Why Weight Lifting is a Waste of Time | Dr. John Jaquish | TEDxMayfieldHS
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Can you become successful in fitness by following the standard fitness recommendations of the last 75 years? Biomedical engineer, Dr. John Jaquish doesn't think so and demonstrates the reasons why standard fitness does not work for almost 99% of the population. He explains how making some major changes in how we load the body can provide us the same or similar opportunity for the level of physical growth that most professional athletes enjoy. John Jaquish, PhD. has spent years researching and developing improved approaches to health. He is the inventor of the most effective bone density building medical technology which is now partnered with Tony Robbins and OsteoStrong for rapid clinic deployment. Inventor of X3, a technology that is proven to develop muscle much faster than conventional weight lifting, all with the lowest risk of joint injury, Dr. Jaquish methods are used in training the world's most elite athletes and associations such as the entire Miami Heat organization, various NFL and NBA players, as well as Olympians. Dr. Jaquish’s book explaining his non-conventional approach to human physiology is a WSJ best seller. John is also CEO of Primal Medical Group, a physician group with over 100 general practitioners who understand and require patient application of both Dr. Jaquish’s physical medicine interventions, like X3 and OsteoStrong, as well as the optimized nutrition protocols outlined in his book. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
This is the worst TED Talk I have ever seen!
I did not and still don't have an opinion about weight lifting because he just rambled and went off on tangents without ever getting to--much less, supporting--what's asserted in the title. 🤷
Until I watched this, I always trusted the TED Talk "brand" as a worthwhile investment of my time, but now I'm likely to skip most (all?) of it's future videos because I don't want to waste another 18 minutes.
I can only assume this indicates that their quality standards have changed for the worse.
This was the same person that told people to buy his rubber band equipment, his entire talk/system was a clickback, TED is a joke.
It’s ted x, not real ted. I think anyone, literally just about anyone, can do a ted x talk, about anything. A legit ted talk however is different.
@@francescaerreia8859 Great point! I missed that. 👍
This guy deleted my physics based comment on energy and power wrt weight lifting and results,.... shooting down the utter nonsense that "weight lifting is a waste of time".
This video is a waste of time.
@@francescaerreia8859yeah but TEDx talks have destroyed their credibility. The brand used to mean something, now it's just infomercials
Writing a book called "Weightlifting is a Complete Waste Of Time" is a click bait title that opens up a very large can of worms. So, apparently what he is saying is that the Champion's like Sandow, Charles Atlas, Vince Gironda, Dave Draper, Steve Reeves, John Grimick, Frank Zane, Bill Pearl, Brad Harris, Gordon Scott, and quite a few other's wasted their time in the weight room? And would have made their strength and fitness goals, including for some, bodybuilding contests and titles, using rubber bands? That is laughable. And besides how laughable it is, the claim that "weightlifting is a complete waste of time" HE HAS NEVER PROVED THAT! And the claim runs against a whole history of bodybuilding and physician culture. Oh, and by the way, the people I mentioned were not on TRT.
Interesting is that they also trained with variable resistance: chest expanders (strand pulling), bullworkers and this stuff. But I agree totally! Interestingly, I make most gains with my mind; my concentration, named mind-muscle connection. There is an old time bodybuilder called Bobby Pandour. Impressive. He only trained with light dumbbells. Makes us wonder, hm?
@@normanquednau Very good points and thanks for bringing up the legend Bobby Pandour.
Anyone who has applied themselves for any period of time in a gym will find the claim that "it's a waste of time", laughable.
Not everyone will grow big muscles from weightlifting, but the vast majority of people will make significant strength gains.
He starts the talk with discussing the effect of weightlifting on bone density. Increasing bone density is no doubt a laudable goal, but I imagine only a tiny minority of people who take up weightlifting hold that as their goal.
This guy deleted my physics based comment on energy and power shooting down the utter nonsense that "weight lifting is a waste of time".
This video is a waste of time.
I can't believe TED fell for this. This guy is on testosterone injections, and now he gets a TED branded infomercial for his $600 rubber bands. Did someone get a backhander here?
This author did his "PhD" at Rushmore University, which is a known unaccredited diploma mill (see Wikipedia)
And where did you get yours from?? You don’t have one?? So where do you get off criticizing?
Unaccredited means it's a fake diploma essentially, he paid to get a diploma without the proper training so he can sell his product. Anyone who said that lifting weight is a waste of time either doesn't like to do it, is making excuses for themselves, or is selling a product. I really hope that nobody bought his product at all let alone from this tedx talk, which he paid to be on@@stevedelia9570
@@stevedelia9570 You clown.
