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Me

Yes. Rip Mr Meadows

Me. I looked forward to them....

So much knowledge in these videos. They are all golden.

My brain just malfunctioned after reading this lol

LOL

​@@riteshmasqured you just nailed putting words into how it felt lmao

Next level comment

That's great

Thank you for the summary.

Thanx mate

How hard?

@@johankiwii HARD

@@johankiwii Tom Platz kinda hard

you were for sure missing out

This channel is his legacy. I will go back and watch all of the vids he made over the years just to show my appreciation for decades of free knowledge he shared with us all

It’s been very weird. I was on a different channel and I kid you not, the next 6 videos were from John. We all will miss him. This one hit hard. A great mentor to us all.

Definitely sucks. I was late to discover him but it broke me down when he passed… one love

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@@Andy-eb1hq what?

Amen.

Wait what?

@@markmih You didn’t know he passed away?

@@James_Edward59 no sir, really bummed out after looking it up, he was a straight shooting stand-up man. RIP

@@markmih Yea he definitely was, the entire community loved him.

if i start with leg curls should i do my other hamstring exercises after training quads?

@@gregorioperoni9311 I normally do. If you notice your hamstring pump fading, light RDLs focusing on contraction usually does the trick. But always remember to be slow and controlled. Play with the stretch and with time you can go deeper.

Is safe train legs 3 times per week?

@@chEs9i my routine is one day lower body and the next day upper body. With one rest day. If your a total beginner then it might take a few weeks to adjust. But remember to always start light and focus on contacting the muscle. For me what worked is one leg weightless lunge where the other leg is on a bench. Followed leg extensions.

Can RDL be replaced with heavy goodmornings? I can't go heavy on RDL because I still try to fix my pelvic tilt that causes my lowerback to work more than my hammies in any DL. Currently I start with heavy 6-8 squats into 8-12 range goodmornings.

Yes sir indeed he is a great man of God.

Knew you were from U.K. reading this can tell ahah

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RIP KING 🇬🇧 🇬🇧

uh oh :(

LOVE IT 😊 AS WELL

I come for one reason - to marvel at that right bicep vein.

@@mountaindog1 What workouts do you recommend for leg strength with full knee replacement?

@@johnwetmore9559 You're so vein!

It just feels good doesn't it.

@@Jay-we2ek out of everything I’ve tried, leg curls make my knees feel the best when I squat

Just recently started doing leg curls before squats and has help tremendously

amen brother

And what if one is training the squat for strength? Are you sure the leg curls are not affecting the strength of the the legs and therefore leading to less max weight on the squat afterwards?

@@Raao1 id like to know too

Not really lol

@@roninhubbard9059 yeah actually I’ll listen to legends with decadeS (plural) of experience before I listen to some 30 year old on KZfaq who post “science based” videos like Jeff nippard

@@claudiamarianidamato9499 okay have fun lol

@@claudiamarianidamato9499 I'm a published researcher and will always tell people that you're better off listening to the people who actually succeed in an endeavour. Proper studies always look at one factor in one population, which is wildly unrepresentative of the real world.

@@roninhubbard9059 Hey quick question, does science say eggs are good or bad for you?

Spot on, No drama No ego. The Humble muscle professor 💐

Never thought of doing that, I'll give it a shot.

thank you!

How he passed away with the good health❤😢

Agree. I split my workouts into upper/lower/arms days, and legs days are those I drag the most. I train all lower body muscles in the same day so I’m always totally exhausted afterwards. Some people maybe able to get away with training legs with other body parts, if they train legs at least twice a week, or if they split quad/calves and glutes/hams in two different sessions.

Talk to Diana.... She will show you the way! 😎

Like Tom Platz says, you’ve always got 5 more reps somewhere in the gym lol.

not everyone is training to bodybuild...or for hypertrophy....if you are training for function instead of aesthetics....I trained for rugby and now rowing....don't need a lot more mass for aerobic activities...you need strength...harder to drag around extra mass in endurance/aerobic activities......you tire out way quicker....and thus less effective.....hence you train the full body....still good to get tips from experts though....You are never just using one muscle playing sports...so why would you train that way....aesthetics mean zilch in sports....outside of bodybuilding......Don't want to look like Tarzan and play like Jane.....

