Exercise Scientist Critiques WILD 1950's Training and Diet
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0:00 Mike vs 1950's
1:50 Original Clean
3:18 Split Snatch
5:49 Reg Park
8:25 The original scam device
10:55 1950's Health Clubs
15:55 Well Rounded Diet - Спорт
Mike says not to touch people, but he's touching my heart in every video.
He is touching my other organs, one in particular seems to be getting more attention than most. It's not the heart.
@@dirimi6352 Is it your second heart? Also, off topic, but why do humans use the expression "secondheart embarrassment"?
Me too
@@ordinarryalienI think it's second hand embarrassment not second heart
@@shoobzy3431i think you are correct
That accent you hear in old timey media, its actually an artificial accent known as the "mid atlantic accent", it was meant to get around the low quality of microphones available int he 30s-50s.
That's not the real, entire reason, I think. For one thing, I knew people who spoke like that, not on TV. Maybe TV reinforced it, but you can also hear regular people using that accent in "man-on-the-street" interviews. The accent screams "I am an upper class person who spends so much time on both sides of the Atlantic, I don't even know what I sound like anymore!", and I think they used it to give the show an air of authority and sophistication.
The proto-Karen accent, you could call it.
@@ChannelMath No that;'s literally it, and you described how it continued to evolve. Because if you were a radio host you were mid-to-high level society (since obviously so many people would recognize your voice) so it just became associated to it.
ChannelMath so interesting ❤
@@ChannelMath mid atlantic accent is made up but in the sense that it wasn't anyone native accent but rather a bend of different english accent mixing in upper class circles.
its not just made up as a whole, like known sat and thought how can he fake an accent, its something that happened when these different accent interacted and ppl tried to make it a native accent while also using it on radio cause it sound upper classy cause it was spoken by upper class ppl
Makes sense. Pitch is a big issue with audio equipment, and a lot of cheap, modern microphones struggle with bass tones. That’s why people get the Rogan mic, because of its fidelity.
😂 okay I chuckled when he said "visiting the weaker sex", but when he said "vital statistics" and gave her chest-waist-hips measures I lost my s**t 😂
They knew what was important back then!
😂😅
I thought the same lol
This was unbelievable
lol it took me a couple of seconds to comprehend what they meant by “vital statistics” after hearing the numbers they gave.
"myah see, you'll get all the dames" is exactly what i hoped dr. mike would say today
myah see 🤣
Back then, a dame's goal was to get as many cat calls as possible going past the construction site
That way, you knew the thigh rollers and the slimming vibration belt were working really swell
Myaaah 🎩🚬
When he said “hoes” 😂
Thanks for the props for my dad, Reg Park. If I say so myself, he certainly was a stud for those times and even present times. He was way ahead of his time, trained hard and heavy for a long time. He was a mans man, physically and mentally. I know you've been corrected by family members and others that my dad was born in Leeds in the UK but moved to SA, where he met my mom in the early 50's.
Thanks again. I like your podcasts, grat stuff.
same as me a leeds lad people still talk about your dad and dennis in leeds gyms
Awesome to get your feedback man,your dad is a TRUE LEGEND for all times and all eras
@garygallagher5545 Hi Gary, Yes, Leeds, Leeds, Leeds. It's good to know people still talk about Reg and Dennis Wynn?
@garygallagher5545 Hi Gary, Yes, Leeds, Leeds, Leeds. Reg played for Leeds United reserves when he was 16 and captained Yorkshire school boys. He wanted to turn pro but injured his knee. That's how he got into weight training through rehab. Good to know that people still talk about Reg and Dennis Wynn? All these years later.
One of your swimming students from the 80s is in the comments below.i left a comment on his post saying you are in the comments too I hope you both get re connected if you are not already 👍🏿
100% agree with Dr Mike. Seeing Reg Park display that level of muscularity all the back in 1951 is absolutely inspiring.
Reg Park got shredded in a cave with a box of SCRAPS!