@@stevedelia9570"Only people with PhDs can call out fraouds." You heard it here first folks
Didn't realize it requires a PhD to do simple internet searches and realize someone is a fraud. I must have a PhD and didn't even know it
Important note: TEDx is NOT the same thing as a standard TED talk. A speaker at a regular TED talk is invited to speak and the event is sponsored by TED's leadership because they feel that the guest's knowledge is important to give a platform to.
A TEDx talk, on the other hand, is TED lending only their name and platform to a *paying* speaker. John Jaqueef himself PAID MONEY to TED to make an advertisement disguised as a TED talk, in order to lend it a facade of credibility.
The pay-to-play nature of TEDx is the reason why TED lost its prestige and popularity, almost immediately after the "x" option was launched. Whenever you see TEDx, just know that whoever is speaking is selling this idea to you all on their own. It's nothing more than a commercial for themselves.
.......Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
Well shame on Ted for brazenly selling their name to any old charlatan who has the cash on hip to buy a spot
This is not accurate. You do not pay to speak at TEDx. AND you should still go through a qualification process by event organizers. Organizers are prohibited from charging or paying speakers at TEDx events. To your point though, due to volunteers qualifying the speakers, there is more bias involved in choosing speakers AND coupled with less expertise does lead to speakers who sound more like a 20 minute presentation/advertisement (like this one)
see my link below, TED does not allow speakers to pay or be paid for TEDx talks @@K_j_M
Thanks. And you're welcome. 🤟
Stay in the gym guys, weight lifting and exercise is great for body and mind 👍🏻👍🏻 lowers c reactive protein levels and energizes the physiological chemistry of the body (hormones, neurotransmitters, etc) Cheers everyone 👍🏻
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Whatever his angle may be, claiming that weight training doesn't do anything is just gaslighting. A mountebank if I ever saw one.
The title is click bait. His method is literally weight training it's just weight training with a twist
@@onangelwings462 it's weight training by buying his magical band. It's a hilarious money grab, nothing more.
learned a new word!
Con artist. He just paid them to use the empty room to make a video. He feels that standing in front of the logo gives him credibility and had a friend record him then inserted a clapping soundtrack at the end. This guy does test and claims he fasts and does carnivore and if you look at his social media he legit filters and retouches every photo. NOTHING wrong with resistant bands, when you are training for years and add in a few workouts a week of high reps you can stimulate muscle but to believe you can build muscle with just bands having never weight trained is asinine and shows he is just a con man selling a product.
For everyone curious about this guy, what he's claiming, what he's up to, and whether he's a "DOCTOR", I recommend searching on TH-cam for
""Weight Lifting is a WASTE of Time" - Reaction to "Dr." John Jaquish"
The Alexander Bromley response?
LMFAO AT CHEST INSERTIONS AT THE ELBOW. brb flying squirrel status
Forgot my wings 🐿️
I don't think you will find any human with pectoral muscles attached near their elbows. That would be very freakish. Some will have their attachment a bit further down the humerus, sure, but not that far. Athletic elites are that way for a number of reasons, not just due to this very unnatural pec-insertion-near-the-elbow business.
Also, the pectorals originate at both the sternum and the clavicle, not just the sternum.
This "recycled energy" is called the myotatic response, or stretch reflex by exercise professionals.
Not surprising he doesn’t know the real terminology, considering he had to buy his fake phd
27 year personal trainer here. He is correct. The pec has an insertion point part of the way down the arm. Go look it up!
Such an expert at over complicating things in an insane attempt to re-invent the wheel. LOL "Just shut up and lift"
Don't forget, he's selling a $600 rubber band
@@grahamsw2I’m weak 💀
Kettlebells are EVERYWHERE! If using a kettlebell is a “fad”, it is the longest fad ever. They are VERY effective! But, not the only way. Just like sandbag work. They are a tool to use. Variable resistance is also just a tool.
Sandbags are the best! (Don't cost $600 either:)
Kettlebells are effective, yes. BUT they are less effective than barbells and dumbbells which came decades before kettlebells, are much more adjustable due to being loadable and, ultimately cheaper cause you dont need a whole set of them unlike you do kettlebells. Ontop of that kettlebells usually come with stupod exercises like kettlebelk-cleans which can be performed waaayyy saver with barbells etc.
Noone needs kettlebells. They are certainly not the worst training equipment ever invented and you can train effectively with them but they are in fact a fad cause better, cheaper, safer and more effective equipment has long been invented.
PS: sandbags are great but they are not cheap. Cheap ones tear. Tore 2 bags in just 3 months or so. One even was underloaded. No more cheap bags for me.
Simply not true or accurate, but, follow your star.@@joethesheep4675
@@joethesheep4675 a solid "Yes4All" 75lb canvas bag with sand costs about $45 - hard to get better than that
@@grahamsw2 75lb?
