Mike Israetel

I typically walk around at like five, six, 230 pounds with like faint glutes, striations. I would be fucking insane to think that's not like tank shit. Of course it's tank shit. I actually had a fucking, this one guy who worked at a gym, um, a security guard when I was a professor at temple is only, only black people have certain phrasings that are just fucking unbelievable.

I typically walk around at like five, six, 230 pounds with like faint glutes, striations. I would be fucking insane to think that's not like tank shit. Of course it's tank shit. I actually had a fucking, this one guy who worked at a gym, um, a security guard when I was a professor at temple is only, only black people have certain phrasings that are just fucking unbelievable.

I typically walk around at like five, six, 230 pounds with like faint glutes, striations. I would be fucking insane to think that's not like tank shit. Of course it's tank shit. I actually had a fucking, this one guy who worked at a gym, um, a security guard when I was a professor at temple is only, only black people have certain phrasings that are just fucking unbelievable.

He looks me up and down. He's like, man, you want some tank shit, huh? I was like, I am on tank shit, sir. Thank you so much. So, you know, I don't actually think I'm not jacked. However, there are parts of my look I do not like. The love handles, fucking lifetime of combat against that. I finally was like, fuck it, I'm getting cut out. That's going to be a big deal.

He looks me up and down. He's like, man, you want some tank shit, huh? I was like, I am on tank shit, sir. Thank you so much. So, you know, I don't actually think I'm not jacked. However, there are parts of my look I do not like. The love handles, fucking lifetime of combat against that. I finally was like, fuck it, I'm getting cut out. That's going to be a big deal.

He looks me up and down. He's like, man, you want some tank shit, huh? I was like, I am on tank shit, sir. Thank you so much. So, you know, I don't actually think I'm not jacked. However, there are parts of my look I do not like. The love handles, fucking lifetime of combat against that. I finally was like, fuck it, I'm getting cut out. That's going to be a big deal.

And I have another like one really big demon. I have yet to put a physique on the bodybuilding stage that I think is like – And that's it right there. That is appropriately shredded and has all the things I like in a physique. I'm not trying to look like Dexter Jackson or some shit, Phil Heath. That's never going to happen. But have I reached my best look that I could? No.

And I have another like one really big demon. I have yet to put a physique on the bodybuilding stage that I think is like – And that's it right there. That is appropriately shredded and has all the things I like in a physique. I'm not trying to look like Dexter Jackson or some shit, Phil Heath. That's never going to happen. But have I reached my best look that I could? No.

And I have another like one really big demon. I have yet to put a physique on the bodybuilding stage that I think is like – And that's it right there. That is appropriately shredded and has all the things I like in a physique. I'm not trying to look like Dexter Jackson or some shit, Phil Heath. That's never going to happen. But have I reached my best look that I could? No.

Do I have a hang up about that? Yeah, I'd like to do it. And so I'm still fighting the good fight. I'll be competing again almost certainly in 2026. Okay. I think I could have bigger arms. I think I could have bigger shoulders, but is it more of like, I already know I'm jacked and lean and this is just looking for like that extra extra. Yeah. Do I love my physique all the time?

Do I have a hang up about that? Yeah, I'd like to do it. And so I'm still fighting the good fight. I'll be competing again almost certainly in 2026. Okay. I think I could have bigger arms. I think I could have bigger shoulders, but is it more of like, I already know I'm jacked and lean and this is just looking for like that extra extra. Yeah. Do I love my physique all the time?

Do I have a hang up about that? Yeah, I'd like to do it. And so I'm still fighting the good fight. I'll be competing again almost certainly in 2026. Okay. I think I could have bigger arms. I think I could have bigger shoulders, but is it more of like, I already know I'm jacked and lean and this is just looking for like that extra extra. Yeah. Do I love my physique all the time?

I'm not in, I'm not in love with it. So like, for example, now the love handles are gone. I look way better, but I also like genetically just have like a bigger gut. And like, I don't know if you guys have seen, like I can do this thing where I like relax and my gut looks huge. And then I can do a real legit vacuum pose in the next second. It looks kind of wild. Like, I don't love having a gut.

I'm not in, I'm not in love with it. So like, for example, now the love handles are gone. I look way better, but I also like genetically just have like a bigger gut. And like, I don't know if you guys have seen, like I can do this thing where I like relax and my gut looks huge. And then I can do a real legit vacuum pose in the next second. It looks kind of wild. Like, I don't love having a gut.

I'm not in, I'm not in love with it. So like, for example, now the love handles are gone. I look way better, but I also like genetically just have like a bigger gut. And like, I don't know if you guys have seen, like I can do this thing where I like relax and my gut looks huge. And then I can do a real legit vacuum pose in the next second. It looks kind of wild. Like, I don't love having a gut.

I've had a gut my whole life. Am I like infatuated with that? No, I think it looks fucking awful. I think it looks objectively awful. There's no one that's like, no, actually it looks great. Like that's bullshit. So at the same time, I have like ridiculous pecs. Like my pecs are like straight up obnoxious looking. I have humongous triceps. My quads, I haven't trained in a year.

I've had a gut my whole life. Am I like infatuated with that? No, I think it looks fucking awful. I think it looks objectively awful. There's no one that's like, no, actually it looks great. Like that's bullshit. So at the same time, I have like ridiculous pecs. Like my pecs are like straight up obnoxious looking. I have humongous triceps. My quads, I haven't trained in a year.

I've had a gut my whole life. Am I like infatuated with that? No, I think it looks fucking awful. I think it looks objectively awful. There's no one that's like, no, actually it looks great. Like that's bullshit. So at the same time, I have like ridiculous pecs. Like my pecs are like straight up obnoxious looking. I have humongous triceps. My quads, I haven't trained in a year.

because they got outlandish and threw off the rest of my physique and to be honest they barely shrunk but the fuck okay fine so i'm just gonna like start training my legs again and full send the shit who cares so like there's parts of my body that are fucking awesome and i love and there's parts of my body that i don't love it's like a marriage you don't love everything about your wife or in some of your case fellow's husband i know y'all from california that's how you do and so just a guy you know at the bar who cares um and

because they got outlandish and threw off the rest of my physique and to be honest they barely shrunk but the fuck okay fine so i'm just gonna like start training my legs again and full send the shit who cares so like there's parts of my body that are fucking awesome and i love and there's parts of my body that i don't love it's like a marriage you don't love everything about your wife or in some of your case fellow's husband i know y'all from california that's how you do and so just a guy you know at the bar who cares um and