40lb toddler? Is that some kind of a weird american euphemism that I am to European to understand?

@@arturrutkowski2100toddler = a child of about two to four years of age// 40 lbs = 18kgs

​@@elaineweaver12In Europe, the average 40 lbs child is already riding a bike. They don't get carried anymore at that point.

​@@arturrutkowski2100yeah... in European weight 40lbs is a normal 5-6 year old😂

Yas! I lift heavy and have for many years. 💪🏻 Don't skip out on the heavy stuff ladies

I seem to not exist either. Oh well.

Same! 🙋‍♀️

I watch Zack Telander and he always starts off with “Lady and Gentlemen” since he has low female viewership and Im always like “yes, its me, Im the singular lady”

😂

Same! On Reddit, lifting heavy and on here.😅

When most doctors don’t understand your body, you’ve gotta be careful lol

Yeah we have a thing with ignoring our bodies lol also, I found the a lot of guys that do genuinely train to failure. They’re doing it as a replacement for self harm or violence, so they don’t give a shit about there physical well being 😅😂

You've got a point. Whenever I load up the bench, I use my fear of dying as a motivator to push harder

@@risu2312 Oh boy!! I hope you have a reliable spotter!!

I don't max out barbell squats for this reason only. We don't have safety bars, and I don't know how to safely drop the barbell.

I think a big difference is Dr Mike says “males and females”, not “men and females”. It makes it clear he’s using these terms to be precise about the topic, not to dehumanize anyone.

@@Uhshawdude totally

I think he’s using it in a scientific way too, using the term males as well.

Not everyone has evil intent, he is a doctor using doctor language, no need to be defensive over imaginary attacks.

As the other 0.7, I concur.

As the other .8 female, I agree. I did the full body workout he posted a couple weeks ago, and I kept having to pause it so I could do more reps, and when it was over I wasn't as tired as the guy in the video at all.

The maths is getting fucky, but I'll say I'm the other 0.53. I agree re volume, definitely

As other female I do like this video since I want to aim more to "male typical phisique" than typical female bodybuilder. Idk more strong women like But I'm noob so it can change and I don't know really what I'm doing yet 😂

1.5 females seem to become really hard to split up between all of us ._.

that's the longest he's last regarding women

@@eug4684 anything longer than a minute is cardio. And the stimulus to fatigue ratio of women is too low. Paying for dates, fights, ruining your macros with weekly brunches and wine nights... not a sufficiently anabolic environment in which to place yourself for optimal results.

​@@eug4684😂😂

You'd think the Lamborghini collection would have them flocking around him. . . . . . .

​@@adamw9248😂😂😂😂

Women are programmed differently otherwise they couldn't handle birth labour

I totally relate to that yet at least for me it's hard to get 10 reps per set (at once) but i can def do a lot of sets

@@shreyap3705 THISS, i’ll be struggling to hit my last rep w the muscle being in unbearable pain, and then a less than a minute later i’m back at it able to hit the same amount of reps if not almost as much

Yup! I've always felt like/been told "if you don't NEED 3-5mins rest, you're just not working hard enough," and it's been such a buzzkill hanging over my head. It's made many workouts feel less engaging/time-efficient due to sitting and waiting, and compromised safety/recovery/morale due to chasing some magic number that'll adequately fuck me up but stop shy of killing me. It's been such a relief to put that thought behind me and just hop back in for another set whenever it feels right.

Question, and i'm just curious as a man. Could this factor be the same reason why women still want more sex after orgasming intensely, whereas a man after an orgasm is basically comatose.

I would say, unfortunately, except for recently, there haven’t been enough women training in later years to create studies according to guidelines. The stigmas around strength and muscle are slowly going away but I think it’ll be awhile. I would say, from a scientific perspective, post menopause, also as we age, you are dealing with increasing inflammatory response, as well as tissue flexibility (although tendons are not stretchy, it would stand to reason that some lactic acid build up would occur at the point of connection). Also, as we age, joint wear itself can cause tendons to track improperly. Finally, I know the reduction in estrogen can cause issues with collagen, and similar tissue in the skin, as well as fat deposits. It would make sense that this would also impact joints.

