Hi Doctor, most recent studies show that stretching before or after an intense exercice rises the risk of injury. Nowadays we stretch our football players once a month, inbetween two days of rest. (One before, one after the stretch day) Keep up the good work! A random physical therapist.
As a personal trainer...… this was incredible to finally hear an influencer talk about the REAL fitness industry. Not the stupid lies people spread in the fitness world online
He's more of a Doctor than an influencer..plus most influencers are good looking teenagers or young adults who don't know a thing about fitness. While Dr. Mike here has the education background.
ugh, don't ruin Dr. Mike for me by calling him an influencer lol. He's an ACTUAL doctor and just so happens to be amazing in front of the camera. let's stop making stupid people famous and make more people like Dr. Mike more famous.
@@samuelorozco3439 I'm not "ruining him" by saying someone with influence is an INFLUENCER. Of course I know has a real doctor. Just because I thanked him for using his INFLUENTIAL platform for good, doesn't mean I was undermining the fact he's a doctor. His whole channel is about being a doctor, so I didn't think I would need to address the fact he's a doctor on his DOCTOR channel.
@@samuelorozco3439 you do know that influencer simply just means a famous person on social media that has influence, right ? it's not an insult at all to call him that. he is both a doctor and an influencer.
100% this. I lost 18 pounds in two months just by adjusting my diet. Zero exercise required. People scoff at me when I tell them that it's all there is to it. They refuse to believe it, because they've been taught that exercise is everything. Well, it's not. If you don't eat it, you don't have to burn it. It's that simple. I'm also not a fan of telling morbidly obese people to go exercise. You're better off losing weight through dieting before you start exercising. You'll feel much lighter and way more motivated. Learn to eat before you hit the street.
@@asteria9963 I second this, although I will say that exercise helps to maintain muscle mass during a caloric deficit, as stimulation of muscles with heavy weight tells the body to not break down as much muscle tissue and to prioritize fat. Not really too much of an issue if you don't care about retaining muscle though
I was in such poor shape and had gained so much extra weight, I had to wait before working out (had to be careful of stress on hips/knees/ankles from the excess lbs).
When I worked as a PT, I got so tired of hearing "I wanna lose weight here, but not here". Then you explain spot reduction isn't real, and they counter with some weird online myth. 🙄 I can imagine what you have to live with in the office!
The funny thing is that were it possible, it would be greatly beneficial. Imagine the patient coming in for treatment of perhaps hamstring syndrome wanting fat on their rear end with the muscle they are building so they can sit down.
but why do some people get way more fat in certain parts than others? For example I'm a dude and I get a lot of fat in my legs and butt. Other friends I have get most fat on their belly but not on their legs. What's up with that?
@@paulogaspar8295 It's a thing with hormones, there are two types of "fat shapes", first being the apple one when the fat is accumulated in belly and they other is the pear one(body shape is like a pear) when the fat is on the "glutes" and legs. The first one is more common in men and the second on women. But it can vary due to hormones and heredity.
@@paulogaspar8295 its purely genetics. People just put on fat in different places. If you look at your relatives, you might see they have similar areas where they put on fat more. You usually inherit your shape (or the areas you tend to put on fat) from your same-sex parent.
I started lifting weights and I’m loving it. Tonight I was able to do a lateral raise with 10 lb dumbbells with proper form and I’m so happy. My goal is to do a pull up.
That's great. There are so many benefits of strength, life just gets a little bit easier! I'd recommend focusing on compound movements like overhead press for building shoulder strength but I do like lateral raises to finish shoulders off.
This is my favorite Doctor Mike video! The best thing I ever did for weight loss was letting go of strict macro/calorie counting and fad diets and fad exercise. I do what felt fun for my body every day and stop tracking calories and just starting tracking food types (carbs, vegetables, protein etc.) I lost MORE weight this way! Doctor Mike has it RIGHT ON. I love this advocacy for less “diet culture” tropes.
Ill be honest here. I was diagnosed with a minor heart condition not long ago and started to lose my physical strength due to my fears. I spoke with my doctor about getting my strength back in a safe healthy way for me. He gave me the best advice for working out ive ever heard. Do what "feels comfortable". He explained that a workout doesnt need to wipe you out. Take your time and enjoy the process. Rest between reps. Walk them off, if i start to feel over worked stop. You can come back later. I feel better than ever and i just take my time. So best workout advice i got im gunna pass on. Do what feels comfortable. If it doesnt feel right, you feel over worked or stressed about results take a step back and breathe. Consistency is more key than pushing. And always always always stay safe while doing it. If you hurt yourself youll lose more production than if you just took your time and did what felt right.
I'm surprised he didn't mention it, and it won't definitely get you ripped. But I know people with different conditions, mostly heart related or lungs related, and for them (and me) a good walk for about an hour a day will never be an overload and it really has a lot of benefits to keep you healthy. Ovbiously I'm no expert, so maybe it's not what you need... I just feel like it's a light excersise that everyone can do and some people just ignore the benefits of it.
@ Killergold88 That’s great advice your body will always let you know what’s right for you You should learn about it That’s includes your daily intake of food You shouldn’t compare that either because once again if you feel good your body will let you know and staying safe is a key component
I think you're right on the money. I would push the idea just 1 step further - *push* *yourself* as far as still barely comfortable. It won't subject you to any major disaster, but will add significantly to your health. Your body evolved to adapt to slight, but consistent stress. I'd say that the golden advice is - push yourself, regularly, but only push yourself into as much discomfort, as you're.. comfortable with. You get the drift.
I went too hard on my working out when I got out of chemotherapy as a teenager. I developed an eating disorder due to how much people focused on my weight during treatment and had purged by exercising after i started gaining weight. Long story short, id go through rounds of binge eating and not eating anything and on top of that, excercising so hard that I permanently damaged my knees, hips and ankles walking 4 hours every afternoon with no prior build up as I had no muscle from chemo. Impact destroyed my joints and now i cant move without pain most days
To work holistically on all pillars, I have multiple slaves hostage in my basement. And if they don't work, they become pillar. For legal reasons, the above sentence is a joke. I don't even have a basement, anymore. Ahem
Same! I just started doing body weight exercises and it angers me that I can't lift my own body weight .... Guess i have to be consistent and do 3 times a week to start with
@@aishaish531 I have started a muscle workout as well and aim for 2x of it a week plus 1x cardio. Let's not focus on what we can't do yet and get frustrated about it, but enjoy the process of little victories along the way!
As a future dietitian, I really like how you talk about nutrition. I wish it was more emphasized that everyone’s body is different and your goal might not be achievable and helpful for you because not everyone can achieve the ideal body they might want.
The tips seems so simple but really require dedication: healthy diet, simple workouts, variety! Also, I totally agree about losing joy in working out during the pandemic. But this video helped excite me to get back started!
Most underrated mistake: Looking for the “best” or “most effective” diet/workout IS a mistake. A sub-optimal diet/workout which you ENJOY, will beat the most effective diet/workout, which you will quit because you hate it. It is especially true for workout. Do any exercise which you enjoy. Like team sports, martial arts, whatever. Running/weightlifting combo might be the most effective, but any other sport will beat it over 10 years if you take those more seriously, and you are motivated.
