After binge watching your videos and. picking up on the importance of keeping chest up when rowing and pressing something I have let get away for several years, first workout in a while without shoulder pain...thank you
I feel like mike is the old grumpy bodybuilding teacher and we are all just a bunch a kids trying to learn but not listening well enough so he’s gotta yell it at us😂😂 I fuckin love it! thanks mike, you’ve helped me actually look like I might know what the fuck im doing😆 hello from Alaska. I’ll be waiting for a full workout vid in the short shorts, show off them legs mike! lmao🤣🤣🤣
Seriously, all the information u put out is invaluable. I’ve literally watched all ur videos & there’s always something new to learn. This guy is the best coach I’ve ever seen.
Mike is as real as it gets in this industry. I have been following him for months. Each video is not about pushing a product or getting people to sub to his channel. What you get here is a blunt, in-your-face response to issues surrounding training that you withness these days. Right from personal trainers and their BS to how to perform each movement to develop a decent physique(without pushing a shit tonne of weight). Big Mike knows his shit and I can tell you by listening to what he is saying will clear the misconceptions we have had all along. Mike comes around and drops a 20min or so clip. Listen to this man. I have been lifting for 20 years, I know BS when I see one. This guy is legit. Thank Big Mike. It is a blessing to have you around in this modern age and time. Stay safe man. Thank you for all the videos you have put out.
Ive been following your advice video’s and tips on lifting little over month. I can literally see the difference in my body plus i feel I engage more muscle every lift. Rolling through Chest pop, roll back unbelievable. I think I enjoy lifting more now than before. Thank you wycked wycked 👍🏽
Not in any specific order but these all wreck my head when I see them in gyms 1. A coach that puts u in a cookie-cutter training program (bench, squat, deadlift) without looking at your biomechanics while lifting first..cause ppls bodies move differently. 2. Comin to the gym decked out in gymshark like it’s a fashion show, but lookin like the famine or a beanbag with legs. 3. Not understanding that skeletal positioning will dictate muscle function. 4. Not having an understanding of the anatomy of the body and the function of different muscles…cause that’s just the blind leading the blind. 5. Chattin shit to others while ur performing an exercise 6. Afraid to put their hands on the client to see if the correct muscle is firing 7. Not understanding leverages and angles during lifts. Honestly there’s more but I’m stoppin cause I gotta watch my blood pressure
No joke this is so accurate! I have been religiously training the wycked way for about a year and a half now and recently went to free skate being a former hockey player and I could just tell I was driving off of "whole leg" as you say and its exactly like you teach to train so this style of training absolutely applies to body building and sports it just all makes sense after giving it time to learn more and more of what you're explaining just takes time just like you say over and over. #InBigMikeWeTrust
Big Mike listening and learning from your content has taught me how to let my back open up. Its such a bad ass feeling once you finally "get it." When lats are able to open and close without midback also. So glad i found your stuff so early in my journey💪🏽🙏💪🏽
Damn...this is connecting so much..and yes i actually paused and went to go try and fully understand the movement so much more! Yeah this "tension " holding bracing is just nuts and it make sense why people are getting injured so much more.
I'm yet to meet a trainer that talks and explains stuff like you do to your own clients and your telling us such movements in detail. The brace your core thing didn't help much when i tried it so your right about that one for lats 👍. Thing is everything is so mixed up with powerlifting tips that we tend to stiffen up with everything.
One of your greatest sessions. The snark was on-point and well directed. Thank you. Trying to learn with every video for my goals. This one is huge help.
Bro I've learned so much from your videos, im 47 and thought I'd never be able to make certain changes in my physique. I've literally made changes insanely fast in my back . Your videos are enjoyable to watch, very knowledgeable as well as entertaining lol....I love your rants 😆 Thanks Mike!
Same analogy with skateboarding, you never see a skateboarder locked down in there body, they allow there body to move that’s how they can perform tricks. Great watch Mike 🙌💪🏻
Another bad ass video for all the haters and wannabe trainers. Keep doing you Big Mike don't ever stop being real and straightforward some people in this world need that.
