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Sled work: When I was younger I played on a pretty high level football (the real one, not the one where a "ball" barely touches the foot ;) and we did something like sled pushes almost every week. Bc of injuries I had to stop playing and stopped doing sled pushes. I still was able to go to the gym and doing that since 10+ years and did my squads and lunges etc. My muscles grew and I got stronger on the exercises in the gym, but my atheltic abilites decreased. With 19 I was running 100m in 11,1 second and on a good day I could dunk. I couldnt do that for a long time. Then I started to integrate seld work into my workouts and now I got a lot of this explosive power back, not like with 19, but pretty pretty close. Thats why I cant understand, why Mike hates the sled work so much. Would be nice to have a video about it, especially in comparison to kneesovertoe (who also trains top athletes), bc like that I have the feeling, that a great exercise is doomed not because its a necessarily bad exercise but bc Mike wants to hate hollywood. or maybe Im completely wrong and its just a strange correlation.
hey Dr. Mike, please make a workout plan for a Spyder Physique ( not the spyder man goddamn!!), sholders, arms and forearms for the torso dominant folks!! kiss in the ass
Dr Mike can we get some videos from your perspective as it pertains to Peptides. Not everyone can afford $2,000.00 a month for HGH … are there Peptides alternatives that are not as efficacious as HGH however better than nothing?
A blockbuster is when the line for a movie is so long that it goes all around the block. This first happened in 1975 for the film Jaws. Now that people buy tickets online and have assigned seats, blockbuster lines aren't common anymore, but we still use the term to convey fomo.
TY! We even use the term in Germany, even though we usually don't have blocks like cities in the US have. So I imagined it to be a metaphor about breaking bricks. But this makes so much more sense ^^
The funny thing about "primitive climbing sprints" is that it was literally featured in Rocky 4 as something high-tech that Drago was doing and that was the whole point of him doing them
@@sauromatae9728 u ever drink alcohol? eat junk food? well, some people would rather get YOKED at the cost of their health. at least u actually get something of value out of it, and not just fleeting pleasure.
@@sauromatae9728 just live longer or live healthier. In some cases it is needed for quality of life. And if your quality of life is getting jacked so you can make a realy good living of it. You can pro and con it. Who wants the 80 to 90 years where you can't do anything anymore.
Dr Mike thankyou for making me laugh , I don't do much of that lately, 44 years old got prostate cancer, got to have major surgery, had double sacrum fracture , then to find out I've got osteoporosis, your videos make me laugh daily and help me get through tough days , thanks buddy
8:51 I nerded out on isometrics for a while. isometrics are great for a variety of reasons. Specifically overcoming isometrics. The strength carry over is 15 degrees either direction so as long as you’re training 3 joint angles in isometrics you’ll have strength in the full range of motion. Also great for tendon strength/recovery if you’re doing longer holds 20-30 seconds at about 80% max effort. Overcoming isometrics is a great way to essentially max out with much less risk of injury since you’re not actually moving. They’re not great for actual muscle building if that’s your goal. But for strength it’s a great way to get stronger without getting bigger. Great stuff. Not taking anything away from dr Mike I just thought isometrics weren’t given the love they deserve. It’s a large topic and can be specific for some goals so I get why he criticized it here for Jakes goals in training. Much love ❤️
Bruh: the offset loading is DIRECTLY transferable to FIGHTING especially when you are picking men up & throwing them head first into the ground! Cease thinking about most efficient way to grow a muscle & start thinking about the application of your knowledge for different sport specific activities. Your foundations would be the squats both single & double leg, then lunges & step-ups during off-season, during camp you will still do the aforementioned but with greater emphasis & transferable techniques such as off-set lifts: Olympic Weightlifting; or squats, deadlifts, bench-press contrast training supersets, reflexive strength training, dynamic trunk control yes the aforementioned requires this yet you can improve this essential life movement more by focusing on it at the end of a workout. I hope this helps! Peace & Love!!!
He did recommend to spend some time in an mma gym, doing mma drills for those sport specific skill sets. I believe he was making the point that trying to get multiple benefits out of one activity can diminish the other possible benefits of said activity. At least that’s what I got out of it. He was definitely recommending both activities as optimal.
@@SrikanthReddy-nz6wu I think he was just saying that low effort sled work is pointless.. if you're going to get benefit from them you have to either move the sled quickly and/or go through full ROM
@@christiancapriotti6525Ya, you can't tell how hard someone is working on a sled based on the speed. You can push light weight fast or heavy weight slow and both will humble you. A few sets heavy sets of a 20 yard push followed by a pull will give you an unreal quad pump.
It didn't just "take a year" that was a year on top of the fact he was already healthy for his size and age. That's decades of being in decent shape and then one year of focus to reach a specific goal.
Yeah I haven't seen a ton of his films but I know he was jacked as fuck for a boxing movie like ten years ago so he strikes me more as a guy who's always generally in good shape and just cranks it up for some roles. Not some Chris Pratt esque body transformation workout.
It took a year from his standard walking around shape to prepare for the movie. Should they say "If Jake was in terrible shape and 50lbs overweight, it would take longer than a year"
@@donquias903 considering most of those men's health type celebrity workout videos are aimed at and primarily viewed by average people who are likely to be tricked into buying a subscription or product on the basis of the finished results on display, then yeah, it probably is disingenuous to not mention that he was already in shape and had previously been in absurdly good shape. There's almost no regular, non lifting adult on Earth who is going to look like Jake Gyllenhall here after only one year of training.
@@elliottengstrand5988 I get that, but tbf, it's disingenuous either way bc he's clearly on gear. We all know protein powder and whatever else they're selling aint gonna cut it.
Something important to note I think is that Jake already played a boxer before (Southpaw 2015). So it would be easier for him to achieve this physique and these fighting skills in one year. I’m not trying to downplay his achievement though.
And he starred in Prince of Persia before that in 2009 where he got jacked. And before that he starred in Jarhead which was released in 2005 where he also was fairly jacked.
