LESS WEIGHT, MORE MUSCLE (YOU MAY NOT ACTUALLY NEED A SPOT) | MIKE VAN WYCK

[@michaeldevore1003]

This is literal bodybuilding gold Mike.

[@ernestmorse]

That's always been one of my rules, if you can't lift the weight, don't lift the weight.

[@garymarch719]

Absolutely!

[@2sick2quit]

How will you know if you can’t lift the weight if you don’t attempt to lift the weight, progressive overload is a bitch.

[@user-xs4rm1ti8f]

I hope my comment helps people. I used to train like Jp where it was all top set and back off set. but I was just training to get really strong and it was all about numbers, numbers, numbers. I had no roundness whatsoever to my physique. I’m so glad i went to training like mike and hany rambods teachings. I literally changed more in 3 month’s training like mike than that old way.

[@HASANEq]

Can i just add to it? I was also really following big time JP, and as he recommends, numbers/numbers and numbers, you even need to log your SIDE DELT REPS AND TRY TO GET STRONGER. What that led me to? Nothing, no progress whatsover, he only cares about weight and even in his insta QA says nothing is more important, so guess what? For the last 9 months, yeah i got stronger, did i build muscle while bulking? fuck no. Right now i focus on slowing the negative, pausing in the stretch and really feeling stuff, and guess what? It's fun and i enjoy being here as well as pushing myself. And to just end it, the mental side of that was unbereable, i needed to always be on point because if you are not beating the logbook you are a bitch.

[@sirhc4986]

I'm in the gym for health, for the challenge and I absolutely love the grind. I have no interest in competing in any way shape or form.

[@Winning1980]

True maturity is realizing that Ronnie and big Ramy and all of those guys didn't get big lifting the biggest weights , they lifted the weights and as they got bigger and stronger their weight increased because they needed more resistance , they also do gear , and i'm a 27 year old natural who just want look good in my clothe , i shouldn't tear my pec to get in a good shape 😂😂😂

[@shaolinhabibi]

Good luck getting big natural lifting with no big weights, this works only for roided out users - been natural , on roids for years now, no way i'd train as this guy says if I was still natural

[@Tatesrealestate]

@@shaolinhabibi ​ I will respectfully disagree, I am natural, since switching to higher volume and not putting all my focus on the weight, I’ve seen pretty decent gains. I would go as far as to say the weight should come second to form, if you don’t have form then what’s the point of lifting heavy? All you’re gonna do is injure yourself🤷🏼‍♂️.

[@nate9169]

​@@shaolinhabibiI've trained natural all my life and since using Mike's methods and ques my physique totally changed

[@jessebradford7130]

Exactly. You can't lift what you're not ready for.

[@willseal582]

The maturity is to look at phil Heath: 0 tear muscle, 7 sandos. Dexter Jackson, Cutler -> smart in the training season, not weight for wieght

[@MaciekRabizo]

I have seen one guy years ago with 2 spotters on a triceps cable extension. One was helping him on the ropes, and the other was lifting the stack. Shouting every rep was a proof of incredible pump this dude experienced 😁

[@Mr.Creosote15]

🤣🤣🤣

[@ivannerub1043]

Damn🤣,that's embarrassing

[@norcalaudits1561]

Thank you for sharing knowledge & experience. EGO lifting causes injury and that equals time away from body building. Huge fan really appreciate your content. Thank you from Santa Cruz Ca.

[@Dr.WhetFarts]

Most people asking for a spot, has no gains at all. Lifting heavy in the low rep range is waste of time if you try to build muscle.

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

But Bro, this dude Dorian and Ronnie said, blah, blah blah. 😅😅. Your 💯 correct. I'm done trying to get PRs. This channel needs to reach every Joe Average public lifter in the world.

[@marksmith9175]

Build your "REP" PRs. progress in more reps - and earn the right to eventually put 5 more pounds on the bar.

[@DrAJ_LatinAmerica]

@@marksmith9175 totally agree 💯. I tell the same to my older patients. Reps, sets and then worry about the weight. All depends on age and experience in the gym and years of experience

[@kenfoxman5096]

I'm 54. I have more muscle now than when I was benching 500 pounds 20 years ago. My connection to the muscle is better, I rest more, nutrition is better, form is better, reps are higher quality and slightly higher in number. It is the years of work, the consistency that makes the difference. I use less weight in all my exercises and my muscle pop more now than when I was slinging heavy weight.

