Why You're Doing Everything Wrong In The Gym. Seriously.
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- The best exercise or technique for an exercise is seriously screwing us up. Here's why.
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I think this is the full circle of fitness knowledge. When starting you just think about doing something. Once you learn more, you worry about doing the right thing. When you have learnt enough, you just focus on doing something with effort.
This is akin to how Bruce Lee described the 3 stages of mastery. Stage 1, as a beginner, is when you have no real knowledge of skill and you act mostly on feel and instinct. It’s misguided and less efficient, but natural. Stage 2 is when you are growing in skill and you begin to covet knowledge and technique. A punch becomes something more complex and more powerful. You are more skilled and efficient, but still rigid within the confines of rules. Stage 3 is mastery. It’s when skill becomes so ingrained that it’s back to feeling natural. Suddenly a punch just becomes a punch again - nothing more or less. You see each aspect of the art as a part of a whole. And you start to add your own mix and flair to it.
also heavily coincides with your "position" on the dunning kruger effect graph of fitness knowledge
@@robmarsh918so true 👌
Couldn't be explained better. So true
Kinda like with the Dunning Kruger Effect.
"It's better to do something wrong than do nothing at all; we can always correct them later on when/once needed."
It's not like making an omelet or baking a cake, somethings are just too dangerous to get wrong.
Simp.
@@farhat5325 Fucking up an omelet can give you food poisoning though. But the vast majority of exercises we do in the gym can be gotten "wrong" without problems,for a suprisingly long amount of time.
@@kakefisk I meant more like "making the omelette" rather than "consuming bad eggs"..
Disagree. When you are moving dozens of KGs around in the gym, you have to make sure you are doing it with good form. Otherwise there is a high chance that you will injure yourself.
As mentioned, the nuance has to be placed on the goal of the lift. Take the leg press. If the goal is to grow the quads, do the greatest range of motion possible. Beyond what could be possible in the squat given a person's leverages. In this scenario, the leg press is the better tool.
The problem is people will half-rep the leg press and treat it like a powerlifting movement. The next level is tempo and how to move in and out of the top and bottom positions. So it's never just exercise selection or setup, it's technique as well. But that's too many factors for the "this or that" content to handle.
Very well said
Problem is also that most leg press machines do not allow this range of motion. They are capped with safety pins or are too uncomfortable to get in the most bottom position. hack Squat is where it´s at in most commercial gyms.
@@stiffeification yeah most leg presses aren't great. Mine is both uncomfortable and too little range. This is fixed by using a long machine pad and small machine pad for the lower back. It's a world of difference.
@@hotdogintIt's the "This or that" for me. Too often I'm bombarded with EVERYTHING all at once while doing anything in regards to exercising. I appreciate everyone's input with their knowledge but there DOES come a point where I'm like "So.. I lift this, right??" While watching a 38 minute video about dumbbell curls lmfao. As Eugene said: Ego, comparisons and debates - No bueno.
I wish i could play this video at my local gym for all the gym bros.
My believe has always being: “full range of motion that’s safe for you. Exercise that you can progressively overload and consistency.”
Continue your content mate! You’re an absolute gem!
I'm Extremely happy that I have the privilege to work out at home. I'm by myself, my own music, I can grunt and slam plates, can wear whatever and so on. The gym mentality, although (Can be) Positive? There's definitely a lot of personalities to contend with lol. Regardless, definitely bring in a Bluetooth speaker and play this video on blast! Hahahaha
@@JustD1zz hahahahhahaha! Now that’s an idea 💡
Coach Mike at RP is very good at pointing out the things that AREN'T "right" or "wrong" -- e.g. grip widths -- just as much as he points out the must-do stuff for optimal results.
*Daddy Mike
It's Dr. Mike!
I really needed to hear this. I do all this research, work on my form constantly, focus on tension and range of motion, just to open tiktok and be told the movement i have been working on the past two weeks is all wrong. Its all so overwhelming at times. At the end of the day all that matters is that you are in the gym and constantly working to be better.
You are doing something wrong...that is, using TikTok
Ye don't use tiktok 😂
I Wholeheartedly agree @heyrandy727 , As I'm just getting back in to the swing of things? It's ridiculous to see the 1.8 Billion videos of Dumbbell curls and how to do them lol. It's confusing and ultimately frustrating to be honest. Like you mentioned: All that matters is that you are in the gym. ❤
why in the hell are you even using tiktok
Just don't let that ripped dude on TikTok with the look of dismay convince that your form is totally wrong. One time I was super self conscious about doing curls properly. I watched a Sean Nal vid and he said many people overcomplicate working arms. There are some guidelines to working the form but do it right and you will feel that stretch and tension. At the end of the day that is all that matters.