As a schoolchild we had a trip to the "Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition... I am almost certain there was a heiroglyph of a safety squat bar in there somewhere.
oh how ive missed you these past couple months mike, lmao havnt been watching you just rotating through the youtubers but you always make me laugh or smile at life and the way you go about everything, thanks man
Only body builders who are afraid to get their heart rate up would talk down on a sled. It's an excellent exercise to build work capacity. Dr. Mike just have been high in this video.
I watched this movie for the first time with some friends. That scene where he takes off his hoodie before the fight was surreal. Everyone watching gasped at the same time. I sure didn’t expect him to look like that! Anyway, the movie was so much fun, my husband and I have re-watched it at least a dozen times.
Critique Arnold's workouts pls. Seeing as he's the main inspiration for a lot of people I'd like to see what your views are on his training regime, technique and other key points.
As someone who constantly works on shoulder mobility and stability... (4 dislocations and a broken clavicle in my past), It'd be great to have a whole video on this subject since you feel so strongly about it... 😂 And isometrics as well... 😮
Connor’s head and facial structure have grown substantially since his injury a couple years back. The skeptical among us might suggest it has exogenous origins.
If Conor is on gear that's some crappy gear. I'd expect better results for my money... Jake looks better than Conor and there's no dorks using the force saying he's on gear. He's been keeping his weight low purpously for years due to him fighting and cutting weight regularly. He's getting older (not just in age but miles on the clock) this makes it harder to keep weight low and Since the injury he's probably been lifting alot probably to keep himself from going completely insane through inactivity (debatable how successful it has been). He has probably also never been a big lifter until this part of his life becuase being a high level pro mma fighter takes a lot of time and most of that is skills and live sparring and supplimentary conditioning making up a small part of his overall training hours. So now he's a bit bigger and probably lifting regularly all of a sudden he is on gear?! He removed himself from the Usada testing pool for reasons only he knows. If I had to guess it would be that he had no intentions to fight during that period and therfore why subject yourself to constant testing at silly times and having to report your whereabouts to them all the time whilst in the testing pool. Plus he may have used growth hormone to help his recovery from a knarly injury. Staying in the pool is a bit unnecessary and intrusive if you have no intentions to fight. It's not rocket science.
hey doc, I agree with you completely BUT I will say that pulling and pushing sleds is excellent for helping strengthen your knees if you have weak ligaments (for example my injured MCL) and is a great first step to knee recovery, if that's your goal. But yeah, aside from that... I dunno.
What do you mean by "strengthen your knees"? There are no muscles in the knee. Do you mean strengthen the muscles which articulate the knee joint? Let's go with this assumption. If I want to strengthen my quads, post injury, are there exercises which target the quad muscles superior to the sled push? Yes, so do those and get a better result. This argument applies to all muscles when recovering. If you enjoy pushing a sled, then push a sled. It's an ineffective hypertrophy exercise but who gives a shit if you enjoy it.
@@danielkanewske8473 absolutely agree it’s not hypertrophic. I use it to help me recover from an MCL injury, and help me work my way up to other physical therapy exercises to increase my range of motion for that ligament (and others that surround my knee) as well as condition it to avoid future injury. If you’re interested in learning more, kneesovertoesguy has a few videos that go further in depth with the research and functions of the exercise. im no PT, nor do i have an education in sports science or anything, so i am way out of my depth on this. nor is this a hill i care to die on - its just something that has done absolute wonders for my knee pain.
@@danielkanewske8473 ehhh, nope. Plateaued on leg strength and mass for almost a year and didn’t want to put much effort in programming for more gains because I was happy with what I had. 415 squat, 605 deadlift plus a decent amount of machine work. Then my gym installed turf and brought in sleds. Lessened machine work and added pushing & pulling sled work, fast, slow, heavy, not as heavy, forward, reverse, pole handles, chains. In 3 months I gained 1.5 inches circumference mid thigh and 1 inch above the knee. The rest of my usual leg training didn’t change but RPEs felt a lot easier with squats and deads.
Would it be possible to get an educational video on instability training? Are there any contexts where it's useful? For example with either injured or deconditioned clients? Give me that juicy nuance.
So, I heard Dr Mike talk about muscle recruitment and stability a few times, but never really thought anything beyond it, other than "uh, ok, makes sense I guess...". But I recently started doing BSS's in the rack, with a bar on the j-hooks and used that for stability and voila! the difference it made was crazy! Mad how things like that, that you might not think to far into, can make a HUGE difference!
Thank you for the upload Brother! With the greatest of respect I have to disagree with your assessment of wrist muscle training. When you grip a bar as tight as you can & maintain that grip strength throughout: it generates a far greater neural drive then using wraps from the start of the lift. This also leads into other physiological cues for the correct lifting set-up take the squat as an example such as: shoulder alignment; latissimus dorsi stacked, stomach braced for intraabdominal pressure generation during the lift. Force of grip strength is important & needs to be considered as a main lift at some points during periodisation & as an accessory to make major improvements at other stages of periodisation. Consider the general muscle fibre type that the wrist muscle is composed of & factor in how this can be improved & why it will tire a long time after the shoulders or the latissimus dorsi if you have trained them correctly! As an analogy to prove you wrong: the heart walls are composed of cardiac muscles; so ting, yet they NEVER tire & stop functioning in a healthy human being, your wrist need work not just for strength but also for recovery whilst exercising so they can continue working at a high output which is what they are design to do e.g. tool making, precision & finesse all these things require ENDURANE ergo STRENGTH endurance. Now cease & desist ridiculing people training their body for all round Health & Fitness & not just hypertrophy & suggest how to do the former better in order to improve the latter!!! Peace & Love!!!
10:55 If you run into someone in the gym trying to train mid-back strength and shoulder stability, they're probably a baseball player. Deceleration of your arm post release occurs in the back of your rotator cuff and rhomboid muscles, given proper throwing form. Strength and stability in those regions can be critical to maintaining arm (and tendon) health.
