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I can't help but notice a lot of these celebrity routines don't actually have the celebrity doing them, which leads me to believe these are more like paid endorsements from whoever is publishing these.
I dont know, a lot of athletes are all in on placebo, doing weird Joel Seedman-tier exercises, do things like cupping and chiropractic, look at MMA guys' training, even the top guys, typically their weight training is really weird and their coaches say the wildest shit that sounds like it's from the 80s
As an Athletic Trainer who works in sports medicine I appreciate that Mike points out the difference between an athletic trainer and a strength and conditioning specialist and/or personal trainer. Our title indicates medical training, certification, and licensure and unfortunately often gets co-opted by personal trainers wanting to sound more official. While we are educated in the science behind effective training and sport performance we like to leave that realm to specialists like Mike while we focus on getting athletes recovered from their injuries
I’m glad he did as well. I’m an Athletic Trainer who is also a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist. It bothers me when I talk to people who work as personal trainers but wanna say “athletic trainer” because they think it will make them seem fancier
Would love to see a “Training the Perfect [Pitcher, Linebacker, Point Guard, etc]” Would be fascinating to see how Mike would prescribe the balance of sports specific movements vs strength training vs cardio etc I’ve mentioned this before, and another commenter mentioned James on your team. Would be great to have him as a guest on a series like this, with your modern/improved production value you’ve had the last couple years.
I think Mike is a proponent of the two factor model. Which basically means that strength and conditioning are Its own thing and sports training is its own thing. There’s not really a need to sido sorts specific training in most cases. Usually being as strong and fit as possible just makes you a better athlete and then training your sport by itself makes you better at the sport. Trying to compromise the two is getting worst of both worlds
@@yoeyyoey8937that's factually not true. Sport specific exercises are 100% a part of any competent strength and conditioning coaches program. Being "strong" in the gym isn't nearly enough Source : I'm a strength and conditioning coach working with Olympic athletes
@spyhunter775577 I don't think Mike will do a video like that because it would actually be a disservice to the field. The ratio between non sport specific/sport specific exercises, actual sports training, volume/intensity/frequency, etc., changes constantly since the blocks of training are changing. Periodization is a science in itself, and I'm confident Mike knows that. I think that if he does a video like that, a lot of people will think that that's the only stuff they need to do, which cannot be further than the truth
Yes, but a PhD doesn't make you a right about everything. I'm sure PhD's, who took the same courses as he did, have differences of opinion. Besides, what has this guy done in life other than tell people successful at what they do, what they're doing wrong?
@@akibe7608probably done lots of other things. Also successful people will be the first to tell you that they want to be told what they are doing wrong so they can keep improving.
It's just that mike talks about lebron's workout and says it's not good because it doesn't stimulate muscle growth well. That might be true and based in fact, but surely he must know that some of this stuff is great for improving balance and stability, which is extremely important for finishing around the rim in basketball.
It would be interesting to see your take on LeBron's high school and early career training methods. I can't remember the name of the documentary, but watching his high school coaches and trainers at the time, he was lucky to have some really knowledgable people in his corner that I think in some ways was conducive to him being as bulletproof as he was in his career. Everything seemed to be focused on hip extension, hip health and core work. A good mixture of static type work and explosive power generating movements. I think a lot of athletes suffer later in their careers because they start this too late, generally have these "celebrity trainers" that make them do convoluted BS, and it catches up to them. Bron's fortunate to have had these guys build the most important factor for any athlete. Hips and core.
But you overlook the fact that Lebron does not look like a puffy, bloated, injury prone RUclips gas-bag who dismisses anything that isn't helped with PEDs. IF Lebron was more concerned with waddling when he walked because of lack of flexibility, he'd be more likely to listen to DOCTOR Mike. Pathetic.
The thing I'm learning from working through these playlists is a lot of PTs might be great people (and maybe great coaches) but are often working on outdated research or a very basic foundation of knowledge...
I'm glad you brought up stiffness after systemic fatigue doctor Mike. Yesterday while attempting a warmup on a conventional, I found that I had trouble getting into position, something that I worked hard on years prior to cement. I know that I am still close to my peak fatigue, so understanding that the stiffness is another indication of fatigue is actually a super helpful tool for me to judge if I'm doing too much volume again.
Probably likes him alot more than most of the trainers in these videos. Guessing he would appreciate that Kneesovertoes guy promotes alot of large ROM movements with an emphasis on the stretch under load and high degree of control. Not sure he'd love the staple ATG split squat where the front foot heel comes off the ground, as Dr Mike has talked repeatedly about how this increased instability reduces force output thus reducing the overall effectiveness of the exercise. But even with that, I'm sure he'd like it alot more than doing 30 mins of bear crawl and spiderman thingys before every workout.
it's genuinely hard not to smile and laugh while watching Dr. Mike randomly riff. I can be laser focused on trying to learn the principles he preaches and then, BAM, he takes it too 💯🤣 keep up the fantastic work with this channel, Dr. Mike! I am now in my 30's and would have killed to have this level of access to someone as knowledgable as him when I was in high school and/or college and beginning to get serious about training SMARTER. ✌
@@RawDoggin_78 Scott the video guy goes to him while he's chilling in the living room like "Sire, @c0smic.Cha0s said that he enjoys ye content" and then Scott just replies what he said.
The moment you paused to “explain” what a Spider-Man is, I knew where you were going and it loudly cracked me up on the metro into work. Well done, Dr. Mike!
Every time I watch these videos, I desperately want a series where we can watch an actual good scientific workout for different sports and disciplines. I'm an aerialist and love crosstraining, but it makes no sense for me to train the same as a bodybuilder when I need to easily lift my bodyweight upside down and be as strong, light, and flexible as possible, while reducing injury risk especially in the shoulders. How do we know what is really the most effective and efficient when so much information out there is out of date or hokey? 😢
You have to use your brain. If you train for general strength then it will have the biggest impact on your sport but ofc aerial is different because it’s so specific and you don’t want any more muscle mass than you absolutely need to
"And no one will talk to you in school..." I'd bet real money that humor is a way to cope with actual pain. I just wanna hug Mike, but I can't, so I'll watch the video twice and maybe he can hug his Lamborghini.
That's a whole lot of speculation for someone who routinely engages in absurdist and off the cuff humour. Unless this is just being ironic or some shit.
As an NBA fan for many years and a personal trainer and physical therapist, I've watched as many workout videos of NBA players as I could find. LeBron's (and many other ballers) workouts are a lot about show boating and fancy "core" stuff with far from always a good transition onto on court stuff in my opinion. Having said that, the core engagement is still somewhat important, but a lot of players tend to take the creativity too far and shy away from just plane simple stength training with dumbbells and barbells, even body weight exercises. Looking at many of the players lateral delts, I'd say they probably didn't get those from doing those exercises nor good genetics or eating beef 6 times per day;)
A lot of these trainings are just awful and a waste of time. One exeption would be Jimmy Butler, I saw a workout he published that was incredibly thoughtfull, extremely well time managed with a lot on intensity and bball specifity in his exercises. No wonder it's one of the rare late bloomer to make it, he might be the only one with adequate training.
I have the same idea when it comes to training for my mountain biking. Why don't I do all the fancy unstable core work and balance work to improve my mountain biking and balance when I try to stay on my lines? BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I'M ON THE GODDMAN BIKE. If I'm in the gym its to get my muscles, joints and bones strong because that is best way to do that. The best way to train the balance and core I need for mountain biking is to go freaking mountain biking because it also has all the happy side benefit of basic practice hours too. Oh and joy of doing the hobby itself.
He should do the knees over toes guy's workouts. Training knee, hip and ankle flexion directly for strength, power and hypertrophy seems extremely useful for most team sports
i would love that as well, he never would though. If he ever went on a podcast with trainers of the level lebron has he would look like a complete idiot as they explain how wrong he is.
@@Snougaloogie its not criticism. its a roid head trying to get views by using lebrons name. someone who is in far better shape than him, stronger than him, healthier than him. More coordinated, id even say smarter.
I always enjoy the witty dry humour of mike and chuckle on the inside. The preparation and delivery of the Spiderman joke had me roaring with laughter. Good shit
Re 16:55 post-exercise stretching - I've noticed I sleep better if I stretch and/or foam roll after training. So in my specific case I recover better if I stretch and/or foam roll as a "cool down".
At this point in his training career, isn't LeBron more just trying to maintain what he already built than trying to build more? I recall an interview you did years ago where you said that an unenhanced person, under excellent training, would build about all of the muscle that they can in 10 years, which was good news because at that point maintaining is much easier and they can spend the rest of their lives jacked and with more free time...
Totally. But most of this clown shit he's doing isn't remotely the most efficient way to maintain his muscularity or enhance much of anything else, unfortunately. - Dr. Mike
Mike critiquing LeBron who's entering his 21st yr is laughable. Goofy guy critiquing Bron and The Rock as if their longevity doesn't prove the effectiveness of their training. F Mike
@@timl628 They both had their fair share of injuries and consider this: They might have that long of a career *despite* all of the shit they do wrong, not because of it. They might just be lucky. For example Helmut Schmidt, former German chancellor, died a month before his 97th birthday. Dude was a heavy smoker. Does that mean that smoking is not unhealthy or might even prolong your life? Nope, only an idiot would assume that. He just got lucky. He might have lived up to 120 if he'd never started smoking or just died at 100 with way better quality of life leading up to that.