I hope this message reaches far because it is such a problem nowadays in gym culture in general where even attempting a deadlift is ridiculed online for form tips, your videos are hugely informative and I appreciate the work u put in
Good perspective. Dr Mike at RP generally preaches the same. There’s no strictly right or wrong way, and peoples biomechanics are different. It doesn’t mean that everyone and every technique is right, and you end up in a situation where you understand there’s not a one right way but there are certainly wrong ways that can end up hurting you.
great info thanks, I was once told by an MD PhD Neurologist / biochemist something that almost put me in a mind trance, something I'd never thought of at a young age. The most important and healthy benefit of resistance work is it's effect on the lymphatic system, for longevity. It literally moves the lymph to carry away the garbage in our system. Since we don't have a pump for it, it's through muscle contraction. Whether someone develops larger or just stronger muscles from weight training, the lymphatic cleaning is most important for longevity. Makes a lot of sense. Just having big or strong muscles don't make a person live a longer or healthier life, the garbage must clean out. I think that's why I always feel better after lifting, contracting my muscles and sending the trash down the chutes along with a clean hydrated diet to accomplish that! Clean diet and hydration doesn't do an optimum job without resistance work.
Great video! Sadly there's little room for nuance and these days people really look at the overall context when it comes to exercise selection. Guys will see 1 exercise variation in 1 training block for 1 individual's current goal and automatically assume it's the "best".
Mario, you haven't uploaded in a while! Looking forward to what you have for us next! Your videos are extremely helpful too
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I take fitness advice with a grain of salt. I do what's comfortable to me and through trial and error I find out what's good and what's bad. I appreciate your channel, I've definitely learned a lot here.
There are so many life lessons in just this 5 minute video. Thanks for all you do!
you are the goat of fitness UA-cam. thanks for giving us your message of high quality information with so much positivity and wholesomeness, truly appreciated
For a guy who has been around weights from the golden era 40 years ago, I agree that there are way to many experts on social media. Most of them are not experts. I was trained by an Olympic power lifting coach back in the late 70’s. The core ideas are still valid. Just to many experts that confuse the new comers. 😊
How to not do anything wrong in the gym? Just don't go to the gym, ever. That's it, you avoid all mistakes.
That's next level thinking
Can't fault this. Flawless logic
In avoiding the gym however, you commit the greatest mistake of all these.
This is such an important video! Everyone’s body is different. Of course there is proper technique for every movement, but people sometimes feel the best doing it their way (as long as it’s safe)!
Exactly. I can never do an ez bar skull crusher with close grip because my wrist hurts like hell. So I did it shoulders width and still felt the effect. Same with diamond pushup. Tho I can't find the fix for that yet. As long as you're not injuring yourself and doing something completely wrong or illogical, some variation in exercise is acceptable
The amount of candor within this channel definitely makes it stand out from the rest of the pack. Thanks for all the tips!
The conclusion of this video is profound enough to be applied even outside of fitness/bodybuilding.
I applaud youself for bringing Dr Mike and Mr Feather to Australia. Hopefully their knowledge can flow onto everyone they meet.
I used to follow strict form on everything, obsessed over it even, it ended in me being strong and in constant pain to a point where I needed to take a long break. Now I do deliberate exercises for every range of motion, spinal flexion, knees over toes as far as possible, shoulder rotations. I'm hypermobile as well which was always an issue, now I finally have actual stability throughout my full range of motion, agility and freedom from pain. Our bodies are meant to move, twist, flex and so on, so if we want healthy strength, as I painfully discovered, we need to take care of our whole body.
What I've learnt is you can learn how to do an exercise from UA-cam, but you have to customize it to yourself. Perfect form doesn't exist. Same for exercise selection. Lot of people hate flat bench. I love it. You gotta find what you like and what works for you. Also, keep a log so you don't forget what you've learnt.
Thanks Eugene Teo.
There is no best exercise, only what works best for you. Listen to your body in a serious and responsible manner
Jason Gallant of Natural Gallant Bodybuilding has been preaching this very concept since the inception of his channel well over 10 years ago. It’s a crime the man isn’t more well known in the online fitness community 🙌🏻
When I was finishing high school and getting in to gym my school basketball coach said to me. There will be a lot of people out there who will tell you a bunch of different ways of exercising but the most important thing to do is to figure out what works for you and your body because what works for 1 person might not work for the next… and that’s stuck with me over a decade later.