[@mattpitcher7015]

Same here. 48.

[@garymarch719]

100% at 70 I don't give a shit what those idiots in the gym lifting super heavy weights with bad form, tempo, & shitty ROM & look like shit! Heavy weights build screwed up tendons, joints not muscle! If you can't control the eccentric part of a lift you're not a strong as you think you are! I have never lifted for 1RM, it's a injury waiting to happen!

[@rtvrn_to_monke]

Same. 49 going on 50

[@mattk3752]

Samer here. 68.

[@aaronoconnor8862]

Same 48

[@EverydayGrindAthletics]

I like Phil Heath’s philosophy of “make the weight your bitch” before obsessing with progressing the number. I agree with the overall spirit of your message but there are logical reasons to use a spot because the “positive” of the exercise isn’t true muscle failure. But I agree with your general message that people equate the weight itself too correlatively with progress when building muscle is based on forcing adaptation, not insisting upon its occurrence based solely on a number or extra ugly rep. Strength, as it pertains to weights, is arguably as much of a skill as it is an actual characteristic.

[@Vibealive77]

The consistency trumps ALL of the THINGS...... ALL of them.. work hard and consistently and give a decent effort, and you're sorted... there's no 'shortcut' there is no 'fast track or cramming'... consistently just get shit done. I'm 46 man and my shoulders are FUCKED... so I agree with this 100%

[@marvellis6762]

Absolutely right Sir. 42 best shape of my life and I've never ever trained with a partner and definitely not asked anyone for help....... I have to look at me and say, I did this. Longevity!

[@Ghettofireman80]

I 100 percent agree I’m 42 also and the same I workout alone I always said if I can’t do it on my own I shouldn’t be doing it and like u am also the strongest and best shape I’ve ever been but also been working out for 16 years straight

[@jayboss9978]

Thank you for telling the truth of bodybuilding & power lifting differences

[@bobbywoll7942]

This was a really good one good shit Mike!!

[@DontCallMeFlash]

Gonna start screaming at teenagers in the gym, "Mike says lift less weight!" and see how far that gets me

[@jasonbaker6842]

We need cards that have Mike’s socials to hand out to the 🥦 heads.

[@47bricklayer]

To me, bodybuilding is an art, As a bodybuilder, I'm an artist and I'm the art. Not everyone's going to like it, That's the nature of art. It doesn't bother me.

[@sandyarbuckle6174]

This man really knows how to train,I always thought too myself the same things he mentioning.👍🏾💪🏾💯

[@RobM333]

There is not one way to do it… so true. A lot of pros or trainers think they have the ultimate way of gaining muscle. For them it is but everyone is not the same.

[@theelement6255]

I laughed so fucking hard when you made fun of people pushing past failure and screaming! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Iron-Outdoor]

Great videos Mike! Also like you on the Podcast with Fouad 🤣

[@Chiapanecogűero]

damn uncle mike I love these tell it like it is videos. I go to the gym to look good and feel good and it doesn't require powerlifting.

[@robertharris3404]

Dropping knowledge ❤❤❤💪🏾💪🏾I love it

[@bigmike913]

100% don't ask me. I don't come to a gym to talk to people either.

[@simonmarsh7876]

100% Agree - Failure is me failing at that point, the set ends

[@theone9799]

I love the intro 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@2rawkfitness]

Looking forward to you on an episode of MARK BELLS POWER PROJECT

[@jamesfrater7813]

Do you agree with this same concept when using a machine? I absolutely hate people that fail on barbell movements but I see no issue going to and beyond failure on say a Hammer Incline where you just drop it when you’re cooked

[@HenDog]

I agree with you 1000% Mike great content 👌🏾👍🏾👏🏾

[@USSHammerology]

I'll only spot someone carrying a keg a beer in the house.

[@garymarch719]

100% Correct

[@Autonomous1969]

I hate spotting anyone due to the risk of injury to myself.

[@garymarch719]

I aint spotting nobody who thinks they might get the weight on the bar! I've never needed a spot! Why cause I know my limitations & I don't go pass them!

[@paulhiggins8634]

Great video and most entertaining Mike 😁👍

[@tonyK_72]

Best one yet! So true.

