Myths, Misconceptions, and Special Circumstances | Nutrition For Muscle Gain- Lecture 8

[@notepad9883]

Boss: Is that a protein bar in your pocket, or are you just really excited to be going pooping?

[@ljbray1431]

i hope Mike sees this comment

[@migodelfin3544]

LOL

[@williammuirhead6927]

This comment was way funnier before I watched the video and didn’t know what it meant 😂

[@becauseifeallikeit0.061]

😂

[@migodelfin3544]

I don’t know if anyone has said this before but this is top tier content for weight training. Thank you, seriously. I truly appreciate it and I do follow all the informational content by Dr. Mike and Renaissance Periodization. 💪🏼

[@gonzaloherrera6208]

I'd love to see a lecture on explosive training and flexibility training

[@MrDubjay123]

How to explode in yoga class 🥺

[@gonzaloherrera6208]

@@MrDubjay123 more like how to excel at martial arts

[@MrDubjay123]

@@gonzaloherrera6208 same same

[@darthbrutalicious6066]

Wrong channel amigo.

[@christophschur4398]

There is a lecture on flexibility and mobility on the rp channel

[@jasoncarvalho9711]

The analogies this man makes is amazing

[@nasashadavis1726]

I’m shrinking as I wait for my shoulder to heal but I’d rather heal than have a life long debilitation.

[@alexwilliams5587]

You’re doing the right thing

[@gxtmfa]

You’re definitely doing the right thing! I ignored back pain until I was waking up in the night paralyzed by pain. You’ll jump back on the wagon again!

[@nasashadavis1726]

@@gxtmfa so I took the two months off (how ever long I needed) from chest and back because I couldn’t preform those movement without pain and now I’m good 🙂 But the thing is... It was just a tight bicep 🤦🏾‍♀️ I used my tens machine on it and was instantly better 🥴

[@TylerJBrown192]

Man... that section where Mike talked about someone who is on point for 6 days and then the 7th day he trashes his entire week, it felt like he was talking to me haha

[@brookegazy2096]

Me too!!!

[@tpespos]

Did you get your shit together?

[@gxtmfa]

2:43: Looks like Dr. Mike is hip to those food deserts in the ghetto. I appreciate the tacit acknowledgement that adequate nutrition can be more difficult for to come by for some people than others. Props

[@boffman4134]

Dealing with insomnia whilst trying to make gains is so fun

[@bigjbo3502]

Same it's a struggle bruh I still manage to build some muscle but then lose what I gain

[@mate2178]

Damn dude! I hope it is just insomnia, if not, you gotta talk to someone

[@KenanTurkiye]

Oh get good sleep, whatever you do get good sleep but dont take sleeping meds. Anyways you really feel the muscle cells working at night, many times I've measure my self before (sounds cringy I know lol ) before 12 midnight and around 1-2 am and there is a considerable difference, growth hormone secretiın cycle you want to catch with a good night sleep otherwise you get all the cortisol and end up breaking down muscle and getting hungry etc al catabolic attributes. Try some herbs but not meds if needed, just my thoughts.

[@gxtmfa]

I skip workouts if I don’t sleep. I’d hate to workout with insomnia. In fact, if I’m not sleeping, I take as a sign I might be pushing too hard in my work out.

[@zeppkfw]

@@KenanTurkiye Melatonin is the shit tho

[@MichelleLin_cutlikediamondz]

I'm a retail pharmacist who often works alone and comes back to grumps waiting for me if I so much as step out to pee or wash my hands. I really appreciate Dr. Mike mentioning sneaking foods to the bathroom because there really be people who don't have other great options to hit our macros =/ I've started just making shakes but they're really not filling.

[@Sator810]

I blend mine with oats when I need my shakes or smoothies to be more filling.

[@notepad9883]

Have you tried casein? It's generally a better protein to eat anyway, like a timed release amino acid dose. Dymatize cinnamon bun or cookies and cream. Mix it up very thick, like a pudding.