Dr. Gabriel Lyons says it's crucial for muscle mass for all older people. Calcium. Do warmups with the lowest weight and perfect form before you do heavier sets for each exercise. Thats the best way to stretch instead of actual stretching which doesn't prepare you for the actual exercise and causes too much strain. according to Dr. Mike...

Hi, I noticed my joints suffering more too. Started taking collagen supplements daily. It seems to help. Also I need more warmup time.

Sorry you’re having tendon issues, I’m perimenopausal and have started facing it too. Turns out Tendon issues in peri and post menopause are because of declining estrogen levels. There are enough data to suggest bioidentical MHT is helpful in relieving symptoms. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4241423/

Lmaoooo

saaaame 😂😂😂😂

Aw 😂. Will you go back to working out together?

@Gizelle-cs6ix Lol, he said he likes to be married to me, so no.

Mine thought I spent too long in the gym

Heck yeah 😊

Yes. Was just about to write the same. Love Dr Stacy Simms and her work.

Another vote for Stacy Sims here. 💪😃. I appreciate Dr. Mike for trying, but think he missed the mark here. I think he's not quite got the message that Women are NOT small men. 28mins, and not a single mention of how female hormones, menstruation or menopause effect womens performance and ability to train.

Amen! Something I wish doctors and pharma companies realised.

I mean everything hes saying can be equated to the hormone difference. We recover better due to estrogen. Its also a hard subject to talk about for men because the momment they start talking about how periods and hormones affect women they get shit on and are told they are being sexist. ​@lmack6596

Good for you getting started now! Lifting is one of the few known ways to help with bone density, as is impact, which reaches its peak around 20. Also, it’s way easier as you get older (44 here) to rebuild muscle after injury or time away because of life than it is to build it the first time. Biggest thing is to not fall into the trap of comparing yourself, even to yourself, to others too much. Even from one guy to the next, genetics can play a big role and not every tip works for every person. Figure out what type of plan works for you and your goals and I think you’ll find great gains. My only other tip is to use multiple measures of success to get an overall picture. Measurements are great but also, sensation. Did you get a good pump? Does your clothing feel more snug in that one area you’ve been targeting? Can you lift something more easily? Do you feel stronger?

Hell yeah

It does massively!

It’s a cycle… From the 1-2 days after d start of my cycle to a few days after ovulation I can lift d heaviest. The week before my period is a struggle… so I just deload and increase reps that week. Most women that track their periods can notice the trend and not get discouraged when strength and motivation are fluctuating.

It was interesting how he mentioned women don’t need reloads because honestly I feel my cycle creates a deload no matter what so a real deload I feel like why am I even going to the gym because it’s nothing 😂

Natasha Oceane did a video about it (she is an exercise scientist) but the results are probably not what you’re expecting…..not a lot of evidence to suggest there is any difference over the cycle or a need to train differently.

I do like to train according to where on my cycle I am, for examoke I know a week before my period I am at my weakest, so I don't look for any PR, and I actually deload, then comes my period and I actually don't even have a lot of energy and even less strenght, but I still do what I can, as soon as my period is over, I feel energized again, and it is the time to increase the load back to normal and ten days after my period is over I am at my peak, and is on those days where I look for PR's, so you have to try what works for you and your cycle, xxx

This made my laugh and cry 😂😭

I love my mom, too!

Why are some terrified/scared/nervous (call it what you want) to make conversation? I know you’re joking around but I think there’s some merit to this feeling among some men. Just curious.

​@@amperage8032because women can be rude and probably assume every guy is hitting on them when they are not. I know women on both sides of the spectrum.

​@@amperage8032 Cause women are rude

Are you speaking of female influencers? Because males tend to focus on male training, so they aren't going to be too likely to include perior workarounds.

