[0:00] Oh, he's somehow pulled that. [0:01] >> Whoa. That's like using your feet like [0:04] tennis rackets. [0:05] >> Bonado Silver arriving. HOLLAND [0:07] ARRIVING. HOLLAND. [0:08] >> I'M SORRY. I don't even know what [0:09] happened that time. How do you train to [0:11] do those things? [0:16] [music] [0:18] Hey folks, Dr. Mike here for RP Strength [0:20] and a longtime professor of exercise [0:21] sport science. And my most glorious [0:24] achievement is that back in Russia when [0:26] I was a little kid, I played a little [0:28] bit of soccer at preschool. [0:30] >> Okay. [0:31] >> But somebody who played a lot more [0:33] soccer is Mr. Erling Holland. And he is [0:36] a giant soccer star from Europe. So for [0:38] the Americans, this is a sport that they [0:41] call football. Which I tell you what, [0:42] brother. I've seen me some football. [0:44] That ain't it. [0:46] We're reviewing this young man because [0:48] he is physically insanely imposing. 65 [0:52] and pretty jacked for a soccer player. [0:54] Let's find out what he can do, what he [0:56] does for this daily schedule, how he's [0:59] training, maybe how he's eating, and uh [1:01] see if we can't make some sense of shit. [1:02] You know what I'm saying? Talk a little [1:04] smack about how good I would have been [1:05] if I was allowed by the powers that be [1:07] to go up the ranks and eventually play [1:09] for Man City, which is the proper way to [1:12] say the name of that soccer team, which [1:14] the other one is Man, you know it. You [1:17] know it. [1:21] Bernardo Silva arriving. Harland [1:23] arriving. HARLAND. [screaming] [1:27] >> You just kind of have to know where the [1:28] goal is, huh? Intense. [1:30] >> Why are you pretending? I knew you were [1:32] that coordinated. [1:33] >> This time into the penalty area in [1:35] towards Harland. [1:36] >> I'm sorry. I don't even know what [1:38] happened that time. [1:39] >> Oh, he's somehow put that. [1:41] >> Whoa. That's like using your feet like [1:43] tennis rackets. [1:44] >> That was like the back of his side of [1:46] his shin. [1:48] >> Incredible. How on earth did he score [1:50] that? He might well smile. Incredible. [1:54] >> He bounced it. [1:55] >> Yeah. He's like, I like what they did. [1:57] Why is this man hanging on me? I don't [1:59] like that. [2:00] >> It had to be pre-ordained. [2:03] >> Unreal. [2:04] >> Say what you like. You just knew that [2:06] Erling Harland WOULD HAVE THE FINAL [2:09] WORD. [2:09] >> One thing also that's impressive is the [2:11] sacrifice the body instinct. He didn't [2:13] so much care how he was going to be [2:15] landing. He just kind of went for it. [2:18] Unreal. [2:19] >> So, how do you train for that, Mike? In [2:20] ideal world, how do you train to do [2:21] those things? [2:22] >> How do you train to do those things? [2:24] You just get real strong in the [2:26] weightlifting movements and at some [2:27] point you can just do that. You get huge [2:29] and get on steroids and get a [2:30] bodybuilder and then your soccer [2:32] abilities just skyrocket. No, wait, I [2:34] said that backwards. The way you get [2:35] better at any sport [music] is [2:36] predominantly playing and or drilling [2:39] and or using some kind of subsection of [2:41] technique from that sport. Sport [2:43] training is what gets you good at [2:44] sports. There are ways to be able to [2:47] become more flexible, to be able to kick [2:50] harder, to be able to sprint faster, and [2:52] to be able to jump higher, and to be [2:54] less likely to get hurt after landing [2:56] and after getting kicked and shoved by [2:58] other people. That is resistance [3:00] training in the gym. Mostly sets of five [3:03] to 10 reps, just a few sets a few times [3:05] a week. For the large muscle groups of [3:08] the body, especially for soccer, what is [3:10] really, really critical is to train [3:12] three qualities of the lower body. You [3:14] can train the up body a little bit in [3:15] soccer. That's totally cool. But the [3:16] lower body needs three training [3:17] qualities to happen. Three training [3:19] priorities. One is the anterior chain. [3:23] [clears throat] It is your abdominal [3:24] muscles and your hip flexors and and [3:26] technically the muscles that lift the [3:28] front of your foot. And so these you can [3:31] train with a variety