@scooby1961 when I read "Two Secret to Muscle Mass Gain." I thought, scooby is finally coming clean... "Synthol and TRT..." Thanks for all your videos and mentoring Scoub. You are a. Good man. Sorry for the A-hole question. I want to be respectful of your fanily and relationship. But i always wonder if your spouse is also a super fit guy like you. Or if he is a slob married to the fitness dude. Then again, that's s none of my business... Thanks again, Scouby. You are a good man..
Scooby is the most earnest guy on the internet. My wife is not into bodybuilding but she has overheard Scooby videos over the years bc I watch them so much. I was watching this one and she randomly says to me “man I’d be so bummed if it turned out Scooby was a bad guy in real life.” It’s true! I believe in Scooby. In Scooby we trust (at least as far as bodybuilding, I still think loud kids on airlines are an unavoidable fact of life). Thanks for everything Scooby!
Just subscribed a few days ago, love the short videos. Just got tired of all the long videos on the internet. I can now start off by clicking on your videos first thing, get the wisdom, and shut the computer and get on with my life.
Hi Scooby, I am a similar age as yourself and have followed you for nearly 20 years. This is one of your best videos imo. Good message, great information, delivery is professional and respectful. I completely agree with you about reaching failure. Rep counting is the enemy of reaching failure. I also agree with not resting. I have a home gym and everything I need is in 100 square feet. Easy to move about and not waste time. Thank you for your inspiration over the years.
@@oldnatty61 It's a joke, man. Lot's of folks do a set and then sit there on their phones for 5 or 10 minutes before they remember where they are, then do another set. Repeat. That finger is pumped, Ja!
Still inspiring me after so many years, Scooby! I try to remember how lucky I am to be able bodied and to have generally very good health whenever I'm feeling unmotivated. I try and tell myself it's a waste to not workout when I can. I still remember early in my gym going, I saw a guy who was missing an arm below the elbow. He took out a special prosthetic that had an end which coud be screwed onto a bar. He put it on and proceeded to do benchpress! If that guy can work out, so can I!
I agree with your two secrets. Even though I lift moderate weight to about 10 reps, I do them to failure which ends up around 8-12 depending upon whether it is at the beginning or end of the workout. Also I do a pull exercise the go immediately to a push exercise without rest. This keeps my heart rate high the whole workout and I finish my total body workout faster.
Thank you so much for keeping the videos up scooby! I started with ur amazing pullup video about a decade ago and was inspired by all ur vids and got in good shape. Now I got lazy due to an operation and starting again with one pullup and all ur vids. Such a timeless help. And to see that u still make videos makes me deeply happy and forget all of the problems in this world. Thank u so much scooby ❤
Good video. Summarizing the Scooby's main points. 1. Keep exercising and figure out ways to work around injuries. 2. Go to failure on each set. 3. Minimal rest needed for most exercises such as leg extensions or push ups.
Hey Scooby, really appreciate your videos. I think you mentioned before being on TRT? I would guess that's also a big contributor to maintaining your muscle into your 60s
Well, I'm sure healthy T levels are optimal. And at 63 requiring supplementation to remain at normal levels is expected. The problem comes when 20, 30, 40 year olds think they need it when their normals are within the normal range (low end is fine). Taking TRT is not without serious risk to your body's natural ability to create testosterone. Only take it if you truly need it. It is not a magic pill to manliness at all.
Workouts with partial reps, super sets, and high volumen sounds great! If you can do it with all your injuries without pain, I truly believe it's the best for you! 💪
New to the channel and inspired to see Scooby in such amazing shape at 63 and Greek God level at my age (46). One thing that surprised me is his recommendation for high volume. When I was younger and completed I used very high volume, but as I've gotten older I've reduced repetition which seems to reduce joint inflammation. To compensate, I've slowed reps and hyper focused on negatives and hard contractions, which seems to work, but I'm seeing Scooby and that massive chest 😮 thinking I need to do what he's doing. Hmm.
I think that's great advice for building muscle, but an important caveat if you need to peak in strength my experience is you need a lot of rest between sets and not go to failure. Thanks!
French man here, been watching for the past 10 years, not related to the video but I hope you have a great time in my country, or rather what's left of it... Cheers !
You can organize your workouts so that you can do a superset at a busy gym without pissing anyone off or gettng frustrated. Choose a cable machine and then bring dumbells over to it.
WHO says you need to " hog" the machine? Why can't you work in with others or let them work in with you? Supersetting means there is plenty of time for someone else to do their set on the machine while you're on the next one.
Go to a better gym and hog 2 stations. Pick different hours than the lambs. Get a gym at home, you don't need much equipment unless you are a pro. It's a matter of what you need to do to feel good working out.
Your videos are so inspiring! I don't have near as many of the issues you have and I get depressed that I can't do certain exercises or lift super heavy anymore! Thank you!!
Thanks for still making vids! I've been dealing with an injured right elbow AND an injured knee. Instead of giving up for months like I always did in my 20's, I'm really trying to find lifts that i can do while I'm rehabbing.
FAILURE ( muscle micro-tearing to trigger Healing / Muscle Scarring = GROWTH ) is a sign of SUCCESS - ONLY in Body Building ( or for “The Enlightened” Who Learn & Grow from Mistakes - & don’t repeat mistakes, redundantly ).
The peeing fountain background sound is back, yippee 🎉 So cool that you are in france, have a nice travel! Do you already know when you come to Germany next time?
@@scooby1961 I checked in at your insta channel or whatever it was, once and you were at our grocery store just around the corner, literally in Göteborg, Sweden. I wanted to take my family to the meet you had but cold not make it. France is great, lived there for 3 years, happy travels.
Thanks for being around. I used to be in super fantastic shape until I got into a bad bicycle versus car accident about eight years ago. After that, I've watched myself slowly go from sleek and trim to a big tub of lard that works up a sweat walking to the mailbox ever since. Thought I could jump into your intermediate workout right away, but no, just no. So I cut out the sugar and started doing your beginner workout and already feel 200% better. Thanks man! Thought you might like to know you're making a difference.
