Gains are not forever. They are temporary as fuck 😂 When you die, you'll remember every dirty minute you spent with that secretary. You wont care about the muscle mass you had.
Just started working out last month while listening to your advices, made myself a little setup consisting of a bench and and an adjustable dumbbell that can be turned into a barbell in my tiny room. I'm seeing improvements to my muscles for sure. Thank you Mike for the videos 🙌
@@haydencamp4164 I've been working out on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday after coming back from work. Haven't missed a day so far and I am lovin it, though I'm now sore everyday at work lmao
Good stuff man! I'm approaching month the end of my 5th month and the transformation has been incredible. You really see a lot of benefits and gains during the early period if you keep up the consistency. My only regret is that I didn't start lifting a decade or more ago.
I split my training up into two times per day, because I simply dont have the time in the gym, due to family and work. I am competing as a natural bodybuilder. I train 12 times a week into three splits. Monday & thursday: Morning: Hamstring & Glutes Evening: Abs Tuesday & Saturday: Morning: Quad & Calves Evening: Back Sunday & Wednesday: Morning: Chest and shoulders Evening: Biceps, triceps and forearms. Friday: Off… And I only do hypertrophy with pauses.
I lift weights twice a week, about an hour and a half each session. That gives me multiple compound movements, muscles get hit with 8ish sets per week and im happy with my physique. Could i be bigger? Absolutely, but i look better than 95% of dudes walking around and i can spend the other days doing heart healthy cardio that i enjoy. Do what works for you.
Throughout all the interviews I wwatched on Chris's channel, I never seen him laughing his ass off so hard 😂 Not only os Dr Mike super knowlegable but he is hilarious AF with all his metaphors and side stories 😂
it’s probably beginner gains while it is good that you stay consistent it’s also important to be smart about it, your recovery is like the no1 thing here that will get you gains
@@Ietoff thanks buddy. I started as a overweight boy in Summer 2022 and now I'm the one with the biggest biceps in class (Well I'm the only one who works out but who cares). Thanks for you positiv comments :)
Lifting weights combined with some sort of cardio on a consistent basis is where you end up if you’re looking for the optimal workout plan overall. Most people can only do 3-4 days comfortably as well per week
Love dr Mike, overtraining is a killer when it comes to maintaining a good routine each week. You think you’re just hitting it extra hard but you don’t see the added benefits and all it does is end up burning you out.
i’ve been doing Mike mentzer‘s workout routine. Where are you go every four days and it’s been giving me way better gains than anything I’ve ever tried. I used to do five days a weekand I plateaued.
Because u are finally healing and growing most people do another day but the body is still recovering from the last session. They are interfering with how the body repairs
Used to do muay thai for 11 years since youth, usually training 6 times a week, started morning training as well, ended up being 6 evening sessions and 4 morning sessions per week. I got brittle as f, teared my meniscus and my muay thai journey stopped there. Rest is as important as training, wish I cared back then
I workout at home for 30 minutes a day 5 days a week. I dont wanna be super jacked though, just fit. And I'm just a bit more jacked than the average person as a bonus
4 says a week, 1.5 hrs a workout, 5-7 hours of sleep a night. 4-6 meals a day, protein in every meal, 1-2 protein shake supplements a day. Basic workout habits i keep, im 66 years old and attract women as young as 30 and some even younger. I didn't get that kind of attention when i was younger and didn't workout. Im liking the results.
Newbie here started trying 6 days at the gym got burnt out so fast. I’ve been lifting for about 3 months and just barely notice a difference. Now I’ve changed to 3 times a week we’ll see how it goes.
@@emailvonsour Maybe they work from home. or they have an office or they just realize that being sweaty is basically the most realistic, default state people should be in and don't care about social norms ig
I unfortunately only have the time to go 2 times a week on average right now. For what it's worth I'm getting pretty good progress with a full body workout where the last two sets of each exercise go to absolute failure.
Yup don't listen to this guy on the vid, 2 days a week trainign to total failure and gettig lots of rest in between is going to be just as, if not more, effective than 5 days a week!!