Sled work: When I was younger I played on a pretty high level football (the real one, not the one where a "ball" barely touches the foot ;) and we did something like sled pushes almost every week. Bc of injuries I had to stop playing and stopped doing sled pushes. I still was able to go to the gym and doing that since 10+ years and did my squads and lunges etc. My muscles grew and I got stronger on the exercises in the gym, but my atheltic abilites decreased. With 19 I was running 100m in 11,1 second and on a good day I could dunk. I couldnt do that for a long time. Then I started to integrate seld work into my workouts and now I got a lot of this explosive power back, not like with 19, but pretty pretty close. Thats why I cant understand, why Mike hates the sled work so much. Would be nice to have a video about it, especially in comparison to kneesovertoe (who also trains top athletes), bc like that I have the feeling, that a great exercise is doomed not because its a necessarily bad exercise but bc Mike wants to hate hollywood.
Yea I agree. Sled work works. It’s also fun to change up the routine and do things that are different. I did sled work at a Muay Thai gym for a day of strength and conditioning and I thought it was a powerful training tool for my athleticism. It probably isn’t a good tool for hypertrophy since there are better movements to train legs. But when it comes to athletic training, working in the sled can challenge the body in different ways that you can’t get from barbell squats and deadlifts.
Sled pushes can be okay at the right weight and intensity, for developing power. They do not however promote much muscle growth because there is zero eccentric portion of the exercise. He usually ends up crapping on them in the videos because they do not do them correctly for what the purpose of a sled push would actually be.
His issue is people doing sled work when training for physique. Sled work is very useful if you partake in a sport where being able to explode in that motion is important. Such as, of course, football. But if your goal is a good physique, which is what should be the goal for all of these actors who have to get ripped to show off on screen, your time and energy would be better spent on other movements.
@@brycebaird8613 yeah the intensity is pretty shitty in most videos. since I started with the sleds I also would say my muscle grow, but maybe its because the strength from sleds translate to a bigger stimulus plus Im less fatigued (bc of the eccentric only sleds) and balancing out the fact that sleds have a low muscle grow stimulus compared to other exercises. man I wish I would have a Dr. Mike AI I can ask all the questions I want^^
Mike you criticize the sled work as not having much effect in this scenario but I’ve heard its benefits regarding knee pain from knees over toes guy I’d like to hear your opinion on his albeit specific training
Most people also forget that people like gyllenhall do sports almost their whole life. He was really fit in few movies. His transformation isn‘t actually made in 1 year, he just got in peak form within 1 year but he already had the muscles.
Mike I noticed you never like seeing people do sled work, I watch kneesovertoes guy and he claims the sled is one of the main workouts he used to help restore his knees, I also am beginning to get bad knees does the science support what the kneesovertoesguy teaches what are your thoughts
Please Critique " I Trained Like A Victoria’s Secret Model for 5 Weeks " by Michelle Khare. According to me the trainer there was spreaking a lot of nonsense and making up exercises which didn't make much sense. He is a famous celebrity trainer and runs his own gym. I checked his qualifications on his website and they were just some online certifications. He also wrote about using" MRI technology to study the body in motion " which does not make any sense at all. PLEASE PLEASE EVALUATE THAT VIDEO. I WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINION ON THAT QUACK
But how about isometric training for your core? To me that still makes a lot of sense. Though I do like doing calisthenics as well and for that in my opinion it's definitely neccesary to have isometric strength and endurance.
Totally agree. Btw,static L holds,lever and co developed my abs the most. Even after nearly 10y of heavy compound lifting and casual ab stuff. Imo i recommend the ab wheel,dragon flags ( dynamic ) and L sits+ front/backlever for sick abs.
Love your channel, Dr Mike! Just wanted to make the observation that for the “heavenly harps” comment you played air violin while a choir played in the background 😄 You multi-layered man, you!
Dr mike, You talked about when the body is off balance it recruits less muscle. If stability is reinstated rather quickly. Does the body instantly recruit more muscle. Best example I could give would be a football player being hit and knocked off balance and Reestablishing his footing and continuing to break tackles.
Agreed man, I met Rampage Jackson in Costa Mesa and he was opposite my manager, 245 6'3 60 years and still competes on stage. Rampage head alone dwarfed him.
Does dr mike think everyone should look like arnold in the movies? Does he think all nba athletes should be bench pressing? Imagine steph curry 300 lbs of pure muscle😂😂😂😂😂. Wake up dr mike. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He talks about specificity in the video. Given the actor had a hypertrophy phase, critiquing the routine with the criteria of hypertrophy is relevant. You may have been asleep while watching the video yourself.
11:30 what a dumb take lmao, what sandbagging? he is trying hard obviously its not goin fast when u have loaded it up this much. negative iq take by dr mike
Pushing a weight load that is so heavy than you are slower than a walking pace is just inefficient. He either needs to try harder or lower the weight to properly train sleds
As someone who does compete in Boxing, Jiu Jutsu and trains in MMA. I can say I actually do like the movie, like a lot! It’s not Good Will Hunting or Dead Poets Society BUT it is a movie you can turn your mind off to, if you’re only there for Good Music, GREAT Fights and a Western, then you’re in a damn good place!
New viewer, first commenter, former massage therapist/chiropractic assistant here. 1. I LOVE your hot takes on this shit. Your perspective is a breath of fresh air. 2. You sound like a god damn tourist. It’s pronounced nuhv-ADD-uh. Not Na-vah-Duh. 3. Seriously I am glad to have access to this content. You and your team are up there with Huberman in my book. Hit me up when your in Vegas and I’ll get you some tickets….can you do that? I have no idea how any of this Internet shit works. Hopefully I get stopped by creepers that want tickets now. 😂
I started lifting because my physio and doctor recommended I do rows for shoulder stability. It was a suspected tear but scans came back clear! I know this is a very rare case but it's absolutely why I'm a serial rower
I am getting Versa grips from a guy at the gym (has a contact there). I’m so excited as the 3 other types haven’t really been that great. I’ve heard you guys rave about them so I’m super excited!
Since no one is mentioning it, I'll say it: it was a really good movie for 2024. Felt like something out of the 90s, that's for sure. And had more overall charisma than when the Rock did similar projects in the mid-2000s. I really enjoyed it. Conor is fucking hilarious as well, like a hyper-real version of himself.
