The fact this guy doesn’t have a bigger following astounds me. Been reading him and watching his videos for over a decade. Just straight facts and wisdom from someone who knows the science and adapted his methods through empiricism. My favourite McGuff line goes something like this - I used to train Arthur Jones style 3 times per week in medical school and I felt “like hammered dog shit.” From my experience, especially after doing DNA testing on recovery capacity and muscle fiber, the infrequent training has led to serious progress over the years and spared me plenty of time. Who are the best sources on this style of training? Doug McGuff, Clarence Bass, Bastionhead, and John Heart. Grateful for all the knowledge I’ve accrued from these weightlifting vets.
Since reading BBS, I have focused on higher intensity w lower frequency. I cycle through his protocols for a month or so 2-3 times/year, but find it difficult to maintain mentally.
I'm not smart enough to unpack the information you are giving but I know I feel better when I do strength training. That's enough for me to keep doing it
It’s simple. There is a metabolic pathway on cellular level, and health outcomes are very different if you stimulate it acutely/chronically and on supply/demand side. But the m-tor pathway has a bad rep because it was initially studied in context of bad health outcomes when stimulated chronically on supply side, and some “scientists” don’t differentiate and when they see m-tor stimulated acutely on the demand side in resistance training, they label it bad, when in reality it’s good.
And another simple thing is how much protein you are taking, or amino acids in their pure form, (supplied) or lacking when you do excessive exercise with no protein.
Now the production level is closer to the quality and value of your content. Thank you! Greater frequency would be welcome, but I'm greatfull for whatever I can get.
Always enjoy your talks I'm 67 years of age and have only been to the Hospital once in my life for a torn muscle at 13 years of age courtesy of a football injury, in regards to resistance training I don't go to a gym but use kettlebells 16, 24, and 32kg along with walking/jogging 5-6kg hand weights - the primary message is to keep moving, as Clint Eastwood said "don't let the old man in".
so happy to see you again, Bought your book after watching your lectures, i take one year to give a try to your training advices and now i share it with my clients, Thank you for your work Doc 🙂
Thanks for the video and remember the concept of demand and acute event as a positive action of mTor. The term "senescent" in biology is very clear, and explaining that the demand and acute event helps to replace the energy eliminated is a simple explanation that makes it very clear and invites you to study the subject in depth. It is always a pleasure to find a video from Doug and informative quality. Greetings from Spain.
Great vídeo quality!!! 👌, Please talk more about this topic, I was never be worried about the activation of Mtor via strength training, but yes when it occurs through an overconsumption of amino acids.
Dr. McDuffie I enjoy your videos and since I've started watching videos on 1 set strength super slow training but can you please put this in layman's terms for us average intelligence people. Thank you sir.
It also sounds like if your mtor is increased on the supply-side due to chronic over consumption, that doing acute episodic weight-training might actually help to suck some of that up.
We’re hiring our third trainer, I personally have an 18 month (and counting) wait list, and we do no formal advertising. It’s almost like this stuff works. Almost.
Dear Dr. McGuff, Thank you very much for all of your great work on the subject! I wanted to ask if you maybe could do a short video like this on minimal frequency? So for people who are not so passionate about exercise but still want to gain let's say 80% of the benefits of HIT and especially also the health crisis prevention aspect you talked about. As far as I understood in many videos you say that the frequency for optimal progress depends on the person but is around 2x per week to once every 10 days or so in that kind of range. But that is for optimal progress from what I understood isn't it? So let's say for a lazy person couch potato who doesn't really wants to exercise at all and doesn't care at all about fast progress, Hypertrophy etc there would still be immense benefits if that person at least maybe only did 1 meaningful workout per month vs not working out at all right (even if that person had high recovery ability)? Of course if recovery capacity is high and one can workout twice a week then one makes fast progress. But what would be if the same person worked out only once a month (but for a lifetime)? Progress would probably be much slower but there would still be immense benefits right? Given that HIT should be a lifelong habit anyways then on the one hand progress is maybe only 1/4 of the person who works out at optimal frequency but working out at minimal effective frequency would still be soo much better than not doing anything at all right? And over the course of a lifetime there would still be very much progress in total? Is minimal frequency that frequency at which detraining just not yet starts? When does detraining start to occur approximately? Thanks again and best regards
I've just found you page every interesting stuff. I have many questions but firstly I am currently using kettlebells and Mace 2 to 3x a week 20 to 30min. as it's sub maximal loads would this have much of an impact on recovery for the HITT training.