Very true! I like to say (not only about exercise) that whatever dumb plan you're actually doing is infinitely better than the perfect plan you're not doing.
Thank you for sharing this. I have reduced 19 kgs and my BMI reduced from obese to overweight for the first time in 20+ years. All because I followed your instructions on diet control and moderate intensity exercises you shared in various videos. Keep guiding people like me.
Congratulations!! Losing weight is a difficult and lengthy journey, but it's worth it. Just remember to stick with it when you reach your goal! Often the hardest part is maintaining weight loss, it's definitely what I struggle with the most
@@Luminarada80 Thank you.. I agree with you. I still have to reduce at least 10 more kgs. And yes, maintaining the weight is more difficult than reducing it. That's why I didn't opt for crash diets and adopted more sustainable weightloss strategies as Dr. Mike suggested in many videos. This includes controlling portion sizes, doing intermittent fasting, maintaining regular workout, and adding more plant-based elements in diet.
I absolutely LOVE Mike because of how nice and genuine he is. He is a real doctor with actual hand-on experience and skills who is sharing his thoughts and opinions with us. I have learnt so much from him, and I will never stop learning from him.
Yes, same. My personal trainer definitely did a bad job with me for our first session. My muscles hurt so bad during and after the workout. I also could barely balance by the end of the workout when trying to walk. This lasted for a solid week and still had some soreness for a couple weeks rest. I had had sore muscles before, but never balance issues. Also, the trainer never even showed me stretches until I asked him to do so 😩
As a PT I think it's a great vid for beginners. Overtraining looks like but not limited to: injuries soreness, strain, and pain decline in performance disturbed sleep loss of motivation no rest/active rest days Hope that helps. Jia x
@@JiaFit I appreciate it. I was thinking more along the lines of how folks might know for sure they’re actually overtraining versus just getting to that uncomfortable stage of benefiting from exercise or a new routine-as in, “What does it actually take to be really, truly overtraining beyond mere fatigue?”. How hard does someone have to work, and for how long, to train harder than their recovery systems can make up for? How would a normal person recognize the signs as distinct from just being out of shape, conventionally tired, or dealing with normal adaptive stress? What happens to the body at the point of overtraining and beyond that makes it a meaningful status?
Also avoid getting sore It’s not good for the body it limits your exercise Sore is the body telling you you did too much If you wanna work out hard being fatigue after a workout is good enough you can always build on endurance to last longer or to work harder but avoid soreness 😬
TBH, people make it more complicated than it really is. You should eat a variety of foods with a large share coming from fruits and vegetables than meats and fats. You should engage in regular exercise that includes cardio and resistance training. And try to avoid spending too much time sitting. If you manage that, you're probably going to have decent health for years to come.
@@ronaldobaca8823 That depends how sore you're talking, a little bit of soreness isn't really a problem, it's when the soreness changes how you move or prevents you from exercising that you really need to worry. A bit of next day soreness isn't really a particular problem.
It makes me so happy and proud that I have been preaching all of this to my clients! Thank you so much for dispelling the myths that plague the fitness industry ♥
Thank you for talking about stretching needing to be saved for AFTER the workout. So many times I stretch out really nicely, *before* a work out, and actually feel worse going into them, cause my muscles are a bit, well, stretched and stressed feeling already. makes way more sense to stretch afterwards to loosen up again before going about your normal stuff, and it feels a little better on sore muscles than before going into workouts, It's nice to hear a doctor explain this so I know it's not just me overthinking this feeling.
I’ve been a trainer for many years and this is always how I explain stretching to my clients. Think of your muscles like a rubber band. If you take a rubber band out of the freezer and try to stretch it there is a good chance it will snap and break. Don’t stretch cold muscles, a dynamic warm up is much safer and will prep you for your workout. A couple minutes on a row machine is my favorite quick pre strength warm up. Save the stretch for afterwards.
@@emilywhittaker9414 What if I just do real quick stretches before hand? Like how you would if you're waking up in the morning? I always seem to be a bit on the stiff side, like how I wake up in the morning. I'm new to working out on my own, so I'm trying to learn everything I can.
I'd say do a warm up (some light jogging, jumping jacks, heel flicks, etc), then a bit of stretching, THEN do your work out, and at the end stretch again and do a cool down (some walking for at least a few minutes), and then you're done. Warming up before stretching makes stretching easier. Stretching before exercising can help avoid injuries. Stretching and doing a cool down after exercising can help avoid soreness afterwards.
"If you were to do squats one day, very heavy, and the next day you want to play pickup basketball..." I'm 49 years old, and immediately felt that spoken sentence in my knees.
the most common cause of knee pain are tight muscles that surround it. if you stretch your quads, sometimes also IT band, calfs or hamstrings, depending on what you need, it will most probably help
I served eight years in the army. During that time I really got into lifting and basically all types of fitness because we were required to be very physically fit. I've had lots of success and LOTS of failures when it comes to exercise and I can tell you from YEARS of experience that all of the advice in this video... is absolutely FANTASTIC advice!!!
Learned so much as always. I can't stress how important and helpful you fighting misinformation in an industry filled with it is. Everything you've shared has personally helped me so much and I can't say how thankful I am. You truly are a gift, Doctor Mike :)
It’s amazing how much workout advice, pre-UA-cam went against all this. I hated workouts when I was young because of this. Then, when I decided I needed to get serious about maintaining some fitness for health as I grew older, (started getting serious at 35) I just had to experiment and figure this all out. And I came to almost every point you mention here on my own… taking about 5 years to figure it all out. I’m 50 now, and still loving my workouts. I gained a lot of weight during Covid, but at least I kept up my workouts, and now that I’ve had the right attitude flip on my diet (again) the weight is coming off and I feel like I will be in better shape than ever. (I guess I was doing a 2 year “bulk”)… anyway, how I wish I had ALL of these points presented to me in a 11 minute video when I started at 35… forget that, I might have enjoyed workouts when I was young if I got all this info instead of the “bro coaching” when I was young
Earlier this year, I was working insane hours for my job while hitting the gym hard very early in the morning (waking up at 2am to get to the gym before working a very physical 12 hours shift). I did that for about three months before the consistent physical stress and lack of sleep led to an actual mental breakdown to such an extent, I had to quit my job. Seriously- extremes lead to long-term loss. As the doc said, just stay consistent, dont overdo it, and REST!
I love the part about stretching, I work for a chiropractor and he always tells us that stretching should not be used as a permission but a thank you to your muscles.
I’m two months in... I was starting to give into bigger food portions again and I held myself accountable yesterday. This video just gave me more motivation. I’m keep going 💪🏽
Thank you for this, as an athlete I didn’t even think about sore muscles protecting itself under stress. Firing other muscles to combat the movement which increases injury risk.
I’m so glad you mentioned being sore! That’s why I stopped working out! I was so sore all the time, it started to effect my sleep and I had to take OTC meds just to get relief!
I learned to start up a new workout regimen more gently. It's ok to feel a little tightness the next day, but if you're sore to where you can't exercise for days, you've overdone it and risk injury.