Dr. Mike videos make me laugh my a$$ off. Every time I'm going in thinking it's a serious breakdown (and IT IS) but the lines he drops are just comedy gold. Much love Dr. Mike.
Sled pushes are absolutely great for athletic development. They have decent carryover to sprints but are less taxing on joints, and they build overall power output. There’s a reason so many athletes utilize sled pushes. As for training work capacity, it’s always possible to treat it like a cardio movement, though I think jogging or cycling would probably be safer for that purpose. With regards to grip training, I could totally see how forearm training could reduce the risk of overuse injuries from fighting movements. Many boxers/UFC/MMA fighters run into elbow and wrist injuries from repetitive punching, and strong forearms (not just big - strong on certain movement patterns) can really help reduce pressure on the connective tissue. I mostly agree about the offset-loaded lunges, but I can also see the utility of having a combat sport athlete do these for the purpose of training obliques, which are very active in rotational movements (such as throwing a punch). What it comes down to is that Jake Gyllenhaal was training to be an MMA fighter for his role, not a bodybuilder. It kinda makes sense considering how much money the studio would lose if he got injured doing a stunt and shooting got delayed. All in all, this is a pretty good training program for someone training to fight, albeit with room to improve I’m sure.
I would really love it if you guys could create more videos on athletic performance. Many UA-cam coaches still recommend sled work and isometrics for increasing jump height.
I love working out this way💜never been in prison ;) but it always just resonated to hold a pose till my muscles start shaking 🎉feels amazing !!! You can get addicted to working out and I say what a great thing to be addicted to! I truly love it and people look at me like what the F😂😂😂the gym is my playground plus checking out all the muscles in action 👁️nice nice i
The other thing you should know about Jake is that he is the inspiration for the song all too well by Taylor Swift and it shreds him to pieces. I was surprised no one mentioned it before
Ohh yeah baby. We all were Waiting for this day when dr mike will critique jake Gyllenhaal's workout routine for his latest movie roadhouse. I love it!
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4:09 into this video, Mike, your Harp looks like a Violin. How dare you :P lol
Sled work:
When I was younger I played on a pretty high level football (the real one, not the one where a "ball" barely touches the foot ;) and we did something like sled pushes almost every week. Bc of injuries I had to stop playing and stopped doing sled pushes. I still was able to go to the gym and doing that since 10+ years and did my squads and lunges etc. My muscles grew and I got stronger on the exercises in the gym, but my atheltic abilites decreased. With 19 I was running 100m in 11,1 second and on a good day I could dunk. I couldnt do that for a long time. Then I started to integrate seld work into my workouts and now I got a lot of this explosive power back, not like with 19, but pretty pretty close. Thats why I cant understand, why Mike hates the sled work so much. Would be nice to have a video about it, especially in comparison to kneesovertoe (who also trains top athletes), bc like that I have the feeling, that a great exercise is doomed not because its a necessarily bad exercise but bc Mike wants to hate hollywood. or maybe Im completely wrong and its just a strange correlation.
hey Dr. Mike, please make a workout plan for a Spyder Physique ( not the spyder man goddamn!!), sholders, arms and forearms for the torso dominant folks!! kiss in the ass
Dr Mike can we get some videos from your perspective as it pertains to Peptides. Not everyone can afford $2,000.00 a month for HGH … are there Peptides alternatives that are not as efficacious as HGH however better than nothing?
04:11 "the angelic harps are playing" >makes violin motion >sound effect is a choir
Omfg 😂
can't help with the choir part but there are bow harps, my guy, and by my guy, i mean never my guy
@@JabbaSlugr u ok
You gotta shock your senses and perceptions, not just the muscles! Hahahah 🤣
"He looks like he's enslaved by the ottoman empire" has to be a top 10 statement of all time
A blockbuster is when the line for a movie is so long that it goes all around the block. This first happened in 1975 for the film Jaws. Now that people buy tickets online and have assigned seats, blockbuster lines aren't common anymore, but we still use the term to convey fomo.
TY! We even use the term in Germany, even though we usually don't have blocks like cities in the US have. So I imagined it to be a metaphor about breaking bricks. But this makes so much more sense ^^
The reserved seating in theaters is the best thing for movies since color.
@@User-54631 streaming is the best thing for movies, because people fucking suck.
Didn't this movie go straight to Amazon Prime?
@@Prymul👌🏻👌🏻
The funny thing about "primitive climbing sprints" is that it was literally featured in Rocky 4 as something high-tech that Drago was doing and that was the whole point of him doing them
I swear Men's Health had been a fake natty content creator before social media even existed.
Exactly! No doubt about that.
Why would anybody who is not competing or getting tested need to stay natural?
@@User-54631 to live longer obviously
@@sauromatae9728 u ever drink alcohol? eat junk food? well, some people would rather get YOKED at the cost of their health. at least u actually get something of value out of it, and not just fleeting pleasure.
@@sauromatae9728 just live longer or live healthier. In some cases it is needed for quality of life. And if your quality of life is getting jacked so you can make a realy good living of it. You can pro and con it. Who wants the 80 to 90 years where you can't do anything anymore.
I love your channel, I’ve learned so much about hypertrophy, correct form, “stretch” , athletic load, slow unload .. I’m almost ready to visit a gym.
All I can hear is Peter Griffins voice "Roadhouse"
Roadhoushe😂
Holy crap Lois this training is worse than the movie
You must live in kakapoopoopeepeeshire.
House....roadhouse...that too...
I love it my girlfriend kickshit and says road house I die every time
Scott the video guy's workout routine when? Dude must be shredded AF
Dr Mike thankyou for making me laugh , I don't do much of that lately, 44 years old got prostate cancer, got to have major surgery, had double sacrum fracture , then to find out I've got osteoporosis, your videos make me laugh daily and help me get through tough days , thanks buddy
I wish you a speedy recovery.
Wishing you some better days ahead man. Hang in there
Wish you well
Wishing you well Matt, all the best & hope you have better days ahead of you!