of things. Leg [3:34] lifts, crunches, all sorts of ab [3:36] machines. And especially if you involve [3:38] the hip flexors to a large extent, this [3:40] can improve your technique and running [3:42] speed and it can make you less prone to [3:45] injury kicking and it can make your [3:47] kicking power massive. So by the way, [3:49] quad extensions, leg extensions are a [3:52] part of this execution of the chain, [3:54] which you know is a lot of the [3:55] musculature involved in kicking a ball [3:57] really hard. But remember, kicking a [3:58] ball hard also because you pull your [4:00] foot really far back before it stretches [4:02] out the abs. So the first muscle to [4:03] contract is your abdominal muscles. The [4:05] next muscles to contract are your hip [4:06] flexors, bringing your hips forward. The [4:08] last muscles to to contract are your [4:10] quadriceps in order to get that ball [4:12] kicked at the very end of that chain. [4:14] So, that's priority number one. Priority [4:15] number two is most running and jumping [4:18] is limited by vertical forces. And so, [4:20] getting as much as you can uh in [4:22] squatting, basically vertical pushing [4:24] movements with your legs. You can leg [4:25] press, you can hack squat. Squatting is [4:27] probably a really, really good choice [4:28] there. deep squats for sets of five or [4:31] so increase that number and all of a [4:33] sudden you're going to be just faster [4:35] and you're going to be able to jump [4:36] higher. And lastly is the posterior [4:38] chain. That is your calves to some [4:41] extent, but especially your hamstrings, [4:43] your glutes, and all the way up your [4:45] entire back, especially lower back. That [4:47] is what allows you to pull along the [4:50] track as you run. It's really, really [4:52] critical in changing directions. And so [4:54] posterior chain also reduces hamstring [4:56] injuries a ton. So those are three [4:58] priorities for lower body that are [4:59] critical for becoming the best soccer [5:01] player you can be. That is something [5:03] we're looking for in very very good [5:05] ancillary strength and conditioning [5:06] training to regular sport soccer [5:08] training. Remember strength conditioning [5:09] for soccer can be like 2 hours a week [5:11] total and that's really all you need. [5:13] Maybe some of these folks do it, maybe [5:15] some don't. It gets really wacky [5:17] training professional athletes. At the [5:18] end of the day, they're in charge of [5:19] their training and not you as a strength [5:21] conditioning professional. So a lot of [5:22] them really kind of do sort of a pick [5:24] and choose. So his motion when he come [5:26] in the team was that you remember [5:29] >> go further than this. [5:30] >> Yeah, man. That's a problem. It's a [5:31] problem because in the in the soccer [5:33] field, your feet and legs will be put [5:36] into positions randomly, maybe not [5:38] randomly, but as part of the game game [5:40] play that can overstretch some of your [5:42] muscles. And so if you're more flexible [5:44] and more mobile, you're going to have [5:45] lower injury rate and more capability, [5:48] especially in his case to kick with all [5:50] those weird kicks we saw earlier. You [5:51] need to have good mobility or [5:53] flexibility to score these crazy goals. [5:54] No, Mario. So, we need to keep this. [5:56] This is really important. [5:58] >> The important thing for flexibility [6:00] training is that it has to be very [6:01] regular like most days of the week. And [6:04] it has to be pretty intense. You know, [6:05] 30 second holds at a time, 20 second [6:07] holds at a time, relatively painful. [6:10] That that's how you do that if you want [6:11] to push the pace on flexibility, [6:13] mobility. [6:14] >> Today, I feel extra stiff in both [6:16] hamstrings, so I'm going to do both. [6:18] I've seen so many people that come in in [6:20] preeason, work crazy hard, after two [6:22] weeks, you don't see them anymore. [6:24] [music] [6:24] >> Yeah. I mean, a lot of those people in [6:26] preseason work crazy hard. This is a [6:27] real big problem in soccer. A lot of [6:29] folks just don't do very much before [6:31] preseason starts and then preseason [6:34] coaching staff decides it's going to be [6:36] really hard cuz you want to kind of [6:37] toughen