Arnold Schwarzenegger said that Tom would blast his legs mercilessly like this until he could hardly walk, then finish off the workout with a 20 mile bike ride. Absolute beast.
it just doesnt make any sense from a training perspective. Its like saying he did 10 sets of hardcore dips and then he downed like 15 beers bro! A bike ride after leg training will simply kill your gains. Read up on AMPK and mTOR relationships. Those guys just took a fuckload of steroids and were in the gym all day. Hard not to get big.
@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 weak ????? He squatted 520lbsx23 in a suit. He also used to do widow maker sets with 315 for like 30+ reps. Sure buddy. Your probably ecstatic about your 4 plate squat w belt, low bar, wide stance and knee wraps. Fool.
@@carlostinajero9247 Yes the machine became sentient and also pregnant because Vaaleri fucked it. I can confirm because I am the machine and Vaaleri still hasn’t paid child support
This video gives me a rollercoaster of emotions. From admiring the perfect form squats, to wincing at the hack squats, to sheer laughter at the leg extensions and leg curls 😂
@@AREYOUSUREXD from someone myself who really struggled to squat deep without lurching forward, I'm actually really quite jealous of his squat form. Now his extensions and leg curls look a bit crazy but equally the evidence is there that it works for him specifically.
I think he bulletproofed his knees by entertaining such extreme ROM on a regular basis throughout his career. It's the office workers whose hips are too tight that can't fathom what Tom could do.
@@Mike-sm5kq no man. Not when you're the reason a gym has a fuxkknf name and is growing . They don't want to loose their celebrity and all of his fans will leave with him. Plus if your machines can't take q beating its your fault for buying shit equipment
I was at this camp and witness this first hand . Most intense thing I ever saw. Worked out with Tom for a week one of the coolest people I have ever met.
6:53 "KILL ME" and ... 7:14- 7:20 "HARDER".... LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s a fitness content creator named Kneesovertoes that covers hyper extension with the knees, and how it’s actually quite healthy for your joints…. When done correctly. Now, I wouldn’t throw 300+ lbs on a hack squat and do what Tom and kneesovertoesguy does, but some extension never hurt nobody.
At 5:03 I’ve never laughed so hard! 😂 Tom Platz is such a legend he obliterated the machine after Platz got done they put (out of service) on it. He took the machines virginity away
The end is hilarious! XD But he does make some very good points in this video though: - Stay Tight (constant tension) - full contraction and full flexion (full ROM) Very important for hypertrophy!
I would also add the excentric failure routine given by Fernando Sardinha's (Ponto Zero) technic. That routine gave 6,5cm to my arms...in about 16 weeks...
These vintage videos are my go to compared to the gym shark teen/ current IFBB training vids these days. And I am a ‘95 born. Something about the 70s-80s the style of training was more foundational and more rewarding physique wise. Have been following the Yates reps and sets method for bodybuilding movements and it’s done wonders for me size wise
I learn the Art of doing Squats and loving it thanks to Mr Platz. Legend. I always had scary of squats because of the back pain or injury but I figurte it out by my own, now 3 weeks later from starting I do 132 on olympic bar, 6 or 7 sets . I fking love it
I was at my local gym once, trying some moves I saw in Pumping Iron, one of the trainers there saw me and said don't try that stuff in this gym, if I see that again I will kick you out personally.
Honestly a lot of this stuff with the leg extensions look like great ways to injur yourself. Leg extensions as they are can be hard on the knees. I really messed up one knee doing these, I doubt I'll ever do them again.
Lol!!!! This is too funny. I’ll never be able to look at the leg extension and curl machines the same after this video. “grab my ankles...now go fast...Push!” 😂😂😂
after watching this video i was arrested for molesting the leg curl machine and my partner who was pressing the machine against my legs was admitted in the hospital cause i farted on his face.
holly fuck i could just picture me an my training partner now doing some of these crazy ass moves in the gym .... My goodness the whole gym would be talking .... Check them 2 gay lords over there hahahahahaha Seriously my ribs hurt after watching this soooooooo funny OMG..... Tom you dirty devil you pmsl
" this is the squat rack okay... it's where life and death take place every workout." that's heavy. no wonder these lil trolls would rather hate on people and critique other physiques rather than lift weights themselves
I've been doing my hack squats Tom Platz style for a while now with good results. It's a good burn in outer quad. I have healthy strong knees with no problems at all. I get lots of questions about the unusual style but they do work well.
