How To Overcome The Two Major Limits To Muscle Growth

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0:00 Limits to growth
0:39 Local Limits
2:19 Systemic Limits
6:07 What this means - Few Muscles in Plan
7:50 What this means - Lots of Muscles in Plan
17:00 Beginner or Intermediate lifters
19:00 Advanced lifters
22:18 What to do?

[@pablowentscobar]

Came for a lesson on body building, ended up learning city planning for Taylor Swift concerts. Thanks Dr Mike?

[@warrioratthewall1969]

and orphanage planning

[@warrioratthewall1969]

and college party transportation scheduling

[@Thomas54965]

Dont forget you can get a Uber at Vegas in two minutes but good luck finding shit in Detroit

[@Fitsuuu]

So put other muscles groups to maintenance and 8 hour arm day. Got ya, thanks Mike.

[@josimarzevallos385]

That’s why we don’t train legs boys, can’t limit those upper gains 😭😭

[@benjamindavis2475]

Honestly it's working for me. I only do 2 sets of leg press a week and they are maintaining and my arms are growing

[@demarkusjones9725]

I train legs.

[@tipbrad4493]

I am going2try this and limit the legs for 2months 😂

[@leonidasg2257]

You still need a symetric physique man. Just alternate cycles and improve what you want with a clear goal and plan.

[@drip369]

Technically you are limiting yourself because you're not getting me max amount of testosterone and growth hormone from training the largest muscle group in the body 🤦

[@paulogorris18]

The biggest thing I got from Dr. Mike was the concept of deload. Sounds simple, but I had no idea why every 2 months or so my desire to train went to the trash bin. I used to let my self go during those periods and had to make it up on the next cycle. Deloading put me in control of the situation, so I no longer fall of the wagon. When you do it enough you can feel the systemic fatigue coming from a mile away and can plan properly. Complete game changer.

[@philiptandy8104]

Im literally experiencing this for this first time right now 😭 Just watched some of his deloading vids. Ive been lifting for 9 months w/o a break, and past 6 weeks I trained super intense. Im spent

[@CornFed_3]

I’ve found taking legitimate breaks to be the best thing for true recovery and growth. I generally take a 1-2 week deload every 6-7 weeks and it has been astronomical in helping get over that CNS fatigue. If someone is going months and months without a real deload, they simply aren’t training hard enough or are injured and don’t care.

[@olkid]

Completely agree. Game changer.

[@benjamindavis2475]

Me too, 10000%. I wasted a decade training hard and burning out every 2 months. It's a crime that there's so many fitness KZbinrs and no one covers the basics

[@uninspired3583]

Deload..? Ok this one is new for me, I need to go find where he talks about this. Not just for me but my kids and their friends that come to the gym with me

[@nicoldevilliers6102]

Learning harder than last time. Wait, wrong channel

[@jaleesa00]

Lol

[@gyrozeppeli7296]

Learning hard or learning while hard?

[@folkmarcmetal]

No this is the right channel, the other channel is the wrong one

[@kwadwoadjepong-boateng8737]

The transition from “we’re gonna get cancelled,” to “you run an orphanage” ENDED me 😂

[@djskinztech]

😂😂😂

[@shumuss]

I think I've had systemic fatigue for the last 15 years

[@gn01717682]

I love it when more attention is given to beginner to intermediate lifters. so few of us are actually advanced lifters. Sometimes I just dont know if any of these specialized, detailed oriented approach is for someone like me whos only been lifting consistently for a year.

