I was late finding John’s videos. I started this journey last August with bands and John’s videos were invaluable for bands. I am in the gym 6 days a week now training for my first show this August! I use John’s videos for all my training. I had hoped to meet him to say thank you in person but i will have to wait till heaven. I was in a bad place last year and John and his positive attitude helped me out of it. Thanks you!
You and Greg need to do a workout collaboration next time you're in town together! Both of you are so refreshing and the results are real. Too many fitness influencers on instagram with stupid workouts, poor supplementation, and "a ziiiiirrrooo" experience trying to scam honest folks. Train hard, eat, sleep, grow. The recipe is simple, but nobody wants to hear it.
As a beginner I feel like watching John gives me a big head start vs those who are trying to figure this stuff out on their own or following those insta fitness tools. Thanks for the tips John!
Yep. I really wish there would`ve been this much great content out there back in the days when I started training. Had to listen to the "bros" in the gym, read stupid stuff in magasines etc. I still got good results but a lot of unnecessary injuries and stuff.
You are truly something special in the bodybuilding youtube section, bc you are talking to us, like we were in front of you, you speak the truth and your videos are filled with soooo much content! Thank you for this!
I read years ago that if you run more than 2 miles a day, you’re not training for health. Same sorta thing with weights...if you’re training naturally, about 4 sets per exercise twice a week is about all the gains you’re ever gonna get.
this man is a jewel ♥ , going hard eating good, i was 45kg i was a smoker i sleep at 2-3 pm, i quit smoking started training hard getting a good amount of sleep, and after 2 months of hard training i weight 52kg now , and sttill going for 65kg,
Totally agree... I couldn't imagine going back to training leaving rep's in the tank and going home... Train HARD and go home... (Train to failure with good form)
@@ItaMuscle it's not bad form, if your arms gets tired first he needs to work on his arms. Obviously, he can try a different variation that hits the same muscles as a dumbbell press
This guys could make an hour long video of him working out and explaining the basics, and I would watch it. It is the best channel out there. Simple, to the point, no bells and whistles, just pure nonsense advise on how to build the body. Awesome channel. Plus the yo-yo trick was nice, and I look forward to the next trick soon.
I had major shoulder surgery in January 2019 rested for two months then went back to it always staying positive!! And a year later I'm almost back to my old weight and condition I'm 40 and being negative I would be in a terrible place right now. Progressive realization of a worthy ideaL. [ SUCCESS ]
It took you a year just to ge5 back to where u were?? Dam that sucks dude. Train harder. No reason you shouod have taken a year to get back where u were
@@ryanvlasic1849 supraspinatus and subscapularis repaired I tore them at work it was like repairing a frayed pair of Jeans. My ahoulders were ok before that I did have small tears from years of training heavy i had a 400 lb deadlift. but the accident made complete tears. I had a great doctor in nh. The recovery is a yr. I still cant bench press but I can deadlift and I modify my workouts so I get a great workout but don't re hurt the issue. .I lost 25 lbs of muscle. But it's back now.
Thinking about this every week. For me it feels "empty" without going 110% every session! I guess I have to rethink that and workout smarter and more effective in the long term!
John Meadows really pays attention to detail on his sets. You can actually see the tension on the pectoral muscles in between the reps. Perfect placement and distribution of the tension.
Every workout should be better, than the last one. Once you get proper forms and the mind muscle connection, workouts get on another level. Personally I started lifting, after a hard 2 year brake, and I lost about 60lbs, for the last 5 months and im hitting PR's almost every 2 weeks. As soon as you see the results you get motivated even more and you start thinking about how the next workout will be even better !
4:20 i always remember what Dorian Yates would say' "this is the set, all the rest is bullshit" don't quote me word for word but it's something like that - I always enjoy the content, no ego honest and straight talking, plus great insights.
Absolutely one of the best and most straight talking training channels on TH-cam. From this video I now realize that I'm absolutely going to failure too often in my own training. Thanks for setting me straight, and many others in sure.