I was literally in the middle of telling the wife how comparatively small even the best back then were, then he popped up on the screen...lol...he was a MONSTER for back in the day and even pretty big by today's standards! Damn impressive!!
unrelated, but nice physique bro 👌🏼
"Well I'm sorry, I'm not Reg Park"@@henrycavillsrealmustache3553
@@rmp5s bro if you think the best of the 1940-50s bodybuilders are 'comparatively small' to modern naturals, imo you have some crazy body dysmorphia. these guys are naturals and plenty of them sporting 17 inch arms, 25 inch legs etc etc, and are very strong in a wide variety of lifts. the best of the 40s and 50s are elite natties even by todays standards.
the irony is that 1950s bodybuilders who barely had any muscle by todays standards were actually much more attractive to women. those girls werent even hired to be in the video, they just showed up and refused to leave
The secret is that it was never about attracting women
The value of getting jacked is greatly depreciated
I'm thinking even if the 1950s dudes weren't as muscular, I would imagine they were stronger in regards to endurance and grip strength
That is what a 1950s weightlifter looks like. If you do nothing but weightlift today, you would look similar. In fact, he looks pretty good for someone who likely doesn't focus on building muscle with isolation movements at all. If you want to see how a 1950s bodybuilder looked like, Reg Park is mentioned in this very video!
Did you not see Reg Park? What do you mean no muscle.
"Food has just gotten better. Thats why were all fat today. Food is amazing." The literal cause of the obesity epidemic.
10 times the calories, 1/10 the nutrients. That's the most food of today.
I'm not sure about better. My folks always complain that nothing tastes good like it used to.
@@VernCrisler maybe they have long covid.
@@VernCrisler Your sense of smell/taste decline as you age. There's also hedonic adaptation. When you get used to eating hyper-palatable flavor bombs, regular foods feel more everyday and bland. Finally, there's a decent chance that if your budget hasn't kept up with inflation/flat wages that they are just noticing the quality of the bottom shelf stuff, especially if they grew up in an area with local sourced foods.
@@VernCrisleryep, I agree, as far as fruits and vegetables are today.
Jonjon (Reg Park’s son) was my swimming coach in the 80s. The training and nutrition advice that Reg shared with us was decades ahead of the times and accorded with a lot of what is advocated on this channel. Reg was indeed an inspiration to us all and a true gentleman
Well your old coach is in this comment section few comments above
@johnpark7097
my high school had home economics in the 90s, boys and girls all took it, and it was paired with wood shop. i learned how to join fabric and wood in the same year, it was awesome.
Is that a euphemism? 😂
same. Although next year we got to choose, and all the boys chose shop, all the girls home ec. To be fair to the girls, home ec was an easy class, and the shop teacher yelled a lot
As your resident South African, thanks for the appreciation of our accent
It's a cool accent, and a tough one to imitate without sounding Scottish, Australian or something completely off. I'm Norwegian, that's my excuse.
@@espenstoro you’re not alone. I read the last word of his comment as the most Steve Erwin “eck-sint”
I’m an American though, I ain’t gon’ have no accent (but I will be jealous of all of them, including that sweet Norwegian inflection)
@@SleekDiamond41Every single one of us has an accent. Yours just happens to be American (southern inflection, judging by the double negative of ‘ain’t got no accent’ ).
There’s a bunch of American accents that I like, and they are all very distinct.
Yay! I'm not alone!
Ngl I lowkey love the fact that Tame Impala came on after Mike said "acid" 😆
I love the shout out to Reg Park in this video ! Bronze and Silver Era bodybuilding is a shining example of how far a natural physique can go
He looked great
@@freehatespeech6804 dude was generations ahead of his time
Didn’t he openly admit to using steroids ? At least in the later years of his career.
Dude was inspirational but he was in no way natural. Steroids were available over a decade before he became a bodybuilder.
@@LucLB01 no, he actually stopped judging bodybuilding competitions because he didn't like the way the sport was going as a result of PEDs
I really appreciate Dr. Mike calling out Dr. OZ for what he is, thank you!
That clean was really clean. Might even call it a power clean. Or muscle clean I should say. And you always get full credit points when you show Clarence weightlifting or powerlifting. And to be fair that 50's body looks really aesthetic and well-rounded. It looks like a normal person who is very athletic. Sort of the look that Arnold had to his massive body.
The lecturer really had it down, damn people in the 50's. "Go to shower and sleep well" is like just as good of advice today. Maybe even better. And many could take notes from the diet advice. Damn you 50's people.
