You're The Problem, Mike Thurston

And even if you're taking all the shortcuts in the world and all the chemicals in the world, you're still not going to have as good of a physique compared to somebody who has put in the efforts naturally over a longer period of time. — That's not rightly true. One year with steroids probably going to give you the same amount of muscle as 5 to 10 years with steroids. — Coach Craig, in today's video, we're going to be learning from none other than Mr. Natty himself, Mr. Delicious Mike Thirsten on how to lose weight and build muscle in 2026. Today's video, short and sweet. We're going to get straight to the point. A couple of fitness truths, which you guys need to be aware of, and it might sound a little bit harsh. — Does anyone think that Mike Thirstston could sound harsh? — Number one, consistency is always going to trump intensity. — Hm. That doesn't sound like it's going to piss anyone off. Doesn't sound harsh. That's just a simple truth. the person who trains every single week of every single month throughout the year. They are always going to see superior results in comparison to the person who is 100% intense and on point, but then they'll take a couple months off. — Or add to that the guy that's consistent Monday to Friday and goes off the rails in the weekend. They're steady Monday to Friday. They're perfect on the diet, but then they eat two 12-in pizzas and drink a heck of a lot of vodka on Friday and Saturday night. they're not going to do it. You're better off being consistent, 2500 calories a day, 7 days a week, having one cheat a day, and always being able to do it. And that is how I coach people. I gave you a realistic diet, one that you can follow for the rest of your life. Code Greg for 15% off. — You are probably not tracking your macros properly. — It's not probably, it's for sure be, as in most certainly you're eating more than you think. This one's 200 calories and this one's 200 calories. which one do you want to eat? And so if you're eating 2,800, 1,800, 1,200, whatever number you're going to spit out and you're not losing weight, it's because you're eating more than you actually think. I don't care what tracker macro hacker tracker jacker you're using, it's not going to be accurate. And so if you don't add in everything, the mustards, the sauces, everything, it's not going to be accurate. And you don't know what you're actually eating. — The amount of people who come up to me, Mike, I've tried everything. Yeah, you tried everything except for being in a calorie deficit. — Usually, and this is almost always the case, you just eating too much. — You know what else is happening? People are looking on those stupid cardio machines, you know, like the stepper on the treadmill and so on, and they're hanging on for dear life, and it's saying, "You burn off 1,000 calories in an hour. " And they're like, "Oh, 1,000 calories. I can go to McDonald's. " And they eat 1,000 calories. Meanwhile, they only burn 500 calories or they're using their Whoop or their Apple iPads or whatever they're using to track the calories burned, which is always off. They overestimate by a lot. Hey, because people like to think that they're burning more calories and so it spits off and tells them what they're thinking. You really think it's fun to think, "Oh, you just did an hour and a half of cardio and you burn off 431 calories. " You're thinking, "That's it. It can't be. Please tell me it ain't soul. I walk for 8,000 steps. " Yeah, but walking it doesn't burn a lot of calories. You're not running up a mountain. You're discouraged by the knowledge that you aren't actually burning calories. And so, you need to move harder, harder than last time, okay? And I'm sure you've gone through phases of your life where there is this surge of motivation. You're like, "This is it. This is the moment where I sort out. " And then guess what? Sooner or later, it fades. If motivation could cut it, which it can for some people, it works for me. You would have done it already. Do you get that? You know, unless you're watching this and you're a teenager, motivation isn't going to cut it because you would have had it by now. You're not suddenly going to get motivated at 30 and be like, "That's all that I need. " Whatever motivation that you have, it's not going to last. And so, unless you're already shredded, unless you're already motivated, motivation isn't enough. And so, don't rely on it. Rely on consistency. Stop giving yourself a choice. For example, you're hung over from partying harder than last time. And you're debating whether or not you're going to go to the gym. The day before you told yourself, I'm going to the gym tomorrow. There is no maybe depending on how I feel, depending on how tired I am when the alarm. No, you go. Now, is it going to be a good workout? Probably not. But you're going. — All right, I'll give it a try. — There is no choice. There is only do. — You do or do not. you promised you were going to do. Okay? So, you need to build discipline — and so it's non-negotiable. You're waking up and you're doing cardio. You're going to the gym tomorrow. Whether you can bench press 300 lb or 200 lb or 100 lb, you're going to the gym tomorrow. You're going to go through the motions. If you only went half ass, it's better than no ass. Hey, trust me. I've been there alone on a late Saturday night. Half an ass is better than none. Despite somebody not getting the best genetics, there's always a way to work around them. — Exactly. Genetics matter. And so if your genetics suck, you can use steroids, serums, peptides, and get an advantage and you can do it. If you can't lose the

