Getting Psyched Up for the Gym
RP Strength Podcast
Dr. Mike Israetel, Nick Shaw
4.7 • 582 Ratings
🗓️ 23 September 2024
⏱️ 70 minutes
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0:50 Mike always getting recognized
9:25 How to psych up for the gym
10:45 Mike's best psych up
16:50 Nick's psych up jam
20:10 Timing the psych up
24:42 Staying calm when you must
28:30 How much did a T-Rex eat
31:16 Psych up for strength vs hypertrophy
40:21 What to do for high reps
45:45 Negative motivation
48:33 Mike's BJJ psych up
50:44 Flipping the switch
53:01 Predator mentality
1:03:23 Sportsmanship off the field
1:09:29 Mike's fav type of sports movie
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome, everyone to the RP String Podcast. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm Nick Shaw joined by Dr. Mike. |
| 0:08.3 | What's up, man? |
| 0:09.0 | Hey, Nick, how are you? |
| 0:10.0 | Hey, I'm well, Mike. |
| 0:11.1 | Thank you for asking. |
| 0:12.1 | Don't, yeah, don't just mock me right off the start. |
| 0:14.6 | I mean, unbelievable. |
| 0:16.7 | That's what we do here at RP. |
| 0:18.5 | That's what we do. |
| 0:19.4 | We mock each other. |
| 0:21.2 | Mockery is job one. |
| 0:23.9 | The job description goes out. |
| 0:25.8 | It's like, you need to mock your colleagues incessantly. |
| 0:29.0 | People are like, oh, okay. |
| 0:30.9 | Interesting. |
| 0:31.7 | Some people would love that, though. |
| 0:32.8 | They like, oh, yeah. |
| 0:35.2 | Toxic people that we don't want to employ. |
| 0:54.8 | Oh, man. Just saw you a couple days ago down in Austin, Texas. Bit much, huh? Rather not see me anymore often than don't have to. Mike, I will say this, man. I cannot be with you anymore without at least someone saying, oh, hey, you're Dr. Mike, right? |
| 0:59.7 | It's trippy, right, walking around in public. We were, like, at an outdoor mall in Austin and just people coming up left and right. It's a trip, man. It really is a thing. You don't really get |
| 1:06.0 | used to on the surface level, but I still haven't gotten used to it at, like, a deeper level. |
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