Solomon Nelson's Review of Mike Israetel's Phd Tells Us Exercise Science Is a Mess.

11/10/2025 34 min Episodio 89
Solomon Nelson's Review of Mike Israetel's Phd Tells Us Exercise Science Is a Mess.

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In this episode, we break down the viral video where Solomon Nelson tears apart Mike Israetel’s 2013 PhD dissertation. What starts as a detailed critique of grammar errors, statistics, and methodology turns into a bigger conversation about the state of exercise science itself. We discuss whether the issue lies with Israetel personally or if it points to a much larger academic problem: a field that struggles for legitimacy, lacks replication, and often chases funding in all the wrong places. Along the way, we unpack how fitness PhDs are used as marketing tools, why most research in this area may not matter to the average lifter, and why even “evidence-based” recommendations are built on shaky ground. If you’ve ever wondered how much weight to put on a PhD in the fitness world, this is the conversation you need to hear.---------------------------------WEBSITES---------------------------------https://johnbarban.comhttps://bradpilon.comhttps://eatstopeat.comhttps://www.ultalabtests.com

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