This is why you CAN'T make progress in the GYM

This is why you CAN'T make progress in the GYM | (How to FIX)

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"Man, I go to the gym everyday, I train pretty hard, and I eat pretty healthy, but I’m just not seeing any progress." Well here’s how to fix that in just 5 minutes.
9 Questions to ask yourself:
1. Am I training as hard as I physically can during every single set I do in the gym?
2. Are my last few reps of each set involuntarily slowing down despite me pushing as hard as possible?
3. Am I actually controlling my reps by using a full range of motion with proper technique?
4. Am I resting adequately between sets to ensure that each one is performed with my utmost intensity?
5. Am I doing an adequate amount of sets per week to which I am able to recover from sufficiently?
6. I staying consistent, with a clear and structured training routine that I use to track my workouts?
7. Am I eating a healthy, nutrient dense diet with enough protein that supports my performance in the gym?
8. Am I aware of my calories and macros as well as the overall trend of my body weight?
9. Am I managing my sleep, stress, hydration, mental health, and all other outside factors that may impact my work ethic, motivation, or overall quality of life?
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About Me: I started lifting at 17 years old in 2019, the summer before I entered my freshman year of college. I was a mere 120 pounds at 5'8, and my only goal was to gain weight. Since then I've bulked 5 times, reaching my heaviest at 206 pounds, and cut 4 times to a lowest of around 10% bodyfat. In 2025 I plan to compete in my first natural bodybuilding show. Using the knowledge I have acquired and continue to learn, my goal is to help all of you achieve your fitness goals and prove that no matter what stands in your way, hard work and consistency will always prevail! (main character anime moment)
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@liamkarlsson5068 Ай бұрын

Max, i must say, this type of videos are literally gold! Great info without any unnecessary fluff. Great stuff!

@laurin1494 Ай бұрын

This is probably the best video on muscly growth that Ive seen yet. Good job max!

@heheboi4382 Ай бұрын

its a game changer when you start tracking your progress , every single one of my lifts have improved and im sticking to a 5-11 rep range and 2 sets to failure ty max :D

@kavo11 Ай бұрын

felt worthwhile to jot all of these questions down, thanks Max! 1. Am I training as hard as I physically can during every single set I do in the gym? 2. Are my last few reps of each set involuntarily slowing down despite me pushing as hard as possible? 3. Am I actually controlling my reps by using a full range of motion with proper technique? 4. Am I resting adequately between sets to ensure that each one is performed with my utmost intensity? 5. Am I doing an adequate amount of sets per week to which I am able to recover from sufficiently? 6. Am I staying consistent, with a clear and structured training routine that I use to track my workouts? 7. Am I eating a healthy, nutrient dense diet with enough protein that supports my performance in the gym? 8. Am I aware of my calories and macros as well as the overall trend of my body weight? 9. Am I managing my sleep, stress, hydration, mental health, and all other outside factors that may impact my work ethic, motivation, or overall quality of life?

@tomashorst9544 Ай бұрын

1:10 This is so accurate, it's great to see someone actually understand progressive overload. The idea of "you need to progressively overload to get big" is a good idea, and it's great advice for beginners because of how simple it is. But so many people get hyperfocused on getting bigger numbers and start to get this powerlifting mindset when their goal is to build muscle. Train well, recover well, and the improved performance is proof you did.

@Fire-bi5dh Ай бұрын

picking a high weight i can have good form/technique and fail within the reprange has worked perfectly for me

@user-mc9jk4uc9i Ай бұрын

but also improving your technique is a form of progressive overload. Weights become a lot heavier when you're only using the target muscle.

@rinreborn7364 Ай бұрын

Diet is the hardesr

@andre942009 Ай бұрын

@@rinreborn7364you mean, for bulking or cutting?

@AShaneNichols Ай бұрын

Agreed 💯 proper (HARD) training, nutrition and recovery cause the muscle to grow, which is what allows you to lift more. Not because you decided you had to lift 5 more lbs. I also loved that he pointed out even if you do this all perfectly, you still might not add weight or reps every single week (especially on something like a bicep curl like he mentioned). But if you look at it over a year it really adds up. Great vid Max!