the guys up and the volume [6:39] skyrockets from almost nothing to [6:41] something really high. One of the most [6:43] reliable predictors of injury in sport [6:45] science is alterations in volume, [6:47] escalations in volume. So, if you go [6:48] from very little volume to very much [6:50] volume, the probability you're going to [6:51] have a bad time is high. It's very high. [6:54] And so, what he's talking about here [6:55] makes perfect sense because a lot of [6:57] guys go super super hard in preeason and [7:00] then just get so mangled up and so [7:01] injured in small ways and sometimes [7:03] large ways that by the end of preseason [7:05] they're just kind of washed out. Not [7:06] what you want to do. The real secret to [7:09] sport is to never back away completely [7:11] from sport. you know, outside of 2 weeks [7:13] after the end of your season, just go on [7:14] vacation to wherever these guys go. But [7:16] most of the time, you should be keeping, [7:18] if it's soccer, you got to keep your [7:20] feet on the ball most of the year. What [7:22] you don't want to do is just like go [7:23] months without doing the sport [7:24] altogether. And then when you are ready [7:26] to come back and let's say preseason's [7:28] pretty tough, take a couple weeks to [7:30] slowly ramp up how much volume and [7:32] intensity you're doing. Take a little [7:34] bit of um very easy half week before [7:36] preseason starts and then they're just [7:38] going to try to kick your ass in [7:39] preseason, but you're already in good [7:40] shape. So, we want to do is do less of [7:43] this, right, in the yearly volume [7:46] intensity fluctuations and more smooth [7:48] curves. Smooth curves are going to keep [7:50] you in shape more. They're going to have [7:51] you're going to have a better time. Your [7:53] skill and technique development is going [7:54] to progress better and your probability [7:55] of injury is going to be way way lower. [7:57] Is it always fun? No. But if you're a [8:00] pro alete, you got to do what it takes. [8:01] And if you want to be the best athlete [8:02] you can be, you got to do what it takes. [8:04] >> I need to have good balance and I need [8:06] to have good stability in my ankles. [8:08] >> That's why I like to work with this kind [8:10] of thing. Don't think of anything. Just [8:11] stand a bit on it and work the brain and [8:13] the ankle. Make the ankle work, not the [8:15] body. [8:16] >> Cool. So, ankles don't uh are actually [8:18] composed of muscles. Those are the [8:20] muscles in your leg that do that. Um, [8:24] this kind of thing might work, but it's [8:25] highly unlikely it does a whole lot of [8:27] anything. This isn't specific at all to [8:29] soccer whatsoever. [8:31] um just moving around dynamically in the [8:35] field of play uh with doing various [8:37] drills and just playing soccer is going [8:39] to take care of this way better and it's [8:41] going to be more specific to soccer. [8:42] It's not really clear that general [8:45] balance improves in adults outside of [8:47] with lots of volume of exposure. [8:48] Specific balance, you can get better at [8:50] this task, but does that transfer to [8:52] soccer play? The answer is probably not. [8:54] >> This is actually good for [music] my [8:56] glutes as well. My glutes are strong [8:58] now. They are working good. they're [9:00] really activated, which is [9:01] >> Yeah. So, that's just total BS right up [9:03] front. And uh, you know, Erling's not [9:05] the only person who thinks that, so I'm [9:06] not trying to come down on him super [9:07] hard. It's just the vast majority of [9:09] people think that like when you can feel [9:10] a muscle being active, that's a good [9:12] thing. You know, like if you write with [9:14] a pencil, your forearms uh something you [9:16] can feel being [music] active. We don't [9:17] exactly recommend like book authorship [9:19] manually with a pencil as like the best [9:21] form growth routine. Um, just cuz a [9:24] muscle's active doesn't mean it's being [9:25] pushed to its limits. The only way it [9:26] can be pushed to its limits is if you [9:28] ask it to move as quickly as possible [9:29] for speed or as as much resist against [9:32] as much resistance as possible with [9:34] maximum intent to move for strength. And [9:36] so none of these things are happening [9:38] here. So really it's just kind of like [9:39] practice doing a neat trick that's not [9:42] so neat. Folks, there is still more [9:44] video to come, but we have a juicier, [9:46] lengthier, girthier, vanier version of [9:48] this video in our member section. We [9:50] also have tons of other amazing content. [9:52] It's a super small amount of money, but [9:53] a great value. Go ahead and give it some [9:55] clicks and we're going to be back to the [9:56] video right now. [9:58] >> Going in the hypoxic chamber. 