'Recovery' is Becoming a Gimmick

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[AlexanderBromley]

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[AllieEm]

I mean, did anyone even watch the video? He explains who might benefit and why and certainly doesn’t say it’s for everyone. I like both channels. You don’t have to adhere to everything everyone says, whether they are a PhD or not. Weigh out what’s being said, discern what works for you, or test it out, and make your own decisions. No need to deify or rip anyone, all or nothing. But don’t mind me. I’m just doing my own thing, making observations. Good luck and good lifting, everyone!

[danoeb-g]

Bromley i think this obsession with RP is becoming unhealthy

[EVO-]

This 'beef' with RP feels extremely drummed up for the sake of content rather than being any actual issue of substance or personal care.

[benjaminchen]

You're turning into greg doucette man

[ProfessorX]

I mean if you all just watched the video you would have better opinions. Its not advice for literally everyone.
And he knows a lot about a lot. Hes clearly a guy that follows the science and researches things and will always admit he may be wrong and not know everything.
Theres nuance to all fitness advice. Just take what works for you and what makes sense for you. Its never one size fits all. But yeah most people undertrain. That video is not for gen pop. Its for those that just go hard all day every day.
That was me at one point. I wish someone told me I didn't need to go to the gym every day and do as much as possible.

[josephk.]

His video made sense to me. I know if I go too much intensity in a particular exercise over a given period, a day, a week, I get over fatigue and my performance and overall volume goes down.

Too much intensity or volume risks injury, or too much mental and physical stress accumulation to keep a consistent regiment and fucks your progress up leading to unintended rest days.

[deanregister]

No, he absolutely did NOT say hard work is detrimental.

[chrisbellville]

Dr mikes tips have given me the best gains ive seen in 20 years im gonna say he has more good than bad things to say

[WesternUranus]

As a track cyclist, I have found that what works best for me is training every other day alternating between weights and on the bike training.
Since my on the bike session are repeats of the same drill, I can adjust volume by feel and do less if I'm not entirely recovered from the weight training.
If I see the watts aren't there on the bike, I know I should cut it short and recover before the next gym session.
Watts and lifts have been going up steadily since I reset in this way and I'm starting to set new PR regularly.

[NekoJet]

Goddamn, Bromley is speedrunning making responses to RP at this point. Talking shit about RP is becoming a gimmick in itself

[Mark-ndbb]

There should be a go fund me so that Alexander can get some drywall or paneling

[wearetheremnants]

Im definitely in the dont workout enough category.

[BezimiennyMarcel]

Alan Thrall once said that the average lifter is probably undertrained not overtrained and I still agree with him. My friend struggled with benching 225 and when I asked him his weekly volume it was less than what I did in one benching session

[danredmond]

I thought the month off video made a lot of sensible recommendations for advanced lifters. Bromley even mentions the ‘hare and the tortoise’… what’s the rush if you want to lift for the next 20 or 30 years? A month off per year is a great idea to ensure your joints and connective tissue get a period of deep restoration. And if you didn’t need it and it takes you 2 months to get back to where you were, so what? Most of us aren’t competing or in a rush. That’s still 9 months of uninterrupted progress with deep healed joints and connective tissue and a renewed, prolonged resensitisation to training and any residual systemic fatigue has largely dissipated. Israetel clearly sets out in his video that it’s just an idea and not for everyone, and makes no reference to it being a vital component of success. You can’t blame him for people taking the information he provides out of context and there are a lot worse out there to pick issues with, with far more followers.

[WoodsGhost]

I enjoy your content. I hope you don't start focussing on response videos and youtube drama.

[lmeddfs]

yay another bromley video talking about exercise science and how stress and adaptation works, we haven't seen enough of those :D

[NoMoTheUFO]

Rest and recovery is ESSENTIAL and the key to gainz. Train smarter while working hard. Let's keep crushing it and let's be GREAT. 🔥🔥🔥

[LazarusLifts_]

I unsubbed from RP a while ago. Their hypertrophy made simple series is GOAT'd but recently their content has gotten way worse. It just seems like their videos are mostly recycled sex jokes, jokes about butlers and lambos and very little valuable content.

Although, the video on nootropics which they had to take down because of how unscientific it was, was the final nail in the coffin for me. Most of the advice Mike gives is sound, but you can tell he's running out of ideas for content and has resorted to comment bait videos.

[User-bqz]

Remember kids, its not possible to ever overtrain. Max out every lift every single day