Hey All! Feel free to check out the Alpha Progression App: alphaprogression.com/HouseofHypertrophy Read more for timestamps and further discussion: Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:42 Part I: The Mind Is Pretty Powerful 9:10 Part II: Psyching Up - Details about "force-velocity profile": As mentioned in the video, subjects were told they were getting individualized training based on their force-velocity profile. As you know, this wasn't necessarily true, as both groups ultimately trained with the same program. But if you're curious, training according to your force-velocity profile is suggested to help build more strength or power. Fundamentally, through conducting tests on a subject, we determine if they are more force-oriented (and thus have a velocity "deficit") or velocity-oriented (and thus have a force "deficit"). For those in the former (more force-oriented), we prescribe them training focused on high-velocity exercises, while for those with the latter (velocity-oriented), we prescribe them high-force exercises. If anyone has a "balanced" force-velocity profile, they are just prescribed a balanced combination of high force and velocity training. Overall, this concept has been found to be effective in some studies, but not in other studies. Thus, it is unclear if this training style has any real merit. - Details about the training program: As mentioned in the video, the first study detailed used a training program focused on strength and power. Overall, subjects trained strength-focused exercises (such as the deadlift and back squats for 3-10 reps with 1-6 reps in reserve using) and/or velocity-focused exercises (such as squat jumps and trap bar jumps) for 3-10 reps with a light load). Feel free to read the full study to get a complete idea of the training details (but as mentioned in the video, it's not essential for understanding the placebo/nocebo effect): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9895971/ - Preconditioning study example: This study is an example of a preconditioning: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18702709/ All subjects completed a test to establish baseline leg extension performance (max reps with a 60%1RM load). After a few days of rest, we give all subjects a caffeine pill (telling them it increases performance when it's just a placebo) and test their leg extension performance again. However, we actually decrease the weight by 15% for both groups (without them knowing). As the weight is lighter, subjects will perform much better than they might have expected, and this convinces all subjects the "caffeine supplement" is highly effective. The researchers actually repeated this once more (giving both groups the pill and reducing the weight without them knowing). Then, in the last testing session, we return the weight to normal and test their performance. But we split the subjects into two groups, one group does not get the pill (the control group), while a second group gets the pill (the placebo group). This design may sound too complex, but remember that the testing sessions are somewhat like training sessions (they will stimulate adaptations). By using the design here, we can establish the effect of training and preconditioning (the control group's increases between baseline and the last testing session will largely reflect the training effect, while the placebo group's increases between baseline and the last testing session will include both a training and preconditioning effect). Ultimately, in the last testing session, it was found the placebo group increased their work on the leg extension by 22.1% compared to the baseline session, while the control group increased their leg extension performance by 8.9% compared to the baseline.
think to yourself now actually knowing the effect of the positive mindset that that in itself is unlocking the same benefits of steroids and causing the same bio chemical response in your body and repeat the mantra "watch me fking grow!!"
"How LYING to yourself is BETTER for GAINS!" Jokes aside, great video. If one doesn't have any physical injuries limiting them to lift but only mental, digging deep in your mind for that push you need to go with it is helpful.
Lightweight baby is fucked nowdays,because roids and GH has destroed his body and brain.... So what was the big deal? What was the outcome for his life? And he is quite young....
You sure don't remember but 2 years ago I commented on the "power of the mind" on one of your videos... Was about to hit the gym again after a chemo and radiotherapy that took most of my muscles away. Just wanted to say thank you again and send a positive message to all the sick people who lost their gains. It definitely takes time, effort and discipline but what you lost can be regained even at 50 yo ( depending on your condition of course) ... I'm still fighting for this actually and even if not totally satisfied I feel and look better... And am healthy. Visualizing , auto motivation, positive self talk and psyching myself up did help me lots for sure. Much love from France... Keep up with the good work.
Hey my friend, I think I might vaguely remember your comment. Anyway, it's awesome to hear from you again, and thank you for the comment! Wishing you nothing but the best for the future 🙏
Thank YOU... I'll try to keep you informed about my condition and share positivity in the comments section of your awesome videos... Take good care of yourself.
This is so true, literally happened to me today. I was with a friend and was doing dips and I reached failure until my friend started talking "Another rep for your mom, your dad, my mom, for me etc" I pumped out another 6 reps.
Not gonna lie man sounds like you need to make sure you've actually hit failure more often, if you still had 6 reps in the tank your whole training is kinda put into question, don't you think?
