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On the RP Strength Podcast, RP co-founders Dr Mike & Nick Shaw breakdown tons of hypertrophy training, nutrition, and other fitness related topics. As a bonus, you'll get plenty of laughs as they go down various tangents on every episode!

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United States

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On the RP Strength Podcast, RP co-founders Dr Mike & Nick Shaw breakdown tons of hypertrophy training, nutrition, and other fitness related topics. As a bonus, you'll get plenty of laughs as they go down various tangents on every episode!

Language:

English

Contact:

9176120563


Episodes
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Lessons Learned From Thousands of Clients w Coach Jen Case

4/29/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:42 Dr. Jen has too many animals 2:46 Jen’s insane credentials 9:22 Jen’s martial arts background 13:33 Ego in BJJ 21:45 Jen Is a glass blower 26:51 What Nick MUST do when he visits Italy 31:08 Asking Jen the famous grocery store question 35:05 Planning is the most important for clients 39:42 Clients want to drink alcohol and lose fat 45:08 Preparing a client for wedding weight loss 49:33 Dealing with unrealistic goals 54:28 Characteristics of the most successful clients

Duration:01:01:35

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What It Takes To Succeed

4/22/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 1:07 Born on the 4th of July 2:42 How to be successful 10:30 Helping others financially 12:55 Finding out what you’re good at 18:48 Finding out what you like 24:15 Do it for a long time 33:34 Setting time horizons 30:33 Leaning in to your strengths

Duration:00:48:58

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Lessons From RP All-Star Coach Nathan Jenkins

4/15/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:50 Watching inappropriate movies w your parents 4:23 Dr. Nathan Jenkins smokes meats 8:10 Balancing alcohol and a healthy life 11:20 Working out with no music 15:22 Motivation in training 20:19 Pacing yourself 27:07 Long term thinking 29:55 Coaching is teaching 38:33 Meeting people where they are in their health journey 49:21 What makes a successful client 52:44 Rapid fire questions

Duration:01:06:25

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When Is It Time To Diet?

4/8/2024
0:27 Mike’s biggest adversary in middle School 1:30 Mike is starting prep 9:22 How do you know when its time to diet 10:45 High diet fatigue 15:29 extreme fatigue 16:36 Sleep troubles 24:41 Aversion to junk food 29:53 Momentum 33:36 Don’t like how you look after a mass 39:15 Health markers are bad 41:50 Don’t cut when beginning your fitness journey 46:05 Don’t cut around major life events

Duration:00:52:48

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Fueling For Endurance Sport With Alex Harrison

4/1/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:48 Endurance expert Alex Harrison 1:55 His app for endurance athletes 4:15 What is a “long” endurance activity 7:48 Do you need nutrients in endurance activities 11:07 What should you be intaking 14:43 What do people get wrong 20:21 Anti water people exist 25:44 Dealing with pain in endurance sports 29:17 Endurance athlete diets 33:57 The 1500m race is the hardest thing to do 37:55 Why you might want to try endurance sport 44:09 Nutrition dogma among runners 52:08 Fan culture in running 54:50 Power to weight ratio 56:30 310 mile bike race horror story

Duration:01:00:17

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How Does body fat percentage affect health?

3/25/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:18 Nick has a good joke 1:14 When Nick and Mike got fat 2:28 Body fat role in health 5:22 25 Percent body fat (males) 9:04 20 Percent body fat 9:55 10 to 20 Percent body fat 13:30 Sub 10 perecent 19:42 Nick’s competition history 21:44 40 percent body fat (females) 22:41 30- 40 percent body fat 25:45 20-20 percent 27:37 Discussions of body fat in media 29:20 15 -20 perecent 35:53 Contest prep effects on women 41:25 Next gen obesity drugs

Duration:00:47:15

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Frequently Asked Questions

3/18/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 1:13 Mike starting contest prep 2:53 Should you stretch 12:17 What supplements are worth it 26:18 General health supplements 27:28 Why are deloads on maintenance calories 36:51 Why bother thinking so much about training

Duration:00:51:40

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Versa Gripps + Frequently Asked Questions

3/11/2024
Grab a set of Versa Gripps today! For 15% off use coupon code: DrMike15 https://www.versagripps.com/products/pro-dr-mike?utm_source=event&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=dr_mike_march_2024 0:16 Mike’s Arnold experience 5:57 Mike’s Versa Gripp stash 9:22 How Mike was rejected by Versa Gripps 11:30 The new deal with Versa 14:56 What Versa Gripps are made of 18:59 FAQs- Best time to train? 32:28 Mikes fav pre workout meal 35:15 Pre workout caffeine late in the day 39:20 Chris Williamson’s new drink 47:06 Training while sore 1:01:28 Getting one star reviews

Duration:01:04:40

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How To Tell If You're Training Hard Enough

3/4/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:28 Mike got sick in Vegas “working” 2:10 Why the podcast missed episodes 5:45 Training hard with bad technique 8:38 Relative Effort 14:15 Teasing our 1 set leg workout video 16:55 How to tell if you’re training hard 24:24 The bar feeling heavy 26:32 Harder than last time squawk 32:50 How to tell if you’re pushing yourself 42:58 Rep Fall-Off Between Sets 46:19 How can you tell if some one else is going hard 51:47 Its what you give not what you receive 58:17 How to treat clients

Duration:01:05:19

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The Difference Between Working Out and Training

2/19/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:37 Still in Vegas 2:45 Nick got crushed from our YT filming 3:49 Nick gets massing questions from his furnace guy 5:45 Training an NFL athlete for bodybuilding 9:10 Working out vs training 11:57 The ideal team player 13:52 Working out defined 16:42 Training defined 21:58 What training requires 27:01 Progression and adjustment 28:34 Fatigue management 33:43 Optimization 34:45 Grit 47:03 Which one should you be doing 53:33 The Michael Jordan story