[@MichelleLin_cutlikediamondz]

@@notepad9883 Yeah I have, don't really dig the taste or texture

[@notepad9883]

@@MichelleLin_cutlikediamondz It's a completely different experience for sure! It's a solid protein, not water soluble, so it has to be ground up into little particles and mixed with gums to make a thick suspended liquid. But have you tried Dymatize? As I said, that's the only tasty one, and it's best enjoyed mixed very thickly. (Reminds you of a pudding, a malted milk shake, or even fine cream of wheat or baby cereal texture.) I hate the others and love this. It really is very, very satiating, and in fact it's a much more optimal protein to eat for its natural timed-release properties, especially if you use Dr. Mike's strategy of spacing protein consumption out evenly throughout the day no matter what to make your blood a constant "amino soup" that your body can dip into for MPS and MPB control whenever it suits it.

[@MichelleLin_cutlikediamondz]

@@notepad9883 Hm I have not tried Dymatize casein, only the whey. I"ll keep it in mind, thanks!

[@YamanoRyuu]

I just confirmed I got to 23%BF in my pursuit for more mass. Should I stop now and recomp? Or Did I fucked up bad and need to cut?

[@garciaalan186]

The simple solution is that men simply have to start wearing a fanny packs again. Then you can sneak whatever you want into the bathroom and consume whatever you want while you poop. By the way, eating while pooping effectively makes you a streaming service where digestion becomes the buffer.

[@SheriMorgan]

Thank You So Much for your hard work! I’ve learned so much & love the book! Love&Light from California

[@NewplayerXL]

Okay this request may sound a bit stupid, but it's actually a big deal in the day and age we live in: Can we talk about staying motivated as a natty? Seeing all those bodies I'll never get and still stuffing in all this food, effort, money... I mean I enjoy the process (mainly training) but sometimes, while chewing, you start to question things...

[@notepad9883]

This may initially seem like even more of a "black pill," as they say nowadays. But even the drug factor is only a small part of it; it's actually a red herring. People always focus on the drugs; I think it's because if they know they'll never look like "those bodies" they want to at least construct a world in which they *might* , and they get the moral credit and satisfaction for *choosing* not to. In reality drugs aren't even the main factor by a long shot; it's *genetics* . Whether you are natty or not, or any of them you're 'mirin are natty or not, you're not ever going to look like anything but the best possible *you* . It's interesting that nearly everyone comes to internalize and make peace with the enormous role of genetics in every other sport from quite an early age. But bodybuilding seems harder for more people to completely come to terms with in the same way. And yet it really is a very good deal for everyone once you do. With relatively modest effort you can increase your healthspan dramatically. You can feel great about yourself. You can, with perhaps a little more, impress the hell out of not only pretty much every woman (your *physique* , that is; whether that can translate to anything more is a different story!) but actually every normie male too. And, yes, you can enjoy the discipline and the rest of the process no matter what the genetic hand you were dealt. Very, very many bodybuilders do in fact. Again, we all know that nearly everyone who even regularly does running, triathalon, basketball, etc. *competitively* at some level -- let alone recreationally -- is not particularly talented at it and will never hope to come within a hundred miles of the inspirations they follow on social media. And so it is with nearly everyone who competes at bodybuilding--let alone those who just engage in the training recreationally. They are not actually delusional. They just know there's more to giving it your all than actually, realistically, having a remote shot at being the best. There *has* to be. It's the only way it can work.

[@NewplayerXL]

​@@notepad9883 I'd like for Dr Mike to teach about this, because people are taught so much misinformation by anyone. You and me both agree that the secret is having realistic expectations, but oh boy, that first paragraph... A study made clear that individuals who were given steroids and NO exercise built way more muscle than those who were put to weight training. I'm not against their use, but so many people are dellusional and think that some models or actors have just magical genetics. Yes, of course elite bodybuilders are the peak of muscle building genetics. Of course there's no magic pill. But the smallest unobtainable body is way, WAY farther from the elite level than most people think. It's in fact everywhere in instagram and KZbin. The drug factor is indeed only a small part of all the hard and earned work of the best bodybuilders. But no, it's not a small part of the results. It's an all around game changer And it's everywhere. We should normalize it. If we don't, celebrities will keep lying when there's no need, and people won't know what is obtainable and what isn't (naturally).