This is one place where watching anime growing up with motivational messages was very impactful. I watched just way too many growing up. But it instilled in me the desire to think big and go all out just like my favourite characters would in the face of difficulties. I would just stop and think, "What would Goku do?!", "How would Sesshomaru handle this situation?". When I was a kid, this would be my thought process. Now that I'm slightly older, I make these decisions based on certain principles and facts of human nature and psychology but the childhood instilled grandiosity via anime still hasn't left me.
Heeeeell yeah post workout upload my man! Perfectly timed. By the way, this is why you gotta believe in your plan. Even if its technically suboptimal scientifically speaking, if you are bought in and fully convinced it works the best for you, by the power of brain magic, it will actually be the best for you.
My experience with psying up and self talk is that you tend to push yourself harder than negative selftalk. I always tell myself that "the weight is light and i can do it", i think it does contribute to my strength gains because it make me less nervous during sets and i actually push harder than i thought i could.
On the self-talk part: there were a few papers that compared self-talk during the lift. They tested simple self-talk (eg. "Up up up up" during a bench press/squat) vs more elaborate self-talk (eg. "Ima engage my chest, then my lats and move diagonally on the way up... etc, etc" in a bench press/squat). The simple self-talk group did better against controls and elaborate self-talk when the task was predetermined/not-complex (eg. bench press, pull up, etc). They also found that when the task was more complex (eg. playing a team sport, tennis, or anything that required more motion calculations), complex self-talk was better (eg. "Ima dribble along the right-side, move to the center, pass, re-position, etc, etc" in basketball).
Once I watch all these videos and all the videos he releases in the future, I’ll start my program. Can’t workout now because I don’t know what future studies will say.
I think the mind can do wonders. Eddy hall said that he always imagine that hes kids life is on the line if he doesn't lift. I tried and I work to a certain limit
“People see better gains when they believe they are receiving a personalized program” Me: “Wow that’s so coo- hey wait a minute….” *suspiciously looks at Alpha Progression*
Hey, I just tried this! I set up a tv for my home gym where I put epic anime and movie scenes to stay pumped. My wife just watched the Battle of Helm's Deep and spent the next three days complaining about "sore lungs".
For me, I envision my Mum passing away if I don't make the set, it's given me great results everytime because when I return home, shes still alive although I never made the set.
This is exactly why I've never liked the whole "unnatural body standards" argument when it comes to 'natty or not' etc. I started lifting at a time when all the info out there was via magazines and books by pros on gear. Whilst I knew I couldn't get as big as lee priest or kevin levrone naturally I put that to the back of my mind and feigned ignorance with an attitude of "yes I can" I specifically remember a friend who was older than me and who used to take alot of gear in the past telling me you can only get so big without steroids. My response was "Watch me!" although I knew he was right I kept that same attitude through out all my training. Cut to about 3 years later where I got way bigger than I ever thought possible and that same friend telling me he knew "100% you are on gear as you cannot get that big without being on steroids" along with every other person I knew telling me much the same and accusing me of being on gear (I was in prison for these years so living and training with same people and being in prison people are very vocal on their opinions lol) Even now at age 46 and still natural I retain some element of that mindset in my own training when it comes to expectations of age and building muscle etc. I train with a mindset of "Just watch.."
Sometimes, when I think I've reached the limit of muscle failure, suddenly I remember something that makes me happy or something good or i hear a good music , I can increase about 4 to 5 more repetitions
Reminds me of this time I was doing power cleans with 165lbs, and I would always get really nervous and mess up when I went above that, then I heard my mom call me for supper, so I decided "alright, just 3 more good lifts" and even though I thought I felt focused on previous lifts, somehow setting this basic goal woke me up in some way and 165 suddenly felt easy, then I ended up making 4 consecutive pbs in 5lb increments. In this case though I was limited by technical competence, not strength, but I still couldn't believe what happened
Fifty years or so ago, the Russian Olympic athletes reportedly benefited from various visualization exercises. Basketball players would do "imagination free-throws", going through the motions of shooting free-throws mentally. I believe they found a statistically-significant effect.
In my experience, psyching myself up to push more weight works well in the short term, but its application had to be applied judiciously. When I tried to apply to every lift of every set, the accumulated fatigue ultimately led to a net loss of strength after several weeks.
Hey man thanks a lot for the video. I remember there used to be a recap part at the end of your videos but doesnt seem to be here anymore. Is there any way to get this back? This was a great addition to your videos.
Having taken dianabol , they clearly didnt know what dianabol was. And its been my experience that getting your head right before you lift is mandatory. If im calm and clear headed i lift more. As im lifting my head is 2 reps ahead of me. So in my mind when i get there ive already succeeded in doing it. And i get more reps out.
