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0:00in this video I'll be ranking highly
0:01debated training topics as either
0:03overrated or underrated I'm joined by
0:05Mark ripo a world-renowned author that
0:08wrote this seminal text starting
0:10strength basic barbell training this
0:12book alone has sold over 1 million
0:13copies it's the only of its kind and if
0:15there's one book that all Fitness
0:17professionals should read it's this one
0:19I warn you Mark has very strong opinions
0:21on training but he's undoubtedly one of
0:23the most experienced and influential
0:24coaches of the last 50 years he's left
0:26an indelible mark on the strength
0:28conditioning world and I'll just say
0:29this when he speaks I listen so for the
0:32video I'm giving us each 30 to 45
0:34seconds to give our explanation and
0:36opinion on each training topic let's
0:37start number one lifting heavy the the
0:40basis of strength training it's
0:42underrated lifting light is not getting
0:45strong lifting heavy is getting stronger
0:47simple as that I would say absolutely
0:50underrated and Mark ripto is basically
0:53defin that you know with basic barbell
0:55training and if you want to get bigger
0:58you got to get stronger and if you want
0:59to get stronger you have to lift heavy
1:01underrated all there is to it training
1:03to
1:04failure training to failure is uh poor
1:10planning if we are trying to go up five
1:13pounds of workout on three sets of five
1:15Squat and you fail then you planned
1:18wrong but there's nothing to be obtained
1:20by failing to lift a weight I'd say
1:22train to failure is going to be
1:24underrated so unlike what Mark said he
1:26brings up very valid points however just
1:28in the context if you're training at
1:30least close to failure in a general
1:31sense it probably means you're trying
1:33hard and you're going to be doing
1:35something to probably get yourself
1:36better barbell training barbell training
1:40highly underrated barbell training
1:42facilitates the use of normal human
1:46movement patterns with an incrementally
1:48increasing load it's the purest
1:51expression of strength training barbell
1:53training is extremely underrated and the
1:57barbell is king that's all I'm going to
1:59say if you want to get strong lift the
2:01barbell there's no other form of
2:03training that's going to offer you as
2:05much value for your time other than
2:07barbell training it's it's the king
2:09kettle
2:11bells Kettle Mills uh are highly
2:14overrated they make wonderful door stops
2:16and that's about all I mean it it's you
2:18know it's done for time it's done for
2:20high rips they're not strength trining
2:23say kettle bells very overrated I would
2:26agree with Mark ripo no one that's truly
2:28strong ever got strong training with
2:30kettle bells you know you need to keep
2:32your reps probably in the three to five
2:34rep range that's what's going to work
2:36and you can't you're not doing kettle
2:38bells High Reps doing a 75 rep max with
2:41kettle bell swings or kettle bell snatch
2:42is not going to get you strong no and I
2:45yeah overrated if you're already strong
2:47they're easier absolutely easy that's
2:50that's the fact CrossFit
2:53training CrossFit training is uh not
2:56training CrossFit training is is exerc
3:00exercise now it's high-intensity
3:02exercise but you cannot constantly vary
3:05a training
3:06modality and predictably make
3:11increases in the expression of that
3:14training
3:15modality I couldn't say that any better
3:18and that's coming from a crossfitter and
3:20I was an elite crossfitter I still do
3:22some CrossFit but CrossFit training in
3:24its purest sense is
3:27overrated it cannot be constantly VAR
3:29and you cannot expect to get stronger
3:33fitter or better at anything if you're
3:34constantly changing what you're doing if
3:36you're going to do anything just get
3:38stronger that's what you need to do
3:40CrossFit training overrated range of
3:43motion to say that's underrated or
3:45overrated range of motion is dictated by
3:47muscular skeletal Anatomy uh you should
3:50attempt to use the fullest
3:52effective range of motion for every
3:55barbell exercise that you do it's longer
3:58than an effective range of motion like a
4:01as to Grass squat just limits the amount
4:04of weight you can lift which limits the
4:07amount of force you can produce which
4:08limits the amount of strength you can
4:10develop I can't say that any better I
4:12would say range of motion is underrated
4:16as long as you're training the lift in
4:19the most effective range to get strong
4:21the most effective range that can be
4:23loaded
4:25periodization periodization as it is
4:27understood in uh uh the exercise
4:31literature is typically uh Matt veev
4:36undulating periodization that you know
4:39the programming looks like s and cosign
4:41waves and it's it's fancy and looks like
4:44trig and stuff going up in weight every
4:47week if you have finished your novice
4:50progression or then going up every month
4:54two months three months however Advanced
4:56you are if you're an advanced
4:58trainee that's the usefulness of
5:01periodization I would say periodization
