Thread 76527259

>Mike Israetel completely dumpstered by a Navy SEAL
>Can only manage 2 reps of bodyweight bench
>Embarrassing deadlift despite using a trap bar and riser
>Is asked "Do you do pullups?" after only reaching ten
>Mediocre farmer carry
>Can't run

Maximum effect on target.

He's been lifting his whole adult life and yet he has no functional strength whatsoever.

>B-b-but he's a bodybuilder, he's doing this for aesthetics

He's not pro and has never placed in competition.

>>76527259 (OP)
>>76527265
Bullshit, no way
I knew he was pathetic but not that pathetic

>>76527259 (OP)
>>76527265
Ok, so?

>>76527296

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60vVC-L-KBY

He is a Jew and has a humiliation and cuck fetish

>>76527301
Amazing
His comments are adoring how humble he is for posting this lol
He's just showing how fat and unathletic he is - bodybuilding shouldn't mean being fat and unfit

>>76527259 (OP)
>B-but he's a bodybuilder not a strongman
Then why hasn't he built an aesthetic body either? Lol

>>76527265
Wait he cannot do 3pl even on roids?

>>76527259 (OP)
Isn't mike some kind of mma expert but lost a grappling match to a rando in another video? The video with him and Greg doucette and a bunch of other guys performing various activities.

>>76527301
>pullup tests
>nobody actually pullups, even the military guy
>not even chinups on some cases
???

>>76527265
>bodyweight bench press

>>76527259 (OP)
>>76527265
those standards are pathetic, but to be fair, it's pretty clear Mike is not pushing himself to his limits; it seems like Mike stops as soon as he feels any discomfort. not trying and failing is more pathetic than trying and failing so I will ignore Mike's advice from now on.

>>76527408
800m in 3m15s for beginner tier is bs

>>76527421
yeah, I agree, they're all made up bs

>>76527301
>guys who were in the navy seals 15+ years ago who later on started roiding and lifting hard to become influencers
>navy seals
why are americans so stupid

>>76527359
No, he practices jujitsu but I believe he's pretty low ranked in it.

>>76527301
I'm 185lbs and I can bench more than this retard. Why would anyone take him seriously?

>>76527259 (OP)
>can only do two reps of bodyweight bench
Go easy on him, lifting 405 isn't easy.
>>76527265
I usually never like the genetics excuse but he has terrible genetics for bodybuilding. He should just focus on being lean and fit and give up the stupid dream, too old and with terrible genes.

>>76527259 (OP)
suspect he deliberately nerfed on some of those tests to generate views...
mike is a schemer. in any case not surprising that he wouldn't do well at them anyway since he never trains for similar feats.

Strength is wholly irrelevant in modern life unless you are retarded blue collar scum or a subhuman third worlder.

>>76527699
this is a rapeable mindset

>>76527408
>it seems like Mike stops as soon as he feels any discomfort.
he does, there's a lot of vids of him sandbagging the shit out of his sets

>>76527732
you are a rapeable specimen <3

>>76527600
>He should just focus on being lean and fit
too late anon, hes got bad hgh gut

>>76527653
>mike is a schemer
typical jew kek

>>76527265
wtf, dr mike the sicience lifting wanna be pro bodybuilder and competitive jujitsu grappler did 2 reps bodyweight reps ? are you serious, i can do more reps with mike bodyweight and I dont even weigh that much myself, this is beyond pathetic
and the hop was just fucking embarrasing

>>76527301
This is the most embarrassing

>>76527870
He's also on copious amounts of drugs btw

>>76527259 (OP)
was gonna make this thread but was too lazy.

Here's the thing:
1) he's still recovering after surgery
2) he's on record saying that he literally half-asses any athletic activity at all to minimize injury risk

That said I'm still disappointed, I wanted him to wipe his ass with their standards and then maybe suck at running but still give it a fucking try holy shit

>>76527265
>He's not pro and has never placed in competition.
He doesn't need to. Pro cards and competitions are just stepping stones to become an influencer now. Dr. Mike is an influencer already, so the extra steps are unnecessary.

>>76527795
NTA but you basically told us thats what you are with your first post, he doesn't even need a comeback

>>76527265
>He's not pro and has never placed in competition.
You don't even have to go there, I mean just look at that nigga.
There's zero reason why someone can't be strong AND look good, so it's always silly to me when people are perfectly willing to sacrifice one for the other. Mike meanwhile is 0 for 2 and has sacrificed both for no clear reason.