I have question regarding the video you made about perfect rep range, what about Henneman's size principle according to that we should not find any difference between rep range. There is 2 possibility either this study couldn't see something made this differences or there is a difference between rep ranges. Which do you think most likely ? do you have any idea what could be reason to differences between rep ranges? My assumption, there is a variable that we overlooked. It might be; sleep, nutrition, going to failure or stress level differences.
Yes, please, any techniques that can increase performance would be great. I know for a fact that if I take the time to watch, or even read, something closely related to my coming workout (like watching a huge pro bodybuilder work arms before I go & work arms), if I do this, my workout is almost always improved on multiple levels. Because association is very powerful. If a man doesn't drink alcohol but spends a lot of "quality time" associating with drinkers, eventually that guy is going to become a drinker. Conversely, if an alcoholic spends large chunks of each day around strict nondrinkers, that man will be much empowered to halt drinking. Birds of a feather flock together is a fact, so even if I spend time with huge bodybuilders only by watching TH-cam videos featuring them, still I find myself becoming bigger. We only have so many hours per day also, so time spent watching experts performing a workout yields far better outcomes than time spent watching videos not related to bodybuilding, at least as long as one's goal is improving the physique. HOUSE OF HYPERTROPHY creates videos that are a very good investment of my time, thanks for providing this free service.
that placebo, has to do with motivation when these athletes thought they were given A-steroids, they were more motivated to push their body limits as they believed they were now achievable thus, more gains
Yep, it's why a placebo control group is absolutely necessary in a randomized human trial. I suspect that this is the reason supplement suppliers refuse to pay for randomized human trials for their worthless Amazon products. It should also be pointed out that psyching oneself up too much can lead to injuries.
As pseudosciency as it sounds every natural lifter that I know that is really big always has the mindset that they can become as big as they want as long as they believe that they can. It's cool to see that some research is showing that the power of the mind really is real
I think this stuff is essential for competitive athletes, but I'm not sure about long-term hypertrophy work, as many will be getting close enough to failure regularly even without psyching up. P.S. I psych myself up routinely anyway, because I am insane, take every set beyond failure, am willing for fight for every microgram of gains, and want to train my willpower also.
I think it's tough in any situation. But I suppose the most practical takeaway is just to be aware of your own expectations about training. Positive expectation are probably always going to be better than thinking you can't progress much. Also, some of the "psyching up" stuff detailed near the end of the video could be practical for many to experiement with :)
no, it will depend on your belief, if you embrace potential benefits you will likely benefit and you if you disregard them you will likely hinder yourself, theres even a fair argument for potentially increasing or progressing the effectiveness of placebo by being aware of it if you consider the growth and pruning or neural pathways and look at elite level athletes as examples of mental-emotional mastery, they got there through practicing knowledgable self awareness via their psych coaches
we can never know fully the creation of God and how it works!,its wonderful,keep watching these "facts" you will think you will become hulk one day!,belief
You're looking at it the wrong way. Embrace the fact that the mindset is proven to create better gains THAT is what you need to lock in, just knowing you have that super power to switch on and grow like a mf'er
I believe this wholehartedly. Magicians use this all the time. Yeah sometimes its illusion and slight of hand but theres a lot where we just becomed convinced that somethings happening thats not.
I think two very different things are conflated in this video. Toward the end, the notion that getting fired up for a set helps performance is pointed out. Certainly, that is the case. But it’s a completely different topic than muscles actually growing bigger or stronger through the use of a placebo and positive thoughts. Placebo studies where muscle size is measured prove the latter. Studies that show that amount lifted improved with a placebo could prove either of the two effects (or a bit of both).
Oh yeah, I did my best to make this clear, placebo and psyching up are not neccessarily the same (although could have links). Also, as I mentioned in the video, most of the psyching up studies looked at the instant effect on force production, and not neccessarily long-term strength or muscle hypertrophy (though we did detail one long term study on strength gains).
Hey my friend, I've covered this in some videos, but I will likely have some more content on this. For now, feel free to check this out: th-cam.com/video/vEKLzXDPoeU/w-d-xo.html - I initially describe lengthened supersets, then also detail lengthened partials :)
I actually removed it quite a while ago, as I no longer agree with my analysis on it. There's also been newer study finding it was ineffective. I might try to create a video that includes my updated thoughts on this :)
@@r.t.8082 No problem: here's the paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/361161190_No_Effect_of_Interset_Palm_Cooling_on_Acute_Bench_Press_Performance_Electromyography_Amplitude_or_Spectral_Frequencies_in_Resistance-Trained_Men + At some point, I'll re-read this and consider how it fits with the other studies. My current thinking is there might just sometimes be a placebo effect, but I could be wrong. I'll see what I can do in the future!