I think the criticism/joke is, rich people don't want to hear "do these ten basic exercises on this schedule for the rest of your life" so they find more and more convoluted ways to work out, ideally sold to them by charlatans who specialise in coming up with convoluted exercises to sell to rich people who don't want to hear "do these ten basic exercises on this schedule for the rest of your life."
as a fresh graduate physiotherapist and a bodybuilding trainer, it is very disheartening for me to see that these clowns get to work with the top athletes and get al the clout and money while actual competent people hardly find decent paying jobs. the industry is fucked.
I am one as well, and the moment the video started, I thought to myself "Okay let's see why Lebron James chose to hire him." That is my thought every time and I am left with no reason after watching. I think Dr. Mike hit it perfect. They are hired because they are willing to put their name on the line by putting science aside and just doing what the pro athlete enjoys.
I hear you man. It's supply and demand. Lots of people want clown shit, and clown shit they get. But if you do a great job with scientific training, you can do amazing things in the industry. Don't let the clown car patrol get you down. Do your best! - Dr. Mike
Wow Dr. Mike just debunked one of the biggest fitness myths, the idea that YOU HAVE TO stretch after a workout. I'm going to be saving so much time from now on with this info. I would love a longer video from Dr. Mike on this issue and what the current science says about stretching.
The question is, what are you going for. Bodybuilding and fitness training for athletics are two very different disciplines. Some bodybuilders say don't stretch before you workout. If you're just going for bodybuilding, then you should listen to a bodybuilding coach. If you want to become the best possible athlete you can become, do what the best athletes do, not bodybuilders.
Been watching ur videos like a crack addict 😂. Have a Masters in Exercise Physiology and you are making me want to to back for my PhD because I almost forgot how much fun all this research was, and how easily it can be applied. You are really motivating brother. Thank you for reinvigorating that passion!!!
Around minute 3:10 you talked about how doing cardio within the sport you are practicing is the best way to do it, but as a professional basketball I can tell you the best results in speed terms and stamina were given by doing conditioning on the athletics stadium running 400s, running up the stairs and so on. Regarding this idea, I think you are wrong.
Mike's critique of sport training is hilarious as he has no background to do it. He isn't a trainer of basketball, tennis, etc., and if he was so smart, he would coach someone and realize that just doing squats/playing that sport is just a part of what they do.
He’s off here for sure. Improving your cardio absolutely increases your ability to perform good technique as you tire out in boxing and mma. He has no background to be criticizing these dudes.
Would love to see a full length video on stretching as part of the myth series -- my impression is that stretching is highly overrated but it's one of those things that most trainers and lay people will tell you is incredibly important.
from what I can gather it is only useful for supremely active people like David Goggins. This most likely include high level athletes but basically any gym bros would be wasting their time stretching. Do some kind of mobility or yoga routine once a week if you want to do it. More importantly you should be fixing muscle imbalances if you feel pain somewhere, I suffered YEARS and tried literally any stretching routine or yoga I could find but the only thing that helped was actually training muscles I never trained and exercises I never did.
Please note that there are different levels of flexibility and if you have certain issues you definitely need to stretch just to be comfortable. I never needed it as a kid, now my midback is stiff as hell.
Every Dr. Mike video has amazing tips. This is probably the most loaded I've ever seen. The end speech is so packed with insights. The cryotherapy tip was something I didn't know and will keep in mind going forward. Imagine Dr. Mike training some of the high-end athletic freaks in your favorite sport.
Cardio is extremely important to being good at a sport. It keeps you from getting tired. When i played hockey, i became far better when i started running, because i wouldnt get tired as fast. Its simply better to do cardio because you are focusing on your endurance. You get plenty of in sport training, and you can always throw cardio in before or after.
He wasn’t saying cardio isn’t important, he was saying you’d be better off doing drills/practice which are cardio induced and translate to the sport well
Training high volume on a deficit is hard. I do one exercise and I am ready to go home. Even though I am home because its a home gym. I still feel like crying and going home. Only people who cut will know what I mean.
Real question for you Doc. Based on what you said in the end, do you believe most professional athletes are then leaving performance on the table? Their training is suboptimal but they wouldn't have succeeded without being exceptional (talent, genetics, etc). Could you make them waaaay better or are the gains marginal?
Pro sports teams have training/strength and conditioning staff to help the players with their performance. They tend to be more basic than this BS but are fully functional and help the athletes with their specific sport related improvement. In most cases, good old regular strength and conditioning training works the best for them and in the case of basketball players, the best way to get better at basketball is to play basketball
Who knows more? RUclips channel with niche bodybuilding following or an industry which actually generates 10s billions of dollars? I'm saying this as a fan of this channel but cmon bro.
@@laffetum3050money ≠ validity. Strength and conditioning coaches often employ fancy, complicated workouts that LOOK super cool and sports specific, but end up just being more akin to a circus performance than actual training. Joel Seedman is a great example of a credentialed trainer who makes a lot of money and works with professionals but has whack training methods
@@MrLycan1995I played football and maybe 15% of our time was In the weight room and we stuck to bench, squat, deadlift, standard dumbbell lifts and cleans…3 sets of 10 with progressive overload. The other 85% was in the field doing football drills, position relations work, running plays and then sprints. With sports there’s not much need for all the crazy workouts when all you really should be doing in the weight room is focusing on getting stronger and that’s it
I’m far from one but how can you deny 20 years of peak physical shape? Whatever him and Tom Brady did to stay healthy and able to perform at a high level for so long needs to be studied
Hey Mike, you should do Viktor Wembanyama's! i think it would be amazing to see you critique someone so tall who focuses mostly on mobility and injury prevention
That kettle bell balance on top of the ball is decent. Its look like it simulates keeping yourself steady to still make an and1 on a foul that throws you off momentum
Dr Mike, would love to see a collab with you and Phil Daru. Although he is primarily training athletes for performance and you primarily for hypertrophy, I would love to see where the two of you align and where you diverge in training philosophies, methodologies and exercise form.
Phils main movement for atheltics is sumo squats and zerchers which i dont see carrying over to sports that well. Hes very gimmicky and sudo sciency in my opinion.
@@MrSpicaboooPhil trains a lot of mma athletes and zerchers do carry over to that sport. He explained it in one vid. But training athletes for hypertrophy is a little different than bodybuilding. But he does try a lot of different stuff
@@Thompson_sports_med_official the goal of s&c should be to get generally stronger. The goal of a squat is leg strength, you’ll never be able to overload a zercher as much as a normal squat, therefore the athlete really aint getting as much overload or adaptation that they could. Another example of trying to play the sport in the gym.
9:40 Quite opposite. "Engaging the glutes and core" is a good cue since many use lumbar spine and psoas as stabilizers. 10:26 You cannot train throwing power with thrusters. Power is extremely plane-specific and thrusters are for the sagittal plane. Landmine, medballs, resistance bands are good tools for that.
That Spider-Man joke made me spit out my drink so damn bad. Has Dr. Mike ever thought of doing stand up comedy? I laughed so much at that, lololololololololol.
Dr. Mike, have you ever covered the topic of muscle memory in terms of individuals quickly regaining the muscle/size they had in the past? I tried searching but to no avail! Would love to hear your take on it! Forgive me if that's the incorrect term to describe this phenomenon. I just recently got back into training (following RP methodology, of course), and it's almost amusing how much better I look in such a short time span 😂
Same for me too mate. I've been on and off in the gym the past 12 years (started when I was 15) and every time I've got back back into working out, after 1 week, I look like I've been working out for the past 8 months despite me having a 1-3 year break.
Hey I am in the same boat. The closest thing I've come to learn is that as you train you gain the ability to recruit more motor units and therefore more muscle fibres in a given muscle group. Which is why you see a lot of newbies gain significant amount of strength when starting out without really increasing much muscle mass just yet. One youve stopped training, your ability to recruit these motor units doesnt not dissipate at all or atleast as fast as you losing the muscle mass. Which means when you restart training, they are much more effective and effecient as youre able to recruit more of the fibres you already have, thus increasing potential muscle gain. I am ofcourse not 100% certain of this, but it does make sense.
@@TossMySalad69 so, "muscle memory" does exist, its effect is mostly noticeable in the first 6 months or so, after that you start to lose strenght and size over what you can recover with this process. first step is your muscles start accumulating glycogen again and puff up, you havent cathabolized your extra myocites yet so they regain size and your nervous system adapts very fast to reactivate your motor units built during previous training in order for strenght to come back. it has a greater effect if you are an active person and do not change your diet too much. the same is true of slow twitch fibers, they keep the extra mythocondria but they are much less noticeable due to small size and the effects of cardiorespiratory adaptation fade a lot quicker than strenght so this effect is weaker, but still relevant.
He has briefly touched on it during the Kevin Hart review. There's discussion about the horrible accident he was in and all the weight he lost, and Mike used that as a moment to explain that "muscle memory" type of phenomenon where it's much easier to regain muscle you've lost than gaining it for the first time. Including how you can potentially use it to your advantage in terms of body composition.