[@notepad9883]

@@NewplayerXL You are committing a somewhat subtle fallacy in reasoning here, a subtle misunderstanding. I never said that PEDs don't make a huge difference. Obviously they do. *But* you, and the study you are discussing (I presume you are talking about the 1996 Harvard one, in which the effect of steroids with no exercise were compared, among other groups, to some mediocre exercise program with no steroids) compare the role of PEDs to the role of training within a single subject. That has *absolutely nothing* to do with what I did. I compared the role of PEDs to the role of genetics in terms of variability among subjects. And on that matter, no, even if we are merely talking about mass--let alone aesthetics--the role of genetics absolutely dwarfs the role of PEDs. You are not going to look anything like your heroes even if they were stripped of all their gear and you injected enough to turn your blood to syrup. As I said, I think that truth is even significantly harder to swallow for most people than the idea that the difference is mostly drugs. Most "models and actors," by contrast, do not display very impressive bodies at all; only the speed of their transformations are suspect. Few can look as good as the Rock no matter how much PEDs they do; on the other hand, it's not uncommon to be able to build a more impressive body than Brad Pitt in Fight Club, Taylor Lautner in Twilight, Ryan Gosling in whatever movie, Justin Timberlake in that one with Mila Kunis, any of the Spider-Mans, or any number of people the media drools over as supposed muscle hunks. (To say nothing of most models, outside of the fitness model boards.) Even there, you won't be able to look *like* them, if your heart is really set on it; you will have a different look with different strengths and weaknesses. But you almost certainly can look more impressive on balance--from the neck down anyway!. Just shows how much, as I mentioned, normies are very, very easily impressed. Talk about a white pill!

[@steveningram9557]

So sleep at work and eat while pooping. Got it lol

[@TrunksXsayajin]

What are your thoughts on having a physically demanding job and how it correlates to Nutrition for gaining/cutting and Recovery from Hypertrophy Focused Workout Routines?

[@LukePettit]

Since you do it so often your body will have already adapted to that stimulus (there are many fat postmen, builders etc.) so all the RP nutrition advice would be the same as if your body were sedentary.

[@kinginthenorth1437]

It sucks. Physical labour jobs have absolute dogshit stimulus to fatigue ratio. You get some minimal gains at the start as your body adapts to the job but after that you're left with far greater fatigue build up than anyone with a sedentary job and more difficulty relieving it.

[@kateaye3506]

@@kinginthenorth1437 Agreed. I feel I can never catch up to my fatigue. Constantly in the red energy wise.

[@LukePettit]

I knew being James Bond was killing my gainz

[@justinricey5496]

I hear you man. 😂

[@nn-dj2nu]

Neurosurgeon checking in... :P

[@DMJ69]

The more i listen to the RP lectures the more i realise my training (and everything related to it) for the past 12 years has been dogshit. Thank you for getting me on the right path.

[@KenanTurkiye]

how bitter sweet honesty is, I'm so happy of the improvements I'm getting cant describe, well done to you too!

[@jamiegee7418]

"Hi Dr Mike Hurzafurze here"

[@esmee6308]

Other than training differences, does most of this lecture apply to main focus being strength?

[@Beats-By-Anthony]

The most funniest I have ever heard was from a 19 y/o guy who said ''I don't have time to eat at work'' What job do you have?, I asked ''I work in a grocery store'' I was like.......... THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS GRAB THE FOOD AND PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH!

[@onezerotwofour184]

Thank you I'm going to bed early now.

[@taylenday]

Today I've learned to poop and eat at the same time, whatever it takes

[@1313steamroller]

My injuries are permanent disabilities. There are some movements that cannot bear too much weight. I will never win any prizes for bilateral symmetry, eh? But the principles still apply to what training I can do. Thanks for all the information.

