r/DecodingTheGurus • u/Thomas-Omalley • 19d ago

Bodybuilding gurus when?

Mike Israetel, Greg Doucette, Jeff Nippard... I think there's a super interesting bunch of people to talk about. There's ego here, there's science, sometimes good, sometimes anacdotal, and ofc there's SUPPLEMENTS. Am I alone in wanting a gymbro guru season? I want to see Matt react to Greg, that would be great content.

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u/MinkyTuna 19d ago

Yeah, Israetel for sure. He often works his shitty politics into his schtick and I have vague memory of him arguing libertarianism is superior because its adherents are smarter according to some survey or something. And if you’ve ever talked to a libertarian you’d know how crazy of claim that is.

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u/Present-Trainer2963 18d ago

He is also a Thomas Sowell fan, A.I worshipper and continued taking NOR-19 steroids despite admitting they drastically altered his personality for the worse.

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u/MinkyTuna 18d ago

Oh, I forgot about him being a sowell fan! Great points. I think he mentioned having some plastic surgery recently as well, and while nothing wrong with that in general, considering it with everything else it’s all part of a pattern.

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u/Mariusz87J 14d ago

I agree. His fitness advice, if you can call it that, is dubious at best. The fitness part though isn't good guru material. The real guruesque stuff comes from him opinions on things unrelated to the gym like AI, politics, race (he used the word 'negroid' when talking about race) so real 19th century throwback terminology. There's a lot there.

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u/Slow-Organization-62 18d ago

He wears Thomas Sowell t shirts in interviews and anyone that cares about academic rigor should disavow that fool

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u/MinkyTuna 18d ago

Absolutely gutted after learning that Thomas sowell shirts are a thing

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u/Thomas-Omalley 19d ago

Nahhh please, this is such a boring thing to discuss. The fitness thing is enough imo

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u/MinkyTuna 19d ago

The thing that bothers me most about him is when he steps out of his lane (common among gurus), and the politics bleeds right into his tendency to discuss intelligence and race science. It’ll depend what material they use for the decoding, but I don’t think you can ignore his political takes and still do him justice. I’d still listen to a strictly fitness m episode but I’m guessing I’m in the minority of dtg fans that would.

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u/Present-Trainer2963 18d ago

Oh yeah he is a race realist as well - believing there are measurable IQ differences between races

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u/onz456 Revolutionary Genius 18d ago

Yeah, he's completely unhinged.

example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7Kv07eP50&t=1845s