Ru Serious? I was obviously joking- I kno how hard the man used to workout- U gonna go around commenting on other ppl talking bout tht too or jus hate on me?
+StyrbjornStarke Idem, the stretching in the muscle and tendons looks extreme. I think most of people who wants to does it should use light weights~very light weight according to the flexibility in the leg and perfect execution, with high repetition volume. Remember Tom Platz leg were over the possibilites of normal human.
+StyrbjornStarke I actually did these last week. Obviously I went extremely light with a very slow tempo. The pump was insane and I could hardly walk. My knees feel fine and during the motion I did not really feel any tension on my tendons.
I can remember being a total string bean, legs like toothpicks back in the early 90’s when I was an early teenager. Then I found Tom Platz in a bodybuilding magazine. After that, leg training was everything. I’m not big now, average, but just focusing on leg development improved everything about my overall muscle training. Training legs and training negatives on all my exercises.... (Legs are the biggest muscle groups in the body and training them will boost overall natural testosterone production more than anything- barring anabolic steroids) Platz was a true inspiration and a blueprint for making myself more fit and gaining self esteem.
Thanks a lot Tom, I did this in my gym and now I got banned, someone reported me for sexually harassing the leg curl machine.
:D
lmao😂😂😂
Aaron The Bodybuilder 😂 lol
Aaron The Bodybuilder Hahaha 😂
AK Wilson Wilson
There is a reason why nobody had legs like this guy. He broke the shit out of each machine before he left the gym.
I was thinking those machines aren't gonna last long.
lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Clearly you haven't met the 405 brigade, homie
😂😂😂😂😂
HE HAD THE BEST LEGS OF BODYBUILDING HISTORY BECAUSE HE DECLARED WAR AGAINST HIS OWN LEGS IN EVERY TRAINING SESSION !!!!!
SHUT UP!!!!
Cos he had the best leg genetics
@@RB-kg6kz stfu bruh y’all cry genetics every time lmao
No cbum has better legs than this guy
@@thomasroo5417 and you're like Jay Cutler.. "You smoking crack"
By Ronnie Coleman
Arnold Schwarzenegger said that Tom would blast his legs mercilessly like this until he could hardly walk, then finish off the workout with a 20 mile bike ride. Absolute beast.
20 miles after a lift like that? aw hell nah
@@ryanjung4416 if I did all that moving my legs the next day would make me feel like someone shot my legs off😂😂😂
it just doesnt make any sense from a training perspective. Its like saying he did 10 sets of hardcore dips and then he downed like 15 beers bro! A bike ride after leg training will simply kill your gains. Read up on AMPK and mTOR relationships. Those guys just took a fuckload of steroids and were in the gym all day. Hard not to get big.
@@mkballer4502 you are clueless
@@mkballer4502 🤡
I was taught by weightlifters not powerlifters
What a legend
thats why he was weak an big for nothing
@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 explain
@@ea5266 He cant, weightlifters have some of the best squat technique and strength for their size.
@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 copium
@@heveyweightheveyweight5399 weak ????? He squatted 520lbsx23 in a suit. He also used to do widow maker sets with 315 for like 30+ reps. Sure buddy. Your probably ecstatic about your 4 plate squat w belt, low bar, wide stance and knee wraps. Fool.
Did this at my gym and now the leg curl machine is constantly hounding me for child support. Thanks Tom, very cool!
Lol Wait Really!?
@@carlostinajero9247 Yes the machine became sentient and also pregnant because Vaaleri fucked it. I can confirm because I am the machine and Vaaleri still hasn’t paid child support
FUCK THE MACHINE!
