Mike Israetel

And then they're looking for, like, I train 12 times a week. I train eight hours a day. I like training my training. I train my training as, like, a union job in the fucking 70s in Pittsburgh. Yeah. I fucking clock in. I fucking get in the iron mill. I fucking clock out. I fucking look at my family all wrong and eat the fucking Salisbury steak while looking at my wife all wrong.

And then they're looking for, like, I train 12 times a week. I train eight hours a day. I like training my training. I train my training as, like, a union job in the fucking 70s in Pittsburgh. Yeah. I fucking clock in. I fucking get in the iron mill. I fucking clock out. I fucking look at my family all wrong and eat the fucking Salisbury steak while looking at my wife all wrong.

And then they're looking for, like, I train 12 times a week. I train eight hours a day. I like training my training. I train my training as, like, a union job in the fucking 70s in Pittsburgh. Yeah. I fucking clock in. I fucking get in the iron mill. I fucking clock out. I fucking look at my family all wrong and eat the fucking Salisbury steak while looking at my wife all wrong.

He gets a fucking lifestyle. The thing is you can get a huge amount of gains doing fractions of that work. And I think a lot of people, two things, want to hear that because like, oh my God, like I didn't have these great gains and really only spend like three hours at the gym per week.

He gets a fucking lifestyle. The thing is you can get a huge amount of gains doing fractions of that work. And I think a lot of people, two things, want to hear that because like, oh my God, like I didn't have these great gains and really only spend like three hours at the gym per week.

He gets a fucking lifestyle. The thing is you can get a huge amount of gains doing fractions of that work. And I think a lot of people, two things, want to hear that because like, oh my God, like I didn't have these great gains and really only spend like three hours at the gym per week.

But also I think some people low key kind of subconsciously don't want to hear that because thinking that getting a better physique and getting much leaner and looking way younger is And it's going to require some effort. Thinking that it requires so much effort that you will never be able to do it is a great like cope mechanism excuse to keep in your back pocket.

But also I think some people low key kind of subconsciously don't want to hear that because thinking that getting a better physique and getting much leaner and looking way younger is And it's going to require some effort. Thinking that it requires so much effort that you will never be able to do it is a great like cope mechanism excuse to keep in your back pocket.

But also I think some people low key kind of subconsciously don't want to hear that because thinking that getting a better physique and getting much leaner and looking way younger is And it's going to require some effort. Thinking that it requires so much effort that you will never be able to do it is a great like cope mechanism excuse to keep in your back pocket.

Because when you look at that guy that's your age, but he's jacked and shredded and you're like, well, I have a family and I have kids. And then you see he has like triplets he's walking with, fuck.

Because when you look at that guy that's your age, but he's jacked and shredded and you're like, well, I have a family and I have kids. And then you see he has like triplets he's walking with, fuck.

Because when you look at that guy that's your age, but he's jacked and shredded and you're like, well, I have a family and I have kids. And then you see he has like triplets he's walking with, fuck.

that excuse doesn't work anymore at least you can tell yourself you're hard working american you pay taxes well he's a degenerate that lives in the gym and the reality is like you can have most of what he has and spend two or three hours at gym a week a lot of people want to hear that a lot of people don't want to hear that yeah i think the other the other part of it too mike and i'd love your input on this is a lot of us we don't do what's optimal we just push what's what we can tolerate and so we're in the gym more than is necessary

that excuse doesn't work anymore at least you can tell yourself you're hard working american you pay taxes well he's a degenerate that lives in the gym and the reality is like you can have most of what he has and spend two or three hours at gym a week a lot of people want to hear that a lot of people don't want to hear that yeah i think the other the other part of it too mike and i'd love your input on this is a lot of us we don't do what's optimal we just push what's what we can tolerate and so we're in the gym more than is necessary

that excuse doesn't work anymore at least you can tell yourself you're hard working american you pay taxes well he's a degenerate that lives in the gym and the reality is like you can have most of what he has and spend two or three hours at gym a week a lot of people want to hear that a lot of people don't want to hear that yeah i think the other the other part of it too mike and i'd love your input on this is a lot of us we don't do what's optimal we just push what's what we can tolerate and so we're in the gym more than is necessary

Yeah, there's no way to figure out how you're going to get your best gains unless you experiment with training much less than you typically do, around the amount that you typically do, and much more than you typically do. And you do each one of these for weeks and weeks and even months if you can, and you very objectively analyze the result. In some cases, doing way less is the best.

Yeah, there's no way to figure out how you're going to get your best gains unless you experiment with training much less than you typically do, around the amount that you typically do, and much more than you typically do. And you do each one of these for weeks and weeks and even months if you can, and you very objectively analyze the result. In some cases, doing way less is the best.

Yeah, there's no way to figure out how you're going to get your best gains unless you experiment with training much less than you typically do, around the amount that you typically do, and much more than you typically do. And you do each one of these for weeks and weeks and even months if you can, and you very objectively analyze the result. In some cases, doing way less is the best.

In some cases, what you figured out over the years probably works really well. And in many cases, good news or bad news, is like, well, the more you do, uh, the better you get. Um, I have a friend who just, uh, he's, he's in his, um, uh, fuck it. It's Eric Helms. I don't know if you guys know who he is. He's a natural pro bodybuilder. He's in his early forties.

In some cases, what you figured out over the years probably works really well. And in many cases, good news or bad news, is like, well, the more you do, uh, the better you get. Um, I have a friend who just, uh, he's, he's in his, um, uh, fuck it. It's Eric Helms. I don't know if you guys know who he is. He's a natural pro bodybuilder. He's in his early forties.