2595: Mike Istraetel Unplugged (Explicit Content)

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Mike Israetel

How powerful is muscle memory? (1:35)
The amount of strength training required for the average person to build muscle. (10:01)
Why in some cases doing less is best. (14:57)
His demons and sharing his own personal journey. (19:00)
Balancing relationships, family, and business. (23:20)
GLP-1s are here to stay! (29:21)
Any downsides to myostatin-inhibiting drugs? (35:05)
Hot takes on reverse dieting. (38:45)
Science-based vs. being a practitioner. (52:48)
Calling out the cortisol junkies. (58:52)
Why going down the difficult route is how you are going to get in shape. (1:05:30)
What advice has he changed his mind on? (1:12:14)
Highlighting the indirect results of taking a GLP-1. (1:16:48)
The downstream negative effects of “exercise in a pill.” (1:21:26)

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Featured Guest/People Mentioned

Michael Israetel (@drmikeisraetel) Instagram
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Eric Helms (@helms3dmj) Instagram
Hany Rambod (@hanyrambod) Instagram
Layne Norton, Ph.D. (@biolayne) Instagram
Melissa Davis, PhD (@regressive_underload) Instagram

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.
0:06.3	Mind pump.
0:07.1	Mind pump with your hosts.
0:09.2	Sal DeStefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.4	You just found the most downloaded fitness, health, and entertainment podcast.
0:16.8	This is Mind Pump.
0:18.5	All right.
0:19.5	This episode is one of my favorites ever.
0:21.7	We finally got Dr. Mike Israel Tell on the podcast.
0:25.3	You know who he is.
0:26.3	By the way, warning this episode has lots of colorful language and topics.
0:32.7	It's we haven't laughed this hard in a long time.
0:35.1	But also good stuff.
0:36.0	Talk about fitness and muscle building, the science behind it.
0:39.5	So it's a very entertaining but also educational episode.
0:43.5	Again, this is not, this, you know, parental advice here.
0:47.3	This is colorful, colorful episode.
0:49.5	So, but we know you're going to love this episode, especially if you're fan of his.
0:52.9	By the way, you can find him on Instagram at Dr. Mike Israel.
0:56.2	It's I-S-R-A-E-T-E-L.
0:59.7	Now, this episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Viori.
1:03.3	So Viori Clothing is the best that leisure wear, I think, in the world.
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