I think we are talking about different things when we are talking about sandbags.
I am talking strongman-type of things. Sandbag to should. Sandbagcarry, loading etc. As male you start at about 150lb for these things. Before that you better just train your strength basis with the mainlifts.
A sandbag 150lb and up we are looking at 120$ minimum for a bag decent enough bag.
Oh would you look at that, apparently lifting weights is bad, even though mankind has been doing it forever, and now we have the guy with THE solution.
Naturally, he’s selling the solution, so no conflict of interests….i mean he’s a salesman, so you know that everything he says is on the up and up.
I just started working out in the last 6 - 8 months. I'm a 50 soon to be 51 year old woman and I'm seeing results, slowly but I'm seeing it. I have remained consistent and I've improved my diet and sleep. He's trying to sell something, but I ain't buying it.
This is a low key infomercial and yes he does a sell a book with the same title and his X3 bar lol
Good on you for recognizing his bs even as a beginner!
Good for you ma’am!!!! Been bodybuilding for over 25 years and this is complete nonsense!!!
Anyone else remember back when Ted talks were more than infomercials for dodgy products?
This isn't a TED talk. It's TEDx, which has no screening criteria for its speakers.
I see this guy deleted my physics based comment on energy and power shooting down the utter nonsense that "weight lifting is a waste of time".
This video is a waste of time.
I did some quick searching and you can easily get those loads on your lower body bones from running. If you engage in jumping you can get to even higher loads. So the claim that you can't get those loads on your bones without special equipment is clearly nonsense. I don't know what loads you'd need on smaller bones, e.g. in the arms, to stimulate bone growth, but it must clearly be much less than four times your body weight, because even children probably aren't putting such huge loads on their arm bones.
Certainly did good with coming up with a stellar click bait name for his book and presentation.
Variable resistance as he is talking about it is great, but that doesn’t meant “regular weight lifting” is a waste of time in terms of building strength and hypertrophy and all the health befits that come with it. I like a combination of resistance bands, calisthenics, kettle bells and “weight lifting”.
In terms of the pec major on certain gifted athletes being attached far down on the humerus as he pointed, I would be very interested to actually see this. In my 24 years as an orthopedic massage therapist have never seen a body like that or heard of someone with attachments that far off the crest of greater tubercle of humerus.
I feel he greatly over simplifies why people are not getting the results they want when working out. He says, everyone’s workout sucks and doesn’t work, and now i know why. Granted he only has limited amount of time in his presentation, but I feel like he is also presenting with a bias toward his own products.
I use variable resistance training a lot, but not solely. When I move logs into my truck, do a lot of chainsaw work, etc, those objects are always the same weight throughout the movement, just like free weights.
Completely agree. That point about the tendon insertion mad no sense to me at all. Is he talking about athletes who have longer tendons and therefore a shorter muscle? For example, short gastrocs and long achilles (like many african athletes possess) would allow for springier lower limbs. How does variable resistance change that? It would be impossible to alter that.
@@DMGC529 It doesnt change that, but it will help you have more resistance when you are naturally stronger and less when you are naturally weak, allowing you to essentially lift greater weights than you would normally perhaps able to or just be safer at the start of the movement but still get at least some of the benefits at the end of the movement.
The people who see no change need a knowledge update
And they need to change their appraoch. If one works out keeping objective numbers in mind, we see results.
From the TED website, so who knows, but this is what they say: "TED Conferences are organized and run directly by TED. TEDx events are fully planned and coordinated independently, on a community-by-community basis. The goal of TEDx is to inspire a passion for spreading ideas in local communities from within."
Thanks but we all hate honesty fuq u.
I don't know about his claim about being 7 times stronger at the top portion of arm extension. If that were the case you would not have a problem at all locking out at the top of a heavy bench press attempt. I have seen and experienced myself plenty of times where I got past a good portion of the press but could not lock it out. If I were 7x stronger at that point it would go right up after I pass the 7x weaker portion of the lift. Doesn't seem to make sense to me.
That’s not how the physics works. If you bench a heavy weight six inches from the top of the lock out vs. from the bottom six inches up, (bench press) odds are the heaviest weight that is possible to lift is in the top portion vs. the bottom. Think of it as phases. The last phase is stronger than the beginning. As you work through the phases the leverage in the middle changes. That’s why a heavy weight is easier to control at the top than to push off your chest.
@@gregorygreen1263not if You have a weak triceps which a lot of powerlifters I know have. It’s very normal.
@@gregorygreen1263and also even if you’re stronger at the top (like myself) 7 TIMES stronger is absurd. the best bench I ever did paused was 160kg (350lbs) so in theory I could support 1120KG (2460lbs😂) at the top? Do You have any idea how silly that number is, this entire TedX is just a marketing plot for gullible people and it is sad.