LMFAO
there's still time to delete this stupid comment
7:17 He got that leg curl machine pregnant
Tissue time 😆
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅅㅂ
미치겠닼ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
9months later a leg extension machine was born
@I reddened the claws of the food-hungry eagle that's fucking hilarious
This video gives me a rollercoaster of emotions. From admiring the perfect form squats, to wincing at the hack squats, to sheer laughter at the leg extensions and leg curls 😂
“Kill me”, Tom Platz
This man was truly 1/1 😂
In the year of our lord 2022 people still fear knees over toes
bruhhh I was looking for perfect squat forms to do at the gym
an thought this could be the one but boy was I mistaken 😂😂😂
@@AREYOUSUREXD from someone myself who really struggled to squat deep without lurching forward, I'm actually really quite jealous of his squat form. Now his extensions and leg curls look a bit crazy but equally the evidence is there that it works for him specifically.
@@Sam-pr6oe that’s why Ben Patrick is such a g
Seeing Tom Plazt walking today with no knees issues proves how gifted he is genetically in the joints and legs area
I think he bulletproofed his knees by entertaining such extreme ROM on a regular basis throughout his career. It's the office workers whose hips are too tight that can't fathom what Tom could do.
Or maybe your understanding of what causes knee issues is wrong?
@@abuDA-bt6ei yeah science is wrong because some hard working genetically gifted bodybuilder didn't fuck up his knees despite treating them badly 🤡
@@hijo1998 it takes time and practice .
Exactly. Most people would end up in wheelchairs if they tried training like this.
Leg day wants to skip this man
Tom literally takes going to failure to a new level.
Underrated comment
This is what gyms are missing nowadays
@Nathan this is just for show, if u treated machines like this, even back in the day, u be thrown out
@@Mike-sm5kq What exactly is for show because if you watch him train people he Does the exact shit he is doing in this video
@@Mike-sm5kq no man. Not when you're the reason a gym has a fuxkknf name and is growing . They don't want to loose their celebrity and all of his fans will leave with him. Plus if your machines can't take q beating its your fault for buying shit equipment
I was at this camp and witness this first hand . Most intense thing I ever saw. Worked out with Tom for a week one of the coolest people I have ever met.
Pat Rivard How old are you?
You mastered the art of machine sex from the greatest
Dude, he's a goof. We've all seen him in interviews rambling on.....
@@tyronewilliams96 you're a goof and a nobody. You will never achieve even a quarter of what he did. Keep running your bitch ass mouth on RUclips
Lie detector test determined that was a lie 🤥
i heard that hamstring curl machine filed a law suit for sexual assault on mr platz
bro xD
.
Every leg day I think of Tom and push myself past my limits. “When you think you only have one rep left, you have 5.”
5:23 That's some Key and Peele level physical comedy.
Nothing but respect to Tom's work ethic! ☝️💪
"pump it hard, Faster!" - Tom Platz
words to live by.
He stole this quote from Jenna Jameson
I was just praying no one walked in my room through that scene
„Never ever relax. Stay tight“
My knees exploded just watching him do those hack squats. haha, I wish I could do that!
How do you molest equipment like that!!!
Same 😂😂😂😂😂😂
What stops you
Only your mind is stopping you, not your knees.
@@gokukakarot1855 I’m pretty sure his mind is what’s giving him knee problems
Sometimes dedication and enthusiasm can be taken to a dimension that the general public is not prepared to see.
You got to live it.
2:26 "Vince Gironda who doesn't believe in squatting" *Rolls his eyes hard* LOOOL
6:53 He literally tells his spotter "kill me" hahahah I've never laughed that hard
Tried his routine, now I am in a wheelchair for life and no one wants to talk to me
Emil Tvede Are you serious?
Nelson Mesones always one
Ian Barrett that one person who can’t read a joke in a comment section
Lol
@@KryXOXO his comment was what made the original one even more funny 😂
6:53 "keep going, keep going! Kill me!"