[@PanzerTheTortoise]

not only do i learn a TON from these videos, but the fact that they come every day is sometimes the only thing that gets my ass up and moving that day

[@kynshra8960]

Sad

[@PanzerTheTortoise]

@@kynshra8960 your motivated to work out every day? damn dude

[@InternationalManofMystery1]

Honestly dude. I relate to this so much. I'm a 4th year law student (in the UK) I also play American football (I know you probably didn't realise some of us did that here lol) and honestly. Even though I'm really happy, the combination of getting beaten up in the gym/on the field and then also worrying about becoming a lawyer makes me want to hide in bed till the late afternoon some days. Thankfully I'm happy, and I love my fiends and my girlfriend, I'm progressing well etc both in football and in my degree and the weight room so I'm managing to motivate and be disciplined. But christ, it'd be so easy to take the next week off (I am doing a holiday soon which I'm looking forward to) we all just have to keep pushing

[@InternationalManofMystery1]

Should also have added that I hope you're okay! It's fine to be at your limit and needing to take a break, it's also okay to not be close to that and still having to rest. Wishing your health and your mental health the best

[@adammiller9179]

@@PanzerTheTortoise I am... I get out of bed in the morning because I know I get to go to the gym.

[@pronealamo2249]

I have a bachelors in exercise physiology and Dr Mike, you provide literally the best fitness information content i have found on the internet. I am certainly an intermediate lifter and have been for a number of years now. I love exercise and have a lot of passion for it but have failed to prioritize lifting to my limits for the last 5 years or so. I have basocally been in maintanance for all this time. 3 sessions per week hitting all muscle groups, but without adequate volume to really produce change. This has been one of the most motivational videos I've watched.

[@sembo7153]

I like your app but it is too expensive, it’s almost as expensive as my gym membership which is too much.

[@damonanderson5067]

Yup. Agreed

[@patrickbarney7054]

Its $25 a month?

[@damonanderson5067]

@@patrickbarney7054 Yup. £20 in old money vs a £30 gym membership with 3 months free! And he stuck the paywall up before I had a chance to try it out!

[@MalamuteMan1]

I concur completely. It's a ridiculous cost

[@ShankerJN]

Less than a dollar per day

[@jakemortensen7683]

I just finished a mesocycle that ended with deadlifts. I pushed them so hard and I shot my systemic fatigue to the roof. Now I have to take an active rest week instead of a deload week and it’s difficult to even get my steps in because I’m so crushed. This video helped me to contextualize this problem, deadlifts are getting pulled from the next program. Thanks Mike!

[@garreteide9174]

Started training for a marathon this year, and it taught me a lesson about systemic fatigue pretty quickly. Tried to maintain 6 lifting sessions a week with running and by week 2 I had to deload. Watched a bunch of RP videos around this topic and now my running is improving, and my strength is maintaining. Thank you for all the info you put out!

[@mattoniy2840]

I did 6 months of 50+ weekly miles with 6 days heavy training. I’m was pretty knackered but I have never been so fit

[@payamux8933]

What did you do exactly ? Trained at maintenance ?

[@mcfarvo]

Yeah, I've now done concurrent training and I find that being at maintenance on lifting and diet supports endurance running much better than being in an energy deficit and/or trying to pursue great muscular gains at the same time I'm trying to increase cardiovascular-respiratory performance adaptations. Likewise, I can maintain some degree of cardio capacity with much less road running volume during periods where I prioritize muscle gain or fat loss (with muscle maintenance), so I try not to chase two rabbits at the same time, I chase one while I keep an eye on the other(s).

[@garreteide9174]

@payamux8933 Dropped my lifting volume to maintenance, im down to just 3 sessions per week with upper body emphasis. Leg volume is very low to let them recover for my endurance training. Slowly increasing running volume 10% week over week, then deloading both running and lifting every 5th week.

[@jaku8513]

Just run the marathon one day and get it over with. If you think about it, all it takes is like 5 hours of hard effort and then you completed a marathon.

[@Mzamojali963]

In my last cycle the week before the deload I was like a zombie, I was taking naps everyday sometimes 3 from how tired I was(this was with consistent sleep and enough food) it felt normal at the time. After the deload I realised like yeah being that tired wasn't normal for me.

[@koltaipeter1637]

words cant describe how much value you have given me Mike. Im grateful for you. 🙏

[@lukedavid6640]

For me, specialization is the final piece of the puzzle that has allowed my arms to grow properly. I was always just adding volume on an already maxed out program and was tired all the time with minimal extra growth. Thanks Dr Mike for helping me finally see results after years of spinning ym wheels.

