chicken egg is more of a definition problem. How do you define a chicken egg? Is it an egg laid by a chicken or one that a chicken hatches from? The eggs that we get at the grocery store will never hatch a chicken but they are still chicken eggs therefore based on this definition the chicken came first.
Dr. Mike - Your coaching on slowing down the eccentric phase has boosted my gains bigtime!
Is Mike mentzer idea
@@petrfilinger9205 being a doctor, he "got the idea" from scientific research that supports the claim. definitely not mike mentzer lol
Thank god I saw this Murphy guy. Now my abs won’t fly away during my workout, they’ll finally stay in.
Hate it when that happens 😪
Don’t trust his abs won’t fly around if his name was Alex though.
Man I thought I was the only one whenever I heard that "keep your core in" or "keep your core engaged" bullshit. ENGAGE YOUR CORE seems to just mean "fix your form" or something. My abs turn on and off by themselves if my torso needs to stabilize.
What I like most about your videos, is the lack of cutting every 30 seconds like most other youtubers. Thank you very much for that.
Oh, and the content is great, too.
18:06 Ummmmm akshually... In chemistry, 'organic' refers to molecules that have a carbon backbone surrounded by (mostly) hydrogen, often substituted by other elements (mostly nitrogen, oxygen and sulphur). So, gasoline would be part of organic chemistry, but carbonate minerals or diamonds are generally considered part of inorganic chemistry. Of course I'm being pedantic for the hell of it though, because as with many categories in science, they get real fuzzy real fast once you think about it for more than a minute.
100% correct re chicken/egg conundrum, biochemistry/molecular biology student here.
Lol iv never learned more from a work out video then this one . Even the egg comes first lol love it
We need more critiques by Dr. Mike. Freaking cracks me up the way he unabashedly reacts, then follows it up with a profound, scientific diatribe that's full of amazing insight and truth 😆 Love it -- keep up the great work!!!
A member of The Strokes demoing the workouts is so fucking random but I kinda love it. Can we have Josh Homme next?
Right? I didn't believe it was true so I googled it. Wtf is happening
Just switched from tv to my phone so I could compliment your lecture on phylogeny.
As an evolutionary biology nerd it made me happy!
Love your stuff.
I suffered a shoulder subluxation in 2013. Have done 2 sets of light internal and external rotation prior to every shoulder day to prevent recurrence. Helps when you have 0 labrum remaining :)
As much as I don't want to contradict Dr Mike, the Organic food label has some serious meaning in the UK and Europe at least. It can only be used when food is grown/reared in certain ways usually meaning no pesticides for plants (which you might not want to eat) and no antibiotics, certain types of feed, no forced growth etc etc for animals. This has some dietary benefits if you can afford Organic foods, such as eggs that have almost no risk of salmonella in comparison to battery raised eggs (important if you eat them raw) and substantial animal welfare regulations.
Hi there, that pesticide bit is a super common misconception. Like in the US, the European Commission only bans the use of "artificial" pesticides on organic food. They are free to use all the toxins they want as long as they are derived directly from plants or animals. Actually pesticide-free farms will advertise themselves that way and typically use other techniques like crop pairing and integrated pest management to maximize yields.
I know a lot of people who work around these kinds of vegetables. They literally paste the "organic" label on random stuff. Sorry to burst your bubble.
They absolutely use pesticides. And if you refuse to give an animal antibiotics when they are called fro you are a complete ahole and should be charged with animal cruelty. No dietary benefits at all, proven by many, many studies. No salmonella in organic eggs? That's a new one! Do you have a source for that factoid?
Big Organic is almost complete BS
I'm glad I snagged my versa gripps but that 15% off woulda been nice!! Congratulations!
I bought Versa grips because of this channel months ago and absolutely love them.
Same
In America "Organic foods" means that the food was produced under a stricter set of regulations. In some cases this means less fertilizers or pesticides, and usually means the food was produced with a reduced environmental impact. It's not meaningless, it just doesn't mean healthy like some people like to think.
Exactly. It's not meaningless in terms of rules and regs, but it doesn't necessarily mean healthier.
Same with the EU BIO stamp. In the EU for example it means that animals, aside from organic feed, get more than double the space, in case of chickens year around free range in sheltered areas and have over double the time to grow(so don't grow so fast they're can't really walk towards the end). It does mean something, just look up what it means where you live. But for health it's not clear.
mostly about the source of the fertilizers and pesticides than the amounts, but I will say that organic fertilizers are better for issues like runoff for instance in the Mississippi River that travels through the midwest and into the gulf, transporting nutrient runoff that has created a dead zone due to eutrophication. Another concerning issue is grain farmers that spray roundup on their crop to finish it at the end of the season. But yes, in general it's not inherently healthier, especially today when there are a lot of large scale organic farmers that operate just like non organic, just with different chemicals that aren't derived from fossil fuels.