Always giving it straight. Old school, no nonsense. Learning so much from your videos, and enjoying Alex's tricks! Hope y'all keep growing and learning together as well.
I've been watching your videos for a while, and honestly you're definitely still growing even at your advanced level, just an absolute testament to your training styles
Hi John, this is really great. A lot of influencers put up training videos and workouts but hardly ever go into this much detail on warm up sets, actual sets, getting that crazy pump, all the way to the end. It's really given me an insight to how hard to train. You've got yourself another subscriber and greetings from Derby, England!
Hey John. I am a new subscriber. 42 years old, and the physical prime of my life, lifting for three years and can’t believe the gains and excited to keep going. Just wanted to say I really appreciate your approach to these videos and your coaching style, and the content is great. Some of the comments you have to read or absolutely ridiculous and don’t pertain to anything. I feel your pain when I read them. Keep up the great work And thank you again!
I started looking at motivational videos of Tom Platz, Dorian Yates, and Ronnie Coleman.....and man did they psyche me up before a workout. That, with the knowledge I’m gaining from your video’s, cleaning up my diet and training hard and consistently, I’m making great gains. I’m feeling great at 41 and seeing progress I did not think I could make. I truly believe if you apply yourself, you can make progress even in your 40 which I never thought possible. I’m always thankful for your video’s John, cheers💪
Now this is a professional video, explained wonderfully with no fancy video shooting so as a result I was able to see the entire exercise performed plus the sets were done for real in real time, bravo!
thank you a genuine no nonsense truth telling nice guy i have just got back into bodybuilding after a decade off and sum of the videos i have watched is just a bunch of high school bully jocks eg folks who havnt grown out there high school days talking like there on the football field generally guys in the gym you look at and say guess who wants to be centre of attention screaming bam oooh look at this bam etc screaminjg get the pump baby just loud mouth idiots but u my friend are spot on so from a scotsman in scotland i salute u
Most people stop the set or break form as soon as they start feeling little burning. At this point they could do atleast 1-2 more reps with perfect form if they could ignore the burning but instead they break form and do 5 more partial reps, use cheating or bounce the wait using momentum. To quote something I've heard awhile go on the CW's Arrow show: "Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional!" Great vid, John! 👍
This is more my style of training. Train hard, especially the last set. I don’t count warmup sets. I still need to relearn how to do tricks on a yo-yo. These videos always remind me of that, haha.
Thx for the video, John. Schooling the youngsters....That's how we do it. The way u work out is exactly how I do. Definitely have to watch my joints cuz they're done...yeah, from training wrong during my life and maybe worried about lifting heavy ass weight. And also I'm old now. Took me a lifetime to learn to do it like u do. 👍💪
John is the best trainer/teacher. The brain gets cleared of confusions and following his advice gives REAL results immediately. I will watch this video another time, really valuable info here. EDIT: forgot to add, the yoyo moves are awesome too :)
This is perfect advice to me!! Not sure why someone Natural wouldn’t think they should train this way? Since I’ve started doing these beginning sets before I actually push to failure I feel I’m truly getting where I need to be and without hurting myself, it’s odd I actually fell like I recover faster too, this morning I was hitting back and for me if I don’t feel I’m truly hitting failure I’ll just add on another set heavier weight and count that as my work set until my form goes or I can’t lift the weight - I’m finally seeing some good progress following your techniques! Thank you 🙏🏻
Love the way John said to the spotter in the first set “ let go let go “ I’m not weak man the camera is rolling don’t spot 😝 Love your videos so informative n helpful
I'm 38, train each body part twice a week, been training for 2.5 years. Only reps I leave in the tank are warmup sets. Everything else is to failure or as close I can get to failure. I tend to work more in the volume range because of my age. I don't want to mess up my joints at this point. So my "heavy" sets are in the 8-10 range and my volume sets 12-20 depending on which body part.