[@emartinezr]

The short-cut channel. Sign me up 😂😂😂

[@Shreadington]

Like you when young guys ask me to spot them I tell them no, you're lifting to much if you need a spot. It's just ego lifting anyway. We've got young guys that come in every day to max deadlifts. I'll ask, when's the meet? They'll say, I'm just doing it to get strong.

[@sinkxorxswim]

Tyrannosaurus Traps 😂 brilliant!

[@donalddraper6133]

He's talking about Jeff Nippard right?

[@entitiessoul]

Bro I'm dying here! So MUCH LOGIC! Ronnie did.heavy weight for fun. Fun fact.

[@harjaz_kraftur]

His theory makes total sense drop the weight and make that weight harder to do with simple technique, different grips, angles, lots different ways to make easy weight much harder to lift!!!

[@colinforde8238]

Nothing will beat his intro😂😂😂😂

[@Mr.Creosote15]

Everytime I see guys slamming the weights they're dead lifting on the floor between reps I shake my head. I don't care about the noise but they could use a little control on the negative at least

[@hakimnelson2271]

Yeah but that would take to much energy and focus for them. It's kinda a half rep because they're not controlling the negative.

[@Mr.Creosote15]

@@hakimnelson2271 I don't just basically let it go. I try to control it on the way down. It's not like it's silent but I'm not slamming it on the ground like I see a lot of guys do. Maybe it's because I do the whole movement slower

[@aceshibyoch9603]

Consistency over time; Get into the gym and do it.

[@dhelsel89]

uga buga big weight = big muscle but in all seriousness I have been getting more and more injuries and do just try to go for at least what I did last week or even better.. Maybe I need to cut back my threshold for when I decide that enough is enough on a set and not completely go until there is nothing left. Awesome video 👍

[@DJDIVERSE]

This one was gold!

[@greigcockburn5760]

Can we normalise benching on the smith? Meatheads thinking its some pussying out to not free bench bugs my happiness

[@DJSelfMade]

I wanna hate you right now, but you right! 😂 8:07

[@raylambert7562]

Great video, i don't do 1 to 6 reps range anymore.

[@cjgenxfitness7334]

Serious, non baited, question given the topic of failure what are your thoughts on Mike Mentzer's Heavy Duty or his H.I.T. training model?

[@dewmontain123]

Thanks i needed that. Holy hell dude youre strong when you were doing those cable pull down things. Bruh... 💀

[@deandinero7432]

This is pure knowledge

[@rohitSharma-xt9qi]

Dear Mike please make a video on Incline barbell bench press or dumbbell perss because I tried to hit upper chest but more pressure on shoulder or less pressure on upper chest....... please make a video

[@dx3385]

Use a low incline, easy mode. Usually setting 2 on the bendy bench.

[@rohitSharma-xt9qi]

@@dx3385 I did that

[@mikecartier6163]

Sick shirt! Where can I get it?

[@kmmontie14]

Bigg Mike be like: Rack. That. Shit!!

[@bobnoxious719]

Deloads. What are your thoughts? Are they necessary when using light to moderate weight doing 10 to 15 or even 20 reps to technical failure? If you support deloading, would like to hear about your approach to it.

[@jakescakes]

lol, this will not end well for you.

[@bobnoxious719]

@@jakescakes that's fine. Just looking for his input since I don't recall him mentioning it before. Thick skinned old man here, lol.

[@randalgordon8822]

What’s that handle he’s using called

[@Alpito123]

I agree pretty much with everything you say except the fact that you don’t spot people. Don’t get me wrong, I never ask for spot because I have the same mindset as you. But as a human being, if someone ask me for a spot I help them. It’s called being nice and helping each other. You sound pretty douchy when you talk about it.

[@cogginbenton]

choosing not to spot someone who's ego lifting with weight that could get you injured is 1000% a perfect reason not to do it. having to deadlift 4 plates with no warmup because some dumbass failed a fucking bench press and you have to deadlift it off of them is what he's talking about. he's not talking about if someone needs assisted reps on a machine or something, he's saying he won't spot someone's ego.

[@Alpito123]

@@cogginbenton First of all, it's none of your business if someone wants to ego lift or not. I don't care what people do in the gym and I also don't judge them. Also, people that wants a spot USUALLY doesn't ego lift. Not from what I have seen. They want u to be there to be sure that nothing goes wrong or they maybe want help the last rep.