@@maxschmidt9461I don't believe that's a requirement in the US, it's did they eat orgainic feed and were not fed antibiotics. The antibiotics thing is actually meaninful because they used to just add antibiotics to chicken and pig feed because they would get fat faster. I believe even conventional farmers have largely moved away from that, but antibiotics due to an illness would disqualify from organic status so they mark the animal for separate sale (at least they are supposed to)
It doesnt mean less environmental impact either. Some chemical trwatments are highly selective. Many organic ones are highly broad spectrum. (Like surfactants, that can harm all insects equally, as well as fish or any vertibrate that eats too much of it)
I majored in bio in college and cannot tell you how happy your aside on the chicken vs. egg "conundrum" made me. Preach!
Having just screwed up my shoulder, thanks for the explanation on the external rotation stuff. It'll help me for a bit as I recover but damn, love your content. Insanely informative as to what is actually helpful and what is...gimmicky.
Loving these vids. LOVING them. They are eggcellent.
I've tried to explain the egg thing to many people before. If a person could'nt grasp it I was confident I should'nt involve them in my life. Been working great so far.
So basically keep all the religious people out of your life?
You also ignore people who write 'couldn't' and 'shouldn't' correctly?
@@RPGeek oh damn. I'm so cooked. Your like crazy smart bro. You should edit for god.
@@brettlivingston595 you obviously lack certain cognitive functions. My point is: Are you really going to exclude people in your life based on 1 single criteria? Guess who the dumb one is here
@@brettlivingston595 Also, 'you're'.
I would love to see your take on Rob McElhenney’s body transformation. His “easy” equation for getting into hollywood shape is the best I’ve ever heard. Have a personal trainer + personal chef + no work obligations + no family obligations = easy hollywood body transformation
Zac Efron's body transformation is what happens when your manager tells you that you're doing a movie with the rock, but you aren't Vin Diesel or Kevin Hart
As an ex pitcher external rotation definitely helps me not hurt my shoulders in the gym.
As a chemist thank you for the rant at 18:47 🙏
so happy you ginally got the versa gripp sponsorship well done
Dr. Mike recommends a useful thing that he has been recommending for years and is fully credible. Quite differently from podcasters who sometimes come across as endorsing and suddenly everyone loves the same drinks, electrolytes, and other nonsense simultaneously.
Dr. Mike's critiques always crack me up, keep it coming! :)
one of the best bundles of information i heard in this critique and not because your others are any less informative but because it cleared up some questions i had in my mind at the time
Grats on finally getting Versagrip on board.
Wow. 7/10 for that has to be one of the most generous scores I’ve seen on this channel.
I think you missed the minus in front of the 7 lol -7/10
your delivery of humor is De Lish Ous and appreciate your practical knowledge
This video is amazing!
As a pedantic chemist, the term "organic" for foods used bother me for exactly the reason Dr. Mike states.
Supposedly to qualify as organic, foods have to meet certain qualifications, and I have no clue how well that's regulated/enforced. However, if "organic" means that a food wasn't produced with (and possibly contaminated with) something like Monsanto's cancer-causing glyphosate, then to me, it's a meaningful distinction.
Yes, but also, the organic certification grandfathered in older pesticides which were thought to be "more natural" than petroleum-based compounds. Copper sulfide fungicides are approved within the "organic" label and are very toxic to humans, fish, cattle, etc. Lots of people buy organic produce thinking those crops have never been treated with "chemicals", but it's not true.
It's just such a vague term, organic...as opposed to mechanical food, or spiritual food or something? 😂
I urge you to look into the scientific literature on glyphosate more, bud. All the fear mongering for it is absolute rubish. If you'd like to hear what experts have to say about it? Someone I'd recommend is "FoodScienceBabe." She has a molecular chem degree. She has and still works in the food industry. She does food myth debunks and breakdowns. She also posts the scientific literature.
I don't believe the link between glyphosate and cancer is settled
@@ryancounts8131 then why is there a multi million dollar glyphosate cancer settlement and a new legal presedent linking the plantiffs cancer directly to the use of glyphosate?