I heard that they had to speak in those registers in that era because the recording equipment was less sensitive & could only pick up a limited range of pitches
Very narrow frequency range at every step of the chain, yes. But by far the biggest reason was there being an accepted global "Queen's English", BBC's Received Pronunciation; very much like modern publication's style guide for formatting & language.
@@5thgearouttahere Ahh, I see! Thanks!
Just a correction, Reg Park was not South African, but English. He only lived in SA until his death. Do agree that the accent sounds dope!
exactly! arnold even lived some time in england before he came to usa. but reg was real english gentleman which drank tea regularly :-) and btw he didn't inspired arnold to train. arnold started training before his 15 i think. first in weightlifitng club, which was even so progressive that they used "bodybuilding" as complementary exercises with success. than he did some kind of powerlifting. reg inspired him to be movie hero. he didn't inspire him as person initially (but later definitely) but as personator of hercules in movie. he also inspired him as orator what probably helped arnold to achieve, respective fullfil his political ambitions later...
yes, Reg never really adopted a SA accent. his son has a full-blown one, though
I used to live down the road from him
Damn that boxing girl was weirdly adorable.
top 10 feminism moments tbh
She packs a punch alright. I like girls like that. Idk why, there's something really attractive about tough girls.
Lady's in the 50's had to be tough When I started cooking with cast Iron pans I thought my wrist was gonna snap!
I used to use the gym on the Air Force Base that my Dad was stationed at from 1970-5 and there were those rotating rolling pin massagers there. I tried it once and it hurt because I was skinny. They also had, and I was disappointed not to have seen here, those belt massagers. These also hurt me. Maybe they came later. My intuition at the time told me these were nonsense devices and I think others thought so too as I can't remember ever seeing anyone using them. Thanks for being a beacon of truth in a world full of the lack of it.
You just weren't smoking enough healthy cigarettes to see the beneficial effects of 'The Jiglomatic (TM)'
I remember as a kid during the 80's my nan actually had one of those belt massager machines at home she used everyday lol
My old Grandpa loved that belt machine, he called "the jiggler", used it every day before lunch.
They thought they could melt cellulitis with it.
@@user-pz6hs6wi6flunch?! that much movement would make me nauseous lmao
I didn’t watch the whole members only version before they sequestered it 😥
Was is better?
@@sheenawalker1751I did watch it (I clicked the notification and realized they made a mistake so I just didn't close the video until I watched it all) It is whatever you see here but more and when I say more I mean,at least for this video, 3 times more, it was an hour. So yeah it is better at least for me. I thought the uncensored version was at best 2 times longer and still thought It was worth it so yeah.
@@sheenawalker1751 no full is just more boring most inprotant in in here so lol
These pieces used to be shorts at the movie theaters of the time. The music was because it was in essence a preshow event, meant to entertain the audience as they shuffle in with their fresh popcorn and peanuts.
i wonder if in the 50s people saw reg park and thought "hes way too big and looks like a freak, i dont know why anyone would want to look like that" in the same way non-lifters now days look at a guy like ronnie.
Saw him same way as Reg Park from 1950 today.
Idk normies would probably still say reg park is too big and ronnie is a mutant
They might have since steroids were really new at the time and seeing someone that swole (whether he's natty or not) would be super rare and maybe freakish. Now with people like Ronnie we're really pushing the boundaries of what people can even look like and of course not everyone thinks that it looks good.
Without steroids, UA-cam, perfect studies and just dedication to look like them? Most don’t look that good in modern days
And those who look good like bodybuilders in 1950s are full of steroids. I actually went to follow 1950s Steve Reeves diet and i have lost 4.8 kg in 3 weeks. That's 10 pounds. In three weeks. Kings are still kings yo. 🫡✊️
Reg Park was from England. He moved to South Africa. He had an English accent. But, I do appreciate the compliment, being from South Africa myself...
Yeah I was confused about that until I looked up Park's bio...
If you listen to your channel intro and outro music at double speed, it sounds exactly like the 1940’s music you are talking about. They just had more “pep”.
A quick wikipedia search finds that Harold Cleghorn from New Zealand was the 1950 British Empire Games weighlifting champion in the 110kg class - at age 38 (because took the war off from being NZ champ - 1937 - 1940, 1949 - 1955). Dude lived until 1996
Probably because he’s from New Zealand! Great country
Why? 🫁
Dr Mike reacting to Clarence Kennedy would be a genius video!
