RP Strength Podcast

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

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...

Jan 15, 2024•1 hr 7 min

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

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...

Jan 08, 2024•59 min

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

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...

Jan 02, 2024•51 min

How To Best Get Back Into Training

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 Mi...

Dec 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min

How Little Can You Train To Maintain Muscle?

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 lo...

Dec 11, 2023•49 min

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

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...

Dec 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min

Nick and Mike's Holiday Eating Guide

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

Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min

How to Become a Coach pt V

0:27 Why pro athletes are bad at weight training 10:06 Building your brand recap 15:13 In person conduct and networking 30:51 Working with big names 43:37 Cheap is better than free 44:43 Podcast opportunities 52:28 "Public speaking" practice

Nov 20, 2023•1 hr 1 min

Getting Started As A Fitness Coach pt IV

0:30 Olympia thoughts 8:02 Recap of how to start as a coach 9:01 Michigan football controversy 12:03 Building your reputation 21:35 Mike's new posing song 22:50 Def Jam's "How To Be A Player" 24:31 Demonstrating knowledge 27:15 Types of content to post 38:46 Scheduling posts and content consistency 44:00 Making genuine content 45:50 How Nick wrote his book

Nov 13, 2023•48 min

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