[@quentonnankivell956]

I've had my right ankle fused twice, so many exercises I can't do, my legs look drastically different, I do the best I can and turns out that's pretty lean and jacked except one leg

[@Merle1987]

I agree with everything this guy says. Even when he changes his mind.

[@Gibb0nator]

Lecture on sleep and lifting the good the bad the why and the studies

[@rickysalgado1623]

9:06 “It’s never just their jobs” *laughs in public accountant working 80-100 hours a week durning busy season

[@fdhfghfgrhrrth]

Busy seasons happen the same time every year you could just plan a fat loss phase or a maintenance around that time and then mass the other months

[@rickysalgado1623]

fdhfghfgrhrrth yeah thats what I typically do. I basically just try to maintain BW and try to not let the lack of sleep destroy me. My coworkers think I’m a maniac for going to the gym right after work (usually around midnight) lol

[@fritzb.3978]

Hahaha! I work in film production. Once, in pre-production (normal office work) the production manager says, “you come in here, set up your stuff then disappear for 30 minutes” (I’m pretty sure it wasn’t 30mins, maybe 15). I tell him, “I was taking a poop”. “If you have to poop, DO IT AT HOME!” So, yeah there are bosses (assholes) out there with small penises who should lift more to get out there problems who care how often you drop a deuce. In fact, everyone in the film biz is very conscious about dropping a deuce and they try to program themselves to do it before they leave home or at night. The schedules are that tight when shooting. Crazy, huh?!!

[@David-jz1ie]

The way you explain yourself is so entertaining. Thanks.

[@dadfatherfigure372]

I’ve also heard you state that as an overweight beginner it’s still possible to maintain-gain simultaneously. So if I’m still 26% bodyfat, training hard 2+ times a day 5-6 days per week… fluctuating between 222lbs and 228lbs but not really getting above or below that number over the course of five months is the reason I’m not seeing any results in the mirror but the my ability to put weight on the bar and increase volume has improved drastically?

[@Realfighter92]

Love the way dr mike talks. Big fan mike. - Haz

[@ascendedmaster6982]

I eat while pooping all the time, I even eat while I'm walking, it's efficiency. Out with the old in with the new! As long as you're not pooping while walking I think you're good.

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

I know this is a dumb question, but if you are cutting and trying to maintain muscle is meal timing and eating 4-5 meals a day equally as important as focusing on gaining muscle.

[@KenanTurkiye]

Hi, maybe this will help. While cutting reducing your feeding intake frequency will increase the amount of 'unfed' state, thus the amount of lowered insulin and slightly increase your fat burning duration, UNLESS you have insulin resistance like I have, otherwise known as metabolic syndrome, eating once every 3-5 hours is ideal for muscle hypertrophy as the intake of protein and nutrients with the insulin spikes you get with carbs along the way will continually cause you to grow. Yeah I recommend dont lower your feeding intake frequency but lower your calories on a percentage based on your total weight, if you lower your calories too much as you probably know, your metabolism could take a slump too, do the calories lower in increments and perhaps do some maintanance feed days maybe 1-3 days a week to not get your metabolism to think you are not in hard times and keep its rate as normal for as long as possible. Hope that helps.

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

@@KenanTurkiye Thank you very much. I think I need to cut, but not sure if I should attempt a recomp.