@@scooby1961I don't know if it's because I'm unfit, achieving god level rep intensity or involving too many other muscles but even when I'm doing regular 20 mile bike rides with 3,000ft of elevation (with no cheating like stopping or standing on the pedals) I struggle with super sets! I'm absolutely gassed the whole time but I do feel good afterwards so I'll be sticking with it.
@@cwillatts your comment raises interesting points; all training is to some extent specific (ie an expert cyclist isn't automatically an expert runner, even though both are high level cardio pursuits). Resistance training cardio is a different beast again. Perhaps it's because cycling is LISS compared to weights even on relatively challenging rides, or perhaps the body adapts so efficiently to cycling that those rides have effectively become non-challenging... or a combination of both. Personally heavy deadlifts always get me more out of breath than sprints do.
Scooby still looking great, even after the latest injury! His advice helped me a lot for a very long time. Going to failure with good form, time efficiency and no excuses roks! Have a nice time in France!
Clearly the results speak fo themselves, you have built an amzaing body. When it comes to rest: I can easily endure a no rest workout, but if I don't rest the technique of my next set is not that good. That's because my mind is less focused. I use the rest to breath and focus my mind though, I don't even have Instagram Facebook and other BS
Hey Scooby, I've loved your videos since the beginning. I think I might have missed the one where you explained what happened to you shoulders. Was it related to weightlifting? I'm in my late 30 and would like to avoid any future injuries/pain from my workout routine if I can.
I guess the video would be great on why you have the shoulder problem and how to avoid it. how did you get yourself into that situation given all the experience you have?
@@romannumeral814can you point to one video? Just spent half an hour going through old videos and couldn’t find anything. Even searched “scooby1961 shoulder” and could not find a video where he mentions it, let alone one that is dedicated to explaining what happened.
Going to failure has been studied and has shown signs that it does very much so increase stimulation for hypertrophy and strength as long as one works safely and doesn’t get injured doing something stupid
if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be where i am today. I was very obese, a couple BMI points away from morbid obesity.. You are the first fitness influencer i ever started watching and 3 years ago i took it to heart. I bought 300lbs of weights and a couple of bars for cheap, i built a squat rack of out 4x4s, I am up to running 8k in an hour no stops, i can hike up mountains easily etc. and now last weekend I had to buy a new suit because i couldn't wear my old one, needed it for a job interview. To my wild surprise I was able to buy a beautiful well fitting suit off the clearance rack because apparently slim fit suits aren't a big seller. I can't believe I can fit into 32" slim fit pants now. Thanks Scooby
If anyone else is confused like I was, he explains this in more detail in a 1 hour video titled "Optimal set rest time for muscle gain" He only responds to provocative, funny or thank you messages here. This isn't for beginners, he recommends 3 days a week full body workouts for beginners.
True, but BTN is also one of the biggest lessons I ever received from you. A lot of people breeze through life doing nothing, because they fear they won't do the perfect version of it. Doing ANYTHING, even the crappiest of workouts is always better than not doing any workout and your body's still keeping count.
Scooby is right that you must always train to failure, but there is nothing wrong with failing at the low end. I was doing the traditional 3 sets of 8 to 12 reps and had decided for safety reasons that my limit for squats would be my body weight - 195. So when I could do 195 without failure, this is what I did - I went to 5 sets of 195, 185, 175, 165, and 155. I failed at 165 and 155 meaning I could do more than 8 and less than 12. When I finally passed, I added another set at 145. To make a long story short, now I'm doing 195, 185, 175, 165, 155, 145, 135, 125, 115, and 105. I fail at 125, 115, and 105, and I got good results. Furthermore, my joints thank me! Of course, I do other leg exercises, but that is another story for another time. I'm 66 years old
Your life advice is giving me a lot of direction, you can't imagine how much obvious stuff people without parents haven't been told 🙏🏼 gotta go, I can't spend more than 20 munutes on screen time 😂 thank you for everything 🙏🏼
I love to go to failure on every set, but my problem is I can't sleep after it. Think it's stress on the nervous system. That's the best explanation I've seen so far. I wondered for years why I couldn't sleep good after workouts or intense HIIT. Scooby is hardcore tho, and I love his approach
That used to happen to me. After a workout ~ about 45 min to an hour ~ have a good meal with protein and some salted lemon water to drink if you sweat buckets. Then you've got to have another 3 hours or so before you go to bed. You should slowly get tired and wind down after eating. You can also try a walk after the meal. If you workout till 10pm, drink a shake and try to go to bed at 11:30, forget it. Cheers!
Thanks for your wisdom Scoob! I really enjoy listening to you talk. Does low rest also apply to calisthenics? I'd love to hear your opinion on that. Kind regards!
Thanks for your valuable input based on years of experience. One question, are you concerned about neurological burnout from going to failure on every workout? Muscles can take the punishment and repair but neurologically that is hard to maintain over long periods. My concern would be that a good many people chronically going to failure would succumb to overtraining and CNS burnout. Thoughts?
Completely agree about getting to failure, brings me real results. But second one is kind of tough, maybe lacking cardio but for each set to failure i need to gain back some atp lol
i too see the results of very limited rest and at 62 am amazed how quickly the body responds, able to burn fat and gain dramatic muscle size with very little weight change ..... i dont body build but train for a fitness look and keep a very slim waist which i consider essential to highlight gains to best effect... staying around 13% bodyfat suits me and allows a healthy social life and the odd day having a blast.....
I'm a big fan of your videos for about 5 years now. You inspired me GREATLY and you ve always had great ideas for keeping an independent way of keeping fit. I have one question, because I am thinking of getting a TRT. I read a ling time ago that you are getting TRT treatment, too. What's your experience so far about this? In what way would it make it harder for you to keep your muscle mass, if you stopped using TRT and are there any negative side effects you have experienced so far, if I may ask?