[@infra_r3d133]

Dang, the last time I came this early, I had my last kid! Also, I am on my 2nd meso with the RP+ app and loving how easy it is to program! Keep grinding peeps.

[@spencersivco8503]

This basically describes what happened to me at the end of my last block. I was up to 5-7 sets of side delts 4× a week, and my desire to train went completely in the trash. I didn't want to be there, the pumps weren't great, it was a pretty bad time. Note to self, tell the app when it's too much

[@olkid]

I thought the app automatically told you when to deload?

[@kwerby3285]

@@olkidit does but he’s saying in the weeks leading up he wasn’t being honest with the feedback so it kept piling up more sets

[@olkid]

@@kwerby3285 ahh okay, I'm with you. Thanks for clarifying.

[@Mo-jj1kl]

One of the best videos so far. Learned so much.

[@jpsIV]

Mike, was that the best growth explanation I’ve ever heard I think it was. Thank you so much.

[@AbortedUnicorns]

Dr. Mike has some really great analogies! Really helps me understand better.

[@urizen2000]

Implementing deloads as a methodology in a way actually makes me train harder. Now, I'm sort of training FOR the deload, in a way. To put it another way, earning it.

[@markalvord7834]

Great timing for this video to come out. I am dealing with the Nervous system issues today. Took the day off from the gym

[@Davide-bx3js]

This are the contents that keeps my intrest high about this channel, please never stop to do more serious talk about training theory

[@nacholibre6129]

Started lifting 5 years ago. Was 20 years old, 135 lbs. Never looked at a weight in my life. Got serious in year 2 and been seriously training whole body 3-5 times a week for the last 4 years. Now im sitting at 200 lbs. But feel stuck at this point. Like I'm just maintaining. But haven't seen noticeable growth in a while. Obviously over the last few years ive seen gains. And mostly massive strength gains but to most people, If you just see me in a T shirt, dont know how i used to look, you wouldn't think I even lift. Lack of progress combined with working 50 hours a week in hvac has really squashed my motivation recently. Found your videos while looking for what I'm missing. You've got me motivated to get back at it and I feel like I better understand what's happening with every set that I do. I've increased my food intake, started taking every set to failure, and making my time in the gym actually count again. Well see what happens 💪

[@benjamindavis2475]

Dr Mike doesn't advocate for taking every set to failure. Start at 3rir then work towards failure after 6 weeks. Also if the scale is stuck, that means you're not eating enough. Training doesn't make you bigger, it just diverts nutrition to muscles instead of fat gain

[@renaissanceman5847]

beginner gains dude. you're gonna need to change up everything. gains from here are more towards strength rather than size... only way most get over it is with PEDs... hence the reason many fall into that trap

[@rakugothdajjal527]

I'd transition to a more focused split at this point. Some form of push, legs, pull, push legs, pull, rest is what i'd suggest. Throw in smaller muscles like mid delt, biceps, etc every other workout so you hit them 3 times a week. Work in the hypertrophy zone (a weight heavy enough it stops you around 10-16 reps) for 6 to 8 weeks followed by a 4 week strength phase ( 1st week 8 reps, 2nd week 5 reps, 3rd week 3 reps, and try some PRs on the last week. Adjust this based on your ability to recover with needed deload weeks. Shoot for 8 to 12 intense working sets each workout. A good push day would look something like 3 sets bench, 3 sets dips, 3 sets flys, and 3 sets triceps pushdowns.

[@rakugothdajjal527]

@@renaissanceman5847 PEDs are not the only way big dog.

[@kalash_nikov]

Sounds good, but if he has been training for 5 years I really doubt 12 sets per session is enough. @@rakugothdajjal527

[@eric9369]

This helped immensely. Thank you Dr. Mike.

[@theonlypoagester]

Very well explained. This info came at the perfect time.