This guy is a legend in every way possible.
after the squats this shit got weird lol
+odysseas psarros oh man i laught so much but u cannot troll this guy man he has the best legs in history, so i think he was to damn serious :D
I think he trolled the whole room. Surely
lmfaoooo
....ohyeah I've just got to that part
Lmao!!!!!
his unmatched genetics coupled with sheer work ethic makes him a feared opponent in any realm known to the bodybuilding endeavour.
Tom G
Imagine Tom at planet fitness 😂😂😂 wouldn’t last 5 minutes
***Planet fitness wouldn't last 5 minutes against Tom
Tom, Ronnie and Kyriakos Grizzly could take down the whole franchise
That's why today's bodybuilders don't have legs like tom platz 😂😂
He would do fine at planet.
I would pay money to see him shattering the stupid lunk alarm lol.
The hamstring curl machine throwing in the towel at 7:26 😂
Lolllll
Lmao 😂😂😂
Chilllll 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
This comment seriously killed me 😂😂😂
6:53 "KILL ME" and ... 7:14- 7:20 "HARDER".... LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
roid rage took over like a muthafucka!!!!.....I felt bad for that guy. tom platz tha best thou
Sounded like gay sex. XD
jim jones
JAJAJAJAJJAJAJAJJA WWWWWWWW
jim jones corny.....
you don't know what a joke is
he still has one of the best legs in bodybuilding to this day! legend!!
@ He still has crazy leg development, surprisingly
Yeah, the other one is not so hot.
Only the one? 🤔🤓
2 of the best legs....
it's a miracle his knees didn't explode. absolute legend
I did have a laugh through this video but then again he is the king when it comes to legs. Legend.
Super human knee strength. Never seen anything like that in my life.
Right?? His knees are literally like rubber lmfao
There’s a fitness content creator named Kneesovertoes that covers hyper extension with the knees, and how it’s actually quite healthy for your joints…. When done correctly. Now, I wouldn’t throw 300+ lbs on a hack squat and do what Tom and kneesovertoesguy does, but some extension never hurt nobody.
Its cause nobody works on flexibility and stretching.. it takes hours and hours if you want a mobile and healthy muscles
his knees are probably ruined now though, there’s no way that is good for your knees in the long run
@@Mythiqoeatsbreadladdd he still squats at his old age… educate yourself
At 5:03 I’ve never laughed so hard! 😂 Tom Platz is such a legend he obliterated the machine after Platz got done they put (out of service) on it. He took the machines virginity away
hahaha
LMAOOO
Lmfao hahahaha
Hahaha lmao
Hahahh
The end is hilarious! XD
But he does make some very good points in this video though:
- Stay Tight (constant tension)
- full contraction and full flexion (full ROM)
Very important for hypertrophy!
I would also add the excentric failure routine given by Fernando Sardinha's (Ponto Zero) technic. That routine gave 6,5cm to my arms...in about 16 weeks...
6 cm sure... your testosterone injection.
This guy has the pain tolerance of a superhero.
These vintage videos are my go to compared to the gym shark teen/ current IFBB training vids these days. And I am a ‘95 born. Something about the 70s-80s the style of training was more foundational and more rewarding physique wise.
Have been following the Yates reps and sets method for bodybuilding movements and it’s done wonders for me size wise
Born in '94... something definitely happened to kids born after 2000. They're aliens from pluto or some shit, don't understand them one bit
What’s the method
5:18 couldn't be anymore gayer scene than that at the gym.
ahahahah 7:16 maybe
KingArthur I read your comment and then watched the video LOL LOL LOL ha ha ha It's so gay. LMAOOOOOOOOOOOO
LMAO
lol! check that hamstring curl almost going in his ass hahaha
+KingArthur you should just stop watching porno videos. I don't see any gay scene.
5:03 - 5:30 First time with a woman hahahahahha
Jajajaja
Baby reps! Baby reps! The fact he got applause after that was hilarious.