[@KenanTurkiye]

@@Hedgeflexlfz Glad if I made sense. Umm in regards to your follow up question, depends on how much body fat you have currently. If its considerable, about and above 15 percent bulking and cutting might be thr least effective selection compared to recomping, because above as the amount of fat cells increase your speed to build muscle decreases I believe, then you have to cut that you gained and what you already have (fat), so if current fat is about 15 and higher no a recomp, but if you got lower body fat, anything below 12 percent yeah small controlled bulks followed by cutting cycles would be my preference. Body fat around 12-15 percent is a sweet spot in continually feeling good, grinding in the gym and hormonally to hypertrophy, thats my idea. Speaking of my experience, actually mistake, I think the very first thing anyone like me should consider is the quality of the workout program, both in volume (weekly and daily, for each body part) in line with the different frequencies for each body part than, intensities, THAN your eating and rest. If those arent a persons own optimum right (which changes in time) then considering a cut or recomp would be like a dog chasing his own tail, or a car with big powerfull engine, but not the proper trans, diff suspension and tyres to put it on the ground. That last part isnt directed at you, as I dont know you :), just speaking out of my own previous mistakes and what I see generally around. Thats why Dr Mikes a good source of knowledge!

[@KenanTurkiye]

You only get elevated benefits from bulking-cutting if you are already 1) proper training regiment that suits you (your life/time allocations, your structural composition, metabolic rate 2) if you are leanish, below 12 percent body fat If the above are not there, than its recomp thats needed, as you know which is basicly cutting without bulking. Why get fat if you are already carrying extra fat (just saying, not that I know you are lol) Also bulk-cut cycles are more effective on geared people as the level and continual state of hormones they have just 'bulldoze' over the extra calories, the extra carb intake is used for fuel much easier when lifting heavier due to the PED's. If you're natural like I am, than that extra calories could be a burned and/or not bring out the expected results. Yeah long winded message, I hope I didnt bore you to death. It all depends on your current body fat. Bulking-cutting isnt the magic wand to building muscle, it ranks in the lesser important aspects. Training Optimaly Should be the priority, than the rest adjusted accordingly. Now I'll shut up ! sorry for the lenght, its hard trying to get your idea across when english isn't your first language and dont use it daily.

[@Hedgeflexlfz]

@@KenanTurkiye Thanks for the long reply, I actually appreciate it. you did good. I'm around 16-18% BF right now. I am not sure if I'm training optimally. I've been doing 2 muscle group split for a while now. Chest/tri back/bi legs/shoulders ETC. I have been focusing on compound movements more and try to get 1 g per pound of body weight protein per day. I want to lower my BF and increase my muscle mass lol. What do you think I should do to make sure my diet and lifting workout is optimal

[@zergbong]

as a person with business homeoffice job and very liberal use of psychadelic mushrooms during work hours I find this episode particularly confusing.

[@Leonidas-eu9bb]

Measuring muscle gains by using the weight scale is a BAD idea! Instead we should use strength numbers in multiple exercises not the max in the big ones. The absolute best predictor of muscle gains is gains in relative strength in the 5-15 rep range with clean form without training those exercises too often! Hello bro splits.. The main the gains are mostly from muscle mass and not so much neural. Most folks will increase their bench or squat if they focus their training around those lifts. But using a wider selection of exercises or just using a lower frequency per exercise (1 per week or less) is better to observe true gains in musccle mass. Using the big lifts just for testing once every month is more than enough.

[@michaelspencer2559]

I will never eat or drink in the shitter. I'll just get another job. You can find them right now just by walking outside. Crazy

[@roachclip2011]

This vid is pretty old at this point, not sure if I’ll get input, but what is considered “good sleep”?(hours/quality)

[@user-gw7cr5mj2q]

lol Mike thinking wall street guys are not getting enough sleep cause we are going to Ibiza. Meanwhile we are doing excel formulas and adjusting the chart sizes on PowerPoints

[@frieda1618]

Finally someone recognises the importance of frolicking in the meadows sprinkling daisies on yourself with your besties for muscle gain

[@jonathanthompson8286]

Is it possible for individuals prone to higher levels of neuroticism to adjust their training or diet in order to work around the stress issue? For instance, would lowering the number of hard sets and/or consuming a less significant surplus?

[@DanielDimov358]

"Click to exit...much like life itself!" - M.I.

[@florenciameginnes5222]

Does Okibetonic Secrets really work? I notice a lot of people keep on talking about Okibetonic Secrets. But Im not sure if it is good enough to lost a ton of fat.