@yh_g4ming781 Ай бұрын

the only 3 guys I take my advice from are Max, Jeff Nippard and Dr Mike

@dilbophagginz Ай бұрын

Don't limit yourself, there are a lot of other good channels out there, GVS, Alex Leonidas, Bald Omni Man, Basement Bodybuilding, Atlas Power Shrugged, etc. All of these guys have really good info and do something a bit different

@yh_g4ming781 Ай бұрын

@@dilbophagginz I might give some of them a go actually I'm always open for good advice you know

@isiahmikester Ай бұрын

GVS, Alex Leonidas really good

@Zxcc3044 Ай бұрын

Me: tnf ,Ryan ,jp ,Evan holmes and Max

@Jaypat-rw5ql Ай бұрын

What about Sean nalewanyj?

@OrangeCucumberrrr Ай бұрын

Congrats on a mil man!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

@Fastman698 Ай бұрын

I've been doing well for myself, but I still wanted to watch for if I bump into this issue in the future. Turns out, wow, this video is extremely informative in an intuitive, and digestible way. The people that need this the most would be most grateful of you for it. Honestly, this video reaffirmed my belief that my Recovery is what screwing me up a fair bit. So I thank you as well!

@juliolopez1775 Ай бұрын

max,this vid is a true work of art

@MrMoonyyy Ай бұрын

Very well put together video, some of the best fitness content out there!

@jaimegcia Ай бұрын

Here since the beginning. Thank you so much for your content Max. I’ve learned so much from your content. Congrats on the milly :)

@miroslavzicha99 Ай бұрын

Pure gold, I love it. Everything crucial in one package, thank you.

@bensalmond2161 16 күн бұрын

Incredible video Max, you truly are a gem in the bodybuilding community

@savanthsajil7857 Ай бұрын

Great video brother, so many people say " diet is more important than working out" NO , workout, recovery, diet are equally important

@trainwreck_8970 Ай бұрын

NEEDED THIS, THANK YOU!!

@trapizonn3603 Ай бұрын

The part where you explained train to failure and had the arrows and everything was very nice. It broke it down easy. This video and the editing was very good quality. Good shit 👍

@user-pe9hf9xi2k Ай бұрын

Such a great video Max !

@ktfo4620 Ай бұрын

Thanks. I really needed this video.💪

@ShlokPalandi Ай бұрын

Amazing video dude! 2:04 was really helpful Thanks a lot Max

@mouadjoundoub9694 Ай бұрын

Max, this video is actually gold 👍

@ahmetkeremtemel6590 Ай бұрын

Great video as always. More full day vlog including training session pls.

@martelo589 17 күн бұрын

Your longer videos are underrated bro keep it up

@ChillyBlitzHD Ай бұрын

3:40 that transition was CLEAN also nice video lmao

@Minevic211 Ай бұрын

Another fire Max video❤❤❤❤❤

@damianryan3791 19 күн бұрын

Definitely my recovery! Didn’t know about reload weeks. Thank yoy

@kyro1265 Ай бұрын

Yo i love you’re editing bro😂😂

@antlopez85 Ай бұрын

You're the best Max, thank you for this information

@tegar8926 Ай бұрын

Love the editing

@giovanialdian6348 Ай бұрын

my bro this vid imo deserves at least 1 million views

@rebelrobz Ай бұрын

All valid points. I am guilty of not training to failure. Mainly cause I am worried about injury. Im not as young anymore.

@SathishKumar-xv8rx 12 күн бұрын

Love u from india last 10 years of im a personal trainer, no courses teaching me like this, love you , i bless u

@The_big_chungus70 Ай бұрын

Great video I think its also worth to mention that you need to have the mindset that Bodybuilding takes time (and consistency of course) and keep reminding yourself of that I used to see all those people on Instagram getting crazy gains in under a year, or even few months, and then I discovered that not everyone is natural as they claim to be, so It was kind of discouraging before I understood what's going on, and I think a lot of the new guys will agree so just keep reminding yourself that if you are doing everything right, you will see results don't stress, it just takes time.