weight, your genetics suck, you can get a GLP. You can go to alex. Do you need inclin? Do you need a GLP? What exactly do you need? Have you lost your hair? Are you losing it? Can you get dutasteride? The various chemical creams and pills to help you from going bald. Some people have better genetics than others. For some people, it's not very easy. But you can, of course, get the help from a GLP. — You know, I like to think that I train hard, but there's certain people who I train with who are just on a completely different level. — No, not everyone trains as hard as Eric Janicki. And so, if you think that you're actually pushing yourself, that you're training to your limits, there's people out there that would think that your hardest day that you've ever had in your life, that is their easy day. You're thinking that you go hard. Most of you aren't even in zone two during your cardio. You're not pushing to failure. And frankly, you don't even need to push to your failure. Look at Mr. Mike. Do you really think Mr. Mike trains hard, but yet he's 230 lbs to single-digit body fat? It's from pharmarmacology, guys. If you take enough substances, you can and will build some muscle. You don't need as much muscle as Mike Thirsten to look good. I bet most people would find him more attractive if he lost 10 lbs of muscle. All you need to do is to be lean, perhaps 10 to 15% body fat. It's most likely going to be a deal. And if you're really pushing it closer to 10 to 12, but aside from that, having 5% body fat or having massive arms and shoulders like Mike Thirsten, you don't even need it. Just try to work out a little bit and have a decent lean looking physique. looks max a little bit by not being fat in your face and you're going to do pretty damn good. — You've got to release that animal inside of you. — People that can't already do that, like people that don't like training to failure. You don't want it bad enough anyway. Some people they just never played sports growing up, like you weren't on a team, you weren't on the swim team or running team, cycling, you weren't on a team, a team sport. And so for you, anything like a slow jog, anything more than walking where you start breathing hard or when you start to feel uncomfortable doing a side tricep to you that's hard. You're not meant to have a physique like Mr. Mike Thirst in here, but you can still achieve a decent physique. You can still get to 10 to 12% body fat. You're just not going to be as jacked. And so you don't actually need to. And so it's like his first point, consistency over intensity. If you just show up consistently, you go to the gym, you train medium hard, medium pace, you do your cardio at a medium pace, you're going to beat out the people who go harder than last time and quit every single time. And so if you can't go that hard, you can't push yourself, you don't have thatqua intrinsic motivation inside of you, it's okay. You're still going to look good. do all right. And so if anything, this video giving you the harsh secrets, it's that it isn't as hard as you think. And the harsh truth is that you don't want it bad enough because if you did, you already would have done the things that you need to do to get your dream goal. And so perhaps this is a wakeup call to you. If you haven't gotten the physique that you want, you probably never will, but you still have a small chance if you do what I'm saying. you get my cookbook, you click the link in the description, perhaps you could hire coach Greg to coach you. There's still a small chance. It's small, but it's not as small as Mr. Mike's downstairs. And so, hey, there is in fact a chance. — And if you're complaining about not building size and getting that physique you want, it's probably because you're just not training as hard as you should be. — It's actually more likely that you're not on enough steroids. You know, just keeping it straight. Most of you are actually natural. Most people don't use steroids. I know it's shocking for bodybuilders to hear, but most people in the world don't use steroids. And so, if you're not as big as the bodybuilders that you look up to, it's probably because you're natural. It's not just because you're lazy. you don't train hard enough. It's actually more so because you're not blasting hella gear. But you don't need to be as big as Michael Hearn. my cers. You don't need to be as big as