The more I listen to Mike, the more I like the guy. I remember the bad old days of BS routines in Flex and Muscle & Fitness, so it's really good to hear honest instruction from an real expert. Many thanks.
Great stuff from 7:12 to 20:02. I think Mike needs to emphasize more the idea of milking gains with fewer sets, because the volume landmarks often encourage people in the other direction. Especially for naturals, it's very easy for most people to do too much.
Couldn’t agree more, naturally when you have milked all the gains you’ll increase more sets but the concept of milking gains as Eric helms like to say is so overlooked now on days cause everyone simply just does more sets over the quality of a few really good sets.
Amazing content man. Love what you guys are doing. Please take a little note of the voice quality. Such good content but a little audio adjustment can improve this experience so much more. Thanks
I took 9 years off the gym after working out for 2-3 years consistently with good gains. I recently got back into working out and it my body remembered most everything and I was shocked how easily it was to get stronger and bigger. I thought muscle memory wouldn't be that far back...but it was.
I wish I could find a training partner like Mike describes! I had one when I first started training and even though I had zero idea what I was doing those sessions were some of the best times I've had training!
@@ReviveStronger Looking very forward to seeing him return. Appreciate the podcast and content you put out in general! :) Makes me very happy to see your IG and YT grow
Noted, although our audience for the big part would be natural, but noted :) I know Broderick has been on quite a few podcasts talking about enhanced athletes though! Thanks for listening! - Coach Jess
Great advice. I agree that despite what your total training volume, total training frequency, total training intensity per week is assuming you are trying to optimize time spent, once you reach a peak of strength or volume, you really don't own that peak until it becomes the norm. For your strength peaks volume peaks to become normal a steady upward trend with timed back offs, we are producing the intensity and/or the total volume is critical. Lifters who take two steps forward and one step back, assuming they are doing it honestly and consistently throughout their training career will always end up with less injuries and more total strength and size than guys who live by thetrain harder, eat more, always do more than you did the previous workout approach experience two things over a training career. First, they experience a lot of unplanned, mandatory layoffs because they twisted themselves up doing something stupid and they woild have made progress faster if they measured success over the life of each training block and each subsequent block, which always includes where you lower the intensity possibly volume and end up losing a little of that peak at first, only to pass it over the course of that training. The two steps forward one step back approach works far better after your first three to six months of serious training. Strength and/or hypertrophy is coaxed, encouraged, made possible through intelligent additions to your diet,intelligent modifications or additions to your training, but when your body hit's an all-time best at one or the othet, there will necessarily be a point where additional progress is not possible without an intelligent reset and rebuild. Your reset should begin at a body weight and or strength level, that is higher than your last reset. People don't understand that the permanent strength and size gains do not stick around each time you peak. They only become permanent when you have been there more than a few times. So each time you reset and start higher then your last reset but the other training variables don't changeor change but at least you have a couple of benchmarks to measure strength increases. For bodybuilding each block it contain a totally new set of exercisesand so long as you're getting stronger those exercise over the course of training block, the fact your general muscular strength is improving as much more important than hitting PRS on movements that are not the best ones for you to be doing at the time. Many bodybuilders need to get away from their favorite lifts that might not be doing their physique any favors, whereasmany other bodybuilders who always seem to come and symmetrical with even development across most body parts, lack the size and density to ever be seen as serious threats at the pro or high amateur le level. Many of these guys need to get back to the basics and developed the 600 pound squat and deadlift that they never had or the flat bench or incline barbell press with something that will impress the hell out of most people in the gym. If you are a symmetrical, not typically massive bodybuilder and you're the strongest guy at your gym then you need to change gyms if you really want to progress quickly. Sometimes the people core training in your presence need to make you feel insignificant, because if you ever get to the point where you can hang with them or even be one of the stronger guys, you will be absolutely huge, not to mention it's hard to get a 700 squad when there are two least a couple guys that can do it. When you train at the gymwhere the dumbbells go up to 200 pounds because the average individual training there was way past the hundred pounders and a couple of freaks use the 200 pounds for presses. Typically, the heavier the dumbbells at a gym, the more likely you should be training in that gym. It means that you're not impressing anyone and you have to re-earn your place. I know it sounds immature but it makes such a difference especially when you are younger. people might argue with leaves two people going to heavy but usually what happens is it leads to people using good form because cheating with 275 on the bench press doesn't impress anybody at that gym. Those guys are more impressed with guys who use perfect technique. my perfect I mean perfect for getting huge are perfect for getting strong not perfect according to what your gym teacher told you . The guys who wants your entire back to be totally flat across the bench, incline , or seated press. More shoulders have been f***** up by guys using "good form" because morons who have never lifted weights and are teaching a class in weightliftingare using a book from 1950 that tells you to keep your back completely flat on the bench to make sure that you only use "the intended muscle groups and get a bigger range of motion"in the process of using good form you are still weak with f***** up shoulders and no big numbers to brag about as justification of your destroyed joints.