I’m an exercise science major with my concentration in strength and conditioning. Just wanted to thank you for the information that you are providing. Always good to get other’s opinions on anything scientific. I feel you shouldn’t just rely on the first thing you see or hear from any given source. Greatly appreciate your critique of this workout because athletes will see it and think that it is the way to go for them as well.
@@RickytickyBobbywobbin-jl5oyur such a smooth brain lol.. That by no means at all proves these workouts work. That could literally be just from training basketball & being extremely natural athlete.
@@kevincorrigan1754 Yeah I’m sure his health and longevity is just from training basketball and being a “extremely natural athlete”…so if that’s true, explain to me why every player that’s came into the league with gifted athlete hasn’t had the longevity of Lebron? For example, look at Gerald Green. Extremely gifted athlete, around the same height and length as Lebron. Why doesn’t he have the longevity of Lebron? Could it be the training and how much effort they put into taking care of themselves?
No one else going to say it???? Ok I got it. ANYONE that criticizes Lebron works is foolish. This man has been a borderline perfect specimen for his entire career that has been elite longer than anyone in his profession’s history. Never down play freakish results.
If f you train cardio in isolation, you can push your cardio endurance beyond what is possible when focusing on a ball at the same time. This results in playing with a ball in game time being so much easier. To be comfortable playing with a ball when under cardiovascular stress requires you to train beyond what you would need in a normal game. Has the professor ever done a ball sport? It's somewhat akin to saying a bodybuilder should train for muscle hypertrophy by posing.
never understood when "experts" say you should not train cardio outside of the sport training itself. makes no sense, and I only ever hearvit from American strength coaches on youtube...
@@andersbjrnsen7203 My guess is that it's mainly guys like in the video saying that. Bodybuilding and training for athletics are two very different things that require two very different approaches to training and sets of exercises. The downplaying of cardio and mobility exercises are a big example of that. For bodybuilders those aren't nearly as important. For athletes looking to hit their peak and maintain that level as long as possible ad they age, all that stuff is crucial.
Yes but for example for football this would be sprinting and running. I don't think Mike would object to a football player doing cardio specific work. However this cardio specific work also has tremendous carry over to what they actually do on the field. Lebron should do cardio that helps him play basketball like jumping, running or even doing intense drills with a ball. These will heavily tax your cardiovascular system while having a direct transfer to your performance in the field.
@@andersbjrnsen7203yes. If you are an athlete you should do cardio that transfers to your sport. For example if you are a soccer player this is extremely easy to do because you can just cycle, run or do sprint drills and all these are both amazing for cardio and they have direct transfer to your performance on the field (cycling is less obvious why but it does have very similar effects to running while preserving knee health).
We dont see anybody else like lebron because of genetics and talent. Hes very hardworking to use the talent, but mike has phds I think he also knows what hes talking about.
@@jakelander7292 yeah he’s only studied it for almost all of his adult life and has a phd in exercise and SPORTS science and keeps up to date with the most recent articles about this shit what the hell does he know cleanly not as much as… however the hell u r
workout is dog shit. Terrible form, but this isn't his basketball training. I can say wholeheartedly LeBrons weight training is dogshit.@@jakelander7292
Hey Dr. Mike, if viewers wanted to ask you specific questions related to periodization for sports performance (ex. fatigue management in season, strength maintenance volume for a movement) where would be the best place to do that?
I need to know what basketball players he trained that are still playing at a high level 21 after being drafted. These exercises seem like theyre focusing on basketball movements. Ask Jordan. Basketball shape is different than baseball shape or football shape.
dude is a straight up idiot. lol. Says "cryo is only useful for baseball, basketball players ect." then right after says but i doubt thats why hes doing it in this workout so yea useless. like wtf are you talking about.
I agree, the cardio must come from your sport, some people can run marathons pretty well, but get the in the boxing ring and the tire out in the first round of pad work.
Look, love Lebron or not he has played at an all-time great level for over 20 YEARS... 20 freakin' years at his size with the amount of wear and tear on his knees, joints and muscles... come on!!! This is un heard of. Whatever he is doing for his body... that is what's working for him.
This is cool and all but Lebron has been one of the fittest physical specimens in the NBA for a very long time now. Whatever he does works for him and it doesn’t need a RUclips dude critiquing it. Period
@tbd3058 Arnold Schwarzenegger was also a 7 time Mr Olympia, that doesn't mean he's right about anything. Wtf is this bullshit? People who are successful can't be wrong?
Thanks for your well thought addition to public discourse, I'm sure you are very well qualified to criticize a world class super athlete on how to lift weights. Well done clap for yourself, Clown.
How is balancing on a stability ball with two kettle bells a clown show? Stability Core? Proprioception? Let me guess he should just do 4 sets of 12 one week and 4 sets of 5-6 reps for non linear undulating periodization? Please stop knocking hard athletic core stability exercises. Is that exercise bad for a beginner or intermediate probably but for Lebron James and elite athletes it is a great 😊
Found out that mobility and flexibility were different things literally months ago. I worked really hard at it, and in 3 weeks' time, I could get into the front and side splits. Then I tried doing the "shiko", that sumo move ware they bring their leg up over head. . . Totally different thing, 😆
@izzygarcialionibabaloipici6293 oh, that was many months ago. Im better at it now. I got my spinning heal back recently, and that's what's important 😆 no but seriously, something about being in my early 30s made me take physical preparation more seriously.
@@jordantheokay3168 i started doing them just cause i found a sumo club to play around with, ever since I got juicy booty and no knee pain. I've been heel hooked and kneebarred pretty close to full extension my shits all strong now. I put all that shiko and hindu squats. I'm still 24 though so i really wonder if i'm doing good or bad for future me
@izzygarcialionibabaloipici6293 man, I'm glad I've had good luck with my knees. When I was younger, I was wild as anyone else. Just good luck with the knees. Not so good luck with my shoulder, though. Tore my labrum plum off stretching, dadgumit! But I had a good surgeon, so I'm snatching and doing get-ups with a 60lb bell. I'm not pushing my luck and going much higher than that.
Not everyone is training to be a body builder, Mike. I generally like Mike, but he's such a f%&%&*^ egomaniac. Lebrons maintained a level of athleticism, health, and longevity that's basically unprecedented. He is clearly doing something right. This same dude critiqued Ronnie Coleman's training for lack of rom and said he would've been even bigger. Ronnie, the literal goat of body building, doesn't know how to train, according to Mike. How cocky can you be dude?
And he was right for critiquing Ronnie Coleman? Are world champions exempt for being wrong? Do you understand how dumbd your arguement is? Plenty of world record holders trained bad. Can't people still idealizing champions? Arnold Schwarzenegger was a 7 time my Olympia m, he was also wrong about many things.
I don’t think Dr Mike was ever a high-tier professional athlete. He might be someone who’s too “smart” for his own good. This sport thesis on basketball moves is the reason this next generation is facing the overuse injury phenomenon. Multi-planar exercises for the win!
But Lebron is one of the best. So this is coming from a guy who lifts heavy and probably has never picked up a basketball in his life. These type of workouts are for basketball players. And clearly it works because it shows through Lebron.
LeBron's success as a basketball player absolutely does not in any show that 'clearly it works'. The way to show something clearly works would be to have a sizable number of basketball players do it over an extended period, compared with similar players doing other techniques, and see which worked better. This is not the first or only example of an athlete being successful who could be even more so by using better methods.
@@strategicsage7694 again if you read what I said , “these types of workouts are for basketball players , those workouts he’s getting are from trainers, I’ve seen his type of work out used by lots of ball players , including me when I was in college, you just see him doing this type of workout, that does not mean he is the first. And you can’t speak on basketball player workouts as a power lifter .
The man has 4 rings, 4 finals mvps and is the all time leading scorer in nba history. He’s been to the finals 8 consecutive times. You look like mr clean on steroids. Leave the goat alone.
Are you still waiting for Lebron to "call you in the morning" or something? Just because he's great at basketball doesn't mean he couldn't have more effective workouts.
This guy and everyone else needs to know and remember James is definitely token steroids for recovery and has gone over seas and has gotten procedures done that are illegal in USA to help with his injury and to help him play at high level for a long time. He is face of basketball and will continue to be. NBA will cover it up no different than Jordan with all his pass secrets
i never Understand this Point ... Steriods for Ball playing Sports Always Rears it Head why doesn't Bron Allege Steriod Use Show...If using Steriods And he is still this Effective somehow this Late in his Career then Every Nba Player should Hit him up
@@glennbeck3709 yes he is doing steroids which is available to all these pro athletes. All these top guys making 100s of millions. But why is performing better at an old age than the other genetic freaks on steroids, thats who we’re comparing him to not you and me.
The crazy part about this is the fact that most of these bodybuilders, like my man doing the commentary, bodies usually breakdown LeBron James is in peak condition at the age of 40 and will probably be in that peak position until the age of 48 where he might start taking a step back 💯 he’s competing in the NBA at the highest level and we’re questioning his workout methods he hasn’t suffered a major injury since high school I guarantee you, my man right here can’t run a mile probably couldn’t run a full court game at a YMCA versus all the dads on Father’s Day smh
Mike isn't just some "bodybuilder" he has a PHD in Sport Physiology. And I "guarantee" you that he can run a mile, he is a fucking brown belt in BJJ and he competes. How about you watch the video before commenting some ignorant shit.