@@scooby1961 Yes, you are right. This morning I realized that I had asked a much too personal/intimate question, too personal to be asked in such a public comment column. Plus it might trigger some people to file lawsuits (about personal statements about medicine). I did it in the spur of the moment, because I always ask unbiased people about their OWN experience instead of relying purely on the words of those who could be influenced by "other motivs and intentions" ;-) Thank you again for your answer anyway, Scooby. I will definitely consult my doctor about it as well.
Been following you since 2012, glad you're still making content. Have you done a video on what happened to your shoulder, or any advice on what you could have done different to keep it healthy, if anything?
Hey Scooby, out of curiosity, I was wondering if you have given any thought to the possibility of going to failure caused any of your current joint issues? I train to failure myself and I am creeping up on 50 now and avoiding joint issues is my concern at this time. I have started using very slow tempos and more focused on maintaining muscle mass rather then building. I was really curious if your issues are due to training or rather an injury from long ago or just genetic issues?
Its only my right shoulder that is the problem so I suspect decades of beach volleyball for my shoulder problem. One would expect both shoulders to be shot if it were lifting that was the culprit. As far as going to failure, I suspect that made my shoulder last longer.
Amazing how I came to the same conclusion. What's the point in doing 3min+ rests between sets when you can do at least another exercise in between on a different muscle group?I still leave about 30sec-1min rest after supersetting. my body doesn't recover that fast and the heart rate and breathing is high right after the exercise
Thanks Scooby! I know you clearly stated this superset routine is for you, but in another video I believe you said if you could do it all over again you'd do more reps (less weight) and a full body routine to avoid injury to your shoulder? Am I remembering that correctly? I know you you can't go back in time but have you transitioned to a full body routine? A kind of better late than never thought process?
If I don’t rest 1 to 1:30min I can’t do PR’s. If I can’t do PR’s, it means I’m not doing progressive overload -> No Muscle Gain. Can you clarify. Thanks
Oh woaw, the last time I watched a Scooby video is probably 10-13 years ago. I just started running and he came to my mind. I searched for him and I'm happy to see Scooby still doing his thing. He looks amazing! The body physique is amazing and he looks great. Good on you my man.
That's the way I have been doing for 40 years I had my shoulder replace I have no limitations I went to the university of washington and had ream and run get ahold of me and I can give you all the information
3 things, 1, your cardio capacity is crazy high because you do properly cardio, in my case I don't do a lot of cardio and my capacity is not great, so yes, I need rest after a challenging set of pulldowns. 2, going to failure for me has not worked always, for instance when I stopped going to failure in incline dumbbell press my strength shot up dramatically, but still close to failure, left 1 or 2 in the tank. I know, I should train cardio more seriously. 3rd thing, for me I enjoy having small conversations with people I work out with, some people might enjoy a little social aspect to their workouts especially if they have a workout buddy, so I don't think this hurts especially if it keeps you consistently getting to the gym because you enjoy your time there. Of course within reason. Gyms can be a little like the ancient greek agora, especially nowadays that fora have moved online it's one of the last few spaces remaining an in person forum to talk to people.
Howdy Scoob. Been working out for 20 years now and can agree with all you said. The one minor variation I make in my own workouts is to alternate opposing muscles (chest/back, bi's/tri's, etc) and rest 1 min between compounds and 30 sec between isolations. I get great results and most importantly achieve great pumps. Thanks my dude 👍
Hey Scooby, may I ask what is wrong with wasting some time in the gym by taking long rests, looking at your phone, et cetera? I figure that doing supersets will let you finish the workout faster, and perhaps it will keep your heart rate elevated throughout the workout, but does that matter in terms of strength gains? Thanks
Thanks for asking! I would say health and injury prevention, cardio, and strength, in that order - which is why I like your emphasis on all 3… but I love taking it easy between sets 😂
Oops just realized you asked for life goals and not health goals…Well, it goes without saying that wasting time is not a goal of mine. After this video I'm much more strongly considering implementing supersets, especially since most of my exercises are not extremely heavy compound movements. I certainly understand the time saving aspect, however I am not sure I understand why supersets are a secret to gaining muscle mass. Thanks again, much appreciated
My humble opinion is that I try to focus on the specific muscles that I'm trying to work out. I can be more effective by not spending time on the phone. Having purpose instead of goofing around helps me with that
I am with you Scoob. I have found I can function almost identically even to failure by taking no more than 5-30 seconds between sets. What are your thoughts on limited studies being used to biblically to guide “best practice” weight lifting for muscle gain?
In my experience, it's hard to superset different exercises if the gym is crowded. If people see a machine isn't being used at that moment, they'll take it.
I have always trained to failure which lead to overtraining symptoms two thirds the way in to my mesocycle with terrible crash and burn. Admittedly yes with less than perfect form. Since then I got a brilliant PT who corrected my form and have been doing a lot better. My question is would going to failure with perfectly controlled form mitigate CNS fatigue, or should we still expect it? what preventative measures can we take to slow it down if going to failure is the objective?