10:20 hips behind shoulders.... Should I also do it for other muscles groups, like cable chest crossovers, rear delt exercises, triceps cable extensions and so on? Maybe you can make a own video about that topic
Thank you once again! Good stuff! I listen to your videos In the sauna at the gym out loud…I think you’ve got some folks starting to think on their own..💪🏽… when you gonna get some good gear .. ladies muscle tanks..etc. ? Would love to Rock your brand! #knowledgeispower
Mike, you knocked it out of the park with this video! Every variation that you showed and talked about are money in the bank! I've benefited from it and I hope others have 2! But I have to ask, rumor has it, you use a tripod... this must be addressed in your next video...JK! had to mention it seeing that it was mentioned at the end of this video 😅🤣😅🤣thanks for all your knowledge!
I'm just curious about when you were saying some people were not built for the big three. I fully agree 100% and was just wanting to know if you think that those lifts, more so deads and squats, build more overall mass because of the recruitment of muscles? Definitely not saying anything you said was wrong since I've learned SO much more in the past year from watching/listening to you than majority of people I've watched for years. Thank you for doing these videos too they have helped me progress way more and have helped me deal with posture issues from being stiff.
That trying to light a lighter and it not clicking was a GREAT insight into an exercise being performed improperly is not being as effective as one may ‘think’ it is.
Good site and solid advice. It drives me nuts when I see people put 4 to 6 plates on machines and then start rocking back and forth. Gyms trainers do not correct people, maybe because they do not know how the machines work.
Mike! Mag grips or prime rot8 and why? I tried a close grip mag grip on back the other day and I’ve never felt my back like that before but I’ve been told by some that prime is good too. Can’t decide!
I'm not an expert like Mike but I was a professional soccer trainer, ran an academy.. I was a technique and mentality guy, that was the foundation for my players. I thought the soccer world was full of shit trainers. The fitness industry is epidemic status. One trainer today had her client doing lateral raises with DBs. This old man's wrists were higher than his shoulders. Where's the tension.. On his ulna?? The most prolific trainer at this gym puts all his clients through circuits, battle ropes, maxing out on bench and all his clients are fat. what's the purpose, the specificity? No concern for movement patterns. The guy played football for Ohio State, so what. You look like poop training with this guy. This is Next Level Fitness in Westerville where Meadows would occasionally train, it's crazy.
Literally talked to an online coach who told me he hit a PR on a freakin nautilus LAT pull-down. Dude and he’s out there training other idiots the same way!! Like dude, come on man:
When you get into any fitness industry… isn’t the goal to be as flexible, and agile as possible? Swimming? Gymnastics? Football? Softball? Volleyball? In any sort of training prior to games there are reasons why they have the movements they do. R.O.M is key for anything!!! You aren’t a box!! Quit acting like it!!
You're talking about the same people who wear weightlifting belts around their hips to do preacher curls and triceps pushdowns.. it's amazing how clueless bodybuilders are
I think I can’t Deadlift/Squat because of my anatomy is an absolute cop out. I said the same to myself for years. Turns out I lacked hip, ankle and upper back mobility and strength. Seriously Mike at what point was your body unable to do a squat or pick something up from the floor. I can guarantee you had the ability to do it as a child. Just utter nonsense. A better statement would be that some bodies have a higher risk potential of injury under heavy load doing these movements.
I havent finished the video but he did downplay cable lat pullovers and nautilus pullovers in a previous video. Everyones entitled to an opinion tho 🤷🏽♂️
I've learned more from this guy in a month compared with years worth of all other fitness youtubers combined
Amazing to hear
Such a underrated fitness instructor
same here bro I this guy is the realest fasho!
Same bro !
So do i. Especially chest and back
You're a good man, Mike. You're helping so many people and that is something to be proud of.
Thanks
After binge watching your videos and. picking up on the importance of keeping chest up when rowing and pressing something I have let get away for several years, first workout in a while without shoulder pain...thank you
amazing
I feel like mike is the old grumpy bodybuilding teacher and we are all just a bunch a kids trying to learn but not listening well enough so he’s gotta yell it at us😂😂 I fuckin love it! thanks mike, you’ve helped me actually look like I might know what the fuck im doing😆 hello from Alaska.