For bench press, it's definitely not 7:1. That might be about right for legs (from low squat to standing movement), but I've done force measurements on myself for bench press, and I don't even see 2:1.
What happened to the large number of skeptical comments?!?
Maybe is just me but I don’t get it. The guy seems to work out himself, he’s talking about genetics and how this is important for above average results in weight training and that’s ok. But why this title? And why weight training should be useless? Just for grabbing some attention I guess.
He is a TRT using cheater just trying to sell his own product which is nothing more than a glorified resistance band.
It's amazing what steroids, deception, imagination and an ego can do for a man.
WTF is going on with the camera work here
Cameraman probably dying of laughter at what he's hearing
This guy has the ethics of a carnival barker.
Has TEDx no standards?
Very quiet audience?! Weight training has changed my life at 55 for the better. Best thing ever
100% I started to really kick my weightlifting into gear at 18 has helped my 54 year old former powerlifting dad get back into it. Awesome use of time
This is the theory behind the nautilus machines introduced in the 1970's.
The bigger fad that is no longer influential are TED Talks.
Thanks for the confirmation.
Not sure what your point is.
@@johnnastrom9400 I'm sorry that's not surprising. The main point of the is nothing new. The Nautilus equipment that came out in the 1970s were designed to do the same by varying the resistance throughout the range of motion. The fact that this so-called expert didn't mention that was IMO lame. Does seem to fit with my observation that TED talks are pretty worthless these days.
@@HEWhitney1 If you are talking about the ones that used air pressure resistance, I am familiar with those. The problem they had is the same problem you have with most weight machines in that the range of motion is on a fixed path (i.e. they only go up and down), unlike free weights where part of the work is keeping the weights from moving off to the side. John's rubber band approach seems to offer the best of both worlds. His physique is impressive. He was also featured on Rich Cooper's podcast a while back and Rich seemed impressed with what John had to say. As far as Ted Talks, they are hit and miss.
@@johnnastrom9400 this is very miss.
This is NOT TED Talks, it's TEDx Talks.
Where did he get his PHD ? OH I know on line lol
Yep, a diploma mill.
Was the cameraman high during this Ted talk???
Selling a product. Just like TH-cam: if you are paying for the ad, they’ll let you say whatever you want…
1. Clickbait 2. Rubberband
It’s not click bait. His “system” advocate spending 10 min to workout.
Gym goers spend 45 min at least lifting weights.
So point 1 isn’t clickbait.
Point 2 is rubber band.
@@naturalLinAnd his proposed 10 minutes is a waste of time. Therefore, click bait.
Yeah,.. LOL,.. This guy deleted my physics based comment on energy and power wrt to weight training and results. shooting down the utter nonsense that "weight lifting is a waste of time".
This video is a waste of time.
@@jcgoogle1808 This guys has been around for at least a few years, and TEDx is a worst joke of all. This is just a fitness topic, the tip of the iceberg.
@@naturalLin Only if the system works better in those 10 minutes than 45 minutes with weights does. For that I've yet to see any research backing it up.
""What are your goals for fitness?" - it was a WEIRD QUESTION, NOBODY HAD EVER asked me that before."
Thats as good and honest as it gets in this... whatever-this-is.
It's an advert.
alright so what is this dude says about trx:
TRX™ is a suspension training system in which fabric straps are hung from a fixed anchor point. When using TRX you are lifting against the resistance created by your bodyweight, which is obviously constant during the exercise.
then I look at the pictures him training with X3 bar and I have a question:
what is difference?
...says the guy who obviously has reaped the benefits of weight lifting.
And juicy juice
BEWARE: As a disabled person, the insatiability of standing on the bar provided was immediately apparent. Return Policy does not provide return shipping label.
I am 73 years old and an active rock climber, backcountry skier, hiker, and mountaineer. I work out daily and find resistance training essential to maintaining strength at my age. My strength training consists of indoor and outdoor climbing, hang boards, and some weights.
I don't know what part of the world Dr. Jaquish is referring to when he says gym training doesn't work. There sure are a lot of buff men and women crushers that frequent the climbing gym and the muscle gym next door in the town where I live. They didn't get that way without gym training.
Strength training exclusively with bands, as Dr. Jaquish recommends, is a crazy idea that few real athletes would take seriously.