Scooby, you may be right on failure but we must understand what are we speaking of when we say failure. What I see is a tremendous lack of intensity and it takes intensity and I agree if you do not have a plan for every set and are doing something like 3 sets of 10 or 3 sets of 15 with the same weight or increasing weight and never hitting at least positive failure, you are just going through the motions and your body will quickly adjust to this and there will be no gains. I am 64 and have trained since 17 and I take no phone to the gym, I want focus and atmosphere. We would have to have a conversation about what is failure. God bless you if you do not become cardio taxed during the muscles groups you mentioned ( I know you are big on the bike) , my cardio taxing might not be anywhere near complete but being taxed my next set cannot be as good a set until I have full control of my breathing. Back to failure. I work out alone and the body gyrations of which you speak are part of my going to failure. I am going to perform as many in a strict fashion as I can and then I am going to cheat to some degree after coming to positive failure and now I am taxing the muscle toward negative failure. I am going to incorporate negatives, mechanical change ( thumbs opposed, to thumbs up) both arms to single arm, holds at the mid point or contracted point some way to increase TUT and intensity. For example, Monday I am going work my low back hip complex with deadlift, RDL and hip thrust, they will tax my cardio but I super set these with shoulder raises and light DB presses (Scott and regular) for pretty much every set. Most exercises will be 4 super sets. I just breath hard through the shoulder work and then a 1:30 - 1:45 - 2:00 min rest, where I stretch hamstrings, shoulders getting ready for my next super set. Your partial, full body is a super workout. I highly recommend them as I noted above incorporating lower movements and upper movements in each workout but emphasizing one or the other. -CD
since you hurt your shoulder...you hope you did something different to protect it if you could go back in the past? like lift with a better technique or don't do a kind of exercise at all? or lift less heavier
Avoid low rep flyes. Or even dumbbell flyes at all. Dumbbell flyes are hard on the shoulder joints. But doing them medium weight to light is ok, I would say. And listen to your body. The signs it gives you. Anticipate when getting bad signs. Drop an exercise that does gives problems to you. There are many exercises, no need to do one that bothers your joints.
Scooby maybe you should change your message to the younger audience and say if they do calisthenics (push ups, dips, pull ups, crunches, bodyweight squats) they wouldn't have the problems you have in old age. Im 40 and i do a bro split. But id be better and safer doing calisthenics.
The problem is that the moment you say "calisthenics", kids today think of all the joint-dangerous tricks they see the "bar stars" do on instagram even if you are careful to say pushups pullups only
The question is, how you define "failure". Technical failure or absolute failure? If I would go to absolute failure every single set, I would completely destroy my nervous system and feel like shit the next day.
IMO the reason that most people are "hardgainers" is that they dont push themselves hard enough nor understand what it means to go to failure. If your CNS gets destroyed doing a bodybuilding workout to failure then you might want to get a full checkup from a doctor. A powerlifting workout taxes your CNS, not a bodybuilding workout.
Interested to know if you have figured out how you could have avoided that shoulder issue had you made adjustments? Your feedback on how to manage potential negatives is the secret I'm looking for.
He spoke about volleyball maybe part of being the culprit. The overhand serve, hence the one shoulder problem only. And also heavy flyes. They are hard on the shoulder joint. The push ups he does now, are way less taxing . Still very good for the muscles. Low rep flyes are not a great thing for the joints...I've done flyes myself for decades. But quit them recently. Right shoulder gives issues for quite a long time now. With push ups zero problems.
Honest question, being more limited now than you used to be, how are you able to keep and maintain all of that mass? Is it the combination of time under tension with the limited range and little to no rest?
I am a firm believer that the best way to bigger arms is a smaller shirt.
Lol!
@scooby1961 when I read "Two Secret to Muscle Mass Gain." I thought, scooby is finally coming clean... "Synthol and TRT..."
Thanks for all your videos and mentoring Scoub. You are a. Good man.
Sorry for the A-hole question. I want to be respectful of your fanily and relationship. But i always wonder if your spouse is also a super fit guy like you. Or if he is a slob married to the fitness dude.
Then again, that's s none of my business...
Thanks again, Scouby. You are a good man..
Scooby-Doo why isn't your shirt off since thats the is the only way you look your very best so so please take your shirt ok please!
Scooby is the most earnest guy on the internet. My wife is not into bodybuilding but she has overheard Scooby videos over the years bc I watch them so much. I was watching this one and she randomly says to me “man I’d be so bummed if it turned out Scooby was a bad guy in real life.” It’s true! I believe in Scooby. In Scooby we trust (at least as far as bodybuilding, I still think loud kids on airlines are an unavoidable fact of life). Thanks for everything Scooby!
Thanks! I am incapable of acting so what you see is what you get. :)
The setting you chose for this video is very nice. The calm Marcus Aurelius gaze coupled with the ivy gives off an amazing vibe.
Yes, I was very excited when I found this place. I first filmed close to the fountain behind me but the water noise was a bit overwhelming
Marcus Aurelius is my homie 😁👍.
It’s great to get fitness advice from a man with an actual brain. (This is why I’ve watched you for over a decade.)
Thanks!
wish you would do longer videos. the opinions and knowledge are amazing
You are the first ever to ask for this, THANK YOU!!
I like shorter videos, in general. If you can't say it in 10 min. OR LESS, there's too much fluff, IMO.
been following you for 10 years now scoob but slowly left my feed and i totally forgot about you the passed years. glad your vids found their way back
Just subscribed a few days ago, love the short videos. Just got tired of all the long videos on the internet. I can now start off by clicking on your videos first thing, get the wisdom, and shut the computer and get on with my life.
Welcome aboard!
I hope your shoulders recover
May you come back stronger
thanks but not possible
Hi Scooby, I am a similar age as yourself and have followed you for nearly 20 years. This is one of your best videos imo. Good message, great information, delivery is professional and respectful. I completely agree with you about reaching failure. Rep counting is the enemy of reaching failure. I also agree with not resting. I have a home gym and everything I need is in 100 square feet. Easy to move about and not waste time. Thank you for your inspiration over the years.
Thanks! I try. We are all just trying our best
Not secrets. Just proper training. The body's not making new adaptations if you don't push it past it's current level.
Right! Scrolling thru social media only gives you a very muscular index finger.
@@scooby1961 ?
@@oldnatty61 It's a joke, man. Lot's of folks do a set and then sit there on their phones for 5 or 10 minutes before they remember where they are, then do another set. Repeat. That finger is pumped, Ja!
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Bang on the money. I did better with a spotter than on my own.
Still inspiring me after so many years, Scooby! I try to remember how lucky I am to be able bodied and to have generally very good health whenever I'm feeling unmotivated. I try and tell myself it's a waste to not workout when I can. I still remember early in my gym going, I saw a guy who was missing an arm below the elbow. He took out a special prosthetic that had an end which coud be screwed onto a bar. He put it on and proceeded to do benchpress! If that guy can work out, so can I!