[@cogginbenton]

@@Alpito123 it is my business if they want me to spot them. and i guess your gym or gyms you’ve been too are filled with the ideal lifters, but what i was talking about and what mike said was about people ego lifting, whether it being the amount of weight OR THE AMOUNT OF REPS (going for an extra rep even though you have no business attempting that) puts pressure and risk on the person YOU asked for a spot from. i don’t necessarily think asking for a spot is bad, and i have never said no when i’ve been asked, but for you to tell someone that you disagree with their decision not to spot people is fucking stupid. simple as that. i doubt mike is being asked by casual lifters/people who are new, he’s most likely being asked by people who have been lifting/trying to lift for years and who can move weight as mike says, and he doesn’t want to put himself at risk because of someone being stupid or unrealistic with themselves, whether it be amount of weight or amount of reps.

[@garymarch719]

@@cogginbenton Mike is dead right on this I aint getting hurt cause you're ego lifting & need me to pick the weight off your chest! Find another idiot there's plenty in every gym!

[@garymarch719]

@@Alpito123 That's BS how long have you been lifting! You spot them!

[@5metoo]

Great advice

[@WuKillaB781]

I haven't had a spot in 10 yrs, once I do everything to failure and my failure is wen I gotta give my hardest rep but I kno the next I cud strain so hard that I cud obv hurt myself, I never need a spot , I dont feel no better pump wen I get 2-3 more reps

[@garymarch719]

YEP

[@solb101]

You may not convince dudes who follow the doctrine of Mike Mentzer and Dorian Yates. But a torn bicep will.

[@hussainnabi1232]

Av to agree with every word this guy got great background look him up he was a beast of a man when younger hes done it got the tshirt listen to him talks so much scence

[@kylechesser645]

People that get offended about the truth should change themselves the people that don't get offended know you're not talking to them

[@intensity.density2208]

There's this guy in the gym that suffers from a bad case of invisible lat syndrome. One night he picked up the 50kg Dumbbells and did one shitty rep with them on the incline. He walked around like he owns the gym after that. Then this dude come around, beast of a man, picks them up and does 22 reps with them on incline. We never saw the invisible lat syndrome ego lifter again in that gym after that lol. He was too embarrassed 😂😂

[@gregorybuttari8651]

I don't use a spotter .... Doesn't matter I jest set the guards , so if I fail I jest let it down and get out...

[@garymarch719]

Yep

[@dannyespinal2270]

great video

[@Lemon-squeezer]

So true, today I trained shoulders and I’m there with 17.5kg Dumbells for my last set lifting the weight under full control and making every rep count and every other guy were blasting chest with 50kg Dumbells and launching them on the floor after every single set I’m like wtf

[@Vibealive77]

That intro KILLED me.. ahahahhaaha

[@jasonbaker6842]

But, but I had to beat the Log Book with a half rep this week

[@egregiousblunder5395]

Can I get a spot bro?

[@msrb8759]

Please make a shirt with the title of this video

[@Vibealive77]

You're right... Correlation does not imply causation and this is a perfect example of that. You don't HAVE to be strong to be big and vice versa... it means DICK...

[@mikefreeman6799]

LooooooooooL. Brilliant

[@JohnSmith-uy3gx]

Yeah don't go drinking if you can't control yourself

[@ivannerub1043]

I see this at the gym , people lifting heavy shit yet they do look like they are taking a beating and don't seem to have a nice fit physique like other people that lift lighter 😂, I much rather lift with good technique with lighter weight👌

[@joegasparro2395]

Bodybuilding doesn't carry over in real life to anything either. One may say "looking good, getting girls". No, average girls do think bodybuilders are weird and too big.

[@fine163]

I’ve a lot of time for Mike but this is a pretty bad attitude to have with fellow lifters. Yes, you shouldn’t ego lift (risk to injury etc). But using a spotter is common practice when really pushing your training - why ? Because anyone training with real intensity knows that it’s those last one or two reps that are the pure gold, the real improvement if you can keep form. A spotter gives you confidence to go that extra one or two reps (light or heavy), that’s why it’s common practice with even the most seasoned lifters. This just comes across like having a bad attitude, so you can train is isolation and not interrupt your flow, which is what I think is really going on here.