Large muscles do not necessarily mean athletic fitness. Overtraining with muscle isolation exercises, whether with bands, machines, or weights, to build bulk will come at the price of inter-muscle coordination. I witnessed this when I owned a climbing gym. When that silly movie, Cliffhanger, came out, bodybuilders poured into our gym, thinking they could climb like Sylvester Stalone's stunt doubles. Typically, some muscle head, who could probably do more than 15 pullups, would come in with his girlfriend, who sometimes couldn't do even one. Then she would easily outclimb him, and the guy would realize his strength was good for posing and moving furniture and not much else. Humiliated, almost none of these guys returned to try to retrain their bodies for true athleticism. One did. It took him a long time to learn to use his strength. But he persisted. He ended up buying the gym from me.
Dr. Jaquish's argument for using bands is that we are stronger near the full extension range of motion than at the beginning for pushing exercises. Okay, but I'm finding that as I age, I lose strength the fastest near the beginning range. Bands offering the least resistance at the weak end would not be useful for training there. Squats, with weights, are working effectively to help me regain glute strength at that weak end.
Bands have uses for warm-ups and rehab. For athletic strength training, free weights are far superior for developing full range of motion strength, grip strength, balance, and inter-muscle coordination.
Climbing gyms are great, too. I have friends in their mid-eighties who are still killing it.
For all his dissing the fitness industry, is Dr. Jaquish fit? Those big arms don't guarantee it. Could he keep up with me, a 73-year-old guy? I doubt a climbing gym challenge would even be a contest, considering his training method and the belly he carries in this video. How about a 3000 ft. vertical gain hill climb? What do you say, John?
Don't listen to this guy never! We have to get rid of this false fitness plague!
Examination of skeletons of blacksmiths for example reveal which hand they held the hammer as the compressive forces of hammering increase bone density....same goes for the cervical vertebra of people who carry heavy things on their heads in developing countries....manual laborers in the china study had extreamly low incidence of osteoporosis. When those working at the space station lose bone mass rapidly and gain it back quickly by resuming weight bearing activities. You can simulate accomodating resistance by pushing the barbell explosively. Kettlebells are ideal for bone growth as when you drop it from an over head position (such as in a snatch) the flipping and falling of the kettlebell triples the momentary force when you decelerate it. Chains and bands can be used to accomodate resistance but the do not carry over to using straight weight on a barbell as is done in competition ....powerlifters who use supportive gear like bench shirts, suits and wraps have success with chains and bands as they are movement specific while "raw" powerlifters who dont use all that gear have found (in the labritory of reality) that the sticking point of a lift is an individual phenomena and to use a device like yours moves the sticking point to the start of the exercise. Most people fail the bench press half way up rather than the bottom as you suggest and many deadlifts are missed at lockout You cannot generalize. The whole nautilus brand was based on accoomodating resistance through use of a cam and chain.....no serious lifters train on those machines to win a competition. If you want to be strong and muscular take Tony Robbins advice and Model those successful in their chosen athletic event. Your talk is non-sense and i dont want an uninformed person to be discouraged by your many stunning falsehoods
🙄 never know that it takes a Ph.D. To discover that you have more strength in a partial range. Maybe a few more years of studying and he’ll discover the difference between strength, hypertrophy and power, then plyometrics and how acceleration contributes to force generation. Who knows maybe he’ll manage to discover mobility this lifetime to.
Do those TED people do background checks on their speakers? 🧐
I’d stick to clickbait titles if I was him and training those 16 years old guys with pecs attached to their elbows…
This is TEDx, where you pay to speak.
He has a degree from a degree mill and a TED talk at a HIGH SCHOOL. Yup, you can trust him.
I really want to hear Dr. Mike Israetel's and Dr. Eric Helm's take on this.
I guess soloflex muscle machine with their resistance bands had it correct.
Ummm...yeah. Pretty sure weight lifting is quite effective. I don't know anyone who went to the gym for a year and didn't get noticeable results. Not a soul. Because showing up with consistency and scaling intensity produces results. Bands are great to pair with weight training, but this guy sets up a straw man and then proceeds to punch it in the face. He's going off people's feelings and the inability of a crowd to call him out loudly.
Is the bone density problem diet related as well? Do people have to rely on certain diet while going to Osteostrong ? What if they body has no essentials in order to make that bone denser ? where the building block comes, doc.
No one ever became a champion body builder using rubber bands.
It’s never been tried though right?
@@byjer24 Rubber band training has been around for decades. No one limited to that technique has ever gotten close to competition size.
Tom Brady used it to become the greatest QB of all time
@@torchkitcompetition size plus the use of steroids?
@@Radioghost717 According to his book, he "discovered" rubber band training late in his career.
So one can use bands, chains or wear powerlifting equipment, bench shirts and squat suits?
Bench shirts and squat suits create variable resistance by providing assitance in your weakest joint angles and that assitance decreases as one approaches lockout.
No, I had a friend that lifted weights once. They fell on him, he died. Very unhealthy.
