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RP Strength Podcast

Fasted Cardio, VO2 Max & Building a Better Fat-Burning Machine With Dr. Mike T Nelson

RP Strength Podcast

Dr. Mike Israetel, Nick Shaw

Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.7582 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 69 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.

 

Dr. Mike T. Nelson's Links: 

https://www.instagram.com/drmiketnelson/

 miketnelson.com

 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:05:45 - Dr. Mike T. Nelson's background

00:07:20 - Defining metabolic flexibility and fuel switching

00:09:00 - Genetic components of metabolism and the Pima Indian studies

00:15:30 - Training your body to become more efficient at burning fat

00:20:15 - Why carbohydrates are the preferred fuel for high-intensity power

00:29:48 - The truth about fasted cardio for physique athletes

00:39:21 - Using HRV to gauge recovery and cardio volume

00:41:28 - High protein diets (1.5g+ per lb) and hunger management

00:53:37 - NEAT and the subconscious reduction of movement during dieting

01:04:07 - The importance of VO2 Max for recovery in the offseason

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome, everyone to the Arby Strength podcast. I'm Nick Shaw, joined by Dr. Mike. However, however,

0:13.8

not the Dr. Mike that everyone's probably expecting. Dr. Mike is Rital, co-founder of RP, of course, one of my best friends,

0:25.9

is not on today. He's been all over the place. He's, listen, he lives up in Michigan where it's

0:31.2

very cold. The other Dr. Mike that we have on here, I'm going to introduce him here just a second,

0:35.1

also lives up somewhere very, very cold. But RP, Dr. Mike is down in Florida. He's doing it for the whole month of February. He's doing a bunch of recording with Scott the video guy and that crew. We've got some clabs and stuff set up down there. So I was like, you know what? Nothing could be better than having another Dr. Mike on. So we have Dr. Mike T. Nelson, someone that I've known in the industry a really long time.

0:58.0

Mike,

0:58.2

how do you? better than having another Dr. Mike on. So we have Dr. Mike T. Nelson, someone I've known in the

0:55.8

industry a really long time. Mike, how are you doing? I'm good. Thank you so much for having me

1:01.9

here. And I'm jealous that other Dr. Mike fled Michigan for freaking Florida, but I can't blame

1:07.5

them for doing that. Yeah, although right now I don't have a whole lot of room

1:12.6

to talk. So I live in Charlotte, North Carolina, but this past weekend, we got, I mean, in some

1:17.9

places, almost a foot of snow. Like, in my house, something like eight inches of snow, which is,

1:23.6

is wild. My understanding is it's, I've been down here 10 years. It's the most snow I've

1:29.4

ever seen here. My understanding is that it's about 25 years since the last amount of snow

1:34.4

that's been, you know, about like this, which is pretty wild. It takes it back to almost

1:38.4

the, you know, the year 2000, 2001. So pretty crazy. But Mike, you live up in the fine state of Minnesota. Minnesota. Yep,

1:47.7

a little chilly here. It's actually warm today. It's like in the mid 20s. Like last week was in the

1:55.8

before we left, we were out of town for a little while. Before we left, it was 18 below Fahrenheit in the

2:00.4

morning. That's insane. Yeah, that's a little while. Before we left, it was 18 below Fahrenheit in the morning.

2:01.5

That's insane. Yeah, that's a little bit, even for me, that's a little bit too cold, you know, that, below zero, that's just stupid.

2:11.1

So you think about it because you say it's 20 degrees in warm out, but you're talking almost a 40 degree difference there. That's insane. That's like

2:18.1

going from 20 to 60. And you're like, oh, exactly. That's great. Wild. So, listen, I have to think

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