 Ladies and gentlemen Selling Mike back with another video answering some questions showing you guys some training footage But before we hop into the video I wanted to let you guys know that right now the same fat loss protocol that I am adhering to that's helped me go from this Pink to this Pink is now available for pre-order from Kaizen me Bart Omari soft have come together over the years You guys aren't aware and tried to make templates programs for you guys to follow whether your goal is fat loss Muscle gain or strength gain to help you towards your goals and right now Advanced fat loss is at a discounted price for pre-order. So it is available right now limited time Little bit cheaper for you guys if your goal is fat loss getting shredded like myself I got about five more pounds to go four more weeks or so check it out. Let's get to the video Let's get to your questions. Follow me solid Mike 2k's on Instagram If you want to get involved with these questions Question is what inspired you to be in just kidding news for those that don't know some of my good friends barquan Geo and twanette Kwan are two of my best friends and they own a company called just kidding films where they have a bunch of different Productions different YouTube channels They do skits and they have a show called just kidding news that I have been featured on nothing quite inspired me But it's a really good time. It's almost like a podcast setting Chatting about hot topics or current events and that's one of my favorite things to do with my friends So anytime I'm in Los Angeles and just kidding news and vice me to come on bar and Joe and all the homies Tiff I have a great time. And so that inspired me to have a good time with my friends and try to make content for you guys What's my favorite protein shake or pre-workout? So for those that haven't been following me for a while, I don't really take many supplements I'll eat a protein bar here and there if I'm wanting a snack or if I'm on the road and Need something convenient, but I don't really do shakes or powders I don't really do pre-workout powders either. I don't think one most of them are dosed correctly to they don't have anything I necessarily need and three the powder itself upsets my little tum tum So typically if I am going to do something pre-workout It's gonna be black coffee or some type of energy drink and just get a little bit of caffeine Before I go and train. Otherwise, I strict to Pretty much just whole foods. That's what I'm into. I eat food steak chicken fish sushi things of that nature Where does Selencio Mike see himself in 10 years? Truth is I don't really know, you know, I think I always try to plan ahead a little bit I always try to have to kind of have a safety or reserve net financially to keep myself Safe and alive and those I care for my mom and everybody that I try to take care for or take care of but to be honest I don't have you know a big grand scheme goal Something that I've always done is just kind of you know head down chin ups one of the phrases I use a lot and just basically means head down focused in on what I'm doing trying to do Whatever it is I have going on better and then the chin up part is just kind of having pride in what I do Stick into my morals sticking to who I am And doing the best I can so that's kind of mentality I take on everything lifting business life content is I'm so dug in right now And I know if I'm doing my best and always constantly creating and evolving in this minute Or maybe tomorrow the day after that five ten years from now Wherever I'm supposed to be or whatever all this is leading to it'll come I don't know if that's destiny or you know, whatever might be whatever word you want to throw out I just know if I work my hardest and do my best right now stick to my guns be myself that five ten fifteen years from now Everything will kind of resolve itself and in between there there may be failures There's been many to get me where I am right now But every choice you make you can easily undo that choice or make a different choice to read head of different roads, so I'm not too worried about the future. I think about the future maybe a little too much, but I don't have a plan per se Just focusing on now trying to do better trying to make better content constantly evolving on the platforms and as a content creator Is a six-day split push pull legs with powerlifting and bodybuilding combined too much for a natural lifter Being natural knots not going to be the biggest issue It's going to be managing that volume and the intensity within that frequency and then also managing your sleep and nutrition So being in a calorie surplus so you can recover and then get enough sleep and then managing the volume You can't do ten sets of ten every single day max effort type stuff But if you manage the volume push pull legs six times a week you could probably train And get good results from yep. Yep. Yep. Yep. When did I start powerlifting and how quickly did I progress? So I started lifting weights when I was in about eighth grade seventh grade or so for basketball purposes I did some you know a lot of like movement drills and some basic bodybuilding and body awareness stuff The build a little bit of muscle and kind of rehab or prehab stuff To not get injured in my sport plus conditioning I Didn't really start powerlifting powerlifting until I was more in my 20s and I progressed pretty quick You know in the first couple years I probably went, you know, 275 bench to 325 Probably went from like a 315 deadlift to maybe a 500 pound deadlift and probably took my squat from you know 275 to around 495 or so within the first couple years of training and then from there it's been a real real battle You know multiple things play a factor my lifestyle my businesses my travel inconsistencies in training and then my inconsistencies which I talk about a lot my biggest