Mike Israetel

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...

chronic disease management, health, stuff like that, clinical application. And so right after that, I went to get my master's degree at Appalachian State University under Dr. Travis Triplett and Dr. Jeff McBride. And that was a swell time. That was a subspecialty of exercise science. It was actually strength and conditioning. So much closer to what I was super passionate about.

chronic disease management, health, stuff like that, clinical application. And so right after that, I went to get my master's degree at Appalachian State University under Dr. Travis Triplett and Dr. Jeff McBride. And that was a swell time. That was a subspecialty of exercise science. It was actually strength and conditioning. So much closer to what I was super passionate about.

And then I did one year as a personal trainer. It's like jail. I did a year upstate. So a year in Manhattan with my colleague, Mr. Nick Shaw, who's now the co-founder and CEO of our company, RP. And we got a chance to train folks at a private personal training studio in Manhattan. You know, like CTOs of major companies, really crazy stuff.

And then I did one year as a personal trainer. It's like jail. I did a year upstate. So a year in Manhattan with my colleague, Mr. Nick Shaw, who's now the co-founder and CEO of our company, RP. And we got a chance to train folks at a private personal training studio in Manhattan. You know, like CTOs of major companies, really crazy stuff.

Like I had never met like a truly, truly rich person up until I met someone who was worth like 50 million. And I was like, oh my God. Turns out there's just really nice, cool people that are really chill and have the same problems everyone else does, trying to get in shape.

Like I had never met like a truly, truly rich person up until I met someone who was worth like 50 million. And I was like, oh my God. Turns out there's just really nice, cool people that are really chill and have the same problems everyone else does, trying to get in shape.

So I did that for a year, realized I didn't know enough, and then was enrolled into the PhD program at East Tennessee State University under Dr. Mike Stone. And that was in sport physiology, which Dr. Stone described as the science of taking good athletes and making them better. And that was a really, really amazing time. I probably learned more in that three years than I had in, I don't know,

So I did that for a year, realized I didn't know enough, and then was enrolled into the PhD program at East Tennessee State University under Dr. Mike Stone. And that was in sport physiology, which Dr. Stone described as the science of taking good athletes and making them better. And that was a really, really amazing time. I probably learned more in that three years than I had in, I don't know,

Outside of learning how to read and how to do math, probably more than I ever learned at school ever. Totally immersive. Got to work with teams, got to work with athletes, strength and conditioning coach. Truly sports science work. We integrate all of the variables, sport coaching, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, nutrition, the whole gamut. Incredible experience.

Outside of learning how to read and how to do math, probably more than I ever learned at school ever. Totally immersive. Got to work with teams, got to work with athletes, strength and conditioning coach. Truly sports science work. We integrate all of the variables, sport coaching, strength and conditioning, sports medicine, nutrition, the whole gamut. Incredible experience.

Got a PhD there and then taught at the University of Central Missouri for a while, taught at Temple University in Philadelphia for a while. and then went full depth into private industry because we had founded RP, our company, during the time that I was in PhD program.

Got a PhD there and then taught at the University of Central Missouri for a while, taught at Temple University in Philadelphia for a while. and then went full depth into private industry because we had founded RP, our company, during the time that I was in PhD program.

And sometime during the Temple years, it became apparent that I was much more productive not teaching than I was teaching because there was so much to do with the company. Took some time away from teaching, came back to teach under my friend, Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, who's kind of the world expert scientifically in muscle hypertrophy. I taught at his master's program for a while.

And sometime during the Temple years, it became apparent that I was much more productive not teaching than I was teaching because there was so much to do with the company. Took some time away from teaching, came back to teach under my friend, Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, who's kind of the world expert scientifically in muscle hypertrophy. I taught at his master's program for a while.

And then I left that recently to just do private industry full time.

And then I left that recently to just do private industry full time.

2020 is when we started. Okay. Peak COVID. Sorry if I get your podcast canceled by mentioning that term. Honestly, when we record YouTube videos at our at-home studio, which is where most of them happen, if I drop the C word, Scott, the video guy's like, different take. We one take almost everything and that we roll back.

2020 is when we started. Okay. Peak COVID. Sorry if I get your podcast canceled by mentioning that term. Honestly, when we record YouTube videos at our at-home studio, which is where most of them happen, if I drop the C word, Scott, the video guy's like, different take. We one take almost everything and that we roll back.

The algorithm will flag it and I'll put all COVID morning and it does have some- Do I have to cut this out? Unlikely. All right. Well, it's a medical podcast. If you can't talk about COVID, I have no idea where we are anymore. Okay.