@@lynnebucher6537 thank god i never had that problem when i first started to workout feeling sored. i like to feel that little tightness like you said the next day
working in retail/food service where most full-time non-managerial employees have to have OPEN availability, it is REALLY REALLY difficult to have a consistent workout schedule, difficult to eat healthy, hard to budget with a hourly wage, affects sleep schedule (Clopenings, gotta love 'em) and i wish more folks talked about it. my doc is always pushing me on these, but i only manage to find time (+ mental energy) for either nutrition (groceries, cooking healthy meals, meal prep, less eating out) OR a steady exercise regime.
As a triathlete, I appreciate you discussing all of this! I’m 6 weeks out from my first 70.3, and I’m doing a combination of endurance cardio training (swimming, cycling, running), and strength training. Strength training is so important. I’m also focusing on quality nutrition, fueling properly, rest, and recovery.
Wow, you mean to tell me that you bike, swim and run for 70 miles? You are an impressive woman. Whatever you're doing is working, because you look great.
My 1SG has degrees in sports medicine and on his own, he’s given GREAT advice. In a group he references the army PRT regulation which is usually the exact opposite in terms of advice. As an endurance runner I find that most forget about recovery (including myself). I’ve been overstudying thanks to the army, college, and my priorities, causing me to overtrain, not via ego-lifting in the normal sense, but by doing the same weighted strength training schedule in the morning and cardio at night, without getting proper recovery time. I was wondering why I was starting to feel worse and worse. Thanks for the advice! I needed it
Not obsessing over numbers is probably the most important for me. In an era where your watch will tell you how many calories (it thinks) you have burnt, your scale will tell you what your fat percent (it thinks) is, it can truly be a challenge to keep your motivation, and thereby the consistency to go training. I would love to hear your take on smart health devices and their alleged benefits.
There really isn't a need for paying anything. A lot of information is out there for free, and you can do a lot of workouts just using exercises with bodyweight. Core exercises for example are really good for health gains, and have low risk of injuries. Anyways most important thing is to get the body moving in a way that's fun and comfortable and get some exercise in.
Tone & Sculpt is also a really good app for workouts and there are currently 3 personal trainers. The price is way lower and it has a lot of good reviews.
TBH, the money is best spent on decent food with plenty of fruits and vegetables. For actual working out, a heart rate monitor is nice, but not needed, and everything else is also optional. A heart rate monitor, chin up bar and jump ropes are more than enough to get into great shape when combined with bodyweight exercises. It probably won't take more than a year to afford the essentials on even a $10 a month budget.
Being a B.S kinesiology major and now an RN BSN, I encourage physical activity for my patients. EXCERISE IS MEDICINE! Depending on the acuity of the patient and there mobility I love to teach them about exercise. The hardest part about explaining the benefits of exercise and mobility is explaining the ways that the person or the patient can learn to enjoy it. So many people have personal trainers to help them lose weight but are these exercises really going to have them adhere to an exercise regimen in the long term? Sadly no, which is why we need to educate and encourage a personalized regimen for everybody so that they aren't exercising for the sake of losing weight, but so they can feel better and enjoy feeling better.
I had one free Personal Training session in my entire life (as a Division I football player and World Rugby S&C Educator, I have a solid idea of what to do), but he said something that has stuck with me for the past 20+ years. The numbers might not be exact, but they’re generally correct: “If you want to get ‘fit/in shape/athletic’, 80% comes from exercise, the rest from diet. If you want to lose weight, 80% comes from diet, the rest from exercise.” There’s a lot of nuance I’ve added to that general idea over the years, but I’ve never heard or read anything that significantly changes that idea.
I started working out when a lifting friend introduced me to it. I've gone wayyy overboard and couldn't use my upper body, especially arms for a WEEK because it was so sore. This new experience paradoxically brought me into working out regularly
Tip for stretches. There are dynamic and static stretches, ones useful for the warm up and the others useful for after workout. Dynamic stretches involve body and joint movements like lunges, it's useful for your warm up as your activating and stretching your muscles warming them up for the workout your about to begin and creating a good blood flow. Static stretches are stretches you do on the spot like reaching to your toes, they're useful for after your workout as yours muscles won't be moving your body they will just be stretching warming them down and helps with recovery
A comment on the “ obsession of the numbers” I got so obsessed with the numbers that it led to an ED plus numbers are a trigger to me. Focusing on the numbers is detrimental
"Not everybody wants to or needs to lose weight" said 80% of Americans. Edit June16. Thanks for the responses everyone. I was being mischievous and generous. One gains weight/fat because one eats too much carbohydrate - just in case one is still making excuses. Forget about exercising to get it off. More good fat/oil and more "above ground-level" vegetables.
@@steelrarebit7387 Or maybe he’s talking about people who don’t need to lose weight as well as people who don’t want to. If only there were a way to know...
It bothers me how this is always about 'weightloss'. Everyone benefits from proper nutrition, rest and exercise, having control over weightgain and loss in a way that makes them happy and isn't (too) harmful for their health. Bonus points for people telling those who do all these things they can stop because they look good enough. :'')
@@hoangnguyenvuhuy5535 Guys you also forgot he's a DOCTOR right? right?😬😜 i mean that + UA-cam = "thats nothing to him" but yea.. totally agree with Free one's or maybe max 50$ (and that include the tax) lol
@@ZK-Desu im not talking about mike, im talking about the price for the product. I don't care if a doctor, or a millionaires use it, if the value of the product does not match the price, then im not paying for it.
I suppose to a working doctor with various sponsors, that's not a lot of money. And yes, compared to a life personal trainer, it's probably inexpensive. (Also, I rather suspect that anybody with 7+ Million followes who promotes this gets it for free.) But depending on what works well for you, a gym with qualified personal and some fitness buddies might work just as well.
As a former personal trainer and nurse who worked with people with mobility issues, knowing how to properly stretch before and after a workout is essential to prevent injuries. I always told my clients that a slow momentum is the best way to get in shape.
FINALLY someone who is a professional SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD STREATCH AFTER. AFTER YOUR WORKOUT and you're WARMED UP. Goddamn as a previously pro dancer and contortionist, I've seen WAYYY too many people injure or strain themselves streatching as a warmup.
It doesn't even need to be your first work out session. If you do far too much and tire yourself out, you will feel the workout as a bigger chore than something enjoyable and will feel like breaking the routine more often. I'm currently having that problem and making adjustments to fix it.
Not always. Lots of emergencies definitely do not warrant chest compressions! But if so....then yes, CHEST COMPRESSIONS, CHEST COMPRESSIONS, CHEST COMPRESSIONS!!! ;)
The only exercise I've ever enjoyed was Orange Theory Fitness... I guess because I'm a mathematician / statistician, and we got to see our heart rate on the screen and so we could know if we should increase the incline or decrease it. 30 min. cardio and then 30 min. weights / using body weight. High intensity interval fitness. Loved it!!!
It suprises me. I find it loosens my leg and back muscles after doing burbees or squats ect. I do it as a warm down. I need to lose weight so I don't do that often. Currently just walking to and from work and getting shopping on weekend then gardening. Thats enough for me. It pushes me so I need to take it easy and rest, which I do. Gardening is hard work. Glad I am only doing it once a week. Once I get on top of it I will lower to once a month. You can risk so many injuries from gardening its unreal.
