Loved the comment that lifting for health is different than for performance!

being safer than last time

@Bombsuitsandkilts

9 ай бұрын

I always say training easier than next time is the same thing as training harder than last time, but one mindset leads to over reaching the other leads to longevity.

Lift kind , be heavy ❤

I have a few discs that doctors told me are "degenerative" a few years ago and I'm always dancing around that in my routine planning so I can provide adequate time for core / erector recovery. Slowly building the strength in this area as well as in my hips and hamstrings has dramatically improved my quality of life as far as that injury goes. The other two things I have to work around are a broken 5th metacarpal, broken 5th metatarsal and a broken ankle that I kinda just let heal on their own instead of getting treated. Hand strength is fine but I really need to get into the habit of doing my ankle rehab/prehab stuff more regularly. I've had rotator cuff issues in the past but I make sure to prehab my shoulders well enough and often enough with good success.

Congratulations, on becoming a father! I sincerely appreciate your advice and honesty, especially regarding the difference between training for performance vs training for health. Thank you for this series and for everything that you do for the sport of strongman and for the general training public.

I just want everyone here to remember that training on small injuries turns them into big injuries. Don't be afraid to do an extended deload to let your joints heal. Choosing to take a week off to get back to 100% is a lot better than being forced to take a month (or more) off due to injury.

@StrengthScholar0

9 ай бұрын

@@Rileyed Absolute nonsense. Your statement is made even more preposterous when you look at recent research showing that regular deloads produce virtually identical outcomes to groups that continue to workout instead of deloading. Largely due to increasing the body's sensitivity to mTOR and dramatically increasing muscle protein synthesis. And these were 10 day deloads with zero training. When you account for chronic and catastrophic injuries that result in months out of the gym or chronically compromised workouts it becomes incredibly clear that regular deloads will outpace balls to the wall programming without breaks. Btw after being out of the gym for 10 years, I've only been lifting for 8½ months 2 ½ of which I was out of the gym due to an unrelated injury. During this period of time I brought my bench from 270 lb day one to 405lbs. Out of the 6 active months I was training about 25 of those days were solely dedicated to deloads. With that being said when I am training, I'm working like a demon(I have run Smolov jr on bench for over 3 months of this 6 month training period) but deloads are what allow me to have that output.

@StrengthScholar0

9 ай бұрын

@@Rileyed Now you're just straight up misrepresenting what I said. I said you shouldn't train through injuries. I never said you should stop training entirely. If you fuck up your shoulder obviously there's no reason for you to stop training your legs. With that being said, If you have a compromised tendon(which is the overwhelming majority of lifting related injuries/pain) related activity should be kept to an absolute minimum as soon as a minor injury presents itself so you can have a 3-day recovery instead of 3 years of chronic pain because you ignored it. And yes athletes play injured all the time and they are able to do that because they have access to any surgery or physiotherapy that they need. The average person is not afforded this luxury. And Even with all of those resources most of them still retire with broken bodies because their short-term performance superseded their long-term health. Luckily most of the large sporting organizations realize this and are heavily prioritizing recovery and regularly entirely removing star players from games to avoid overworking them. In lifting the people who rush burn out and get injured. The people who stay in the game the longest and avoid the most injuries typically rise to the top, this is especially true for natural lifters. I was not swayed by any of your points in the least. Mostly because you're contradicting yourself. First you said that you should never train through pain, then you said athletes playthrough injuries all the time as though that was innocuous. I think you're just fumbling over yourself trying to defend an indefensible point.

@StrengthScholar0

9 ай бұрын

@@Rileyed If you don't even know the term deload you probably shouldn't have criticized what I said in the first place. Also I guarantee you cannot find a single quote of what I said that shows any degree of anger. Being straightforward and blunt is not the same as being angry. With that being said I wish you no ill will whatsoever.

@StrengthScholar0

9 ай бұрын

@@Rileyed Lol The irony of you talking about respect and telling me I'd get slapped up in the same comment. You are incapable of actually defending your points so you're resorting to ad hominem attacks while claiming the moral high ground.

@StrengthScholar0

9 ай бұрын

@@Rileyed I'm already aware I have very good genetics. Probably significantly above 1 in 100. Good genetics have nothing to do with any point I raised. As a matter of fact having bad connective tissue genetics makes proper recovery even more important. Also you say you don't get injured if you train properly and that still aligns with what I said about not training related exercises on an injury. If you aren't getting injured then there isn't a problem. I never said there was an impetus on people to take regular deloads at any point in this discussion. That was just you putting words in my mouth. With that being said, deloads are criminally underutilized and the science supports that. Lastly I'm a 6'3" 260lb man with a 6'8 reach. No one is trying to slap me. Certainly not you.

In my first three years of training I would push for 2-3 full body workouts per week, for the first year you can definitely get away with it, mostly the same for the second year, but once I hit year three my tendons got REALLY sore and I had to quit lifting for a year to figure out what my body is actually capable of recovering from as an intermediate/advanced lifter.

Always appreciated that you spend the time to educate, bravo sir

This is the new generation of strongmans! High education plus hard work. Its not about always pushing your hardest.

...in the end of the video the main point , if you are top of your strength, its not sustainable for long..., keep it safe and gl for all comps you are going

Love videos like this sir! Thank you so much

Another great video! Keep them coming, absolutely loving your KZread channel.

i just wanna say i appreciate these short to the point informative videos.

Thanks for sharing great info. I loved watching you compete at the Shaw classic. Incredible showing

Seriously good content with gems like this. Nice one!

Thank you for this series of vid

Thank you, Sir.