All I know is I made much better progress when pushing closer to failure rather than doing a bunch of high volume straight sets. Love the video John can't wait to see more of what you've got going on. Keep up the awesome work👊
I'm so glad more people are finally coming back to talking about trainging again. I stead of the you know what. Training always Comes first! That's the hardest pill for people to swallow. And if you can't love and find passion to learn proper training you shouldn't be thinking about anything else whatsoever and definitely go find another passion. Many thanks John. ☘️💪
Always learning something new from each video. Due to that I go into each of my next w/o's feeling that much more sure of what I am doing and why. Mad Props shout to Alexander the YO YO SLAYER!
Great video John. I see way to many people not going near hard enough in the gym and not getting any gains and wonder why. Solid advice and good work as always.
I am beginner, female , and I love this guy! Thankyou for giving me knowledge sir. When I want to quit I pretend you are standing next to me saying "c'mon let's go, one more" and that is just amazing.
Again. Absolutely correct John👍 It really is about providing the maximum amount of stress on a muscle group with maximum amount of overload Under complete control throughout the movement. Even now 10yrs later, My leg routine is only 4 sets for example. 4 sets for thighs. I’m physically not able to do more set’s. and want to vomit every single time. Being natural too, My workouts are brutal. Natural or enhanced, the workload has to be There. Example. If I May, as follow’s. Squats. Warmup: 20kg plate aside up to 4 plates 6-8 reps full squats (warms & pumps thighs hams glutes) 1st set: 220kg to complete failure (around 10) 2nd set: 6 plates. As above to failure (around 5) drop-set 4plates to failure Again down to 3 then 2 then 1 plate. 2 work sets done to complete muscular fail. Leg press. Warmup: 5 plates aside 20 reps (below parallel) heels in toes out inner thighs & inner hamstring adductors. 1st set 11 plates aside as above 20 reps to failure. 2nd set: 14 plates aside as above 14reps failure Drop set. 10 plates then 15reps failure Then rock bottom quarter reps to fail That’s it.! 2 work Sets 30” quads
mountaindog1 I have stayed away from barbells and have used dumbells and machines only because I am scared of reinjuring myself. I had therapy for sciatica pain but I'm good now. I do all my squats with 55-80lbs in each hand 3 reps of 8, with a warm-up set then increasing intensity. I want to build but I still fear barbells, lol. Thanks for all your info and love the Ultimate Performance Stack!
Great advice around the 5:00 mark. Today I did a pyramid workout on barbell bench working up after warmup : sets of 3 80kg-107.5kg then back down to a last set of 80kg AMRAP (feet off the floor) 3 weeks ago I did the 107.5 and got 4 very clean reps (felt like I had 5 with good form. Today however the 3rd rep @107'5 felt very heavy. I felt deflated about this... but listening to Meadows talk about progressions ensured me that all is not lost.. a tiny step back is not the end of the world!
I am 52 .. and yes Im NOT getting stronger .. but I’ll stay in shape and love to train ;-) I have reached my potential.. no problem .. great content .great advise ..thank you John 💪🏻🙏
John I’m so glad you said it my strength has been the same for a year but I notice my form would get better with that weight and I’m still putting on muscle rapidly
I like the hidden gem yo-yo tricks. No intro.. just BAM! Ur gettin smacked in the face with a sick trick and ur mind blown whether u want it or not 😋 haha another great vid John! Been training using ur methods for few months now and im growing again, having fun and feel better in my joints. Thanks "coach" !
Keep up the great work. I am glad for your guidance. I was getting frustrated by being unable to go hard for 4 days ,thinking I was just wimping out.2 days on and 1 off ..I cut back and gained more . Middle age catches us all. Thanks again. I am not 30 any more ...Hard to admit. Trying to add more cardo on days off.
I mean as much as I abide by the motto that you each and every session should be given 110% effort or its simply a wasted training session, I now digress. My body has just been shot due to a mix of work and working out. It really does catch up to you, I need to manage it better. Great video John!