Great advice.
It's pretty much what I always advise anyone. learn to listen to your body over time, learn what works for you and what doesn't and don't allow yourself to be influenced by what may or may not work for others
I agree with this. I used to be a big stickler on proper form in the gym to the point where I was pretty rigid about it. But for a year now I've been observing little variations that people do in the gym for stuff and I try it out myself when I get free time. I try understand what that different method hits in terms of tension/angles/stretch and whether it is for me. Which also led me to understand that some machines also not for me.
Right. You should also do a video about how any time someone gets injured lifting weights people blame their form and never recognize inherent risk with some exercises regardless of form.
Wow, a great philosopher, a great advisor, a great coach, a GREAT human being!
dude i swear i fcking love this man. This guy always puts out a video when im questioning sth and makes a video about my question. i struggled a lot lately on whos advice i should shift my attention to (mike van wycked, Dr Micke israetel, Cbum, Phil heath, john meadows, you) and was confused becuase of all the different tips, techiques and advices. But i lately cmae to a conclusion that i should pic up a bit from everbody because no one is 100% right bout also no one is 100% wrong with what theyre saying. So big thank you for clearing my mind and greetings from germany.
4:43 this is excellent sir. Honest and truthful.
Back around 2009-2010 I read Mike Boyle’s “Advances in Functional Training” and got obsessed with his methods. Exercises became black or white, good or bad… one day, when hanging out with a neighbor that ‘ungloved’ his forearm in a skateboarding accident (and who had become a personal trainer despite almost no use of that hand), I kept repeating how certain exercises weren’t functional. He replied that his body didn’t function the same way as mine, so how could we have the same definition of functional?
That conversation crosses my mind every time I battle back from injury or through nagging pains. If you know the principles, apply them to your unique body.
Your pronounciation of the names is absolutely fantastic. Well done sir!
Thanks dude. Remember your rear delt vid where you pointed out everyone has a different angle to make them work? We're all different, face pulls don't work for me but having the elbows at 45 degs of abduction/adduction puts them in the perfect position to squeeze with a row/fly. Adapt what is useful...reject what is useless...great line
Perfect timing on this video. Everyone always giving me advice making me feel I’m doing it all wrong. Ignoring all the progress, time and concentration I put into the gym.
Platz was obviously wrong but, hey, being so definite about your opinion when you are wrong is as American as apple pie.
On the aircraft carrier, out at sea, the leg press was the main exercise for quads because we didn't have a free squat rack. I saw some great results with that and a smith machine squat over 6 month deployments. You get out of it what you put into it.
How did your carrier not have a conex box or 12? They have friggin starbucks coffee shops on them. Did your ship not have a hangar bay gym for the crossfit dorks?
@@TW-fs3fj This was 2001-2006. Crossfit wasn't really a thing then. We had several gyms on board but none had a squat rack. We had hammer strength leg extension and leg press, Flex 45 deg leg press, hamstring curl, and standing calf raise machine, in addition to the smith machine. We also had ab/dductor machines. We also had no Starbucks. We had a Baskin Robin's though, that gave us free ice cream on certain nights.
@@ironman2326 rip, yeah that's about 4 years before they started bringing crossfit conex boxes on board. Squatting underway is a different ballgame. My stabilizers get hyper developed from the rocking of the boat. I take it they didn't let you guys do sprints on the hangar ramps at this time?
@@TW-fs3fjthat’s nuts. So you notice a benefit vs training on dry land? I’d love to hear more about that
@@TW-fs3fj I don't think so 🤔
I absolutely love this kind of content. You have evolved so much 💪🏻
Thank you for being humble.
You're the best out there Eugene. Bloody nice looking gym you got there too 👌
my primary goal for me is to do it the way that has the least chance of injury.
This might just be the greatest video ever made on fitness. Top 10 for sure 🙌
Like Bruce Lee once said, “Before I learned the art, a punch was just a punch, and a kick, just a kick. After I learned the art, a punch was no longer a punch, a kick, no longer a kick. Now that I understand the art, a punch is just a punch and a kick is just a kick.”
Eugene does it again - not just a fitness lesson but a life lesson to boot!!!
I love all of your videos but, this was an especially great video! Many “social media fitness experts” spew off all of this crap when all everyone is trying to do is learn how to performing exercises like the RDL. Thank you so much for keepin it real! We’re all in this together!❤❤🙌🙌🙌
3:55 brought a smile to my face. Hope his family are doing well.