[@tofu-warrior7948]

Why would you need a spot with a light weight? Isnt that essentially what Mike is saying here? Unless ive misunderstood something. It is quite laughable when people ask for spots on the squats and the person is lifting a massive amount of weight and you can blatantly tell that if the squatter cant get the weight back up, then no one can. Any spotter trying that is risking an injury. I think that's the overall point Mike is making.

[@fine163]

@@tofu-warrior7948 Yeah I get it, frankly I’d agree that trying to spot someone squatting too heavy is dangerous for everyone and to Mike’s point, almost enabling them to injure themselves. But lifters working on strength are gonna be working outside that 1 RM / 5x5 range and hitting 10-15. For us, those last two-three reps are the key to the whole set. And like I said, a spotter for that set is what ? 30 secs ? Less ? A good spotter will even give you that bit of motivation too. I think this title speaks to his audience more then common practice or even best practice.

[@tofu-warrior7948]

@@fine163 i get what you're saying there mate completely. And yes, you could/are right about this being aimed at Mikes audience. I think most of that could be some confirmation bias there mixed in with ruffling some feathers. I personally have to train around a trapped nerve in my neck and do feel more comfortable going for say 5 reps on a machine than say 5 on a dumbbell press. I'll never be the strongest person in my gym & handling any weight i feel uncomfortable with is just a non-starter, even if i did feel i would gain the most from it - always have trained alone anyway (sadly). Im happy to make small improvements in my physique which is admittedly full of holes anyway haha!

[@fine163]

@@tofu-warrior7948 Get after it dude. More power to you. We’re all getting older and stiffer. Get some.

[@tofu-warrior7948]

@@fine163 i'll try mate haha! Being a postman for a while and get an injury on my hip has lead to alot of stiffness and lack of leg development. I keep my hand in at the weights and martial arts when i can. Nice chatting to you on the comments by the way. Best wishes x

[@JMacGetFaded]

Bro can you spot me?

[@baronmeduse]

But didn't you say in another video that you expected people, if they were 'serious', to turn up to train e.g. legs by 'annihilating' them? Yet now it's wrong to turn up and give it all you've got each time you hit the gym?

[@martinvulu1848]

"Accommodating Resistance" Google it, try it. You'll Like it.

[@beasty_b6967]

If your incline pressing 100z odds are your chest will be jacked.

[@neosanking1388]

exactly..

[@philu3]

Mike, are you saying that Bro science isn't legit?? No. Way.

[@PatrickByrne1]

Exposing myself as someone who consumes way too much of your content, maybe you could arrange it so that your videos come out before the content is broken down into clips? I feel like releasing the clips before the whole diminishes the enjoyment of the videos like a trailer that reveals too much of the movie or something. Lol. Obviously love it all, though.

[@jrobinson5661]

Progressive overload will often mean you need a spot toward the end…Reps 7-8 are sometimes a bitch and just a BIT of help is needed…I mean, for fucks sake no one is asking you to curl the shit lol 😂

[@rohitSharma-xt9qi]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@NikolaTeslaEE]

This video made me trans … now I’m drinking Bud light.

[@questionableethnicity2268]

Come on Mike just spot me

[@RoidfreeSenior]

Really, you don't ever spot someone? I guess if it's a guy that wants t0 5 forced reps

[@beasty_b6967]

This guy is always talking about someone.

[@axelcaro2431]

😂

[@LucasGage]

lol

[@anthonycaruso6065]

Theres nothing gayer than being that dude who isnt willing to give someone a spot

[@garymarch719]

WTFever

[@petervanhooijdonk9650]

If you cant unrack the weight, its not your weight. Not that difficult, but rare to see in the gym

[@Crotone79]

So lifting heavy is not optimal for growing my muscles but at the same time will overdevelop my abdominal muscles?? I am confused!

[@tofu-warrior7948]

I just think the point is, if you build too much muscle in your midsection or get too stocky in the stomach area, then maybe crunching too much weight might add to that. I think that's the point. You can make say 20kg harder than 40kg. Does that make sense? Slow it down, do it properly with connection with the mind & muscle, full range of motion etc I basically think that's the main point here. When you've mastered that, then maybe go up in small increments.

[@lytc6606]

so true😂🎉 fake power lifter make me laugh. And those how walk with imaginary lat