Dr. Mike's Mass Gain Diet up to 250lbs | My Bodybuilding Transformation EP. 1

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[@pawelsokolowski4145]

I had went on a 20+ year bulk, I started out 10 pounds and got to a solid 200. Took a lot of dedication!

[@Jiggleton]

You were a 10lb baby? God bless your mother

[@JC50000000]

@@Jiggleton no dude, he had to watch Mike's videos for a while before starting his bulk

[@Adrian-to3gq]

I'm just addicted to this guys videos and jokes

[@mattc4266]

His replies recently have been hilarious ! He’s quite the character !

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

@@mattc4266 Hey shut up! JK JK JK Thanks for tuning in, folks! And even you, Matt C! ;) - Dr. Mike

[@hhfbko]

@@RenaissancePeriodization legend says Mike will reply to this comment...

[@Matt7pl]

@@hhfbko *tumbleweed sound effect*

[@sabertoothwallaby2937]

YES

[@nicolaszhao9013]

For those who didnt understand which supplements he refered, he was taking the divine protein shaker

[@DarkoFitCoach]

Straight from the tap?

[@khailephd]

I hear the protein is built and made after a workout on the shakeweight

[@hhfbko]

The most anabolic one of them all

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

Bad zoomer joke

[@joparsons20]

The good vitamins (vs)

[@TypicallyUniqueOfficial]

Mike is literally the only man I can sit and watch to talk about his diet for 32 minutes and 20 seconds straight.

[@JohnDoe-bb1ut]

True.... I can't believe I'm so into listening him, even his jokes :)

[@jferg8956]

He’s the only bald headed white guy id let hit fr no diddy

[@christiandecastro3360]

I dont know how dr mike is so knowledgable while still being so hilarious lol

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

No friends in childhood made me work on becoming someone people would like. Christian.... will you .... b b b be my friend? - Dr. Mike

[@hhfbko]

@@RenaissancePeriodization Lmao 🤣

[@christiandecastro3360]

@@RenaissancePeriodization 😂😂😂😂

[@TheGreektrojan]

@@christiandecastro3360 Dude he asked to be your friend and you just laughed in his face. Not cool.

[@anandhua.b4589]

@@TheGreektrojan this is why i don't talk to people

[@KlonKlonaRosjan]

The part about creatine and multivitamin, I love you doc

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Haha. And people still say "post your cycle." When we share a jail cell, I'll tell you all about it, how about that? But then you get top bunk cause' I'm afraid of heights. - Dr. Mike

[@Bromidias]

@@RenaissancePeriodization haha

[@donnycollins1797]

Dr. Mike...I gotta say man...I've been on vacation for the past week and stumbled across your channel early into it and I've been watching every day since then. Wow...in short...this has changed my life. I've recently turned 50 and I'm absolutely loving using what I'm learning. I've started four meals per day, 40-50 grams protein each. This feels completely normal and sustainable, unlike IF and six+ meals per day. I've lowered the weights and my technique is really on point. Three count negative, two count hold in the stretch, then accelerated positive...it is unbelieveable how the muscles are worked, the joints are saved, and my mobility is up a lot. I'm doing three full body sessions each week...three sets max per bodypart...sometimes two. Each bodypart feels fried ad I'm completely spent at the end. But I feel like I'm growing like a weed...at 50! It's been a really long time since I really put all the pieces together. This is amazing and wanted to share my excitement about it. Thanks!

[@ymscottie]

Love the dark background. It's usually better since I always watch your videos before I go to sleep (or during). I just re-watch them while working to take note.

[@vasilzhiliev6057]

Love the dark background

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

And I love you back, Vasil. - Dr. Mike

[@vasilzhiliev6057]

@@RenaissancePeriodization I felt that

[@TheJipino]

Someone watched the powerpoint ted talk

[@helojoe92]

I'd love to hear what you have to say about the special sport supps! It's a shame you can't talk openly about it... But thank you a lot for being honest about it and also mentioning it here in this video! It would have been easy to leave out, but you took extra care to mention it not only once, but actually several times, so big thumbs up for that! P.S. A collab / Podcast with MPMD would be awesome!

[@YouTubeChillZone]

Legal or illegal? Legal supplements are a waste of money unless for some reason you are deficient in vitamins in your diet or you on cutting.

[@helojoe92]

@@KZbinChillZone well, I'm not gonna spell it out for you, but to me (and apparently a lot of other people in the comment section) it's seems pretty clear what Dr Mike is hinting at whe he says "special sport supplements"...

