091: Mike Israetel - Dietary Adherence, Discipline & Motivation

[@ReviveStronger]

Timestamps: 01:35 Mike Israetel talks about if there's a maximum amount of mini cuts you can run? 07:00 Mike Israetel explains how to set up your training for a transitioning 11:30 Mike Israetel talks about dietary adherence & motivation 35:03 Mike Israetel gives a brief insight into the upcoming RP Diet E-book 2.0 45:34 Mike Israetel dispels the question about thirst mistaken for hunger 51:22 Mike Israetel on lower RPE's and individuals not training hard enough

[@sinny694]

Mike is so generous with his time. Amazing as always

[@ReviveStronger]

You're absolutely right. We're more than happy that he's always willing to come on

[@marcusaurelius9487]

Always grateful for people like Steve and Mike for putting research above marketing. Sadly quality content will never outperform good marketing of bullshit advice in terms of sales, but at least you can share your content and make money off of it with a good conscience. From a moral standpoint you guys deserve the best of the fitness industry!

[@ReviveStronger]

You're so right. But we rather produce content for the people who want and need it than doing it for pure entertainment and capitalistic purposes. So thanks Marcus!

[@theoc.victor3185]

yes emperor

[@ssdabel]

excellent work - thank you for your comment about the being inspired to bring on guests to the podcast thing - it made me temporarily pull my shit together, as its been my problem lately! :D

[@ReviveStronger]

Abel, you know it! ;)

[@KaydeDrummond-w3w]

That analogy was unbelievable. Mike has an innate talent for taking analogys to the next level. Very impressive.

[@ReviveStronger]

He sure does! - Steve

[@Guitaristo]

Fantastic discussion. Big thanks to Mike for giving his time and knowledge like this. Steve, your input is always great, too. I've watched damn near all of your podcasts.

[@ReviveStronger]

Guitaristo, that is highly appreciated buddy!

[@MarioTomicOfficial]

Love the boat analogy, it fits very well with the 5 stages. With my own clients, I have a similar breakdown where we call the last stage "Identity". It's similar to what Mike refers to as passion. In a nutshell, the way I explain it, you become the type of person who doesn't miss workouts. It's who you are. Anyways, great podcast and it's a pleasure listening to Mike as always. Thanks Steve!

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks a tonne Mario and interesting to hear, that you have a similar approach. Always happy to hear from you and see you around :)

[@KaydeDrummond-w3w]

I would think identity would come after passion, as someone can have multiple passions but generally you will identify more with one pursuit.

[@dontdrinkcola]

Thanks Steve, you once again made our weekend 😁!

[@ReviveStronger]

That's what we want to hear ;)

[@louisthornton3415]

Revive Stronger Steve should we increase volume to MRV on a cut or stay around MEV and should we use RIR on a maintenance phase getting closer to failure?

[@ReviveStronger]

Actually, you never want to train at MRV. It lies in the term already. MAV is the sweetspot

[@Levofski]

I could listen to Dr. Mike all day, and to prove it, I pretty much do.

[@ReviveStronger]

Buddy, me too....me too - Pascal

[@Masonsayshello]

Really enjoyed this insight. Many beginners struggle understanding how people that reach their goals do so and Mike just explained it all so easily. You need habits! If you just have healthy habits to begin with, everything else is a lot easier.

[@ReviveStronger]

Yup, 100%. Thanks for listening! - Coach Jess

[@jacopopio680]

Mike = instalike

[@ReviveStronger]

Cheers Jacopo!

[@gamerchristina1079]

My favorite motivational podcast! THANKS AGAIN!! 💪💪❤️❤️‼️

[@ReviveStronger]

Our pleasure! - Coach Jess

[@dartfrog6439]

I'd love to hear more about alcohol and diet. I just finished a cut that went suspiciously well, and I'm nearly convinced that a calorie of alcohol is not the same as a calorie of regular food.

[@ReviveStronger]

Yeah, it isn't because the body doesn't directly use it as energy source. It's more about what it does to the other micro nutrients ingested along with it

[@dartfrog6439]

Revive Stronger. Huh, that's a good jumping off point; thanks, I'll do some research. I guess I vaguely recall hearing it was due to some sort of thermal effect, but like I mentioned, my recent experience was a little shocking. Keep up the good work.

[@benhallo1553]

Mike is a legend of the youtube fitness scene and so are you for so perfectly balancing and encouraging the conversation. thanks

[@ReviveStronger]

At least for us ;)

[@jeffbunnell9961]

Good discussion on rpe training. It can be hard to gauge sometimes how close I am to failure. Sometimes I might feel like I have 3 or 4 and do a rep, then barely get it and it’s the first week of a mesocyclone with 3/fail. For lunges it sucks because super high rep lunges almost turns into a cardio movement but I might feel like I can do more reps. I’ll be sucking air and sweating a lot after the lunges set but still wonder if I was doing enough. The good thing is I do plenty of sets of them so like mike said, maybe doing enough.