@user-cg3xl2ym3g Ай бұрын

ive been working out for a month and i see no progress........... im just gonna give up...

@PsycheTrance65 Ай бұрын

@@user-cg3xl2ym3g have you considered what you've been eating? you can work out all you want but if your diet is bad, its going to slow your progress down.

@railasvuo Ай бұрын

@@user-cg3xl2ym3g Do not do it. I noticed changes in 3 months. If you have become stronger all the time and you continue to do so, I promise that you will notice changes within 1-2 months

@arisnikou04 Ай бұрын

Dang this is one of the best Fitness videos I've ever watched... And I've watched A LOT

@nicknatalex2 Ай бұрын

😂 had me with ‘yeah failed to grow any muscle’. Thanks for a great video. Definitely needed that, I see that I am indeed not training to failure. 😅

@iamgabrielh Ай бұрын

dad max coming clutch teaching all of us

@smol_guy16 Ай бұрын

Max is one of the realest one's.

@Sensei-jh8yn Ай бұрын

Really fluid man, was watching all 5mins. Speed made it a bit addictive

@PWYSY 19 күн бұрын

Great video editing

@_Roik Ай бұрын

This video quality is amazing

@sb5421 Ай бұрын

Nietzsche woulda enjoy ed the message of this video: If you allow yourself to fail every day, you’ll succeed. If you try to avoid failure, all that will avoid you is success. Also you gotta know this vid should start with 4:00! 😆Attention grabber! and also a good point.

@tenmahere 23 күн бұрын

I can safely say that you are the best natural fitness content creator in the universe.

@Neelo194 Ай бұрын

The editing is ON POINT glut spread

@goalscorer7575 Ай бұрын

I’m progressive overloading properly, I just wanted to watch one of Max’s videos 🔥

@ryanpatterson9526 Ай бұрын

Despite knowing this, I continue to not push myself to failure. Thanks for the reminder!

@vampa3413 Ай бұрын

Max can you do an updated video series of dumbbell workouts for each muscle and possibly a glute spread 🫣

@Batman-ro9mj Ай бұрын

This dude has come such a long way

@AdvancementAtmosphere Ай бұрын

Amazing video love u max

@ilovetwinks Ай бұрын

my glorious king Max

@ehsandideban3942 Ай бұрын

Best fitness youtuber.

@Simon-me9fh Ай бұрын

Loved the video. So many of my gains I owe to you and your content

@ItsNicolau Ай бұрын

Great video, the editing was fantastic!! I feel like I'm doing everything right, except for one thing, sleeping 5-6h every single night for the past year or so... I'll try to sleep more, maybe that's the only thing I'm doing wrong that is stopping me from building muscle

@omnietyy Ай бұрын

i’m in the same boat, luckily i’ll have some weeks off work soon so i’ll be able to sleep ridiculous amounts and maybe finally start progressing again

@pookahlakatribe Ай бұрын

4:28 was the best advice 👌🏾

@birutaalemdaconta8630 Ай бұрын

There's one thing you got wrong. I'm not here because I'm not making progress, in fact, I'm here because thanks to you and other really smart lifters I'm making weekly consistent gains 🗿 and the content is pure gold

@thunderblitz2219 Ай бұрын

East or west, Max is the best.

@OnePullUpKing Ай бұрын

Probably the best video you’ve ever made Max

@tart-dh5kn Ай бұрын

It’s so funny idk why

@AK10. Ай бұрын

Needed this

@artsim5977 Ай бұрын

Great video

@Stre79 Ай бұрын

Another thing that should be mentioned is systemic fatigue. Max has made a separate video about this before. Systemic fatigue is different from muscle fatigue and takes anywhere from 24-72 hours or more to recover from it depending on how fatiguing the exercises are so make sure you actually get a few rest days in because fatigue can actually limit your strength, reps and the weight you can lift

@therandomuserman Ай бұрын

I've watched this video way too many times. It's simply way too enjoyable to watch once

@lip91688 Ай бұрын

Can u do a video on what u eat while ur bulking and macros like u did with the cut video ?