I jumped around in the vid( am a guy). Not sure he mentioned it. But. " deload" aka Training lighter or even taking a week off( turns out I generally don't pay enough attention) is seen as beneficial every....5-8 weeks? So. Taking a week off every month doesn't seem like a hindrance necessarily. Not perfect but most aren't. At least after a week with no training you know what your true fully recovered strength is. I feel it's just about the max before you feel a bit weaker first session. If I take 2 weeks off I gotta start light. Or do one light session in that week. That's it. If you know what's happening when it seems like the ideal moment to throw in one really ultrahard session a month, too. As you know you can chill after that. Helps cause you then need the recovery and just psychologically. I bet plenty motivated people are still gonna be that bit tougher if they know this is the one and only set before the gym closes or because they watched too much mentzer content or whatever.

Or just leave the weights for the men. Jk jk 😂go for it. 👍

Same here, I plan my workouts with periods in mind. Although since I switched to a plant based, whole food diet, my periods are very light and short and I am able to push harder even during the down week.

I definitely agree and I appreciate it when the online fitness folks address it, I follow several that do and talk about the slump so to say. There are definitely resources if you Google search it but don’t believe the potions, lotions, fix-it-all solutions because the truth is if you are having a seriously strong cramps day nothing going to help you “push” through. For myself I always keep my planned time I had for the gym so it stays a habit but I may opt for a sauna, message, zone 2 cardio, light lifting type of vibe. If I feel truly awful I just go take a hot shower and remind myself it will all be over until 28 days from now 😂😂😂😂 and come back the next training day feeling better. 😊

Aww, that's so sweet

Why does your wife need to have male-level upper-body strength?

​@@xKarenWalkerx because... She wants to🤷

Yeah they don’t believe because of misogyny. Girls are stereotyped as fearful and weak. I went to forest parkour yesterday (we were climbing trees and stuff) and the men started to tease me like “haha you’ll slow us down” but I was wayy ahead and we had to end it early because they were ‘tired’ 🙂

I’ve been there myself, and I feel like we aren’t pushed to be familiar with muscular failure, but moreso cardio failure. So when I first started, I thought the weight was fine because “I could feel it working the muscle” which to me meant it was good enough. Then I thought “why am I doing 15lb dumbbells on bench press, and 20 lb dumbbells on squats??” And I kept upping the weight on my lower body all the way to 40s on the same day. Like “oh THATS what it’s supposed to feel like”

I would love to know more about how you set up your program.

same as @garowen13720

Never considered matching training with hormonal cycles-it seems so obvious once you say it

Oh wow yes. I’m interested in that. I have noticed changes, as obviously during my cycle it seems like everything I do just sucks… but I’m curious about loading etc.

Ooo, please share what you're doing! I've sort of just learnt not to get too disappointed and not to beat myself up if I fail a lift during or just before shark week. But would love to hear how you've adjusted your program.

You are the channels female viewer.

Same

@@KeyserSoze23think you’d be surprised just how many female viewers tune in to Mikes vids. He’s no bs and that resonates with the feminine persuasion

😢cap

I can absolutely relate

😂

😂😂😂

My husband can out curl me on reps but I can go heavier, so he took it as a personal challenge. Edit due to fat finger.

You're so real bro

And then everyone on the bus clapped as that totally happened.

What a privilege to have found Mike within your first 3 months of lifting!

Congrats on not being misled by all the bad info out there and going straight here

Welcome to the gym world! Enjoy!! - Dr. Mike

​@@qwertziop0 Ikr!

Sounds great 👍🏻 But please consider the possibility of requiring a deload (videos on that available here on RP) some time, it will allow you to progress.

Man I think I said all I know here lol. I've gotta learn more so that I can pass it on! - Dr. Mike

​@@RenaissancePeriodization Please would you check out Stacy Sims? You have a massive audience, and it would be amazing if you could spread the word that women are NOT small men, and how taking account of hormone fluctuations when planning training can have profound effects on female performance. We all need to get more comfortable talking about the menstrual cycle and menopause. You have a great platform to do this. 💪

@@RenaissancePeriodization It would be super nice that in future videos about training you would include some paragraph about if this thing is applied to women and how:)

Yeah why wasn’t this in my ACE curriculum? 😂

Well said. Men and women (and others, can't ignore our intersex siblings out there) are both capable of the same amount of compassion and empathy and child rearing. It's just who is encouraged to do what from birth. Boys are, generally speaking, told they need to be a man and be less emotional and so on from a very early age and aren't automatically given dolls to play with (unless they're action figures) or taught child rearing skills. So you're going to see more female adults in childrens education than adult males. But we need both.