[@Psilomyde]

@@KZbinChillZone he’s obviously not talking about legal supps ya goof

[@jwgosla08]

He's gone onto some other youtube channels to educate on "supplements," as well as advised peeping Broderick Chavez's channel. All good stuff, very insightful. Literally the "authoritie(s)" on "gear." You'll learn a ton, for sure.

[@helojoe92]

@@jwgosla08 ooohh yess, thanks a lot for the tip man, I'm gonna check it out! :D

[@bobbydreg5597]

Always appreciate the honesty

[@somethowawayhandle]

Really appreciate the transparency with e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. It's incredibly refreshing. Hope you do well with your show!

[@vasilzhiliev6057]

The collar of the MI fit changed. Ladies and Gentlemen, we've entered the new era of videos

[@BorisK296]

Dr. Mike achieved white Gandalf status.

[@mattc4266]

It’s vasil of the smith machine !

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

Bro! I got a whole set of like 10 rainbow color bands! It's about to get FRESH. - Dr. Mike

[@Truckngirl]

You know what I like about you, Dr Mike? You embrace your honest self in social media. Not only that, but you are confident in your inner self and true to the real you. I find it so refreshing in the day of fake influencers! You give huge credibility to what you share with us. Thank you.

[@backfru]

You know what I like about you? Your name Do you live in a truck? What are you wearing right now?

[@CraftingStudios1337]

@@backfru she's wearing the truck duh

[@davereid-daly2205]

Mike your delivery is always first class !!!

[@jorvarpowell6039]

You’re always so hilarious when dropping tons of information! Also I appreciate the candid take on the sups

[@jayw900]

I think this is the first time I’ve seen someone in fitness bringing up supplements. I love that level of honestly which is part of the reason I continue to watch the videos from rp.

[@AndreaAustoni]

John Meadows talked about them candidly many times, so does Ben Pollack. Rare indeed

[@denoffitness3379]

There are very few people who are honest in this fitness industry Dr Mike is one of those few people. That's why I love this guy's content so much . So much of amazing knowledge man. Thanks you so much. You have no idea how grateful I feel for having people like you who share these valuable fitness content for free. I learn a lot sir, I even make notes of these so that I can learn and apply this knowledge in my own training as well as my clients training. Love from India. Thank you once again. Keep helping sir.

[@eliasali9383]

Didn't even feel like a half hour long video. Bless you brother and thank you for the invaluable information.

[@annay2835]

Thank you so much for such a fantastic content. Always honest and so informative 🙌🏻🙏🏻🔥!!!

[@John-nd8yx]

Dr Mike talking about weight fluctuations: "It's all just bodywater stuff ... Remember to take all of this with a grain of salt." LOL - well, exactly!

[@julioguadalupe6935]

Appreciate the well caveated breakdown of your experiences in massing. It is cool to hear the experiences of someone who is applying all the principles of hypertrophy and diet in practicum. Thanks, Dr. Mike!

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

My pleasure! - Dr. Mike

[@btg49]

This is a close as we might ever get to a Dr. Mike vlog

[@RenaissancePeriodization]

"Hey guys, I'm in Bali and it's like soooo beautful here! Here's shaky selfie stick video of me riding a scooter around the city." UGHGHGHHG Can you tell I hate vlogs? LOL - Dr. Mike

[@Adrian-to3gq]

Really like your videos dude keep it up

[@TTWalt]

Thank you so much for your intelligence, insight, humor and honesty. I have had interactions with guys who feel the need to talk down to me. I can speculate why, but it doesn’t matter. Thanks for your videos.

[@MonsterMogster]

Thanks for everything you do dr. Mike. Your knowledge about om training is invaluable, and you are literally giving it to us for free!! As someone who has often considered alternative supplements but most likely will never use them, it's still awesome to see that you care enough about the people who do to point them in the right direction, and for the rest of us who are just mildly curious to have a place where we can go and properly educate ourself on the subject. Apologies for the long rant but thank you thank you thank you!! Keep up the good work and the terrible jokes 😄

[@marksmith9175]

if you feel SO GUILTY for getting this information for free - why don't you just send MIKE a signed blank check and then you'll FEEL so much better.

[@punkandlifting]

This makes me so pumped to start my massing phase in 2 weeks!

[@joxyn]

You are the best man, keep doing these contents 👌🏼👌🏼

[@andrejk3258]

this guy is one of the best. Amazingly informative content (both the videos and the online guides). Definitely someone, I trust and look to for advice. I wish he could more openly talk about "supplements" as I am now wondering if his training recommendation for Training Volume (MRV, MAV, MEV, etc.) are based on the assumption that you are taking "supplements" or not.