40° in [10:00] there. 3,500 m above sea level. So, I [10:03] need to have this on for a bit better [10:05] [music] breathing. [10:05] >> 40°. So, it's really hot and there's not [10:08] a ton of air. [10:11] >> Er, can you tell me what the benefits of [10:13] training at altitude and heat are? [10:16] >> Yes, I can. I struggle more in here. Go [10:18] out on the pitch, I can run even more. [10:21] >> Yeah. This is a common logic that's not [10:24] entirely wrong and it's very sensible on [10:26] on face value. And the idea is that if [10:29] you make your training really difficult, [10:31] then you go out on the pitch, you go out [10:33] on the soccer field and it feels much [10:35] easier. But there are two things going [10:37] on here and we have to separate them. [10:39] One is the physiological and one is the [10:41] psychological. Psychologically is [10:43] absolutely a valid thing. If you train [10:45] like, you know, in total shitty [10:46] conditions, very uh like low oxygen, [10:50] very high heat, it's going to make your [10:52] training miserable. And then when you [10:54] actually go out and do the thing in real [10:56] life, you're like, man, this feels easy [10:58] and it's confident building and it's [10:59] empowering and I love it. It's a great [11:01] idea. The physiological thing is where [11:03] the problem is. When you train your [11:05] physiology, you want to train in [11:08] conditions that push your physiology as [11:10] much as possible. Imagine this. Imagine [11:12] you were training a powerlifter. just to [11:14] keep it super simple. And his job is to [11:16] try to squat as much as possible. If you [11:18] give him a bar that's wobbly and you [11:21] give him a t-shirt that's slick, so the [11:23] bar keeps moving on his t-shirt. You [11:24] give him no chalk so he can't even grip [11:26] the bar properly when it's on his back. [11:28] You give him sandals instead of [11:29] weightlifting shoes and [music] you make [11:30] the floor slippery as well. What he's [11:32] going to do is he's going to find that [11:33] kind of training incredibly difficult [11:35] and frustrating, which psychologically [11:36] is awesome because when he gets a really [11:38] good locked in setup with proper gear, [11:40] proper bar, proper floor, proper shoes, [11:42] he's going to be like, "Oh my god, I [11:43] feel like aing machine." The problem is [11:45] that when he's in that really nasty [11:47] training situation where he's doing [11:49] everything wrong and everything is all [11:50] wrong with bad shoes, bad grip, bad [11:52] floor, bad bar, bad shirt, he's his load [11:55] that he can use for the reps that he [11:57] wants to do is lower than otherwise. [12:01] lower even than his adaptive thresholds [12:04] main hump. So he's training so easy now [12:07] it feels hard but it's so easy that it [12:10] he's not even getting a good training [12:12] effect in a hypoxic climate you get less [12:14] oxygen. Um that is training high [12:17] training at altitude or or or basically [12:19] simulated altitude. And if you're [12:21] training with high heat conditions, [12:23] those both depress your performance, [12:25] which means that you're not training the [12:27] systems at close to their full capacity, [12:30] which is how those systems get better. [12:32] So the better idea is to train in a [12:34] very, very pleasant condition. So you [12:37] caning just go and reach maximum [12:39] velocities, maximum endurance outputs, [12:42] maximum backto-back performances, the [12:43] whole thing. That's how you have to [12:45] become uncomfortable in a way. the [12:47] discomfort has to be concordant to you [12:49] doing better, to pushing those systems [12:51] to become better. That's awesome. And [12:54] then if you want the extra [12:55] cardiovascular