I have always psyched myself up but could never tell myself 'lightweight' as it would have the opposite effect. Id get under the weight and suddenly think "fck..this weight aint light at all..oh shit i misjudged this!" 🤣
Tough to say because it's difficult to say how much of it is due to pushing harder. But if you're training very far from failure, then pushing harder will likely help. The research on training to failure has been covered in this video: th-cam.com/video/Xcu2725W8ro/w-d-xo.html (in essence, training with 1 to 2 reps in reserve seems to be similar to training to failure)
There's not a ton of research unfortunately, but I did discuss it in an older video: th-cam.com/video/luDHXXqqbgk/w-d-xo.html - feel free to use the timestamps to switch between sections to find discussion on resistance bands
Hey All! Feel free to check out the Alpha Progression App: alphaprogression.com/HouseofHypertrophy
Read more for timestamps and further discussion:
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:42 Part I: The Mind Is Pretty Powerful
9:10 Part II: Psyching Up
- Details about "force-velocity profile":
As mentioned in the video, subjects were told they were getting individualized training based on their force-velocity profile. As you know, this wasn't necessarily true, as both groups ultimately trained with the same program.
But if you're curious, training according to your force-velocity profile is suggested to help build more strength or power.
Fundamentally, through conducting tests on a subject, we determine if they are more force-oriented (and thus have a velocity "deficit") or velocity-oriented (and thus have a force "deficit").
For those in the former (more force-oriented), we prescribe them training focused on high-velocity exercises, while for those with the latter (velocity-oriented), we prescribe them high-force exercises.
If anyone has a "balanced" force-velocity profile, they are just prescribed a balanced combination of high force and velocity training.
Overall, this concept has been found to be effective in some studies, but not in other studies. Thus, it is unclear if this training style has any real merit.
- Details about the training program:
As mentioned in the video, the first study detailed used a training program focused on strength and power.
Overall, subjects trained strength-focused exercises (such as the deadlift and back squats for 3-10 reps with 1-6 reps in reserve using) and/or velocity-focused exercises (such as squat jumps and trap bar jumps) for 3-10 reps with a light load). Feel free to read the full study to get a complete idea of the training details (but as mentioned in the video, it's not essential for understanding the placebo/nocebo effect): www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9895971/
- Preconditioning study example:
This study is an example of a preconditioning: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18702709/
All subjects completed a test to establish baseline leg extension performance (max reps with a 60%1RM load).
After a few days of rest, we give all subjects a caffeine pill (telling them it increases performance when it's just a placebo) and test their leg extension performance again. However, we actually decrease the weight by 15% for both groups (without them knowing). As the weight is lighter, subjects will perform much better than they might have expected, and this convinces all subjects the "caffeine supplement" is highly effective.
The researchers actually repeated this once more (giving both groups the pill and reducing the weight without them knowing).
Then, in the last testing session, we return the weight to normal and test their performance. But we split the subjects into two groups, one group does not get the pill (the control group), while a second group gets the pill (the placebo group).
This design may sound too complex, but remember that the testing sessions are somewhat like training sessions (they will stimulate adaptations). By using the design here, we can establish the effect of training and preconditioning (the control group's increases between baseline and the last testing session will largely reflect the training effect, while the placebo group's increases between baseline and the last testing session will include both a training and preconditioning effect).
Ultimately, in the last testing session, it was found the placebo group increased their work on the leg extension by 22.1% compared to the baseline session, while the control group increased their leg extension performance by 8.9% compared to the baseline.
These studies remind me of prayer studies lol. Or the fact that all studies done in china say accupuncture works. Positivity is poison
Forget about fake natty, fake enhanced is where it’s at
Haha
I need a manipulative gf to trick me into thinking I'm taking steroids
That's one way to use this 😂😂😂
think to yourself now actually knowing the effect of the positive mindset that that in itself is unlocking the same benefits of steroids and causing the same bio chemical response in your body and repeat the mantra "watch me fking grow!!"
rich piana
I need a gf
fake natty alert
"How LYING to yourself is BETTER for GAINS!" Jokes aside, great video. If one doesn't have any physical injuries limiting them to lift but only mental, digging deep in your mind for that push you need to go with it is helpful.
Haha, fully agreed!