@De7ciple Ай бұрын

Bros leveled up his editing

@jeredrodriguez4496 Ай бұрын

2 min ago !!!! Insane content my man

@trieutan5931 Ай бұрын

Max the goat

@wubbol368 Ай бұрын

Informative and hilarious lol

@fredericomonteiro1939 Ай бұрын

Hello max! Great video! Whats your take on training using RIR and progressing by decreasing RIR till failure? (Dr. Mike strategy)

@kaigorodaki Ай бұрын

I'm not Max, but I just wanted to say my own opinion 🌝 TBH I just train till failure every set every exercise basically. If you really feel fatigued after going to failure all the time, then make the RIR around 1-2 or even 3 but honestly wouldn't recommend to go even 3 too much. There's also a difference between technical failure and "Muscular Failure", after you are not able to perform anymore clean form reps in a set, do forced reps, and some negatives too if you wantz but just doing some partials after technical failure is quite helpful. Also don't rest too long between sets, around 1 to 2 minutes, you can go 3 if you're feeling really fatigued, (usually happens before my final set), rest times isn't going to make or break your gains, but it helps 🥠

@BaroniBaloni Ай бұрын

One of the SIGMAS of all time!!!

@unknown____9695 Ай бұрын

Ngl the Sketch bit had me rolling, it was so random.

@sjd_style Ай бұрын

tnx Max :)

@Kaworu-cc2uq Ай бұрын

Needed this bruv. Med-school got me all stressed lately, I barely even go to the gym, my recovery is crap and I just intuitively calculate my calories as well. I had to adjust from 4 day Upper/Lower, to 3 day PPL. Seems illogical, since I cannot hit the muscle twice a week, but to be honest, it has been doing well for me, most of this point. I just use machines and dumbbells with 1-2 sets of around 1-2 RIR. It has been doing well and able to balance my lifestyle of being a busy med student. But the only two things I still have fucked, is recovery and nutrition. Which is sad ngl.

@diegomoryama5812 Ай бұрын

Goat influencer

@johnkgamer1774 Ай бұрын

You are lifesaver bro haha

@riku32 Ай бұрын

Please do a whole gym wearing that compression shirt you have on at the beginning 🙏🏿

@_Onlime Ай бұрын

What would be a safe way to train to failure when doing exercises like squads or bicep curls? I'm afraid of reaching failure and them hurting myself or otherd because I've reached my limit.

@robmercado8393 Ай бұрын

4:31 HAHAHA this is actually me

@Jacob-th4om Ай бұрын

Thanks

@heibaimao Ай бұрын

Max what do you think of Dr Mike training of NOT training to failure.

@K_assal1 Ай бұрын

Maaaax my g how did you deal with gyno

@gandhi5596 Ай бұрын

Hey max, can you make a video on strength training rather than hypertrophy

@KenanTurkiye Ай бұрын

0:13 yeeaaahh buuuuuddyy!!!!

@anthonydef-combatbaseshasta Ай бұрын

i don't know how you don't have a girlfreind..

@Kaarajann Ай бұрын

Very good video, but I dont agree with a main point you state: You dont need to train to failure on every set on every muscle. That will make you exhausted very quickly and your performance and recovery will drop. Ive seen a lot of content and many other big fitness KZfaqrs point this out quite oftenly

@Clickinqq Ай бұрын

It has been proven that training to failure and training to 1-3 RIR from failure will lead to the same hypertrophy results, but I think Max specified to go to failure because most beginners can't accurately assess what is 1-3 RIR for them and will likely stop before that.