[@Cwillz303]

The training volume recommendations are pretty wide, general windows- and he’s given some pretty good guidelines on how to find *your* volume landmarks (offhand don’t remember which videos but you can probably Google it pretty easily. Long story short, use a baseline performance, ie benching 225 for 10, and add sets to your program until you notice 225 for Reps backsliding; then you know you’ve gone a bit too far. If you can maintain 225x10 or add Reps… seems like you’re doing good!), so it matters less if someone is natty or enhanced, versus if *you* are natty or enhanced while you follow the process of finding the volume landmarks.

[@ramonreyes84]

Ever since I started watching Dr. Mikes videos I’ve definitely started to improve. I feel fuller, longer and harder. And that’s not even at the gym! Once his videos climax… so do I. Sigh… then off to the gym for the gains. Thank you Dr. Mike! For your wisdom, sense of humor and therapeutic voice.

[@mmcnamara35able]

Thank you Mike!!! Videos are gold!! 👌

[@brandonpark1737]

Excited to hear 🔥

[@chriswitz3949]

Thanks. I have trouble gaining weight and the morning and evening shakes will be a great addition!

[@RicardoSilva-hk2er]

17:10 funny, I have the same exact reaction to dairy and milk. When I tell people lactose intolerance is a spectrum people usually think I bullshitting them. It was nice to hear it from you.

[@code268]

Just what I needed! Thank you

[@mohammed_faihan]

The black background is a great addition, it is very comfortable for the eye

[@haykkhulyan6201]

Hey Mike, great stuff. Any chance you'll do some sort of a Q&A with fitness-related questions anytime in the future? I know with my recent binge of your stuff, I've got a bunch of questions I would love to ask, and I'm sure many others do. Thanks for the great content!

[@bearinabag2448]

Watch for the “weekly” q&a series that usually drops once every two weeks and drop your questions in the comments. They cover the most up-voted comments on the next episode.

[@jellymanbytes]

This is EPIC Mike.

[@therippedemon]

I'm 5'6" ....clearly you made this specifically for me! It is off-season mode for me and I'm currently trying to make my body reach a new 200lb set point, but without getting too fluffy.

[@hemingway3508]

5'6" damm that's tough

[@MrSuperSuppo]

good luck bro

[@therippedemon]

@@hemingway3508 Haha I mean in some cases it is ya, such as shopping and the thing that I want is up on the top shelf. So I either have to scale the shelves like Cliffhanger, or begrudgingly ask a tall person to help me. But it does have its advantages in regards to biomechanics. Less distance to travel when pulling deadlifts, shorter bench press, and squat. It's all about embracing what you got and utilizing the advantages.

[@jesusravelo3746]

5’6” club member here! I recently got on my bulk phase and have gone from 196lbs on 6/30 to 215lbs today 8/23… I’m not a big eater and especially after working out it is damn tuff to smash a larger meal. Hoping to hit 225lbs

[@mackinbox]

@@therippedemon W comment

[@justina5588]

Really appreciate Mike's transparency

[@willisgayokgodlike]

Dr. Mike I would love to a see an ethics-analysis style video (like the one about vegan diet) about special sports supplements!

[@nelsonbarrantes7349]

He has a vegan video?

[@SuperNegawsklov]

Quality info !!! Thanks !!!

[@bigpete295]

Mike, You are the big brother of us all.

[@YMESYDT]

Dr. Mike is my favorite natty bodybuilder

[@ThePosanpotasu]

You would make a great career as a stand-up artist lol. Love watching this kind of videos while eating

[@stephen1145]

Dr. Mike continues to raise the bar. That was not a pun.

[@RightYouAre]

"And I hated myself, which is always healthy." His sarcastic delivery always gets me 😂😂

[@ricardomendez8655]

Damn 3 videos this week? Thanks Doctor Israetel!

[@BorisK296]

The RP KZbin channel is on a bulk

[@giggityiggityooo4127]

196lbs, 6'0", 4 weeks into a 12 week maintenance phase, using the RP Diet App. My steps fluctuate between 10k to 23k since I work two jobs, and I'm a surveyor. Sometimes I'm in the office, some days I'm in the field. And my night job, I'm a waiter. The app is great for hitting my macros with protein and fat, and a good general idea of carbs, though I usually overeat on carbs because I'm moving so much with little shift in overall weight.

[@MrSuperSuppo]

when do you wourkout :) ?

[@officialstoneytark]

Mike feeds on the souls of the people he breaks on leg day...

[@therlcpiazza]

NGL, never would have pegged Dr. Mike at 5'6" always seemed like a mountain to me. So even more impressive to carry that size. Amazing work.