I’ll be waiting for a full workout vid in the short shorts, show off them legs mike! lmao🤣🤣🤣
Shout out to Alaska. And yes I’m grumpy 🤷♂️
Brutal honesty and free training tips! "WINNING"
💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
"I'm gonna txt on this machine" Mike... you're f**king killing me. lol
I'm not a bodybuilder but I enjoy lifting and man you're fucking full of knowledge. I fucking love your videos and vibes! Much appreciated brother!
You’re welcome. Happy to help
Seriously, all the information u put out is invaluable. I’ve literally watched all ur videos & there’s always something new to learn. This guy is the best coach I’ve ever seen.
Wow. I’m far from the best and I’m a product of great teachers myself. But thank u for the kind words
Mike is as real as it gets in this industry. I have been following him for months. Each video is not about pushing a product or getting people to sub to his channel. What you get here is a blunt, in-your-face response to issues surrounding training that you withness these days. Right from personal trainers and their BS to how to perform each movement to develop a decent physique(without pushing a shit tonne of weight). Big Mike knows his shit and I can tell you by listening to what he is saying will clear the misconceptions we have had all along. Mike comes around and drops a 20min or so clip. Listen to this man. I have been lifting for 20 years, I know BS when I see one. This guy is legit. Thank Big Mike. It is a blessing to have you around in this modern age and time. Stay safe man. Thank you for all the videos you have put out.
Ive been following your advice video’s and tips on lifting little over month. I can literally see the difference in my body plus i feel I engage more muscle every lift.
Rolling through
Chest pop, roll back unbelievable.
I think I enjoy lifting more now than before.
Thank you wycked wycked 👍🏽
Not in any specific order but these all wreck my head when I see them in gyms 1. A coach that puts u in a cookie-cutter training program (bench, squat, deadlift) without looking at your biomechanics while lifting first..cause ppls bodies move differently.
2. Comin to the gym decked out in gymshark like it’s a fashion show, but lookin like the famine or a beanbag with legs.
3. Not understanding that skeletal positioning will dictate muscle function.
4. Not having an understanding of the anatomy of the body and the function of different muscles…cause that’s just the blind leading the blind.
5. Chattin shit to others while ur performing an exercise
6. Afraid to put their hands on the client to see if the correct muscle is firing
7. Not understanding leverages and angles during lifts.
Honestly there’s more but I’m stoppin cause I gotta watch my blood pressure
U nailed that list
Whenever I have applied your advice, I have felt better muscle connect, freer movement and exercise improvement. Thank you
Love you man, really appreciate your effort and content! Even with loads of experience I really enjoy watching
No joke this is so accurate! I have been religiously training the wycked way for about a year and a half now and recently went to free skate being a former hockey player and I could just tell I was driving off of "whole leg" as you say and its exactly like you teach to train so this style of training absolutely applies to body building and sports it just all makes sense after giving it time to learn more and more of what you're explaining just takes time just like you say over and over. #InBigMikeWeTrust
That’s awesome to hear Dawson
I've been implementing things you preach, my body has never felt better. Thank you sir! Keep fucking killing it
Love your honesty and teachings. Would you mind doing a video about your split and training etc
Me too. Great simple to follow instruction. Also just common sense.
15:30….pumping out Rabbit shits 🤣🤣. Absolute GOLD as always Mike 🔥💪🏻
The face with the short breaths part had me dead 🤣 Love Mike!
Big Mike listening and learning from your content has taught me how to let my back open up. Its such a bad ass feeling once you finally "get it." When lats are able to open and close without midback also. So glad i found your stuff so early in my journey💪🏽🙏💪🏽
Damn...this is connecting so much..and yes i actually paused and went to go try and fully understand the movement so much more! Yeah this "tension " holding bracing is just nuts and it make sense why people are getting injured so much more.
I'm yet to meet a trainer that talks and explains stuff like you do to your own clients and your telling us such movements in detail. The brace your core thing didn't help much when i tried it so your right about that one for lats 👍. Thing is everything is so mixed up with powerlifting tips that we tend to stiffen up with everything.
Love the videos! You have helped me improve my technique/ mind muscle connection in almost all the movements we do. Thank you🤙
Thanks for the message jarrod
@@Noughtnowknoteva you sell merch?
You know, there's no other youtubers who talk about these sort of fixes. Very common sense approach and good info bro! sub and liked.