Who would've known that Ronnie screaming "lightweight baby" was actually giving him extra gains. 😂
YEAAHHHHH BUDDYYYYY
Lightweight baby is fucked nowdays,because roids and GH has destroed his body and brain.... So what was the big deal? What was the outcome for his life? And he is quite young....
Nothin but peaunt ooooooooo
Just basic stuff
@@purrificator6289test, deeeeebawl
You sure don't remember but 2 years ago I commented on the "power of the mind" on one of your videos... Was about to hit the gym again after a chemo and radiotherapy that took most of my muscles away.
Just wanted to say thank you again and send a positive message to all the sick people who lost their gains. It definitely takes time, effort and discipline but what you lost can be regained even at 50 yo ( depending on your condition of course) ... I'm still fighting for this actually and even if not totally satisfied I feel and look better... And am healthy.
Visualizing , auto motivation, positive self talk and psyching myself up did help me lots for sure.
Much love from France... Keep up with the good work.
Hey my friend, I think I might vaguely remember your comment. Anyway, it's awesome to hear from you again, and thank you for the comment! Wishing you nothing but the best for the future 🙏
Thank YOU... I'll try to keep you informed about my condition and share positivity in the comments section of your awesome videos... Take good care of yourself.
@flufnroll Your positivity truly put a smile on my face haha, thank you so much! Take good care of yourself too
I am proud of you and honestly very impressed
So David Goggins' "who's gonna carry the boats!" method was actually effective.
STAY HARD
This is so true, literally happened to me today. I was with a friend and was doing dips and I reached failure until my friend started talking "Another rep for your mom, your dad, my mom, for me etc" I pumped out another 6 reps.
Haha, wow, awesome stuff. Thank you for sharing!
Not gonna lie man sounds like you need to make sure you've actually hit failure more often, if you still had 6 reps in the tank your whole training is kinda put into question, don't you think?
@@farmingthetnt8081 hitting failure always isn’t necessary, plus he never said he does that often.
This is one place where watching anime growing up with motivational messages was very impactful. I watched just way too many growing up. But it instilled in me the desire to think big and go all out just like my favourite characters would in the face of difficulties. I would just stop and think, "What would Goku do?!", "How would Sesshomaru handle this situation?". When I was a kid, this would be my thought process. Now that I'm slightly older, I make these decisions based on certain principles and facts of human nature and psychology but the childhood instilled grandiosity via anime still hasn't left me.
Haha, that's awesome. Thank you for sharing!
"I'm good enough, I'm strong enough, and gosh darn it, people like me."
BELIEF, is very strong! 💪
💪
This maybe why coaches are so helpful convincing us we can do it.
That is certainly one great advantage of a coach!
IT'S A MINDSET CONFIRMED!
I mean kinda
"Ronnie Coleman made this progran for me" "Ronnie Coleman made this progran for me" "Oh god, Ronnie Coleman made this program for me"
Hahaha
Lightweight baby
Does the program work for YoU?
i once trained with my father and he used more weights on reverse fly, i hit my pr by like 10 kilos that day, can't disappoint
Belief is greater than steroids.
Belief & steroids is better.
i get you're message but it's definitely not
I naturally have a coach in my head motivating me as I lift..it always helps. Now I am going to try visualizing the lift too🤗
Winning
Heeeeell yeah post workout upload my man! Perfectly timed. By the way, this is why you gotta believe in your plan. Even if its technically suboptimal scientifically speaking, if you are bought in and fully convinced it works the best for you, by the power of brain magic, it will actually be the best for you.
My experience with psying up and self talk is that you tend to push yourself harder than negative selftalk. I always tell myself that "the weight is light and i can do it", i think it does contribute to my strength gains because it make me less nervous during sets and i actually push harder than i thought i could.
Awesome to hear that, thank you for sharing!
On the self-talk part: there were a few papers that compared self-talk during the lift. They tested simple self-talk (eg. "Up up up up" during a bench press/squat) vs more elaborate self-talk (eg. "Ima engage my chest, then my lats and move diagonally on the way up... etc, etc" in a bench press/squat). The simple self-talk group did better against controls and elaborate self-talk when the task was predetermined/not-complex (eg. bench press, pull up, etc). They also found that when the task was more complex (eg. playing a team sport, tennis, or anything that required more motion calculations), complex self-talk was better (eg. "Ima dribble along the right-side, move to the center, pass, re-position, etc, etc" in basketball).
Please do a self-imagery video! Your content is fantastic.
Thank you my friend, I will try to cover this in a future video!