@Soccasteve Ай бұрын

You don’t train to failure but close to failure. That’s the point he was making. If you’re using mostly machines then yes it would benefit you to take sets to 0-1 RIR. If you’re using harder free weight exercises then it might be 1-2 RIR

@jalensarsadias8914 Ай бұрын

Hey Max. Just wondering how the free 10 scoops work? Im trying to find it in my cart at checkout but it doesn’t show up. How do I make sure that I get it?

@lskitess3050 Ай бұрын

More vids like this

@chilldoc9638 Ай бұрын

Recovery and diet the hardest part

@HH-le3nv Ай бұрын

Max, do you also train arms, in the 2 sets and 5-9 rep range?

@yehojo Ай бұрын

You just explained absolutely everything to me, i now understand everything about building muscle , i really needed this type of explanation. Max Euceda, This video has changed my life. My whole outlook on everything that exists in this world, in fact even in the entire universe. I can never look at anything I know the same way ever again. This video represents emotions most humans could never comprehend. But I can. Thanks to this video I have been awakened to many things previously thought unimaginable. Thank you.

@AlphaShh Ай бұрын

who can hate max fr

@kufi646 26 күн бұрын

this is grate advice but i have home gym with like 20kg dumbels i have benn working out for 2 years i can play with 20 kg not lift it and i have bar end bench but max 50kg on it

@Luegee-vf7kc Ай бұрын

Hi Max, Over the past 6 months I've gained roughly 30 lbs on both leg curl and extension (3x8-12), 90 lbs on my BB RDL (3x5-8) and around 20 lbs per db on db lunges (3x6-10), BUT I've stayed at the same weight. Is it probable that I've recomped? From looking at pictures it seems that my legs now are bigger than when I was heavier (9 months ago). My upper body has regressed due to injury so prob lost muscle there.

@KI-if1qz Ай бұрын

does the code of my protein work on other countries other the us for example portugal?

@tomkapysz Ай бұрын

We need more vlogs

@Muhammad_________370 Ай бұрын

Should we use Leg drive On Machines Like Chest press Or Cable row ?

@Lao-Lin Ай бұрын

I'd personally add to this; "are you doing too much?" If the intensity and effort is given and all the other variables are ruled out, that is the most important question for me personally. I know it can be a slippery slope, especially for beginners, but ignoring this question cost me a lot of gains in the past.

@cal5022 Ай бұрын

I’ve said yes to everything in the video but I still can’t seem to put on muscle but this might be due to having chrons disease and I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me on how to bulk up and gain muscle with chrons, chrons affects me as my body doesn’t absorb the nutrients my body gets from my calorie intake and I am a bit stuck on what to do trying to move forwards

@faruk7487 Ай бұрын

Bro turned into hector

@Kwint. Ай бұрын

I train to failure, I do progressive overloading with good form, i eat my protein, i sleep enough, i train 3x a week with 15 sets per muscle group. And still no progress. I eat 2500kcal and my maintenance is 2800. (im on a cut)

@danielmillward9947 Ай бұрын

Are you on gear 🤔 if not then you have just encountered a long term plateau which is normal for a natural or have hit your genetic limit.

@Kwint. Ай бұрын

@@danielmillward9947 Nope, im a newbie but dont even get newbie gains. My main guess would be the deficit, the bad genetics, and some stress. But its definitely a shame

@danielmillward9947 Ай бұрын

@@Kwint. Only one thing I can think off is your rep scheme 🤔 what's it like mate.

@Kwint. Ай бұрын

@@danielmillward9947 3-4 sets per exercise. Rep range varies from 8 to 14

@jonsolor1176 Ай бұрын

3 hour response vid from NH is coming

@Zxcc3044 Ай бұрын

Can u post that new training clips at the end of video u showed

@SAMUMORANTES Ай бұрын

i fcking love u max

@countryboi. Ай бұрын

I’ve been bulking for about 8 months now, and have went from 5 6” 100 ib to 145, most of being muscle. I’m at a point right now where I’ve put on enough fat my abs to barely be defined anymore. I don’t know if I should cut to lose the fat because I’m still not muscular enough to look big