I love that earth wind and fire was playing in the background in the clip of that 1 tutorial.
Great video. Really superb advice and delivered in a relaxed, soft spoken way. So refreshing from so many online body building experts who seem to be almost shouting and doing their best to present themselves as alpha males - so exhausting to listen to some of them, at times. Thank you for your wise words and for your relaxed style.
Is nobody else going to mention the fact that in the deadlift demonstration diagram shown at 0:44 there are human body parts in the cardboard box being lifted?
I love it, it’s metal AF and I totally dig it
Realest advice in fitness
I'm Romanian but I never knew the exact history of the RDL. Great video and great advice, the fitness industry has this ability to overcomplicate things and everyone tends to talk in absolutes. Cheers.
istvan hungarian so it is hungarian deadlift 🐴🦅🦅🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺🇭🇺🏹🏹🏹
@@men-om6ue crazy nationalist 😂
So you are Romanian. You will be dead (one day). And you lift assuming. You sir are a Romanian Deadlift
@@vmurgeanuHes not crazy. István is a Hungarian name, and the coach is Hungarian. There was hardly a “Romania” a few generations ago anyways.
@@Yarmox I know that, all of us can find information online.
I just consider nationalism stupid and narrow minded, we're all human beings. You go a few more generations back and there was no Hungary as well, they migrated from Asia. This is a pointless never ending conversation that sparks hate among ourselves. Peace
Single handedly keeping Polyphia's merch store profitable
Eugene once again providing a little common sense to the fitness debate. The topic I see the most concerns frequency. EVERYONE is beating the drum that you must train muscles frequently to get anywhere, and that anyone who does something different is objectively wrong. I'm not debating the science we've seen on the topic -- it makes perfect sense to train muscles frequently. However, personally, I've always trained every muscle roughly once a week for many years. It's fun, I make strength gains here and there, and it keeps me motivated, but if I mention this in any comments section I get blown up by people who are (probably) younger than me. 15 years ago, they were saying the complete opposite. Training is a personal journey that we want to do for a long time, and whatever keeps you moving forward is a win in my book.
I think people forget that they lift weights every single day, with their computer mice, having good or terrible posture, shoving clothes into the washer, etc. I guarantee there's things that people do every week or rarely whether or not they are aware of it. I play tennis infrequently, as many people do, and this is a weightlifting exercise too. I appreciate this comment. We can make muscle growth from many, many different workout cadences.
Stumbled across this while browsing. Good stuff! Very glad I found it.
Good vid. It is indeed a bit much when you have a bunch of guys saying 'STOP doing this (Every single exercise anyone has ever done)'.
Anybody who watches videos online needs to watch this video first. Great perspective
That's why I don't train anymore, no chance to get something to be suboptimal
Lmao
Cot damn that’s some quitter mentality.
You're optimally suboptimal. You broke the game!
Optimus prime?
The beauty of fitness is that everyone can benefit from multiple training methods.
The irony here is Eugene owes his success to all the social media work he's done. Fantastic.
Thank you for such a video! I've been on and off with weightlifting/working out in General and too often whenever I get back in to the swing of things? There is SO much saturation about whatever exercise(s) I'm looking in to with alllllllll sorts of (Somewhat) Nonsense from all walks of life. Even dieting.. it's Extremely hard to pick or choose Whichever (Diet or working out) without seeing the top comment(s) being tagged that suggest indifference, comparisons and even debates. Too often we're given these subliminal messages of "Do this" and it's absolutely ridiculous. I just wanna get on YT, look up a specific exercise, study how the person does it and go about my day while doing My Own examinations without seeing the next 20 videos comparing all sorts of nonsense.
My apologies for the rant! I appreciate the video! ❤
I love this. Also side note if this vid is slightly throwing some shade at the wannabe funny PowerPoint gorilla, I love it even more.
That Tom Platz quote about leg presses and "showy" exercises changed my leg days forever, grew my legs 2x more
I noticed recently that nothing is actually wrong as long as you're safe and injury free. Actually I'm building more functional strength and control lifting things in different ways, experimenting with offset loading, challenging my knees etc. In real life, many objects won't allow you to use the perfect form and technique. Instead, you need balance, explosive power, and flexibility
Earth Wind and Fire - September playing was the missing piece that gives that extra mind muscle connection🏋♂️
Congratulations, man, excelent presentation. As a content creator myself, I recognize quality when I see it. Sadly, not many of us are about truth as much as about views and fame. We gotta keep spreadin the truth.