God Bless you Sir 🎉
8:51 I nerded out on isometrics for a while. isometrics are great for a variety of reasons. Specifically overcoming isometrics. The strength carry over is 15 degrees either direction so as long as you’re training 3 joint angles in isometrics you’ll have strength in the full range of motion. Also great for tendon strength/recovery if you’re doing longer holds 20-30 seconds at about 80% max effort. Overcoming isometrics is a great way to essentially max out with much less risk of injury since you’re not actually moving. They’re not great for actual muscle building if that’s your goal. But for strength it’s a great way to get stronger without getting bigger. Great stuff. Not taking anything away from dr Mike I just thought isometrics weren’t given the love they deserve. It’s a large topic and can be specific for some goals so I get why he criticized it here for Jakes goals in training. Much love ❤️
I think Dr. Mike would really like reacting to Physical 100’s quests and challenges
Oh yeah!
Yea!!!
@drmike doooo itttt
Fucking agree!
Yooooo, incredible idea
Bruh: the offset loading is DIRECTLY transferable to FIGHTING especially when you are picking men up & throwing them head first into the ground! Cease thinking about most efficient way to grow a muscle & start thinking about the application of your knowledge for different sport specific activities. Your foundations would be the squats both single & double leg, then lunges & step-ups during off-season, during camp you will still do the aforementioned but with greater emphasis & transferable techniques such as off-set lifts: Olympic Weightlifting; or squats, deadlifts, bench-press contrast training supersets, reflexive strength training, dynamic trunk control yes the aforementioned requires this yet you can improve this essential life movement more by focusing on it at the end of a workout.
I hope this helps!
Peace & Love!!!
He did recommend to spend some time in an mma gym, doing mma drills for those sport specific skill sets. I believe he was making the point that trying to get multiple benefits out of one activity can diminish the other possible benefits of said activity. At least that’s what I got out of it. He was definitely recommending both activities as optimal.
My dream? To have my work out reviewed - “Exercise scientist critiques a defeated dad’s workout”
I don’t see why you can’t make a little video and send it to him. I’d watch him “tear you a new asshole”
- a fellow Defeated Dad
I want to see him critique your workout
Defeated dad😂
To the top
I’ve done that one too
Mike should give a look at ATG and their exercises for joint health. Sleds are, according to them, one of the best ways to strengthen knees
I personally love sled work so felt attacked by Dr. Mike lol
100% what I was thinking when he started talking about sleds
@@SrikanthReddy-nz6wu I think he was just saying that low effort sled work is pointless.. if you're going to get benefit from them you have to either move the sled quickly and/or go through full ROM
@@michaelmcdonald1620 That looked like a fuck ton of weight on the sled though.
@@christiancapriotti6525Ya, you can't tell how hard someone is working on a sled based on the speed. You can push light weight fast or heavy weight slow and both will humble you. A few sets heavy sets of a 20 yard push followed by a pull will give you an unreal quad pump.
It didn't just "take a year" that was a year on top of the fact he was already healthy for his size and age. That's decades of being in decent shape and then one year of focus to reach a specific goal.
Yeah I haven't seen a ton of his films but I know he was jacked as fuck for a boxing movie like ten years ago so he strikes me more as a guy who's always generally in good shape and just cranks it up for some roles. Not some Chris Pratt esque body transformation workout.
It took a year from his standard walking around shape to prepare for the movie. Should they say "If Jake was in terrible shape and 50lbs overweight, it would take longer than a year"
@@donquias903 considering most of those men's health type celebrity workout videos are aimed at and primarily viewed by average people who are likely to be tricked into buying a subscription or product on the basis of the finished results on display, then yeah, it probably is disingenuous to not mention that he was already in shape and had previously been in absurdly good shape. There's almost no regular, non lifting adult on Earth who is going to look like Jake Gyllenhall here after only one year of training.
@@elliottengstrand5988 I get that, but tbf, it's disingenuous either way bc he's clearly on gear. We all know protein powder and whatever else they're selling aint gonna cut it.
Right! And he was jacked in Southpaw (2015) too.
Something important to note I think is that Jake already played a boxer before (Southpaw 2015). So it would be easier for him to achieve this physique and these fighting skills in one year. I’m not trying to downplay his achievement though.
And he starred in Prince of Persia before that in 2009 where he got jacked. And before that he starred in Jarhead which was released in 2005 where he also was fairly jacked.
I dont think ive ever seen him in a role not jacked. He's a super fit man
@@Ruthun92 Donnie Darko perhaps? He was just slim at that point being around 20. He wasn't that jacked in Nightcrawler either.
He definitely wasn't jacked in Bubble Boy.
@@markvanpopering4598What are you talking about? Bubble boy would smash us all.
Just wanna say that I love the 18.5 : 9 ratio you are using, cause that's perfect for phones!
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22:10 Currently going down the aforementioned RP k-hole, and I'm loving every minute of it.
Hood been waitin’ for this one
On hood
After another UA-camr did it and all I heard was “everything he did was perfect and beautiful” I needed the Dr. Mike version
I requested this in the comments a few weeks ago...Nice to see this...Thanks for posting
Men's Health also has a video from a few weeks ago covering Alan Ritchson's (the Reacher actor) routine in his home gym, do that one!!!! :)
His is pretty good actually, he’s open about his goals and his ped usage
@@pucebracelet2214sure, if “open” is “I was natty for the first season and just trt for the second” lmao
@@FitFatFityou know he only does rabies for the extra edge 😎
@@FitFatFitthat guy had good genetics it could possibly be only trt but not just for season 2 that’s bs. Strongly think it’s anabolic too but no proof
You mean Thad Castle?
As a schoolchild we had a trip to the "Gold of the Pharaohs" exhibition... I am almost certain there was a heiroglyph of a safety squat bar in there somewhere.
The human drawn ploughs look almost exactly like a safety squat bar. It's a mechanically efficient way to reduce injury risk at high axial load.
Lots of sled work
oh how ive missed you these past couple months mike, lmao havnt been watching you just rotating through the youtubers but you always make me laugh or smile at life and the way you go about everything, thanks man
On sled pushing: It's great training for pushing a double stroller laden with baby, toddler, and groceries over cobblestones.