@@jackmiller5982 I know it's almost over, but not in India. Large population of people are still dying because they don't follow key COVID precautions seriously.
6:24 I disagree on some parts. I am told by several elite coaches I should always stretch in my warm up, however you should NEVER stretch cold. Warm up around 5 min and stretch for 5 min for a good workout. It is also important to know the difference between dynamic stretching (going as deep as possible for a short amount of time also known as bouncing) and static stretching (going as deep as possible and hold for about 15 seconds). During warm-up I use dynamic stretches and after the workout during the cooling down and as part of the recovery I use static stretches. I noticed while doing this that with stretches in the warm-up I can: 1 lift more weight. 2. Have better form (being able to go deeper easily) 3. Be more explosive when needed (during most sports) 4. I get injured less often. Everything else in the video is fantastic advice and I recommend following it
I used to have terrible social phobia and I was terrified of trying new things so naturally, when I began to go to the gym, the place became a focus point of my fear. But I had great help in friends that made me go there, not necessarily to work with my body but with my brain. To fight the fear. Some days I'd work out, some days I could only stay in the changing room for five minutes, some days I could only open the door before I had to leave. But slowly this fear faded and now I kind of like the place, even if I still have to force myself to go some days.
you know what's really funny is when you go to the gym and there are like a bunch of teenagers near one treadmill and they press the + button and boom they end up with a huge burn mark on their face. They never learn.
Great video! :) I agree with all points in general. Only one thing I feel like you missed: have a plan! It doesn't have to be an expensive personal plan, there are tons of good, free workout plans out there (Jeremy Ethier's full body for beginners e.g.). It saves you from feeling awkward at the gym, you know exactly what you do. And by tracking your progress you can make sure there's progressive overload happening, a key factor of strength training. Showing up is important, but just doing random stuff at the gym won't get you very far and you'll give up soon because you don't see results.
"If you eat like everyone else and train like everyone else, you will look like everyone else." "What are you more hungry for: food or greatness?" "Did you push yourself to be great today? If you didn't do it, you lost a day. And we don't have many days to lose." -A combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Urban Meyer
In regards to "too hard too soon"; Obviously I'm not gonna argue with this point. Obviously you shouldn't work yourself too hard to the point of being sick. But at the same time, and I do understand it depends on the circumstances, 'getting tired' isn't bad. For example; a while ago I hadn't been working out quite as much, I was still working out, just not the same amount due to being away from home nearly all of summer. So shortly after I got back home, on my workout day, I decided to do one of the premade workouts routines I do from time to time. At the end of that routine; I was panting, I was sweating up a river, but as I laid down catching my breath, in between those breaths I let out small laughter's through smiling lips. Because it just felt great to have pushed myself again, and if that's a motivator for people that's great, as long as it doesn't go too far. A great way to look at it, I feel, is: Work out, don't work yourself out
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Hi Doctor, most recent studies show that stretching before or after an intense exercice rises the risk of injury. Nowadays we stretch our football players once a month, inbetween two days of rest. (One before, one after the stretch day)
Keep up the good work!
A random physical therapist.
As a personal trainer...… this was incredible to finally hear an influencer talk about the REAL fitness industry. Not the stupid lies people spread in the fitness world online
He's more of a Doctor than an influencer..plus most influencers are good looking teenagers or young adults who don't know a thing about fitness. While Dr. Mike here has the education background.
ugh, don't ruin Dr. Mike for me by calling him an influencer lol. He's an ACTUAL doctor and just so happens to be amazing in front of the camera. let's stop making stupid people famous and make more people like Dr. Mike more famous.
@@samuelorozco3439 I'm not "ruining him" by saying someone with influence is an INFLUENCER. Of course I know has a real doctor. Just because I thanked him for using his INFLUENTIAL platform for good, doesn't mean I was undermining the fact he's a doctor. His whole channel is about being a doctor, so I didn't think I would need to address the fact he's a doctor on his DOCTOR channel.
@@samuelorozco3439 you do know that influencer simply just means a famous person on social media that has influence, right ? it's not an insult at all to call him that. he is both a doctor and an influencer.
Totally agree!
I’ve lost 75 pounds this year and I just started working out this month. Weight loss happens in the kitchen!
True this! I lost my most weight when I wasn’t even working out, just changed my diet and some intermittent Fasting and boom 40!pounds gone.
100% this. I lost 18 pounds in two months just by adjusting my diet. Zero exercise required. People scoff at me when I tell them that it's all there is to it. They refuse to believe it, because they've been taught that exercise is everything. Well, it's not. If you don't eat it, you don't have to burn it. It's that simple. I'm also not a fan of telling morbidly obese people to go exercise. You're better off losing weight through dieting before you start exercising. You'll feel much lighter and way more motivated. Learn to eat before you hit the street.
@@asteria9963 I second this, although I will say that exercise helps to maintain muscle mass during a caloric deficit, as stimulation of muscles with heavy weight tells the body to not break down as much muscle tissue and to prioritize fat. Not really too much of an issue if you don't care about retaining muscle though
A huge congratulations to everyone losing weight in this thread, it's very difficult and takes a lot of willpower. I'm proud of you :)
I was in such poor shape and had gained so much extra weight, I had to wait before working out (had to be careful of stress on hips/knees/ankles from the excess lbs).
When I worked as a PT, I got so tired of hearing "I wanna lose weight here, but not here".
Then you explain spot reduction isn't real, and they counter with some weird online myth. 🙄 I can imagine what you have to live with in the office!
Same thing here xd
The funny thing is that were it possible, it would be greatly beneficial. Imagine the patient coming in for treatment of perhaps hamstring syndrome wanting fat on their rear end with the muscle they are building so they can sit down.
but why do some people get way more fat in certain parts than others? For example I'm a dude and I get a lot of fat in my legs and butt. Other friends I have get most fat on their belly but not on their legs. What's up with that?
@@paulogaspar8295 It's a thing with hormones, there are two types of "fat shapes", first being the apple one when the fat is accumulated in belly and they other is the pear one(body shape is like a pear) when the fat is on the "glutes" and legs. The first one is more common in men and the second on women. But it can vary due to hormones and heredity.
@@paulogaspar8295 its purely genetics. People just put on fat in different places. If you look at your relatives, you might see they have similar areas where they put on fat more. You usually inherit your shape (or the areas you tend to put on fat) from your same-sex parent.
“If you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit”
Goku taught me that too
Sound like something Uncle Iroh would say
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@@byugoi yeah
I started lifting weights and I’m loving it. Tonight I was able to do a lateral raise with 10 lb dumbbells with proper form and I’m so happy. My goal is to do a pull up.
Lat raises are so hard, I did them yesterday haha
That's great. There are so many benefits of strength, life just gets a little bit easier! I'd recommend focusing on compound movements like overhead press for building shoulder strength but I do like lateral raises to finish shoulders off.
@@danielporter6394 Lateral raises hits the side delt and overhead press hits the frond delt so doing both is important
doing a pull up is my goal too!!
I really wanna lift weights i just cant cause im 13
This is my favorite Doctor Mike video! The best thing I ever did for weight loss was letting go of strict macro/calorie counting and fad diets and fad exercise. I do what felt fun for my body every day and stop tracking calories and just starting tracking food types (carbs, vegetables, protein etc.) I lost MORE weight this way! Doctor Mike has it RIGHT ON. I love this advocacy for less “diet culture” tropes.