So you want to grow? This is the playlist for you: th-cam.com/play/PLNAUreWTt_ShncAtG7PHnk3ZxlRMzeJg6.html
do a collab with Greg, so we got both one shouting at us calling us morons and one treating us with respect
@@dontreadmyname4396 LOL
@@mickspecial i have the oposite problem, i gain hipertrophy easy but my strength doesn't move barely lol
John I know this is off topic but what bench was that wen your doin the barbell incline , is a rouge bench ?
@@mickspecial This is me too.
> goes to failure
> still manages to thank his spotter
John Meadows is a class act.
Little things! ✊
Not all heroes 🦸♂️ wear capes.
Great role model
John "alright hi everybody" meadows
Mohd "Rogan Podcast" Haz
😂
Rip
I was late finding John’s videos. I started this journey last August with bands and John’s videos were invaluable for bands. I am in the gym 6 days a week now training for my first show this August! I use John’s videos for all my training. I had hoped to meet him to say thank you in person but i will have to wait till heaven. I was in a bad place last year and John and his positive attitude helped me out of it. Thanks you!
I’m late seeing this but I hope your show went well ! Keep going brother 💯
That yoyo trick was nuts. That's many hours of practice!
What’s the time for the yo yo need to show my gf
*How hard should you train*
Greg Doucette in my head: HARDDDDER THAN LAST TIME!!!
That's how it has to be, provided your body has adapted and can now take a harder workout than last time.
You and Greg need to do a workout collaboration next time you're in town together! Both of you are so refreshing and the results are real. Too many fitness influencers on instagram with stupid workouts, poor supplementation, and "a ziiiiirrrooo" experience trying to scam honest folks.
Train hard, eat, sleep, grow. The recipe is simple, but nobody wants to hear it.
Squammish thatd be awesome
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i'm on board with this as this would mean john may come to my city and john is my hero, that is all.
As a beginner I feel like watching John gives me a big head start vs those who are trying to figure this stuff out on their own or following those insta fitness tools. Thanks for the tips John!
take advantage of all the mistakes I have made through the years
Yep. I really wish there would`ve been this much great content out there back in the days when I started training. Had to listen to the "bros" in the gym, read stupid stuff in magasines etc. I still got good results but a lot of unnecessary injuries and stuff.
When i started i was lucky to find Kris Gethin (8 years ago) but now, it's John Meadows all the way bby!
Yeah men, thats a great help!! But it is also really good to try things and figure out them by yourself.
Btw good luck with your fitness journey🙂
Absolutely, I feel the same way, taking on board his experience has been a real bonus for me starting out too.
8:45 mark. Unleashes pure violence onto the bar. Calmly gets up and proceeds to speak softly and politely. Too good lol
haha...that Mr Rodger'ish wasnt it
@@mountaindog1 in the best way! Lol
I mean I love John but I may have to hire his young lad instead to teach me to be a pro-yo-yoer. He’s slick with that!
heck yea!
Yes he is very good, I enjoy his inclusion in these videos.
Gonna re watch all these videos for the rest of time. Such a great human being in and out. Rip legend
You are truly something special in the bodybuilding youtube section, bc you are talking to us, like we were in front of you, you speak the truth and your videos are filled with soooo much content! Thank you for this!
I love that John randomly puts his son in his videos. That's so awesome
Alexander is a yo-yo beast! I often train too many sets to failure and tend to suffer for it. Working harder is not always smarter.
yes he is!
I read years ago that if you run more than 2 miles a day, you’re not training for health. Same sorta thing with weights...if you’re training naturally, about 4 sets per exercise twice a week is about all the gains you’re ever gonna get.
this man is a jewel ♥ , going hard eating good, i was 45kg i was a smoker i sleep at 2-3 pm, i quit smoking started training hard getting a good amount of sleep, and after 2 months of hard training i weight 52kg now , and sttill going for 65kg,
BABA Yaga
Good for you! Seek out a Baba Yaga, maybe she will help you ;)
Loved the yoyo trick, Alexander's skills are sick!
David Stefan ..was called Ripcord
You're warming up with my 1rep max.