@@starmorpheus I've been also doing 2 day fbw and the results are similar to the previous 3 day fbw. More time than that in the gym is just a waste of time for me.
Worl what best for you and your weekly work routine. I did 4 times a week full body sessions worked good for me. I did a 2 Split routine 3 times a week. 2 times upper 1 time lowerbody and the following week i changed to 2 times lowr 1 time upper body for 6 months. Godd results abd i had more energy during my wirking life. Now i try a 5-Split week for the next 3 months. Always focus on low Volume high intensity in hypertrophy range or TUT for low reps to squeez the last bit out. Never trained over 1 hour cause its just wastet time for me petsonaly as a natural hobby lifter. I need time fir recovery and life has daily dutirs to fulfill 😊
I used to over complicate my routines with the latest and greatest exercises. If you just apply angles say for instance your chest a incline press or fly a flat press or fly and a decline press or fly it's just that simple variation that makes a huge difference
I spent a boat load of money on chiropractics last year, but i needed to lose 30lbs or so and get in shape for the mountains. I spent 6mo hiking with a weighted pack 6-10mi a day 7 days a week and lifted
That was my issue when I used to hit it hard. Working out 6 times a week and not feeding my muscles to the maximum potential. My peak years were from 2010 to about 2014. Then in 2016, I sustained massive wounds to my right arm and shoulder which left me with nerve damage and chunk s of muscle removed from that side. I settled down and started to eat really unhealthy and stayed that way for the last 5-6years. Recently got out of a 7yr toxic mess of a relationship and I've been slowly achieving small goals I've set for myself since that breakup. Next step is to get back into the gym next week. When I get paid so I can get my membership, food, and some supplements (At least some pre workout, multivitamins, and protein powder) don't judge me. I have a goal of at least losing 25lbs in the next 2-3 months but more importantly losing some inches from my mid section and waist and packing on some muscle and strength. I know this time next year I'm gonna look and feel so much better. Y'all wish me luck and send a quick prayer over my way. I've lost so much time but I'll never allow myself to get in such horrid shape again, mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. God Bless.
Thanks for that explanation. I think yes, you're going five or six days/week 2 hours daily, you risk not giving recovery time to your muscles. I had to learn this the hard way
I have noticed 4 times a week is great for me, because I am all natural. I go to the gym Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday, take off Wednesday Saturday and Sunday for rest. I have done 5-7 day's in a week, it alway's lead's to less gain's and an eventual burn out. I have great genetic's to, 6 foot 265-295lbs depending on if I'm trying to bulk or lean down, I am trying to get to a point when I get to a low body fat that I am over 250lbs. It has been a 7-8 year journey, before I had a 2 year hiatus. My older brother as a sophomore in high-school was 6'2 265lbs naturally to, were giant Norwegian's.
After that 2 year hiatus, I started at 315lbs, didn't loose much of my muscle mass, but my weightlifting strength did get massively effected. And had a higher fat percentage, lost 30 pound's in 2 month's. My wrists are 8 3/4 inches and my ankles are 11 inches, that is why I held on to my muscle mass, that is what I believe.
I work 4 on 4 off so i go to the gym 4 days im off work and once after my 12 hour shift. I train push (Chest, Shoulders, Triceps) Pull (Back and Biceps) Legs I then repeat Push and Pull to train each x2 per week. Since training this way i have seen massive improvements in my body Composition, the most since i started training 19 years ago. Especially in my Upper Chest since Training Chest with Shoulders Thinking of trying to find a way to train Legs x2 per week, i may split legs up and have quads with Back on the 1st Back Workout and Hamstrings on the 2nd Back workout per week
Currently I’m only training chest, tris and back(bis kinda get a pump during back) every 72 hours. Sometimes I through 4 days of rest in there. Once I get to 225 bench, I will add legs and slow down on bench just maintaining it. Prioritize certain muscle groups. I work construction and have to rest for a min hour or so while drinking plenty of water before I can even think about working out. Sometimes I will wait til 9-10pm
I strength train 5 days a week. Generally half hour to 45 minutes. Then do 25 minutes on the treadmill at a high incline. On my rest days I do cardio activities whether it’s walking, kayaking or biking. At 34 I’ve never felt better.