I agree with your two secrets. Even though I lift moderate weight to about 10 reps, I do them to failure which ends up around 8-12 depending upon whether it is at the beginning or end of the workout. Also I do a pull exercise the go immediately to a push exercise without rest. This keeps my heart rate high the whole workout and I finish my total body workout faster.
THANK YOU SCOOBY!💪🏻💪🏻🫡🫡
Thank you so much for keeping the videos up scooby! I started with ur amazing pullup video about a decade ago and was inspired by all ur vids and got in good shape. Now I got lazy due to an operation and starting again with one pullup and all ur vids. Such a timeless help. And to see that u still make videos makes me deeply happy and forget all of the problems in this world. Thank u so much scooby ❤
You are very welcome!
Love the glasses and those striations on Your shoulders. Looking great Scooby! 😊
Straight to the point. No bullshit!
Good video. Summarizing the Scooby's main points.
1. Keep exercising and figure out ways to work around injuries.
2. Go to failure on each set.
3. Minimal rest needed for most exercises such as leg extensions or push ups.
Glad to see you’re doing well, you’re still a legend on /fit/ scooby
Hey Scooby, really appreciate your videos. I think you mentioned before being on TRT? I would guess that's also a big contributor to maintaining your muscle into your 60s
Glad you like my videos! Here are all my videos on trt ... www.youtube.com/@scooby1961/search?query=trt
Well, I'm sure healthy T levels are optimal. And at 63 requiring supplementation to remain at normal levels is expected. The problem comes when 20, 30, 40 year olds think they need it when their normals are within the normal range (low end is fine).
Taking TRT is not without serious risk to your body's natural ability to create testosterone. Only take it if you truly need it. It is not a magic pill to manliness at all.
@@L32C-yg9hm75 million Americans disagree
Workouts with partial reps, super sets, and high volumen sounds great! If you can do it with all your injuries without pain, I truly believe it's the best for you! 💪
Thanks!
New to the channel and inspired to see Scooby in such amazing shape at 63 and Greek God level at my age (46). One thing that surprised me is his recommendation for high volume. When I was younger and completed I used very high volume, but as I've gotten older I've reduced repetition which seems to reduce joint inflammation. To compensate, I've slowed reps and hyper focused on negatives and hard contractions, which seems to work, but I'm seeing Scooby and that massive chest 😮 thinking I need to do what he's doing. Hmm.
I think that's great advice for building muscle, but an important caveat if you need to peak in strength my experience is you need a lot of rest between sets and not go to failure. Thanks!
Thats why I made the distinction for strength training.
French man here, been watching for the past 10 years, not related to the video but I hope you have a great time in my country, or rather what's left of it... Cheers !
Im glad to see your still making videos! Thanks!
Supersetting is hard in a public gym, because it’s an asshole move to hog many machines at once.
You can organize your workouts so that you can do a superset at a busy gym without pissing anyone off or gettng frustrated. Choose a cable machine and then bring dumbells over to it.
WHO says you need to " hog" the machine? Why can't you work in with others or let them work in with you? Supersetting means there is plenty of time for someone else to do their set on the machine while you're on the next one.
@@scooby1961 Great idea. For every problem there is a solution
I treasure the fact that I can work out at home. I would never go back to the public gym.
Go to a better gym and hog 2 stations. Pick different hours than the lambs. Get a gym at home, you don't need much equipment unless you are a pro. It's a matter of what you need to do to feel good working out.
New video! I usually book hotels with gym/swimming pool area. Its so nice to be able to workout and discover new places! Cheers🎉
Hotel gyms ARE the best because they force you to break out of your routine ;)
Your videos are so inspiring! I don't have near as many of the issues you have and I get depressed that I can't do certain exercises or lift super heavy anymore! Thank you!!
Thanks for still making vids! I've been dealing with an injured right elbow AND an injured knee. Instead of giving up for months like I always did in my 20's, I'm really trying to find lifts that i can do while I'm rehabbing.
FAILURE ( muscle micro-tearing to trigger Healing / Muscle Scarring = GROWTH ) is a sign of SUCCESS - ONLY in Body Building ( or for “The Enlightened” Who Learn & Grow from Mistakes - & don’t repeat mistakes, redundantly ).
The peeing fountain background sound is back, yippee 🎉
So cool that you are in france, have a nice travel! Do you already know when you come to Germany next time?
LOL! I actually moved away from the fountain because at first I was right next to it and it ROARED in the audio track :)
There is a good chance I will be biking from Amsterdam to Berlin so definitely a meet and greet in Berlin
@@scooby1961 I checked in at your insta channel or whatever it was, once and you were at our grocery store just around the corner, literally in Göteborg, Sweden. I wanted to take my family to the meet you had but cold not make it. France is great, lived there for 3 years, happy travels.
Thanks for being around.
I used to be in super fantastic shape until I got into a bad bicycle versus car accident about eight years ago. After that, I've watched myself slowly go from sleek and trim to a big tub of lard that works up a sweat walking to the mailbox ever since.
Thought I could jump into your intermediate workout right away, but no, just no. So I cut out the sugar and started doing your beginner workout and already feel 200% better.
Thanks man! Thought you might like to know you're making a difference.
Sorry about the accident :(
@@scooby1961 Me too man, me too.
Thank you great tips. Have an awesome vacation!
Thank you! Will do!
As someone who doesn't enjoy cardio, supersets are great because they give you a cardio workout as you build muscle.
True!
Hi Scooby, love your videos. Would you still recommend supersets if someone has poor cardio and is out of breath between exercises?
If you are in that bad of shape I would recommend you spend ALL your fitness time running/biking and none of it lifting. Cardio > weights.
