“Beat The Machine” For Maximum Muscle Growth

LOL lee,

grats on Beatin the Machine man!!! Lee Hayward the BEAST  Shane(Quote)

Hi Lee,

I love your slow motion squeeze the muscle set, ha ha ha take the piss every time on every video that make me laught everytime… keep it on man!  william(Quote)

Lee, This is a great idea because it truly gives ya something to strive for as your building, witch breaks up the monotony in the gym..recently I “beat” the gyms tricep pulldown as well as the lat machine…I was so “stoked” to be able to do it! Im still sore and should probably back off a plate until Im more used to that much weight tho..but damn bro it felt great to see em’ all go up!! Thanks for another great vid!! ( I see your appealing to even the haters now) ha, ha..  ace(Quote)

I’ve managed to beat their seated leg press, which, if I recall correctly, only went to 495, and I blew past that last May, less than a year after I started back to the gym after my back surgery. I’ve also maxed out the triceps pressdown pulley and the knee/hip adductor. Those aren’t HUGE records, but I did beat the machine. I’ve also ALMOST run out of room to add plates on the Hammer Low Pulley Row, and only have room for 1 more on each side on our Leg Press sled (that’ll make 9 on a side, and that’s going all the way to the end of the spindle.) I was very proud last year when I first hit 555 on my 55th birthday for reps.  Jim Davis(Quote)

I love the tribute to the youtube form fanatics, lol, makes my day   John Perry(Quote)

Ahh Arguementum absurdum…..  Matt(Quote)

I have “beaten” the seated leg curl, the inside and outside hip abductors, as well as many pulley machines. It’s fun, but then you have nowhere to go.  Anjohl(Quote)

Great info Lee… and now i’m ready for my strick form routine. I think i’ll start with 10 lbs bench press then work my way to 20 lbs in a months time LOL.  Robert Valdes(Quote)

Nice! You can also add plates if the machine has a long enough pin(s). We used to do this on lower-pulley row machine.  Sean(Quote)

lol love it when you wack those spoofs in.
Beating the machine thats a pretty cool way of thinking thanks Lee.  nik(Quote)

lee u rock man……….awesome idea  anup(Quote)

ive had the machine beat for bicep curls for a while now im 18, and i was wondering after you have the machine beat what do you do? up your reps? or just go slower?  Sam(Quote)

I am surprised that on a strict diet you can still achieve your personal best in strengthwise particularly in pull down machine which is clearly body weight dependent. I would not have been surprised had you been doing pull ups since your body weight must have gone down quite significantly lately.  Kane(Quote)

I like this idea. I have been seriously training about 6 months, and following the advice I obtained from Lee’s site, and others, I have enjoyed unexpected success. I am an old guy at 56 but have really transformed my body. I weight about 190 lbs and my body fat scale says I am between 11 to 12 % fat. Last week I benched 250 #, albeit on a Smith machine (no spotter and no power rack at the gym). The video Lee posted a couple of weeks ago, where he maxed out with 6 plates per side on the hammer row machine inspired me. This week I maxed out with 5 plates per side on the same machine doing 5 reps per side. I pyramided up to that, then finished off with a high rep set with 3 plates per side. The people at the gym are starting to look at me like I am a freak, which might be true, for other reasons (Ha!). Thanks for all the great information and inspiration Lee!  Doc(Quote)

yh lee squeese the shit out of the 5lb weight hahaaa lol 2 funny (just like u were avin a poop). SQUEEEZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE/ fk i pulled a muscle i squeezed 2 hard hAAAA  DOn(Quote)

Lee, I hear people say the same thing: “Body Momentum” But these people have got to ask themselves…”What creates the MOMENTUM?” YOU! Your own body creates the momentum, your own power, your own muscles, so I personally don’t worry about momentum, as I’m creating that momentum with MY MUSCLES, not my next door neighbours, MY OWN MUSCLE.

Hell, even Arnie practised cheat curls. And how did he cheat? By using Momentum…And who are we to criticize the Austrian Oak?

I do like your sarcasm with the ultra light, ultra slow reps lol…kinds puts things into perspective.

Congrats on beating the machine, Lee.  Gary(Quote)

Lee, I am 32 and have been training for as long as I can remember and I am a huge fan of using momentum to move heavy weight. People ask me all the time about my workouts and programs and I tell them low reps and high weight are essential to muscle growth. Of course, I don’t stay with the same routine (every 4 to 6 weeks it will change) and often do sets of 8-10 and even some up to failure say 25 reps to finish an exercise. Anyhow, I have always thought of it this way. How come all your football players are pretty big and most of your gym goers are small? Its because football players use heavy weight and do quite a bit of core heavy lifts (bench, squat, deadlift, powerclean, hangclean) and those type exercises develop muscle and strenght.  Dave(Quote)

i “beat the machine” of a free weight leg press machine lol. It only had enough room for about 700-800 pounds of 45 plates, so then i just had my friend stand on it, and did 4-5 reps with it maxed out and him on it (he’s about 160 pounds) lol. I felt pretty awesome.

Lee- keep up the great work man, i actually look forward to your little tips and useful no BS advice. I really appreciate it, best of luck   Mike(Quote)

Right on! Beet that thing!  Dale-52(Quote)

Hi, Lee.
It’s a great feeling when you beat the machine – have done it with the seated cable row – am now up to added extra weight of 45kgs [wondering how long it will be before the cables give out!] – and with the leg press [one of the trainers is often kind enough to sit on the sled.
Keep ‘em coming man!  John(Quote)

Hey Lee, I have been working out for a long time and agree with you that sometimes you have to pass up the strict way to gain muscle. Good job on your “beat the machine” set. Love to see you win the next competition.  Alfredo(Quote)

When your using strict form “slow and in control”, it’s not proper unless squezzzze………….out a fart. lol  John(Quote)

i beat the leg press machine that goes up to 450lbs. and i did the whole stack on the bench machine (it only goes to 200lbs which is pretty easy).  ricky(Quote)

Last night I did the whole stack on v-cable rows for 8 reps. I have beaten a lot of machines which is really cool the first time but some machines just don’t go heavy enough. The donkey raise calf machine goes only to 400 lbs so I have added up to 4 45lb plates on top of it. I don’t cheat by bouncing but use slow controlled form.
Lee you need to be careful with your slow reps you may either hurt yourself or lull us viewers to sleep. lol  TinyTim(Quote)

Nice job Lee! Looks like you got a little winded doing those slow controlled reps, maybe you better ease up a bit on those before your contest (haha).
I repped (6x) a machine at the hotel gym last year where we stayed for a weekend. It was a sit down bench press type with 360lbs. I can’t normally do that with free weights, so I don’t put much faith in some machines.
Keep up the good work and the awesome progress!  joe(Quote)

haha…beat da machine…i only can beat flat bench machine ,for chest…  muhammad faris hussain(Quote)

Looks like you popped something with those slow and controlled reps, careful Lee. Awesome job with the lat pulls, ive done it with v-cable rows and pulldowns too. Good luck in the show. Diet must be on track for you to be setting PRs 6 weeks out, keep at it!  Omar(Quote)

Hi Lee I enjoy looking at your site yes congrats on beeting the machine and the new personal best, my personal theroy on the subject with regards to weight is alway try to beat your last ethier by rep or weight but not to put your self at risk with exsive weight increases because damaged joints come back to haunt you if you understand my meaning  mark(Quote)

your too funny lee! I’ve been following all of your video’s for some time now and I really appreciate all f the useful information you have given me . I look forward to trying your blast your bench and blast your bicep programs once I get some money!!!! Thanks for everything!

james  james(Quote)