@@pebblesssss Some of these PHDs are garbage, lets not forget that. I’d put his at slightly above a PHD dietitian. Also a lot of jiujitsu guys are terrible athletes. Coming from a guy who loves jiujitsu. Think about why wrestlers dominate the UFC and not jiujitsu nerds.
Can I just say…. while these videos are funny, I actually learn a lot from them. I used to look at trainers like this guy and hollywood and it would paralyze me from ever testing to be a personal trainer, because I couldn’t figure out what was going on with their perceived “advanced knowledge and experience”. I see now that I couldn’t understand or replicate their programs because they were actually wildly nonsensical. But I used that as a placeholder and used to feel stupid that I didn’t know how to train people like the pros. I was actually a better trainer than these guys the entire time and didn’t know it. Really, thanks for showing me other trainers mistakes and making it teachable!
@@RenaissancePeriodization If only Lebron had listened to a salesman like you instead of his trainers....he might have had a long, successful career. Perhaps lacking flexibility and waddling around like a puffy duck was not his goal.
@@DA-rm5bhif you want to add flexibility you need to do exercises that increase your range of motion and add strength. There wasn't a lot of either on display. Just a lot of clownery
The obligatory fanboy has arrived. @@DA-rm5bh The man has godlike genetics and has been on PEDs for the vast majority of his career, while having a better work ethic than most professional players, so yeah, he outlasts them all. Does that mean that his fitness routine has had to be perfect? Hell to the fucking no.
Dr. Mike! You said that stretching after a workout has no benefit for recovery, but if our goal is to gain flexibility (say for example to be able to do the splits) isn't it the ideal time to do that? Deep stretching before a workout seems to have a negative effect, but when is the best time for a positive effect on both our normal workout and the goals regarding flexibility.
I stretch between sets. I do know stretching helps when it comes to me deadlifting bc i can deeper on my deadlift. Same with squats. So stretching definitely helps.
What’s funny is I think this just exposes that lebrons trainer might have just been giving out fake sauce and not wanting to let people in on what they’re really doing 😂😂
because he isn’t. he’s one of the best basketball players of all time, but that could’ve been ELEVATED if he had better strength training. we will never see lebron’s true potential
@@Quartercheeseburger bro played 21 season, went to the finals 8 fuckimg consecutive times and won 4 of em, never had a season ending injury, has over 40k nba points which is most pts all time btw, playing at 40 yrs old and still running like he was when he was 18, how are you gonna sit here and say 'He couldve reached more of his natural potential' 😂 You Mike fans are easily swayed by his 'PhD'
As an ex international high jumper your S&C is spot on. In the North of England athletics centre of excellence we had technical sessions with team GB Olympic lifting coaches for our cleans (we never jerked the bar) squats and snatches. Man I wish you had have been my S&E coach for lifting 30 years ago. Sure you would have been about 12 and looked like a baby but way better any of these ‘celebrity’ trainers! Celebrity workouts are just garnish, expensive and very egocentric. And don’t get me started on (in my opinion) the most misunderstood and (incorrectly used) piece of gym equipment…the plyometric box. Most PT’s have no idea how to use them.
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Dr. Mike had some WILD commentary on this one we could't show on RUclips. Become a member for the extended and uncensored 'Exercise Scientist" episodes! bit.ly/37esL8i
Sauna - Would it be good for hypertrophy recovery?
Random video ideas: how should soldiers train? And reviewing "military" workouts. I'm a retired veteran and the stuff you see online is wild😂
he dropped the word huh
@@joeojeda4651 hybrid training.
@@Fillegubben for our membership u kno he'll say it 😔
I can't help but notice a lot of these celebrity routines don't actually have the celebrity doing them, which leads me to believe these are more like paid endorsements from whoever is publishing these.
Bingo. Not sure about some of the other celebrity workouts, but these are definitely not core parts of Lebron's workouts.
Use the name, get the money.
You bet your sweet ass it's that way,they get money to endorse coaches,apps,but at the end of the day do the same boring ass exercises we all do😂
They're pussies on steroids. Like LeBron.
I dont know, a lot of athletes are all in on placebo, doing weird Joel Seedman-tier exercises, do things like cupping and chiropractic, look at MMA guys' training, even the top guys, typically their weight training is really weird and their coaches say the wildest shit that sounds like it's from the 80s
Lots of product placement as well.
As an Athletic Trainer who works in sports medicine I appreciate that Mike points out the difference between an athletic trainer and a strength and conditioning specialist and/or personal trainer. Our title indicates medical training, certification, and licensure and unfortunately often gets co-opted by personal trainers wanting to sound more official. While we are educated in the science behind effective training and sport performance we like to leave that realm to specialists like Mike while we focus on getting athletes recovered from their injuries
I’m glad he did as well. I’m an Athletic Trainer who is also a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist. It bothers me when I talk to people who work as personal trainers but wanna say “athletic trainer” because they think it will make them seem fancier
Wooo! You guys do very important and great work! - Dr. Mike
@@Thompson_sports_med_officialso what stop being sensitive
@@Will-I-Runlol if you had a PHD I’m sure you would be the first to run over if someone needed a doctor 😂
@@Will-I-Runspoken like someone with no real degrees or titles and thinks it should be a complete free for all so that idiots have an “equal chance”
Would love to see a “Training the Perfect [Pitcher, Linebacker, Point Guard, etc]”
Would be fascinating to see how Mike would prescribe the balance of sports specific movements vs strength training vs cardio etc
I’ve mentioned this before, and another commenter mentioned James on your team. Would be great to have him as a guest on a series like this, with your modern/improved production value you’ve had the last couple years.
That would be great
I think Mike is a proponent of the two factor model. Which basically means that strength and conditioning are Its own thing and sports training is its own thing. There’s not really a need to sido sorts specific training in most cases. Usually being as strong and fit as possible just makes you a better athlete and then training your sport by itself makes you better at the sport. Trying to compromise the two is getting worst of both worlds
Like he is training Jon Jones and is basically making him to barbell stuff and push prowlers
@@yoeyyoey8937that's factually not true. Sport specific exercises are 100% a part of any competent strength and conditioning coaches program. Being "strong" in the gym isn't nearly enough
Source : I'm a strength and conditioning coach working with Olympic athletes
@spyhunter775577 I don't think Mike will do a video like that because it would actually be a disservice to the field. The ratio between non sport specific/sport specific exercises, actual sports training, volume/intensity/frequency, etc., changes constantly since the blocks of training are changing.
Periodization is a science in itself, and I'm confident Mike knows that.
I think that if he does a video like that, a lot of people will think that that's the only stuff they need to do, which cannot be further than the truth
Seeing a bunch of non PHDs disagreeing because Dr. Mike was somewhat critical of Brons' workout is hilarious stuff.
Yes, but a PhD doesn't make you a right about everything. I'm sure PhD's, who took the same courses as he did, have differences of opinion. Besides, what has this guy done in life other than tell people successful at what they do, what they're doing wrong?
@@akibe7608probably done lots of other things. Also successful people will be the first to tell you that they want to be told what they are doing wrong so they can keep improving.
So just because you got PHD everything you say is Gospel Truth?
So just because you got PHD everything you say is Gospel Truth?
It's just that mike talks about lebron's workout and says it's not good because it doesn't stimulate muscle growth well. That might be true and based in fact, but surely he must know that some of this stuff is great for improving balance and stability, which is extremely important for finishing around the rim in basketball.
It would be interesting to see your take on LeBron's high school and early career training methods. I can't remember the name of the documentary, but watching his high school coaches and trainers at the time, he was lucky to have some really knowledgable people in his corner that I think in some ways was conducive to him being as bulletproof as he was in his career.
Everything seemed to be focused on hip extension, hip health and core work. A good mixture of static type work and explosive power generating movements. I think a lot of athletes suffer later in their careers because they start this too late, generally have these "celebrity trainers" that make them do convoluted BS, and it catches up to them.
Bron's fortunate to have had these guys build the most important factor for any athlete. Hips and core.
But you overlook the fact that Lebron does not look like a puffy, bloated, injury prone RUclips gas-bag who dismisses anything that isn't helped with PEDs. IF Lebron was more concerned with waddling when he walked because of lack of flexibility, he'd be more likely to listen to DOCTOR Mike. Pathetic.
So in other words he took his career seriously ?
@@cdubbiedub9370The high school part is more luck than anything like OP said. I doubt he picked his high school
The thing I'm learning from working through these playlists is a lot of PTs might be great people (and maybe great coaches) but are often working on outdated research or a very basic foundation of knowledge...
I'm glad you brought up stiffness after systemic fatigue doctor Mike. Yesterday while attempting a warmup on a conventional, I found that I had trouble getting into position, something that I worked hard on years prior to cement. I know that I am still close to my peak fatigue, so understanding that the stiffness is another indication of fatigue is actually a super helpful tool for me to judge if I'm doing too much volume again.
I don't know man. Lebron is damn near 40 and he's still dominating the league. Whatever he's doing seems to be working.
Is he really dominating the league though. I mean respect to the OG but there some youngsters in the league right now that are killn it.