I hit the like button at 'That person looked great before f***face got ahold of them and will continue to look great after f***face is gone.' 😂🤣😄💀
One of your greatest sessions. The snark was on-point and well directed. Thank you. Trying to learn with every video for my goals. This one is huge help.
As others have said, you're a good man Mike. Thank you for all of this, Stay safe and all the best.
Happy to hear I’m helping
As always, great video! 👏
Loving the rant 🤣 priceless! Great advice big man!
Bro I've learned so much from your videos, im 47 and thought I'd never be able to make certain changes in my physique. I've literally made changes insanely fast in my back . Your videos are enjoyable to watch, very knowledgeable as well as entertaining lol....I love your rants 😆
Thanks Mike!
Same analogy with skateboarding, you never see a skateboarder locked down in there body, they allow there body to move that’s how they can perform tricks. Great watch Mike 🙌💪🏻
I really enjoy ur honesty and teaching keep up the great work because of you bruh I train better now thx you
Great video. Love how you break shit down!!
Another bad ass video for all the haters and wannabe trainers. Keep doing you Big Mike don't ever stop being real and straightforward some people in this world need that.
I’m always me. Never changing
Your as real as it gets brother! It's not the weight you use, it's how you use the weight! My philosophy exactly! ALOHA FROM HAWAII! 👍🏻🤙😁
ALOHA brother. Thank u for the message
There's a lot of regurgitated content on TH-cam for freeweights movements. This is really helpful to have the machine movements broken down
Second half of this video had me rolllllin 😂😂. “Not one sport in the world, do we hold our breath while we perform the sport”
10:20 hips behind shoulders.... Should I also do it for other muscles groups, like cable chest crossovers, rear delt exercises, triceps cable extensions and so on? Maybe you can make a own video about that topic
you spread wisdom man and i can't thank you much
been watching all your videos. great content mike. from the uk.
Finally some honesty!
Thank you once again! Good stuff! I listen to your videos In the sauna at the gym out loud…I think you’ve got some folks starting to think on their own..💪🏽… when you gonna get some good gear .. ladies muscle tanks..etc. ? Would love to Rock your brand! #knowledgeispower
Girls stuff is on the way.
Need that t-shirt!!🔥🔥🔥
Do you have a merch website??
Thanks Mike, been learning a lot from you. You need to bring that gym down here to Florida.
Great Video!
Mike, you knocked it out of the park with this video! Every variation that you showed and talked about are money in the bank! I've benefited from it and I hope others have 2! But I have to ask, rumor has it, you use a tripod... this must be addressed in your next video...JK! had to mention it seeing that it was mentioned at the end of this video 😅🤣😅🤣thanks for all your knowledge!
Hey Big Mike. How can I reach out to you. To get some advice on some things about getting my biceps wider and other things?
I'm just curious about when you were saying some people were not built for the big three. I fully agree 100% and was just wanting to know if you think that those lifts, more so deads and squats, build more overall mass because of the recruitment of muscles? Definitely not saying anything you said was wrong since I've learned SO much more in the past year from watching/listening to you than majority of people I've watched for years. Thank you for doing these videos too they have helped me progress way more and have helped me deal with posture issues from being stiff.
If you’re good at dead’s and squats then knock yourself out. Just not my cup of tea. Even when I did them I hated them and injured myself often
Sad that his channel has so little traction. Some of the best training information out there
That trying to light a lighter and it not clicking was a GREAT insight into an exercise being performed improperly is not being as effective as one may ‘think’ it is.
what a blessing the channel
Smart and simple as usual
Good site and solid advice. It drives me nuts when I see people put 4 to 6 plates on machines and then start rocking back and forth. Gyms trainers do not correct people, maybe because they do not know how the machines work.
Everything you said was spot on you made me laugh dude this is fitness/sport/education and comedy lol 🤝🏻
Instant subscription
Aye Mike, where can I purchase that small conical cable attachment for tricep work?
“Pumping out rabbit shits”
Big mike
😎
Thanks man .... really
I've never had a trainer in the 10+ years of training. I just pick things up from TH-cam videos. I can't think of any red flags
I always tell people that there's good pain and bad pain.One is generally okay, the other is never okay!
