Make It Easy to Stick To the Gym!
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This is why I built a home gym. No excuses not to train! Coming up soon to 6 months straight without missing a workout
Same. Invested over 2k in it but it's paying off
I need the seperation never got anything done in a home gym 😅, been cranking away for weeks at a local strongman powerlifting gym
Hell ya bro goodjob
A home gym is good if you already have a workout routine. Too many people buy workout equipment and think the purchase of the equipment will make them want to workout, but for most the bench ends up being used for storage, and the weights just end up as heavy door stops or winter truck bed weights.
@@charliebaker1427bruh same here the home gym just doesn’t hit the same
A year of convenient and enjoyable exercise is better than two weeks of strenuous and vigorous exercise 💪🏻 do what’s repeatable
“A bad workout program done consistently is better than a great workout program done inconsistently”
@@MRM.98that’s not what’s he’s saying and in both cases ur wrong cuz going to the gym is better than not going at all, if you don’t want or don’t get big ur still healthy toned and look better than someone who doesn’t
@@MRM.98 It's way better to go to the gym and "not make progress" than to not go to the gym and lose progress
@@MRM.98Are you talking about muscular progress? Not everyone wants that. Some people just want to stay at a baseline and that's fine. It's not a waste of time. Going to the gym consistently to stay at your baseline is better than not going and deteriorating from lack of physical activity. A lot of people's only physical activity is done at the gym.
@@MRM.98 But some people just like going. It gets them out of the house. I would walk to the gym almost every day, just to stretch because I was cooped up at home. Just be mindful of other peoples experience. Don't judge them for their own hobbies after deeming them " a waste of time"
“You’re not good with challenge, Susie! You need to just get here” lives in my head rent free…. Every time I’m trying too hard his little voice comes in 😂😂😂
He’s so gentle with the advice he gives
I wouldn’t even call it gentle. I think its plenty hard to do what he’s saying to do. I would just call it realistic.
Gentle giant. Lol
@@mcmuinorac5848lol op is talking about how he's saying it
@@Nezzurahhuh? He’s 5’4 lmao
@@DrOrr wide giant? Mini mike? Lol
I just planned my workouts around when I was already having my showers.
‘Going to have a shower’ oh then why not spend 20-30mins working out before that shower. Helped me immensely in staying consistent. Quite literally no excuses would stop me from doing that, because very rarely would I not be able to fit that time in before my showers.
Damn, real talk. That's a great idea. Gonna do my dumbbell work out while I'm butt naked waiting for the shower to heat up.
Like me 😅
Oms I do this too hahah
Clever
real asf sometimes i time my runs so i can wash my hair right after that 😭😭
I work a night shift, done at 7am and go to the gym right after. That schedule makes me feel like I am achieving great things and I sleep like a baby when I get home after all that.
Do you block out all the light in the room since it’s day time? I would have to 100% in order to be nocturnal like that
@@JesseStevenTrumm3992 Yes! Especially when you are getting started. I used to wear an eye mask, earplugs, have blackout curtains and take melatonin in order to be able to sleep. Now my body is so used to it, I just have my curtains on..
@@dragandanicic4735 I can imagine an apocalypse starting outside or a war breaking out, bombs falling, air atrikes, shootouts, and you sleeping like a baby 😂
Nice one dude ! It’s cool you’ve got a routine like that sorted
I have the same schedule and do the same thing!
Dr. Mike got them Clockwork Orange eyes without even trying
I love that movie so much
Which dr
@@pelletrouge3032 Dr. Mike is Mikhail Israetel. Doctor Mike® is Mikhail Varshavski. Yes, he has a registered trademark on ‘Doctor Mike’.
@@pelletrouge3032 the doctor who is the main face of this channel...?
@@pelletrouge3032 there's dr. and doctor mike, unironically. mike + hair is doctor mike™ and mike - hair is dr. mike ☺️
The first thing i encourage everyone to do when it comes to forming new habits is to make it fun first. Doesnt matter if youre not doing 100%, you dont have to be like those who have had the lifestyle for 10years, start where you can start and dont make it hard. After a month or 2 itll become so much easier to stick to
I like that advice. I like to research the shit out of things first and then come at it with something that is a lot more optimal than it could be (not to the extent of looking for perfection right off the bat, but still). But yea that can just be too much when starting something, and too rigid.
Or you can, but make sure to allow for a LOT of flexibility, and still prioritise longevity through actually enjoying what you're doing. Being an absolute robot, is not great for longevity (generally).
