Mike Israetel

We're in San Jose. I like the mumbling. It's a little safer here. Don't worry. Thank you so much. Yeah, good talking to you, Mike.

We're in San Jose. I like the mumbling. It's a little safer here. Don't worry. Thank you so much. Yeah, good talking to you, Mike.

Peace out.

Peace out.

Peace out.

You weren't here for F1? No. Loud noises scare me, so I would stay away from that sort of thing. I'm kidding. It sounds awesome. I've never actually been to a Formula race in real life, and my videographer and business partner on YouTube, huge Formula One fan. He has the app and everything, live streams all the races and stuff. Are you big into that sort of thing?

You weren't here for F1? No. Loud noises scare me, so I would stay away from that sort of thing. I'm kidding. It sounds awesome. I've never actually been to a Formula race in real life, and my videographer and business partner on YouTube, huge Formula One fan. He has the app and everything, live streams all the races and stuff. Are you big into that sort of thing?

That's really cool. Yeah. I make a lot of race car analogies when it comes to athletics and stuff. So if I make them here, you can correct me and say, I'm using them wrong.

That's really cool. Yeah. I make a lot of race car analogies when it comes to athletics and stuff. So if I make them here, you can correct me and say, I'm using them wrong.

Where'd you grow up? Moscow, Russia before that. And I do have memories of it and all that stuff. And then the metropolitan Detroit area after that all the way until college. So a place called Oak Park, Michigan, which you can find on a map and that's about it.

Where'd you grow up? Moscow, Russia before that. And I do have memories of it and all that stuff. And then the metropolitan Detroit area after that all the way until college. So a place called Oak Park, Michigan, which you can find on a map and that's about it.

Were you into grappling at the time? I had wrestled in high school and then I just wasn't very good at it. And I just absolutely was not dedicated to it for a few reasons, which are sort of boring. But I got into lifting hardcore towards the middle and end of high school. And then by the time I was in college, I was gearing up to start competing in powerlifting.

Were you into grappling at the time? I had wrestled in high school and then I just wasn't very good at it. And I just absolutely was not dedicated to it for a few reasons, which are sort of boring. But I got into lifting hardcore towards the middle and end of high school. And then by the time I was in college, I was gearing up to start competing in powerlifting.

And so I actually started the Michigan Powerlifting Club. We started kind of a team and we went to meets and all that stuff. So I was a competitive power lifter in my undergraduate years.

And so I actually started the Michigan Powerlifting Club. We started kind of a team and we went to meets and all that stuff. So I was a competitive power lifter in my undergraduate years.

So squat plus bench plus deadlift equals total. And the person with the biggest total for their weight class or absolute or by formula wins the whole thing.

So squat plus bench plus deadlift equals total. And the person with the biggest total for their weight class or absolute or by formula wins the whole thing.

Got a master's. In the exercise science field, going straight from undergraduate to a PhD is very rare. Usually you need a lot more preparatory work because the undergraduate curriculum typically just doesn't teach you a whole lot of applied super specialized exercise science. I learned anatomy and physiology very well.

Got a master's. In the exercise science field, going straight from undergraduate to a PhD is very rare. Usually you need a lot more preparatory work because the undergraduate curriculum typically just doesn't teach you a whole lot of applied super specialized exercise science. I learned anatomy and physiology very well.

But much more general curriculum, especially at an R01 school like Michigan, they didn't super hyper-specialize. I learned almost nothing about sports whatsoever. I must have had like two bullet points of how to resistance train in any one of my classes in Michigan. Oh, absolutely. Yeah. Resistance training wasn't even the big focus there. It was...