[@Kabia11]

Honestly Dr Mike you are a legend. You keep it real and give out top quality advice. As I listen, questions pop into my mind, then as the video progresses all those questions get answered by you. I really appreciate all the work you put into this for us.💪🏽

[@am-yx6mr]

This was great Mike and thank you, stuff I sort of understood but not to the clarity you just offered. Excellent. Cheers.

[@RichMeadeFashion]

The hardest thing for me to do is take an off day. But the explanation of systemic fatigue really hit home. I've been doing recomp for 3 months , and about a month ago I hit a patch were I couldn't sleep, I got a cold that took forever to go away...but I kept working. 30min of zone 3 cardio every day, and moderate sets on muscle groups. Every day. Finally saw a Dr. Mike vid on recovery and switched up my routine to include a rest day. Incredible difference it made! Switched to 10min of zone 2 cardio to warm up, and do a 4 day split with rest on the 5th day and it's been a game changer. Sleeping like a baby... excited to workout each day. So I feel like I got the systematic recovery dialed at the moment. Now I'm focusing on really finding my limits for local recovery, and the only one I've gotten close to so far is my calves, which really was accidental...(first real sets on a calf machine since starting). Damn things are still super sore (3days post)...but I've got another day before they're due to be worked again. But everything else is recovered after the 2nd day pretty consistently. Gonna try an wreck my triceps tomorrow as bad as I wrecked my calves. ... Anyway, thanks Dr. Mike, your videos really have given me some understanding of what's happening to my body as I work through this!

[@alexmoosz9462]

That was an incredible example of explaining something very complex and scientific in terms that the rest of us can understand. You have a gift. Thx

[@StayTh1rsty]

Always here for the nervous system considerations! 🎉🎉🎉 Another great video

[@StayTh1rsty]

I live with chronic systemic fatigue due to ptsd, and balancing the benefits of working out with the intentional titration to healthier forms of nervous system fatigue and more effective rest and recovery has been... interesting, to say the least 😂😅. Some days, often irrespective of muscle fatigue, I have ten minutes of qigong in me before I'm tapped out. It's a humbling experience to have, to exist in my body on those days. But the good days when I crush it and recover are absolutely worth it, and more and more common as time goes by. I have a lot to be proud of, and I'm so appreciative of the information you keep giving us ❤

[@kwnfit]

I’ve watched almost every RP video, this is the one that made me buy the app. Thank you.

[@Skizodubz]

The analogies are on point. Makes it super easy to understand

[@IamtheFREY]

As someone who tries to run, rock climb, and lift weights, the systemic fatigue of trying to do all 3(and actually make gains) at the same time is a huge concern for me. My best gains came from prioritizing. I wouldn't consider myself advanced in any of those 3 categories, but because it's so much together the overall systemic fatigue is a huge factor.

[@matyaskvapil7674]

Weak. I gonna start doing all those and add boxing because I hate people and do everything 100%. I'm also gonna learn three languages simultaneously, programming, and architecture and level up my humour skills so I can cry with laughter as I crumble down.

[@Artist-pi8ek]

This video explains a lot of what happening to my body. Thank you, Dr. Mike!

[@user-zp2pn2oe7l]

You can't imagine how on time was this video. Thanks a lot!

[@user-fm5fl8fv8w]

I learned so much from your video. Thank you for your hard work.

[@ken-dog]

To Editor Max, this video's quality is top notch. Excellent work, my man ♥️

[@momentumliberty514]

Love the creative comparisons ❤

[@doctorhludvik]

Have made great strides using the app the last 5-6 months along with Dr. Mike and RP's videos; my latest full body meso has been an absolute slog to get through and this video is so timely

[@karineisabellesylvain7530]

really helpful Dr Mike thank you!

[@vegetasaijan6052]

24:16 "Your soul is tired" That describes perfectly how I feel when I overdo it during swimming. I usually don´t do that, because it takes me too long to recover from, but it just feels so satisfying.