Only body builders who are afraid to get their heart rate up would talk down on a sled. It's an excellent exercise to build work capacity. Dr. Mike just have been high in this video.
Or pushing a power wheel with a dead battery and four kids
I watched this movie for the first time with some friends. That scene where he takes off his hoodie before the fight was surreal. Everyone watching gasped at the same time. I sure didn’t expect him to look like that! Anyway, the movie was so much fun, my husband and I have re-watched it at least a dozen times.
I've started to wonder if Hollywood is using filters to cheat actors' proportions just like folks can on social media
Just wanted to give props to the new editing style and improved set up. Glad you expanded your lens width too lol. Looks and sounds so amazing! 🎉
i LOVED the editing in the video!
Have been waiting for you guys to cover this ever since I saw it. Great work as always, mike.
Critique Arnold's workouts pls. Seeing as he's the main inspiration for a lot of people I'd like to see what your views are on his training regime, technique and other key points.
This is the most positive review I've seen Dr. Mike give!
Was eagerly waiting for this! 🍿
As someone who constantly works on shoulder mobility and stability... (4 dislocations and a broken clavicle in my past), It'd be great to have a whole video on this subject since you feel so strongly about it... 😂
And isometrics as well... 😮
Totally here for that shoulder stability advice after an AC tear.
Agreed
sincerely,
Rock Climber* w/zero history of shoulder injury
*in fairness, not a great rock climber
Yeah team fractured collarbone!
@hellfish2309 the grip part of this video too... Most rock climbers can pinch 60lbs 😆
Connor’s head and facial structure have grown substantially since his injury a couple years back. The skeptical among us might suggest it has exogenous origins.
I'm skeptical. 😂
the guy blew up like 30lbs of muscle. Ofc hes on steroids, why would that even be debated? He pulled out of the testing pool ffs.
@@BigronnieTriceps He hasn't put anything even remotely close to 30 lbs of muscle on. People just pull numbers out of nowhere to make a point.
Go watch Derek's natty or not on Connor
If Conor is on gear that's some crappy gear. I'd expect better results for my money... Jake looks better than Conor and there's no dorks using the force saying he's on gear. He's been keeping his weight low purpously for years due to him fighting and cutting weight regularly. He's getting older (not just in age but miles on the clock) this makes it harder to keep weight low and Since the injury he's probably been lifting alot probably to keep himself from going completely insane through inactivity (debatable how successful it has been). He has probably also never been a big lifter until this part of his life becuase being a high level pro mma fighter takes a lot of time and most of that is skills and live sparring and supplimentary conditioning making up a small part of his overall training hours.
So now he's a bit bigger and probably lifting regularly all of a sudden he is on gear?! He removed himself from the Usada testing pool for reasons only he knows.
If I had to guess it would be that he had no intentions to fight during that period and therfore why subject yourself to constant testing at silly times and having to report your whereabouts to them all the time whilst in the testing pool. Plus he may have used growth hormone to help his recovery from a knarly injury. Staying in the pool is a bit unnecessary and intrusive if you have no intentions to fight.
It's not rocket science.
hey doc, I agree with you completely BUT I will say that pulling and pushing sleds is excellent for helping strengthen your knees if you have weak ligaments (for example my injured MCL) and is a great first step to knee recovery, if that's your goal.
But yeah, aside from that... I dunno.
What do you mean by "strengthen your knees"? There are no muscles in the knee. Do you mean strengthen the muscles which articulate the knee joint? Let's go with this assumption. If I want to strengthen my quads, post injury, are there exercises which target the quad muscles superior to the sled push? Yes, so do those and get a better result. This argument applies to all muscles when recovering. If you enjoy pushing a sled, then push a sled. It's an ineffective hypertrophy exercise but who gives a shit if you enjoy it.
@@danielkanewske8473 absolutely agree it’s not hypertrophic. I use it to help me recover from an MCL injury, and help me work my way up to other physical therapy exercises to increase my range of motion for that ligament (and others that surround my knee) as well as condition it to avoid future injury.
If you’re interested in learning more, kneesovertoesguy has a few videos that go further in depth with the research and functions of the exercise. im no PT, nor do i have an education in sports science or anything, so i am way out of my depth on this. nor is this a hill i care to die on - its just something that has done absolute wonders for my knee pain.
@@danielkanewske8473Sleds are not ineffective for hypertrophy. Where do y'all come up with this nonsense?
@@danielkanewske8473 ehhh, nope. Plateaued on leg strength and mass for almost a year and didn’t want to put much effort in programming for more gains because I was happy with what I had. 415 squat, 605 deadlift plus a decent amount of machine work. Then my gym installed turf and brought in sleds. Lessened machine work and added pushing & pulling sled work, fast, slow, heavy, not as heavy, forward, reverse, pole handles, chains. In 3 months I gained 1.5 inches circumference mid thigh and 1 inch above the knee. The rest of my usual leg training didn’t change but RPEs felt a lot easier with squats and deads.
Not only do I absolutely love this man’s knowledge and respect it. He makes me absolutely geek tf out. 😂💪
Been waiting on this one
I’m so glad you guys are sponsored by versa now. I have been using my for a decade!
Would it be possible to get an educational video on instability training? Are there any contexts where it's useful? For example with either injured or deconditioned clients? Give me that juicy nuance.
Dr.Mike u crack me up,& know ur stuff bro. Respect.
I'm still paying child support for the last time I came this early!
How not a top comment 😭😂
So, I heard Dr Mike talk about muscle recruitment and stability a few times, but never really thought anything beyond it, other than "uh, ok, makes sense I guess...". But I recently started doing BSS's in the rack, with a bar on the j-hooks and used that for stability and voila! the difference it made was crazy! Mad how things like that, that you might not think to far into, can make a HUGE difference!
Nice sweater Mike.
Thank you for the upload Brother! With the greatest of respect I have to disagree with your assessment of wrist muscle training. When you grip a bar as tight as you can & maintain that grip strength throughout: it generates a far greater neural drive then using wraps from the start of the lift. This also leads into other physiological cues for the correct lifting set-up take the squat as an example such as: shoulder alignment; latissimus dorsi stacked, stomach braced for intraabdominal pressure generation during the lift.