Actually I think I have a new approach from this moment on... when starting something out, INTENTIONALLY don't approach it in the way that you know is more optimal, and then there's really no need to hold off on getting started with it lol (as far as that is concerned).
People that kept at it for 10 years are pretty much having fun like gotta most of them coz you can't get that invested in something that takes alot of discipline to do. Whenever i exit out i always tell the boys to enjoy themselves, i don't even say goodbye just enjoy so i probably sound condescending to some but i meant it.
@@BaconManBruh - That is an important insight. People think these individuals have this insane "will-power", but no, they're just doing what they enjoy doing, and so it just doesn't require will-power for them (or very little).
@@Siberius- If you enjoy what you're doing it stops being work and turns into a hobby. In every sport mood is important coz it gives you amazing stability and the lower your mood the lower you perform so it's really a big deal if you don't like what you're doing and you can always find something else about bodybuilding to enjoy like even if you don't like training what about the results seeing your body grow or the respect you gain for yourself or the attention you get from others so it's all a perspective kind of thing so there's always something to like from whatever it is you are doing but it will take effort to find it so giving it a chance is always worth it and that applies to alot of things in life.
@@BaconManBruh - I like that concept. I finding/identifying the different motivations for what you're doing.
Then just trying to make it fun is important. Doesn't have to be perfectly optimal or standard. My home gym set-up is very peculiar, because it's based entirely around how I personally like to train, which I just haven't seen anywhere else, but it's different and fun.
I just watched a number of videos about Kyriakos Grizzly on OmarIsuf, Martins Licis, and Jujimufu's channels. He does it very differently (due to injuries, but is incredibly strong).
Then also the videos with James Fuller on Jujimufu's channel (he knows a lot about old-time strongman, before standardised lifts and equipment existed, which is super interesting to see him do that and talk about that).
"If you enjoy what you're doing it stops being work and turns into a hobby"
Unless you actually make if your income JOB, because In practice that rarely seems to work out how people think it will. Once a hobby becomes your job, often all the fun gets sucked out of it, you ruin your hobby, and then it's just another job.
So it's often better to have a little bit worse of a job, and then have your hobby stay fun and something you want to do in your leisure-time. Still a far better situation than having a terrible job, though.
See THIS. This was halfway off the cuff and he still spits the most well thought out and put together logic that everyone needs to hear
For free.
How can something be halfway off the cuff?
Glazing harder than last time huh
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I think what makes it harder to stick to training is the fact that people have this idea that training means going to the gym , so if i miss a gym session ,i missed my training session, while it is true that gyms are ideal for training you can also train at home , bodyweight exercices can do just as good of a job as weight training if done right , plus why does ut even have to be a bodybuilding exercice, i noticed that this guy have a different notion for training, he considers judo a hobby / fun activity, and weight lifting is what he actually calls training, as if if you were to only play judo you're not healthy you still need to train, and that fascinates me!
Have a good day dear reader!
I think, as with most things, it depends on the person. I'm waaay better at sticking to training now that I told myself "2-3 times a week" instead of trying to schedule it to certain days.
I think it makes sense to do a bit of both.
For example I do 4x/week and I do it Monday Tuesday, Rest, Thursday Friday. Rest Rest
Sometimes that doesn’t happen though, and I’m okay with that. I try to keep the “pattern” going though, 2 on, 1 off, 2 on, 2 off, repeat. I’ve had times where my “day 1” of whatever week of a program i’m on happens on like a Saturday, Day 2 on Monday etc.
I tried to do 4 days a week and it made me miss loads of days so now I set myself a little calisthenics set up in my back yard and I'm training every morning never miss a day and feel better than ever
For how long have you been consistent with it?
I work out when I can and I go to the gym when I can. The time is not the issue. So far I am doing about it an hour a day 4 days a week. I am recovering from cancer and spinal surgery. I will regain what I lost.
Fuck yeah bro @@carmelopappalardo8477
If you want a home gym, you really only need to start with three things,
Dumbells:
They're going to be the most expensive, a very customizable double set works best.
A standalone pullup and crunch bar:
This will be the most difficult thing to store in your home.
A bench:
You really can just find an elevated and safe thing to lay on, but having one that can be in different position is great.