#Truth 😂
Lmao same here
Yeah , thought i was the man :(
Same
John and Greg best bodybuilding channels, period. It's crazy the amount of knowledge these 2 guys share for free
i love John ! he is an example of how successful people should be, great father and great and humble coach !
One of the few bodybuilders that tells it like it is. No mincing words and straight to the point. Thanks brother.
Totally agree... I couldn't imagine going back to training leaving rep's in the tank and going home... Train HARD and go home... (Train to failure with good form)
can you do a video on if your arms get tired before your chest every set.
@@frustratedincorporated3569 your form is bad... Fix it.
@@frustratedincorporated3569 find an exercise that isolates your chest, use it to finish your set's
@@frustratedincorporated3569 try pre exhaust training.
@@ItaMuscle it's not bad form, if your arms gets tired first he needs to work on his arms. Obviously, he can try a different variation that hits the same muscles as a dumbbell press
I wanna see this for other body parts! Back, then shoulders!
This guys could make an hour long video of him working out and explaining the basics, and I would watch it. It is the best channel out there. Simple, to the point, no bells and whistles, just pure nonsense advise on how to build the body. Awesome channel. Plus the yo-yo trick was nice, and I look forward to the next trick soon.
I had major shoulder surgery in January 2019 rested for two months then went back to it always staying positive!! And a year later I'm almost back to my old weight and condition I'm 40 and being negative I would be in a terrible place right now. Progressive realization of a worthy ideaL. [ SUCCESS ]
It took you a year just to ge5 back to where u were?? Dam that sucks dude. Train harder. No reason you shouod have taken a year to get back where u were
@@SouthernSilverExchange it's a yr recovery
What kind of surgery was it, and how bad was your shoulder going into it? I need it but I can't bring myself to do it.
@@ryanvlasic1849 supraspinatus and subscapularis repaired I tore them at work it was like repairing a frayed pair of Jeans. My ahoulders were ok before that I did have small tears from years of training heavy i had a 400 lb deadlift. but the accident made complete tears. I had a great doctor in nh. The recovery is a yr. I still cant bench press but I can deadlift and I modify my workouts so I get a great workout but don't re hurt the issue. .I lost 25 lbs of muscle. But it's back now.
i tore my ac joint ligaments it took 7month to get back to the same weight but i trained with the pain .
Key words: "lets see how this feels". EXPERIMENT every single workout. Ty John.
Love how detailed you get into your rep/set schemes, and how each set should "feel". It's going to help a lot of people who really want to improve!
Going back and watching all of your videos glad all of this is still available on TH-cam rest in peace you are a legend
Thinking about this every week. For me it feels "empty" without going 110% every session! I guess I have to rethink that and workout smarter and more effective in the long term!
that mentality has got me injured as fuck, still trying to shake it, hate walking out the gym feeling like I still have more to give...
@@caspar_gomez so you shouldn’t go all out every gym session?
@@joegoldberg5372 probably not for the best but I never managed to find the balance. Broke my hand now so it found me anyway
John Meadows really pays attention to detail on his sets. You can actually see the tension on the pectoral muscles in between the reps. Perfect placement and distribution of the tension.
Every workout should be better, than the last one. Once you get proper forms and the mind muscle connection, workouts get on another level. Personally I started lifting, after a hard 2 year brake, and I lost about 60lbs, for the last 5 months and im hitting PR's almost every 2 weeks. As soon as you see the results you get motivated even more and you start thinking about how the next workout will be even better !
4:20 i always remember what Dorian Yates would say' "this is the set, all the rest is bullshit" don't quote me word for word but it's something like that - I always enjoy the content, no ego honest and straight talking, plus great insights.
I love this channel. Real training. Real information. Real show and tell. No bs. No fluff. Just hard work and sweat. Keep the content coming.
Like Dwayne Johnson says “ be the hardest worker in the room”. Great video John. Keep them coming.
5:26 that's what you came for
Lorenzo Bravi Absolutely
Learned more in these last few videos than I have in long time tbh, really put your ideas into a better context, goldmine as always.
thank you!