I struggle so hard to even understand how people get the gains they want when I compare it to what I'm currently TRYING to do- results vary obviously when I'm lazy and don't go. But when I DO go to my 3 days a week, its about 2 hours a session. Shoulders, arms, chest, back- 4 total sets each region (shoulders mostly get more passive by doing back and chest, but i do have a side isolation. I don't even have legs or core in the mix at all and I feel like that would add another 30-45 minutes to each session trying to get roughly equivalent volume. So I feel like I'm somehow under training and over training at the same time
I wish I could get your help getting my health back. Ended up with diabetes and weight gain as a result. Got messes up in the military and the diabetes and insulin is really a barrier to my health.
I shifted from lifting weights to body weight exercises. It’s mire enjoyable and I can recover faster so I’m getting more sessions in. Now I wearing a weighted vest. I’m definitely seeing muscle growth and more measurable strength. 35 pushups went to 50 pushups went to 10 with weighted vest went to 35 with weighted vest. Now shifting pushups to dips. There’s a lot of fun progression with body weight.
I've gone every day for the past month. Push, legs, pull, abs, and I do shoulders on push and pull days. Sleeping 6 to 8 hours, struggling to eat enough though my weight isn't changing just my composition.
Sleep is the most difficult thing for me and there’s nothing I can figure out to do about it. I’ll be dead tired, can’t even keep my eyes open at 10pm, and wide awake laying there at 10:15
Yeah I started going 7 days a week and I feel like I’m not keeping up. So many muscles to train, so few days to train them. This is my schedule. Anyone care to help me improve on it so that I only have to go 3 or 4 days a week? Monday, Thursday shoulder press, squats, calves, adductors, abs Tuesday, Friday chest, lats rows, abductors, leg curl, low back Wednesday, Saturday triceps, biceps, tibialis anterior, windmills, RDL Sunday Cardio
Sleep. Ever since I started to workout an hour and more, I lost the ability to sleep the day of the workout and the day after. I workout in the morning, walk before bed, drink camomile tea, I tried everything. No sleep in the eyes. I'm confused what to do. Less workout -- less gains. Less sleep -- less gains. Not able to make them both much.
This is a very important caveat about gains OUTSIDE of being a pro. If you have a regular day job then other responsibilities you cant just live in the gym then spend hours on meals and getting the necessary sleep youd need to look like a pro. But you will damn sure be a way above average human
I do push, pull, legs, then a day for full body kettlebell stuff and abs at my apartment. Used to try to go 6 days a week but I wouldn’t go near as hard. I’m in wayyy better shape than I have ever been now.
Really depends what level you are at and so many other things. I only do weights once a week right now for like 30-45 minutes and I’m shoulder pressing 225 x8. I think for people that are just beginning, they should work out with weights more frequently because they aren’t even close to their bodies max potential. But someone who is more advanced really needs to avoid overtraining.
Been moving weight and burning rubber on the mill and rd for 35 years. I do those average 6 times a week. It's not about gains only but relaxation, mind calming amd getting the blood flow and de stressing after a hard days work. It's all abt varing the intensity
So I have a three day split that I do twice per week. (Total 6 days) My understanding is that training each muscle group at least twice per week is ideal. A two day split doesn't seem like enough time to hit every muscle group adequately. If anything more than 5 days "Yields small returns on investment" then my question is what would be a more efficient split? For me? As things stand I do Chest/Shoulder/Triceps, Legs, Back/Core/Biceps.
I go 3 for 2 hours and then an ab bicep day that is like an hour designed that solely based on some of your other advice. I won’t get very big because I have PKU, which means my body does not break down phes at all they build up in my brain and eat my brain cells so the only kind of protein I can use for this is whey protein and even then with the lowest phee protein powder I can find my few levels are probably going to be at the start of the danger range the whole time. I’m hoping very soon to get back on kuvan And hopefully that will fix my levels
Secretaries are killing your gains
Secretaries be making you big as hell
😂😂
Criminally underrated comment
AthleanX my man
@@mobilelegendsmemes yes !