Yeah fr those are the essentials. For everything else, if it’s not too far, rather just go to the gym
This is exactly why I stopped weight lifting and started doing calisthenics and fight training. Even with a set schedule I would just loose the mental effort because I found it so boring. My knew schedule let's me always be active while being newly engaged everytime
Bjj is my only work out and for the same reason as you. Working out is boring. I get enough of a workout that I’m in better shape than any average person and it’s fun and mentally challenging too. I know strength training would make me better at it but I’m not a world class athlete so I’m okay with just using live rolls as my workout.
You know you can mix them all
@@nicksmith4808if you dont want to do it that means you need to do it more than anyone thats a bitch mentality “OHHH LOOK AT ME I AM A BITCH WHO CANT DO THINGS THAT I DONT WANT TO ” its called being a man and do things you are supposed to irrespective of how you feel and you need dicipline to do that that you lack unfortunately but dont feel bad i know you can do it may god be with you bless you my brother
if you dont want to do it that means you need to do it more than anyone thats a bitch mentality “OHHH LOOK AT ME I AM A BITCH WHO CANT DO THINGS THAT I DONT WANT TO ” its called being a man and do things you are supposed to irrespective of how you feel and you need dicipline to do that that you lack unfortunately but dont feel bad i know you can do it may god be with you bless you my brother
How do you doing your fighting training ?
To me I can never relate to how it is less convenient to start the most physically challenging part of your day (your workout) after a full 8-5 filled with things that are mentally draining. I need to get that workout done first bc when I’m done work I want that time 100% to myself to engage in socially rewarding activities.
I like to train last thing in the day, so I can just go home afterwards and relax.
I found this to be my best way into weight lifting, too ❤
I’ve been in the gym for ~8 years very consistently. I love training. I hate training in the morning and performance is almost always worse when I do. So I almost never train in the morning unless I need to. Simple as that.
Making my routine enjoyable is what’s made it possible for me to train so consistently for years :)
I have said this forever, consistency is king! It is orders of magnitude more important to be consistent than literally anything else. You can train in the most suboptimal way imaginable, and get better results than someone training in the most optimal way, if you are consistent and they are not.
5 days on and 2 days to rest and it fits my schedule perfectly 🙏💪🏼
Correct, consistency is always key
@@victorsoto4821 amen 🙏
I do it and feel very good, can evolve and recovery enough 👊
I do one day on, one day off.
So I’m Monday, Wednesday, Friday during the week, then I do Saturday for my weekend workout.
The best Moment for me was, when i decided to have a plan for my Next Training but no certain day…
I want to go 4 times a week, my Next Training is back. When am i gonna do it? Today? tomorrow? Maybe i can’t Go, then i‘ll go the Next day! The freedom was the Most important Part!
That is more true and realistic than anything I have ever encountered from anyone
The most articulate man in fitness industry
You definitely deserve more recognition for this!
He got a lot of recognition. This short is from the podcast with probably the most famous Dr. on UA-cam. Where do you live, under the rock?
It's a s3x bot@@unemployed_clown
The best progress i have gotten from the gym, came from literally just doing what i felt like doing. I love the stair master so id always do that, sometimes for a long time sometimes not. If i was feeling upper body id do that or if i wasnt maybe just do a set and move on to something else. I have a structure now but for that first couple months just doing anything was the best thing to do. I feel like people get a "chore list" for the gym and it doesnt last long for everyone. Thats how i was.
I used to go to the gym in the morning before work thinking I HAD to do it in the morning. I go straight to the gym after work now and it’s so much better for me. This is a great short
Prior to this year I always worked out after work and never realized that if I workout after 5PM I cannot get a good nights sleep.
Going to bed at 9-11PM and waking up at 5-6AM has been a game changer for me.
I want to do this but the gym is always PACKED after work. It’s hell
Or if you don't have much time then rather than not training at all train at home. Today I took my dumbells and did a hell of a chest/arm workout. I can do push ups at home I can do curls and some extensions with the rubber band. It's way way way better than skipping the gym altogether. I had a good chest pump and an amazing arm pump. I didn't have time to do back and shoulders and arms and cardio but I did this in half an hour and it was brutal and I gave it my all and I'm way better off now than I would've been had I not trained at all.
Recently read atomic habits and this is the whole book. Make it obvious, make it easy, make it attractive, make it satisfying. Thats how you build and stick to any habit
💯 if it isn’t scheduled it doesn’t get done
Schedule is horrible. I just get up and go whenever I feel like it.