I misread the title as “fitness mistakes my parents make” and through you were going to start picking apart your dad’s push-up technique.
I laughed so hard at this comment 🤣
Me too😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Yup, me too...
Omg I had the EXACT SAME thought 😂
Dr. Mike is an awesome doctor. As a person with a severe food allergy, I love watching his videos, and his content is #1.
Ill be honest here. I was diagnosed with a minor heart condition not long ago and started to lose my physical strength due to my fears. I spoke with my doctor about getting my strength back in a safe healthy way for me. He gave me the best advice for working out ive ever heard. Do what "feels comfortable". He explained that a workout doesnt need to wipe you out. Take your time and enjoy the process. Rest between reps. Walk them off, if i start to feel over worked stop. You can come back later.
I feel better than ever and i just take my time.
So best workout advice i got im gunna pass on. Do what feels comfortable. If it doesnt feel right, you feel over worked or stressed about results take a step back and breathe. Consistency is more key than pushing. And always always always stay safe while doing it. If you hurt yourself youll lose more production than if you just took your time and did what felt right.
I'm surprised he didn't mention it, and it won't definitely get you ripped. But I know people with different conditions, mostly heart related or lungs related, and for them (and me) a good walk for about an hour a day will never be an overload and it really has a lot of benefits to keep you healthy. Ovbiously I'm no expert, so maybe it's not what you need... I just feel like it's a light excersise that everyone can do and some people just ignore the benefits of it.
Yes, yes!!
@ Killergold88 That’s great advice your body will always let you know what’s right for you
You should learn about it
That’s includes your daily intake of food
You shouldn’t compare that either because once again if you feel good your body will let you know and staying safe is a key component
I think you're right on the money. I would push the idea just 1 step further - *push* *yourself* as far as still barely comfortable. It won't subject you to any major disaster, but will add significantly to your health. Your body evolved to adapt to slight, but consistent stress. I'd say that the golden advice is - push yourself, regularly, but only push yourself into as much discomfort, as you're.. comfortable with. You get the drift.
So true, awesome advice!! 👌
I went too hard on my working out when I got out of chemotherapy as a teenager. I developed an eating disorder due to how much people focused on my weight during treatment and had purged by exercising after i started gaining weight. Long story short, id go through rounds of binge eating and not eating anything and on top of that, excercising so hard that I permanently damaged my knees, hips and ankles walking 4 hours every afternoon with no prior build up as I had no muscle from chemo. Impact destroyed my joints and now i cant move without pain most days
I wish you the best of luck, and I hope that will be all the pain you'll have to go through with your joints.
I hope you are doing better and healthier now (physically and mentally) and have found an effective pain management strategy.
Most ppl read this and quit working out
@@Qamarandsons wow that comment was so not helpful
Hey, I know I'm responding to a year long post. Have you tried seeing a physical therapist or trying some exercises from knees over toes guy?
“You can’t just focus on one pillar and expect a pyramid to grow”
~ Doctor Mike, 2021
To work holistically on all pillars, I have multiple slaves hostage in my basement. And if they don't work, they become pillar.
For legal reasons, the above sentence is a joke. I don't even have a basement,
anymore. Ahem
The piller men
@@IshwarSR sometimes you have to whip them up.
Oh I mean yourself, of course.
@@AcuraRSX-dz5xf Jojo reference?
He's a doctor, not an architect 😁
As a persom who just started exercising again this is really helpful.
Same, I just started yesterday and it's like the universe wanting to tell me to stick to it with this video in my recommended
@@dash_04 keep going! We can do this!
Same! I just started doing body weight exercises and it angers me that I can't lift my own body weight .... Guess i have to be consistent and do 3 times a week to start with
@@aishaish531 I have started a muscle workout as well and aim for 2x of it a week plus 1x cardio. Let's not focus on what we can't do yet and get frustrated about it, but enjoy the process of little victories along the way!
@@dash_04 True! Even that 1 session was like crampy. But felt good after .. Let's go!
As a future dietitian, I really like how you talk about nutrition. I wish it was more emphasized that everyone’s body is different and your goal might not be achievable and helpful for you because not everyone can achieve the ideal body they might want.
The tips seems so simple but really require dedication: healthy diet, simple workouts, variety! Also, I totally agree about losing joy in working out during the pandemic. But this video helped excite me to get back started!
Most underrated mistake:
Looking for the “best” or “most effective” diet/workout IS a mistake.
A sub-optimal diet/workout which you ENJOY, will beat the most effective diet/workout, which you will quit because you hate it.
It is especially true for workout. Do any exercise which you enjoy. Like team sports, martial arts, whatever. Running/weightlifting combo might be the most effective, but any other sport will beat it over 10 years if you take those more seriously, and you are motivated.
Very true! I like to say (not only about exercise) that whatever dumb plan you're actually doing is infinitely better than the perfect plan you're not doing.
me looking up tiktok dance workouts hahah
This so much! We can’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
@@leighshakc4753 Dance workouts are great fun.
Well as might as well walk for 100km and lose a kilo waskest way to exercise
Thank you for sharing this. I have reduced 19 kgs and my BMI reduced from obese to overweight for the first time in 20+ years. All because I followed your instructions on diet control and moderate intensity exercises you shared in various videos. Keep guiding people like me.
Good job!
Congratulations!! Losing weight is a difficult and lengthy journey, but it's worth it. Just remember to stick with it when you reach your goal! Often the hardest part is maintaining weight loss, it's definitely what I struggle with the most
@@asteria9963 Thank you...
@@Luminarada80 Thank you.. I agree with you. I still have to reduce at least 10 more kgs. And yes, maintaining the weight is more difficult than reducing it. That's why I didn't opt for crash diets and adopted more sustainable weightloss strategies as Dr. Mike suggested in many videos. This includes controlling portion sizes, doing intermittent fasting, maintaining regular workout, and adding more plant-based elements in diet.
@@zunairazubair5719 awesome! I sounds like you're doing everything right. I hope it goes well!!
I absolutely LOVE Mike because of how nice and genuine he is. He is a real doctor with actual hand-on experience and skills who is sharing his thoughts and opinions with us. I have learnt so much from him, and I will never stop learning from him.
I appreciate the emphasis on beginners here. Maybe in a future video: What does overtraining actually look like?
Yes, same. My personal trainer definitely did a bad job with me for our first session. My muscles hurt so bad during and after the workout. I also could barely balance by the end of the workout when trying to walk. This lasted for a solid week and still had some soreness for a couple weeks rest. I had had sore muscles before, but never balance issues. Also, the trainer never even showed me stretches until I asked him to do so 😩
As a PT I think it's a great vid for beginners.
Overtraining looks like but not limited to:
injuries
soreness, strain, and pain
decline in performance
disturbed sleep
loss of motivation
no rest/active rest days
Hope that helps.