Secretaries keeping you small as hell
But hard as hell
😂😂😂
@@akshatthakur9219Harder than last time
But keeps something else big ☠️
I knew the b@tch was stealing from me
"How much do you sleep?"
"Uh . . . Hey look we're almost on my floor"
"How much do you eat?"
"Ok take care Mr Mike"
Best comment 😂
*keeps following him* “What do your macros look like??”
@@bman1235" have you seen the magnificence of our Lord and savior kyriakos grizzly?"
,,How much do you sleep"
Not much after this
Your fucking that secretary to much!
Thats my wife
“And they make the mistake of talking to me.” Lmao. I love Mike’s deadpan sense of humor.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
It’s run its course
The 'My Man' never fails 😂😂😂
100.
Fidelity keeping you big as hell.
maybe the secretary is their wife
@@OatmealTheCrazynow THAT'S a twist!
Amen! Joking not joking!
The more jack you get the more difficult fidelity becomes.😮
Secretaries are temporary. Gains are forever.
Beatles reference
Like divorces..
Gains are not forever. They are temporary as fuck 😂
When you die, you'll remember every dirty minute you spent with that secretary. You wont care about the muscle mass you had.
Eh. Look at Arnold though. Neither his secretary nor the gains he had have been forever.
The son he got out of that secretary though ...
I am living proof that this is not true
switched from leg day to secretary day - so much more gains and core strength. thanks dr. mike
Bro... the secretary is Taking the Muscle
=Gains all ways
"and they made the mistake of talking to me" 😂
Just started working out last month while listening to your advices, made myself a little setup consisting of a bench and and an adjustable dumbbell that can be turned into a barbell in my tiny room.
I'm seeing improvements to my muscles for sure.
Thank you Mike for the videos 🙌
Remember to stay away from your secretary
Awesome man! Keep at it and you'll see great results and fall in love with it
@@oshane7783 Duly noted.
@@haydencamp4164 I've been working out on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday after coming back from work. Haven't missed a day so far and I am lovin it, though I'm now sore everyday at work lmao
Good stuff man! I'm approaching month the end of my 5th month and the transformation has been incredible. You really see a lot of benefits and gains during the early period if you keep up the consistency. My only regret is that I didn't start lifting a decade or more ago.
This guy is so honest I freaking love him
Dr. Mike kills me! Came for the knowledge, stayed for the humor and charisma!
Dr Mike never failing to drop the one liners
I split my training up into two times per day, because I simply dont have the time in the gym, due to family and work. I am competing as a natural bodybuilder.
I train 12 times a week into three splits.
Monday & thursday:
Morning: Hamstring & Glutes
Evening: Abs
Tuesday & Saturday:
Morning: Quad & Calves
Evening: Back
Sunday & Wednesday:
Morning: Chest and shoulders
Evening: Biceps, triceps and forearms.
Friday: Off…
And I only do hypertrophy with pauses.
Mike is very sharp... he is always so quick
‘You can do less of that and grow more muscle’ that’s the most honest advice ever
Mike is the effing man
@@GeorgeParros161ehh 5’6 come on
Except he can’t do it naturally
I an so thrilled I found THIS CHANNEL
Got to respect Mike for succeeding at UA-cam like he has without compromising his beliefs
Getting "My Man" from Dr. Mikester would be THE greatest honor which I would sacrifice my gains over in a heartbeat!
But if you lost the gains then Mike would take back his My Man
@@Blaisem He gave it to (a theoretical) someone who's sabotaging their gains though
I lift weights twice a week, about an hour and a half each session. That gives me multiple compound movements, muscles get hit with 8ish sets per week and im happy with my physique. Could i be bigger? Absolutely, but i look better than 95% of dudes walking around and i can spend the other days doing heart healthy cardio that i enjoy. Do what works for you.