5:03for most people is going to be overrated
5:06exactly what Mark said really people
5:09just need to use a novice linear
5:13progression all right to get strong as
5:15they can they don't really need to do
5:16anything different and then once you
5:18reach an advanced level which most
5:20people never actually even do then you
5:22can actually get more concerned about
5:25periodization undulating you can get as
5:28detailed as you may want but I don't
5:30even know if you really need to so I'm
5:32going to say for most people
5:34periodization overrated D Lo
5:38weeks D Lo weeks are what happens when
5:41you get
5:44hurt all right A lot of people program
5:48them into their training and I haven't
5:50ever understood why I I agree completely
5:55I'd say D Lo weeks are overrated highly
5:59overrated not needed for the vast
6:00majority of people I never actually take
6:03D Lo weeks if I'm feeling too tired
6:07under recovered I may take an additional
6:09day of rest here or there but I never
6:11dedicate a full week to just DLo just
6:14because you waight to
6:16do what's the point there is no point
6:20there is no point I don't see a point
6:23this is wisdom right here functional
6:25training balance and stability in that
6:28context here's my idea of balance
6:31training it's walking a PR set of five
6:35out of the squat rack squatting down
6:38standing back up without falling over
6:42and then putting it back in the rack
6:44without falling over that is the purest
6:48expression of balance training I can
6:50think of functional training extremely
6:53overrated exactly what Mark ripo just
6:55said if anytime stability or stability
7:00becomes a factor where you cannot
7:02produce maximal Force then you're doing
7:04something wrong all right so absolutely
7:08overrated if you just get strong really
7:11just Squat and deadlift and
7:13presses that is what yall you that's all
7:16the training you really need to do they
7:18all three involve balance absolutely
7:20they they improve balance as well yes
7:23cuz when you get stronger when you get
7:24stronger everything is better right
7:26stretching and flexibility stretching
7:30and flexibility are a complete waste of
7:32time all right if you are doing normal
7:36human movement
7:37patterns with a full range of
7:41motion then you are as flexible as you
7:43need to be if you squat below
7:47parallel if you lock your presses out
7:50all the way at the top with Shrugged
7:52shoulders if you stand fully erect on
7:56the deadlift after having pulled the bar
7:59off the floor with a lumbar spine and
8:02perfect anatomical extension then you
8:06are as flexible as you need to be
8:09excessive flexibility exposes your
8:12joints to ranges emotion that will
8:15injure them don't do
8:18that say flexibility extremely overrated
8:23and I can't say it any better than what
8:25Mark ripo just did so overrated training
8:28with dumbbells training
8:30dumbbells I I don't see the point if
8:32you're doing a barbell bench press
8:34nobody ever got stronger on their
8:35barbell bench press by doing dumbbell if
8:38you want to do some dumbbells do some
8:39dumbbells but let's not pretend that
8:42they make your bench press go up bench
8:44press goes up cuz your bench press had
8:46weight added to it and you did the Reps
8:49I'd say training with dumbbells
8:51overrated anytime you want to get strong
8:52it's all about lifting as heaviest
8:54weight as you possibly can you'll always
8:56be able to lift a heavier weight with a
8:58barbell than you ever will will be able
9:00to do with a dumbbell anyone doing heavy
9:02dumbbell goblet squats as a dumbass
9:06that's why that's that's why barbells
9:08were invented and that that's true for
9:10anything if you barbells were invented
9:12so you didn't have to do goblet squats
9:14Absolut bar that's that's it get a bar
9:17and that's that's true same thing with
9:19any kind of press or a deadlift the
9:21longer I train the less dumbbells I
9:23actually use and the more barbells that
9:26I've just naturally realized that's
9:27what's giv me the most value for my time
9:29trap bar
9:32deadlifts
9:33apologize this is a this is a
9:37setup this is a
9:39setup trap bar deadlifts are stupid trap
9:43bar deadlifts are so the guys that
9:46manufacture the trap bar can sell a trap
9:49bar and that's all they're for i' say
9:52trap bar deadlift very overrated I think
9:56in maybe certain contexts it can makes
10:00sense if it's the only kind of deadlift
10:01that you're willing to do then I'd say
10:04do it but straight bar conventional
10:06deadlift that is going to strengthen
10:08your back and your posterior chain
10:10better than any other exercise that
10:12there is say in general trap bar
10:14deadlift overrated Sumo
10:17deadlifts Sumo deadlifts are are are a
10:22way at a powerlifting meat to reduce the
10:26range of motion of the
10:28pull so you can lift heavier
10:31weights
10:34uh and that's that's all they're for
10:36that's why they were invented a long
10:38time ago it's important to keep in
10:42mind the heaviest deadlifts that have
10:45ever been pulled off of the floor were
10:48pulled with your hands outside your feet