Dominating where? He's not even the best player on his team
cmon bruh u really think AD is the best player on the team ??
Always room for improvement if someone with experience is giving you a valid critic on something.
@@CPSlayer
Maybe not, but to still be a starter and average almost 30 at 40 years old is impressive
I had a rough day and that spiderman joke got me crying with laughter. Thanks, dr Mike
😂🤣🤣
Lmao
Thanks, it was@@moshinrafsanjani7379
same here 😂😂😂
He got that from Patrice O’Neal
I'm so curious as to what RP thinks of Ben Patrick, ATG, KneesOverToes, not as a philosophy but more like the actual training regiments
also squat university dude
And David weck
Probably likes him alot more than most of the trainers in these videos. Guessing he would appreciate that Kneesovertoes guy promotes alot of large ROM movements with an emphasis on the stretch under load and high degree of control.
Not sure he'd love the staple ATG split squat where the front foot heel comes off the ground, as Dr Mike has talked repeatedly about how this increased instability reduces force output thus reducing the overall effectiveness of the exercise. But even with that, I'm sure he'd like it alot more than doing 30 mins of bear crawl and spiderman thingys before every workout.
@@ridhwankazi9503squat university guy is teaching totally different stuff though. Injuries and mobilities and not so much hypertrophy.
Knees Over Toes type workouts gave me huge confidence to trust my body and I feel better than ever
it's genuinely hard not to smile and laugh while watching Dr. Mike randomly riff. I can be laser focused on trying to learn the principles he preaches and then, BAM, he takes it too 💯🤣 keep up the fantastic work with this channel, Dr. Mike! I am now in my 30's and would have killed to have this level of access to someone as knowledgable as him when I was in high school and/or college and beginning to get serious about training SMARTER. ✌
Glad you're enjoying! - Dr. Mike
@@RenaissancePeriodization when you say -Dr. Mike, it feels like whoever wrote this was absolutely not Dr. Mike lol
It would’ve made no difference. A bum is a bum.
@@RawDoggin_78 Scott the video guy goes to him while he's chilling in the living room like "Sire, @c0smic.Cha0s said that he enjoys ye content" and then Scott just replies what he said.
I love getting V-Shred ads on Dr. Mikes videos
perfect targeted ads😂
The moment you paused to “explain” what a Spider-Man is, I knew where you were going and it loudly cracked me up on the metro into work. Well done, Dr. Mike!
"Like a ninja turtle and an M1 Abrams MBT" 😭 This dude I swear
It's so SPOT ON tho
Every time I watch these videos, I desperately want a series where we can watch an actual good scientific workout for different sports and disciplines. I'm an aerialist and love crosstraining, but it makes no sense for me to train the same as a bodybuilder when I need to easily lift my bodyweight upside down and be as strong, light, and flexible as possible, while reducing injury risk especially in the shoulders. How do we know what is really the most effective and efficient when so much information out there is out of date or hokey? 😢
You'll never know. Just go be active and don't hurt yourself.
You have to use your brain. If you train for general strength then it will have the biggest impact on your sport but ofc aerial is different because it’s so specific and you don’t want any more muscle mass than you absolutely need to
Progressive overload, Proper form, Slow down reps to build stability and slowly add weights
You might be interested in the Garage Strength channel
@@T13f he doesn’t train athletes though does he? What’s a good video to watch?
5:30... ... Hahaha Patrice O'Neal is still making us laugh!!! Thanks for knowing that joke Dr. Mike
"And no one will talk to you in school..."
I'd bet real money that humor is a way to cope with actual pain. I just wanna hug Mike, but I can't, so I'll watch the video twice and maybe he can hug his Lamborghini.
👀👀😵💫
That's a whole lot of speculation for someone who routinely engages in absurdist and off the cuff humour.
Unless this is just being ironic or some shit.
Literal, physical, daily, hourly, minutely PAIN, bro. All pain, all day. Only the Lambos and literally showering in money can dull it. - Dr. Mike
@@RenaissancePeriodization God loves you.
Guy: "Next we make a shake with whey protein, bananas, and strawberries."
Men's Health: "Keep your abs tight."
As an NBA fan for many years and a personal trainer and physical therapist, I've watched as many workout videos of NBA players as I could find. LeBron's (and many other ballers) workouts are a lot about show boating and fancy "core" stuff with far from always a good transition onto on court stuff in my opinion. Having said that, the core engagement is still somewhat important, but a lot of players tend to take the creativity too far and shy away from just plane simple stength training with dumbbells and barbells, even body weight exercises. Looking at many of the players lateral delts, I'd say they probably didn't get those from doing those exercises nor good genetics or eating beef 6 times per day;)
They are basketball players first and foremost. The skills of the game always come first.
@@CB-ns6sy and PEDs
A lot of these trainings are just awful and a waste of time. One exeption would be Jimmy Butler, I saw a workout he published that was incredibly thoughtfull, extremely well time managed with a lot on intensity and bball specifity in his exercises. No wonder it's one of the rare late bloomer to make it, he might be the only one with adequate training.
I have the same idea when it comes to training for my mountain biking. Why don't I do all the fancy unstable core work and balance work to improve my mountain biking and balance when I try to stay on my lines?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHY I'M ON THE GODDMAN BIKE. If I'm in the gym its to get my muscles, joints and bones strong because that is best way to do that. The best way to train the balance and core I need for mountain biking is to go freaking mountain biking because it also has all the happy side benefit of basic practice hours too. Oh and joy of doing the hobby itself.
Basketball player delts come from dribbling. Even skinny high school kids have capped delts before any PEDs could become involved.
The Spiderman 😂 bro who does this 🤣 I'm dying 😭
He should do the knees over toes guy's workouts. Training knee, hip and ankle flexion directly for strength, power and hypertrophy seems extremely useful for most team sports
I dout he needs advice
I would love to see Mike just sit down with one of these “coaches” and have some open dialogue. Would pay money to see that. 😂
He questioned Joel seedman on Mark bells podcast
i would love that as well, he never would though. If he ever went on a podcast with trainers of the level lebron has he would look like a complete idiot as they explain how wrong he is.
@@bigmoneyshmoneymaker7697did they pay u to write this 😭
@@bigmoneyshmoneymaker7697lebron fans cannot take ANY criticism LMFAO
@@Snougaloogie its not criticism. its a roid head trying to get views by using lebrons name. someone who is in far better shape than him, stronger than him, healthier than him. More coordinated, id even say smarter.
The spiderman part had my dying! Would love to see a breakdown on ARX equipment dr mike. My favorite content as always
I was appalled. We all knew where he was going with as hard as he pussy footed around it... Then he said it.
Maybe one of the funniest things I’ve heard on a fitness channel 😂
I didn't know what "the Spiderman" was...and I still wish I didn't 😂
I didnt know tightness was linked to systemic fatigue, thats very useful information!
I always enjoy the witty dry humour of mike and chuckle on the inside. The preparation and delivery of the Spiderman joke had me roaring with laughter. Good shit
Dr.Mike you are truly funny as heck ! Natural wonder of the world we never knew we had !
5’1 ninja turtle like a tank is crazy too 😂😂😂😂
That's because he's training for balance, longevity and performance. He's not a bodybuilder, he's a professional basketball player 🤦♂
Bro clearly missed the point
Basketball players aren't suppose to have to much muscles anyways it will slow them down
this was the comment I was looking for
Right. Functional strength training vs body building is too different things. Smfh
@@clintonpeabody4833what’s the point
Re 16:55 post-exercise stretching - I've noticed I sleep better if I stretch and/or foam roll after training. So in my specific case I recover better if I stretch and/or foam roll as a "cool down".
At this point in his training career, isn't LeBron more just trying to maintain what he already built than trying to build more? I recall an interview you did years ago where you said that an unenhanced person, under excellent training, would build about all of the muscle that they can in 10 years, which was good news because at that point maintaining is much easier and they can spend the rest of their lives jacked and with more free time...
Totally. But most of this clown shit he's doing isn't remotely the most efficient way to maintain his muscularity or enhance much of anything else, unfortunately. - Dr. Mike
Mike critiquing LeBron who's entering his 21st yr is laughable. Goofy guy critiquing Bron and The Rock as if their longevity doesn't prove the effectiveness of their training. F Mike
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They both had their fair share of injuries and consider this: They might have that long of a career *despite* all of the shit they do wrong, not because of it. They might just be lucky.
For example Helmut Schmidt, former German chancellor, died a month before his 97th birthday. Dude was a heavy smoker. Does that mean that smoking is not unhealthy or might even prolong your life? Nope, only an idiot would assume that. He just got lucky. He might have lived up to 120 if he'd never started smoking or just died at 100 with way better quality of life leading up to that.
@@timl628You goofs always show up 🤦🏽♂️
I think the criticism/joke is, rich people don't want to hear "do these ten basic exercises on this schedule for the rest of your life" so they find more and more convoluted ways to work out, ideally sold to them by charlatans who specialise in coming up with convoluted exercises to sell to rich people who don't want to hear "do these ten basic exercises on this schedule for the rest of your life."
as a fresh graduate physiotherapist and a bodybuilding trainer, it is very disheartening for me to see that these clowns get to work with the top athletes and get al the clout and money while actual competent people hardly find decent paying jobs. the industry is fucked.