faults as a lifter has been Chasing too many goals at once wanting to kind of be lean but not to get too big but not get too small To not focus on strength and all that so number one Go, you know advice would be to stick to one goal if your goal is to get strong be in a slight calorie surplus for a very Long time and I mean years to really allow yourself to progress the best really focus in on technique and find yourself a good coach A good mentor early on so you can focus in on proper training methods Programming periodization and technique to get where you want to go Do you use the light banded or non banded squat as a pre-squat exercise to cue hip hinge? No, no the the the box squat I think that's what he's talking about the box squat is not a hip hinge The back squat is just kind of a hip dominant squat The hip hinge is actually quite different from that And so if I was just to teach that it probably be more like a you know I'd actually have people deadlift probably but if not if you wanted something to lead up into it It would probably be some kind of Kettlebell swing or Kettlebell kind of deadlift with a high hip to learn the hip hinge Something of that nature kind of a stiff leg RDL type deal What's 9 plus 10 don't know if that's your question, but I'm gonna go with 19. I'm gonna go with 19 Is it me or the voice I was making in podcast episode 20 you sound like Adam Sandler now? I've never really got That I've sounded like Adam Sandler. I've gotten that. I've looked like Adam Sandler and boy Do I think he's a handsome man? I love me some early Adam Sandler. You're going back to Billy Madison You're going back to water boy. Even some of the newer stuff makes me giggle But no I never got that I sounded like Adam Sandler and if you guys are lost on what we're referencing to It's my new podcast with Omar esoph plug plug plug mama's boys podcast itunes Spotify stitcher check it out new episodes every Tuesday and Friday It's a lot of fun chatting about life chatting about friends Hot topics our childhood check it out. What country? Do you like your coffee from Rwanda Guatemala Ethiopian my favorite coffee is probably Wakandan Actually, I have no idea where I like my coffee from per se But I do like a lighter blender a medium blend coffee. I Sip on a pour over. That's what I make myself every morning before I hop into the laptop hop into emails pour over light roast Captain Kilo shout out to the homies. They send me a lot of coffee and their stuff's pretty delicious Shout out to caveman coffee. They've sent me a lot of coffee over the years And that's just really delicious as to would you ever have your mom as a guest on your podcast? And I would I would love to chat with my mom's Who knows when we'll do that or if we'll do that, but yeah, we can talk we can talk to my mom's How can you most effectively improve your squat? So to improve any lift, you know balancing your programming having in my opinion submaximal training where you have you're working in 60 70 maybe even 80% range where you're getting enough volume in that is practice sets times reps But also a load that you can manage where you can your form is not breaking down over and over and then a decent amount of Frequency, you know for most people at somewhere between two to four squat days in a week And then constantly queuing yourself videotaping yourself having friends or coaches look at you and improve your form every single session Try to work on a different queue or a different motor pattern to get better So you get that technique in and you're building volume at the same time And that's my opinion the best way to train your squat What's your favorite brand or type of a squat rack and why would you recommend for a home gym and why? You know what what what goes into a home gym kind of depends on your goals your style of training You know the basics for me would probably be some type of squat rack I'd like a chin-up bar with multiple handles I don't like a fully supinated on a straight bar kind of hurts my shoulders So some kind of neutral grip would be cool plus a pull-up bar obviously a barbell some weights some type of flooring so I could deadlift I've used a lot of good racks in the days. Soran X makes a mighty good rack very, you know commercial gym Quality very very sturdy probably last last year lifetime. I've seen some a rogue stuff and used it's also very good I think their their lighter line isn't quite as quality soran X's basic line But it's made for you know economy line or whatever. It's a little bit cheaper. Maybe but that's also really solid Some kind of hamstring deal maybe I'd like a chest supported row. That's one of my favorite movements You know whether it's a hammer strength or something like that. We're chests on a pad and you can row Dumbbells a nice set of dumbbells for maybe 25s up to you know Potentially hundreds or more so I could do some incline an incline bench and then a really solid bench press Or or adjustable bench that I could actually bench out of that's probably all I need per se an assault bike Something to warm up or do some kind of conditioning with that probably I'll probably be it for me Which hopefully I'm moving out of this place in the next couple weeks or months here I've told many of you, but that's the goal to get my twitch going Trying to get a little bit faster internet where I live right now the internet speeds just aren't good enough to stream How I'd like so I'll probably get better internet in my new spot and then hopefully a garage right now I don't have a garage so hopefully a garage and maybe a home gym so I can feel more content here and Potentially stream games and lifting on twitch. We shall see more vlogs come in. I'm debating Debating the fact to do some daily vlogs once I get in a new spot. I'll be a little bit closer To where things are happening right now. I'm kind of the suburbs. There's just not much