Welcome to the Boom Boom Performance Podcast, your resource for science-based training and nutrition,

data-driven coaching, and education-focused content. Before we get into this podcast, I just want to say

thank you for taking the time to listen and learn with me so that you can apply what you are

about to learn, take my strategies, use these tools, and finally

have some serious methods to see sustainable success with your physique, your mind, and your life.

This podcast was built on the foundation of applied education, and I'm excited for you to be here

so you can have that experience with me. Now without any further ado,

let's get on to the show. Today I had the pleasure of speaking with the one and only

Dr. Mike Isritel. Dr. Mike Isritel is the co-finder of Renaissance periodization, which is a very,

very well-known company, not only in the

coaching world, but in the education space for training and nutrition. He holds a PhD in sports

physiology from East Tennessee State University. He is a former professor of exercise in sports

science in the School of Public Health at Temple University in Philadelphia. He has taught

several courses there, including nutrition for public health, advanced

sports nutrition and exercise, nutrition and behavior, so on and so forth.

He's actually originally from Moscow, Russia, and he has worked as a consultant on sports

nutrition to the U.S. Olympic training site in Johnson City, Tennessee, and has been an

invited speaker at numerous scientific and

performance health slash fitness conferences worldwide. I've actually seen him speak in Philadelphia.

Great speaker. And he's just been all around. He's also a Brazilian jiu-jitsu grappler. He is a

bodybuilder. He's a pretty fascinating guy. And not only that, he's extremely intelligent.

And what I love about Mike is that he brings a scientific approach to hypertrophy.

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