I watch all your videos and love the self deprecation! Makes my morning work less boring thanks
Many thanks I appreciate your kind and complimentary words. My best to you.
This is my favorite, these old school videos are so fun to watch and mike's (and scott's ) commentary so priceless
I appreciate your humor. And your approach to fitness.
this old-style clean looks a lot like current axle clean from strongman. i never knew where the term “clean” came from. thanks dr mike!
Do more of these...maybe 60's and 70's...than 80's and 90's
Good video RP, been watching yall for over an year.
9:43 since the video is from the 50's one presumes he was advisor on physical culture to Franco's Spanish Army...
The Cagney impression had me laughing all the way through the video. Thanks for that, plus the good advice.
You need to get an RP merch T-shirt dropped with “myah see” on it and your face with a top hat and monocle on 😂. This also has to be one of your funniest vids yet 🤙🏻
nice one. Thanks!
"Yeah a lil get up & go"😂 scott's too relatable
Love to see you breakdown a jack lalanne exercise video
that is not a smith machine, she's doing free-weights barbell squats on that ledge
Great vid as always, see!
I'd love to get a deep dive video on the less-to-more training program mentioned near the end
Can you do more of these I love them! I love the history of sports science!!! ❤️ 😍
This is the best video this channel has ever made
Reg Park was from Leeds in the UK
Correct. Actually played for Leeds United reserves.
It’s so cool to see Clarence’s video included in the clean section, he has a great potential to lift dozens of kilos. True hero of upcoming amateur lifters.
Thank you i love your videos, i really appriciate that your are honest and speaking truth and how you help people for free so really, thank you.
Reg Park was an absolute beast.
Please add the 50s black and white music to your next workout video. I want to see people puking in a trash can to tickertape parade music.
I dont even workout but love watching your videos man. Your humor is great.
Reg Park is a legend. Originally from Leeds, England, and moved to South Africa. I have a huge picture up in my Leeds gym.
Awww they released the 59min long "uncensored" video accidentally to subs (should be members-only, which it is now)
It was still censored, I remember the beeps heh
Damn, now we got a taste of daddy Mike talking shit for one hour straight. I guess we have no choice but to become an RP channel member and get instant access to over 30 hrs of exclusive in-depth training and advanced science content!
I knew I should have watched it while I had the chance
I think he should have kept it as an example of what you get as a sponsor
Got the video loaded lets gooo
Reg Park is absolutely astounding for the time and a total inspiration even today. I don't even know if they knew what steroids were back then but they sure as shit didn't have the sports science we have today. His entire physique was basically built with nothing but free weights and only the slightest understanding of nutrition (where it relates to muscle growth with no supplementation). This was a time where it was weird if you DIDN'T smoke a pack a day!
Modern androgen therapy started in 1935 .with the rise of the anabolic steroid industry in the 1950s, bodybuilders like Ray park started experimenting with testosterone and other substances to enhance their performance.. if you compare his physique to bronze era lifter like Sandow, atilla, bobby pandour, or simon javierto you can see a huge difference in the physique before and after steroids. though park is a beast i seriously doubt he didn't get there by gear.
@@jamesadamik2710 These early anabolics were higly ineffective; you would've had to take hundreds of tablets a day to notice an improvement in physique and the pure amount of liver damage that you'd have taken would've had you dead in less than a decade. It really wasn't until the release of Dianabol in 1958 that, with extremely few exceptions, you could get your hands on actually muscle improving drugs, and until the early 1960s that steroids became systemic in the sport.
@@virding232”until they became systemic” this dude literally mentored arnold and benched 500lbs whilst lean. You have to be smoking some shit to believe this guy was natural just because of the time period.
Test was around but need to remember its 1951 forward, meaning extremely unlikely he built his physique in the 40s on gear. What little that was available were only for correcting severe handicap or life threatening medical conditions , there was no underground stuff, and no cultural reason to juice as it was'nt common knowledge for anyone outside specialist doctors. Regs physique is sub 25 ffmi and obtainable with above average genetics, I know I was close to his with good genes.
Apparently they could find steroid who was first used for making bigger cow, don't know if it trie but still
Loved this one bro 😎
Reg Park was from Leeds. Grew up down the road from him.