[@johngreco5813]

The ship analogy is definitely an analogy PR for Mike

[@ReviveStronger]

Yeah, I don't even know how to come up with such a complex analogy, haha

[@The10Daniel10]

I wake up, about to go on my morning walk without I anything to listen to, and then I see a new podcast with Mike is out. Today is going to be a good day!

[@ReviveStronger]

Hahaha, there's is only one outcome then!

[@The10Daniel10]

Revive Stronger Exactly! Was a great episode BTW

[@DaneKnightonFIT]

Podcast with Mike. This is always going to be good!

[@ReviveStronger]

Can't deny that

[@Youngstomata]

Man I was wondering when Mike would be back yesterday! Boom-shuckie!

[@ReviveStronger]

We heard your prayers

[@dramafree2474]

I have watched all of the mike podcast and they are all epic. Love from the us

[@ReviveStronger]

Love comes back to you :)

[@andrewwiemken6443]

And now, in mid-September, lo and behold Mike is a massed-up 265 or so. With another cut and bulk he's still ahead of schedule. Machine.

[@ReviveStronger]

He is a machine...or alien...don't know, maybe a combination of both - Coach Pascal

[@darthbrutalicious6066]

Best educating interviews in KZbin regarding fitness

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks a tonne Nick! - Pascal

[@irieeyes12]

Man I just discovered this channel and been binging all these podcasts, lots of no bs info

[@ReviveStronger]

Lots of stuff for you ;) - Pascal

[@drkstatom]

Great episode!

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@AL3XGZa]

Love hearing from Mike!

[@ReviveStronger]

Me too Alex! ;)

[@dwbakker]

Post deload training!!! No gym gains today, maybe some knowledge gains now😋😋 MASSING NEXT WEEK!!!

[@ReviveStronger]

Haha, sounds appropriate. Sometimes it's periodisation of muscle and mind ;)

[@dwbakker]

Revive Stronger actually, I do periodize my studying with my training! In week 1/2/3 I do a lot more studying, high energy levels make it easier, and in the week 4/5 I stop a lot of work after training, just relaxing. Its like the reverse of my training

[@ReviveStronger]

Makes sense, yeah

[@Contopaxi]

Love it Steve! This is the type of content we are so lucky to have presented to us.

[@ReviveStronger]

Chris, Thanks for your support!

[@razvanimal8690]

That book sounds like the bomb. But in the meantime, can't wait to see Mike live in Austria! Thanks for putting out this great content, Steve!

[@ReviveStronger]

Woooah, enjoy!!

[@azulsimmons1040]

I like Mike. He keeps it simple. I use Coke as my preworkout and even drink it while dieting and it hasn't stopped my weight loss. As long as eat mostly healthy, you can enjoy some junk here and there. You have to enjoy life a bit too and good food and drink is part of that for some of us.

[@ReviveStronger]

You my friend, are the example that it can work! As always, the toxicity lies in the dosage

[@Mikaeel84]

Steve=Best interviewer ever

[@ReviveStronger]

He most likely enjoys hearing that :) - Pascal

[@FacelessProjects]

I make analogies all of the time but I dislike them because I guess I'm a self-loathing hypocrite. Regardless, the boat analogy is fantastic and actually quite fun to think about further to see all of the ways in which the two concepts are similar. I'm so excited for this book. I'll admit I didn't read the first one because who has time for quality content when I can play Threes on my iPad again? Definitely going to be purchasing RP Diet Book 2.0 the day of it's release. These episodes with Mike Israetel are some of my favourite videos on KZbin; I *always* learn something or am made to think about something differently. Thank you so much to both of you.

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for tuning in James and can't wait for the book myself :)

[@shrimpanzee001]

Best analogy in the history of analogies

[@ReviveStronger]

Next level analogy

[@tradewizard6192]

Please tell me at what time the analogy comes😭😭

[@mathewww3225]

Thanks for this Steve

[@ReviveStronger]

Thank you for watching!

[@torbit]

Love these

[@diablominero]

Having low blood pressure is uncomfortable. A large part of the reason I'm training is to feel more comfortable and confident in my body, and feeling lightheaded and weak when I stand up too fast is counterproductive. So I want my blood pressure as high as it can go without excessive organ damage, not as low as my kidneys can tolerate.

[@jsmithes]

You know who it is

[@ReviveStronger]

Yeah buddy!