10:53there must be a reason yep I'd say Sumo
10:56deadlifts again are overrated
10:59and just if you can answer this question
11:01you could say a conventional deadlift
11:03will get your Sumo deadlift better but
11:05would a Sumo deadlift bring up your
11:07conventional deadlift no there so no it
11:10doesn't that's because it doesn't work
11:12the same range of motion that's it and
11:13that's I feel like that's really all you
11:15need to say Sumo deadlift unless you're
11:17an elite level powerlifter trying to
11:19pull the world record it's for most
11:21people you need to stick with a
11:22conventional deadlift hands outside your
11:25feet and strengthen your back yes
11:27isolation exercises isolation exercises
11:30are not normal human movement patterns
11:33and I I don't even know anything about
11:37them isolation exercises are overrated
11:41and if you just heard what Mark ripo
11:44said is they're not normal human
11:47movement patterns that's that's all
11:49there is to it you don't you don't
11:51really need to do them if you want to do
11:53them because you enjoy it and it makes
11:55your training more interesting and
11:56you'll be more consistent then do them
11:59but don't be confused and think that you
12:01need to do them all right compound
12:04movements done with heavy weights over a
12:06large range of motion that's effective
12:09training that's all there really needs
12:10to be said yes bro
12:12splits I don't know what that means I'll
12:16I'll Define that it's like a
12:18bodybuilding split where you're doing
12:19shoulders one day arms the next day
12:22chest then you might do hamstrings and
12:24quads together it's it's body part
12:27thinking it's not strength training Ro
12:29splits bodybuilding training overrated I
12:33would never train like that I
12:36train the big lifts and that's how you
12:39get strong that's how you get strong
12:41bodybuilders that might work for them
12:42but generally they're you know taking a
12:44few other substances and compounds that
12:46works for little skinny bodybuilders
12:49yeah there you go but the big strong
12:51bodybuilders that look you know whose
12:53names you remember don't do that
12:56they never got strong doing bro splits
12:58that's a fact lifting belts and straps
13:01lifting belts and straps are very
13:02important tightens and helps you tighten
13:06the muscle mass around your
13:09spine and helps you maintain normal
13:11anatomical position during a pull in a
13:13squat you can Squat and pull more with a
13:16belt but the belt is not doing the
13:19lifting you are strap can enable you to
13:22do partial movements like rack pulls
13:26with overload weights that will make
13:29your deadlift stronger you know there
13:31are some people with short fingers that
13:33just cannot hold on to a regular
13:35deadlift and if they want to continue to
13:37train the pull they're going to have to
13:38use straps if that's the case use straps
13:42belts and straps are extremely
13:44underrated and they should be used in
13:47the right context and using a belt it's
13:51it's basically you're just able to brace
13:53more effectively recruit more motor
13:55units and more muscle into the lift and
13:57you're and anytime you're able to lift
13:59more weight you're going to get stronger
14:01there's a big confusion that say oh you
14:03shouldn't squat or deadlift you know
14:06with the belt you should just do it raw
14:08and that's how you're going to get
14:09stronger anyone that's ever been
14:11actually strong uses a
14:15belt lifting belt is one of the most
14:17valuable training tools you can use
14:19straps again the same way if grip ever
14:21becomes a limiting factor for a deadlift
14:24that should not be that should never be
14:25the case all right use belts and straps
14:29to get as strong as you can
14:31underrated bands and chains or
14:33accommodating
14:34resistance bands and chains make the
14:37weight
14:38heavier during the natural range of
14:41motion of the lift where your Leverage
14:43is the best at the top of the lift right
14:46they add resistance at the top of the
14:48lift where it gets easy anyway I'd say
14:50bands and chains are overrated I've
14:53personally never used them I'm not a
14:55power lifter but I'm respectably strong
14:59but in my opinion I feel like you're
15:00just taking something and making it way
15:03more complicated than it needs to be and
15:05I've seen yeah but again complexity
15:08that's why you see all these videos on
15:09YouTube of high school football coaches
15:11using bands and chains for a little kid
15:13squatting 225 yeah like what in the
15:16hell's going on it doesn't make sense
15:18there's there's I've seen guys in my gym
15:20using bands and chains and every single
15:23time they're not the strongest guy in
15:26the gym just barbells and plates
15:30is all you need band and chains are just
15:32for
15:33fun thank you that's that's a I'm going
15:37to look I look forward to sharing that
15:38posting that thank you very much for
15:40weighing in on that man this was I can't
15:44tell you how much I I really appreciate
15:46you sure

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