251: Mike Israetel - The Truth of Progress

[@NorthernSpartan]

Mike is freaking awesome. Never get tired listening to him. Watched every single video with him on the internet too LOL

[@ReviveStronger]

Haha that's good to hear, thank you so much for watching! - Coach Jess

[@craigskelly2812]

Haah! This is so true, me also😂👊

[@dah_bard1160]

god damn man that hundreds of hours, good on you, I'm binging the advanced hypertrophy tools lecture series rn

[@sheasydoesit]

Ditto 👍😍

[@punkandlifting]

Look at that. I literally just jumped on the treadmill for cardio. Perfect timing.

[@kimmcoutino]

Amazing

[@ReviveStronger]

Perfect, thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@BorisK296]

Dr. Mike is my spirit person.

[@ReviveStronger]

Haha that's awesome, thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@rockyevans1584]

Spirit sayan**

[@rockyevans1584]

@Damien Vivaan you drunk?

[@rockyevans1584]

@Rudy Justice quit drugs

[@SimonMSvensson]

DrMike and Steve is always a good combo!

[@ReviveStronger]

Indeed! Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@trevorgirvan7885]

both you fine gents have changed my entire bodybuilding path with these podcasts you guys are a beacon of light- keep doing your thing god bless

[@ReviveStronger]

That's so sweet of you to say, we're glad it's being helpful, thanks for tuning in! - Coach Jess

[@danlee9109]

Mike you are the man bro. Just so you know. This is your revolution and we are all your soldiers looking to you looking to you our leader

[@ReviveStronger]

That’s kinda scary 😂 thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@patrickbarney7054]

Midterms done, nice treat🤩

[@ReviveStronger]

Haha hope everything went well, man! Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@PolyOntology]

Thanks for asking him about the egg study, I asked about it over on an RP webinar but I doubt it’ll get answered there. I think the calories were equated though, so it’d be interesting to hear some theories on the mechanisms there.

[@ReviveStronger]

You're very welcome, as always more answers bring more questions hahaha! - Coach Jess

[@majinzanza]

Pure gold! These help me so much with my Mesocycle planning and progression. Thanks!

[@ReviveStronger]

Great to hear, you're very welcome! - Coach Jess

[@standUpForTurtles]

I'm all about Mike. The algorithm keeps throwing up new and old podcasts and interviews. I'm consciously prioritizing strength over hypertrophy. I'd enjoy being bigger and more jacked if I didn't have to sacrifice strength progression. I'm new to resistance training and only started because of an osteoporosis diagnosis. As far as I understand the research lifting heavier contributes more to bone density than other training approaches.

[@14SoccerLee]

Awesome content, such good information as always from Revive Stronger and RP!

[@ReviveStronger]

Much appreciated, thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@iamindin001]

Whenever a podcast with Dr. Israetel comes up - I HAVE to watch it!

[@ReviveStronger]

Hope you enjoyed it, thanks for watching :) - Coach Jess

[@kyledavies8889]

There is a study that matched calories in full fat milk (237g) vs an isocalorically matched fat free milk (393g) and the full fat milk still resulted in higher protein synthesis even though the fat free milk was higher in protein, carbs and leucine. Elliot et al 2006 is the study

[@naturelpowerliftingbrucewa7124]

Strange

[@ReviveStronger]

That's definitely strange, I'm keen to see the study design, and replications! Thanks for sharing! - Coach Jess

[@BearFackerr]

Holy shit, the last question is EX-FUCKING-AXCTLY what I am wondering for weeks now after my first meso and watching the RP training video. You are the man, Steve!

[@ReviveStronger]

Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@The10Daniel10]

Dr Mike is the GOAT

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for watching :) - Coach Jess

[@michieldeboeck4869]

Mike really puts out great and fantastic information. I learned so much from him. If he could just admit that training to true failure involves bar speed slowing, we are on the honnest path again

[@masonnowak5660]

When did he say it doesn't?

[@michieldeboeck4869]

@@masonnowak5660 ask Lyle McDonald

[@masonnowak5660]

@@michieldeboeck4869 I'd prefer not to

[@michieldeboeck4869]

@@masonnowak5660 to bad. His last video is hilarious and real science based 🙃

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for watching and I won't elaborate on that last bit lol. - Coach Jess

[@justincollins2804]

I needed to hear a lot of this, thanks!

[@ReviveStronger]

Glad it was helpful, thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@Wealth.is.Health]

Amazing as always. GOAT combo

[@ReviveStronger]

Awesome to hear, thanks so much for the support! - Coach Jess

[@Lehajri]

Tyvm for the last question, i was frustrated with RIR and just burned myself faster before i even hit Peak week, now i will just go with "Mini PRs" and just follow the plan 👍🏼

[@ReviveStronger]

You got this, glad it was helpful! - Coach Jess

[@Weak1987]

Well. I'll be honest, you weren't my first, but you were the second BB podcast I started watching. First was Sigma Nutrition podcast, sorry :D But I haven't been following his podcast for years already nowadays, but instead yours is the number one I do listen.