I like these walk and talks! Good stuff!

😎👍 awesome stuff. Love the honesty.

great stuff!

Thank you for demystifying injuries. I always thought it was because I wasnt stretching/mobilizing enough that there's always something wrong somewhere in my body. I never assumed it was because maybe I needed to be more consistent in my loads and intensity. I love your advice. Please keep it coming!

This is exactly what happened with my partial pec tear. I was wearing headphones, and that little bit of plastic that links the two headphone wires was directly under the bar. Every time I was lowering the bar it was getting uncomfortably driven into my sternum. I adjusted the bar path slightly, combined with a heavy load which caused a further breakdown in form and boom.

The content on this channel has been awesome. Nowhere near as beneficial as the group deadlift program. So much extra info to go along with a simple and flexible program.

Mitch i would love it if you could show us your stretch/warmup/mobility routine. Having massive issues with espcially shoulder mobility as i get bigger and now i cant get the bar into a squat position due to my shoulders

@jculbert2221

9 ай бұрын

In a previous video, his answer was basically "none." he warms up dynamically by starting the lift with light weights. Though in some of those Crossfit videos he's following the warmups they're doing.

@jculbert2221

9 ай бұрын

Your question is more of a specific mobility issue with a given movement. For what it's worth, Squat University has a few great videos on shoulder mobility for squats.

Wrist fracture and scapular winging on the right side

Love the info and the details makes logical sense

@mitchellhooperstrongman

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed 👊🏽

Words of wisdom from a pro is priceless 😃 Thanks Mitchell

Greg ernst was my role motivation back in the day

Nice job Moose. Good video

definetly like these "walk & talk" style vid's, alot of straight to the point info.... with your background of studies I'm curious if you've ever looked into neurology or corrective chiro

Great content as always but just on that and might be reading to much when you say about not adjusting loads by I think you said 5% and volume week on week how would you play a deload? I deload every 4th week to 60% then carry o. The programme what’s your thoughts?

Mitch, any video for immune system support and recovery of the nervous system?

This is important, I’ve had two weeks off with little niggling injuries. A trainer said it was because I cut out carbs. So I needed this video.

Earning the right to lift heavy makes sense to me, it allows your body to adapt... which takes time. Big Zee did really good nutritional videos, eat lots, all the time including a few treats! Eat what is good for strongman... everything!

Sprained my MCL cleaning a 170kg axle 7 weeks ago. Currently struggling to squat 40kg without leaning away from the affected side, any advice would be very appreciated 😁

Hi mitch me its knee pain when i do squat or when i move by trying like push with one leg not always but not cool

I've messed up one knee somehow, I think through lunges. I'm always getting injured but my friend with a PT doesn't. I think now that it's due to me pushing too hard. I've always shy'd away from programs, looking at an 8 week plan with what I consider a small amount of weight increase when without a plan I can do double or tripple sometimes, other times I get injured and it throws me back.

Tore my adductor 8 weeks ago, finally back to squatting but still makes me nervous

Thanks for these videos Daddy Yoda 😂

Hi, if I'm doing 6 rep training on heavy squats for say 2 weeks in a row, then on the 3rd week I feel very fatigued, what would you suggest doing on that week? Or am I just overtraining with accessory work maybe, (5 accessory exercises heavy on each), thanks.

@Devou1s

9 ай бұрын

I would suggest you trying a heavier squat day and a lighter one, then your CNS should not be cooked after 2-3 weeks. Try to keep the accessories the same the first time. Then you know if you are overdoing it (could sound like that if you do 5 heavy accessories tho, I usually only do 1-2 on my squat days)

Benching 4 plates without feet on the floor is just wow! Is there a specific reason for it? I use legs and basically every body part on heavy benches.

So funny that this was posted a few days after I strain my low back and have barely been able to get out of bed

Who is doing the great job of holding the moving camera ?

the majority of my injuries have been correlated with sleep and hydration more so than any form correlation such great advice btw! thank you for everything.

Not sure if you read the comments but I wanted to shoot my shot here. I’m 5’9” 210lbs and am planning on training for strongman events locally in that class. I’ve trained for years and it always ends up with me in the gym 5 days a week upwards of 2.5-3 hours some of those days. What is the optimal training schedule? I also work an extremely physically demanding job in the fitness industry and am upping my calories and protein to aid in recovery and energy throughout the day.

@TL13579

9 ай бұрын

5 days with 2.5-3 hour sessions is quite excessive. IMO, 6-8 hours spread over 3-4 days is optimal, more than that and you're overtraining. At least for natural strength athletes.

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Something Brian Shaw said was stick to the program even if you are lifting easy don't fall for the temptation to go heavier than the program.

Be heavy, Lift kind.😉

This video came out too late, just got quad tendinitis 😭

Worlds strongest doctor, when? 😉

Take role out of there lol

hit the gym Monday, fired up to blast my chest. First set warmup, 1 plate, couldn't bring the bar down because my outer elbow hurt so bad. No clue when it happened but 2 days later, tried again ,and it was as if my elbow had never been sore. I'm no newby. Been working out for 35 years, heavy compared to most people, but first time I've ever had any "injury".

I think injuries are inevitable 😕

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I wonder How long it would take to test 8 billion peoples strength lol

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Greg ernst lifted 5300lb in a back lift in 1992 , Guinness has it listed as the most weight ever lifted and most impressive lift in human history, good reason why no one even tryed to beat it , that 5300 is a full body test of strength, Greg ernst is from nova Scotia.

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That advise should come from the great man himself Brian Shaw he has competed year after year with minimum injuries and he trains all year long competition or no competition ❤

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