I can throw down 1500 calories 4 times a day without breaking a sweat... I would love to be able to just turn a dial to choose my appetite level depending if I’m massing or cutting!
@@ghostman824 He's not a fan of... well, a lot of people in the lifting space. I believe he was on Abel's podcast recently however, maybe give that a look.
Usually love your stuff Steve but being dismissive about an Irish name when you always attempt to pronounce other nationalities native names, feeding into Englishman stereotypes.
Jesus the sensitivity Irish people have for any perceived slight from the Brits is reaching satirical levels now. Caoimhe is a confounding name for any non-Irish person tbh
Zzzzzzzzz... Zzzzzzzzzz.. Zzzzzzzzz. Let me give Acronyms to old tired exercises and call it my creation Mike, lol. Steve and Pascal Come train with Mel Toretto and let's kill the myth..
The more I listen to Mike, the more I like the guy. I remember the bad old days of BS routines in Flex and Muscle & Fitness, so it's really good to hear honest instruction from an real expert. Many thanks.
You're very welcome, glad it's helpful!
- Coach Jess
Great stuff from 7:12 to 20:02. I think Mike needs to emphasize more the idea of milking gains with fewer sets, because the volume landmarks often encourage people in the other direction. Especially for naturals, it's very easy for most people to do too much.
Thanks for listening :)
- Coach Jess
Couldn’t agree more, naturally when you have milked all the gains you’ll increase more sets but the concept of milking gains as Eric helms like to say is so overlooked now on days cause everyone simply just does more sets over the quality of a few really good sets.
We need another hypertrophy round table
Noted :D Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
I really liked the breakdown of rough body fat percentages based on ab visibility/veins. Great listen :)
Thanks for listening :)
- Coach Jess
Amazing content man. Love what you guys are doing.
Please take a little note of the voice quality. Such good content but a little audio adjustment can improve this experience so much more.
Thanks
Noted! Thanks for listening :)
- Coach Jess
I took 9 years off the gym after working out for 2-3 years consistently with good gains.
I recently got back into working out and it my body remembered most everything and I was shocked how easily it was to get stronger and bigger.
I thought muscle memory wouldn't be that far back...but it was.
That's awesome to hear! Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
Caoimhe is absolutely a real name (kee-va)...hope she wasn't offended! Great listen as always.
We didn't intend to offend her :/ Thanks for listening :)
- Coach Jess
I love how you named the episode after one question that was pretty much skipped :D
xD the devil is in the details!
- Coach Jess
Steve is a class act. Thank you and Dr.Mike for the great content!
Our pleasure! Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
I wish I could find a training partner like Mike describes! I had one when I first started training and even though I had zero idea what I was doing those sessions were some of the best times I've had training!
Agreed, that's one thing I deeply miss! Thanks for watching! Imagine if we could all be training together in the same gym!
- Coach Jess
Can’t wait for the book to come out
Same, big same! Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
Gotta get B. CHAVEZ back on here
I second that!!
100%! My favorite batshit crazy hypertrophy wizard!
It seems like it's been requested quite a lot, will forward the message :) Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
@@ReviveStronger Looking very forward to seeing him return. Appreciate the podcast and content you put out in general! :) Makes me very happy to see your IG and YT grow
I would love to learn more about gut hormones and things of that nature.
We have episodes with Gabrielle Fundaro about gut health (episodes 116 and 149)!
Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
Broderick Chavez and dr mike talking about gear would be a great episode for your enhanced lifter subs!
Noted, although our audience for the big part would be natural, but noted :) I know Broderick has been on quite a few podcasts talking about enhanced athletes though!
Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
Should beginners try to move from MEV to MRV in a course of a mesocycle?
You won't need to try much, if you train harder each week and use progressive overload, you will be moving from MEV to MRV :)
- Coach Jess
@@ReviveStronger thank you so much for answer 🙏
Great advice. I agree that despite what your total training volume, total training frequency, total training intensity per week is assuming you are trying to optimize time spent, once you reach a peak of strength or volume, you really don't own that peak until it becomes the norm. For your strength peaks volume peaks to become normal a steady upward trend with timed back offs, we are producing the intensity and/or the total volume is critical. Lifters who take two steps forward and one step back, assuming they are doing it honestly and consistently throughout their training career will always end up with less injuries and more total strength and size than guys who live by thetrain harder, eat more, always do more than you did the previous workout approach experience two things over a training career. First, they experience a lot of unplanned, mandatory layoffs because they twisted themselves up doing something stupid and they woild have made progress faster if they measured success over the life of each training block and each subsequent block, which always includes where you lower the intensity possibly volume and end up losing a little of that peak at first, only to pass it over the course of that training.