@@scooby1961I don't know if it's because I'm unfit, achieving god level rep intensity or involving too many other muscles but even when I'm doing regular 20 mile bike rides with 3,000ft of elevation (with no cheating like stopping or standing on the pedals) I struggle with super sets! I'm absolutely gassed the whole time but I do feel good afterwards so I'll be sticking with it.
@@cwillatts your comment raises interesting points; all training is to some extent specific (ie an expert cyclist isn't automatically an expert runner, even though both are high level cardio pursuits). Resistance training cardio is a different beast again. Perhaps it's because cycling is LISS compared to weights even on relatively challenging rides, or perhaps the body adapts so efficiently to cycling that those rides have effectively become non-challenging... or a combination of both.
Personally heavy deadlifts always get me more out of breath than sprints do.
Scooby still looking great, even after the latest injury! His advice helped me a lot for a very long time. Going to failure with good form, time efficiency and no excuses roks! Have a nice time in France!
Thanks!
Clearly the results speak fo themselves, you have built an amzaing body. When it comes to rest: I can easily endure a no rest workout, but if I don't rest the technique of my next set is not that good. That's because my mind is less focused. I use the rest to breath and focus my mind though, I don't even have Instagram Facebook and other BS
Hey Scooby, I've loved your videos since the beginning. I think I might have missed the one where you explained what happened to you shoulders. Was it related to weightlifting? I'm in my late 30 and would like to avoid any future injuries/pain from my workout routine if I can.
I did three half marathons. Doing good!
I guess the video would be great on why you have the shoulder problem and how to avoid it. how did you get yourself into that situation given all the experience you have?
he has addressed that question in previous videos
As roman says, I have done numerous videos on that
@@romannumeral814can you point to one video? Just spent half an hour going through old videos and couldn’t find anything. Even searched “scooby1961 shoulder” and could not find a video where he mentions it, let alone one that is dedicated to explaining what happened.
Going to failure has been studied and has shown signs that it does very much so increase stimulation for hypertrophy and strength as long as one works safely and doesn’t get injured doing something stupid
if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be where i am today. I was very obese, a couple BMI points away from morbid obesity.. You are the first fitness influencer i ever started watching and 3 years ago i took it to heart. I bought 300lbs of weights and a couple of bars for cheap, i built a squat rack of out 4x4s, I am up to running 8k in an hour no stops, i can hike up mountains easily etc. and now last weekend I had to buy a new suit because i couldn't wear my old one, needed it for a job interview. To my wild surprise I was able to buy a beautiful well fitting suit off the clearance rack because apparently slim fit suits aren't a big seller. I can't believe I can fit into 32" slim fit pants now.
Thanks Scooby
Scooby what's on opinion on stone lifting ?
Have you ever tried it ?
Thanks for the amazing videos.
Great for people who lived in the 1700s and had to lift big rocks to clear their fields!
I would not recomend warmupsets till failure but still to proper engagement then all real sets to failure
If anyone else is confused like I was, he explains this in more detail in a 1 hour video titled
"Optimal set rest time for muscle gain"
He only responds to provocative, funny or thank you messages here.
This isn't for beginners, he recommends 3 days a week full body workouts for beginners.
True, but BTN is also one of the biggest lessons I ever received from you.
A lot of people breeze through life doing nothing, because they fear they won't do the perfect version of it. Doing ANYTHING, even the crappiest of workouts is always better than not doing any workout and your body's still keeping count.
Scooby is right that you must always train to failure, but there is nothing wrong with failing at the low end. I was doing the traditional 3 sets of 8 to 12 reps and had decided for safety reasons that my limit for squats would be my body weight - 195. So when I could do 195 without failure, this is what I did - I went to 5 sets of 195, 185, 175, 165, and 155. I failed at 165 and 155 meaning I could do more than 8 and less than 12. When I finally passed, I added another set at 145. To make a long story short, now I'm doing 195, 185, 175, 165, 155, 145, 135, 125, 115, and 105. I fail at 125, 115, and 105, and I got good results. Furthermore, my joints thank me! Of course, I do other leg exercises, but that is another story for another time. I'm 66 years old
Way to go!!!!
@@scooby1961 I'll also add that I do this routine TWICE a week. Proper rest is key as well
Your life advice is giving me a lot of direction, you can't imagine how much obvious stuff people without parents haven't been told 🙏🏼 gotta go, I can't spend more than 20 munutes on screen time 😂 thank you for everything 🙏🏼
THANK YOU for limiting your screentime!!!!!!
@@scooby1961 thank you for wanting the best for your viewers :)
Excellent... these two simple things make such a difference to the workout, it's like night and day! Thanks!
I love to go to failure on every set, but my problem is I can't sleep after it. Think it's stress on the nervous system. That's the best explanation I've seen so far. I wondered for years why I couldn't sleep good after workouts or intense HIIT.
Scooby is hardcore tho, and I love his approach
Try working out first thing in the morning!
That used to happen to me. After a workout ~ about 45 min to an hour ~ have a good meal with protein and some salted lemon water to drink if you sweat buckets. Then you've got to have another 3 hours or so before you go to bed. You should slowly get tired and wind down after eating. You can also try a walk after the meal. If you workout till 10pm, drink a shake and try to go to bed at 11:30, forget it. Cheers!
I had shoulder joint pain while training heavy Yoga fixed it. Nice to see that you're still active Scoob. Very valuable information you keep sharing
Stretching can sometimes fix joint pain, its a valuable tool that physical therapists use!
Thanks for your wisdom Scoob! I really enjoy listening to you talk. Does low rest also apply to calisthenics? I'd love to hear your opinion on that. Kind regards!
Thanks for your valuable input based on years of experience. One question, are you concerned about neurological burnout from going to failure on every workout? Muscles can take the punishment and repair but neurologically that is hard to maintain over long periods. My concern would be that a good many people chronically going to failure would succumb to overtraining and CNS burnout. Thoughts?
Great video Scooby.
What do you think caused the shoulder problems? Pressing? Or pulling movements?
