Exercise Scientist Dr Mike Israetel Critiques Joe Rogan’s Diet and Training

From elk meat to Turkish get-ups, you could say Joe Rogan’s wellness approach is fairly unconventional. However, whatever your preconceptions on the podcast host’s regime, at 57 years old, it seems to be working for him. But how does it all stack up under scientific scrutiny?

Exercise scientist Dr Mike Israetel sheds some light on its efficacy as he reviews Rogan’s diet and training.

Rogan has long sung the praises of kettlebells and functional training, claiming it builds total-body strength that translates to everyday movements. While Dr Israetel agrees kettlebells can be useful, he’s quick to add, ‘Almost everything kettlebells do well, barbells and dumbbells do better.’