[@fknmonkey5467]

coworker thought I was eating my shit. He looked over the stall and saw me shoving a brown log in my mouth

[@KGReef]

I definitely struggle with quad training because of my knee surgeries on both my knees 17 years ago.

[@aidancleary7019]

Eat in the toilet why did I never think of that

[@josephcraig6519]

My swim off season was 1 month twice a year I just gained during season

[@kaganas_edits7551]

Is there something wrong with only 3x meals a day? 4-6 hours space between them

[@fairlady2jz]

That's my question as well.

[@JoeMama-sd2kl]

Maybe its terms of utilizing muscle protein absorption, its not the most optimal way. 4-5 times is usually the most optimal one.

[@Nobodyyoucarabout]

Its fine.

[@backfru]

You should perhaps look at your career choices if you have to sneak food into the toilet stall

[@bradstonestreet9940]

Get some beef sticks from Stryve and Chomps .

[@MrDubjay123]

Currently doing a mini cut Dropped from 2100 cal per day to 1900 cal per day Sleep is the hardest part, hard to fall asleep, takes an hour sometimes.

[@Elricwulf]

Same here, but from like 3000(+) calories to like 2200-2400 because my metabolism is insane and if I don't eat 3000 during a bulk/main gaining phase, I can't put on a pound. Going to bed hungry sucks and can keep you from getting good rest; Try sacrificing on one of your earlier meals, i.e. go light on lunch or breakfast (I've made do with coffee, a banana and a protein bar before or skipped entirely, (though not recommended if you want to have energy through the day). Go for a run on an intermittent fasted period or do cardio while fasted (before breakfast) if you can. Anything so that you can have something substantial before bedtime, even a bowl of good protein cereal / PB&J & 8oz milk / protein shake, etc.

[@MrDubjay123]

@@Elricwulf Biggest meal I have is before bed for that reason lol.

[@Elricwulf]

@@MrDubjay123 Coach Greg(I think) mentioned once that having too much protein before bed can make it difficult to fall asleep as well. My own experience seems to confirm this for me. I've tried to make sure if I drink a 30g protein shake or eat upwards of 30+ grams of protein, it's within a few hours of bed, not too late. If I eat a ton of carbs or a large pork chop, etc. or too much too late, it's going to be tossing and turning when I'm trying to sleep. Gotta find the right balance, something to not go to bed with an empty stomach, but not *too* much.

[@MrDubjay123]

@@Elricwulf Make sense. Coach Greg, the bro doc lol 😜 I get in 20gP 50gC 15gF, basically a cottage cheese mixed grain cereal and nuts bowl Eating a lot may make it hard to sleep but you are going 8+H of no food

[@Elricwulf]

@@MrDubjay123 Right, right. Coach Greg, (not)"my doctor" Haha.

[@giorgosr5816]

Brilliant presentation as allways. The last joke at the closure was another category on its own!!!

[@giuliam2531]

Sprinkling daisies on yourself....i am dead

[@KenanTurkiye]

The info I gained from your vids are amazing, I program workouts much more nerdy than Bill Gates used to program Windows, now I know what to look for, the skewed preset mode of the more the better in weight lifting is sooo wrong, whats right is finding your own individual RIGHT, volume weekly/session, frequency, fatigue to stimulis+recovery calories/sleep etc, oh my its a great feeling learning what you thought you knew. Dont hold back on the nitty gritty Dr. Mike, hit us hard from time to time make us come to our senses. :) Greetings from Turkiye.

[@KenanTurkiye]

So many people watching, come on people thumbs up! its free give gems, give something back!

[@JK-xn7bw]

I feel like Dr. Mike watched Wolf of Wall Street for the first time immediately before making this video.

[@JoshuaKevinPerry]

Nursing. Some patients can't wait a minute.

[@yourmomtwice]

Even a trauma nurse has time to eat. Maybe OR nurses

[@ianpier16]

holdup did he just say he poops and eats at the same time

[@KenanTurkiye]

why did i have to read this message, i need a mental wash and rinse baaahhhh

[@vaughnmiller4141]

This series was very helpful. I learned a lot. Thank you!