@@TheTehrancarroll As someone who taught snowsports for 11 years, I would somewhat disagree. If you take the concept of hypertrophy out of the gym, it’s good for joint and muscle health. I snowboarded at a very lean and light build for most of my career, and even though I felt strong I would still be pretty torn up the first few weeks of the season. Later I got into powerlifting and put on about 20kg, I thought this would negatively effect my snowboarding. It did just the opposite. The forces applied when snowboarding were never enough to actually challenge my body anymore. After that I never felt sore or fatigued from snowboarding anymore. While carrying 20kg more mass. Another good example is when I was playing football and we’d do neck strengthening drills before every practice. So essentially neck hypertrophy lol. Extra muscle is sometimes an extra measure to protect your vital parts. Like MMA fighters. Some guys can get out of an arm bar attempt because they are strong and flexible. Taking “supplements” just to get huge, for the sake of hugeness is another thing, but for some, like John (who is also very brutally strong) that was the name of his game. Plus, as a natural athlete, getting big without lifting heavy/for strength isn’t going to work. I’m not talking about skinny ripped. Putting on real quality muscle mass is something you do deliberately, it’s not going to happen because you do sets of 12 instead of 5. When I started strength training is when I started seeing real mass gains.

Keep giving us updates👍🏻

Did they grow?

@@Jack278mx Haha I forgot about this comment! RIP John. Yes they actually have grown about an inch and a half or so! I have also increased my squat considerably (A little over 100 lbs) so it may have been a synergistic effect!

@@tylersaupe1612 I hate how calves are so different from person to person. Look at some one like Eddie Hall - His calves look like massive tree trunks. Yeah he's strong, but it's the way his body is. Then you have pro bodybuilders like Phil Heath. Strong big calves but NOTHING compared to the size of Eddie Hall's. No matter how much weight or training, your calves are pre determined to a point. Obviously you can grow them but bone structure makes a difference. I do reps of 460lb on my standing calf machine and 3 45 plates for reps on the seated calf. I do others to...but my legs are genetically small :( Ripped strong looking calves but I hate how small my bone structure is lol

More to come!

Me neither, because I train them everyday. I'm oly lifter.

It's not the muscles it's the damn knees that are the dilema.

It's also the cardiovascular system.

@@BigBadJerryRogers preach

@@BigBadJerryRogers 💯

yes sir!

Hey Serafim. We will be in your beautiful city this fall. What's the best gym to visit there?

OMG, Hi Mr Meadows, how are you? I'm very happy for having chosen to come to Portugal and visit Lisbon, my dream city, you won't regret it, the weather is excellent as well as the food. The best gym I can recommend is Mr. Big Evolution located in Cascais, it's a very large gym, with everything you need to workout. I workout at Ginásio Fábrica do Fisico, which is an old-school gym, which is right in the city of Lisbon. Hope I was helpful. A friendly hug and best wishes from Lisbon.

@@serafimcortizo Hello friend. Thank you for the very helpful information! Unfortunately, I am not Mr. Meadows. I am just another muscle head who loves to lift and planned to be in Portugal since December of 2019. Our trip was cancelled for July 8, 2020, but it is now open to US travelers. Thanks again for the advice! We will check out both gyms.

You will be very welcome in Lisbon, I hope you can come to my gym so I can meet you, but I just wish that your trip and stay in Lisbon will be memorable. Best wishes and regards from Lisbon

@@serafimcortizo Thank you very much! We have only heard beautiful things about the country, people and food. Our current plan is to be there in the middle of November. We will definitely go to your gym! I will message you here to comfirm our dates and exact time of the visits to see how tbey coordinate with your schedule. Thank you!

could be this weekend :)

same principle as training or streching opposing muscle groups to optimize performance

Me either! And since I do Hamstrings before squats, I do not have a pulled muscle or an injury in my Hamstrings. The Squat Movement feels better, kinda smooth. Greetz from the fucked up Lockdown Country Germany. GOD WINS!

Mine is my Calves smh

Hamstrings are the easiest! All you have to do is sit on the hamstring curl machine and push down. I have great hamstrings. You have to use a lot more effort and risk your knees to have decent quads.

@@BigBadJerryRogers I was born with great quads, but I didn’t realize how much my hamstrings were lagging until I started using them more. Once they blew up my legs about doubled in size. Not that I’m complaining! But you can never have big enough quads so I try to do an equal amount of both.

I appreciate that!

I've been going to the gym for a year now and I still get sore for 5-6 days after leg day, especially my calves

Was thinking the same thing, the moment a study gets quoted it makes me wonder how many studies there are that say the exact opposite.

Studies are one thing, decades of experience and trial and error are another

@@TACT1LE yessir

Calves to failure is the key. Add partials after failure for crazy growth.

Thinking the same