Peds, Clean diet and a proper workout routine is the Secret. One more thing Mr Scooby ain't natty.
Completely agree about getting to failure, brings me real results. But second one is kind of tough, maybe lacking cardio but for each set to failure i need to gain back some atp lol
Hi Scooby. TQ. You’re advice is pure gold. How do I know, you look fantastic. Please keep your uploads coming.
Great video Scooby, but do really miss your office hour videos ❤. Your looking great btw 👍
I should do those again. I liked doing it when nobody else was streaming live. Now its too easy :)
i too see the results of very limited rest and at 62 am amazed how quickly the body responds, able to burn fat and gain dramatic muscle size with very little weight change .....
i dont body build but train for a fitness look and keep a very slim waist which i consider essential to highlight gains to best effect... staying around 13% bodyfat suits me and allows a healthy social life and the odd day having a blast.....
Always go to failure without rest… Controversial is a word for it yeah 😂
I'm a big fan of your videos for about 5 years now. You inspired me GREATLY and you ve always had great ideas for keeping an independent way of keeping fit.
I have one question, because I am thinking of getting a TRT. I read a ling time ago that you are getting TRT treatment, too. What's your experience so far about this? In what way would it make it harder for you to keep your muscle mass, if you stopped using TRT and are there any negative side effects you have experienced so far, if I may ask?
You need to have this discussion with your doctor
@@scooby1961 Yes, you are right. This morning I realized that I had asked a much too personal/intimate question, too personal to be asked in such a public comment column. Plus it might trigger some people to file lawsuits (about personal statements about medicine). I did it in the spur of the moment, because I always ask unbiased people about their OWN experience instead of relying purely on the words of those who could be influenced by "other motivs and intentions" ;-) Thank you again for your answer anyway, Scooby. I will definitely consult my doctor about it as well.
Your results and physique are the best proof. I've had a lot of success training like you do. Keep up the great videos!
Looks like you dropped some BF Scooby, looking really good!
Sending brotherly love from the USA.
Thanks!
You might not have shoulder cartilage but you still look incredible!
Thanks!
Thanks Scooby, you're great and always give great information.
Thanks!
Been following you since 2012, glad you're still making content. Have you done a video on what happened to your shoulder, or any advice on what you could have done different to keep it healthy, if anything?
Hey Scooby, out of curiosity, I was wondering if you have given any thought to the possibility of going to failure caused any of your current joint issues? I train to failure myself and I am creeping up on 50 now and avoiding joint issues is my concern at this time. I have started using very slow tempos and more focused on maintaining muscle mass rather then building. I was really curious if your issues are due to training or rather an injury from long ago or just genetic issues?
Its only my right shoulder that is the problem so I suspect decades of beach volleyball for my shoulder problem. One would expect both shoulders to be shot if it were lifting that was the culprit. As far as going to failure, I suspect that made my shoulder last longer.
Amazing how I came to the same conclusion. What's the point in doing 3min+ rests between sets when you can do at least another exercise in between on a different muscle group?I still leave about 30sec-1min rest after supersetting. my body doesn't recover that fast and the heart rate and breathing is high right after the exercise
We get it. Most dont
Thanks Scooby!
I know you clearly stated this superset routine is for you, but in another video I believe you said if you could do it all over again you'd do more reps (less weight) and a full body routine to avoid injury to your shoulder? Am I remembering that correctly?
I know you you can't go back in time but have you transitioned to a full body routine? A kind of better late than never thought process?
Thank you so much for your advices Scoob I ve written down everything and I will do exactly the same workout. Hey why am I hearing a pillow scream ? 😂
LOL!
Love the glasses!
Hallo scooby, bad to hear about your shoulder pain.
How did that happen? With weights?
If I don’t rest 1 to 1:30min I can’t do PR’s. If I can’t do PR’s, it means I’m not doing progressive overload -> No Muscle Gain. Can you clarify. Thanks
Watch video again please paying attention to what “rest” means
Oh woaw, the last time I watched a Scooby video is probably 10-13 years ago. I just started running and he came to my mind. I searched for him and I'm happy to see Scooby still doing his thing.
He looks amazing! The body physique is amazing and he looks great. Good on you my man.
Thanks! yes, I am still doing the same old thing :)
Thank you for your common sense content all these years !
My pleasure!
That's the way I have been doing for 40 years I had my shoulder replace I have no limitations I went to the university of washington and had ream and run get ahold of me and I can give you all the information
Thanks Dave! Will bringing "ream and run" up with my surgeon and see if he thinks it might be appropriate for me. Also looking into pyrocarbon
3 things, 1, your cardio capacity is crazy high because you do properly cardio, in my case I don't do a lot of cardio and my capacity is not great, so yes, I need rest after a challenging set of pulldowns. 2, going to failure for me has not worked always, for instance when I stopped going to failure in incline dumbbell press my strength shot up dramatically, but still close to failure, left 1 or 2 in the tank. I know, I should train cardio more seriously. 3rd thing, for me I enjoy having small conversations with people I work out with, some people might enjoy a little social aspect to their workouts especially if they have a workout buddy, so I don't think this hurts especially if it keeps you consistently getting to the gym because you enjoy your time there. Of course within reason. Gyms can be a little like the ancient greek agora, especially nowadays that fora have moved online it's one of the last few spaces remaining an in person forum to talk to people.
Howdy Scoob. Been working out for 20 years now and can agree with all you said. The one minor variation I make in my own workouts is to alternate opposing muscles (chest/back, bi's/tri's, etc) and rest 1 min between compounds and 30 sec between isolations. I get great results and most importantly achieve great pumps. Thanks my dude 👍
You got it figured out without me!
Hey Scooby, may I ask what is wrong with wasting some time in the gym by taking long rests, looking at your phone, et cetera? I figure that doing supersets will let you finish the workout faster, and perhaps it will keep your heart rate elevated throughout the workout, but does that matter in terms of strength gains? Thanks
What are your life goals for 2024?