[@ReviveStronger]

Haha we do love Danny too so no jealousy here :p Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@jasminetitova7096]

I needed to hear this - thank you!!

[@ReviveStronger]

You are so welcome, thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@mconcepcion752]

I actually put my leg training on the back burner to focus on my upper body as I'm trying to be a competitive armwrestler. Luckily my legs grow and maintain their size easier compared to my incredibly stubborn arms.

[@ReviveStronger]

That's super cool and makes sense :D Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@michelbeaudet2605]

Love the timestamps

[@ReviveStronger]

Gald it's helpful, thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@yushy5816]

mike always delivers

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for watching :) - Coach Jess

[@granitcurri902]

A lot of credit to both of you guys

[@ReviveStronger]

Thank you so much! - Coach Jess

[@trainlikeahmed9979]

im watching this now , sooo when is mike gonne ba on fouad podcast ? hahaha would love to see that

[@ReviveStronger]

Not sure yet but that would be amazing! Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@wesfin]

0:44-11:30, 37:40-46:40, 45:50-1:00:00, 1:08:30-1:15:45

[@Madevilz]

Petition to have Mike on Fouad's podcast.

[@ReviveStronger]

Hahaha got to get the message across to Fouad! - Coach Jess

[@damonfyfe5828]

YES!!

[@troy3423]

Of course Mike doesn't have to train calves. Lucky bastard! next bulk im going to specialize for my legs

[@ReviveStronger]

Haha some people are luckier than others I guess^^ Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@AL3XGZa]

Like for Mike

[@ReviveStronger]

Hope you enjoyed! - Coach Jess

[@lulusehnihpi8901]

Ive been lifting for 6 years now kind of like a complete scrub that makes a new program every week xD and this video literally changed every thing ive ever based my training around. i hope this stops my fully body plateau XDD

[@ReviveStronger]

That's great to hear, thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@jacobsherwood1655]

Mike underwent some serious eyelid hypertrophy training in this video

[@ReviveStronger]

Haha he sure did^^ Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@thevalleyofdisappointment]

18:09 Steve mentioned "Mel's" book on habits... any chance of a link?

[@ReviveStronger]

Of course, there you go :renaissanceperiodization.com/evidence-based-habit-building Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@Tyyppi14]

What is Dr.Mike's take on not "feeling the target muscle working" even though the exercise is biomechanically impossible to do without the target muscle contracting? For example if someone were to do barbell bench press with good technique and proper programming but would not really feel his pecs all that well, would you still recommend this exercise for someone? Because to my understanding it is impossible not to use your pecs when performing the bench press/chest press machines when using proper technique. So how much of a factor is "feel" when choosing exercises for hypertrophy if the exercise is otherwise sufficient? Love this podcast and Dr Mike! Greetings from Finland.

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for the question, Otto! You can ask this question on our Facebook group, Steve will make a post to submit questions for the next Q&A with Mike :) As to try to answer your question, I think it's about the magnitude of MMC. So you could have near perfection technique but not feel your pecs much on a bench press, which would still provide some hypertrophy. But there could be another exercise or variation like dumbbells press that could give you hypertrophy and a better MMC, which I would almost always advise then! But Mike would have a better answer haha! - Coach Jess

[@Tyyppi14]

Okay thank you so much!!

[@Mikaeel84]

Damn Mike doubled his dose on this one.

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@ColeDano]

Big ups, innit.

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for watching :) - Coach Jess

[@JimmyWayne7]

Can steroids potentially be a healthier route to go if you want to get decently big? At least healthier on your joints and overall skeletal structure since you don't have to lift as long or hard to achieve results

[@ReviveStronger]

That would be a question to ask Mike on the next Q&A with him or on his IG or their weekly webinar with James :) - Coach Jess

[@casgroentjes3265]

I'm very curious about this as well. Did this get answered?

[@realfinepork7308]

I would think it's the opposite since aas are really good for making your muscles big and strong, but don't do much for your connective tissue: much stronger muscles + same joints -> snap city; and that disregarding a whole host of side effects of aas

[@kaganas_edits7551]

So if you dont reach local mrv on some muscle group: either you need to add more wheight faster, or nees to specialise

[@ReviveStronger]

Those are viable options :) Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@Fazlifts]

Excellent podcast and big ups to all.