Force of grip strength is important & needs to be considered as a main lift at some points during periodisation & as an accessory to make major improvements at other stages of periodisation. Consider the general muscle fibre type that the wrist muscle is composed of & factor in how this can be improved & why it will tire a long time after the shoulders or the latissimus dorsi if you have trained them correctly! As an analogy to prove you wrong: the heart walls are composed of cardiac muscles; so ting, yet they NEVER tire & stop functioning in a healthy human being, your wrist need work not just for strength but also for recovery whilst exercising so they can continue working at a high output which is what they are design to do e.g. tool making, precision & finesse all these things require ENDURANE ergo STRENGTH endurance.
Now cease & desist ridiculing people training their body for all round Health & Fitness & not just hypertrophy & suggest how to do the former better in order to improve the latter!!!
Peace & Love!!!
Conor is built in this movie as if Wolverine leaped right off the comic book pages.
I spend more time watching these videos everyday than training, thank you Dr!
I almost thought that was Bane at 9:01
Oh shit, first time I’m like Dr. Mike, WTF!?!? Pushing a sled should be the real king of exercises.
Sled work is great still not sure why he’s hating on it
10:55 If you run into someone in the gym trying to train mid-back strength and shoulder stability, they're probably a baseball player. Deceleration of your arm post release occurs in the back of your rotator cuff and rhomboid muscles, given proper throwing form. Strength and stability in those regions can be critical to maintaining arm (and tendon) health.
Sled work:
When I was younger I played on a pretty high level football (the real one, not the one where a "ball" barely touches the foot ;) and we did something like sled pushes almost every week. Bc of injuries I had to stop playing and stopped doing sled pushes. I still was able to go to the gym and doing that since 10+ years and did my squads and lunges etc. My muscles grew and I got stronger on the exercises in the gym, but my atheltic abilites decreased. With 19 I was running 100m in 11,1 second and on a good day I could dunk. I couldnt do that for a long time. Then I started to integrate seld work into my workouts and now I got a lot of this explosive power back, not like with 19, but pretty pretty close. Thats why I cant understand, why Mike hates the sled work so much. Would be nice to have a video about it, especially in comparison to kneesovertoe (who also trains top athletes), bc like that I have the feeling, that a great exercise is doomed not because its a necessarily bad exercise but bc Mike wants to hate hollywood.
I think he was more critical of the way it was being done, than the exercise selection by itself
Yea I agree. Sled work works. It’s also fun to change up the routine and do things that are different. I did sled work at a Muay Thai gym for a day of strength and conditioning and I thought it was a powerful training tool for my athleticism. It probably isn’t a good tool for hypertrophy since there are better movements to train legs. But when it comes to athletic training, working in the sled can challenge the body in different ways that you can’t get from barbell squats and deadlifts.
Sled pushes can be okay at the right weight and intensity, for developing power. They do not however promote much muscle growth because there is zero eccentric portion of the exercise.
He usually ends up crapping on them in the videos because they do not do them correctly for what the purpose of a sled push would actually be.
His issue is people doing sled work when training for physique. Sled work is very useful if you partake in a sport where being able to explode in that motion is important. Such as, of course, football. But if your goal is a good physique, which is what should be the goal for all of these actors who have to get ripped to show off on screen, your time and energy would be better spent on other movements.
@@brycebaird8613 yeah the intensity is pretty shitty in most videos.
since I started with the sleds I also would say my muscle grow, but maybe its because the strength from sleds translate to a bigger stimulus plus Im less fatigued (bc of the eccentric only sleds) and balancing out the fact that sleds have a low muscle grow stimulus compared to other exercises. man I wish I would have a Dr. Mike AI I can ask all the questions I want^^
aye congratulations on the versa grip sponsorship dr mike!
I was waiting for this
Finally a Versa Grip sponsor after praising them for so long? Good for you! Good for them! Good for everyone!
As a rock climber, grip absolutely is a limiting factor at times. As such it can't be ignored
Yes, but is Jake Gyllenhaal a rock climber?
but Point Break, not Road House, was the rock climbing movie
@@DonkeyPopsicleI thought that was the surfers that robbed banks movie
@@usurper1991 right, I must be thinking of Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
@@lecobra418is he a body builder?
I’ve been waiting for this one 😊
Besides having a big head,Connor also has some big wrist and fists. Those things look like sledgehammers compared to Jake's dainty palms.
Edit quality is 11/10. Great work STVG!
You went to a lesbian college?
"The fight would be over right there" true wisdom there 😊
Mike you criticize the sled work as not having much effect in this scenario but I’ve heard its benefits regarding knee pain from knees over toes guy I’d like to hear your opinion on his albeit specific training
Most people also forget that people like gyllenhall do sports almost their whole life. He was really fit in few movies. His transformation isn‘t actually made in 1 year, he just got in peak form within 1 year but he already had the muscles.
We need Kneesovertoesguy video
Mike should be a stand up comic. He's so smooth and quick with his quips and comments.
Dr. Mike's a stud.....perfect fusion of both worlds. Geek Science - Bro Science. Gotta luv the dude.
Love & Respect_________mykey from toronto
Mike I noticed you never like seeing people do sled work, I watch kneesovertoes guy and he claims the sled is one of the main workouts he used to help restore his knees, I also am beginning to get bad knees does the science support what the kneesovertoesguy teaches what are your thoughts
ignore this fake dr mike whos not even a real doctor he talks nonsense for views
Please Critique " I Trained Like A Victoria’s Secret Model for 5 Weeks " by Michelle Khare. According to me the trainer there was spreaking a lot of nonsense and making up exercises which didn't make much sense. He is a famous celebrity trainer and runs his own gym. I checked his qualifications on his website and they were just some online certifications. He also wrote about using" MRI technology to study the body in motion " which does not make any sense at all.
PLEASE PLEASE EVALUATE THAT VIDEO. I WANT TO KNOW YOUR OPINION ON THAT QUACK
But how about isometric training for your core? To me that still makes a lot of sense. Though I do like doing calisthenics as well and for that in my opinion it's definitely neccesary to have isometric strength and endurance.