[@ryanisfollin]

Call center jobs are brutal for getting macros

[@joshblunt7165]

Awesome! Thanks for the post 💪

[@jasoncarvalho9711]

I have a question sir. Let's say I'm at 15% bodyfat. And I eat at maintenance on a daily basis. Am I bound to build muscle optimally

[@burdmann24.7]

Who the hell dislikes a Dr Mike vid?? Wtf

[@jiamiecheong74]

No steroids no muscles. Period

[@Milan_M95]

I took a bar to work and got fired, its your fault Mike and you have to compensate me now

[@mmcnamara35able]

I was eating cold cuts out of a little plastic bag in high school during class 😂😂. Gotta hit those numbers!!!

[@blahasdirtysock3657]

I don’t think it’s possible to eat in the toilets at my work, I think the stench would make me hurl. Luckily we can eat at our desks...

[@vishnukiranar8998]

In a gaining phase, during the rest days, should I reduce my calories intake, by may be 200 -300 calories?

[@hunna8135]

Bad idea... you want to be in a calorie surplus for as long as your bulking. If anything eat more calories on your rest days.

[@Sharkyktc001]

No - listen again to the section on 'bulking and cutting in the same week'

[@bernardojunqueira2392]

@@Sharkyktc001 It's a good point. OK to keep the surplus on rest days because it's just a couple of days. But what about the deload week? It's a whole week. I guess you could eat at maintenance or at least only a small surplus during this week, or at least on the 2nd half of the deload week.

[@pisk64]

5:00 do americans really?

[@moatazanwar6564]

The highest quality contents on fitness in the whole KZbin. Thank a lot I am really grateful.

[@OGgrinder]

What that gut do BABAY! 😘

[@Bertziethegreat]

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I poop on the company time.

[@MrLive2die]

So much free info! Thank you Dr. Mike!!!!

[@ryandalessandro4139]

How does mixing modalities apply to someone at a higher body fat %?

[@JK-hr6py]

I feel less weird about taking bathroom breaks to eat some protein now

[@cdi9380]

The meadows 😂

[@abhistraj4284]

💯🔥

[@justinspike1669]

Can we get a video on how to do a mini cut? If it exists already I apologize 😩

[@steveruppel]

Thank you for saying it. So many people don’t realize these things!!!

[@jeffscalfano3100]

Blah blah

[@WitchKing-of-Perkele]

Regarding sleep, is it the quantity of sleep or the quality of sleep that matters more when it comes to maintaining/gaining muscle and limiting/losing fat? E.g. getting about 8-9 hours a night in total, but constantly interrupted by awakenings every hour or so? Would that be worse or better than getting, say, only 5 hours of solid sleep?

[@defro125]

Your body heals under periods of deep sleep which you enter from light sleep with an hour or two. So solid sleep will probably leave you with more deep sleep even if it is less sleep overall than inconsistent breaks in sleep.

[@wesleytoups1161]

5:40. "many times" has me perplexed

[@schonsense]

Mike's sarcasm is basically post-sarcasm at this point

[@Deciden0w.]

Awesome video topic! The part where you talk about trying to do "Lean Gains" hits home! Totally agree that pick one goal and go with it

[@Biolo-G_KJ]

What happend to your last Q&A video

[@joesefett1395]

...It's pure darkness...Click to exit...Much like life itself.......

[@obtuseDCLXVI]

that is not a reason for concern fucking killed me

[@jblades123]

So say I weigh 180-185 right now, I'm naturally very lean and spend most of the year at sub 10% bodyfat. I've been monitoring calorie intake and trying to gain weight for the past 3 months and increasing calories as needed. My current calorie goal is 3800 per day, if every day I'm making sure I get about 180 g of protein and 350 g of carbs from high quality sources is it not necessarily sub optimal to fill in the rest of my calories with some junk food? For example I eat 180 g of protein 350 g of carbs and 80 g of fat for about 2850 calories is it good to mix in some candy or other high sugar food to help me get down that last 950 or so calories?

