Hope his family is doing the best they can. I lost my dad this year so I can relate. John is still doing great things and influencing all of us. Thank you Uncle John 💪🏾💪🏾

I still miss ‘alright everybody’ … we’ll never get those new, enthusiastic videos. Thank God we have these.

Never got and still don’t get tired of hearing this great man speak. RIP..

Oh how I miss John's livestreams and him responding to our chats. He was always so humble and kind with his knowledge and experience.

And people say Mike Mentzer was out of his mind when he recommended 1 set taken to failure, clearly he was onto something

We miss u John, sending out my prayers and best wishes to your family brother 🙏. I'm sure it's gonna be a tough Christmas for them. 😥

I like Lee haneys approach. Train to stimulate not annihilate. This was also such a beautiful explanation of intensity and the variety of weights/reps used to hit that intensity and I hope johns family is doing well. May you rest in power John 💪🏻💪🏻

Man John Meadows always consistently brought it! His advice has honed my lifting so much.

Miss you mountain dog. Thank you for everything you did for the world. You are a legend and your legacy will live forever. I wouldn't be who I am if it wasn't for you

So grateful to whoever is behind the scenes posting this

Hyped to lift after work today. Miss you Mountain Dog!

We still haven't forgotten John you've helped changed alot of people's lives I hope your family knows we still think about you I hope you guys are doing okay!

John still teaching from the grave. Always loved his stuff. RIP john

This is such a great & thorough explanation for how to use intensity for optimal results in any workout. Couldn’t have explained it better myself. Wishing John’s family a very happy & healthy holiday & new year, & always thinking of all of you.

Still ROCKING WITH YOU your VIDEOS never Steered my wrong REST UP💯💪🏾 🙏🏻

Thank you for keeping John and his teachings with us! His words always resonate with me and are extremely invaluable! Hope his family are all doing well❤️🙏🏼

I still come to johns videos for training advice. Han't be beaten. What I would of done to be in a room listening to his advice. just an awesome awesome dude 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

John was always one of the few who still preached and practiced the importance of intensity and I loved that. His knowledge and experience were priceless. RIP John.

His legacy is still influencing and contributing to modern bodybuilding. Praying for the Meadows family.

John always had the ability to break down any subject to make it understandable for a beginner or for someone who never went to the gym.

Great breakdown then, still valid today and will still be solid information in the future. Thanks Coach.

I'll use his methods untill the end he took me to the next level this year training wise

Thank you for this. Im still a begineer and learnin, so every video is valuable information. Its also A chance to know John. Stay strong John's family. Much love and appreciation for uploading and continuing the Legacy.

Merry Christmas to the Meadows family! John was a champion amongst men! Love this content, as always!

This man is a wealth of knowledge and is very generous with it. Hard to believe he's gone but I am happy to see his legacy have a lasting impact within the fitness community.

Wishing the Meadows family a happy holidays

He always gave knowledge even if he wasn’t trying too we miss you John meadows!

Always keeping it simple and applicable thanks John

Still love coming to this channel even to watch old vids, I'm always learning more from Mr. Meadows.

Would absolutely love to see the rest of this video series. Unless if they were posted and I missed them. Thank you John, family and friends. The legend lives on!

Awesome as always, I miss this guy so much

I love you John, your videos have made a huge impact on my life❤ I'm going to become a trainer because of you, I love your mindset combining longevity and intensity in your workouts.

God Bless this family.

The GOAT. Miss learning from him. Much love to his boys and wife. What an excellent human being.

So much knowledge and simple explanations. The industry had an asset in you my friend. ❤

Thank you! thank you! thank you! John's knowledge is unmatched. His sincerity, humbleness & honesty set him apart. He really enjoyed sharing and helping others. A "gem" of a man. One of a kind! See you on the other side my friend! Until then, I'll keep you alive in my heart...

We love you, I use MANY of John's tips to this day.

Sending love to the Meadows Family over this Christmas period ❤

Happy holidays Meadows family! ❄️ ⛄️ 💜 💪🏼

Great stuff!

Beautiful explanation from a beautiful man. Really miss him.

Love John! May he rest in paradise: In regards to practical application would all agree with something like this? (Open to feedback) Squat (barbell or hack) 3x6-8 res 1-2 RTF Leg Press 3x 8-10 (failure) Leg Extensions 2x (failure) Seated Ham Curl 2x (failure) Calf Press 2-3x 6-8 (failure) Ab exercise of choice 3x 8-10 (1-2 RTF)

Thank you and God bless.