Do you mean cardio with the secretary😂
What's your routine and numbers? I do fullbody twice a week aswell. Curious as to how others programme and what their numbers are like.
I do same thing.
If you exercise really hard, amazing diet, sleep enough, don’t drink alkohol then twice per week is absolutely enough.
Dreamers, or newbees
@atomicinv2 who is?
for me monday upper body, tuesday lower body quads focused, wednesday cardio HIIT 1 miniute sprint 1 minute walk for 16 minutes, thursday push, friday pull, saturday lower body hamstrings focused
LOOOOOOOOOL that last comment took me by surprise haha Dr. Mike never fails to make knowledge entertaining!
5 days, but it's basically calisthenics, pullups, and a barbell routine. I also incorporate it into my work day.
Your physique probably looks below average tbh. No offense.
Throughout all the interviews I wwatched on Chris's channel, I never seen him laughing his ass off so hard 😂 Not only os Dr Mike super knowlegable but he is hilarious AF with all his metaphors and side stories 😂
Im 17years old and as an Student its a routin for me to go every day (after the school) in the gym. As far I can Tell I'm doing great progress :)
it’s probably beginner gains
while it is good that you stay consistent it’s also important to be smart about it, your recovery is like the no1 thing here that will get you gains
@@Ietoff I Went from 2times a weak to 5 Times (over years) and I'm nearly 2years in the Gym now). I dont have any Problems with the recovery
@@Nr59_Jaegerkeks good for you man 💪 automatically made the assumption that you’re new to the gym bc of the age. keep the gains
@@Ietoff thanks buddy. I started as a overweight boy in Summer 2022 and now I'm the one with the biggest biceps in class (Well I'm the only one who works out but who cares). Thanks for you positiv comments :)
At your age you'll make gains almost no matter what. But you could probably optimize. Bur if it's working it's working.
Lifting weights combined with some sort of cardio on a consistent basis is where you end up if you’re looking for the optimal workout plan overall. Most people can only do 3-4 days comfortably as well per week
Love dr Mike, overtraining is a killer when it comes to maintaining a good routine each week. You think you’re just hitting it extra hard but you don’t see the added benefits and all it does is end up burning you out.
i’ve been doing Mike mentzer‘s workout routine. Where are you go every four days and it’s been giving me way better gains than anything I’ve ever tried. I used to do five days a weekand I plateaued.
Because u are finally healing and growing most people do another day but the body is still recovering from the last session. They are interfering with how the body repairs
Used to do muay thai for 11 years since youth, usually training 6 times a week, started morning training as well, ended up being 6 evening sessions and 4 morning sessions per week. I got brittle as f, teared my meniscus and my muay thai journey stopped there. Rest is as important as training, wish I cared back then
I workout at home for 30 minutes a day 5 days a week. I dont wanna be super jacked though, just fit. And I'm just a bit more jacked than the average person as a bonus
4 says a week, 1.5 hrs a workout, 5-7 hours of sleep a night. 4-6 meals a day, protein in every meal, 1-2 protein shake supplements a day. Basic workout habits i keep, im 66 years old and attract women as young as 30 and some even younger. I didn't get that kind of attention when i was younger and didn't workout. Im liking the results.
Dr Mike is so naturally funny i fw it heavy
Newbie here started trying 6 days at the gym got burnt out so fast. I’ve been lifting for about 3 months and just barely notice a difference. Now I’ve changed to 3 times a week we’ll see how it goes.
Going on my lunch break 5x a week works for me. Only about 35-40 minutes depending on how often people interrupt me.
...you work all sweaty and gross?
@@emailvonsour Maybe they work from home.
or they have an office
or they just realize that being sweaty is basically the most realistic, default state people should be in and don't care about social norms ig
@OatmealTheCrazy that shit dont fly at some jobs bro.. gotta be clean
I just started 2 months ago 5 days a week 2-3 hours a day, love It
Ok buddy, let your body heal and recover some time
@kennyb123 I am now I mixed In some boxing between workouts
I unfortunately only have the time to go 2 times a week on average right now.