Absolutely one of the best and most straight talking training channels on TH-cam. From this video I now realize that I'm absolutely going to failure too often in my own training. Thanks for setting me straight, and many others in sure.
John's a great instructor,-teacher,,best advice,on the "TUBE".
John is a brilliant man to learn different techniques to Training and get those extra % to improve you're time and results spent in the Gym
RIP John you are missed but never forgotten!!
Always giving it straight. Old school, no nonsense. Learning so much from your videos, and enjoying Alex's tricks! Hope y'all keep growing and learning together as well.
John... just warming up...
Me... holy crap 190 lbs!
I've been watching your videos for a while, and honestly you're definitely still growing even at your advanced level, just an absolute testament to your training styles
Hi John, this is really great. A lot of influencers put up training videos and workouts but hardly ever go into this much detail on warm up sets, actual sets, getting that crazy pump, all the way to the end. It's really given me an insight to how hard to train. You've got yourself another subscriber and greetings from Derby, England!
thank you!
My doc told me just to train HARDERRR.
Great advice as usual, johns one of the few guys on TH-cam I trust and believe.
Hey John. I am a new subscriber. 42 years old, and the physical prime of my life, lifting for three years and can’t believe the gains and excited to keep going. Just wanted to say I really appreciate your approach to these videos and your coaching style, and the content is great. Some of the comments you have to read or absolutely ridiculous and don’t pertain to anything. I feel your pain when I read them. Keep up the great work And thank you again!
I started looking at motivational videos of Tom Platz, Dorian Yates, and Ronnie Coleman.....and man did they psyche me up before a workout. That, with the knowledge I’m gaining from your video’s, cleaning up my diet and training hard and consistently, I’m making great gains. I’m feeling great at 41 and seeing progress I did not think I could make. I truly believe if you apply yourself, you can make progress even in your 40 which I never thought possible. I’m always thankful for your video’s John, cheers💪
Now this is a professional video, explained wonderfully with no fancy video shooting so as a result I was able to see the entire exercise performed plus the sets were done for real in real time, bravo!
thank you a genuine no nonsense truth telling nice guy i have just got back into bodybuilding after a decade off and sum of the videos i have watched is just a bunch of high school bully jocks eg folks who havnt grown out there high school days talking like there on the football field generally guys in the gym you look at and say guess who wants to be centre of attention screaming bam oooh look at this bam etc screaminjg get the pump baby just loud mouth idiots but u my friend are spot on so from a scotsman in scotland i salute u
1:48 1st exercise, continuous tension focused dumbbell compound: 2 sets of horizontal dumbbell press:
8-10@2/3RIR,
8-10@0RIR
5:35 2nd exercise, continuous tension focused barbell compound: 2 sets of incline barbell bench press:
6@1@RIR,
6@1RIR
10:40 3rd exercise: lock out focused machine compound, 2 sets of incline machine bench press, blood flow & fiber exhaustion with 1 high intensity technique,
8-10@0RIR,
8-10@0RIR+1 drop set(or 2)
19:08 4th exercise: stretch focused isolation: 2 sets of machine flies:
~11@0RIR,
~8@0RIR followed by forced reps, partials, then an iso hold
John, to someone just starting to build muscle your channel is a goldmine!
thank you!
Declared to be logical and understandable
:)
Most people stop the set or break form as soon as they start feeling little burning. At this point they could do atleast 1-2 more reps with perfect form if they could ignore the burning but instead they break form and do 5 more partial reps, use cheating or bounce the wait using momentum. To quote something I've heard awhile go on the CW's Arrow show: "Pain is inevitable but suffering is optional!"
Great vid, John! 👍
Love this guy - just a gentleman. I'm back in shape at 45 yrs old and this channel helped me so much with my lifting.
This is more my style of training. Train hard, especially the last set. I don’t count warmup sets. I still need to relearn how to do tricks on a yo-yo. These videos always remind me of that, haha.