Wish I'd heard about this guy earlier. Good stuff

Thank you🙏🏼.

What a legend, still has content to publish

Great information

Miss this dude

Love you John

Really like these

hell yeah Great philosophy summed up well.

GREAT VIDEO

A memorable man..

Lovely bloke. Such a loss. Miss him.

Ironic, yet uplifting hashtag on the mirror. Great man who inspired us all.

his knowledge was out of this world

LEGEND!!!

Cool film . RiP john meadows 🙏 and thank you for all

Completely agree.

i miss him

🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿my boy

John was a great man may he rest in peace 🕊️

Damn. John!!!! 😔🖤

Thanks

Love u John ❤

We miss you jhon ❤🙏

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Well, that's the beauty of periodization for strength training. Everyone should do it. There are micro-cycles in which you'll do 3-5 reps (pure strength). Other times, you will do the 8-12 rep range (hypertrophy). Then, the Local Muscle Endurance Training (15+ reps). Working different muscle fiber types, changing stimuli and - at the same time -, going easier on your joints, given the different loads you'll put on them, according to each cycle, instead of just going heavy on them all the time (your ligaments and tendons will thank you).

I miss John so much.

John and others have said the pause rep sets (or whatever, I guess they're the same as "dog crap" sets), are very advanced. But another guy who is jacked at my gym uses them for everything he can, even barbell rows. He encouraged me to start doing them myself so I started doing them for calf raises and oh boy does it shorten an exercise with the same amount of results. One good set to failure, rest 30 secs, 6 more burning reps to failure, rest 30 secs and about 5 last fire reps. DONE. Gonna try this on everything I do. Edit: OK I'm not stupid, obviously not squats and bench press. 🤣

I love John, unlike a lot of other people when John explains something I find it so much easier to understand and absorb the info. 💪💪

Yes, that helped! 🙏😥

Let's get these likes up! It helps John's family!

drop some goats boys 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐 🐐

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I aspire to be at least half the man John was 🙏

RIP JM..

❤️🙌

Meadows is jacked.... That bicep bulging

What an amazing coach. Is not fair he is gone.

There’s something really weird going on with god to take John from us But guess what big guy John is still in our heart.

😢❤

2:30 omg he trained at west side barbells

I wish they would post dates of when these videos took place. RIP John. Still learning from ya, big guy.

i don’t watch John’s videos anymore. i can’t bear he is no more. ahhh!

Purple face was a bad sign of things to come.

I have watched it several times and I’m just not tracking what he’s saying. Is he saying once you’re at failure- get 5 more? Or you just need to get 5 very stimulating good feeling reps somewhere in your set?

RIP

I like CT Fletchers take on overtraining… he says its bullshit, what is real though, is under recovery.

I watch at least 1 or 2 videos a week.

Yeah but how many of the other sets and reps is necessary? I’ve done every split going from PPL and Arnold Split high volume to 5x5,HIT low volume and I’ve getting better results with the low volume stuff. Once you’ve warmed up and you’ve done your set to failure why do you need to do another 3 sets to warm up before hitting that set to failure when your muscles are already warm? Dorian Yates saying was when you’ve hammered a nail into your finger why take it out and hammer it in the same place when the damage is done? Plus what I’ve learned over the years is overtraining for the natural lifter is one of the biggest reasons you’re not making gains. You don’t start losing muscle till about 3-4 weeks down the line. If you train your body parts once a week like a bro split that gives you 6-7 days to recover which ensures that it will be fully fit to lift again. And it’s always stronger if you record your workouts and are consistent, you will get stronger if you train with intensity. I’m not a Mike Mentzer fan I am only going off what’s worked for me.

What a loss. I still can’t believe it. Would have loved to have trained with him for just a day

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Thought I was going to be first.

Mike Mentzer invented the concept of over training so it's either disingenuous to say that discussion didn't happen in the 80s or 90s or Mike Mentzer was just completely irrelevant.

People like to bash CrossFit but I actually think part of why people get ripped doing it is all the strength exercises in the conditioning. Nearly every workout, you are pushing yourself to muscle failure. When you do so many say box step-ups that your legs turn to jello, ie get REALLY uncomfortable, that drives body adaptations.

👍quel dommage de ne pas avoir la traduction en francais !! 😩

I am first

Did John die from a heart attack?

23k views and 2k likes. Shame on you people getting this much knowledge and not even hitting the like button