Totally agree. Btw,static L holds,lever and co developed my abs the most. Even after nearly 10y of heavy compound lifting and casual ab stuff.
Imo i recommend the ab wheel,dragon flags ( dynamic ) and L sits+ front/backlever for sick abs.
Love your channel, Dr Mike! Just wanted to make the observation that for the “heavenly harps” comment you played air violin while a choir played in the background 😄 You multi-layered man, you!
Jake Gyllenhall keeping you big as hell
Dr mike, You talked about when the body is off balance it recruits less muscle. If stability is reinstated rather quickly. Does the body instantly recruit more muscle.
Best example I could give would be a football player being hit and knocked off balance and Reestablishing his footing and continuing to break tackles.
Not going to address the nootropics video? I have a hard time taking you seriously now
address what lmao. imagine being antiscience.
Agreed man, I met Rampage Jackson in Costa Mesa and he was opposite my manager, 245 6'3 60 years and still competes on stage. Rampage head alone dwarfed him.
Does dr mike think everyone should look like arnold in the movies? Does he think all nba athletes should be bench pressing? Imagine steph curry 300 lbs of pure muscle😂😂😂😂😂. Wake up dr mike. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He talks about specificity in the video. Given the actor had a hypertrophy phase, critiquing the routine with the criteria of hypertrophy is relevant. You may have been asleep while watching the video yourself.
Ive been waiting patiently for this
11:30 what a dumb take lmao, what sandbagging? he is trying hard obviously its not goin fast when u have loaded it up this much. negative iq take by dr mike
Pushing a weight load that is so heavy than you are slower than a walking pace is just inefficient. He either needs to try harder or lower the weight to properly train sleds
care to show us your PhD?
Always fun to watch you critique workouts.
As someone who does compete in Boxing, Jiu Jutsu and trains in MMA. I can say I actually do like the movie, like a lot! It’s not Good Will Hunting or Dead Poets Society BUT it is a movie you can turn your mind off to, if you’re only there for Good Music, GREAT Fights and a Western, then you’re in a damn good place!
New viewer, first commenter, former massage therapist/chiropractic assistant here.
1. I LOVE your hot takes on this shit. Your perspective is a breath of fresh air.
2. You sound like a god damn tourist. It’s pronounced nuhv-ADD-uh. Not Na-vah-Duh.
3. Seriously I am glad to have access to this content. You and your team are up there with Huberman in my book.
Hit me up when your in Vegas and I’ll get you some tickets….can you do that? I have no idea how any of this Internet shit works. Hopefully I get stopped by creepers that want tickets now. 😂
I started lifting because my physio and doctor recommended I do rows for shoulder stability. It was a suspected tear but scans came back clear! I know this is a very rare case but it's absolutely why I'm a serial rower
Was waiting for this ever since the workout video was shared 🤣🤣
I knew this was coming when I saw the video on Men's Health. People were already commenting in that video saying "Dr. Mike's gotta respond to it." 😂😂
I am getting Versa grips from a guy at the gym (has a contact there). I’m so excited as the 3 other types haven’t really been that great. I’ve heard you guys rave about them so I’m super excited!
They are a game changer - especially if you are prone to getting elbow tendonitis.
Since no one is mentioning it, I'll say it: it was a really good movie for 2024. Felt like something out of the 90s, that's for sure. And had more overall charisma than when the Rock did similar projects in the mid-2000s. I really enjoyed it. Conor is fucking hilarious as well, like a hyper-real version of himself.
That was the funniest opening to a video that I've seen in a while... When he was telling his credentials lol
Transition to the RP ad is on point ✊
Bravo to the butlers for learning to edit this well!!
Dr. Mike videos make me laugh my a$$ off. Every time I'm going in thinking it's a serious breakdown (and IT IS) but the lines he drops are just comedy gold. Much love Dr. Mike.
Thanks. Most guys over 40 have some kind of shoulder stability issues.
Been waiting for this!
Another perfectly timed commercial. Well done Scott
Sled pushes are absolutely great for athletic development. They have decent carryover to sprints but are less taxing on joints, and they build overall power output. There’s a reason so many athletes utilize sled pushes. As for training work capacity, it’s always possible to treat it like a cardio movement, though I think jogging or cycling would probably be safer for that purpose.
With regards to grip training, I could totally see how forearm training could reduce the risk of overuse injuries from fighting movements. Many boxers/UFC/MMA fighters run into elbow and wrist injuries from repetitive punching, and strong forearms (not just big - strong on certain movement patterns) can really help reduce pressure on the connective tissue.
I mostly agree about the offset-loaded lunges, but I can also see the utility of having a combat sport athlete do these for the purpose of training obliques, which are very active in rotational movements (such as throwing a punch).
What it comes down to is that Jake Gyllenhaal was training to be an MMA fighter for his role, not a bodybuilder. It kinda makes sense considering how much money the studio would lose if he got injured doing a stunt and shooting got delayed. All in all, this is a pretty good training program for someone training to fight, albeit with room to improve I’m sure.
I would really love it if you guys could create more videos on athletic performance. Many UA-cam coaches still recommend sled work and isometrics for increasing jump height.
I love working out this way💜never been in prison ;) but it always just resonated to hold a pose till my muscles start shaking 🎉feels amazing !!! You can get addicted to working out and I say what a great thing to be addicted to! I truly love it and people look at me like what the F😂😂😂the gym is my playground plus checking out all the muscles in action 👁️nice nice i
Glad you finally got sponsored by Versa Gripps! Fck yeah boi!
I enjoyed hearing from Kyle. I thought, finally someone with a cool mindset. I'd hear more from him on a regular basis, Mike
The other thing you should know about Jake is that he is the inspiration for the song all too well by Taylor Swift and it shreds him to pieces. I was surprised no one mentioned it before
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS
These videos are cinematic gold
Ohh yeah baby. We all were Waiting for this day when dr mike will critique jake Gyllenhaal's workout routine for his latest movie roadhouse. I love it!
Atleast they actually showed Jake doing the exercises in this one