Here's the argument against the phylogenetic argument that the egg came first:
1. Species-concepts are vague in phylogeny. When a population becomes reproductively isolated, you have species-branching. But the concept of becoming reproductively isolated is vague: How long does there have to be no shared reproduction between groups? How much reproductive isolation is needed before the two populations are distinct species?
2. Vagueness is metaphysical, not epistemological. It's in nature, not our minds. It's not that it's just hard to tell when exactly two species branch off. Rather, there's no fact of the matter, just like there's no exact pair of colors that mark the boundary between red and red-orange. All that you can say is that there are paradigms cases of red, paradigm cases of red-orange, and borderline cases where there are shades that fit uncomfortably between the two.
3. Therefore, there was no first chicken. All you can say is that there were paradigm cases of proto-chickens, paradigm cases of chickens, and borderline cases between them.
4. Since there was no first chicken, there was no first chicken egg.
So the question is ill-formed. Neither answer makes sense.
I was having a lot of carpal tunnel pain and numbness in my wrists and forearms and I feel like Versa Grips really helped me alleviate that!🙌 They really are a great addition to lifting. Congratulations you deserve that sponsorship!🙌💪
I think stretching is important after a workout, I was having rotator cuff issues for a number of years and I fixed the issues with different stretches. I am now back to lifting and no pain, creeks or pops in the shoulders! My shoulders use to be so bad, I couldn't lift my arms over my head, completely frozen! My doctor is completely shocked, I didn't get shoulder surgery and now no issues! Physical therapy is very important, surgery causes scar tissue! I know other people that got surgery and now they are worse off!
You know they're not mentioning that even before the Baywatch movies he was already in fairly good shape so he already had a good shape base on top of all this they did for Baywatch to
Jus stumbled across this guy's channel. This is the first video I watched. Freaking love the humor.
Like two legends said "Stay deep Stay hard" David goggins x Dr mike
@MealTeam6Fucking how? Lol
Yeah, France doesn't deserve Goggins. Le Wimps.
because goggins is more of a cheerleader, running your body into the ground and calling yourself hard is not smart, it's actually the opposite...being a masochist for no reason doesn't make you special@@mr.jameson218
@MealTeam6Frances is limp
That's what she said...
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I came to the comments to answer the chicken vs egg debate, but Dr. Mike beat me to it. So I just came.
Wow, I never thought I'd learn the answer to the chicken and the egg question.
Just ordered my versa gripps using your code!! Can’t wait to try them out!
As a biological anthropologist, I am here to support Dr. Mike's chicken and egg claims. Waiting so long for someone to say it!!
I knew I was right about the "egg and the chicken" conversation, my belief was that evolution takes too long for a supposed "proto-chicken" to evolve into an actual chicken during it's lifetime. What makes more since is that these proto-chickens evolved more and more until eventually one of them laid an egg that had the very first chicken inside. I know little to nothing about evolution or biology outside of what I learned in high school, this just made sense to me.
Well sort of, but it's not like there is an obvious point where proto-chicken becomes chicken. There is just a gradual change until we arbitrarily decide at some point it became different enough to be a new species.
The example I use is mules dont need to be born from a mule parent. Also we know what the proto chicken was because it didnt evolve it was selectively bred within the last 10000 years for domestication from the red junglefowl
yah, animals magically evolve as there is zero proof of this. God populated the world with adult chickens which then laid eggs. Pretty simple.
@@wayne8418 "Pretty simple."
Yes, you are.
for sexually reproducing organisms evolution generally happens when your DNA gets sort of mixed and matched during fertilization, so at the very start of an individuals existence, not during the span of their lifetimes. thats the old point on how the giraffe didnt get a longer neck by longingly staring up at the leaves on those tall trees, but by two proto-giraffes with unusually long necks mating and their offspring having an impactful advantage over their peers.
evolution is always driven by the combination of mutation and selection pressure. mutation primarily happens during fertilization, and then selection pressure plays out over the course of an individuals lifespan. but mutation is what defines what you are, selection pressure just decides whether or not thats successful.
Holy he shit he finally got the VersaGrip sponsorship!!!!
5:28 "thats why i dont have any fucking clients" 😂😂😂😂😂
I personally think the whole "chicken or the egg"-thing is a wondrous analogy, because all too often it's used in a case of "anyone remotely educated on the subject knows which one it is, but I don't know enough so I'm pretending it's unknowable". For which "chicken or the egg" IS the perfect analogy.
i'm an ecologist, and yes, the way he explained it is actually right. in that sense it would be the egg.
