Mike Israetel

So it's really good that we have breaks planned in, but it's also really cool because weight training is one of those things where you get a dose of it, and for days after, under the hood, it's upgrading your body. and your nervous system, and your muscles, and your tendons.

So it's really neat that you can do 20 to 30 minutes of intense physical activity and resistance training, and then for days later be experiencing the actual accrued benefits. Not a lot of things in life like that. It's kind of like getting a college degree for which you pay money, and then earning money with it years later. Ostensibly, anyway, I've never earned any money or had a college degree.

So it's really neat that you can do 20 to 30 minutes of intense physical activity and resistance training, and then for days later be experiencing the actual accrued benefits. Not a lot of things in life like that. It's kind of like getting a college degree for which you pay money, and then earning money with it years later. Ostensibly, anyway, I've never earned any money or had a college degree.

But that's kind of how it works. And you have to understand that when you're entering the gym, if you're training properly, you are asking a lot of your physiology. You are pushing it to its limits. If you're not, you're not using your time best and you're not getting the best outcomes because a lot of the absolute best results come from pushing very, very hard.

But that's kind of how it works. And you have to understand that when you're entering the gym, if you're training properly, you are asking a lot of your physiology. You are pushing it to its limits. If you're not, you're not using your time best and you're not getting the best outcomes because a lot of the absolute best results come from pushing very, very hard.

Not necessarily to limits, but you have to test the limits.

Not necessarily to limits, but you have to test the limits.

from what i understand you have a history of boxing is that correct if you just shadow box it's nice it helps but going hard rounds against multiple fresh opponents even if you're not like collapsing on the floor after you know that like you're looking at the clock and you're like if you don't push it to that level at some point you're not fight ready

from what i understand you have a history of boxing is that correct if you just shadow box it's nice it helps but going hard rounds against multiple fresh opponents even if you're not like collapsing on the floor after you know that like you're looking at the clock and you're like if you don't push it to that level at some point you're not fight ready

So in order to be your best boxing version, every now and again, you have to push it to discomfort, grotesque discomfort. Same with the body. It's nice that you get to do that every now and again, and then you collect the benefits afterwards.

So in order to be your best boxing version, every now and again, you have to push it to discomfort, grotesque discomfort. Same with the body. It's nice that you get to do that every now and again, and then you collect the benefits afterwards.

Plenty of people thought... That's how it works. Mike Menser did that, only in a more extreme version than even Dorian did. Lots of Menser acolytes did it.

Plenty of people thought... That's how it works. Mike Menser did that, only in a more extreme version than even Dorian did. Lots of Menser acolytes did it.

It's not the most efficient or the most effective way to train, but it is quite effective because if you go very close to failure with very heavy loads, all of the subcomponents of your musculature, your motor units, which is the motor neuron and all of the cells that it activates, They'll get recruited and they will be asked to work to their limits.

It's not the most efficient or the most effective way to train, but it is quite effective because if you go very close to failure with very heavy loads, all of the subcomponents of your musculature, your motor units, which is the motor neuron and all of the cells that it activates, They'll get recruited and they will be asked to work to their limits.

They'll take on a great deal of damage and disruption. They'll sense a ton of tension and they'll produce great results for you. The other thing is that the relationship between both intensity and volume of how much you do work in the gym, especially volume, is curvilinear and hyperbolic. So it looks like this.

They'll take on a great deal of damage and disruption. They'll sense a ton of tension and they'll produce great results for you. The other thing is that the relationship between both intensity and volume of how much you do work in the gym, especially volume, is curvilinear and hyperbolic. So it looks like this.

And if people are just listening to this, it means if you do one all-out heart set per muscle group per week, which is not what Dorian did. He did roughly 14 of those per week per muscle group.

And if people are just listening to this, it means if you do one all-out heart set per muscle group per week, which is not what Dorian did. He did roughly 14 of those per week per muscle group.

you get maybe something like 30% of what you could have gotten with five sets because your body has very good sensing mechanisms for tension and metabolites and all these other things that cause muscle growth. And when it detects that you're pushing on the pedal, it'll give you a real good wallop of result.