🤣
7:15 Second time
It’s even more hilarious at 2.0 times speed
My mom walked in at 7:18
JP McPherson oh man lol
JP McPherson
My wife walked in around 5:25 and said I'm DL, what ever that means..
hahahaha
JP McPherson hahaha
JP McPherson epic comment. 😅
imagine walking in the gym and you see this 7:15
🤣🤣
I learn the Art of doing Squats and loving it thanks to Mr Platz. Legend. I always had scary of squats because of the back pain or injury but I figurte it out by my own, now 3 weeks later from starting I do 132 on olympic bar, 6 or 7 sets . I fking love it
I never get an applause when Finishing it with my gf
Push harder then.
225th like! You better be pushing harder just like tom says
my knees hurts from watching
Rob Brown yeah those hack squat bounces were brutal
5:20 wtf is happening here
Forced negatives
That moment made my week. Simply amazingly weird
Most of Tom's training sessions includes a gay moment like 7:17 #nohomo
Switched to porn when my mom walked in, easier to explain
Hahahahaha! Love your sense of humour, MRX!
I took a class with Tom years ago and he showed us leg work. Amazing!
No me gustaba hacer pierna hasta que vi a Tom Platz y fue mi inspiración 💪💪
Tried his leg training advices, got kicked out..
I was at my local gym once, trying some moves I saw in Pumping Iron, one of the trainers there saw me and said don't try that stuff in this gym, if I see that again I will kick you out personally.
shellsbignumber2 What sort of stuff?
?
Honestly a lot of this stuff with the leg extensions look like great ways to injur yourself. Leg extensions as they are can be hard on the knees. I really messed up one knee doing these, I doubt I'll ever do them again.
BigBadJerry Rogers I injured myself doing leg extensions now when I do them I use light weight it’s more for pumping
That leg machine still gets more action than i do
Hahahahaha
Imagine tom asking you to spot him. I be like i think i have to go now my mammy be lookin for me
Lmfao "push the machine up help me get reps" XDXDXDXDXD im fucking dead
the connective tissue development in his knee joints must have been fucking wild in his prime.
I genuinely laughed my ass off to this
Lol!!!! This is too funny. I’ll never be able to look at the leg extension and curl machines the same after this video. “grab my ankles...now go fast...Push!” 😂😂😂
after watching this video i was arrested for molesting the leg curl machine and my partner who was pressing the machine against my legs was admitted in the hospital cause i farted on his face.
wow that was insane. he has the best legs of any bodybuilder
Regardless of how young or old Tom is, dude is always speaking straight.
This guy would get kicked out of every gym today
holly fuck i could just picture me an my training partner now doing some of these crazy ass moves in the gym .... My goodness the whole gym would be talking .... Check them 2 gay lords over there hahahahahaha
Seriously my ribs hurt after watching this soooooooo funny OMG..... Tom you dirty devil you pmsl
could have had top role in the movie dodgeball...
+matt dawson for sure they would think you're gay but if you're like platz you don't care.
+eyejab ........... Are you like platty ? Are you ?.... Come on are you ? .... Oh you dirty devil you!!!!
LOL..so true! :D
I was thinking the exact same thing...times have changed soo much...and for the worse in this case!
I was laughing so hard on those leg extensions. He was almost fucking the guy's face yelling "Harder yeahh, faster mhyeahh"
I have a huge amount of respect for Tom but for 10 seconds after 5:20 I couldn't stop myself from giggling.
He killed it though
6:54😂 "kill me" what a legend
Tom Platz would put Taliban to shame they way he tortured his legs!
I ruptured my patella tendon watching Tom Platz hack squat
" this is the squat rack okay... it's where life and death take place every workout."
that's heavy. no wonder these lil trolls would rather hate on people and critique other physiques rather than lift weights themselves
Underrated comment
Good thing those machines were not made by IKEA
My knees be like BOOM... flying across the room blood everywhere lol
I train to failure meaning until the machines fail - Tom Platz 😂
This isn't mind-muscle connection, this is mind-muscle matrimony.
every time i'm down i watch this
I respected him so much more when he said he was trained by weightlifters.