[@highstax_xylophones]

Thanks for all your informative content. Been lifting for over a decade. Never had such quality appearances throughout the recovery periods than when taking your advice on splitting exercises up for particular muscles mixed in with adding sets for tbe same muscle of choice once recovered. I'm very happy with the recurring good feel and look all the time instead of part time. Adding biceps in 3 days a week and certain shoulder exercises and triceps is just amazing results. I hope many novices try this out and appreciate the free advice. Wish I had this stuff round when I was 15 yrs old starting out. And the hypertrophy stuff, wow! What a gamechanger.

[@BostonRobK]

Dr Mike is a genius! Great video.

[@noob78]

Great content!

[@kimberlysadberry6757]

This video put a TON of stuff into context for me. I didn't understand why I would get so tired so fast. I didn't understand the systemic concept. I work a very physical job so it makes everything make sense to me now, THANK YOU!

[@jobvanwagner117]

Thanks Dr. Mike

[@ThePhysicalReaction]

Great video. Great insights.

[@finditmakeitliftit]

Such a useful video, I am someone who is/was always filled with motivation and the ability to push hard, but the last couple of months I've been struggling to put the work in hard on every session. I just feel beaten up and by the time I get to my last session of the week, I'm done, and feel like I'm just going through the motion. So thanks to this video I'm going to look at what may need to go on the back burner. Thanks again Mike for some serious advice.

[@Pwnr145]

The construction analogy really got me. I recently renovated my bathroom and had people helping but it became quite obvious that only two people could fit in there at the same time. My calves must be a coat closet

[@buffdude1457]

Mike’s metaphors are something else 😂 god i love his content , great work Mike i learned a lot thank you !

[@GigaEditzCapcut]

The quality of dr mikes videos have rly gone up recently- keep it up!

[@dexterm2003]

As a beginner, my recovery was garbage. I would be sore for days after just a couple of sets. Things have gotten slightly better, but recovery has always been an issue for me. A video on increasing recovery, especially tendon and ligament recovery, would be great!

[@highstax_xylophones]

I think he covers this in splitting sets troughout different lift days. Try cutting the exercises for particular muscle in half doing the leftovers another lift.

[@rogerm4959]

That is also why he is covering this. Recovery and staying healthy is the goal. Overtraining is real. Tendons and muscles can turn into something chronic within a few weeks. So I can relate to the video. But for these tendons require care and time to ease them out. I used the foal roller and send days hitting these area's without lifting. Maybe walk or job. Gym days go light. And like 2 sets of twelve. Work your way back up.

[@gaygay-gz4hq]

great vid doc, love it

[@scientistMUC79]

Perhaps one of the most important videos on this channel.

[@user-qe4zr1yi2o]

Today I realized a hypothetical Taylor swift concert was holding back my gains.

[@getlifted]

EXCELLENT VIDEO AND TOPIC

[@markomijac7992]

very good comparisons (stadion, uber, house building,..). I like it when you use these. is much easier to understand.

[@PrinceSamurai45]

This is a super helpful and informative video. My conclusion is definitely that I need to specialize now. Been lifting since I was a teenager and definitely start to feel systemic fatigue before I hit MRV these days. I have always done damn near full body workouts and not seeing as much gain as I’d like. Thank you Dr. Mike.

[@ImDopeOnTwitch]

Such motivation. I love you guys.

[@roccotaco87]

Don’t be gay please

[@TheJustina102085]

This is gold right here

[@hak116]

I'm basically at the point of my training career that if I don't specialize, I won't grow. Fullbody routines worked 3 years ago, now I seem get so systemically tired by week 4 of a meso that I can't overload and push any more volume. A year ago I specialized delts for 3 mesosycles in a row and they visibly grew from that training. I was damn near pushing 35 sets a week (in the last weeks) while still feeling quite fresh systemically!

[@benjamindavis2475]

I'm a recent vid Dr mike said he trains 3 or 4 weeks on then does a deload. Seems common for advanced lifters

[@horses2572]

I think the systemic limits are less likely to be reached early in a training career, or at least they are more "elastic" since you still have plenty of room to increase your work capacity. But once you are more advanced, this kind of specialization makes a lot of sense.