"Here buy my product, it's better then the next guys product(or even free bodyweight exercises)."
This guy has a fake degree he is not a doctor
This talk sets off so many BS alarms. Of course there's many kernels of truth truth in what he says, but keep in mind he's trying to set you a proprietary rubber band and stick. He can say 99 things things that are more less true and still have a shady conclusions. This is a 20 minute advertisement for a product, not really helpful advice.
As he says... extreme over simplification is wrong.
You can just build your own and not use his. I built my own and was much cheaper. But his actual info does actually pan out to be true otherwise I would not continue with his program.
I'm interested in what works and it definitely does while needing to work out less time to get maximum benefit plus much safer than using weights.
He does post all the references in his book so he does back it up with actual studies.
He even sent TED 47 studies but do you think TED are qualified to judge if those studies are all correctly done and valid studies?
Sure, he references lots of legitimate studies and his comments regarding resistance curves and accommodating and even cybernetic resistance is correct. His clickbaity marketing and questionable conclusions are obviously designed to try and create a fitness fad and take people's money.
I'd say it's pretty clear that there's nothing magical about his protocols. If you look at the rep schemes he promotes in his brochure/book, you hit different rep ranges depending on joint angle and extension of the bands. So for example on deadlift set up you hit maybe 10-12 reps at full extension/ROM then an additional 10-15 at half ROM then an additional 10-12 at very short partial ROM pulling from the floor. This indicates that the resistance curves are in fact not magically optimal or perfectly calibrated to joint levers since you still need to moderate rep ranges based on a mismatch between resistance and joint angles. Contrast this with a cybernetic adaptive resistance of something like an ARK system which provides the exact matching resistance relative to force being produced and you could see how an optimised system could work. I'm not promoting ARK as it's too expensive and unnecessarily complicated for most people's needs. My point is that this is just a rubber band tied to a stick with lots of hype surrounding it. Can it work? Sure, it's resistance, but it's nothing special and certainly not worth $600.
You could probably achieve very similar stimulation via a McGuff-style Body by Science routine or a classic Mentzer HIT routine. (None of which I personally recommend, but some people get good results.)
Also, let's point out that he's not really a doctor as he paid for his credentials via a diploma mill and he's also openly admitted to be on 'hormone replacement' and is probably on other steroids. (Very unlikely to develop deltoids and traps like that without PEDs. He did not build that physique with hid rubber bands alone.)
Finally, TED has tried to distance themselves from this talk and it's his company that keeps reposting it as an infomercial. This is not up to even the dubious standards of most TED-X talks.
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Yeah,.. this guy deleted my physics based comment on energy and power wrt to weight training and results. shooting down the utter nonsense that "weight lifting is a waste of time".
This video is a waste of time.
So, if the train like with rubber bands...the muscle DOESN`T experiece any mechanical tension, and DOESNT, grow.
Better train to failure, full ROM most of the time, increase weight, reps or sets across the time, between 6-20 reps per set, and follow someone who understand about hypertrophy training.
Don’t take him seriously, you know you stuff. This guy is a scam artist 👍
Wrong. Resistance bands CAN grow muscle. All I've used is resistance bands(and bodyweight) since 2015 & I'm much bigger & stronger now than when I used to hit the gym.
And I started working out in '08. A lot of people are skeptical about resistance bands but they really do work. And I'm not this guy's paid supporter or anything just giving my anecdote. I'm as jacked(if not bigger) than most gym bro & I never touch weights. 5'11 230lbs of mostly muscle.
@@regalherbsman5938 one of said scam artists targets ^^^^ 🙄😂
@@Bert-Kay How am I his target if I haven't or am not willing to buy his product? Use your brain, low IQ dummy 😂 D1mwits like you think there's only one way to gain muscle. Think again LOL
This is not a TED talk, this is a snake oil sales pitch to sell books and equipment. Very disappointed that TEDx backs up this kind of content.
Though Variable resistance training is great, it is important to still do conventional weight lifting.
Very disappointed TED allows this kind of selling by using their once-respected name. I've worked and managed gyms for 30 years. I have never seen anybody genuinely commit to regular exercise and a reasonable diet not improve within 3 months, let alone 12 months. Many TEDx presentations are basically infomercials and not invited academic lectures like TED talks. No tantrums, John, just the truth.
Unfortunately this keeps being recommended to me. Ok, it's a waste of time. Who's time? Not a waste of mine 😂😂😂
Wow, this is very embarrassing for Tedx
How did this guy get on stage?
This guy's claim is baseless. I think he lifts weight but don't want to admit it., He is only into selling a product. Anyway, he needs to use that machine for his out of shape abs. He also talks like he's out of breath.
yep, he sounds really nervous! like he's trying to convince you about his product which is rubbish really!