coach Greg. You don't even need to be as big as Hussein Farhat. You just need to do the best that you can. And if you get down to 10 to 15% body fat and you're kind of consistent in the gym, you're gonna look all right. — It's actually way easier to be able to lose fat in comparison to building muscle. — Exactly. It's actually about 10 times easier to lose fat than it is to build muscle. And so whatever amount of muscle you can gain in 10 months, you could probably lose the same amount of fat in one month. It's 10 times easier. And so if your goal is to get lean, which remember I said 10 to 15% body fat, that's where you need to be. Do you know how easy that is? Relatively speaking, in comparison to getting a body like Mr. Mike Thirsten, that's almost impossible for most people. But being 10 to 15%, it's relatively easy, especially with the age of GLPS as well as my cookbook. — And even if you're taking all the shortcuts in the world and all the chemicals in the world, you're still not going to have as good of a physique compared to somebody who has put in the

efforts naturally over a longer period of time. — It's actually not true. He's saying the people who take steroids and rush it are not going to have as good as a physique as the people who did it natural and took a long time. That's not rightly true. You could actually fast forward the process with steroids probably make the results five or 10 times quicker. And so, for example, one year with steroids probably going to give you the same amount of muscle as 5 to 10 years with steroids. Not saying you should do that, but you should understand that this is actually true. And so if you've been training for 5 years and you're thinking, you know, I don't have enough muscle and you're natural, you could probably train one more year on steroids and build the same amount of muscle is if you stay natural for 10 more years while being natty. And so I'm not telling you to do that, but it's to make yourself aware that getting to 10 to 15% body fat for you as a natural is probably relatively easy in comparison to putting on as much muscle as you think you need. — Next point, the boring stuff works. It's true. I would say yes, the boring stuff works, but I would also remind you that the non boring stuff also works just as well. So, if you're looking at a boring diet, chicken, broccoli, and rice or tilapia every single day, it works and also does the meals for my cookbook. So does French toast and pizza and all the different things that you want to eat. You should make them lower in calories after getting my book. Same as in the gym. If you have boring exercises that you don't like, they work, but you have to consistently do them. And so, if you don't like your workout, you should switch to some exercises that you do like so that you'll continue to do it and be motivated. So, I would say avoid the boring stuff and do what you love. If you love your workout, diet, you're more likely to stick to it for the rest of your life and you'll be able to do point one, which was to be more consistent for a long period of time than being able to go all out for a short period of time. — Next point, sleep incredibly important, also incredibly boring. — I wouldn't say sleep is boring. I mean, it's something you just have to do, but you do need to get your sleep. And so if you're not getting your sleep, and typically this happens on the weekends with people partying than last time or they're stressed out and they're actually not using delta sleep, like I don't know how stupid people are. There's all these amazing supplements that help you do the things that you want to do and for some reason you don't take them. If you want to have better recovery than last time, better sleep than last time, Delta Sleep is where it's at. Code Greg for 15% off. — The nutrition side of things, you're naturally going to crave more bad food. you're going to make poor choices when it comes to selecting the right foods that you should be eating. — And all that food stuff could be out the window if you use GLP or even GLP max. 28% less food cravings, less hunger. Do you know how much difference 28% can make? You go from being an 8 out of 10 hungry to a six. You go from I'm going to eat that to I don't need to eat that. And that is GLP max. Click the link in description. Code Greg. I mean, could you not even find 45 minutes in the day to do something? 99. 