As someone female and not good with kids, I say so cliche. There are gender differences, but not those. These are societal expectations and norms re-enforced by stereotypes. And counterproductive as it makes it more difficult for men to get access to these "typical female" jobs.

these social conditioning you are talking about are rooted in our biological differences. They are not come out of no where. There is whole lot of literature on psychological and biological and behavioral differences of men and women other than social factors that dictate these differences. The fact that you are deliberately ignoring our 300 million year old evolutionary history’s effects on our behavior and blaming it on men or society shows the fact that you are the one who is not admitting that people are different, and the more we add limiting factors like age and gender or even race, the more different we become.

Check out Dr. Stacy Sims her work shows how to train around your monthly cycle.

@@thebootjournal6037thanks for the heads up.

females also have hormonal cycles that change our sensation of physical strength and our perception of it as well- and those hormonal changes are happening around the clock whereas males cycles are 24 hours

Boom, take that, husband! - Dr. Mike

@@RenaissancePeriodization hahaha he's gay. No disrespect, Dr. Mike is too 😂

@@akbananachucker2441bro 😭💀💀

Lol I make my husbands as well on days we train together.

​@@akbananachucker2441Just called her husband gay and then followed up with a no disrespect 🤨

Estrogen is a great hormone indeed. Don't rule out growth hormone for hypertrophy for muscle growth in women either. Women who don't use hormonal anticonception produce 3-4 times more of it than men. Women produce just as much IGF-1 as men.

My understanding is, estrogen is essential for muscle building. Postmenopausal women have a much harder time gaining muscles and apparently need to train differently, i.e., much higher load to get the same muscle stimulus compared to premenopausal women. The difference is mainly estrogen. I recommend reading "Next Level by" by Sims if you are interested in this topic.

Estrogen is essential for muscle recovery and bone health, but only in small doses like in men. It's not a fully linear relation like testosterone, where the most testosterone possible is always better for muscle growth. Which is why men with more estrogen than the recommended amount don't really have an advantage. Females recovering faster has more to do with how they have more slow twitch fibers on average. They also seem to have a weaker motor unit recruitment response, which is why in male and females of the same muscle mass, the male will always be more stronger as he can actually make use of more of his muscle fibers at once. More muscle mass used = higher recovery demand.

@@adrianahaverhoekits not always about the amount, the way of how each of those hormones work in body and affect the cells are different between genders.

Same. Girlfriend said she was tapped out at 12 reps, explained technical failure, next set she hits 27 with more in the tank lol.

That would make me so god damn mad 💀

that means your training partner was 15RIR before that set

@@kadaj7269that’s the thing. Guys are trained in feat of strength and women in resilience of mind (think dominance hierarchies within the same gender). Guys are used to meeting technical failure because it’s the only way they see who’s best and competitiveness can really push you.

I think it's wise for anyone going to the gym to take general knowledge and get the basics down, but after that everyone should be experimenting with what works best for their goals. I personally don't mind going really heavy on Olympic lifts, but I prefer to do the 6-10 rep range with lower rest times making it more about endurance strength.

Lost credibility at crossfit

I did crossfit for a bit and I noticed that a lot of women seemed to really thrive on that. Makes sense since most of the criticisms against it seem to be less relevant for women.

CrossFit is the only class workout they keeps me working out regularly. I also check my ego at the door and scale all the time.

the fear of injury is so real !!! if i’m with a trainer i feel safe… but when i’m not i just worry 😵‍💫

Number 3! I had my trainer (training someone else at the time) pull me aside and ask “are you okay you look red .. no no like you’re really red .. no you’re very red” I’m FINE please don’t expect me to look like a pretty princess who has been having a picnic in the park! I’m working HARD!

​@@Emily-cc6gghere you go getting worked up over something you had no clear proof of, How is him saying " oh you look super red" means you had to look like a pretty princess? Maybe just maybe he was worried of you because something was wrong......... things are not that deep Stop having this mentality of all guys expecting something outta of you and worry about you OR tell him why hes asking that

That embarrassment thing you described is almost always something women (and men) self imposed on themselves. No one cares how quiet or “girly” you are. As a dude if i ever wanted to let everyone else’s never-disappearing judgements around me, affect me, then i wouldn’t even make it outside my house.

