Ironic that a fitness video packed with the essentials of muscle training has so few views, yet the bro science fitness channels get flooded with visitors.

best presentation ever on muscle recruitment

26:50 is a great breakdown

This is a great presentation but the camera work is terrible, focuses too much on him when they could easily have had him and the entire slide in the picture... I was able to understand and grasp what he was saying but he was pointing to stuff that wasn't even in the camera view. Other than that though this was amazing to watch so thank you. On a side note too it seems to pretty much be in line with his 10 x 3 science article in t-nation as well. Chad is amazing and super knowledgeable.

I've always liked training like this for maximum power. I get my best size gains when I slow down on the eccentric portion of the lift (but using maximum speed during the contraction phase). When I go for more eccentric overload, however, I tend to decline in power and thus I need to cycle back. Just be forewarned, training like this will make you a target for countless self-proclaimed gym gurus offering free advice.

This is spot on in line with Pavel Tsatsouline’s newest exercise regimen “Strong Endurance”. Love this ideology of training from both a functional strength and rehabilitation standpoint. It’s the “farmer’s strength” mentality and there’s a reason it works. Good times y’all, cheers.

Thank you so much coach.

Forget my last comment listened all the way to the end

Waterbury is da man!

Horable camera man!!!!!!

18:36 gold!

The part about fear holding us back is so true. I definitely only do a 1rm deadlift to a level of intensity that I think I won't get hurt while doing it but if someone had a gun and put 10kgs more than my max and said lift it or I'll kill you! I think could lift it or at least put in the best effort I've ever done. It make me think how hard am I actually really trying.

Elite Class:)

Great video. I have also noticed insane gains this when switching from Bodybuilding to Powerlifting and even for hypertrophy workout I keep it to 5-6 reps. Any more than 8 is pretty much unnecessary fatigue.

This guy is a Chad

chad waterbury is a genius followed his methods for 10 years

I have had some theories about motor recruitment for about a year now and haven't been able to find Studies and abstracts to help learn more. If anyone has some resources, i would appreciate it.

So 8reps is good for hypertrophy or 12-15 reps? ( both having failure on the last rep )

So, one would be starting with 85% 1RM going by 10 sets of 3. What about warm up sets?

So max motor recruitment building happens when you do hypertrophy drop down step workout i.e exhausting the muscle completely

It would have certainly been a lot better if the camera was directed at the visual aids.

this is( kind of) the same thing Mike Metzger said. my question is then why does hypertrophy occur more frequently in lifters who go to failure and beyond, I.E. partial reps, drop sets, myo reps etc?

27:44

so once you pass 10 seconds in a set and the fast twitch muscle fibres get exhausted and start to tap out, will you recruit more slow twitch muscle fibres?

Exactly! Fast and slow twitch muscles. Not sure how a professional could misunderstand this concept.

I've heard Chad on B Paks pod cast and I'm struggling with a couple of things. Firstly doesn't this relate specifically to strength training rather than hypertrophy? Isn't this just confirming conjugate is best for strength training?

No subtitles 😭

How does this apply to training an endurance runner? 1 to 5 mile races? Do you want to train the smaller motor units?

The way he is saying it makes me think that, in the wild, your body is not going to utilize every single ounce of motor unit that is available because you have dropped off the motor units in the Type IIa enough to a point you are unable to utilize Type IIb/x and get eaten up by predators? Believe me, it makes a lot of sense that you will utilize all motor units from greatest to least when you begin running away from a predator and start slowing down when high threshold motor units are fatigued so that it’ll then be using low threshold motor units because it fatigue less. But to think you are unable to utilize ALL of your motor units doing slow reps to failure boggles my mind. And he did say science couldn’t prove it until today. So he’s just speaking all theory?

DO U HAVE THE POWER POINT ?

I don't get it. He claims that the smaller motor units get triggered first. As the set proceeds, then these cut off, but, when they do cut off, are not the larger motor units then engaged to compensate?

Menzer was right

This talk really messed me up. How relevant is that still today? Because almost everyone agrees to the fact that getting close to failure is the most important factor for hypertrophy, regardless if 6 reps where done or 20 for example. According to his theory getting close to failure won't lead to muscle growth and it's just fatiguing the slow twitch fibers.

Does anyone have a "go to" for "Super Charging the Nervous System" for my training I seem to be hit and miss. I would like to have a warm up for myself and clients to prep the CNS/PNS for work.

this guy misses the force velocity relationship. fast velocities produce high motor recruitment but low forces.

Cal Dietz does the opposite. He believes in impulse and eccentric load.

Can’t see the whole graft that’s lame

Camera man should be change

just train harder than last time : Greg Doucette

the lecture is very informative but the footage is just awefull

You have to progress into hyperplasia to build muscle..5 x 10 ....if you get sore you've achieved this...take seven to ten days off, eat well and body will repair with new muscle fibres= getting BIGGER. The presentation falls short.and over complicates although makes interesting points.

This is completely wrong. That guy‘s a good story teller but from a scientific point of view he gets it very wrong. All muscle fibers are recruited by high intensity/demand. Thats why you could move a weight as slow as you want, when the muscle fatigues you recruit all fibers in order for the muscle to finish the task. Its crazy how wrong he is!

Gymnasts are selecting for their genetics …poor argument

best presentation ever on muscle recruitment

This is GOLD! I'd like to point out that Chad mentions that the client is already demonstrating good form and I'm assuming he means by that they are not using momentum to create the fast movements he is referring to as that would reduce the tension on the working muscle. I would have asked about that if I was in the audience. As some people may confuse what is being said with just getting the weight moved as opposed to using the working muscle(s) to move the weight as fast as you can against resistance. It sounds the same in writing, but vastly different in practice.