9% of people do have that time if they make it a priority. I'm a busy guy. I've got a lot going on. — The whole time thing, it's complete and utter [ __ ] nonsense. I don't care who you are. Even Mike Thirst saying, you know, I'm a busy guy. I don't have time. He is so full of [ __ ] He has so much time. You really think that Mike Thirsten has less time than you? Mike Thirsten has all the time in the world. He almost has as much time as coach Craig. Imagine saying you don't have the time. What is he out vacationing in Dubai? I don't have the time because what? I'm on a yacht. Like, bro, you have time. And he always says, you know, I make it I make time. It's the 45. He's not busy. Mike Thirsten has so much time. He doesn't have a 9-to-five job with a wife and kids to take care of. He has more time than almost anyone. And so when he says you don't have time, it's harder to understand it and appreciate it because you're thinking, I got twins, babies. They're 3 years old. They're up in the middle of the night. I got problems. Some of them they're sick. I don't have the time. I got a wife nagging me saying, "You have to do this. Take the garbage out. " So yeah, I get it. You have less time, but you still have some. Name the person out there that doesn't waste one hour a day swiping left or right or up and down on Twitter, on YouTube, on Instagram, doing the doom scrolling thing or playing video games, doing [ __ ] And so you sir, you have the time. You make the time. There's time in your day. What do I do? I have all the time in the world. I ride my bike about 10 hours a week and I go to the gym twice every eight days. If you don't have as much time as me, you don't have to ride your bike for 10 hours. Can you ride it for three? Can you get out there and go for a jog maybe for 150 minutes of cardio a week? Remember, that's the minimum. That's zone 2 minimum. 150 minutes and lift your entire body twice. If you lift for 45 minutes twice a week, you'll probably get 70% of the gains as if you go every single day. You don't have 45 minutes to train. Now, if you don't legitimately, you can't leave the house, you're babysitting, you got your kids, you can't get out there, get down and give me 50. 50 push-ups, do the 50

sit-ups, do 50 squats. It may not sound like much, but compared to doing nothing, it's actually pretty good. If you can push one set to failure twice a week on something, if you're too strong, put something on your back. Have your kids sit on your back and do push-ups till failure. One set to failure, it's going to do you wonders. And so, please find the time to train harder than last time. — And last, but not least, nobody's going to do it for you. Nobody's going to come and save you. — I disagree. I can save you. If you hire Coach Greg, I can come in and save you. I can give you the knowledge. information. I can't quite hold your hand, but metaphorically, I could actually do that. And so, if you don't know how to lose the weight, you're literally you're dumbfounded. You're stuck. You hire coach Greg. You you purchase my programs. I tell you exactly how to do it. And remember, I do this from experience. I've coached tens of thousands of people. I haven't just coached myself. Remember, I'm 50. I've been doing this since I was 10 years of age. Well, not coaching, but training. And so, I do in fact know what I'm doing. And so, if you're struggling, if you need some motivation, you need somebody to tell you exactly what to do and somebody that you can trust. Some of you are nervous talking to your doctors. I know a lot of doctors are prescribing said medication. We saw Will Tennyson go to Korea. The doctor was prescribing tzipotide. He didn't know about it. He wasn't sure what to think. I can guide you. I can tell you this is what you should know. This is the doses that are probably smart for you to do. This is amounts that you could take while doing it safely. And so if you want to know the ins and outs, the secrets of the trade, what perhaps the YouTube videos don't show you, can hire Coach Craig. I can show you that door. — I can decide what I put in my mouth. — That's what she said. can't feel sorry for yourself. You can't blame others. — Well, you can blame others, but the problem is it doesn't help you. And so, as soon as you blame other people, you blame your genetics, you blame your mom, you blame coach Greg, you blame whoever. I don't look this way because of this or that. That's when you take the power away from yourself. And so, rather than trying to blame others, put the blame on yourself. I am responsible. I ate too much. I didn't do enough cardio. I chose the wrong parents. Take ownership of it. And once you've done that, you can then make the changes that you need to do to go to the next level. And so I do think that Mr. Mike Thirsten knows what he's doing. You can purchase his app if that is what will get you through the door. He's one of the smarter guys. He's telling it to you straight. The only thing I don't think he's giving is what performance-enhancing drugs he's taken throughout the years. But regardless of that, does it matter? Like, if he had 20 pounds less muscle and was 100% natural, would he know any less? I don't think so. And so, hey, go give him a follow, purchase his coaching programs, his apps, and so on. And until next time, subscribe, click the bell button, comment to boost the algo for Algo RX. Don't forget code Greg. Also, watch one of those two boops to get me to coach you or to have sponsorship from Coach Greg or to carry my supplements into your stores and gyms. Of course, don't forget to click that link. And until next time