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for listening! - Coach Jess

[@luked6995]

Hello all, if you put legs on the back burner, and just work it within the strength rep range, would you still train quads first in a session? Or save them for after your more prioritized muscle groups? Arms then quads(same workout)?😅

[@ReviveStronger]

Strength rep ranges will most likely leave you very fatigued, neurologically too. So if you prioritize something, put if first :) - Coach Jess

[@luked6995]

@@ReviveStronger Thank you😊

[@ScottMys]

Yesssss!!!

[@ReviveStronger]

Hope you enjoyed, thanks for watching, Scott! - Coach Jess

[@matw1x]

Whoa

[@MrTas44]

Don’t do drugs man

[@gamerchristina1079]

💪💪❤️❤️‼️

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks! - Coach Jess

[@MeZoRH]

Would how close you train to failure and how much volume you can handle differ in comparison to naturals and enhanced ? I’ve been a long time subscriber ever since Mike first came on the podcast and to be honest with you I feel as if Naturals need to train closer to failure to induce muscle growth, where as enhanced individual are in a constant state of being anabolic. What do you think ?

[@jacobhate]

I think if anything it's the other way around due to natural vs enhanced recovery capabilities and the stress of going to failure

[@ReviveStronger]

I'm not too sure and I'm sure of only one thing it's that it's also probably very individual dependent, definitely a question to ask for the next Q&A! - Coach Jess

[@joejones8146]

In response to you at around 10:20 - I started training in 2019 at 19, was the least 'sporty' p[erson through school (you can imagine how in UK state schools its you either like it or hate it), but got turned on to training at uni to just lose weight initially. I'm lucky that i'm naturally a very analytical person and honestly couldn't go into a gym without learning actually what to do (maybe I get that from a background in snooker). So in my first month of training I was already watching Mike Israetel, Yourself, John Meadows, etc and absorbing as much as I could. I know now that a lot of the minutia went over my head initially but the key principles stuck, and I think even listening to stuff that would clearly go over me helped initiate myself in the more nuanced way of thinking about this stuff. Physically, I'm no way near anything impressive and definitely don't look like I love this stuff as much as I do - 5'7 at 150lbs around 15-17% bf but if I just compare my own progress to now I'm doing well IMO!

[@ReviveStronger]

That's amazing to hear man, you're definitely starting with an advantage being a critical thinker and being analytical! Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@farmerpewpew]

Pontiac was the best supercar manufacturer

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess

[@coley013]

Nobody made a 6x a week forearm training joke? I need to grow up lol

[@ReviveStronger]

Nooooo hahaha please don't grow up, I'm sad no one made the joke^^ - Coach Jess

[@dustindarby8628]

Who in the world disliked this??

[@ReviveStronger]

Haha I guess you can't be everybody's favorite^^ - Coach Jess

[@aldinstuart5787]

The one dislike is Lyle Mcdonald.

[@DrDeusExMachina]

Lyle who?

[@ReviveStronger]

Lmao, that would prob be accurate^^ - Coach Jess

[@ReviveStronger]

The way Lyle insulted Steve who's genuinely the nicest person in the world was just despicable so chances of having him on are extremely low (aka it'll never happen^^) - Coach Jess

[@NorthernSpartan]

@@ReviveStronger Do you have the link to the video where he got insulted?

[@masonnowak5660]

@Chris he's an asshole, some people just are lol

[@alfaalex101]

As a guy that lives in the 3-4 rep range (been training for 14y now)..this makes me sad. My goal was always to use strength to get to say - a reasonable bench weight (315lb) then simply keep that weight adding reps to make it more hypertrophic. Simply doing high rep high volume of 225lb bench 2-3 reps shy of failure doesn’t seem as hypertrophic as opposed to 315lb.

[@KenanTurkiye]

After 2 years of lifting I was 286 lbs/130 kg (it was the creatine lol). Now (after taming insuline resistance), about 220 lbs/100 kg lol and have abs and serratus showing.

[@KenanTurkiye]

PS: Steve isn't natty (I say that as a compliment). :)

[@gavincunningham2010]

@@KenanTurkiye are you actually accusing Steve of not being natty or is that like a joke?

[@KenanTurkiye]

@@gavincunningham2010 Hi Gavin, have a great day/night buddy, but to find an answer to your question you are welcome to re-read what I wrote. Take care.

[@gavincunningham2010]

@@KenanTurkiye Hi Kenan, you're welcome to answer the question I asked. I just hope you're not foolish enough to accuse Steve of not being natty

[@KenanTurkiye]

@@gavincunningham2010 Oh my. I love you dude. :)

[@OGgrinder]

Mike takes Growth Hormones! Wow I thought he was still natty! 😂

[@ReviveStronger]

YOU DID?! Hahaha Thanks for watching! - Coach Jess