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His foundational content is so solid but he’s gone cuckoo bananas. 

He has deluded himself into thinking he’s a pro bodybuilder but can’t stay committed to the diet. He makes excuses for this like "a bad tan" and claiming he has "permanent love handles filled with water" from a dreamer bulk a decade ago (he just got them lipo'd off). And through all of this he’s doing crazy amt of steroids and showing off the sfx in his content in a way that makes you think he HAS to take them… 

The tragedy of Dr Mike is that he’s so arrogant he can’t see the insanity of any of this. He has helped so many people but is now on the fast track to destroying himself

Dr. Mike Israetel is becoming a tech bro go-to for weightlifting, appearing on Joe Lonsdale and Bryan Johnson’s YouTube channels 

While his foundational content isn’t bad, grain of salt with that guy. When the rubber meets the road he can’t hack it 

Left is Dr. Mike 
Right is another famous fitness YouTuber Sam Sulek, who won his pro card with the physique pictured

Dr. Mike refuses to diet or do what it takes to be a bodybuilder other than take enormous amounts of gear (by his own admission). He blames his tan for his failure to place here 

To me he appears to be self destructing in real time. Tough to watch

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I like Dr. Mike for what he is. He leans more common sense, gives a lot of “the shortcuts aren’t worth it, I should know” tidbits, and leans into his weird gremlin persona with a foundation of otherwise being a normal but educated dude. Salt is fine, it’s light and self-awarely oddball. 
He’s kinda like “I know some stuff, want you to enjoy my stuff, and like being weird”

These are my principles. If you don't like them, well, I have others

Yeah I don’t know why all the sudden he’s got something to prove. Early on he was like “I can’t compete and don’t want to” so yeah I don’t get it 

Also, my vocabulary is shot today. I know there’s more words I know than “leans,” “weird,” etc. 

I will say I wanted to love Dr Mikes RP Strength app. The mechanics were exactly what I wanted, but a web app was too clunky at the gym

The bodybuilding arc made me lose faith. No one too high iq for a coach. He’s competing too fat and won’t own it!