ability, you can spend a [12:56] few hours a day in a hypoxic chamber [12:58] that doesn't cost you nearly as much [13:00] fatigue, it's not interfering with your [13:02] sport training, and you get a little bit [13:03] of the best of both worlds. To be [13:05] completely honest, if you just train [13:06] really, really hard in normal [13:08] conditions, and you also get lots of [13:09] great recovery, this whole hypoxic super [13:12] high heat situation, not ideal. There is [13:15] a situation in which you would want to [13:16] train in high heat and that's this. If [13:18] you know for a fact your schedule [13:20] includes going down to play the World [13:21] Cup or some shit in like Saudi Arabia or [13:23] like Brazil and it's going to be like [13:25] 45° Celsius or like 110° F. Yeah, man. [13:29] You better get some practice runs in [13:31] really high heat cuz otherwise it can [13:33] shock the out of you. And if you're used [13:35] to it, heat adaptation takes typically a [13:37] few days, few weeks to catch a little [13:39] bit of a drift for you. Once you've [13:40] caught it, man, the heat doesn't bother [13:42] you as much. But that would be real [13:43] smart. this. Yeah, I'm not so sure about [13:45] this. [13:46] >> I think a lot of things is logical. You [13:49] should have a early start with fresh [13:51] [music] daylight and fresh air. Ideally, [13:53] go out for a small walk. [13:55] >> Andrew Huberman, [13:57] I go for a little walk in my perfectly [13:59] [music] white kitchen. Everything's pure [14:01] and Nordic looking. He's uh drinking raw [14:04] milk. [14:07] white people. [14:09] Raw milk has no known advantages or [14:12] hypothetical advantages over pasteurized [14:14] milk except one advantage. White people [14:16] have a lot of feelings about it. Whites [14:18] stay calm. All love and respect. Um, raw [14:21] milk does have the very low but known [14:24] probability to get you substantially [14:26] more sick because pasteurization does [14:28] this crazy thing called killing [14:29] bacteria. It's great. You should look [14:31] into it. [14:32] >> I think it's a really [music] beneficial [14:33] thing to do and this is a logical thing. [14:36] We need a little bit of this in milk. [14:38] >> Milk. I love it. I can't get enough of [14:40] that accent. [14:42] >> Superfood as well. [14:44] >> Milk is absolutely a superfood. Milk has [14:47] the highest quality protein known to [14:49] man. It's got excellent amounts of [14:50] carbohydrates. It's got amazing fats [14:52] that even if you have lots of milk fat [14:54] that uh it's been shown to reduce your [14:57] probability of all kinds of disease and [14:59] help you live longer. Milk, minimally [15:02] processed milk products [music] areing [15:04] unbelievable for health and for getting [15:06] you jacked and for everything. As long [15:07] as you're controlling your calories, [15:08] man, even whole milk is amazing. And you [15:12] know, the Nordic peoples drink lots of [15:14] milk and boy are they fun to look at. [15:16] So, I think that's all a proof of what I [15:17] need. [15:18] >> It's [music] good for us. It's good for [15:20] our stomach. It's good for our skin. [15:22] It's good for our bones and muscles. [15:25] >> All true. I like uh fatty steaks the [15:29] most. It's good quality. That's what I [15:31] like the most. And they take good care [15:34] of the animals, which is also important. [15:36] >> A dude, the Nordic peoples are the best [15:38] peoples. We even care about the animals. [15:40] You filth the Americans and with your [15:42] slaughter fests. You couldn't care less, [15:44] could you? You just need a bag of [15:46] Cheetos and the bald eagle shaped soda [15:49] can and you're you're happy. [15:52] >> Bald eagle soda. Mike, if you want to [15:54] start that business, I am in. [15:56] >> Yes. Anyway, actually, cons all all due [15:59] respect, uh concerns about animal [16:01] welfare are super super awesome. [16:04] Treating animals properly and only uh [16:07] like for milk, treating them properly [16:09] all the time and for meat only [16:10] slaughtering them at the very tail end [16:12] of their life. Um, [music] and taking [16:15] care of them and having awesome free [16:16] pastures for them and protecting them [16:18] from sheepers [16:21] and protecting them from disease and [16:22] predators. It's just like a really swell [16:24] thing to do. I'm super super for it. I [16:26] think most people should be trying to [16:27] eat either lab grown meat, which is soon [16:29] to become available, or ethically raised [16:31] meat and and animal products. That's [16:33] awesome. Uh I think like factory [16:35] farming, the really gross kind where the [16:37] animals are super mistreated. I think [16:39] we're going to look back at it in a few [16:40] years, a few decades, and be like, "Holy [16:42] shit, this is really, really bad." Uh so [16:45] this is great that he's promoting this [16:46] sort of thing. [16:50] You guys, when good athletes do things, [16:53] some fraction of what they do is like [16:54] you can learn from because it's really [16:56] good stuff. And like with all of us, [16:58] some fraction of what they do just [17:00] doesn't make them any better at sporting [17:01] could actually be making them worse. [17:03] Figuring out which is which is a matter [17:05] of sometimes just like nobody knows. But [17:08] a lot of times just learning sport [17:09] science and stuff like that and learning [17:11] training and and and physiology to like [17:14] at least for the lowhanging fruit to [17:15] make sense of stuff that some athletes [17:17] are doing, it might not be a great idea. [17:18] But we actually have an entire channel [17:20] for that. If you just want to learn [17:22] ultra in-depth physiology, anatomy, and [17:24] well, really mostly just how to train [17:26] people and how to help them diet and how [17:28] to help them recover, especially if [17:30] you're a coach or personal trainer, but [17:32] not necessarily just for your own [17:33] edification. We have an entire channel [17:35] called RP University, RPU. People seem [17:37] to like the channel. It's really just me [17:38] on there twice a week yapping about an [17:41] entire curriculum. So, we recorded a few [17:43] summers ago, we recorded like 210 [17:46] lectures for entire university level [17:48] curriculum to teach you how to do [17:50] exercise properly and teach you how to [17:51] impose it on others properly. It sounded [17:53] weird, but I guess that's what I meant [17:55] to be a great coach for yourself and for [17:57] others. And it costs a bit of money, [17:59] which is the money that it took for you [18:00] to establish your internet connection, [18:02] get a phone, cuz the shit is completely [18:03] free. And we're just going to be posting [18:05] all the lectures in sequence from now [18:06] until a couple of years from now until [18:08] we've posted all of them. And then we're [18:10] also going to buffer that out with [18:11] probably even more specific content, Q&A [18:14] and all this other stuff. So, cuz you [18:15] know, we've gotten to be pretty big as a [18:16] channel now. We do mostly bullshit [18:18] videos like it's just entertainment or [18:20] whatever. Maybe you learn something [18:21] maybe you don't. Some people seem to [18:23] like, we are still science pill and and [18:26] and all that shit completely. And so, an [18:28] RPU channel, if you miss the old school [18:30] RP style of just me lecturing about [18:31] technicalities and making a couple of [18:33] dick jokes every now and again, you're [18:34] gonna love RPU. So, go ahead and check [18:36] that out. And um Early Holland gets a [18:40] very imposing Norwegian man out of 18 [18:45] and uh go and buy all the raw milk you [18:48] can get naked. [18:51] >> Okay? [18:52] >> Just douse yourself with the raw milk. [18:55] Record that. Send it to me. Mike's nasty [18:58] webcam videos.com. [19:01] And I will see you guys next time. [19:03] >> Okay, hear me out, Mike. A raw milk ice [19:07] bath inside a sauna wearing mouth tape. [19:11] >> Only if we reduce the oxygen of the room [19:13] as [laughter] well and I have to breathe [19:15] the milk. [19:16] >> Money. [19:17] >> Look at me. I'm perfectly recovered in [19:19] one second. [laughter] That's how it [19:21] would work. These homies. [19:24] [music] [19:26] All right, that was fun. Scott, I feel [19:28] like my generic Nordic accent is back [19:30] and feels pretty good. What do you think [19:32] about that? [19:33] >> I love it. [19:33] >> Good. If you love other things, they're [19:36] right here for you to click on. See you [19:38] next [music] time.