@@janisir4529helps with consistency so much! I changed my mindset to work smarter, not harder, and to be flexible and I’m in the best shape I’ve been in 10 years.
Gym is on the way back home from work for me. It's perfect because the hour I take working out gives the rush hour a chance to die down before I finish my commute. Everything about this has been super convenient and it's finally helping me look better.
I’m lucky to have a gym next to my work, I’ve been going during my lunch break. This is the most consistent I’ve been to the gym in a long time
Truth!
Took me along time to stop making things complicated!👍🏻
There's the people who need to make time in their schedules to workout.. and there's the people who make it a lifestyle. Huge difference
So true, i used to follow Bodybuilder Workouts that were 1.5h+ and they didn’t fit to my fitness level nor my schedule. Now with 30-45min workouts they fit perfectly and are always fun, never been this consistent with my workouts
Early morning orkouts give you an energy for the day
The hardest part for me is getting over the initial barrier of the habit of being in the gym. I’ve been lifting on and off for 10+ years and so I’ve taken plenty of long breaks to focus on cardio/sports.
When I get back in the gym for the first time after a long break, something feels off about resting between sets and just being bored. But if I stick to it, after a few weeks of consistency, I’m way more in the moment, enjoying my music selection, feeling the burn of each set, and being in more tune with my body. And for some reason there’s less of a feeling of boredom because there’s less public anxiety and I’m able to just relax and reflect. It becomes very therapeutic.
Best advice ever. I got back in the gym at 34 after 10 years of laziness by telling myself to just go and only work out as hard as I feel like that day.
8 months later, 50 lbs down, still doing 4-7 days per week, even with 60-80 hour work weeks.
Am I going as hard as I was in February, my slow work month? No, but I'll go, even if it's just a forearm workout and 20 minute sauna session because I'm too tired to do a full workout
This dude so charismatic
So true. Glad my son told me about this channel
mike legit helped me to start to love weight training. and he taught me how to finally do it well enough too! idk if he even realises what he does for people sharing all his knowledge like this
Nothing more to say but "you the man". 50 year old trying to set the example for my boys. Having a hard time motivating myself but I'm going to get after it & your my guru. Thx man.
Consistency is king. Love how Mike understands it. Go when it suits you the most but the most important part is going!
After spending years in gyms I moved to the countryside and built a home gym. Invested so far about 5k and worth every penny. Home gyms are great IF you are already in a routine and know what you are doing and know your discipline. Going to the gym was best for me when starting out and keeping a routine. I love training in the morning it sets me up for the day
Eight years ago, after a body pain crisis and some friend deaths, I committed myself to workout three times a week no matter what. Monday was the only day fixed and sacred, because I had plenty of time on weekends, so that gave me four days to accomplish the third day. Never looked back. I'm 59 now and in the better shape of my life.
This is exactly what I’ve experienced. I often over complicate my workouts, and while it’s good that I’m trying to get the most out of it, it always leads to me getting burnt out quickly. I’d rather give 85% and be consistent than give 100% and dread working out/not have enough time
I really like the way he is realistic and moderate👍
It’s very true. Set a time and make yourself stick to it.
Tuesday's, friday's, and Sunday that's my workout days. It is Sunday and it's time to work out. Have a great day.
Find something you enjoy do and can gain a sense of mastery. That's why dancing is so great!
I love him so much, the only reason i have been able to set up healthy habits and get in shape. Slowly but surely.
Love that he said purposefully not purposely 👍🏻
Definitely the thing that really got me going to the gym is just going whenever the hell i wanted to. This obviously is NOT possible for everyone, but sleeping until you wake up and then working at home until you feel like taking a break and going to the gym is just yhe best shit in the world
Absolutely! Pushing yourself is good if you want to achieve a goal. But you have to start with a routine you enjoy. If you don't enjoy it, you'll quit. Consistency first.
THIS! I have just learned overtime that as long as I make my 3-4 meals a day and schedule 3-4 sessions a week in the gym and stay as consistend as possible was the recipe of success
Nice! Its nice to listen to intellectual people!
im 16 years old and started hitting the gym 6 months ago. i just go everyday even if i dont want to, i tell myself that im forced. its not motivation that makes me go, its discipline or the want to achieve a certain physique i would say. i think anyone can do it, stay sttrong yall 👊🏽
He's so kind
This is how I was able to start training consistently. I have a bench and dumbbells, that’s it. I just told myself to get into the area of the weights and put on my workout clothes. I told myself as long as you do a little bit that’s better than nothing. The first few times I barely did much, but the more I did it the easier everything got and eventually I actually wanted to do more. A tip that helped me is to find a good preworkout. It gets your energy up and you actually feel like exercising.