Jia x
@@JiaFit I appreciate it. I was thinking more along the lines of how folks might know for sure they’re actually overtraining versus just getting to that uncomfortable stage of benefiting from exercise or a new routine-as in, “What does it actually take to be really, truly overtraining beyond mere fatigue?”. How hard does someone have to work, and for how long, to train harder than their recovery systems can make up for? How would a normal person recognize the signs as distinct from just being out of shape, conventionally tired, or dealing with normal adaptive stress? What happens to the body at the point of overtraining and beyond that makes it a meaningful status?
tore tendons weakness all over less imune to diseases
@@amyill9280 communication is key on both ends as a trainer and as a client
So basically be careful, take care of yourself, and don’t quit on yourself
Easier said than done. It’s crazy how hard consistency is.
@@Daaaanielle do something you enjoy, even if it might not be the "best" way to lose fat/build muscle. That makes it way easier
Also avoid getting sore
It’s not good for the body it limits your exercise
Sore is the body telling you you did too much
If you wanna work out hard being fatigue after a workout is good enough you can always build on endurance to last longer or to work harder but avoid soreness 😬
TBH, people make it more complicated than it really is. You should eat a variety of foods with a large share coming from fruits and vegetables than meats and fats. You should engage in regular exercise that includes cardio and resistance training. And try to avoid spending too much time sitting.
If you manage that, you're probably going to have decent health for years to come.
@@ronaldobaca8823 That depends how sore you're talking, a little bit of soreness isn't really a problem, it's when the soreness changes how you move or prevents you from exercising that you really need to worry. A bit of next day soreness isn't really a particular problem.
Dude you confirm everything my wrestling choach told me 12 years a go: warm up. Train well. Eat amazing. Sleep better. Repeat.
It makes me so happy and proud that I have been preaching all of this to my clients! Thank you so much for dispelling the myths that plague the fitness industry ♥
Thank you for talking about stretching needing to be saved for AFTER the workout.
So many times I stretch out really nicely, *before* a work out, and actually feel worse going into them, cause my muscles are a bit, well, stretched and stressed feeling already.
makes way more sense to stretch afterwards to loosen up again before going about your normal stuff, and it feels a little better on sore muscles than before going into workouts,
It's nice to hear a doctor explain this so I know it's not just me overthinking this feeling.
I’ve been a trainer for many years and this is always how I explain stretching to my clients. Think of your muscles like a rubber band. If you take a rubber band out of the freezer and try to stretch it there is a good chance it will snap and break. Don’t stretch cold muscles, a dynamic warm up is much safer and will prep you for your workout. A couple minutes on a row machine is my favorite quick pre strength warm up. Save the stretch for afterwards.
I never knew about this. My Physical Education teachers would always have us do some stretches before our workouts.
@@emilywhittaker9414 What if I just do real quick stretches before hand? Like how you would if you're waking up in the morning? I always seem to be a bit on the stiff side, like how I wake up in the morning. I'm new to working out on my own, so I'm trying to learn everything I can.
Yes but in many cases you do need stretches to not get contusions and risk breaking a tendon
I'd say do a warm up (some light jogging, jumping jacks, heel flicks, etc), then a bit of stretching, THEN do your work out, and at the end stretch again and do a cool down (some walking for at least a few minutes), and then you're done. Warming up before stretching makes stretching easier. Stretching before exercising can help avoid injuries. Stretching and doing a cool down after exercising can help avoid soreness afterwards.
“If you’re not willing to change, expect things to stay the same”
So true
This video is gold. Please make more like this. Specifically about what exercises, how to exercise, and fads that don’t help
"If you were to do squats one day, very heavy, and the next day you want to play pickup basketball..."
I'm 49 years old, and immediately felt that spoken sentence in my knees.
Lmao 🤣
Lol aww I'm 25 but also felt that hahahahaab
the most common cause of knee pain are tight muscles that surround it. if you stretch your quads, sometimes also IT band, calfs or hamstrings, depending on what you need, it will most probably help
@@rosemary709 Good tips, but just to be clear... I didn't LITERALLY feel that in my knees.
KNEESOVERTOESGUY
I served eight years in the army. During that time I really got into lifting and basically all types of fitness because we were required to be very physically fit. I've had lots of success and LOTS of failures when it comes to exercise and I can tell you from YEARS of experience that all of the advice in this video... is absolutely FANTASTIC advice!!!
The goal is to challenge your muscles, not to simply go through the motions.👍
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Learned so much as always. I can't stress how important and helpful you fighting misinformation in an industry filled with it is. Everything you've shared has personally helped me so much and I can't say how thankful I am. You truly are a gift, Doctor Mike :)
The whole conversation about variety was probably just an excuse to show us how ripped Doctor Mike is. 😂
Who would complain anyway? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
He’s in shape, but not ripped.
I’m not complaining 😏
@@anhgau2007 😂 my face exactly
0:05 the colossal titan
Last time I was this early, Bear was still a cub. :)
Puppies:)
Awww.
Awwwwww........
It’s amazing how much workout advice, pre-UA-cam went against all this. I hated workouts when I was young because of this. Then, when I decided I needed to get serious about maintaining some fitness for health as I grew older, (started getting serious at 35) I just had to experiment and figure this all out. And I came to almost every point you mention here on my own… taking about 5 years to figure it all out. I’m 50 now, and still loving my workouts. I gained a lot of weight during Covid, but at least I kept up my workouts, and now that I’ve had the right attitude flip on my diet (again) the weight is coming off and I feel like I will be in better shape than ever. (I guess I was doing a 2 year “bulk”)… anyway, how I wish I had ALL of these points presented to me in a 11 minute video when I started at 35… forget that, I might have enjoyed workouts when I was young if I got all this info instead of the “bro coaching” when I was young
I wish everyone was as nice and caring as doctor mike. Don’t you?
Family, Friends and Fitness trainers: You should start going to the gym
Me: (Never goes to the Gym)
Doctor mike: Go to the gym
Me: (Goes to the gym)
Why is this so relatable tho?!
doctor mike deserves to have like 600m+ subscribers, and can we take a moment to appreiciate that doctor mike teaches us new things?
I need more supportive people like Mike in my life..
Earlier this year, I was working insane hours for my job while hitting the gym hard very early in the morning (waking up at 2am to get to the gym before working a very physical 12 hours shift). I did that for about three months before the consistent physical stress and lack of sleep led to an actual mental breakdown to such an extent, I had to quit my job. Seriously- extremes lead to long-term loss. As the doc said, just stay consistent, dont overdo it, and REST!
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Very True.
@@rosepetal4524 I know😂 i feel yah
@@rosepetal4524 i know ;) I am sooo happy
What a perfect time this shows up in my recommendation...
I am recovering from back pain... Overdid my first day workout
Physical and mental strength is what you need
Such awesome advice. Wish I heard this three years ago before I herniated a disc which eventually required surgery. Keep it simple and safe!
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bro this video is awesome, Takes a lot of stress off, I thought working out would be SUPER complicated but this shows how truly simple it is.
This guy is so cool that I hardly remember he is a doctor
Doctors are cool na?
And he can speak Russian
@@Tranitosaur sometimes they are kinda scary
@@B.Yung2007 +100 coolness
Bruh doctors are lit
I love the part about stretching, I work for a chiropractor and he always tells us that stretching should not be used as a permission but a thank you to your muscles.