I am one as well, and the moment the video started, I thought to myself "Okay let's see why Lebron James chose to hire him." That is my thought every time and I am left with no reason after watching. I think Dr. Mike hit it perfect. They are hired because they are willing to put their name on the line by putting science aside and just doing what the pro athlete enjoys.
I hear you man. It's supply and demand. Lots of people want clown shit, and clown shit they get. But if you do a great job with scientific training, you can do amazing things in the industry. Don't let the clown car patrol get you down. Do your best! - Dr. Mike
Keep crying 😭
@@MR12AMAZING are u also one of these "strength and conditioning" coaches?
But you gotta realize someone in his camp knows what they are doing bc Lebron is on his 21yr playing. At a high level.
Just last week I started doing fencing footwork drills for cardio instead of running like most of my clubmates, and here's dr. Mike validating me
Wow Dr. Mike just debunked one of the biggest fitness myths, the idea that YOU HAVE TO stretch after a workout. I'm going to be saving so much time from now on with this info. I would love a longer video from Dr. Mike on this issue and what the current science says about stretching.
The question is, what are you going for. Bodybuilding and fitness training for athletics are two very different disciplines.
Some bodybuilders say don't stretch before you workout. If you're just going for bodybuilding, then you should listen to a bodybuilding coach. If you want to become the best possible athlete you can become, do what the best athletes do, not bodybuilders.
And there are better doctors around the world that says stretching is very important.
@@J-Hue they would be saying that based on belief and not on data
@@J-Hue you can just do a warm up and dynamic stretches before any type of workout, you don’t need to stretch afterwards
Been watching ur videos like a crack addict 😂. Have a Masters in Exercise Physiology and you are making me want to to back for my PhD because I almost forgot how much fun all this research was, and how easily it can be applied. You are really motivating brother. Thank you for reinvigorating that passion!!!
6:23 Oh what the dawg doin?
Around minute 3:10 you talked about how doing cardio within the sport you are practicing is the best way to do it, but as a professional basketball I can tell you the best results in speed terms and stamina were given by doing conditioning on the athletics stadium running 400s, running up the stairs and so on. Regarding this idea, I think you are wrong.
Mike's critique of sport training is hilarious as he has no background to do it. He isn't a trainer of basketball, tennis, etc., and if he was so smart, he would coach someone and realize that just doing squats/playing that sport is just a part of what they do.
He’s off here for sure. Improving your cardio absolutely increases your ability to perform good technique as you tire out in boxing and mma. He has no background to be criticizing these dudes.
I laughed so hard for the LeBron stretching joke 😂
Would love to see a full length video on stretching as part of the myth series -- my impression is that stretching is highly overrated but it's one of those things that most trainers and lay people will tell you is incredibly important.
Improve Flexibility with Research-Supported Stretching Protocols | Huberman Lab Podcast #76 - ruclips.net/video/tkH2-_jMCSk/видео.html
@@s.wilson5675huberman doesn't know you exist buddy... get off your knees 🤣🤣
from what I can gather it is only useful for supremely active people like David Goggins.
This most likely include high level athletes but basically any gym bros would be wasting their time stretching. Do some kind of mobility or yoga routine once a week if you want to do it. More importantly you should be fixing muscle imbalances if you feel pain somewhere, I suffered YEARS and tried literally any stretching routine or yoga I could find but the only thing that helped was actually training muscles I never trained and exercises I never did.
Please note that there are different levels of flexibility and if you have certain issues you definitely need to stretch just to be comfortable. I never needed it as a kid, now my midback is stiff as hell.
Every Dr. Mike video has amazing tips. This is probably the most loaded I've ever seen. The end speech is so packed with insights. The cryotherapy tip was something I didn't know and will keep in mind going forward. Imagine Dr. Mike training some of the high-end athletic freaks in your favorite sport.
amazing tits? I come for the advice only
Cardio is extremely important to being good at a sport. It keeps you from getting tired. When i played hockey, i became far better when i started running, because i wouldnt get tired as fast. Its simply better to do cardio because you are focusing on your endurance. You get plenty of in sport training, and you can always throw cardio in before or after.
He wasn’t saying cardio isn’t important, he was saying you’d be better off doing drills/practice which are cardio induced and translate to the sport well
Training high volume on a deficit is hard. I do one exercise and I am ready to go home. Even though I am home because its a home gym. I still feel like crying and going home. Only people who cut will know what I mean.
Real question for you Doc. Based on what you said in the end, do you believe most professional athletes are then leaving performance on the table? Their training is suboptimal but they wouldn't have succeeded without being exceptional (talent, genetics, etc). Could you make them waaaay better or are the gains marginal?
Pro sports teams have training/strength and conditioning staff to help the players with their performance. They tend to be more basic than this BS but are fully functional and help the athletes with their specific sport related improvement. In most cases, good old regular strength and conditioning training works the best for them and in the case of basketball players, the best way to get better at basketball is to play basketball
Who knows more? RUclips channel with niche bodybuilding following or an industry which actually generates 10s billions of dollars? I'm saying this as a fan of this channel but cmon bro.
@@laffetum3050money ≠ validity. Strength and conditioning coaches often employ fancy, complicated workouts that LOOK super cool and sports specific, but end up just being more akin to a circus performance than actual training. Joel Seedman is a great example of a credentialed trainer who makes a lot of money and works with professionals but has whack training methods
@@TheBrizardMirandasyeah it really seems all these exotic exercises are more of a complementary nature to the more tried and true basic training.
@@MrLycan1995I played football and maybe 15% of our time was In the weight room and we stuck to bench, squat, deadlift, standard dumbbell lifts and cleans…3 sets of 10 with progressive overload. The other 85% was in the field doing football drills, position relations work, running plays and then sprints. With sports there’s not much need for all the crazy workouts when all you really should be doing in the weight room is focusing on getting stronger and that’s it
I just came here to read the comments of the Bronsexuals😂
Bruh they are everywhere 😂
What have you discovered?
We just acknowledge his dominance at 40.
I’m far from one but how can you deny 20 years of peak physical shape? Whatever him and Tom Brady did to stay healthy and able to perform at a high level for so long needs to be studied
@@illwill2survive Insane genetics, eating healthy and drugs.
Hey Mike, you should do Viktor Wembanyama's! i think it would be amazing to see you critique someone so tall who focuses mostly on mobility and injury prevention
I recently found your channel and am loving it. Super informative. Thank you!
That kettle bell balance on top of the ball is decent. Its look like it simulates keeping yourself steady to still make an and1 on a foul that throws you off momentum
he should better train Freethrows 😂
“That’s the least hard thing anyone’s ever done.” Nothing more to say. Nailed it.
The VShred ad before this video just told me the quickest way to get in shape is optimizing my hormones!
Thank you for creating content that helps lowly personal trainers like myself avoid trendy tomfoolery. These are entertaining AND educational!
Dr Mike, would love to see a collab with you and Phil Daru. Although he is primarily training athletes for performance and you primarily for hypertrophy, I would love to see where the two of you align and where you diverge in training philosophies, methodologies and exercise form.
Phil loves these landmine exercises.
And normally those who watch Phil's content are not the people who will buy a hypertrophy app
Phils main movement for atheltics is sumo squats and zerchers which i dont see carrying over to sports that well. Hes very gimmicky and sudo sciency in my opinion.
@@MrSpicaboooPhil trains a lot of mma athletes and zerchers do carry over to that sport. He explained it in one vid. But training athletes for hypertrophy is a little different than bodybuilding. But he does try a lot of different stuff
@@Thompson_sports_med_official the goal of s&c should be to get generally stronger. The goal of a squat is leg strength, you’ll never be able to overload a zercher as much as a normal squat, therefore the athlete really aint getting as much overload or adaptation that they could. Another example of trying to play the sport in the gym.
9:40 Quite opposite. "Engaging the glutes and core" is a good cue since many use lumbar spine and psoas as stabilizers.
10:26 You cannot train throwing power with thrusters. Power is extremely plane-specific and thrusters are for the sagittal plane. Landmine, medballs, resistance bands are good tools for that.
I’m assuming you have a phd in exercise science?
@@Thomaswebb745 I'm PhD in math.
That Spider-Man joke made me spit out my drink so damn bad. Has Dr. Mike ever thought of doing stand up comedy? I laughed so much at that, lololololololololol.
Dr. Mike, have you ever covered the topic of muscle memory in terms of individuals quickly regaining the muscle/size they had in the past? I tried searching but to no avail! Would love to hear your take on it!
Forgive me if that's the incorrect term to describe this phenomenon. I just recently got back into training (following RP methodology, of course), and it's almost amusing how much better I look in such a short time span 😂
Same for me too mate. I've been on and off in the gym the past 12 years (started when I was 15) and every time I've got back back into working out, after 1 week, I look like I've been working out for the past 8 months despite me having a 1-3 year break.
Hey I am in the same boat.
The closest thing I've come to learn is that as you train you gain the ability to recruit more motor units and therefore more muscle fibres in a given muscle group.
Which is why you see a lot of newbies gain significant amount of strength when starting out without really increasing much muscle mass just yet.
One youve stopped training, your ability to recruit these motor units doesnt not dissipate at all or atleast as fast as you losing the muscle mass. Which means when you restart training, they are much more effective and effecient as youre able to recruit more of the fibres you already have, thus increasing potential muscle gain.