For what it's worth I'm getting pretty good progress with a full body workout where the last two sets of each exercise go to absolute failure.
Thats completely fine. Your body should have time to recover.
You’re killing it more that 90% of people out there. As long as your training is intense you’ll make gain, albeit slowly.
Yup don't listen to this guy on the vid, 2 days a week trainign to total failure and gettig lots of rest in between is going to be just as, if not more, effective than 5 days a week!!
@@craigjenkins4152 You’ve been drinking the Mentzer Koolaid I see
@@starmorpheus I've been also doing 2 day fbw and the results are similar to the previous 3 day fbw. More time than that in the gym is just a waste of time for me.
Dr. Mike is one such guy who would have been successful at whatever he put his mind to.
I’ve finally ramped up my gym time..3 days a week, full body workouts…It’s been fun
Worl what best for you and your weekly work routine. I did 4 times a week full body sessions worked good for me. I did a 2 Split routine 3 times a week. 2 times upper 1 time lowerbody and the following week i changed to 2 times lowr 1 time upper body for 6 months. Godd results abd i had more energy during my wirking life. Now i try a 5-Split week for the next 3 months. Always focus on low Volume high intensity in hypertrophy range or TUT for low reps to squeez the last bit out. Never trained over 1 hour cause its just wastet time for me petsonaly as a natural hobby lifter. I need time fir recovery and life has daily dutirs to fulfill 😊
I used to over complicate my routines with the latest and greatest exercises. If you just apply angles say for instance your chest a incline press or fly a flat press or fly and a decline press or fly it's just that simple variation that makes a huge difference
5 times a,week if taking roads,other than that most people can't recover,I train once every 6 days or even less frequent and it works
I spent a boat load of money on chiropractics last year, but i needed to lose 30lbs or so and get in shape for the mountains. I spent 6mo hiking with a weighted pack 6-10mi a day 7 days a week and lifted
That was my issue when I used to hit it hard. Working out 6 times a week and not feeding my muscles to the maximum potential. My peak years were from 2010 to about 2014. Then in 2016, I sustained massive wounds to my right arm and shoulder which left me with nerve damage and chunk
s of muscle removed from that side. I settled down and started to eat really unhealthy and stayed that way for the last 5-6years. Recently got out of a 7yr toxic mess of a relationship and I've been slowly achieving small goals I've set for myself since that breakup. Next step is to get back into the gym next week. When I get paid so I can get my membership, food, and some supplements (At least some pre workout, multivitamins, and protein powder) don't judge me. I have a goal of at least losing 25lbs in the next 2-3 months but more importantly losing some inches from my mid section and waist and packing on some muscle and strength. I know this time next year I'm gonna look and feel so much better. Y'all wish me luck and send a quick prayer over my way. I've lost so much time but I'll never allow myself to get in such horrid shape again, mentally, physically, spiritually, and emotionally. God Bless.
Best humer IQ In fitness industry ever
I work out 7 days a week. My sat and sun workouts are only an hour. It may be small returns, but I’ll take it.
Thanks for that explanation. I think yes, you're going five or six days/week 2 hours daily, you risk not giving recovery time to your muscles. I had to learn this the hard way
I train Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. I’ve found having Wednesday off before training legs helps me train legs harder.
Nice.
I aim for 4 days with weights and 1 cardio day. Today, i did 90 mins and felt great!!
This is exactly what I do and have been for 6 months, works great
I have noticed 4 times a week is great for me, because I am all natural. I go to the gym Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday, take off Wednesday Saturday and Sunday for rest. I have done 5-7 day's in a week, it alway's lead's to less gain's and an eventual burn out. I have great genetic's to, 6 foot 265-295lbs depending on if I'm trying to bulk or lean down, I am trying to get to a point when I get to a low body fat that I am over 250lbs. It has been a 7-8 year journey, before I had a 2 year hiatus. My older brother as a sophomore in high-school was 6'2 265lbs naturally to, were giant Norwegian's.