Watching this while stuffing my face with pizza
I’m two months in... I was starting to give into bigger food portions again and I held myself accountable yesterday. This video just gave me more motivation. I’m keep going 💪🏽
Thank you for this, as an athlete I didn’t even think about sore muscles protecting itself under stress. Firing other muscles to combat the movement which increases injury risk.
Every time Dr. Mike says, do not do something. I feel like he's also going to say "You are not a chicken in a pot."
I’m so glad you mentioned being sore! That’s why I stopped working out! I was so sore all the time, it started to effect my sleep and I had to take OTC meds just to get relief!
Try using a foam roller as part of your recovery! Its done wonders for me
I learned to start up a new workout regimen more gently. It's ok to feel a little tightness the next day, but if you're sore to where you can't exercise for days, you've overdone it and risk injury.
@@lynnebucher6537 thank god i never had that problem when i first started to workout feeling sored. i like to feel that little tightness like you said the next day
working in retail/food service where most full-time non-managerial employees have to have OPEN availability, it is REALLY REALLY difficult to have a consistent workout schedule, difficult to eat healthy, hard to budget with a hourly wage, affects sleep schedule (Clopenings, gotta love 'em) and i wish more folks talked about it.
my doc is always pushing me on these, but i only manage to find time (+ mental energy) for either nutrition (groceries, cooking healthy meals, meal prep, less eating out) OR a steady exercise regime.
This was very helpful even for someone that has been educating themselves on this topic for years. Thanks Dr. Mike!
As a triathlete, I appreciate you discussing all of this! I’m 6 weeks out from my first 70.3, and I’m doing a combination of endurance cardio training (swimming, cycling, running), and strength training. Strength training is so important. I’m also focusing on quality nutrition, fueling properly, rest, and recovery.
Wow, you mean to tell me that you bike, swim and run for 70 miles? You are an impressive woman. Whatever you're doing is working, because you look great.
My 1SG has degrees in sports medicine and on his own, he’s given GREAT advice. In a group he references the army PRT regulation which is usually the exact opposite in terms of advice. As an endurance runner I find that most forget about recovery (including myself). I’ve been overstudying thanks to the army, college, and my priorities, causing me to overtrain, not via ego-lifting in the normal sense, but by doing the same weighted strength training schedule in the morning and cardio at night, without getting proper recovery time. I was wondering why I was starting to feel worse and worse. Thanks for the advice! I needed it
Dr. Mike: You got to think about your nutrition
Me: Eating a bag of chips while watching this video
Yep I'm definitely thinking about nutrition
There have legitimately been times where I was eating chips with one hand and doing light dumbbell exercises with the other.
Send help.
@@klikkolee omg😂
Not obsessing over numbers is probably the most important for me. In an era where your watch will tell you how many calories (it thinks) you have burnt, your scale will tell you what your fat percent (it thinks) is, it can truly be a challenge to keep your motivation, and thereby the consistency to go training. I would love to hear your take on smart health devices and their alleged benefits.
Mans really thinks I can afford more than 10$ a month.
@@Matt-sc6gg a lota gyms tho have a bit of training included in their memberships. i never used them so idk what theyre like but they have em
There really isn't a need for paying anything. A lot of information is out there for free, and you can do a lot of workouts just using exercises with bodyweight. Core exercises for example are really good for health gains, and have low risk of injuries. Anyways most important thing is to get the body moving in a way that's fun and comfortable and get some exercise in.
Tone & Sculpt is also a really good app for workouts and there are currently 3 personal trainers. The price is way lower and it has a lot of good reviews.
@@rs0n exactly that’s what the internet is for you can get all the info you need for free ninety nine
TBH, the money is best spent on decent food with plenty of fruits and vegetables. For actual working out, a heart rate monitor is nice, but not needed, and everything else is also optional. A heart rate monitor, chin up bar and jump ropes are more than enough to get into great shape when combined with bodyweight exercises. It probably won't take more than a year to afford the essentials on even a $10 a month budget.
Being a B.S kinesiology major and now an RN BSN, I encourage physical activity for my patients. EXCERISE IS MEDICINE! Depending on the acuity of the patient and there mobility I love to teach them about exercise. The hardest part about explaining the benefits of exercise and mobility is explaining the ways that the person or the patient can learn to enjoy it. So many people have personal trainers to help them lose weight but are these exercises really going to have them adhere to an exercise regimen in the long term? Sadly no, which is why we need to educate and encourage a personalized regimen for everybody so that they aren't exercising for the sake of losing weight, but so they can feel better and enjoy feeling better.
Can you please make a video about addictions and how to fight them?
I had one free Personal Training session in my entire life (as a Division I football player and World Rugby S&C Educator, I have a solid idea of what to do), but he said something that has stuck with me for the past 20+ years. The numbers might not be exact, but they’re generally correct:
“If you want to get ‘fit/in shape/athletic’, 80% comes from exercise, the rest from diet. If you want to lose weight, 80% comes from diet, the rest from exercise.”
There’s a lot of nuance I’ve added to that general idea over the years, but I’ve never heard or read anything that significantly changes that idea.
"Keep it simple" - Dr Mike
No one :
Me : yea keepin it more simple not doing any workout at all
LOL 😂
I started working out when a lifting friend introduced me to it. I've gone wayyy overboard and couldn't use my upper body, especially arms for a WEEK because it was so sore. This new experience paradoxically brought me into working out regularly
Hope everyone is safe through these trying times
We together strong
Stay safe
So what I’m hearing is that every pe teacher I have met has always told me the wrong things
Yes bro! Do as the neck vein tells you!
Tip for stretches.
There are dynamic and static stretches, ones useful for the warm up and the others useful for after workout.
Dynamic stretches involve body and joint movements like lunges, it's useful for your warm up as your activating and stretching your muscles warming them up for the workout your about to begin and creating a good blood flow.
Static stretches are stretches you do on the spot like reaching to your toes, they're useful for after your workout as yours muscles won't be moving your body they will just be stretching warming them down and helps with recovery
*Sees the thumbnail*
Me: So that’s what I’m doing wrong, stupid of my not to think about that
I love that you mentioned that we shouldnt focus on numbers, it's so unhealthy and on the long term it will affect your mental health!
“Mind are like parachute-they only function when open” sharing some love from a small UA-camr
Some time it doesn't work 🤣🤣
@@mindofgod1737 brain farts can be the deadliest
@@kaidwyer brain farts are the holes on the parachute
Omg so true. And much love back from another small creator (like tiktok)
Don't be so open you're brain falls out
A comment on the “ obsession of the numbers” I got so obsessed with the numbers that it led to an ED plus numbers are a trigger to me. Focusing on the numbers is detrimental
"Not everybody wants to or needs to lose weight" said 80% of Americans.
Edit June16.
Thanks for the responses everyone. I was being mischievous and generous. One gains weight/fat because one eats too much carbohydrate - just in case one is still making excuses. Forget about exercising to get it off. More good fat/oil and more "above ground-level" vegetables.
Unfortunately he had to preface this video with that because some "happy to be obese" people would haunt him with cries of "fat shaming".
@@steelrarebit7387 Or maybe he’s talking about people who don’t need to lose weight as well as people who don’t want to. If only there were a way to know...
Have you even been to America dude? That's an easely killable prejudice.