to do out here That's why I just basically work and work out film content for you guys Just work on my laptop, but the new area I'm looking to lift live in should have a garage so I can do the gym stuff And then I also just closer to downtown where I can walk around and do some cool stuff. So Just throwing it out there Daily videos come in maybe maybe a little bit more lifestyle But still you know at least three four days a week pure lifting videos or lifting involved I'd be able to show you guys my nutrition my daily stuff and maybe some adventures that I go on I love Northern California, so I'd love to show you guys kind of the experiences in places I like to see San Francisco Tahoe center, so We'll see we'll see but that's happened the next couple weeks next you know the 2018 We've got some plans twitch podcast this working out vlogs all that perhaps Lee perhaps daily videos So be sure to stick around some shit in the works Who is your favorite athlete? What do you think about Messi? So Lionel Messi is Argentinian shout out to my man He's an amazing athlete super quick and sanely talented with a soccer ball He'll literally handle soccer ball like most basketball players handle Favorite athlete right now Big fan of Russell Westbrook. I love his his intensity and his style of play Obviously LeBron James. I'm a fan Michael Jordan going back in time magic Johnson's one of my favorite athletes all time Muhammad Ali one of my favorite athletes of all time Lionel Messi's a stud. I don't watch that much soccer anymore. I did for a while I think the world comes to some raw price stick stay tuned to that but Favorite athlete favorite athlete Yuri Belkin's a stud in terms of lifting world. I'm a big fan That's probably it You know, I'm obviously a fan of Steph Curry and all that. I like watching really good basketball But Russell Westbrook might be top of my list right now in the NBA that I like to rock to watch Ben Simmons The stud like to watch his style of play to a kind of like a past first mentality that he has Last question. Do you plan on adding this a little bit too cheap? But do you plan on adding more programs into Kaizen? Yes, as I mentioned in the front of the video We just added an advanced fat loss So if your goal is purely to lose fat get more shredded get leaner that programs available right now Pre-order on discount for you click the link in the bio. Well, this isn't bad If you always want to work out sub maximally when you want to hit a PR, how do you do prime your CNS? Well one CNS is not involved Just erase whatever concept you have a CNS involved forget about it most fatigue you put in your body is actually Muscular fatigue over training your CNS is just fine You don't need to prime your CNS per se, but I do do the majority of my training Some maximally, you know not training a hundred percent all the time I did a little video. It was a little bit misconstrued by some of you when I was going Jokingly going back at Allen and I basically just had one point to add to his heavy singles and training and that point was It's not best for all lifters in my opinion I think there's a time and place for all these different tools We have as coaches and programmers and went to apply them I don't think heavy singles are best for everybody, but heavy singles before some breakdown sets if your technique is efficient and you are Recovering in your calorie surplus and all these other factors if you're advanced enough for that I they're experienced enough for that I think that's a way to get ready to test your one-round max and also just Progressing into a one-round max if you're doing, you know five sets of five at 65 percent on pause squats The next week isn't a good time to test your one-round max and that's why we have multiple programs on Kaizen That's how I coach people one-on-one or whatever it may do. It's different. It's about the progress There's a difference between writing a workout testing a one-round max and actual programming programming is weeks Or excuse me days on days weeks on weeks, maybe even months on months years on years potentially building up with a progression to head somewhere It's about programming a progression. So we're not just jumping around. There's methods to the madness You might just see week after week or day after day and say oh But if there's not a progression if there's not a tie-in if there's not a reason why behind it Then it's actually not good or programming in my opinion. So to get to a peak you can Throw some heavy singles the back downs That's obviously very popular can work building up volume and then taking away that volume Allowing yourself to recover kind of taper super compensation or overreaching whatever you want to call it recover And then you test your one-round max But the sub-maximal part of it would just mostly mean in the off-season or building the strength and then as we're peaking We will touch heavier weights into the 80 85 90 92 95 percent before getting ready for that taper that over conversation this Super compensation and then the taper the peak the heel the fix the d-load whatever you want to call it There's a billion freaking words out there, and then you're going to test your one rep max We have that powerlifting program to shake a program whatever you want to check it out Or you can just research yourself if you want to program yourself by all means knowledge is power Go learn go get it done hire one-on-one coach. There's a lot of great coaches out there But that's the basics of how you're going to get a new one rep max is building that volume building that strength Building that technique efficiency motor patterns over time then going into a peak of taper smash it out ladies and gentlemen Appreciate you be sure to give this a thumbs up check out the programs available kai's and check out mama's boys I tune Spotify stitcher soundcloud sound mic. We're out here