>>76527882
truly pathetic

>>76527301
Jesus, this has to be a joke there is no way mike is this weak, especially with the lifting stuff he should have blown it out the water. The broad jump while understandable that he couldn't go far, he should have the fitness to stick the landing

>>76527699
>slip in the bath, catch yourself, lose grip and break your hip, die within the year
>replace a lightbulb on a stepladder, lose coordination and kick the ladder away, save yourself by hanging from the beam, start calling for help. Help hears you and immediately starts coming - but you fall anyway and die within the year
>daughter is pregnant with your first grandchild! Pick her up and spin her like the old days. Fail to hold her up, try to lower yourself to the ground without just dropping your pregnant daughter, hit totally wrong and never walk again.
there's more than one strength failure in each of these examples. Even if all you do is sit in a chair and don't worry about strength, you'll get a dozen chronic diseases and pains.

his self-assigned title of "exercise scientist" is very telling because it effectively means nothing. ask 10 people what it means and you won't find a common idea, and the responses you get won't even fit mr israel

>sounds like someone who studies what exercises do to your body
he isn't a researcher

>maybe it means he coaches athletes to get better at their sport
he doesn't do that

>i guess he must do research on what routines are best for building muscle
nope

somehow, mike gaza is looking worse by the day.

>>76527259 (OP)
>>76527265
How can he be a full time "athlete" lifter/bodybuilder and be in this bad shape? I am not the one to hate on him because its popular to do so but this is fucking pathetic. He basically gets outlifted by a natty with 1-2 years of training.

>>76528469
He does do 2 and 3, though.

>>76527259 (OP)
>>76527265
This doesn't make any sense other than to generate clicks. He had elite strength when he was younger.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4Ebx2ra1A

>>76527259 (OP)
Pavel was right

>>76527323
Bodybuilding really needs to return to its silver age roots, when it was about the physique developed through healthy, athleticism, and strength.

>>76527259 (OP)
>exercise scientist

>>76528498
Link to his research?

>>76528558
He doesn't produce the research but he reads it.

>>76528561
Oh so he browses internet lmao
Any pros he coached?

>>76527265
Wait, if I bench my bodyweight for 15 reps I'm an "elite"? That's just being intermediate.

>>76527334
He can't into conditioning
He has the size, but he just can't get himself lean enough for that "waxpaper skin" effect

>>76528575
"bodyweight" is a flawed measure.
I weigh 145, so I'd be benching a plate and some change - I'm barely intermediate and 15 reps would be trivial
Someone benching 2pl8 for 15 reps at 225 would be a much more impressive performance

>>76528646
>145
Are you a girl?

>>76527351
Honestly pressing x to doubt on this one. I’m like half his size at his height and I can bench 350lb 1-3 reps depending on the day

>>76527259 (OP)
Mike can’t trap bar deadlift 400 pounds? Pathetic. Trap bar is lame as hell btw, his number on real deadlift must be horrendous

>>76527301
Looks like he didn’t even try on the bench? There’s no way he couldn’t at least done one or two more, even if he didn’t want to push to failure.

>>76528684
Not everyone is obese, like you

>>76527699
Oh that's good, because the status quo has never once changed in history and bubbles never pop. Good thing the government will never collapse, has my best interests in mind and will always keep me safe! Phew!

>>76527962
> on record saying that he literally half-asses any athletic activity at all to minimize injury risk
That's literally the child's tactic of being beat in any sport and then saying yeah well If I actually tried I'd beat ur ass lmao what a fag

>>76528684
No, 5'7 with no appetite
I'm decently athletic, just can't get bigger because I don't actually like eating that much - both preparing food and eating it feels like a huge chore, not to mention that I get full really quickly

>>76527259 (OP)
>fat guy who eats like shit lifts like shit
wow who could have seen that coming?

>>76528841
But he clearly is MUCH stronger than this. His 15 yo records that are on youtube before he hopped on roids are 10x of what he did here

>>76527882
>Pro
>2:45
you won't even see varsity

>>76528001
im not the guy from the first post i just love rapeposting

>>76527259 (OP)
Mikes doesn't look like he is remotely athletic. His bf% in his competition exemplifies that.

>>76527539
apparently steroid use is quite rampant on the Special Forces teams, including the SEAL teams. I'm not sure what you're trying to suggest with your post, desu.

>>76528957
What is sad is that most people won't recognize that the two seals are currently roiding.

>>76527882
That's like my walking speed.

>>76528973
So is Mike. What's your point lmao

>>76527259 (OP)
So one of their workouts is 5 rep deadlift, bw bench for reps, and 800m run? Kinda a decent workout tbf

>>76527882
Ooof
I thought the 2 reps of bw bench was bad
but fucking 5:30 for slightly less than half a mile??
Wonder what his full mile time is, like 12-15 minutes?

>>76527259 (OP)
That trap bar deadlift is pathetic and I guess im surprised that im surprised. I expected much more but I should have known better. I don't care that hes a dyel but hes supposed to be the big shot. I guess head muscle doesn't lift weights off the ground.

trapbar diddlies are pretty hard tho. ya got that gripp strength?

>>76529271
non-sense, they are the easiest version

>>76529379
na

>>76529388
ya

>>76529379
kinda

>>76527265
He cant bench 2x240lb?