I'm pretty sure he was talking about people who are at a healthy weight (or even underweight and need to gain weight)
It bothers me how this is always about 'weightloss'. Everyone benefits from proper nutrition, rest and exercise, having control over weightgain and loss in a way that makes them happy and isn't (too) harmful for their health. Bonus points for people telling those who do all these things they can stop because they look good enough. :'')
This was gold. Can trust a doctor for fitness
Consistency over intensity. That’s a good one… for many areas in my life
Forget about the numbers and just start enjoying what you do, then everything is going to start feeling much easier ☺️
When exercising remember “quality over quantity”
This is a great video for people who feel confused about where to start and what to focus on. There is so much misinformation out there
Because of you, I choose to be a doctor too.😊
“It’s only 59 dollars a month.” ….ermmm do I look rich?
Hire a PT cost much more, so compare to that, 60 bucks a month sound reasonable, and it is cool to have an apps to monitor your performance too.
@@eternallymortal because the app provide you with an online PT?
@@hoangnguyenvuhuy5535 Guys you also forgot he's a DOCTOR right? right?😬😜 i mean that + UA-cam = "thats nothing to him" but yea.. totally agree with Free one's or maybe max 50$ (and that include the tax) lol
@@ZK-Desu im not talking about mike, im talking about the price for the product. I don't care if a doctor, or a millionaires use it, if the value of the product does not match the price, then im not paying for it.
I suppose to a working doctor with various sponsors, that's not a lot of money. And yes, compared to a life personal trainer, it's probably inexpensive. (Also, I rather suspect that anybody with 7+ Million followes who promotes this gets it for free.)
But depending on what works well for you, a gym with qualified personal and some fitness buddies might work just as well.
As a former personal trainer and nurse who worked with people with mobility issues, knowing how to properly stretch before and after a workout is essential to prevent injuries. I always told my clients that a slow momentum is the best way to get in shape.
FINALLY someone who is a professional SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD STREATCH AFTER. AFTER YOUR WORKOUT and you're WARMED UP. Goddamn as a previously pro dancer and contortionist, I've seen WAYYY too many people injure or strain themselves streatching as a warmup.
Dr. Mike's right arm bicep : I am bulkier.
Dr. Mike's left arm bicep : Watch me tear this scrub.
It doesn't even need to be your first work out session. If you do far too much and tire yourself out, you will feel the workout as a bigger chore than something enjoyable and will feel like breaking the routine more often. I'm currently having that problem and making adjustments to fix it.
After watching watching what happened to Eriksen, i realised Chest compressions is the best thing to do in case of an emergency
Not always. Lots of emergencies definitely do not warrant chest compressions! But if so....then yes, CHEST COMPRESSIONS, CHEST COMPRESSIONS, CHEST COMPRESSIONS!!! ;)
The only exercise I've ever enjoyed was Orange Theory Fitness... I guess because I'm a mathematician / statistician, and we got to see our heart rate on the screen and so we could know if we should increase the incline or decrease it. 30 min. cardio and then 30 min. weights / using body weight. High intensity interval fitness. Loved it!!!
1:55 Why did that person bathe in chalk to lift a 20 pound barbell?
I was thinking the same thing lmao
Why does it surprise me that Dr Mike can’t stretch and touch his toes? 😂🥴
It suprises me. I find it loosens my leg and back muscles after doing burbees or squats ect. I do it as a warm down. I need to lose weight so I don't do that often. Currently just walking to and from work and getting shopping on weekend then gardening. Thats enough for me. It pushes me so I need to take it easy and rest, which I do. Gardening is hard work. Glad I am only doing it once a week. Once I get on top of it I will lower to once a month. You can risk so many injuries from gardening its unreal.
you really should make a book or website to give beginners a fresh new and simple start
I hope that everyone is safe during this pandamic.
It’s basically over
I agree it's not really doing much anymore
@@jackmiller5982 I know it's almost over, but not in India. Large population of people are still dying because they don't follow key COVID precautions seriously.
I'm legit going to buy a treadmill and hook it up in front of my flat screen so I can game and watch my tv while walking at a reasonable pace.
6:24 I disagree on some parts. I am told by several elite coaches I should always stretch in my warm up, however you should NEVER stretch cold. Warm up around 5 min and stretch for 5 min for a good workout. It is also important to know the difference between dynamic stretching (going as deep as possible for a short amount of time also known as bouncing) and static stretching (going as deep as possible and hold for about 15 seconds). During warm-up I use dynamic stretches and after the workout during the cooling down and as part of the recovery I use static stretches. I noticed while doing this that with stretches in the warm-up I can: 1 lift more weight. 2. Have better form (being able to go deeper easily) 3. Be more explosive when needed (during most sports) 4. I get injured less often. Everything else in the video is fantastic advice and I recommend following it
I used to have terrible social phobia and I was terrified of trying new things so naturally, when I began to go to the gym, the place became a focus point of my fear. But I had great help in friends that made me go there, not necessarily to work with my body but with my brain. To fight the fear. Some days I'd work out, some days I could only stay in the changing room for five minutes, some days I could only open the door before I had to leave. But slowly this fear faded and now I kind of like the place, even if I still have to force myself to go some days.
you know what's really funny is when you go to the gym and there are like a bunch of teenagers near one treadmill and they press the + button and boom they end up with a huge burn mark on their face. They never learn.
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Me when pyramids don't need pillars...
Dr Mike should do a video on PE teachers, like explaining common mistakes and ways to improve this class.
Great video! :) I agree with all points in general. Only one thing I feel like you missed: have a plan! It doesn't have to be an expensive personal plan, there are tons of good, free workout plans out there (Jeremy Ethier's full body for beginners e.g.). It saves you from feeling awkward at the gym, you know exactly what you do. And by tracking your progress you can make sure there's progressive overload happening, a key factor of strength training.
Showing up is important, but just doing random stuff at the gym won't get you very far and you'll give up soon because you don't see results.
"If you eat like everyone else and train like everyone else, you will look like everyone else."
"What are you more hungry for: food or greatness?"
"Did you push yourself to be great today? If you didn't do it, you lost a day. And we don't have many days to lose."
-A combination of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Urban Meyer
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This is a fact with everyone in my tennis team, unless they use both hands equally
I wonder about his view on the "one punch man" workout
I tried that workout but quit after I started losing my hair. Too intense. Only for those who’re very dedicated.
You should make a shirt that says do chest compressions here
That would be cool, but unfortunately, since every body is different, the placement would need to be different on every shirt.
In regards to "too hard too soon";
Obviously I'm not gonna argue with this point. Obviously you shouldn't work yourself too hard to the point of being sick.
But at the same time, and I do understand it depends on the circumstances, 'getting tired' isn't bad. For example; a while ago I hadn't been working out quite as much, I was still working out, just not the same amount due to being away from home nearly all of summer.
So shortly after I got back home, on my workout day, I decided to do one of the premade workouts routines I do from time to time. At the end of that routine; I was panting, I was sweating up a river, but as I laid down catching my breath, in between those breaths I let out small laughter's through smiling lips. Because it just felt great to have pushed myself again, and if that's a motivator for people that's great, as long as it doesn't go too far.
A great way to look at it, I feel, is:
Work out, don't work yourself out