[@zombiedrumma]

I will say this: as misguided as they were, the early Kai Greene videos introduced me to the concept of meal prepping and structured daily food intake. Without implementing those concepts, I suspect I would not be anywhere near where I am today.

[@ReviveStronger]

Mate, it is absolutely amazing watching those guys :) - Pascal

[@wesfin]

1:35-12:00, 13:30-35:00

[@nathanvanderriet209]

Hi, one of the mentioned 18 year olds and I have really loved listening to what Mike has to say through loads of these podcast episodes. And I've internalised what he said, written programs based around what he says and think it all makes really good sense, the best out of anything and everything I've heard,... But, invariably I end up pushing too hard by week 2 out of 4 or 5. Apart from duh, have some discipline (which I think I'm slowly developing through macrocycles...) do you have any advice or tips for not overreaching to early in this type of scenario?

[@ReviveStronger]

With what variable are you struggling the most? Is it intensity (RIR) or volume increase, etc? - Coach Pascal

[@nathanvanderriet209]

@@ReviveStronger it's RIR, I will plan out a macrocycle and week 2 may call for rpe 7-8 and I'll end up doing straight sets on a weight that is like rpe 8 on a good day, which means by the last set I'm at rpe 9-9.5. I know I should just be more conservative with my choice of weight/reps so that the first set is a light 7 and then the last can be a hard 8, but it feels very much like swimming against the current. What would you normally suggest if you had a young client like myself with this problem?

[@ReviveStronger]

Totally see that and other than telling you to continue working on that, I'd adjust the volume a bit. So, because you're going that intense, you simply can't do as much volume per session, thus, I'd reduce the volume slightly in that case and alongside work on trying to hit the prescribed RIR :)

[@nathanvanderriet209]

@@ReviveStronger you know I hadn't thought of that... I'll work on sticking to the plan of course, but at least if I dropped the volume a bit I'd be able to finish a macrocycle! Thanks for your advice, again these podcasts are so useful!

[@ReviveStronger]

@@nathanvanderriet209 always buddy and keep us updated!

[@MarvWijn123]

@10:51 u say intensity is the biggest driver for hypertrophy? is that by accident or did i miss the point

[@SentMyOwnWay]

One of the biggest. The best driver of hypertrophy is, of course, volume.

[@ReviveStronger]

^This^ "Is the biggest driver" is not the same as "is one of the..." The current literature shows that it is but perhaps, we haven't found the ultimate reason yet. You never know

[@backfru]

Would Mike's MRV drop to MAV is he wasn't such a VIP? Perhaps if he ate more KFC his MEV would improve? Or he could do IF and become MIA..

[@ReviveStronger]

Or KIA

[@tradewizard6192]

Please reply when Mike gives the boat analogy 😭

[@tradewizard6192]

20-25 minute

[@ReviveStronger]

Hahaha, it's so good! - Pascal

[@tradewizard6192]

It was on next level Pascal, .

[@astarpery6260]

What book does he read the psychological constructs of motivation from?

[@ReviveStronger]

I'm sure when you ask Mike directly, that he's going to send you the link to it :)

[@johnsapla7906]

Is the diet book currently on the website the new version that is mentioned in the video?

[@ReviveStronger]

No, it's like Mike said, they're working on it

[@gamerchristina1079]

👍👍❤️❤️‼️

[@FacelessProjects]

The "common shit people say to zing you" is what some people I know call a "Welllllll, actually", or a "Turns out" (read in annoying voice), maybe even a "Double turns out" when people say something like "Did you know that you *DON'T* actually need to drink 8 glasses of water a day". I only ever want to cut that person out of my life upon hearing that crap. Congratulations, you've helped no-one.

[@allywood96]

You should invest in an external mic Steve.

[@ReviveStronger]

He has one

[@neandrewthal]

Analogies to help explain analogies =D

[@ReviveStronger]

Hehe

[@segason6]

"That’s pawful"

[@fd4099]

What does he mean by average sets of 8? I get we should up the intensity during the minicut but should those sets of 8 be close to failure?

[@ReviveStronger]

There's nothing magical about 8.th's...you could also do 7.th or 9.th. 8.th is however a good intensity to not be too high in intensity but also not too light. That's all.

[@fd4099]

Revive Stronger it's clear now thanks

[@joshuakenyon9668]

That analogy tho...

[@ReviveStronger]

I thought you were at episode 30 or so ;P

[@joshuakenyon9668]

Revive Stronger Well I've been skipping around a little...haha 😅

[@gdambidextrous7721]

ha... Mike is the Evil Genius of Hypertrophy.

[@ReviveStronger]

I mean, I guess you could say that - Pascal

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

Step 1: rip fingernails off Step 2: get laid

[@ReviveStronger]

Hahaha, classic! - Pascal