If you work out, you create demand for MTOR which is consumed as part the recovery and adaptation to the stimulus. If you consume to much energy, you stimulate the production of MTOR which does not get consumed like it would be by the adaptations to exercise and this can become pathological.
All you can eat buffet full of branch chains upregulates. Fasting downregulates mtor. McGuff claims strength training upregulates but in a healthy manner replacing disfunctional cells with healthy growth. That's my interpertation, but I'd like to see his science, although plenty of studies indicate upregulating mtor causes aging and disease.
@@fitfrog65 It is a balance as downregulating it to the extreme with fasting is referred to as starvation. The key is not to have either state become chronic which can be accomplished with both strength training and fasting or TRF.
I work in the ER in the midst of the Omicron outbreak. So many staff have become infected, it is hospital policy that we wear N95 and goggles the entire shift.
I have done supeslow every 10-12 days on average, for the last 17 years, I´m 60 now and I feel and look better than I ever before, at any age. Zero cardio non-sense. Minimum time investment. Thatñs all that matters to me. Who cares about the metabolism gibberish
The fact this guy doesn’t have a bigger following astounds me. Been reading him and watching his videos for over a decade. Just straight facts and wisdom from someone who knows the science and adapted his methods through empiricism. My favourite McGuff line goes something like this - I used to train Arthur Jones style 3 times per week in medical school and I felt “like hammered dog shit.”
From my experience, especially after doing DNA testing on recovery capacity and muscle fiber, the infrequent training has led to serious progress over the years and spared me plenty of time. Who are the best sources on this style of training? Doug McGuff, Clarence Bass, Bastionhead, and John Heart. Grateful for all the knowledge I’ve accrued from these weightlifting vets.
Since reading BBS, I have focused on higher intensity w lower frequency. I cycle through his protocols for a month or so 2-3 times/year, but find it difficult to maintain mentally.
I'm not smart enough to unpack the information you are giving but I know I feel better when I do strength training. That's enough for me to keep doing it
It’s simple. There is a metabolic pathway on cellular level, and health outcomes are very different if you stimulate it acutely/chronically and on supply/demand side.
But the m-tor pathway has a bad rep because it was initially studied in context of bad health outcomes when stimulated chronically on supply side, and some “scientists” don’t differentiate and when they see m-tor stimulated acutely on the demand side in resistance training, they label it bad, when in reality it’s good.
And another simple thing is how much protein you are taking, or amino acids in their pure form, (supplied) or lacking when you do excessive exercise with no protein.
Very well presented. Thank you Dr.
Now the production level is closer to the quality and value of your content. Thank you! Greater frequency would be welcome, but I'm greatfull for whatever I can get.
Always enjoy your talks I'm 67 years of age and have only been to the Hospital once in my life for a torn muscle at 13 years of age courtesy of a football injury, in regards to resistance training I don't go to a gym but use kettlebells 16, 24, and 32kg along with walking/jogging 5-6kg hand weights - the primary message is to keep moving, as Clint Eastwood said "don't let the old man in".
Now video and audio quality is really great btw!
Im gonna do some dope shit. By opening my own HIT gym!
Glad to see you back Doug! Looking vibrant! Appreciate the lesson.
Too late, doc ...subscribed ages ago. "...dope shit" ...from someone as dignified and articulate, THAT was an eye-opener ;)
so happy to see you again, Bought your book after watching your lectures, i take one year to give a try to your training advices and now i share it with my clients, Thank you for your work Doc 🙂
Thanks for the video and remember the concept of demand and acute event as a positive action of mTor. The term "senescent" in biology is very clear, and explaining that the demand and acute event helps to replace the energy eliminated is a simple explanation that makes it very clear and invites you to study the subject in depth.
It is always a pleasure to find a video from Doug and informative quality. Greetings from Spain.
So appreciate your knowledge and advice! It is working for me. Thanks
Video looks great; the Audio is very clear. Your new kit works well. The information is excellent as usual, thank you Dr McGuff.