I am ofcourse not 100% certain of this, but it does make sense.
@@TossMySalad69 so, "muscle memory" does exist, its effect is mostly noticeable in the first 6 months or so, after that you start to lose strenght and size over what you can recover with this process. first step is your muscles start accumulating glycogen again and puff up, you havent cathabolized your extra myocites yet so they regain size and your nervous system adapts very fast to reactivate your motor units built during previous training in order for strenght to come back. it has a greater effect if you are an active person and do not change your diet too much. the same is true of slow twitch fibers, they keep the extra mythocondria but they are much less noticeable due to small size and the effects of cardiorespiratory adaptation fade a lot quicker than strenght so this effect is weaker, but still relevant.
He has briefly touched on it during the Kevin Hart review. There's discussion about the horrible accident he was in and all the weight he lost, and Mike used that as a moment to explain that "muscle memory" type of phenomenon where it's much easier to regain muscle you've lost than gaining it for the first time. Including how you can potentially use it to your advantage in terms of body composition.
I’m an exercise science major with my concentration in strength and conditioning. Just wanted to thank you for the information that you are providing. Always good to get other’s opinions on anything scientific. I feel you shouldn’t just rely on the first thing you see or hear from any given source. Greatly appreciate your critique of this workout because athletes will see it and think that it is the way to go for them as well.
It obviously is the way to go. Lebron literally been dominating the NBA for over 20 years…clearly his training works.
Respectful, low key way of coming to lebrons rescue.
@@RickytickyBobbywobbin-jl5oyur such a smooth brain lol.. That by no means at all proves these workouts work. That could literally be just from training basketball & being extremely natural athlete.
@@RickytickyBobbywobbin-jl5oylebrom has shown he doesnt know much outside of basketball. Dude has freak genetics and thats it
@@kevincorrigan1754 Yeah I’m sure his health and longevity is just from training basketball and being a “extremely natural athlete”…so if that’s true, explain to me why every player that’s came into the league with gifted athlete hasn’t had the longevity of Lebron? For example, look at Gerald Green. Extremely gifted athlete, around the same height and length as Lebron. Why doesn’t he have the longevity of Lebron? Could it be the training and how much effort they put into taking care of themselves?
No one else going to say it???? Ok I got it.
ANYONE that criticizes Lebron works is foolish. This man has been a borderline perfect specimen for his entire career that has been elite longer than anyone in his profession’s history.
Never down play freakish results.
That doesn’t mean everything he does is ideal.
I’m sure he does plenty of dumb shit that adds nothing to his game.
Dr Mike. I was watching the video and V-Shred got to show me an ad over your work. Kinda funny, knowing how much you respect him. :)
If f you train cardio in isolation, you can push your cardio endurance beyond what is possible when focusing on a ball at the same time. This results in playing with a ball in game time being so much easier. To be comfortable playing with a ball when under cardiovascular stress requires you to train beyond what you would need in a normal game. Has the professor ever done a ball sport? It's somewhat akin to saying a bodybuilder should train for muscle hypertrophy by posing.
never understood when "experts" say you should not train cardio outside of the sport training itself. makes no sense, and I only ever hearvit from American strength coaches on youtube...
@@andersbjrnsen7203
My guess is that it's mainly guys like in the video saying that. Bodybuilding and training for athletics are two very different things that require two very different approaches to training and sets of exercises.
The downplaying of cardio and mobility exercises are a big example of that. For bodybuilders those aren't nearly as important. For athletes looking to hit their peak and maintain that level as long as possible ad they age, all that stuff is crucial.
@@J-Hue agreed, but doesnt Rippetoe say much the same? and his focus should surely be college atheletes?
Yes but for example for football this would be sprinting and running. I don't think Mike would object to a football player doing cardio specific work. However this cardio specific work also has tremendous carry over to what they actually do on the field. Lebron should do cardio that helps him play basketball like jumping, running or even doing intense drills with a ball. These will heavily tax your cardiovascular system while having a direct transfer to your performance in the field.
@@andersbjrnsen7203yes. If you are an athlete you should do cardio that transfers to your sport. For example if you are a soccer player this is extremely easy to do because you can just cycle, run or do sprint drills and all these are both amazing for cardio and they have direct transfer to your performance on the field (cycling is less obvious why but it does have very similar effects to running while preserving knee health).
Lebron arguably has the best fitness in NBA history, lot of this is reaching.
We dont see anybody else like lebron because of genetics and talent. Hes very hardworking to use the talent, but mike has phds I think he also knows what hes talking about.
@@nickszns he absolutely doesn't know what hes talking about
@@jakelander7292 yeah he’s only studied it for almost all of his adult life and has a phd in exercise and SPORTS science and keeps up to date with the most recent articles about this shit what the hell does he know cleanly not as much as… however the hell u r
workout is dog shit. Terrible form, but this isn't his basketball training. I can say wholeheartedly LeBrons weight training is dogshit.@@jakelander7292
@@jakelander7292 How
Hey Dr. Mike, if viewers wanted to ask you specific questions related to periodization for sports performance (ex. fatigue management in season, strength maintenance volume for a movement) where would be the best place to do that?
Great question. Right here: teamfullrom.com/collections/private-training-diet - Dr. Mike
I cant get over the stretching doesn't do shit.. like ive got some major reading to do now.
I need to know what basketball players he trained that are still playing at a high level 21 after being drafted. These exercises seem like theyre focusing on basketball movements. Ask Jordan. Basketball shape is different than baseball shape or football shape.
None he’s chattin
dude is a straight up idiot. lol. Says "cryo is only useful for baseball, basketball players ect." then right after says but i doubt thats why hes doing it in this workout so yea useless. like wtf are you talking about.
That's because basketball is easier to play.
I agree, the cardio must come from your sport, some people can run marathons pretty well, but get the in the boxing ring and the tire out in the first round of pad work.
I mean show me a world class boxer that doesn't run and just gets their cardio from boxing. They pretty much all run
How many pro athletes have you trained?
The humor in this community is a thing of beauty.
Look, love Lebron or not he has played at an all-time great level for over 20 YEARS... 20 freakin' years at his size with the amount of wear and tear on his knees, joints and muscles... come on!!! This is un heard of. Whatever he is doing for his body... that is what's working for him.
so many trainers here in the comments questioning and doubting a billionare basketball player lmao
Do you really think lebron got to where he is cause he worked hard and effectively In the gym?
@@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956 you an idiot if you think playing a professional sport doesn't require you to be GOOD AT IT
This is cool and all but Lebron has been one of the fittest physical specimens in the NBA for a very long time now. Whatever he does works for him and it doesn’t need a RUclips dude critiquing it. Period
@tbd3058 Arnold Schwarzenegger was also a 7 time Mr Olympia, that doesn't mean he's right about anything. Wtf is this bullshit? People who are successful can't be wrong?
@@alvodin6197 youre right but the people Mike is critiquing is providing results, all Mike does is give theories behind a screen.
LBJ is in better shape/ripped than most of the league in his 21e season, he's prolly doing something right...
Best Way for recovery is a few sets of light weights after the heavy weights and stretch the movements out
I've heard this too but I wonder if it's just bro science
Lebron's "weight training" is about as effective as his "reading skills and comprehension education" that he received in K-12.
Thanks for your well thought addition to public discourse, I'm sure you are very well qualified to criticize a world class super athlete on how to lift weights. Well done clap for yourself, Clown.
Every single book he has been pictured with is always on the 1st page
Racist bastard. Lebron is one of the most gifted minds basketball has ever seen player or coach.
How is balancing on a stability ball with two kettle bells a clown show? Stability Core? Proprioception?
Let me guess he should just do 4 sets of 12 one week and 4 sets of 5-6 reps for non linear undulating periodization?
Please stop knocking hard athletic core stability exercises. Is that exercise bad for a beginner or intermediate probably but for Lebron James and elite athletes it is a great 😊
There is no point in doing it
Every time I watch Dr Mike, I always engage my glutes and my core :)
Stop criticizing and get your ass in the gym.
Saying this about the most well conditioned athlete in NBA history is insane on another level 😢 Dr. DAz
Lol very
At this point is content is just goofy
Found out that mobility and flexibility were different things literally months ago. I worked really hard at it, and in 3 weeks' time, I could get into the front and side splits. Then I tried doing the "shiko", that sumo move ware they bring their leg up over head. . . Totally different thing, 😆
keep doing your shiko brother, your hammies and booty will thank you
@izzygarcialionibabaloipici6293 oh, that was many months ago. Im better at it now. I got my spinning heal back recently, and that's what's important 😆 no but seriously, something about being in my early 30s made me take physical preparation more seriously.
@@jordantheokay3168 i started doing them just cause i found a sumo club to play around with, ever since I got juicy booty and no knee pain. I've been heel hooked and kneebarred pretty close to full extension my shits all strong now. I put all that shiko and hindu squats. I'm still 24 though so i really wonder if i'm doing good or bad for future me
@izzygarcialionibabaloipici6293 man, I'm glad I've had good luck with my knees. When I was younger, I was wild as anyone else. Just good luck with the knees. Not so good luck with my shoulder, though. Tore my labrum plum off stretching, dadgumit! But I had a good surgeon, so I'm snatching and doing get-ups with a 60lb bell. I'm not pushing my luck and going much higher than that.
