Dr. Patrick: I'd love to ask you before we go about your personal routine. I mean, you're a busy, busy guy, you're a professor, you're publishing a lot of scientific papers, you're an educator, and you're also, like, very spoken on social media. Like, how do you find time and what does your routine kind of, generally speaking, look like?

Dr. Schoenfeld: Sure. So, for me, exercise is like brushing your teeth, you have to do it. It's not really fun for me anymore because I train hard when I do train, at least resistance-training-wise, but my routine is much more streamlined from what it used to be. Number one, just time factors. I'm not looking...I was a former bodybuilder and, if I was bodybuilding, I'd be doing something much different than I'm doing now. And as I've gotten older, the recovery issues start to come in. So, I'm on a four-day-a-week resistance-training routine. I do, basically, one off, two on. So, two on, then I take a rest and I train two additional days and take another couple days off.

I do an upper/lower split. My workouts last 45 minutes to an hour, so, I'm training like 3.5-4 hours a week. I train quite hard when I do train, well, you know, all sets are within that, like, one to two reps of failure. And sometimes I do a set to all out failure. And I do, again, lower one day, upper the other. And I do look every day to get substantial steps, I focus on the step count. So, I target 12,000 steps a day, aerobic...when I say "aerobic-type training," just the general step count, which is for overall health. And again, my focus, at this point, is making sure that I'm maintaining my health, that's most paramount to me. And, you know, still looking good is an issue but I'm not looking to step on stage, at this point, and thus, again, it's goal-specific and lifestyle-specific. So, I'm so busy, as you pointed out, with the research and teaching and also travel that getting the workouts... And when I travel, by the way, even now, coming out here, to San Diego, it's going to be tough to get...maybe I'll get one day where I usually would get two of a workout but it becomes more difficult when I'm away. And those are kind of structured deloads for me.

Dr. Patrick: What about your protein intake? Is that like a...

Dr. Schoenfeld: I'm at 1.6, yeah, maybe even a little more. I just make sure I don't micromanage it but I make sure that I'm getting...I know just in general what I need to eat and I say a little more is not going to hurt me, so, I'm probably getting a little more than.

Dr. Patrick: Is it harder when you're traveling too or...

Dr. Schoenfeld: No. I mean, I was at breakfast this morning, I had my omelet and, you know, cheese. And yeah, I'll make sure I get that.