@@HouseofHypertrophy I also would really like to see you cover a video on this topic. Thanks for all the awesome content that you put out!
my strength gains would go through the roof after this 👊👊
💪
here to watch this and not exercise
Pathetic
You got this 💪🏻
@@Aaron.Drake.Ames. don't worry I'm really good at not exercising
Once I watch all these videos and all the videos he releases in the future, I’ll start my program. Can’t workout now because I don’t know what future studies will say.
😂
Excellent video, and i would like to see a video on mental imagery.
I think the mind can do wonders. Eddy hall said that he always imagine that hes kids life is on the line if he doesn't lift. I tried and I work to a certain limit
“People see better gains when they believe they are receiving a personalized program”
Me: “Wow that’s so coo- hey wait a minute….” *suspiciously looks at Alpha Progression*
😂😂😂
LOL
Yes! Let's get more videos about mental imagery please!!!🙏
I will try to cover this in a future video :)
Thanks for the awesome content. As always, your video is God tier.
Thank YOU for the supports dude, as always haha :)
I will ad "LIGHTWEIGHT BABY" to my training routine from now on.
Haha, best of luck!
Hey, I just tried this! I set up a tv for my home gym where I put epic anime and movie scenes to stay pumped.
My wife just watched the Battle of Helm's Deep and spent the next three days complaining about "sore lungs".
For me, I envision my Mum passing away if I don't make the set, it's given me great results everytime because when I return home, shes still alive although I never made the set.
weirdo
the science of yelling "light weight baby" before every set
Bro your the best about muscle out here⚜️✨
RESPECT 🙂↕️
This is exactly why I've never liked the whole "unnatural body standards" argument when it comes to 'natty or not' etc.
I started lifting at a time when all the info out there was via magazines and books by pros on gear.
Whilst I knew I couldn't get as big as lee priest or kevin levrone naturally I put that to the back of my mind and feigned ignorance with an attitude of "yes I can" I specifically remember a friend who was older than me and who used to take alot of gear in the past telling me you can only get so big without steroids. My response was "Watch me!" although I knew he was right I kept that same attitude through out all my training.
Cut to about 3 years later where I got way bigger than I ever thought possible and that same friend telling me he knew "100% you are on gear as you cannot get that big without being on steroids" along with every other person I knew telling me much the same and accusing me of being on gear
(I was in prison for these years so living and training with same people and being in prison people are very vocal on their opinions lol)
Even now at age 46 and still natural I retain some element of that mindset in my own training when it comes to expectations of age and building muscle etc. I train with a mindset of "Just watch.."
This was awesome to read, thank you for sharing!
A run down on psychological and motivational techniques would be interesting.
Great as always
Thank you my friend!
I always ask God to bless my workout and I've been hitting a Pr every gym session since I started meditating in the gym
When you imagine yourself being the special force guy on a critical mission to save the world, it works.
Sometimes, when I think I've reached the limit of muscle failure, suddenly I remember something that makes me happy or something good or i hear a good music , I can increase about 4 to 5 more repetitions
The mind is part of the body
Reminds me of this time I was doing power cleans with 165lbs, and I would always get really nervous and mess up when I went above that, then I heard my mom call me for supper, so I decided "alright, just 3 more good lifts" and even though I thought I felt focused on previous lifts, somehow setting this basic goal woke me up in some way and 165 suddenly felt easy, then I ended up making 4 consecutive pbs in 5lb increments. In this case though I was limited by technical competence, not strength, but I still couldn't believe what happened
Fifty years or so ago, the Russian Olympic athletes reportedly benefited from various visualization exercises. Basketball players would do "imagination free-throws", going through the motions of shooting free-throws mentally. I believe they found a statistically-significant effect.
"almost insane" is how I prefer my scientists for sure
😂😂😂
In my experience, psyching myself up to push more weight works well in the short term, but its application had to be applied judiciously. When I tried to apply to every lift of every set, the accumulated fatigue ultimately led to a net loss of strength after several weeks.
If confidence being key was a well known effect, it would be the placebo effect.
Isn't this also indirect evidence in favor of training closer to failure
Tough to say because we ultimately don't know how much greater effort/intensity contributes to the results.
Mindset is 100% a part of growth. It happens on the last rep..... when you dig in and do 2 more.
“Your attitude in the gym will take your further than any genetics”
-The quadfather, Tom Platz
Great quote !
*D&D Dice rolls*
"YEEEEAH BUDDY!"
+ 5 Stamina
+ 5 Willpower
"Lightweight, baby!"
+ 5 Strength gains.