After that 2 year hiatus, I started at 315lbs, didn't loose much of my muscle mass, but my weightlifting strength did get massively effected. And had a higher fat percentage, lost 30 pound's in 2 month's. My wrists are 8 3/4 inches and my ankles are 11 inches, that is why I held on to my muscle mass, that is what I believe.
I work 4 on 4 off so i go to the gym 4 days im off work and once after my 12 hour shift.
I train push (Chest, Shoulders, Triceps)
Pull (Back and Biceps)
Legs
I then repeat Push and Pull to train each x2 per week.
Since training this way i have seen massive improvements in my body Composition, the most since i started training 19 years ago. Especially in my Upper Chest since Training Chest with Shoulders
Thinking of trying to find a way to train Legs x2 per week, i may split legs up and have quads with Back on the 1st Back Workout and Hamstrings on the 2nd Back workout per week
Mike is a likeable dude
3x for 1-1.5hr is for an optimized lifter. I found 5x for 2hr was needed until I figured out what worked and optimized the time between sets etc.
WE FIRING SECRETARIES WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️ 🔊🔊
Mentzer's protocol is "serious" enough for us, and it works.
Dr. Mike's humour is its own genre
Currently I’m only training chest, tris and back(bis kinda get a pump during back) every 72 hours. Sometimes I through 4 days of rest in there. Once I get to 225 bench, I will add legs and slow down on bench just maintaining it. Prioritize certain muscle groups.
I work construction and have to rest for a min hour or so while drinking plenty of water before I can even think about working out. Sometimes I will wait til 9-10pm
I strength train 5 days a week. Generally half hour to 45 minutes. Then do 25 minutes on the treadmill at a high incline. On my rest days I do cardio activities whether it’s walking, kayaking or biking. At 34 I’ve never felt better.
I am 3x a week and about 90 minutes. I am seeing results slowly but steady!
Barring extenuating circumstances I go every day just to keep the habit formed but 2-3 of those days are mostly cardio and light accessory work
I struggle so hard to even understand how people get the gains they want when I compare it to what I'm currently TRYING to do- results vary obviously when I'm lazy and don't go. But when I DO go to my 3 days a week, its about 2 hours a session. Shoulders, arms, chest, back- 4 total sets each region (shoulders mostly get more passive by doing back and chest, but i do have a side isolation. I don't even have legs or core in the mix at all and I feel like that would add another 30-45 minutes to each session trying to get roughly equivalent volume. So I feel like I'm somehow under training and over training at the same time
"And they will make a mistake by talking to me" hahahaha this guy is pure comedy. Love his channel.
Bro is effortlessly hilarious whine giving all the great info 😂😂
Secretary definitely makes one muscle grow at the expense of others.
I wish I could get your help getting my health back. Ended up with diabetes and weight gain as a result. Got messes up in the military and the diabetes and insulin is really a barrier to my health.
Dr Mike is legit the best “my man!, but 😂 “
God I love this man
I shifted from lifting weights to body weight exercises. It’s mire enjoyable and I can recover faster so I’m getting more sessions in. Now I wearing a weighted vest. I’m definitely seeing muscle growth and more measurable strength. 35 pushups went to 50 pushups went to 10 with weighted vest went to 35 with weighted vest. Now shifting pushups to dips. There’s a lot of fun progression with body weight.
I've gone every day for the past month. Push, legs, pull, abs, and I do shoulders on push and pull days. Sleeping 6 to 8 hours, struggling to eat enough though my weight isn't changing just my composition.
Sleep is the most difficult thing for me and there’s nothing I can figure out to do about it. I’ll be dead tired, can’t even keep my eyes open at 10pm, and wide awake laying there at 10:15
Yeah I started going 7 days a week and I feel like I’m not keeping up. So many muscles to train, so few days to train them. This is my schedule. Anyone care to help me improve on it so that I only have to go 3 or 4 days a week?