Adjustable dumbbells and a weight bench is a power combo for a cheap home gym set up
Dr. Mike ur commentary is always spot on!
It’s all so easy to maintain when you enjoy it!
Basically so long as your training, you're good and putting the body into good order. Enjoy it make it pleasurable and the mind won't use boredom to push you off.
*you're
I disagree with some things Mike says but for the most part this guy is an index of good knowledge. I also love that he is realistic in what he says.
My favorite is when people make excuses in advance. I'm a single dad with 3 jobs, and still do at least a little every day. 😅
I'm not better than the next person. I'm not letting excuses in my head, SUSIE. 😂
3 jobs?
Interesting.
Something that is easy for you may be hard for other people. It could be way harder for Susie to get out of the bed than for you do a full body workout. Due to mental/physical situation and genetic components.
@@coldjune_parallaxbut they should still be doing what they can if only making excuses it's still just that
The biggest thing that helped me years ago was to write everything down and track data!!! Through regular weigh ins, I saw the constant and never ending fluctuations. Despite being super disciplined and never changing every week, I would still be up 4 or 5lbs one week, down 7 or 8 the next. And 1s and 2s and maybe even some off weeks that screwed things up, but trough it ALL was loss of weight and building of muscle. It just takes TIME!!! Post its, an app, your calendar just stick with it!!! Scale Sadness/Depression can only get you THIS week and next week you'll be Euphoric!!!!!
Monday and Tuesday after work, Thursday and Friday before the school run are set in stone with exception for holidays.
This man is clearly making me rethink my journey for self improvement
To anyone on the fence or considering working out, I promise you will be beyond happy with yourself if you start it and keep it up. It will vastly improve your physical and mental health, I hardly feel like the same person at times. Start out as light as you want and when you're fine with doing that, turn the notch up a little bit and repeat. You can make it as easy on yourself as you want, there're no rules about how you have to workout just that you do is enough
Im not buying any excuses from nobody. Im almost 34 years old and as a construction worker i work my ass out there. I leave home at 6:30 return home at 18:30. I used to train when i was 20 to 23 then stopped. Got married and so on. Now i told my wife im back in. So when i arrive home 5 minutes later im sprinting like 2 kilómeters and hit the gym for 1h +. And it feels awesome to be doing that.
Its true, you have to schedule priorities until theyre habitual
I almost always go between 8pm and 1 am. My favorite time to go
I didnt get committed to working out until my coworker wanted to lose weight so i went with her to sign up and now that im paying for the membership i think to my self "shit im paying for it and canceling is a hassle might as well commit" going strong for a week now and no plans on stopping
Rocky Balboa Mentality keeping you big as hell
true
Rocky Balboa was a moron. I mean, they didn't even try to hide that fact in the films, but yeah.
People are actually dumb enough in real life to copy the drinking raw eggs thing.
It's so dumb because raw uncooked eggs literally only have _HALF_ the protein that cooked eggs do. So they're just throwing away their money, throwing away half of the potential protein they could be consuming down the toilet, by deciding to drink eggs (which is gross too) instead of just being normal and spending 5 minutes to simply cook them.
Cooking eggs (like cooking all food) essentially pre-digests it for us. It doubles the bio-availability of the protein in the eggs so that we get double the amount of protein from it than we would if we drank them raw, because the heat has pre-digested the eggs for us and so our body is just able to extract much much more of the protein from them.
This is why archaeologists consider the invention of fire to be one of the things that really kickstarted the evolution of our predecessor species, because now we could cook (i.e. pre digest) meat and veg and get WAY more nutrients out of our food as a result, meaning we got way more calories from them, and so we had enough calories to support big brains which take up a TON of energy to keep running, instead of having enormous digestive systems using up all that energy. Just compare humans to every other species of ape. All the other types of apes have way larger digestive systems than us human apes do, and much smaller brains. It's the fact we discovered fire and invented cooking that allowed our brains to grow huge, get as many brain gains and mass as possible, and not require such enormous digestive systems to be able to get enough calories and nutrients out of food anymore like the other ape species have.