John you are without a doubt one of the best at what you do
Thanks a lot mountain this is what i thought about progressive overload and focus on tension from the first time i trained
HARDER THAN THE LAST TIME !
Thx for the video, John. Schooling the youngsters....That's how we do it. The way u work out is exactly how I do. Definitely have to watch my joints cuz they're done...yeah, from training wrong during my life and maybe worried about lifting heavy ass weight. And also I'm old now. Took me a lifetime to learn to do it like u do. 👍💪
John is the best trainer/teacher. The brain gets cleared of confusions and following his advice gives REAL results immediately. I will watch this video another time, really valuable info here.
EDIT: forgot to add, the yoyo moves are awesome too :)
Hi John. Always a big fan of your content! 🙌 Really liked the "21 tips for..."-series! Any chance on you doing a 21 tips for legs anyday soon? 😊
yes
You the best man , love your theory on weightlifting!! Save everything for "last sets"! Couple easy ones then go for it
Thanks for everything John
Love this guy! He reminds of a family member taking me to the gym and telling me stories. My favorite bodybuilding personality!
thank you!
Solid workout advice from one of the best ever!
Listen up, youngsters!
Harder than last time!!!! Wow I understand hard training better know. Thanks!
Honestly you killed it. Soooo good explanation. You`re awesome man and your content is one of the best in this industry
thank you!
We lost an absolute gem of a man. God I would love to just have a conversation with John while training. RIP.
This is perfect advice to me!! Not sure why someone Natural wouldn’t think they should train this way? Since I’ve started doing these beginning sets before I actually push to failure I feel I’m truly getting where I need to be and without hurting myself, it’s odd I actually fell like I recover faster too, this morning I was hitting back and for me if I don’t feel I’m truly hitting failure I’ll just add on another set heavier weight and count that as my work set until my form goes or I can’t lift the weight - I’m finally seeing some good progress following your techniques! Thank you 🙏🏻
thank you dear!
Love the way John said to the spotter in the first set “ let go let go “
I’m not weak man the camera is rolling don’t spot 😝
Love your videos so informative n helpful
Great response to Fouad's podcast, thank you for the knowledge and help!
yo-yo crew checking in for today's demo
I went to failure consistantly in High School!
Lmao I just got this.
Cranjis!
Lmao. I just got your name also. Had to comment again. Sal is that you?
David Fitness Is there a cranjis mcbasketball in the room?
Did you get those much elusive gains after recovery?
Love the new camera and lens! Looks great 👍🏼
I'm 38, train each body part twice a week, been training for 2.5 years. Only reps I leave in the tank are warmup sets. Everything else is to failure or as close I can get to failure. I tend to work more in the volume range because of my age. I don't want to mess up my joints at this point. So my "heavy" sets are in the 8-10 range and my volume sets 12-20 depending on which body part.
All I know is I made much better progress when pushing closer to failure rather than doing a bunch of high volume straight sets. Love the video John can't wait to see more of what you've got going on. Keep up the awesome work👊
I'm so glad more people are finally coming back to talking about trainging again. I stead of the you know what. Training always Comes first! That's the hardest pill for people to swallow. And if you can't love and find passion to learn proper training you shouldn't be thinking about anything else whatsoever and definitely go find another passion. Many thanks John. ☘️💪
Ireland - best food in the world!
@@mountaindog1 definitely the best potatoes in the world for sure haha 💪
Best fitness channel on TH-cam!!
Always learning something new from each video. Due to that I go into each of my next w/o's feeling that much more sure of what I am doing and why. Mad Props shout to Alexander the YO YO SLAYER!
My Max dumbell press right now is John's warm up set 😂🤣 (damn shoulder impindgemnt) great content as always!
Great video John. I see way to many people not going near hard enough in the gym and not getting any gains and wonder why. Solid advice and good work as always.
I am beginner, female , and I love this guy! Thankyou for giving me knowledge sir. When I want to quit I pretend you are standing next to me saying "c'mon let's go, one more" and that is just amazing.