5:22 that´s what she said.
Hahha when she HJ you for the first time
The thing about Tom Platz is that he is very intelligent. Pictures dont give him credit in this regard.
It’s so eerie to have an audience that doesn’t interrupt you or make noises while you demonstrate. It’s unheard of these days
Oh, I thought it was just about going to human failure. Now I see it is also about going to machine's failure.
I've been doing my hack squats Tom Platz style for a while now with good results. It's a good burn in outer quad. I have healthy strong knees with no problems at all. I get lots of questions about the unusual style but they do work well.
Tom Platz is a legend but.....wtf did was he doing lol
Ru Serious? I was obviously joking- I kno how hard the man used to workout- U gonna go around commenting on other ppl talking bout tht too or jus hate on me?
Grammar is horrible
Nice English dog
Molesting a leg machine
Aj007cool dude your comment is clearly not a joke. No one reading that would think it’s a joke.
That leg curl machine definitely got knocked up that day
The Quadfather puts the Leg in Legend
Really great advice here but damn that technique in the hack looks fucking dangerous. One mistake there and your done..
StyrbjornStarke I was thinking the same about the hack...one mistake and its game over...reckless advice on that.
+StyrbjornStarke Idem, the stretching in the muscle and tendons looks extreme. I think most of people who wants to does it should use light weights~very light weight according to the flexibility in the leg and perfect execution, with high repetition volume. Remember Tom Platz leg were over the possibilites of normal human.
+StyrbjornStarke I actually did these last week. Obviously I went extremely light with a very slow tempo. The pump was insane and I could hardly walk. My knees feel fine and during the motion I did not really feel any tension on my tendons.
My knees are fckd since trying this. Wasnt even using too much weight.
Shit man, I'm sorry to hear that. How is your knee flexibility? I have flexible joints from my years playing hockey. That could be an issue.
Watching the video helped my quads and reading the comments made my abs!
6:00 it looks like someone doing regular preacher curls. Lol nope just Toms tree trunk legs
"Pump it! Hard!"
"Uhhh... I didnt sign up for this Mr. Platz?"
Imagine being the person that help him
I can remember being a total string bean, legs like toothpicks back in the early 90’s when I was an early teenager. Then I found Tom Platz in a bodybuilding magazine. After that, leg training was everything. I’m not big now, average, but just focusing on leg development improved everything about my overall muscle training. Training legs and training negatives on all my exercises.... (Legs are the biggest muscle groups in the body and training them will boost overall natural testosterone production more than anything- barring anabolic steroids) Platz was a true inspiration and a blueprint for making myself more fit and gaining self esteem.
sin duda las mejores piernas de la historia a pesar del entrenamiento infernal es el mejor tom platz
5:20 & 7:16 that's transforming it into something else lmao the dedication!
Those machines should be in a museum
Good lord only in the 80's would nobody find that weird at the time.
Looks really painful on the knees.
But Platz had some amazing legs
0:16 TIGHT TIGHT TIGHT!!!
😅😂
Blonde Tuco Salamanca 😅
😂😂 that leg extension machine part was funny as hell
Tom Platz était un mordu de la répétition maximale 💪💪💪💪
ABSOLUTLY BRUTAL LEGS 😮😮😮
The zoom in on the hamstring curls looked like arms doing preacher curls
"push down, pump it hard... fast" Tom "Ron Jeremy" Platz
He does those reps allot faster than I would expect
Charismatic it’s finest
People clap when they’re uncomfortable ig
this made me smile.. training has changed so much... i love to train hard but this looks like overtraining..
i still might have to try it for 6 weeks
Yes but he's said in videos that he would train with very low volume, like twice a month because of how intense he would go. Not for us naturals xD
6:20 just testing the machine 💀
I can’t help but respect him more for this.
THIS WAS COMEDY GOLD
HAHAHAHA...this brought back memories of Adam Sandler's old comedy CDs: "Barry Lenkin - Is it two men working out...or having sex?"