Mike! Mag grips or prime rot8 and why? I tried a close grip mag grip on back the other day and I’ve never felt my back like that before but I’ve been told by some that prime is good too. Can’t decide!
Matter of preference. Do what feels best. Or use both
Thank you.
Guess I’m going back to Onterrible to get some training then! 😉
“pumpin out rabbit shits or sumthin”
😭😭😭😭
yooooooooooo
I'm not an expert like Mike but I was a professional soccer trainer, ran an academy.. I was a technique and mentality guy, that was the foundation for my players. I thought the soccer world was full of shit trainers. The fitness industry is epidemic status. One trainer today had her client doing lateral raises with DBs. This old man's wrists were higher than his shoulders. Where's the tension.. On his ulna?? The most prolific trainer at this gym puts all his clients through circuits, battle ropes, maxing out on bench and all his clients are fat. what's the purpose, the specificity? No concern for movement patterns. The guy played football for Ohio State, so what. You look like poop training with this guy. This is Next Level Fitness in Westerville where Meadows would occasionally train, it's crazy.
People don’t understand who they are training. And the people being trained aren’t sure what they want either
Do you have the Ride the Tension shirt yet?
“ Pumpin’ put rabbit shits!”lmfao
“Pumping out rabbit shits”… classic.
I wish we had a real gym in Chicago with equipment like this
Gems 💎 brother
Dude where is the LOVE botton
What shoes are those I like ‘em
Love the special effects voicing..."my lats do "hein"...
My form is impeccable on all of my lifts butt especially my back!
Canadian truth speaker!
22:31 reminds me of HHH stance 😂
Literally talked to an online coach who told me he hit a PR on a freakin nautilus LAT pull-down. Dude and he’s out there training other idiots the same way!! Like dude, come on man:
i honestly just seem to understand better when this dudes explaining shit! wp
That’s awesome to hear
THE T-SHIRT THO 😮😮😮
Where to buy that tee?🤔
Anyone?
I’m going to train with this dude before I die
I can't imagine not telling my trainer if something feels off. Either we fix it or f*ck it.
Hi mate. Can you supply advice to me for training and nutrition ? I’m in OZ👍 Do you have a business?
The lighter the flame!!!!!!! So sick!
I think we hold our breath during anticipated exertion IMHO. I still sometimes find myself doing it, even today lol.
But **ckface has a GREAT SMILE Mike.
How long did it take for you to get down your training style and all the knowledge you know??
When you get into any fitness industry… isn’t the goal to be as flexible, and agile as possible?
Swimming? Gymnastics? Football? Softball?
Volleyball?
In any sort of training prior to games there are reasons why they have the movements they do.
R.O.M is key for anything!!! You aren’t a box!! Quit acting like it!!
Pumping out rabbit shit lol 😂
You're talking about the same people who wear weightlifting belts around their hips to do preacher curls and triceps pushdowns.. it's amazing how clueless bodybuilders are
I call them gym cucks lol
Gotta wear belt at all times even when your using your turd cutter
I think I can’t Deadlift/Squat because of my anatomy is an absolute cop out. I said the same to myself for years. Turns out I lacked hip, ankle and upper back mobility and strength. Seriously Mike at what point was your body unable to do a squat or pick something up from the floor. I can guarantee you had the ability to do it as a child. Just utter nonsense. A better statement would be that some bodies have a higher risk potential of injury under heavy load doing these movements.
#Preach #IFuxWithYouBrotha
Some people should not be allowed in gyms period
😅😅 😂Mike always crack me
I certainly hope you weren’t referring to a Nautilus pullover machine. It is one of the best biomechanics machine ever made.
I havent finished the video but he did downplay cable lat pullovers and nautilus pullovers in a previous video. Everyones entitled to an opinion tho 🤷🏽♂️
Trainers that hate on machines like they somehow don't work. Idk why but that really just irks me 😂
Unintelligent
Pumping out rabbit shit he said. while breathing. ????? ahhahhaahahahaaaaaaa. classic
I understood the title but also had a stroke reading it
You should Go undercover and film yourself getting a personal training session
There is no undercover for me. Lol
Tell me I can have sugar free BBQ sauce vs full sugar 😂🤣🤣🤣