This is actually how I recently adjusted my chest workout for the most part. Just subbed.
Awesome job Alexander! That was some crazy yoyo
Would love to see a chest workout for guys trying to avoid another pec injury! Cheers you are my favourite in the industry :)
Please upload workout for every muscle. I see you from Colombia and you’re one of my favorite fitness person
Ugggghhhh, so that was pretty good. 😂 I’ve been implementing your workouts for weeks now and my joints are doing better than ever.
stumbled onto your channel and I'm so glad i did. the wealth of knowledge and experience you offer for free is rediculous. i really appreciate it!
Thanks and welcome
Again. Absolutely correct John👍
It really is about providing the maximum amount of stress on a muscle group with maximum amount of overload
Under complete control throughout the movement.
Even now 10yrs later, My leg routine is only 4 sets for example.
4 sets for thighs.
I’m physically not able to do more set’s.
and want to vomit every single time.
Being natural too, My workouts are brutal.
Natural or enhanced, the workload has to be
There.
Example. If I May, as follow’s.
Squats.
Warmup: 20kg plate aside up to 4 plates 6-8 reps full squats (warms & pumps thighs hams glutes)
1st set: 220kg to complete failure (around 10)
2nd set: 6 plates. As above to failure (around 5)
drop-set 4plates to failure
Again down to 3 then 2 then 1 plate.
2 work sets done to complete muscular fail.
Leg press.
Warmup:
5 plates aside 20 reps (below parallel) heels in toes out inner thighs & inner hamstring adductors.
1st set
11 plates aside as above 20 reps to failure.
2nd set:
14 plates aside as above 14reps failure
Drop set. 10 plates then 15reps failure
Then rock bottom quarter reps to fail
That’s it.!
2 work Sets
30” quads
mountaindog1 I have stayed away from barbells and have used dumbells and machines only because I am scared of reinjuring myself. I had therapy for sciatica pain but I'm good now. I do all my squats with 55-80lbs in each hand 3 reps of 8, with a warm-up set then increasing intensity. I want to build but I still fear barbells, lol. Thanks for all your info and love the Ultimate Performance Stack!
awesome, keep on getting better!
Great advice around the 5:00 mark. Today I did a pyramid workout on barbell bench working up after warmup : sets of 3 80kg-107.5kg then back down to a last set of 80kg AMRAP (feet off the floor) 3 weeks ago I did the 107.5 and got 4 very clean reps (felt like I had 5 with good form. Today however the 3rd rep @107'5 felt very heavy.
I felt deflated about this... but listening to Meadows talk about progressions ensured me that all is not lost.. a tiny step back is not the end of the world!
Best example of no frills and real training day to day sound advice for do's and don't of training..
I am 52 .. and yes Im NOT getting stronger .. but I’ll stay in shape and love to train ;-)
I have reached my potential.. no problem ..
great content .great advise ..thank you John 💪🏻🙏
John I’m so glad you said it my strength has been the same for a year but I notice my form would get better with that weight and I’m still putting on muscle rapidly
I like the hidden gem yo-yo tricks. No intro.. just BAM! Ur gettin smacked in the face with a sick trick and ur mind blown whether u want it or not 😋 haha another great vid John! Been training using ur methods for few months now and im growing again, having fun and feel better in my joints. Thanks "coach" !
alot more coming!
Keep up the great work. I am glad for your guidance. I was getting frustrated by being unable to go hard for 4 days ,thinking I was just wimping out.2 days on and 1 off ..I cut back and gained more .
Middle age catches us all. Thanks again. I am not 30 any more ...Hard to admit. Trying to add more cardo on days off.
I mean as much as I abide by the motto that you each and every session should be given 110% effort or its simply a wasted training session, I now digress. My body has just been shot due to a mix of work and working out. It really does catch up to you, I need to manage it better. Great video John!
Going to miss your videos and techniques. I will always refer back to your videos to help expand my workouts. Great man
Definitely want to see how you do this with other body parts!
its coming
my man, this channel is pure gold