How is that even possible

>>76528919
Never had the makings of a varsity player

>>76529601
Lyle McDonald would say it's because he trains with 30% of his 1rm with 10 reps in reserve and all his size is from steroids.

>>76529615
Lyle McDonald says a lot of things

>>76529648
Lyle McDonald says the opposite of a lot of things. He has been saying largely the same shit for decades. That's his main gripe with modern fitness influencers. He thinks there is just not that much to say so people push whatever the latest fad is for clicks.

I would say Lyle, and now Solomon Nelson keeping him from being too hyperbolic, gives the best advice for natty lifters. Mike gives mid guidance and advice if you're juicing.

>>76529660
>>76529767
Whats Lyle say? Whats a good vid/article to read?

>>76529615
It sounds like that's literally what he does though, dude is allergic to effort

>>76527259 (OP)
whoever made that graph unironically needs to kill themselves

>>76528518
use it or lose it
guys been doin stretch mediated dropset post-failure myorep assisted partial wheelspins for a long time now
i gotta imagine hes on way less gear nowadays too

>>76529615
>>76529660
>>76529660
>>76529767
>>76529783
do those guys ever post body

>>76527882
>11 minute mile
Surely this is not correct and he was just lightly jogging????? Does he really actually literally do nothing but the stepper and the "I'm breathing hard while lifting so it's cardio" cope???? I thought that was all a meme.

>>76527259 (OP)
I honestly think he has a humiliation kink. That pic he took after surgery was another example. There's no way he's only able to lift this much unless his surgery caused weakness. He's on camera with elite strength as a younger man

>>76529783

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lji2W2b-bNs

Here's his extensive guide to hypertrophy. Some of the key takeaways is to avoid junk volume and lock-in the intensity of sets, avoiding too few reps that overly fatigue and potentially injure you but steering well clear of too many whose intensity can be far too variable. If you're doing too many sets in session then you're simply not training hard enough.

>>76530296
Can you explain this comment to me
>McDonaldist-Bugenhagenism through the lens of Nelsonic dialectics should be a class.

>>76530358

Sadly, I am not as versed in the Dialectic as other acolytes. ;_;

>>76527301
how the fuck is this guy a ""fitness"" influencer?
>start of the video
>cannot jump 3 feet without falling forward
he looks like an actual toddler what the fuck

>>76530389

He gives P.T. Barnum style advice that seems to affirm almost any training approach despite, under scrutiny, only really being valuable to absolute novices and juicers while sacrificing functional strength, hell strength period.

>>76527259 (OP)
lmao this is hilarious

How do I train to be like the seal guy

>>76528973
All SEALs roid. They are the fuckup douchebro components of SOF and everyone in the US military knows it except the freshest boots.

>>76530495

Lift heavy and intensely (5-6 reps) and do cardio 3-4 times a week, work on increasing your one rep max instead of uh, slow eccentrics.

>>76527259 (OP)
Damn Mike is unathletic as shit what the fuck does he even train for? Looks like shit and is out of shape.

>>76530540
>what the fuck does he even train for
To stay rich as fuck from youtube

Bench surprised me the most

>>76530555
so he can shill weightloss drugs, pretty grim

>>76527301

That video was so shocking, Mike has been on steroids and test for at least two decades now and other than muscle mass... he's useless. He doesn't even look good, the SEAL guy just mogs him totally.

>>76530769
Not grim for him for sure, easy money

>>76527259 (OP)
This is what happens when you believe in science instead of bro science, unironically.

>>76527882
He's slower running than I am walking, and I'm overweight and over 40.

>>76529660
>He thinks there is just not that much to say so people push whatever the latest fad is for clicks.
That's actually true.

>>76530069
How to lie with statistics...

>>76527653
OK Mike

>>76528883
>But he clearly is MUCH stronger than this
No he's not. If he was he wouldn't be so terrified of getting injured because the exercise would be easier for him

>>76527653
>tfw too smart to do good on feats on strength

>>76527882
lmao that's a bad pace for running 10+kilometers in z2. my gf runs faster for longer

Mike has been called out many times over the years, if you still listened to anything he was saying you're retarded

>>76531466
He said something I agreed with once and started doing on like the only video I ever watched of him.

Basically instead of doing high reps of situps for abs like all that p90x shit just do weighted situps for less reps like any other muscles. I've started 4x8 to 4x12ing decline bench situps and build bricked out abs again thanks to it.

>It can't be this bad
>Watch video
>It's worse

>>76530358
It's a mindset

>>76528229
He doesn't particularly have a lot of muscle and he never trains hard. Why would you assume he's strong?

>>76527699
Everyone is a third worlder on 2025, or soon will be

>>76528845
Fag

>>76527259 (OP)
>>76527265
he has to be trolling people for engagement bait...

>>76533587
He is. If you watch the video he doesn't even try; his 2nd rep on the bench press was faster than his first yet he stops.

>>76534100
>>76533587
He has a humiliation kink and interracial fetishes and latent homosexual thoughts