Great to see you again Doc I’ve missed your videos 😎
Great vídeo quality!!! 👌,
Please talk more about this topic, I was never be worried about the activation of Mtor via strength training, but yes when it occurs through an overconsumption of amino acids.
Great video,audio and picture quality!Thanks!!
Awesome Doug, thankful as always for the information you provide
Very good video. Hope to see more soon.
Video is incredibly sharp, sound is clear!
Thanks Doug!
Dr. McDuffie I enjoy your videos and since I've started watching videos on 1 set strength super slow training but can you please put this in layman's terms for us average intelligence people. Thank you sir.
It also sounds like if your mtor is increased on the supply-side due to chronic over consumption, that doing acute episodic weight-training might actually help to suck some of that up.
Oh man audio is great!!
We’re hiring our third trainer, I personally have an 18 month (and counting) wait list, and we do no formal advertising. It’s almost like this stuff works. Almost.
Very well said.
Thanks
I like that soundoff ;)
Dr McGuff schooling the Sinclair apostles 👊🏼 💪🏼
Dear Dr. McGuff,
Thank you very much for all of your great work on the subject!
I wanted to ask if you maybe could do a short video like this on minimal frequency? So for people who are not so passionate about exercise but still want to gain let's say 80% of the benefits of HIT and especially also the health crisis prevention aspect you talked about. As far as I understood in many videos you say that the frequency for optimal progress depends on the person but is around 2x per week to once every 10 days or so in that kind of range. But that is for optimal progress from what I understood isn't it? So let's say for a lazy person couch potato who doesn't really wants to exercise at all and doesn't care at all about fast progress, Hypertrophy etc there would still be immense benefits if that person at least maybe only did 1 meaningful workout per month vs not working out at all right (even if that person had high recovery ability)?
Of course if recovery capacity is high and one can workout twice a week then one makes fast progress. But what would be if the same person worked out only once a month (but for a lifetime)? Progress would probably be much slower but there would still be immense benefits right? Given that HIT should be a lifelong habit anyways then on the one hand progress is maybe only 1/4 of the person who works out at optimal frequency but working out at minimal effective frequency would still be soo much better than not doing anything at all right? And over the course of a lifetime there would still be very much progress in total?
Is minimal frequency that frequency at which detraining just not yet starts?
When does detraining start to occur approximately?
Thanks again and best regards
Great video and audio quality!
I've just found you page every interesting stuff. I have many questions but firstly I am currently using kettlebells and Mace 2 to 3x a week 20 to 30min. as it's sub maximal loads would this have much of an impact on recovery for the HITT training.
Welcome back!!
I pressed the like button 😂 but also read a book 📖 body by whatchamacallit 😅
Headed to The Perfect Workout at 4:40. (I still hit the like button.)
What exactly differentiates pushing MTOR on the supply side and the demand side? Examples?
If you work out, you create demand for MTOR which is consumed as part the recovery and adaptation to the stimulus. If you consume to much energy, you stimulate the production of MTOR which does not get consumed like it would be by the adaptations to exercise and this can become pathological.
All you can eat buffet full of branch chains upregulates. Fasting downregulates mtor. McGuff claims strength training upregulates but in a healthy manner replacing disfunctional cells with healthy growth. That's my interpertation, but I'd like to see his science, although plenty of studies indicate upregulating mtor causes aging and disease.
@@fitfrog65 It is a balance as downregulating it to the extreme with fasting is referred to as starvation. The key is not to have either state become chronic which can be accomplished with both strength training and fasting or TRF.
@@michaeltrumper Where is the science that strength training mitigates upregulating Mtor? I believe this what Dr Mcguff was implying.
Sorry my smart phone changed your name. Dr. McDuff.
Why did you weak n95?
He works in an ER
I work in the ER in the midst of the Omicron outbreak. So many staff have become infected, it is hospital policy that we wear N95 and goggles the entire shift.
@@dr.dougmcguff282 Oh I thought you work out with this on 😅
I have done supeslow every 10-12 days on average, for the last 17 years, I´m 60 now and I feel and look better than I ever before, at any age. Zero cardio non-sense. Minimum time investment. Thatñs all that matters to me. Who cares about the metabolism gibberish
Ha! i clicked like AND I read a book.