I'm psyching up myself like this " if I don't lift this the world will explode". It works everytime I try for a PR wether it's reps or weight.
the title is poetic, because the content is about the power of believing
Hey man thanks a lot for the video. I remember there used to be a recap part at the end of your videos but doesnt seem to be here anymore. Is there any way to get this back? This was a great addition to your videos.
Hey my friend, I've decided to just have a text summary to shorten the videos, it's at 12:49
Caffeine gives a great boost for sure.
Having taken dianabol , they clearly didnt know what dianabol was. And its been my experience that getting your head right before you lift is mandatory. If im calm and clear headed i lift more. As im lifting my head is 2 reps ahead of me. So in my mind when i get there ive already succeeded in doing it. And i get more reps out.
I have question regarding the video you made about perfect rep range, what about Henneman's size principle according to that we should not find any difference between rep range. There is 2 possibility either this study couldn't see something made this differences or there is a difference between rep ranges. Which do you think most likely ? do you have any idea what could be reason to differences between rep ranges? My assumption, there is a variable that we overlooked. It might be; sleep, nutrition, going to failure or stress level differences.
Yes, please, any techniques that can increase performance would be great. I know for a fact that if I take the time to watch, or even read, something closely related to my coming workout (like watching a huge pro bodybuilder work arms before I go & work arms), if I do this, my workout is almost always improved on multiple levels. Because association is very powerful. If a man doesn't drink alcohol but spends a lot of "quality time" associating with drinkers, eventually that guy is going to become a drinker. Conversely, if an alcoholic spends large chunks of each day around strict nondrinkers, that man will be much empowered to halt drinking. Birds of a feather flock together is a fact, so even if I spend time with huge bodybuilders only by watching TH-cam videos featuring them, still I find myself becoming bigger. We only have so many hours per day also, so time spent watching experts performing a workout yields far better outcomes than time spent watching videos not related to bodybuilding, at least as long as one's goal is improving the physique. HOUSE OF HYPERTROPHY creates videos that are a very good investment of my time, thanks for providing this free service.
Thank you for the comment and kind words my friend, I will try to cover mental imagery in a future video!
thanks for sharing
Thank you for checking it out!
that placebo, has to do with motivation
when these athletes thought they were given A-steroids,
they were more motivated to push their body limits as they believed they were now achievable
thus, more gains
I would love to see more data on potential mechanics, but agree, motivation could be one!
Yep, it's why a placebo control group is absolutely necessary in a randomized human trial. I suspect that this is the reason supplement suppliers refuse to pay for randomized human trials for their worthless Amazon products. It should also be pointed out that psyching oneself up too much can lead to injuries.
As pseudosciency as it sounds every natural lifter that I know that is really big always has the mindset that they can become as big as they want as long as they believe that they can. It's cool to see that some research is showing that the power of the mind really is real
Whenever I record my lifts / personal bests , performance gets better while recording the lift compared non recorded lifts 😉 Camera effect
As a competitve powerlifter i'm Not surprised
Yes, Yes, mental imagery I wanna learn
I will try to cover this in a future video :)
Would love to see the mental imagery video.
I will try to cover this in a future video :)
I think this stuff is essential for competitive athletes, but I'm not sure about long-term hypertrophy work, as many will be getting close enough to failure regularly even without psyching up.
P.S. I psych myself up routinely anyway, because I am insane, take every set beyond failure, am willing for fight for every microgram of gains, and want to train my willpower also.
if you clap before any set it will improve your perfomance like you were enhanced, you only need to think that it works
So, by watching this and knowing about this we're most likely to not experience those placebo outcomes? Ignorance is bliss
I think it's tough in any situation. But I suppose the most practical takeaway is just to be aware of your own expectations about training. Positive expectation are probably always going to be better than thinking you can't progress much. Also, some of the "psyching up" stuff detailed near the end of the video could be practical for many to experiement with :)
no, it will depend on your belief, if you embrace potential benefits you will likely benefit and you if you disregard them you will likely hinder yourself, theres even a fair argument for potentially increasing or progressing the effectiveness of placebo by being aware of it if you consider the growth and pruning or neural pathways and look at elite level athletes as examples of mental-emotional mastery, they got there through practicing knowledgable self awareness via their psych coaches
we can never know fully the creation of God and how it works!,its wonderful,keep watching these "facts" you will think you will become hulk one day!,belief
You're looking at it the wrong way. Embrace the fact that the mindset is proven to create better gains THAT is what you need to lock in, just knowing you have that super power to switch on and grow like a mf'er
@@wildcatR4WR for me, it is actually encouraging in a way to know that my brain is holding itself back and I can be stronger than I think I can
I believe this wholehartedly. Magicians use this all the time. Yeah sometimes its illusion and slight of hand but theres a lot where we just becomed convinced that somethings happening thats not.