He did move to South Africa later to raise his family though.
Guy was an absolute unit for his day. Looked great and strong AF. Pretty much popularised 5x5 training too!
Back when moving TO South Africa was a good idea.
At one stage in the 70's before sanctions kicked in, it was 2 U.S. dollars to every S.A. Rand. Crazy
10:31 I didn’t realize that Vincent Price was a fitness expert.
I'd bet money that that dude was cast specifically because he looked like him.
I'm from South Africa, and i can confirm that the South African accent is quite unique..
lol
You are a great inspiration. Respect
Awesome, Matt. It worked well for Reg in his early days, and even to this day, many are still olliwing the
5 x 5 with great results x 3'a week.
How did those bodybuilders feel safe with all those creepy women staring at them?
You think they weren't having sex with some of them.
Dude back in the 1950's even McDonald's was nutritious and healthy.
Healthier, yes. healthy, no.
The cigarettes that they smoked like chimneys were pretty nutritious too
@@HostaMahogeygotta get your greens in
That was really fun. I laughed pretty much the whole time I watch this great job. 👌🏽😊
Bro we NEED a round 2 of this
Just in time, I just finished 59 minute version
Do a push up for every "meh see" Dr. Mike uses
MYAAAAH !
fun ep idea, hopefully there's more old stuff like this to react to
This is my new favorite RP video
Reg Park was from Leeds but lives in South Africa where his beautiful wife Mareon was from. Reg was my dad. Thanks for the recognition and acknowledgement of his greatness.
10:40 "yeah, she can still get it"
Great video
Love the vids! I would love to see your opinion on Valhallan pre workout.
And Reg Park was the second man to bench press 500lbs! Wow
Did you accidently make the members only version public at first?
I think they did, because I just watched this
Yes they did 😂
Why nobody downloaded it and leaked it damn
Aww an hour of that would've been gold!
Did not know that fact concerning the clean. Learn something new every day.
I started lifting exactly how you preach and I’ve seen great results! Would love to see your current opinion on bench press programming for strength
10:37 Im crying 😂😂😂
Didn't realize I commented on an accident posting. Anywho, you should still do P90X, Body By Jake, and similar old infomercial programs like that
Dang I was so excited for the 59 min video and was ganna watch it over my lunch break
Omg, Mike. Your imitations are on point.
Hands down... this is the greatest RP video of all time! I died! The amazing bluntness of the 1940s is timeless and we need to go back to that... "The Weaker Sex" had me rolling!
Just want to give the shout out to Scott for putting in a snippet of Tame Impala!!!
For the acid reference
i really enjoyed that, theyve done it before with another acid reference
Well done Dr. Mike.
Reg Park was English, from Leeds, he just lived in South Africa.
Calling the punching lady a bitch several times for no reason kind of irked me. :/ I'm sure it wasn't your intention, but it came across as derogatory to me
He's a massive misogynist what's new
And the ho references.
same here man, and they use it all over the vid.
literally no one cares. if it offended you, go to a different channel.
@@jishani1 I like to believe that Mike is actually decent, stand up guy who would take this sort of comment seriously. I know its hard to believe, but some people are actually good and kind. You should try it
the editing on this video is admirable
I got an ad for Frog Fuel(?) I officially trust none of the YT ads. Thanks, RP. Can you dissect MCT Wellness/Health? Also, these OTC hormone boosting therapies?
We thank you from South Africa boet!
This was laugh out loud! 😂 Thank you!
The pop from when he hit the bag vs. when she hit it 👀 he wasn’t gonna f with her haha
Don’t forget, Sean Connery was a bodybuilder before he was Bond. He was a big dude for the 50s/60s
good video!
9:26 Let it Happen guitar riff hell yeah
not sure what it is but every old footage I see everybody is having a great time
Golly jeez. Thanks, Mr!
Actually, Reg Park was from Leeds, in northern England - he moved to South Africa in the 1950s or 1960s.
Reg Park wasn't South African - he was British. Born & grew up in Leeds, Yorkshire. He moved to SA in the 50s.
This has got to be your funniest video yet!!!!!! So much entertainment!!!!!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
So cool to see Clarence as an example of incredible lifting
"Yeah she can still get it"
Doctor!! U are insanely hilarious!! I love it!!
Love you’re vids doc sayyy yeah