Same, my husband says I look like a squirrel running from set to set and going hard like I’m training for the SEALs. We don’t train together, very different goals but we do it at the same time and we can high five each other as we go through.

Cap

@@TheBaumcm For the seals! 🤣 LOVE it!

​@@Radiation580Cry harder

@@ValadrienLeonhart cap

I mean they exist? Tiktok convinced me they only live in Miami

@@maltheri9833 I’m not sure where they hide. I think they only make themselves visible if they want to be seen. I swore I saw one, I tried to approach her but, by the time I could get a word out she had already disappeared.

@@maltheri9833they dont exist relax

Lol that’s so out of pocket but I am glad you learned a lot about the female physique cheers!

I think the point is that what we consider failure is also effort dependent. True “muscular failure” would be an actual muscle tear/strain, which obviously none of us are doing (hopefully) on a frequent basis. But how close your perceived point of failure is to that hard limit is variable person to person and lift to lift. For all of us, the point that we call “failure” for many sets probably wouldn’t be failure if we were doing that lift to save our own life. The key point of the effort difference he described is that men get closer to the real point of failure than women do, on average and without coaching. This fits with the general trend of men having much lower propensity for self-preservation than women do so to me it makes complete sense, as real failure is dangerous and should be avoided unless absolutely necessary. Maybe all that was clear to you already and you really are getting right to the edge of muscle tears on all your sets, but that seems pretty hard to achieve without occasionally going too far and actually straining a muscle which I hope isn’t happening for you. Regardless, it’s a little ambiguous in the video so I think it’s worth stating plainly.

You absolutely don't know how many reps you are from failure if you don't take some sets to failure.

Thank you! - Dr. Mike

so why aren’t there any female SEALs and Rangers?

How many women are applying to become seals? How many men who apply actually become seals? Its complicated, and women dont usually like gettting into male dominated spaces

very well done you should be very proud of yourself, a lot of people would not do what you do given your circumstances.

@@Flawgore Thank you! :)

Yess! Enjoy pushing it a bit further! - Dr. Mike

Same here. Heard that for hypertrophy, that I needed longer rests so I implemented them and have been finding less gains. Feel better knowing I should just train intuitively.

No big modifiers needed, just keep an eye on fatigue via strength levels. If your strength is stalling and you feel a bit deflated, take an early deload week and rest a ton... you'll come back ready to make great gains again! - Dr. Mike

@@RenaissancePeriodization Great! Thanks! 👍👍👍

@@RenaissancePeriodization great info, thanks! I'm also in my 40s so I was wondering. I love what lifting has been doing to my body!

I'm 50. And I'm considering seriously start lifting weights (that was never my cup of tea). As we old we lose muscle easily and it becomes more difficult to gain it back. Also lifting weights help with bone density. Women are at risk of osteoporosis especially when they hit menopause

Men are also trained to go to war, or go 2000m deep under ground to mine or go to sewages. But im not complaining cuz its our biological and psychological differences that has dictated our roles and behaviors in society, its not only a social thing. The social factors themselves actually are directly affected by our natural differences.

She’s not rushing to the next set. She’s recovered and ready to go.

@@TheBaumcm definitely, pardon if my wording implied she wasn’t.

Thanks. Now I won't go learn how to dance because I'll probably gas before every woman and leak at both ends.

@@Ou8y2k2 nah man, dance lessons are invaluable! Go for it just take your time as it’s not a race, it’s a skill acquisition that must be done at your own pace.

Protein absorption goes down with age, that's one part. And that tends to continue to get worse.

Also estrogen levels begin to drop which influences recovery. Might be worth getting a blood panel to check your levels.

He has done a video about age differences, very good, look it up (just type in: Rennicance periodization age differences or something like that)

@@Voidrunner01 that seems to be the case.

@@ChurchWorshipandvideo panels are all good, plus I'm on TRT for the past 5+ years so there is a steady supply of estrogen conversion.