Dr. Mike Answers Your Biggest Training, Cardio, Diet, and Supplement Questions
RP Strength Podcast
Dr. Mike Israetel, Nick Shaw
4.7 • 582 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Want to get even more jacked? Grab the RP Hypertrophy App for your training, and maximize your gym efforts with the RP Diet Coach App to nail your nutrition.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro, Mike's sickness, Nick's shoulder, and training downtime
05:05 Beginner weight selection and progressive overload
06:34 When to switch exercises in a program
10:23 Can lower weight and higher-volume lifting still grow muscle?
13:37 Deep stretch, hypertrophy, and what we know from research
15:29 Adding CrossFit, cardio, or running to strength training
19:02 Bodybuilders, strongman potential, and natural physique limits
20:35 What to do when the same muscle keeps getting injured
23:25 Power work, lifting, and jiu jitsu performance
25:16 Brain fog while cutting and practical diet adjustments
26:36 Carb timing versus total carb intake
28:36 Protein needs while bulking
30:42 Can natural bodybuilders get to 8% body fat?
32:04 Best cardio for fat loss and why steps matter
34:34 Emphasizing weak muscle groups while cutting
35:59 Artificial sweeteners during a cut
38:37 Over-the-counter test boosters
39:48 Peptides, GLP-1s, growth hormone secretagogues, and supplement caveats
44:23 Getting bigger while doing jiu jitsu and managing training tradeoffs
48:26 Sport-specific lifting for surfing and other action sports
53:55 Wrap-up
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome everyone to the Arbys Sink podcast. I am Nick Shaw and folks I am just delighted |
| 0:11.0 | fired up here. Dr. Mike's back man. What's up Dr. Mike? |
| 0:15.0 | Nick, thanks so much for having me on. I was sick as a dog. |
| 0:23.3 | As a dog, roof, woof. |
| 0:28.6 | I don't know. Like, his dog get real sick or something? I don't know where that expression came from, but I'm on one week of no lifting and one week of being really sick. |
| 0:36.1 | And I haven't gotten really better yet. |
| 0:39.6 | What do you think you got sick from? |
| 0:40.9 | A little bit of travel? |
| 0:41.8 | Because I know, |
| 0:42.1 | well, |
| 0:42.3 | you were on vacation not too long, |
| 0:43.6 | right? |
| 0:44.4 | Yep. |
| 0:44.8 | I definitely didn't get sick there because it was too long. |
| 0:46.9 | The time between and the vacation of me getting sick. |
| 0:50.4 | But Scott, |
| 0:51.6 | the video guy had something similar to me. |
| 0:53.2 | Maybe I got that from him. |
| 0:54.4 | Another thing is I was given that TED talk or whatever. |
| 1:02.0 | Oh, yeah. |
| 1:03.8 | There was one girl there who was part of the production team. |
| 1:07.3 | They did an amazing job. |
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