I hope you have the biggest workout with the most Super Saiyan pump of all time today in honor of Toriyama. RIP to the realest one
19:20 I feel u
omg you’re the first person I’ve heard articulate my opinion on the chicken vs egg debate 😂
Love your content and have been enjoying it and learning from it for some time now. The background is peaceful and much more welcoming than the dark void you used to use. However, is that a Shake Weight on the shelf behind you? Well, practice makes perfect. Peace!
External rotations help prevent from shoulder injuries. I’ve made this a part of my warmup for doing any lifting and haven’t had shoulder issues since I started doing it this way
I have never done external rotations and have never had shoulder "issues."
@@user-cy9vd7rl4h and?? 😂
My dad has a fully torn ACL. He still fully plays tennis to this day. He's 58. Apparently the other muscles can compensate if you exercise them, though you still have to be careful to not push things too hard and stop once your muscles start getting tired.
5:12 😂😂😂🤣🤣 No Diddy but man that shit caught me off guard.. hilariously true 🔥 I subscribed after that one lol
2:57 maybe he meant “Mitochondrial Efficiency”. Not a factor in looking good for a role, but a huge factor in how much weight you can push over time. You can train this by doing a little light cardio immediately after every heavy set, but presumably a superset could have a similar effect. Again, not necessary for a movie role.
I was hoping you were going to talk about Efron's transformation he did for his recent movie role where he played a professional wrestler. That transformation is unreal. You showed a picture of him from that movie but only talked about his transformation for Baywatch, which came out many years ago. Maybe do a follow up video about his most recent transformation? In other news, I ordered my Versa Gripps today! Thanks for the discount code!
Great video,i find you very informative and absolutely hilarious.. thanks for the entertainment 👊
Excellent information. Thank you.
Not sure if it's different terms in the US, but in Europe organic food is related to the farming practices. So not better for your body, but better for the environment. Unrelated to nutrition (as Mike says) but thought someone might find that interesting.
I'm so happy Dr. Mike mentioned this nerdland explanation of the chicken or the egg conundrum! I've been saying that for years!!!!!
Thanks for pointing out the organic point, I had a debate class in HS that put me on that point and it hasn’t left my head since…8 years later
Never really had a fav TH-camr but now I do amazing content really ❤
15:10 Totally correct.
I also hate the organic snake oil and chemophobic talking points. They just exist to increase the price of stuff for people wanting an easy solution to "being healthy".
Glad to hear a professional agree with me about bands. Personal trainers who are doing sessions with their clients will sometimes recommened I use bands for neck exercises or other things, and it confuses me. I've tried them, and they just feel wrong. Aren't they primarily for rehabilitation of injuries? Cables are much better, and weights are just not that bad, even when they are sub-optimal. What is with the band obsession some people have?
I agree with pretty much everything you say dr Mike. But something I do is the rotator cuff warmup. Did them wrong for years but fixed that. And now I've given it some thought. The way I see it, when I've done the 75s and want to do the 90s, and I have a tense burning sensation, doing the rotator cuff exercise really loosens me up for my heaviest set. And ima keep doing it for my warmup because I'll stay accustomed to doing this exercise atleast 2/3 times a week and it'll remain effortless
This was good until you started nit picking "processed" and "organic." "Technically" you can find flaws in the word choice, but you know what people mean when they say it. Simply, the least processed foods, and also, foods that aren't loaded with chemicals made in a lab, like food coloring, some sugars, some preservatives, etc. Other than that, I really like that you break down all of these workouts and health advice.
Been using Versa Gripps for 7 years... Love um 💪🏼
Grz for the versagrip sponsorship mike💪
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You won’t see this but on the off chance you do, love your sense of humour dude, it’s very dry, innuendo and dark.. very British.. I love it. Keep it up!
RE: external rotations - agreed. Now I have an injured shoulder, they are an absolute god send
So to become a sought-after Hollywood trainer just convolute and F’up perfectly good exercises and you’re golden. 👍🏻
I remember watching Zac’s travel doc and how he was basically crying over seeing healthy people eat carbs… idk if what he did was necessary but i can’t imagine it’s sustainable for most people
As much as i despise people misusing technical terms to talk about shit they don't actually understand, sometimes people are trying to express something that has some truth to it. Like in this case, people talk about "chemicals", when they really mean pesticides, which is a fair point. There's plenty to criticise "organic" farming for, but who wants to mainline glyphosate if they can avoid it...?
And the "organic"- and "chemical"-blabla critique. Thank you so much for clarifying that!
I have my BS in biology and I have been using this same explanation for the "chicken and the egg" conundrum.