[@user-en5vj6vr2u]

I'm intermediate and full body routines simply do not work for me either. . . think i'm just gonna disobey mike here and put a couple muscles on low volumes

[@reagan_williams]

Another great episode.

[@gold3nhorus]

Extremely timely video. Been doing a full body three day split for four weeks and am taking a deload week due to overwhelming systemic fatigue. Great info for when I get back in on Monday. Going to do about half the weight for two weeks then lower the sets by one for each muscle group when i get the weight back to to what I've been doing. If i get systemic fatigue again then I'll specialize for a while

[@joediesel8267]

Excellent video. I was worried about overtraining. I am in year2 of my serious bodybuilding program. I train 25 - 30 sets of side delts per week, training every other day. I was thinking this was too much. I do not get sore or fatigued ever in the shoulders. Thanks for making this topic clear in layman's terms.

[@nilk2515]

Great content! ^^

[@ToddMatthewsFitness]

...maybe even more important for the older advanced lifter. Excellent vid Dr Mike

[@DameSmiff]

🌺 Thanks for this!🌺 Helped explain a lot❤

[@xpresso_joe]

Dang, that taylor swift example hits true when the concert was here in Seattle. The day I blamed traffic thanks to T Swift.

[@youknowwho9247]

Mate, I just recently found your videos because I was looking for advice on how to build muscle in adverse conditions (had a son, less sleep, less time, getting older, so on). Your advice on diet did something, but man, your app f*cking slaps. I'm that guy who's been hovering around the same plateau in the gym for years and kinda accepted it. One week with your app and I realized what's holding me back is sh*t technique that was taught to me two decades ago by apparently sh*tty trainers. I get better pump and burn in fewer sets with less overall fatigue in the gym now. Feels more effective than it has for like 18 years. Bloody insane. Thanks, big time!

[@josephsmith7996]

Bro. I'm getting back into working out slowly. Appreciate the workout tips and info but I could just listen to you bullshit. Halerious. Makes my day better.

[@aaronoyster1293]

This is really helpful. I was considering specializing in my next bulk but I'm only 2 years in so I'm going to just keep doing the whole body thang. Thanks for the tips!

[@Stringmartyr]

I have been doing a full body split that has treated me well but lately when I do it, I’m just so tired that the next few days I can feel my body wanting to rest so I rest. I had been thinking it was time to stop doing that and then this video popped up. It was just what I needed to convince me even further that this is exactly what I needed. I ended up specializing chest today and just added a little bit of arms but I definitely outperformed in both of them didn’t feel so fatigued after the gym, so thank you Dr. Mike!!!

[@naturelife418]

❤ Fing awesome, I trained so hard at times and at the last week of the mesa i just was cooked, why? because I cheated and trained to lower reps in reserves the weeks before, OR stuff like my PT grabbed me and f-ed me up with 20 sets of pullups in one session 😂 like dropsets starting with 10reps going to 1.. first with weights and then bodyweight 10 sets 10reps to 1. i had to put muscle balm on and i could NOT do pullups for like a week 😅.. im 44 so i guess i dont recover ultrafast.. it was mad.. but fun. the worst part is my glutes and hams.. i NEVER was sore in those muscles.... i have strong hams.. i could try lower weight more volume perhaps on the hams.. .. im super greatful for all the work you guys do and fun and info i get.. this channel is the best.

[@Thomas1998ful]

Liking the new Bullet point format.

[@1mropz1]

The party analogy clarified everything.

[@wutnot]

Amazing content! I do mostly full body workout and cardio at f45. I get systematically tired and muscle gain take more time for growth. I am going to try and to target my chest and delta to local max volume and see if that increases my muscle growth%

[@tristanbaars6036]

Tried tricep specialisation with your recommendations, put delts and chest on the backburner and made amazing strength gains!

[@Simon-talks]

Major barrier: whiskey

[@Darnokg]

A couple months ago I was so tired I needed up at the dr to get checked. I made sure to get enough sleep, food etc. It’s until I specialized ( stopped doing full body) I finally got back to normal. And actually started seeing some gains. Dr Mike confirmed what I suspected!