Especially when it came to animal products like meat and eggs. It's the fact we began eating meat, and cooked meat at that, which is jam packed full of great nutrients like protein and fat and overloaded with calories compared to fruit and veg, that really helped our brains grow so big. Which isn't to say that it's wrong to be vegetarian or vegan, because that'd be a stupid thing to say, because modern day nutritional science means we know how to get enough of all nutrients and minerals and calories out of vegetables and beans etc, that you can be perfectly fine without meat these days. But yeah inventing cooking, and starting to eat meat, is what separated us from the other apes.
And yet despite all of that, the hundreds of thousands or even millions of years of evolution telling us that cooking food is a good thing, somehow there are modern day humans who are stupid enough that they actually think that it's a good idea drink raw eggs instead of eating cooked ones, and so they're throwing away both money and protein down the toilet, getting only half the protein from each egg as they would have done if they'd simply just cooked them like normal people.
Like, the character of Rocky Balboa is supposed to be a complete moron, and that's not some kind of secret, in the films. And yet people are dumb enough to actually copy the moronic behaviours of the moron in the films.
Rocky Balboa was a moron. I mean, they didn't even try to hide that fact in the films, but yeah.
People are actually dumb enough in real life to copy the drinking raw eggs thing.
It's so dumb because raw uncooked eggs literally only have _HALF_ the protein that cooked eggs do. So they're just throwing away their money, throwing away half of the potential protein they could be consuming down the toilet, by deciding to drink eggs (which is gross too) instead of just being normal and spending 5 minutes to simply cook them.
Cooking eggs (like cooking all food) essentially pre-digests it for us. It doubles the bio-availability of the protein in the eggs so that we get double the amount of protein from it than we would if we drank them raw, because the heat has pre-digested the eggs for us and so our body is just able to extract much much more of the protein from them.
This is why archaeologists consider the invention of fire to be one of the things that really kickstarted the evolution of our predecessor species, because now we could cook (i.e. pre digest) meat and veg and get WAY more nutrients out of our food as a result, meaning we got way more calories from them, and so we had enough calories to support big brains which take up a TON of energy to keep running, instead of having enormous digestive systems using up all that energy. Just compare humans to every other species of ape. All the other types of apes have way larger digestive systems than us human apes do, and much smaller brains. It's the fact we discovered fire and invented cooking that allowed our brains to grow huge, get as many brain gains and mass as possible, and not require such enormous digestive systems to be able to get enough calories and nutrients out of food anymore like the other ape species have.
Especially when it came to animal products like meat and eggs. It's the fact we began eating meat, and cooked meat at that, which is jam packed full of great nutrients like protein and fat and overloaded with calories compared to fruit and veg, that really helped our brains grow so big. Which isn't to say that it's wrong to be vegetarian or vegan, because that'd be a stupid thing to say, because modern day nutritional science means we know how to get enough of all nutrients and minerals and calories out of vegetables and beans etc, that you can be perfectly fine without meat these days. But yeah inventing cooking, and starting to eat meat, is what separated us from the other apes.
And yet despite all of that, the hundreds of thousands or even millions of years of evolution telling us that cooking food is a good thing, somehow there are modern day humans who are stupid enough that they actually think that it's a good idea drink raw eggs instead of eating cooked ones, and so they're throwing away both money and protein down the toilet, getting only half the protein from each egg as they would have done if they'd simply just cooked them like normal people.
Like, the character of Rocky Balboa is supposed to be a complete moron, and that's not some kind of secret, in the films. And yet people are dumb enough to actually copy the moronic behaviours of the moron in the films.
Man I watched both of these guys independently for a while before seeing them together now, it’s a freakin fever dream matchup. Wow. I love both Dr. Mikes 😊 ❤
I was always obsessed with the best routine, equipment or diet and once I finally realized consistency is king only then did I see progress. I eat protein heavy three times a day (usually around 120g) run consistently, simple body weight workouts daily and deadlift a kettlebell. Boom. No fancy gym membership, no crazy food supplements and only one piece of equipment that is relatively affordable and versatile. Seen better results in three months than in years of training in the past.
I was mostly working out, after work, after my kid goes to sleep, around 10pm-12am. Not my ideal schedule but what I was available to do....
I had an 8 pack and was completely shredded in 4 months. Consistency is key.
Yep!
I go 4 days a week - Mon, Tues, Thurs and Friday - at 8:30 in the morning.
I walk my son to school and keep walking to my gym. That gets me there at 8:30.