[@Repienk]

Eat food

[@amorfati4927]

Sometimes you just have to eat for calories and cut later. I was at 175 forever. I am fairly strong, have had a 6+ pack for a very long time. I work in construction with a combination of CrossFit and traditional weight training. My daily calorie intake was not any less than 3500 each day and I felt like my strength was stalling. I’ve just been eating slightly more junk and calorically dense foods and I’ve noticeably gained fat (it’s like a 4 pack right now) but my gains have skyrocketed. It’s not beginner gains but my goodness it feels kind of like it. That is literally the only difference I have made. I know the fat can be cut and this lecture series came at the right time to push me to fit more calories in even though it seems like I already eat an ungodly amount of calories.

[@406Style]

Hey man, really enjoy this series. Thanks for putting it up!

[@nilo7727]

Dr Mike is the friggin man!!👍👌👏💪😎

[@yuvrajbet3054]

Thank you Dr. Mike

[@chadpunte1731]

21:50 let me tell you a secret, it's called daydreaming.

[@Elricwulf]

Dr. Mike - Acute observation that most Active Duty have much more freedom than boot camp. People think Military life is like boot camp all the time - yeah you have rules but you can be damn sure military members, especially Marines or Navy will find ways to eat during duty hours. Occasionally, you may have to go several hours, but even during long hikes, training evolutions, you will learn to carry protein bars, or trail mix, etc. from an MRE or whatever in your cargo pockets and eat at any time you have down time. Never ate cold pizza for breakfast after sleeping out in the field? Or some unidentifiable green, supposedly "omlette" from an MRE?? Military will teach you to think outside the box and get the macros however and whenever you can. Haha

[@notepad9883]

You deliberately picked the worst MRE to be dramatic! No fair. Be nice to poor MREs; they are fine. And cold pizza for breakfast is downright delicious.

[@Elricwulf]

@@notepad9883 Hahaha. Yes, I did. Those that know, *know* -usually, if you're quick or smart, you can grab a good one, but sometimes, especially at lower ranks, you just pull the short straw (but did you die?).. I still dream of the taste of that elusive Lemon poppy seed pound cake tho..

[@nn-dj2nu]

@@Elricwulf you should check out "Steve1989MREInfo" if you havent already, alot of great MRE reviews

[@done1961]

Another great video dr mike

[@ximenaflores2013]

Honestly my biggest issue with a gain phase is the fat gaining part. I'm trying to get over it but its difficult

[@nullflux]

Thanks, doc!

[@dhaferbenmimoun7050]

i love this guy

[@zalez3945]

You sound tired doc

[@themasterecarrillo]

23:35 bro 😂😂😂😂

[@elib2670]

Every time I hear that rp plus music I know we’re gonna get a good dose of Dr phat mike

[@mariusbuciuman307]

Sweet

[@cameront3596]

✌🏾

[@groundzerogaming5319]

Great series.

[@kaganas_edits7551]

How does stress effect on muscle gain?(seriously, just want to know the details how)

[@gulliverdavies9877]

Your body will start breaking down your muscle by utilising amino acids for energy instead of glucose (carbs-muscle glycogen etc.) as a direct result of the higher cortisol environment

[@MrTas44]

Gulliver Davies does that mean in you are stressed you should consume more protein than normally required to prevent this

[@gulliverdavies9877]

@@MrTas44 no just focus on being less stressed

[@MrTas44]

Gulliver Davies well wouldn’t that be great haha but let’s say you can’t it would make sense if you consume more amino acids so you’re muscles don’t get touched

[@gulliverdavies9877]

@@MrTas44 it wouldn’t make a difference anymore protein than a gram per lbs of bw isn’t going to offset catabolism as a result of stress

[@RedRascal15]

I hope the next series is on how to eat on the toilet with explosive diarrhea.