Thanks for asking! I would say health and injury prevention, cardio, and strength, in that order - which is why I like your emphasis on all 3… but I love taking it easy between sets 😂
Oops just realized you asked for life goals and not health goals…Well, it goes without saying that wasting time is not a goal of mine. After this video I'm much more strongly considering implementing supersets, especially since most of my exercises are not extremely heavy compound movements. I certainly understand the time saving aspect, however I am not sure I understand why supersets are a secret to gaining muscle mass. Thanks again, much appreciated
My humble opinion is that I try to focus on the specific muscles that I'm trying to work out. I can be more effective by not spending time on the phone. Having purpose instead of goofing around helps me with that
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heavy weight means high chance of injury and joint issues. Lighter weight and more reps to failure is the way to go!
Looking great scoob
Thanks, Scooby!
So I started applying these two secrets and man I've never got a better pump in my life
I am with you Scoob. I have found I can function almost identically even to failure by taking no more than 5-30 seconds between sets.
What are your thoughts on limited studies being used to biblically to guide “best practice” weight lifting for muscle gain?
Whatever works and doesnt injure you!
In my experience, it's hard to superset different exercises if the gym is crowded. If people see a machine isn't being used at that moment, they'll take it.
Thats why you bring a set of dumbells over to the machine and never get off the seat
@@scooby1961 I'm talking about supersetting different machines.
I have always trained to failure which lead to overtraining symptoms two thirds the way in to my mesocycle with terrible crash and burn. Admittedly yes with less than perfect form. Since then I got a brilliant PT who corrected my form and have been doing a lot better. My question is would going to failure with perfectly controlled form mitigate CNS fatigue, or should we still expect it? what preventative measures can we take to slow it down if going to failure is the objective?
Thanks Scooby! How do you keep your bicep size and mass without being able to do curls at all? (Understandably due to your shoulder pain)
I dont :(
@@scooby1961arms look amazing Scooby!
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Scooby, you may be right on failure but we must understand what are we speaking of when we say failure. What I see is a tremendous lack of intensity and it takes intensity and I agree if you do not have a plan for every set and are doing something like 3 sets of 10 or 3 sets of 15 with the same weight or increasing weight and never hitting at least positive failure, you are just going through the motions and your body will quickly adjust to this and there will be no gains.
I am 64 and have trained since 17 and I take no phone to the gym, I want focus and atmosphere. We would have to have a conversation about what is failure. God bless you if you do not become cardio taxed during the muscles groups you mentioned ( I know you are big on the bike) , my cardio taxing might not be anywhere near complete but being taxed my next set cannot be as good a set until I have full control of my breathing.
Back to failure. I work out alone and the body gyrations of which you speak are part of my going to failure. I am going to perform as many in a strict fashion as I can and then I am going to cheat to some degree after coming to positive failure and now I am taxing the muscle toward negative failure. I am going to incorporate negatives, mechanical change ( thumbs opposed, to thumbs up) both arms to single arm, holds at the mid point or contracted point some way to increase TUT and intensity.
For example, Monday I am going work my low back hip complex with deadlift, RDL and hip thrust, they will tax my cardio but I super set these with shoulder raises and light DB presses (Scott and regular) for pretty much every set. Most exercises will be 4 super sets. I just breath hard through the shoulder work and then a 1:30 - 1:45 - 2:00 min rest, where I stretch hamstrings, shoulders getting ready for my next super set.
Your partial, full body is a super workout. I highly recommend them as I noted above incorporating lower movements and upper movements in each workout but emphasizing one or the other. -CD
Don't forget your creamy scooby protein shake after every lift!
since you hurt your shoulder...you hope you did something different to protect it if you could go back in the past? like lift with a better technique or don't do a kind of exercise at all? or lift less heavier
Its not hurt nor injured, its worn out. Its like a worn out tire on a car, what you do to prevent wear is to drive less.
Avoid low rep flyes. Or even dumbbell flyes at all. Dumbbell flyes are hard on the shoulder joints. But doing them medium weight to light is ok, I would say. And listen to your body. The signs it gives you. Anticipate when getting bad signs. Drop an exercise that does gives problems to you. There are many exercises, no need to do one that bothers your joints.
Scooby maybe you should change your message to the younger audience and say if they do calisthenics (push ups, dips, pull ups, crunches, bodyweight squats) they wouldn't have the problems you have in old age. Im 40 and i do a bro split. But id be better and safer doing calisthenics.
Im happy with my message
The problem is that the moment you say "calisthenics", kids today think of all the joint-dangerous tricks they see the "bar stars" do on instagram even if you are careful to say pushups pullups only
@@scooby1961i agree
when is the website relaunch date?
The question is, how you define "failure". Technical failure or absolute failure? If I would go to absolute failure every single set, I would completely destroy my nervous system and feel like shit the next day.
IMO the reason that most people are "hardgainers" is that they dont push themselves hard enough nor understand what it means to go to failure. If your CNS gets destroyed doing a bodybuilding workout to failure then you might want to get a full checkup from a doctor. A powerlifting workout taxes your CNS, not a bodybuilding workout.
Interested to know if you have figured out how you could have avoided that shoulder issue had you made adjustments? Your feedback on how to manage potential negatives is the secret I'm looking for.
He spoke about volleyball maybe part of being the culprit. The overhand serve, hence the one shoulder problem only. And also heavy flyes. They are hard on the shoulder joint. The push ups he does now, are way less taxing . Still very good for the muscles.
Low rep flyes are not a great thing for the joints...I've done flyes myself for decades. But quit them recently. Right shoulder gives issues for quite a long time now. With push ups zero problems.
Honest question, being more limited now than you used to be, how are you able to keep and maintain all of that mass? Is it the combination of time under tension with the limited range and little to no rest?
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Wow, you seem to know it all! Please start a youtube channel to share your wisdom when your mom permits!
@@scooby1961 am I wrong