He’s not training to b like you tho. His path is working for him. Outta pocket this guy is
Not everyone is training to be a body builder, Mike. I generally like Mike, but he's such a f%&%&*^ egomaniac. Lebrons maintained a level of athleticism, health, and longevity that's basically unprecedented. He is clearly doing something right.
This same dude critiqued Ronnie Coleman's training for lack of rom and said he would've been even bigger. Ronnie, the literal goat of body building, doesn't know how to train, according to Mike.
How cocky can you be dude?
And he was right for critiquing Ronnie Coleman? Are world champions exempt for being wrong? Do you understand how dumbd your arguement is? Plenty of world record holders trained bad. Can't people still idealizing champions? Arnold Schwarzenegger was a 7 time my Olympia m, he was also wrong about many things.
No one claimed that he's supposed to do a bodybuilding workout. You're the only one who claims that. Dr. Mike is a *sport* scientist.
I don’t think Dr Mike was ever a high-tier professional athlete. He might be someone who’s too “smart” for his own good.
This sport thesis on basketball moves is the reason this next generation is facing the overuse injury phenomenon. Multi-planar exercises for the win!
You guys have to call him to learn how to stay healthy and still playing at this level at almost 40… LBJ is STILL ELITE
But Lebron is one of the best. So this is coming from a guy who lifts heavy and probably has never picked up a basketball in his life. These type of workouts are for basketball players. And clearly it works because it shows through Lebron.
Also, he looks like he would get extremely gassed by just running 1 mile
Facts.
LeBron's success as a basketball player absolutely does not in any show that 'clearly it works'. The way to show something clearly works would be to have a sizable number of basketball players do it over an extended period, compared with similar players doing other techniques, and see which worked better. This is not the first or only example of an athlete being successful who could be even more so by using better methods.
@@strategicsage7694 again if you read what I said , “these types of workouts are for basketball players , those workouts he’s getting are from trainers, I’ve seen his type of work out used by lots of ball players , including me when I was in college, you just see him doing this type of workout, that does not mean he is the first. And you can’t speak on basketball player workouts as a power lifter .
The man has 4 rings, 4 finals mvps and is the all time leading scorer in nba history. He’s been to the finals 8 consecutive times. You look like mr clean on steroids. Leave the goat alone.
Right
Are you still waiting for Lebron to "call you in the morning" or something? Just because he's great at basketball doesn't mean he couldn't have more effective workouts.
Watch how you speak about Lecap @@TofuMagik
Period 😂
That's because Lebron ain't doing any of these dumbass gym-guru meme exercises in the gym. He's doing bench, squat, DL, OHP, and curls.
Even as a amateur basketball player, I can barely play effective at age 30. This dude is 40 dominating against 20 something year Olds.
Age 30 is fine. You're just out of fkn shape. Lol
Well, have you tried working out?
That's so pathetic to hear I'm sorry I'm 33 and MOG zoomers in the gym you're just weak and soft
you drop so many gems of info in this
This guy and everyone else needs to know and remember James is definitely token steroids for recovery and has gone over seas and has gotten procedures done that are illegal in USA to help with his injury and to help him play at high level for a long time. He is face of basketball and will continue to be. NBA will cover it up no different than Jordan with all his pass secrets
i never Understand this Point ... Steriods for Ball playing Sports Always Rears it Head why doesn't Bron Allege Steriod Use Show...If using Steriods And he is still this Effective somehow this Late in his Career then Every Nba Player should Hit him up
@@glennbeck3709 yes he is doing steroids which is available to all these pro athletes. All these top guys making 100s of millions.
But why is performing better at an old age than the other genetic freaks on steroids, thats who we’re comparing him to not you and me.
Michael Jordan is the true legend, LeBron, James, was Michael Jordans assistance’s.
The crazy part about this is the fact that most of these bodybuilders, like my man doing the commentary, bodies usually breakdown LeBron James is in peak condition at the age of 40 and will probably be in that peak position until the age of 48 where he might start taking a step back 💯 he’s competing in the NBA at the highest level and we’re questioning his workout methods he hasn’t suffered a major injury since high school I guarantee you, my man right here can’t run a mile probably couldn’t run a full court game at a YMCA versus all the dads on Father’s Day smh
Mike isn't just some "bodybuilder" he has a PHD in Sport Physiology. And I "guarantee" you that he can run a mile, he is a fucking brown belt in BJJ and he competes. How about you watch the video before commenting some ignorant shit.
Holy hell, what in the goddamn run-on sentence bro. All that yapping and no periods 💀
@@ThisDude234 fuck a period I ain’t bleeding
@@pebblesssss Some of these PHDs are garbage, lets not forget that.
I’d put his at slightly above a PHD dietitian.
Also a lot of jiujitsu guys are terrible athletes. Coming from a guy who loves jiujitsu.
Think about why wrestlers dominate the UFC and not jiujitsu nerds.
I would love to see you do a review of ballerina workouts - the epitome of mobility - flexibility and strength
Can I just say…. while these videos are funny, I actually learn a lot from them. I used to look at trainers like this guy and hollywood and it would paralyze me from ever testing to be a personal trainer, because I couldn’t figure out what was going on with their perceived “advanced knowledge and experience”.
I see now that I couldn’t understand or replicate their programs because they were actually wildly nonsensical. But I used that as a placeholder and used to feel stupid that I didn’t know how to train people like the pros.
I was actually a better trainer than these guys the entire time and didn’t know it.
Really, thanks for showing me other trainers mistakes and making it teachable!
Yesss! My man! You're already better than most. Definitely helps to realize that! - Dr. Mike
@@RenaissancePeriodization If only Lebron had listened to a salesman like you instead of his trainers....he might have had a long, successful career. Perhaps lacking flexibility and waddling around like a puffy duck was not his goal.
@@DA-rm5bhif you want to add flexibility you need to do exercises that increase your range of motion and add strength. There wasn't a lot of either on display. Just a lot of clownery
@@Jansk1h I'm pretty confident LeBron is happy with his career without the help of 5'7" PED and size obsessed youtube program hawkers.
The obligatory fanboy has arrived. @@DA-rm5bh The man has godlike genetics and has been on PEDs for the vast majority of his career, while having a better work ethic than most professional players, so yeah, he outlasts them all. Does that mean that his fitness routine has had to be perfect? Hell to the fucking no.
No way the LeBron riders came here to yap about something they know nothing about
Do one on mario rios
As a certified athletic trainer, thank you for the correction Dr. Mike!
Whatever he’s doing is definitely working for him.. You’re watching his workout, and I’m quite sure he never even heard your name
Dr. Mike! You said that stretching after a workout has no benefit for recovery, but if our goal is to gain flexibility (say for example to be able to do the splits) isn't it the ideal time to do that? Deep stretching before a workout seems to have a negative effect, but when is the best time for a positive effect on both our normal workout and the goals regarding flexibility.
I stretch between sets. I do know stretching helps when it comes to me deadlifting bc i can deeper on my deadlift. Same with squats. So stretching definitely helps.
Doctors aren’t the brightest by far, every single body is different n this is more comedy then info
PhDs aren't the brightest? Not all sure but come the fuck on lol.
@@cassotv297 You don't seem very bright either.
@@na-ky8ou you’re lento
I did not plan on watching all 22min......but here i am, 2 bags of popcorn deep
What’s funny is I think this just exposes that lebrons trainer might have just been giving out fake sauce and not wanting to let people in on what they’re really doing 😂😂
How are you going to tell the healthiest superstar in sports history that he’s not working out right
he didn't say he worked out wrong, just that the exercise weren't optimal enough to achieved what the Trainer is explaining.
Because if he was working out right, he might be even healthier?
because he isn’t. he’s one of the best basketball players of all time, but that could’ve been ELEVATED if he had better strength training. we will never see lebron’s true potential
@@LePuffyRamonCombsThe1stthe very few injuries hes suffered are almost all not preventable and from impact tbh
@@Quartercheeseburger bro played 21 season, went to the finals 8 fuckimg consecutive times and won 4 of em, never had a season ending injury, has over 40k nba points which is most pts all time btw, playing at 40 yrs old and still running like he was when he was 18, how are you gonna sit here and say 'He couldve reached more of his natural potential' 😂 You Mike fans are easily swayed by his 'PhD'
go ahead and try to touch your back over your shoulders😭
As an ex international high jumper your S&C is spot on. In the North of England athletics centre of excellence we had technical sessions with team GB Olympic lifting coaches for our cleans (we never jerked the bar) squats and snatches. Man I wish you had have been my S&E coach for lifting 30 years ago. Sure you would have been about 12 and looked like a baby but way better any of these ‘celebrity’ trainers!
Celebrity workouts are just garnish, expensive and very egocentric. And don’t get me started on (in my opinion) the most misunderstood and (incorrectly used) piece of gym equipment…the plyometric box. Most PT’s have no idea how to use them.
I always feel like when the trainer doesn’t look like they are in shape, that it might be a red flag. Not always, but sometimes.
Chris aceto looks like a skinny dork, but sometimes it's fucking Chris aceto.