[@ryderliftz]

hey dr mike if u see this someone at the gym last night recognized me as a fan of the channel by the way i trained. i hope i make you proud father

[@RHFIV]

This made a lot of sense!! This is why I wasn't gaining mass. Thank you!!

[@elischrock5356]

Thank you for the content. My anecdotal experience agrees with your data supported expert opinion. Happy face.

[@KingOfWinter]

Has anyone ever not felt great but not that bad so you go to the gym because it’s your favorite day (back, bi’s, Rear delts) and you have a great workout but right before bed your body starts aching and when you wake up the next morning you are so sick you can’t even get out of bed? Basically can you workout so hard you get sick?

[@highstax_xylophones]

Yep. Just had that happen recently. Got up and ate. Felt like new

[@seattlegrrlie]

As a cyclist, I can absolutely confirm doing a bunch of riding plus upper body at the same time is a disaster. Lift during the off season, dial the riding up and the lifting down in the spring, and drop lifting completely during peak riding. Something has to give

[@user-dv8tr7nh9r]

Awesome channel man! Educational and super entertaining!

[@JackPalmeriLaw]

long time, first time. respectfully, I think you might be overlooking another factor: age. I’m on the wrong side of my 40’s, only 5 months into a regiment I haven’t done for 20 yrs. To the extent I am back in a beginner phase, I absolutely run into MRV and other new limitations.

[@Mrsingingdude1]

He actually has videos where he talks about the gains you can expect at certain ages and how you can maximize them. Definitely worth a watch

[@StrangeCloudSs]

@@Mrsingingdude1 One of his best videos I must say

[@d3rpn1nj47]

Seems like you're taking some creative liberties interpreting our current understanding of physiological limits. Super cool how you use metaphors instead of actual physiology and also thanks for your references.

[@iAntonio.Patterson]

Cool vid. I’m on week 2 of chest specialization now. Feels good. Can’t give feedback yet.

[@obsidianportal5925]

Dr. Mike I love all your videos and the education you give on fitness and health!! Recently I broke my hand at work and I’m unable to use it. Is there anyway I can still train my body or other muscles groups with risk of further injury. I would just hate to see all my progress go to waste. My expected recovery time is about 2 months.

[@joeyDi8764]

Mike knows his s*** 💪🏼

[@robindueckdegen5503]

You have validated my current 40 sets per week of chest and triceps (beginner lifter).

[@dougrivera1989]

Can we appreciate how Mike is the KING of analogies?

[@michaelhood2312]

I dont know if anybody has told you this today Dr. Mike, but you're a really smart guy 🤔

[@yoelmorales208]

Good video

[@matthewhelms3468]

Dr Mike! Can you please do a video on tattoos and gains and when the best time to get a tattoo is to prevent stretching??

[@Tropicocitwo]

YESSSSS THE BLACK BACKGROUND INFOGRAPHICS!!! I freaking love these so much over the white oldschool powerpoints. BIG PROPS TO QUALITY CONTENT.

[@richheaton4008]

I'm doing a back and chest specialization program (second time in a row now) and for the first time ever I'm really growing. It's really motivating. After hearing you can do 40 sets in a week though I'm thinking maybe I should really try to do more volume maybe 3x per week and really minimize the rest of my body work

[@reporterjake]

This is such a great episode! I get less sleep during the week then I’d like, but I do get naps. I also have two young kids and we are running all over the place for sports all the time. I feel great in the gym, but it’s hit or miss depending on the rest of my hydration and calorie intake that day. So I feel good and I’ve seen great gains since I started doing a few full body programs. ed the code with that one! my question is about rest days. I want to work-out more. But the full body workouts are exhausting. So I started splitting them up. Is it OK to do that so I can work out on more days but still complete the program three times a week? I try to hit target protein every single day. I probably missed that target two or three days a week, but my protein intake is still very high. Thanks for any advice. Keep up all the great work Dr Mike!