[@aswink1245]

Could’ve stopped at Dr. mike

[@Vegas_Des]

Doing it for the short guys. Thanks dr mike

[@BnibroC69]

Would love to see the same exact vid on your cutting diets

[@ghfjfghjasdfasdf]

Praise the Gain Gods for blessing us with this golden information. Let us all grow big and strong and never get injured. Amen

[@SSangsen]

Praise!

[@rc-1983]

Doc, is it easier to jump over you than walk around you?

[@christopherflynn350]

Dr. Mike is my role model!

[@someguycalledcerberus9805]

"I'm 5'6" last I checked" Ok, but when did you check last? We need up-to-date data, damnit, we cannot eyeball science!

[@djodysseus7851]

yeah I felt a lil bit 5'5" energy when he said that

[@Adrian-to3gq]

@@djodysseus7851 😂😂😂

[@dard4642]

I like to measure my height every morning after I pee and before I eat.

[@Bromidias]

never check after heavy DL training :D

[@sgtbuttwhoopin9311]

DOC after this we gotta see what Charly Joung eats (I know he won’t share his macros) but i think it would be hilarious to see whatever the fuck he was shoving down to manage to climb to 270

[@Sealed_Chamber]

Nothing but shakes made from canola oil, flour, powdered milk, and mustard.

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

Tren, test, growth hormone, etc

[@sgtbuttwhoopin9311]

@@Hedgeflexlfz well duh lmao, but he’s also gotta eat to gain the size, the guy got a bit fluffier too so it would just be interesting to see him mash 6,000+ cals a day

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

@@sgtbuttwhoopin9311 i agree

[@arnoldlarisch7717]

Your transparency is so refreshing and very much needed in this industry. Thank you.

[@wowandrss]

Awesome video.

[@RiDankulous]

52 male here and I have an at home-diy equipment strength training starting at basic body weight stuff. The one thing I definitely have completely squared away is the food choices. I have a strict whole food-plant based diet. At my weight I"m gonna stick with a basic 100-120 grams of protein, but I'm well above on calories. Very easy for me and a big food that has good protein while eaten in bulk is whole wheat bread. Whole wheat pasta and black beans is my staple, with kale and spinach and cayenne pepper. Drinking tea and eating various fruit. No oil, salt, sugar refined foods or refined grains, of course. I can up beans and lower pasta to get a lot more protein if needed. The only thing I need is exercise discipline. :-) *If* I stick with it I will improve pretty fast imho and my legs have been pretty good in the past so restarting that should go faster. So it's mostly whole wheat pasta, black beans, lots of spinach and kale and some fruits. Living alone helps greatly to avoid temptation of other people's foods.

[@mrbartuss1]

Now it’s time for the exact workout split

[@abdominis21]

Hey Dr.Mike! First off, I appreciate all your videos, and I’m slowly going through them to learn as much as possible. So, currently, I am in mass gaining phase, and I have been slowly adding calories. My question is, how do you determine when to increase? Currently I try to wait two weeks, and if I do not see an increase in weight, I’ll add 100-200 calories. Is that optimal? Or should I take a different approach? Thank you!

[@vicaya]

Amazing content! While this definitely satisfied my curiosity on "supped" pros, I wonder what would be the right expectations for fully natural (no "sup" ever) amateurs. Any pointers?

[@MrThelastram]

Hey I weigh 195 lbs down from 325 lbs love your content I’ve been able to find a diet plan that works for me and I don’t see food as food anymore but fuel to get me through my day

[@Dmrezmo]

Lol 😂 at the Optimum Nutrition ad right under this video. They are listening Dr!

[@michelleg7157]

Hi Dr. Mike. 34 year old female here. 15% body fat year round, 5'5 and 158 lbs and 13 years experience. Could you do a video on female muscle building? I build muscle relatively easily (genetics, great diet and past sports history - plus all of your wisdom 🙌 over the past few years) but wondering if you could explain the similarities and differences in female muscle growth specifically? Optimal growth ranges? Training etc? Basically anything related to female muscle. Thanks so much!

[@randombrowser1636]

First, thanks TONS for the info you always drop on us Dr. Mike, its appreciated. However, honestly I dislike this new video set up with the powerpoints slides being small and in the rear. The words are hard to read. The old videos setup with the powerpoint takes the half of the screen is MUCH MUCH better. Also I can screenshot the slides and go back and read them if I need to refresh my knowledge which is so helpful. Just my 2 cents 😊

[@randombrowser1636]

@@fakeitorfontmakeit he made them better now, all is good now

[@patrickwendling6759]

Thank you for your knowledge and video's USA 🇺🇸

[@Mark-nm6zw]

Love your open-ness (if that's a word) of the special sports supplements, big respect mate! Flipping heck, is it really that simple to get to 250, piece of cake bruuuuuh!