Lol I’m glad everybody else also thinks that this guys a clown
This is the worst TEDx talk I have ever seen.
Fail
He has a belly. Weight lifters in my gym have 6 packs. Variable res. Is fine TOO.
Progressive overload and Control is the name of the game
What nonsense. People who consistently use tried and true methods of bodybuilding do gain much muscle mass and size over their first 5 years of training. Not only does it happen, it happens consistently. There is a very large number of men in this country doing both strength and hypertrophy training every single day, and many of them try various techniques for extended periods of time. If anyone one technique or machine or movement was significantly better than others, we would have all discovered it and be doing it right now. Yes there is ignorance and disinformation on many small things, but by and large, when you consistently adhere to the most commonly recommended programs - whether three full body workouts or a bro split; progressively overload resistance; eat a caloric surplus; eat or drink about 0.8gm protein per pound of body weight per day; sleep at night; and deload when needed; you will get jacked and strong. Look at all the ripped guys out there and ask them how many of them paid a personal trainer $100 a hour for instruction? Very few. They read some websites, books, and magazines; they put in the work; and however suboptimal their technique and program, it worked.
What are you selling?
He has so many, but let's just appreciate this wisdom. :D
“The amount of males that have been kicked out of sports, or disallowed from participating in professional sports because they had too high level of testosterone is zero. So that’s not a thing, they test for that.”
Yep, that was a spit the drink out of your mouth moment, I agree.
He has very good points, modern fitness have very little solutions for osteoporosis. Load size is not important , what matters is ratios embedded in body. Follow ido portal, and he is saying same things. Try a pull up and lat pull machine . They target mostly same but effects are huge difference , pull up activates more muscle. look at african people who constanly move, especially local ones, It is very rare to see osteoporosis ıf they have good blood markers. They squat to rest not vice versa
Bro just did a 20-minute sales pitch for his product (basically an elastic band) and tried to convince people weight training is useless. 🙄 😂
Very confusing..osteoporosis, then supposedly weight lifting is No Bueno..then suddenly he talks about how to weight lift? Wut?
Id suggest listening to actual doctors of sports science like dr mike israetel who give information based on actual studies and know how to interpret it instead of someone hiding parts of a study he is trying to quote to sell a product.
The reasoning of this speaker ignores 2 important facts. 1. The goal of a body builder is not to get strong. That is the goal of a power lifter. The goal of a body builder is to get big muscles. 2. The point of an exercise that makes muscles the biggest is the point where the muscle is at its most stretched.
So, even if John Jaquish is absolutely right about how you are stronger in the contracted position than in the stretched position, its meaningless to a body builder. A body builder would benefit the most from variable resistance training, that maximizes resistance at the point when the muscle is maximally stretched. Using resistance bands maximizes resistance at the point where the muscle is at its most contracted, which is useless for body building. "But what about power lifting?" I hear you ask. Power lifters are trying to lift heavy weights, by definition. To get good at anything, you have to do that thing. To get good at lifting heavy weights. You have to lift heavy weights.
Though I am skeptical perhaps I'll give the VR training a shot, it does not seem completely wrong. As to the success rate of conventional resistance training, I saw it myself, it works, it always worked. So, I would suggest to the lecturer to make his case by claiming that VR is better than just R, but without such strong statements such the one in the title. There are millions of us who will simply disagree with your bold claim.
Most of what he's saying is backed up by research. Variable resistance has been known to better fit human muscle force curves for quite some time. Arthur Jones, inventor of the Nautilus system, built his system off similar ideas.
@@Magnulus76 Variable resistance is OK; but to say that weight-lifting is futile is way too stretched.
@@Magnulus76 hitting muscle force curves itself isn't important for hypertrophy because the growth stimulus is primarily in the stretch position of the muscle. You can literally skip locking out your bench press, and you will lose nothing or nearly nothing.
Big time fraud but it’s like a comedy sketch soooo😂
says this person while also looking like he actually goes to the gym...
Working out doesn't work, coming from the jacked guy. lol
How exactly would you incorporate any of this into a functional program for athletes raging from the ages of 18-30, im open minded to new theory’s and also read the article about the 7 week bench tests, but when I think about how a strength and conditioning program is ran at D1 schools, the results the see from high school to their senior yr in college is drastic, I just want understand this and formulate a program that is intuitive with what you have provided, thank you
Yes this would be hard to apply to enraged athletes, or are they enraged because, this, whole, thing, is, silly?
PEDx Talks 😉
This is an infomercial masquerading as a Ted talk, right? 7 times stronger out here than here? Dafuq is he smoking. My max bench so far has been around 210 full ROM. Not only am I not 7x stronger out here … hello 1470lbs? But I’m probably not even 2x stronger.