0:24 cheeky switch out.
The shirt choices have officially made me a full on Eugene Teo fan
just who just got a home gym trying to go plus ultra love your vids big fan of how you express yourself and your personality very calm and wholesome thanks for your time
Mike Israetel did a great video on the Romanian deadlift recently that correlates well with this video.
Okay well this might be my favorite fitness video of all time. Ever. Period. Thank you Eugene❤
So philosophical uncle! Tnx for sharing
Doing this is killing your gainzz!!🤡🤡🤡🤡
Very true video, feel like a lot of beginners need to hear this message.
Good thing you used that nuance in the title of your video too.
Thats' true quality growth in your contents Eugene, love this
Eugene, you are starting a liberation wave pulling apart from the "perfect move or the perfect body". Perhaps because you can say with evidence that you have been there and done that that you have evolved into a higher meaning on your UA-cam channel. Bringing us all back to what suppose to be the purpose...work hard, be discipline, go for your goals and learn but see what works for you and have realistic expectations not the ones from perfect lighting and performance drugs.
In escense, being real is almost extraordinary nowadays and for that I appreciate what you are doing big time.
Cheers mate!
I think that passing heavy gas is quite crucial and useful.
Opening line :) Wow. Laughed really hard, so true.
Very well said. Only you know what works for you, and what doesn't.
You're right...and right above all is the concept of "less is more"...if you're a beginner, following the discipline, using a volume that prevents overtraining and eating enough macros will work PERFECTLY by using the simple machines at any gym.... Don't take risks where the benefits are not so great....
We didn’t have social media when I started lifting. We learned from the magazines and the guys that had been doing it before us . We learned what worked, what didn’t and if we needed to modify it.
Just train safely and consistently. Enjoy the journey. At 55 years old i love training more than ever.
I think if you're using a technique that utilizes your best point of leverage without injury then you should be good with any lift you do.
I agree. But sometimes you just want short answers without going through a too long journey.
needed to hear this, thanks Eugene
Appreciate your candor!
Yeah, if it gives the results you want, you are doing it right
In another video with an AAL shirt and in this one a shirt of Plini... Seeing a pattern here hahaha, we would be musical buddies definitely lol
Adam Ragusea once said that cooking social media has the same problem. Most things work, especially if youre not making an absolute mess of the technique, whether its a steak or an RDL
This is very bizzare timing :
- This morning I trained on one of Eugenes programs (Split Program)
- Was doing romanian deadlifts as it was posterior day,
- Did deaslifts a hell of alot heavier than usual, begins to question if I was doing it wrong 🤔
- Come home have breakfast, open youtube and this video is uploaded.
Finding what works for you is a daunting task and takes time and experiment. We're all built different and have various genetics. As you age, adjustments need to be made. Just remember, nutrition and rest are equally important.
Fantastic video Eugene and always bring a quality to your videos that I always enjoy. There is way tooo many "influencers" out there that really try to push their method is best.
No one ever mentions the single leg rdl which trains the entire leg, from the ankle to the hip, providing amazing benefits to both longevity and perhaps the most common squat issue people have, ankle mobility and stability.
The best advice I've gotten when it comes to training is doing what works for you. If you enjoy the optimal scientific based lifting that's been popularized on TikTok then do it but if you enjoy the more original hardcore Dorian Yates/Arnold Schwarzenegger style of training then do it. The only time you should switch up your training is when you need to correct your form or try out a different kind of exercise.
Love the Shirt.
Brule Lee 💪🏻
The video brought me joy,
thaanks mate
man this is why i love gene.
Hearing some well put, well thought out ,advice from a knowledgeable trainer, is what I came here for... And I got it. Thank you sir.
This is the best advice ever
Thanks uncle Eugene, I’ve learned so much about this fitness journey and I can tell that I wouldn’t imagine the effectiveness of your mindset style impact on my own journey.. thanks again, thanks so much. By the way congrats for your baby
Form, intensity, eat, rest, repeat. It’s that simple.
Everybody needs to see this video. It's real easy to get buried in all the info out here.
In the end what I did was choose to listen to a guy whose explanations made sense to me (Bald Omniman), and just follow his program. Been working out great so far.
Amazing job creating this important message through content.
Time has passed and things have changed, evolved...
As u have said, all experts are right and wrong at the same time. We have to adapt the exercise for each individual person and goals, so dont stick with only one exercise.