[@brentonfantozzi4129]

Lol genetics will stop you too

[@snakebatch4527]

Great stuff. Hard to find the next in the series at times- cmon KZbin algorithm become smarter

[@camerontait9132]

Cool snort at 11:46. Keeping it real Dr Mike.

[@nicolasklug2311]

Mike, you didnt mention which kids breakfast cereal you like 😁

[@respectedmastermind]

Enjoyed the video Mike here's some algorithm

[@torquereportingin4862]

Thanks mikey

[@gerardofonseca458]

Hey Dr. Mike, I only weigh 145 so I think I should use your diet to lose more weight, thanks so much!

[@redlinefitnessx]

That’s a lot of weight on that frame. Wow!

[@jngibson24]

"Because I'm not a drug addict" LOL

[@ryanmulhall6588]

Mike!! Funny story related to your tooth brushing story. The other day I brushed my tongue and gagged so hard I puked up my whole breakfast right after I finished. Then I had to re-eat it again later. It was a mildly degrading experience, but now I can sleep at night knowing I'm like a real bodybuilder!

[@Xanaduum]

I would have made a new breakfast. 😂

[@justin9744]

15:03 is where he finally shows the actual meals.

[@waynegraham7608]

Already 250 but I'm 6'3. I'd love to bulk to 300. Thanks Doc!

[@lukii6770]

Can you do more Fat Loss Videos especially for " being shredded " for ABS ? Long term . But love your Videos very informative

[@fathulk415]

Great vid, What was your estimated body fat percentage at 250?

[@ClovettCC]

Dude, you look great 👍

[@matt014908]

Great to see all laid out, 6'1 getting to 178lbs end of 1st real mass after years of endurance sport. Still hungry 😋

[@liamsloan5410]

1 scoop of serious mass and 1 scoop of gold standard has been my go to mass meal for about a decade now. I'm a hard gainer so it has really helped me drink some extra calories. I started at about 63kg out of high school. I'm now 33 years old and 93kg.

[@liamsloan5410]

@Person best of luck. My only additional advice is to build calories slowly and try to keep or add in your cardio. I did push calories hard when I didn't need to and made myself miserable when I could have just taken things slower.

[@liamsloan5410]

@Person also you dont have to use ON gold standard. Any protein will do seeing as the serious mass has a lot of protein in it so your amino acid profiles are going to be fine.

[@zachlloyd9392]

Hey, Seasoned salt is one badass broad use additive. I use it on all kinds of things. Some things it makes taste a bit sweeter, some get some added zing, some it makes more savory, and all from one Shaker, it's amazeballs.

[@blairmonkman7507]

Hey Mike what show are you doing? and do you think you will ever manage to qualify to get your Pro card?

[@josephhogue]

Holy chit! How do you burn 4200 calories a day maintenance? We're same height and I'm around 2500 with six days lifting and...(OK not doing as much cardio as I should). Impressive you're able to keep the abs at that calorie intake. Great channel.

[@JC50000000]

you mean weight instead of height? lol. it's pretty shocking if your maintenance is 2500 with 250lbs..

[@stdavis22]

hes on PED's...the majority of those calories are converted into lean mass. Enhanced is another ball game all together.

[@Classicalliberal85]

He's carrying like 225 lbs of fat free mass, so he obviously burns way more calories than the average person

[@CoachDomenech]

11:18 Mike is the best 😆😆

[@josesoto3594]

really refreshing to see someone openly talk about his use of "wink wink supplements" and devil's lettuce consumption when talking about fitness

[@Beansicus]

320, fat as fuck and loving the content. noticing more muscle everyday and excited to hit the gym. Thanks Dr. Mike!!

[@janverschuren593]

Respect

[@naturelife418]

Fantastico thank you.

[@senormango3758]

Ok doc talk about what you are doing to stay healthy carrying that much weight

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

? what can he do because check his blood work and do cardio lol

[@Lrussell6871]

“If you know what I mean, then you know what I mean WINKY FACE”

[@thumn]

Were you still training BJJ during this massing phase?

[@derpnschmerp]

I went from 152 pounds 3 years ago to 220 pounds this year, no special supplements, age 31-34 :-) But I definitely do NOT have veined abs :( I'm 33.5% fat now.

[@artifact1711]

Dr mike this meal plan was incredible I went from 5'6 230 to 6'4 230

[@Classicalliberal85]

😂

[@sagarchawla8145]

Hey, what are you wearing on your wrist? Specifically ?

[@anthonypeltier4039]

Broderick is a funny way of saying more plates more dates