Dude, add some chains if you want or feel free to mix it up with some heavier reduced range work.😊
Agreed. I should be able to un-rack 2086lbs in that case. I can't.
What a liar.
I was asked what gym I attend. I said I have no membership. I have had a Soloflex at home and use it daily since 1989
no one asked you that stop lying
It sounds interesting, until he talks about completley different tissue structures for elite sportsmen. This is beyond rediculous if you have any clue about medicine.
"There was no solution" - barbelltraining, anyone?
What about something like a pullups or row? The strength curve is the opposite to that of a bench press. Pulling movements are generally more difficult on the top half than it is the bottom half.
Shhh.... Don't start talking actual logic and facts, that spoils his whole sales pitch.
If you take him serious he’s winning 😅
Weight lifting is a waste of time??? Tell that to my gains from weight lifting. 😄
This dude is pretty fkn jacked for someone who says weightlifting is a waste of time. I think his actual goal is to make people not go to his gym because some dope is always doing biceps curls in the squat rack.
Ive lost 60lbs. And put on 8lbs of muscle because of weight lifting. Now im a personal trainer. Guys, dont listen to this bs. Watching this video is the real waste of time. Some people just spew bs, and call it a "lecture"
Variable resistance training is not new to me.
If I recall correctly, Jeff from AthleanX was the first from whom I heard about it, years ago.
I started integrating it in my training plan during this year.
me too. Bands are indeed a great way to train with, not to replace free weights, but they do offer plenty og gains. AthleanX is great, so too is the Clench fitness channel.
Hes just trying to make a living. Its up to us the consumer to be more intelligent when it comes which products to buy. I hope people see through this
Well if TED Talk hadn't already jumped the shark long ago, it certainly has now!
……. Says the man standing stage with 20 inch guns.
making publicity to his product. just that
18 minutes I'll never get back.
Ted talks use to he good now you have sharletains like this? You are lighting your brand name and credibility on fire here. Stap up your game!
I’ve been on a decent diet and absolutely changed my drinking habits. I don’t drink alcohol anymore, I weight my food and hit the macros daily. It’s been 6 months by now and my body looks and feels way better. What this guy is saying should be banned from internet.
Plus, I don’t take any kind of steroids etc
The results are real and I hit the gym 5 x a week.
Keep working out guys, lifting weight, having your early walk regularly. - sooner or later the results will come.
🤟🏽🙌🏼
This talk is littered with numerous lies.
The man has some interesting and impressive things to say: for once I'm well built individual with very open mind on many aspects of training and machineries, and give fairness to both sides whenever debating: free weights VS Machines, Cable Machines VS Leverage or Plate Loaded machines, High Reps Less Load VS Low Reps HEAVY Load, Cardio and Weight Lift VS just Weight Lift and SO ON... the man say EXACTLY how human body is able to sustain a particular Load at a given position of the full/complete movement, TRUE, Famous TONAL gym also can perform Eccentric (meaning it can change the weight in real time while you're performing) and some other manufacturers jump into this, and will see many more with time. I've had the chance to train on it, very very different then conventional training: Say you are used to bench press particular weight 10x reps , doing on eccentric you'd be failing at 7-8x rep
An open mind is what a lot of people in this comment section lack. I switched from free weights to resistance bands(and bodyweight) training back in 2015 & I packed on WAYYY more size & strength than I ever did with free weights. And I had been going to the gym since '08.
I haven't hit the gym since then & I'm bigger than most gym bros. Not bragging, just my anecdote. The tension resistance bands provide is unparalleled. I NEVER got that in the gym. I still hit the bands 4 days a week(20 min HIIT sessions) That's all I need.
@@regalherbsman5938 OK little guy.
Great comments!! Except for the troll 🧌 of course!
10% facts, 80% quackery
10% elbow-pecs 💪❤
0% FACTS🔥🔥🔥👌👌😂
What a horrible thing to do to a presenter. Why would you change camera angles to show his auditorium is empty? Why would you edit this footage in especially when the operator couldn’t even hold the camera still? Awful!
Because it's a ted talk. No Barrier to entry, no peer review, no evidence required, no audience either
Maybe the cameraman knew it was absolute BS he was spouting to an empty auditorium and thought he'd do the online world a solid to show this charlatan for what he is?
This guy’s talking about “a distortion of reality” in the fitness industry when that’s what his entire talk was.
Where’s his data/testing??
Sure variable resistance can optimize some resistance movements, but it’s nowhere near the revolution he’s claiming. You aren’t going from “total waste of time with no results” to “elite athlete” like this. LMAO!
The biggest charlatan since Arthur Jones.
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