So in the studies none of the subjects ever train to failure. This might be an explanation for higher volume providing more stimulation.
Have faith ye shall have relative success
Please a video of motor imagery it would be incredible
I will try to cover this in a future video :)
Willpower is the strongest anabolic.
I think two very different things are conflated in this video. Toward the end, the notion that getting fired up for a set helps performance is pointed out. Certainly, that is the case. But it’s a completely different topic than muscles actually growing bigger or stronger through the use of a placebo and positive thoughts. Placebo studies where muscle size is measured prove the latter. Studies that show that amount lifted improved with a placebo could prove either of the two effects (or a bit of both).
Oh yeah, I did my best to make this clear, placebo and psyching up are not neccessarily the same (although could have links). Also, as I mentioned in the video, most of the psyching up studies looked at the instant effect on force production, and not neccessarily long-term strength or muscle hypertrophy (though we did detail one long term study on strength gains).
Hey !! Should you please provide us a detailed explanation on "Long Length Partials".
Hey my friend, I've covered this in some videos, but I will likely have some more content on this. For now, feel free to check this out: th-cam.com/video/vEKLzXDPoeU/w-d-xo.html - I initially describe lengthened supersets, then also detail lengthened partials :)
Interesting premise. This is an advantage for PT’s.
My awareness cancels out the placebo affect. Goodbye gains haha
I can't find the video about palm cooling anymore. Any reason why it's not available?
I actually removed it quite a while ago, as I no longer agree with my analysis on it. There's also been newer study finding it was ineffective. I might try to create a video that includes my updated thoughts on this :)
@@HouseofHypertrophy thanks. It would be nice to see your thoughts. Could you say which is the newer study?
@@r.t.8082 No problem: here's the paper: www.researchgate.net/publication/361161190_No_Effect_of_Interset_Palm_Cooling_on_Acute_Bench_Press_Performance_Electromyography_Amplitude_or_Spectral_Frequencies_in_Resistance-Trained_Men +
At some point, I'll re-read this and consider how it fits with the other studies. My current thinking is there might just sometimes be a placebo effect, but I could be wrong. I'll see what I can do in the future!
Lightweight!!! Lightweight!!! 💪
It works, even without juice 😎
Conclusion: Fake it till you make it 😊
ITS A MINDSET
1:55 damn that's a secksy backround
I have always psyched myself up but could never tell myself 'lightweight' as it would have the opposite effect. Id get under the weight and suddenly think "fck..this weight aint light at all..oh shit i misjudged this!" 🤣
Guys house of hypertrophy uploaded clear your morning schedule
Haha, hope you have a great rest of the day!
How do Baki characters look so freaky? Now I know, they are on PLACEBO PILLS!!!
I'm not surprised! The mind can be very powerful! The mind/body connection is a real thing! Excellent video! Thanks
Thank YOU for checking it out!
Is this why some people swear ineffective supplements helped them?
Yep! the placebo effect probablys explains all the effects people report with established ineffective supplements
Adrenaline inducing music can have an insane spike in strength.
That is true, there is some research on the effect of music on strength. I may cover that in a future video!
Navy Seals 40% rule could go crazy for your gains tbh, or just get you injured
yeaaaaaahhhhhhh buddyy
I can lateral raise buses. All I had to do was believe.
In the Franco story what did change was his ROM most likely 😅 squats are so easy to cheat and do more just by using slightly different form
please make a video about the visualisation
I will try to cover this in a future video!
So does this mean we should be trying to go to absolute failure if pumping ourselves up makes us push harder?
Tough to say because it's difficult to say how much of it is due to pushing harder. But if you're training very far from failure, then pushing harder will likely help. The research on training to failure has been covered in this video: th-cam.com/video/Xcu2725W8ro/w-d-xo.html (in essence, training with 1 to 2 reps in reserve seems to be similar to training to failure)
What if I never had the makings of a varsity athlete
Welcome to the majority brother, just do your best to your genetic potential
Please do a video on imagery im currently trying it out right now to test if it works and i wonder what the literature says
I will try to cover this in a future video :)
Have you done any research on using resistant bands to build muscle?
There's not a ton of research unfortunately, but I did discuss it in an older video: th-cam.com/video/luDHXXqqbgk/w-d-xo.html - feel free to use the timestamps to switch between sections to find discussion on resistance bands
Do abs hypertrophy
Belief is super strong look at religion
I wish for the alpha progression app but i don't have any money 💔
All about the gusto!