I skip Wednesday so I can have a rest day and so I can take care of a few things that ONLY happen on Wednesdays.
This works incredibly well.
Wake up call I needed. ❤
My mentality it just have fun there's no point in doing something you're not going to enjoy unless its out of necessity i enjoy working out i enjoy the feeling and the results
The coolest thing about bodybuilding is that it ISNT hardcore one-way-only. And you learn from one another, no matter what part of the journey you are in.
That’s why I have a home gym… if I feel like messing around a bit, it’s right there. If I go a week without due to life, I don’t think “Ughlululul my membership is wasting!”
Make it FUN FUN FUN… not a chore. I’ve struggled with that myself. I get driven to a goal to a fault from time to time and you have to enjoy it for those days when you’re not feeling it.
Definitely listening to my old bod when it comes to training.And my bod definitely prefers training later in the day.Way to stiff and slow in the morning at 63 to train in the morning.It’s sort of like my reward at the end of the day for me.I know.Strange.But I really look forward to my gym time.And I want it to be when my bod can best perform.And that is definitely in the evening for me.
He’s so enjoyable to listen to
Lol. "You need to just get here." That's me 😂
The art is not to make working out a hard goal to dread but to make it a regular simple task in schedule 🙏🏻
This last semester, me and my buddy added lifting into our schedule before our classes so that we would feel like it was just another part of our day.
I f*cking love this is being talked about.
I think it's the novelty that we're looking for
Consistency is 🔑
I have moved my gym time around dozens of times, each time for extended periods because a shift in my schedule. Started going in high school around 10-11pm. Now I go at 5am.
I personally like going at 9/10 at night, I work 12-8 and working out after is what gets me through my day
Love this guy.
When I put my gym time in the schedule, I go about 90% of the time instead of trying to “fit” it into my day. Love this bit of advice!
One of the best things i ever did was make my workout a part of my work day. I am bad at making time and going to the gym on a day off without someone to workout with. So instead i pack a gym bag before work and stop there on my way home. I work a weird schedule, where i alternate 3 and 4 day work weeks on 12 hour shifts. So no matter what im at least making it to the gym 3-4 days per week. Its not perfect but its a start. And if i pick up OT, im also going to the gym those days because its a part of my "work day" now. OT being extra money and an extra gym day is a little extra motivation for both
For me, i realized that i needed a workout that was fun and social. Working out alone in my basement was torture and i needed to force myself to do it. I joined a kickboxing gym and now i look forward to getting out of the house and seeing other people.
Here’s a tip that helps me. Go to the gym everyday at least plan on it so if you miss a day or two you still ended up going. Also on days you don’t feel like going but you have the time to go anyway. Force yourself to go when you really don’t want and every other day it’ll be easier to get the motivation to go.
During covid I mounted a bought a set of adjustable dumbbells (up to 42kg each) and an adjustable bench. Later I got a pullup bar for my ceiling, but a full workout is possible with just the dumbbells and bench.
I prefer to go to the gym for various reasons, but at the end of the day you have to make it convenient until it is such a part of you that you hate missing workouts. Then it is easy (IMO) to work out.
A great advocate, Dr. Mike I love you man
Put it on the calendar with all your other obligations 100%
This is so dam true, and it really comes down to diet. Just eat less and go walk. It's so simple.
The Mikes need an ongoing series like this, call it Dr.M² or Mike'n'Mike's. Enjoy watching these two together.
Do something you enjoy ! I do Muay Thai because it’s fun and I love it. It even motivates me to do other stuff like run and lift in order to perform better.
Nah growing up watching rocky had me pushing myself past limits I didn’t know I had😂 not backing down from the challenge
I have my own basic gym,but can't really do free weights much.
I have Full body Severe CRPS with Systemic and Central Nervous System Involvement, with a Anterior Tibialis Fascia Hernia. My right leg is not functional.
I trained everyday for 2 years..lol. 1 year of that twice a day. Lol.
I started doing high reps..whole body everyday. I had to overcome alot of movement disorders.
It has helped lots. I couldn't even move both legs in unison 4 years ago. Still have lots of tremors and spasms.
It's been a long haul.
Now I am working out 4 to 5 days a week. I have gained 30 lbs since I started to go heavy high reps. I am doing like 63-68,000 lbs of mass each workout.
I am battling burning and pain,rubbing sensation in my hands and skin. I wear gloves amd long sleeves to try reduce the negative sensations.
Challenge..I ain't NO Susie...lol