Monday, Thursday
shoulder press, squats, calves, adductors, abs
Tuesday, Friday
chest, lats rows, abductors, leg curl, low back
Wednesday, Saturday
triceps, biceps, tibialis anterior, windmills, RDL
Sunday
Cardio
I acc love this guy everything he says is funny😂
I do 3 to 4 times a week for 2 to 3 hours. My results are spectacular and I’ve been doing this for a year and some change now.
Sleep. Ever since I started to workout an hour and more, I lost the ability to sleep the day of the workout and the day after. I workout in the morning, walk before bed, drink camomile tea, I tried everything. No sleep in the eyes. I'm confused what to do. Less workout -- less gains. Less sleep -- less gains. Not able to make them both much.
Insomnia is a b*tch
No luck with melatonin?
This guy is the best
This is a very important caveat about gains OUTSIDE of being a pro. If you have a regular day job then other responsibilities you cant just live in the gym then spend hours on meals and getting the necessary sleep youd need to look like a pro. But you will damn sure be a way above average human
Mike is the real deal!!!! Telling things how they really are! 🙌🏻💪🏻👌🏻
This took a righthand turn
I do push, pull, legs, then a day for full body kettlebell stuff and abs at my apartment. Used to try to go 6 days a week but I wouldn’t go near as hard. I’m in wayyy better shape than I have ever been now.
I definitely agree with this three at a minimum for maintenance. But 5 days if you actually want to see change
Really depends what level you are at and so many other things. I only do weights once a week right now for like 30-45 minutes and I’m shoulder pressing 225 x8. I think for people that are just beginning, they should work out with weights more frequently because they aren’t even close to their bodies max potential. But someone who is more advanced really needs to avoid overtraining.
Giving up secretaries can be hard!
very lol
@blaccitachi3275 Agreed! The gym will always be there that secretary won't! Beat that up while you can lol. I have those memories from 40 years ago...
@@tedj432 My man 👉
On a secretary superset right now, crazy how this shows up in my feed
Agreed. I made my best gains on 3 workouts a week, trying to keep the to an hour.
I’ve been working out 5 days a week for an hour a day besides full body I do 2 hours for almost a year at this point and the gains have been crazy
He really said I'm not stuck in this elevator with YOU talking about fitness, you're stuck in this elevator with ME talking about fitness
Hooray! I'm at "serious effort"! Not bad for 58 years old.
So ive been training for 10 months. 5 days weight 2 days cardio a week. Lost 3 stone and seen decent improvements. 42 years old
Been moving weight and burning rubber on the mill and rd for 35 years. I do those average 6 times a week. It's not about gains only but relaxation, mind calming amd getting the blood flow and de stressing after a hard days work. It's all abt varing the intensity
“Hey my man” is hilarious
Thank you!!
So I have a three day split that I do twice per week. (Total 6 days) My understanding is that training each muscle group at least twice per week is ideal. A two day split doesn't seem like enough time to hit every muscle group adequately. If anything more than 5 days "Yields small returns on investment" then my question is what would be a more efficient split? For me?
As things stand I do Chest/Shoulder/Triceps, Legs, Back/Core/Biceps.
This is good advice
Simple pleasure demotivates from hard goals.
Next AthleanX video will be “Are secretaries killing your gains?!” 😂😅
I would train 5 times a week but all the splits seem awful so I go 6 times a week using PPL split. Feels a lot better that way.
Where do we find the full podcast?
ua-cam.com/video/dfYBMPCA5pg/v-deo.html
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It's the Chris Williams Podcast, with Dr. Mike Isratel.
@@shaneallen4431 Thank you!
My favourite comedian 😂
Yes sleeping has always been my issue... Never managed to solve it. Sleep 3-4 hours a night and i just can't seem to get the time to sleep more.
I go 3 for 2 hours and then an ab bicep day that is like an hour designed that solely based on some of your other advice. I won’t get very big because I have PKU, which means my body does not break down phes at all they build up in my brain and eat my brain cells so the only kind of protein I can use for this is whey protein and even then with the lowest phee protein powder I can find my few levels are probably going to be at the start of the danger range the whole time. I’m hoping very soon to get back on kuvan And hopefully that will fix my levels