Duration:00:58:30

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How To Train While Traveling

2/5/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:25 Dr. Mike gamblin’ in Vegas 1:50 Jim Harbaugh leaving MI 7:13 Not training while traveling 13:25 Using Intensity techniques 15:37 Maintenance Training 21:36 Planet B-Boy film 25:30 How to make gains during travel 31:25 Weights and reps 35:55 Increasing volume 39:20 Going lighter for safety 43:39 Drinking mass gainer in high school 47:35 Using pre exhaust

Duration:00:50:15

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How To Diet While Traveling

1/29/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:20 Reunited and it feels so good 1:15 Mike’s Australia seminars 4:57 Nick’s trip to see the sports ball championship 12:19 How to travel and stick to your diet 14:28 Choosing diet phases for travel 29:55 What is fitness dieting actually 32:38 Knowing where your protein is coming from 40:15 Diet drinks 42:45 Clean carbs 44:36 Fats 49:20 Getting steps in 50:26 Meal timing 52:49 Eyeballing macros

Duration:00:57:02

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How To Improve Your Social Circle

1/22/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:15 1M Youtube subscribers 2:00 Social support circle 4:55 Self efficacy 14:25 You are entitled to no support 16:09 Friction with a spouse 27:55 Support from family 37:46 Support from friends 45:35 Support from coworkers 53:08 Social media support 1:01:47 Types of people in comment sections 1:11:13 Mike reads negative comments video idea

Duration:01:14:58

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Do's and Dont's for New Year's Training

1/15/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:28 Holiday food is too much 5:08 Casein pudding is gross 7:35 Active rest can be difficult 11:01 Don’t schedule too many training sessions 15:41 Appropriate workout length 25:04 Don’t pick gyms and activities that are far 33:18 Don’t depend on training partners 45:02 Avoid excessive warmups 50:52 Cool downs are BS 55:47 Don’t be afraid to replace exercises 57:49 Starting with too much volume 1:02:42 Have a plan for the next step

Duration:01:06:57

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Do's and Dont's for New Year's Dieting pt II

1/8/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 1:51 How to change eating habits 9:35 Starting easy 12:25 Cutting out food groups 17:13 Gum, diet soda, coffee 24:17 Changing your schedule 31:19 Pairing diet and lifestyle changes 37:08 How would Mike spend $1MIL 41:05 Your diet won’t fix everything 44:38 Planning for maintenance 48:00 Don’t think this is your last diet 51:18 It’s not life or death

Duration:00:58:36

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Do's and Dont's for New Year's Dieting

1/2/2024
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:38 Mike’s Home Ec class experiences 3:20 Fav moments of 2023 7:05 Mike’s Hubermanesque morning routine 8:30 Diet new years resolution do’s and donuts 9:13 Rate of weight loss 12:57 Starting exactly on Jan 1 is silly 19:17 Eat filling foods 24:57 Add steps before lowering calories 31:01 Supportive social circle 43:19 Multi part podcasts are too much 45:30 People that give one star reviews

Duration:00:50:41

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How To Best Get Back Into Training

12/18/2023
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:30 No one is sponsoring the podcast 5:01 Functional overreaching explained 14:21 How does super compensation work 19:53 Pulling all nighters 24:35 Speeding up overreaching 26:36 Matching rep ranges to exercises 31:50 Exercise replacement 37:01 Estimating RIR 39:29 High rep bent rows 41:30 Getting back after time off 46:46 Choosing loads when coming back 51:18 Christle asks for money 55:22 Buying a new computer high on drugs 59:50 Mike runs into the whole Michigan football team

Duration:01:07:58

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How Little Can You Train To Maintain Muscle?

12/11/2023
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:22 Mike isn’t sleeping well 2:02 Mike is coming to Australia 3:27 Minimum training to maintain muscle 9:55 Days per week of training vs gains 13:05 How much can you reduce sets by 15:42 Looking deflated vs losing muscle 19:43 Cutting training in half or more 22:06 Beginners can actually gain on very low volume 24:10 MEV, MV, MRV defined 28:35 Systemic MRV defined 31:50 How do you figure out volume landmarks for YOU 36:25 Neural adaptations 39:05 Actually losing muscle 43:40 Stress contributing to muscle loss

Duration:00:48:52

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Why You Should Take Active Rest: The Benefits And How To Do It

12/4/2023
RP Diet Coach app RP Hypertrophy App 0:16 Mike sing carols, hes a piece of garbage 4:08 How to train over the holidays 6:50 Mike loves my 600lb life 9:03 Nick has an unhealthy relationship with Michigan football 15:42 WIll you lose muscle with less training 23:11 Using the holidays for active rest 26:21 1 percent better everyday is BS 33:06 Taking two weeks off 37:37 Nick’s a libra 41:30 Not getting too hyped for lifts 45:18 Nick skips leg day 47:38 What to do and not do on active rest 56:40 The most important concept of recovery 1:00:30 Mike masters monopoly 1:03:45 How to come back after a break

Duration:01:05:39

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Nick and Mike's Holiday Eating Guide

11/27/2023
0:28 Mike’s Thanksgiving plans 3:01 Nick’s Thanksgiving plans 5:31 Holiday eating rules from RP 10:05 Timing holidays for a mass gain phase 14:40 "All in" holiday eating 18:50 Lori used to make wayyyy too many cookies 23:51 Maintenance eating through the holidays 33:58 Fat loss diets fail during holidays 37:45 How to diet during holidays if you must 47:25 Food palatability reward hypothesis 57:18 Trying to fit “normal" food into a diet

Duration:01:02:34