The two steps forward one step back approach works far better after your first three to six months of serious training. Strength and/or hypertrophy is coaxed, encouraged, made possible through intelligent additions to your diet,intelligent modifications or additions to your training, but when your body hit's an all-time best at one or the othet, there will necessarily be a point where additional progress is not possible without an intelligent reset and rebuild. Your reset should begin at a body weight and or strength level, that is higher than your last reset. People don't understand that the permanent strength and size gains do not stick around each time you peak. They only become permanent when you have been there more than a few times. So each time you reset and start higher then your last reset but the other training variables don't changeor change but at least you have a couple of benchmarks to measure strength increases. For bodybuilding each block it contain a totally new set of exercisesand so long as you're getting stronger those exercise over the course of training block, the fact your general muscular strength is improving as much more important than hitting PRS on movements that are not the best ones for you to be doing at the time. Many bodybuilders need to get away from their favorite lifts that might not be doing their physique any favors, whereasmany other bodybuilders who always seem to come and symmetrical with even development across most body parts, lack the size and density to ever be seen as serious threats at the pro or high amateur le level. Many of these guys need to get back to the basics and developed the 600 pound squat and deadlift that they never had or the flat bench or incline barbell press with something that will impress the hell out of most people in the gym. If you are a symmetrical, not typically massive bodybuilder and you're the strongest guy at your gym then you need to change gyms if you really want to progress quickly. Sometimes the people core training in your presence need to make you feel insignificant, because if you ever get to the point where you can hang with them or even be one of the stronger guys, you will be absolutely huge, not to mention it's hard to get a 700 squad when there are two least a couple guys that can do it. When you train at the gymwhere the dumbbells go up to 200 pounds because the average individual training there was way past the hundred pounders and a couple of freaks use the 200 pounds for presses. Typically, the heavier the dumbbells at a gym, the more likely you should be training in that gym. It means that you're not impressing anyone and you have to re-earn your place. I know it sounds immature but it makes such a difference especially when you are younger. people might argue with leaves two people going to heavy but usually what happens is it leads to people using good form because cheating with 275 on the bench press doesn't impress anybody at that gym. Those guys are more impressed with guys who use perfect technique. my perfect I mean perfect for getting huge are perfect for getting strong not perfect according to what your gym teacher told you . The guys who wants your entire back to be totally flat across the bench, incline , or seated press. More shoulders have been f***** up by guys using "good form" because morons who have never lifted weights and are teaching a class in weightliftingare using a book from 1950 that tells you to keep your back completely flat on the bench to make sure that you only use "the intended muscle groups and get a bigger range of motion"in the process of using good form you are still weak with f***** up shoulders and no big numbers to brag about as justification of your destroyed joints.
I can throw down 1500 calories 4 times a day without breaking a sweat... I would love to be able to just turn a dial to choose my appetite level depending if I’m massing or cutting!
That would be worth it considering seeing a professional to see if your hormones are all in check ?
- Coach Jess
💪💪❤️❤️‼️
Thanks!
- Coach Jess
That Jared Cameo 😆
Hahaha it made me laugh xD Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
TWO Dr Mike videos in the same day? waaaaat
Two ?! What's the other one haha?
- Coach Jess
Get Lyle back on! Get him to go over new research and views on training and nutrition.
Noted, but not sure Lyle would be back on haha :) Thanks for listening Andrew!
- Coach Jess
@@ReviveStronger why not?
@@ghostman824 He's not a fan of... well, a lot of people in the lifting space. I believe he was on Abel's podcast recently however, maybe give that a look.
Haha it is a real name. It's an Irish name
We believe it xD Thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
Bald man bearded man hype
Usually love your stuff Steve but being dismissive about an Irish name when you always attempt to pronounce other nationalities native names, feeding into Englishman stereotypes.
Sorry if it offended you :/ And thanks for listening!
- Coach Jess
Jesus the sensitivity Irish people have for any perceived slight from the Brits is reaching satirical levels now. Caoimhe is a confounding name for any non-Irish person tbh
@@cormaccahalane1470 Do one Cormac
Steve vs. Gavin cage match please
Zzzzzzzzz... Zzzzzzzzzz.. Zzzzzzzzz. Let me give Acronyms to old tired exercises and call it my creation Mike, lol. Steve and Pascal Come train with Mel Toretto and let's kill the myth..
You don't have to listen you know xD
- Coach Jess