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About Mike Roberto

Mike Roberto: The Researcher Who Founded PricePlow

n=1 Diet Researcher Scientist and Experimenter. Father. Husband. Entrepreneur. Water Animal. Heavy Metal Connoisseur. Patriot.

Mike Roberto 2019

Mike Roberto 2019

As the founder and CEO of PricePlow, Mike wears an extraordinary number of professional hats, but none is more important than father. PricePlow began as a deals website for nutritional supplements and vitamins, but has evolved into so much more as Mike's journey towards optimized healthspan opened the doors to several discoveries.

A "Biohacktivist" Armed with Data

Stealing a term coined by Shawn Wells, RDH, Mike is a "biohacktivist", stemming from the words "biohacker" and "activist". Through thousands of dollars spent on blood tests, specialized foods, and supplements, Mike has learned that conventional 'establishment' nutritional guidelines have failed him and his family. He has made it his mission to help bring awareness to those who seek a similar awakening.

Through PricePlow, Mike is backed up by a team of doctors, researchers, professional athletes, dieticians, and medical school students in an effort to bring source-cited truth to his followers. With their help, he utilizes certain dietary tools such as a low-carb diet with an emphasis on healthy meat to maintain optimal cognitive and physical health.

Mike celebrating after a successful paddle race

Mike combines his background in competitive sports, computer programming, and is known for his role as a biomedical scientist on television.[1] This experience combined, he has created one of the most helpful nutrition tools on the web -- with, of course, the help of his incredibly talented research and programming team.

Competitive Swimmer

In the sporting world, Mike comes from a swimming background where he began competing at the age of five. He played water polo at the Ohio State University and is now a competitive sand volleyball player and Master's swimmer, specializing in endurance ocean swims as well as freestyle butterfly sprints. Mike participates in US Masters Swim races in Central Texas. He is 6'0 and weighs in at 185lbs as of December 2018..

But it's not all water -- when he's not spending ridiculous hours developing PricePlow and poking holes at the latest diet research, he can be found training at home.

Family and home life: "Know Your Child"

At home, Mike is married to his wonderful wife Jill, and together they raise their delightfully precious daughter, who was born in the fall of 2017. Mike and Jill have taken an extremely active "know your child" stance, educating her as much as possible as early as possible.

Mike lives outside of Austin, TX near the Hill Country, and is always happy to jump in on a triathlon relay as your swimming leg.

You can see Mike regularly on the PricePlow YouTube Channel.

Follow Mike Roberto on Social Media

Mike spends nearly all of his social media time on the @PricePlow accounts, but there are some personal accounts too:

Dymatize VINDICATED – Elite Whey and ISO-100 Test Clean (2013 Counterfeit Issue)

BEWARE: Possible Dymatize Protein Fraud Inside! MAJOR UPDATE – May 14, 2013 – American Dymatize Elite XT samples have tested clean!

This has turned out to be a counterfeiting issue in Europe. Customers outside of Europe will be fine, but we are not yet sure how to verify European tubs.

WARNING: We have a critical update here, on Friday April[…]
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ANS Performance RITUAL Review – The EVERYTHING Pre Workout

Our ANS Ritual Review

Your new pre workout Ritual is here.

When ANS Performance released the ingredient profile on their new pre workout supplement, RITUAL, it almost seemed too good to be true.

It was not.

Quick Note: We have a free tub of Ritual for next week’s contest! Get on our newsletter by signing up for this […]
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The Day Jack3d Officially Died

Jack3d Advanced Formula

Bad news, Jack3d fans.

This e-mail just landed in my inbox, courtesy Europa Sports (supplement distributors):

Dallas, TX – April 16, 2013 – USPlabs stands by the safety and legality of its products containing the dietary ingredient 1,3-DMAA.

Despite being among the most studied ingredients ever with 11 published peer-reviewed clinical & analytical studies, the […]
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Cellucor Whey Protein Review

Cellucor COR Whey Review

When it comes to whey protein, everyone is looking to unseat the top dog, Optimum Nutrition 100% Whey.

With their COR-Performance Whey Protein, Cellucor may have just done that.

In my COR Whey Review, I tested two flavors: cinnamon swirl and chocolate peanut butter. The video is below, with the TL;DW under that:[…]
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MusclePharm Now Sponsoring Total Loser Colin Kaepernick

MusclePharm & Colin Kaepernick

When a satisfied athlete likes it, he’s free to endorse products or even the company that made products the he likes. Not a long time ago, San Francisco 49ers Quarterback Colin Kaepernick did just that. The QB will be representing MusclePharm in several advertisements as well as appearances in media.

Colin Kaepernick And MusclePharm

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How to Deadlift: Texas Champion Powerlifter Steve Smith

Last Saturday, champion powerlifter Steve Smith over at Big Tex Gym in North Austin, TX gave a free seminar on How to Deadlift in the Power Room of the gym.

Without further ado:

Video Review

In this video, you see some of the following:

Standard deadlift technique – from the front and from the side[…]
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How Supplements are Regulated in the US

The FTC, or Federal Trade Commission

When you hear about the government litigating against a supplement company on the news, there are several different agencies that can be (or are) involved. Each agency’s role is different, specific, and specialized. Which agency a company is facing off with gives details to the charges. For supplements the two major players are the FTC[…]
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BCAAs During Bulking – Do you Need Them???

BCAAs During Bulking - Do You Need Them?

Short answer? No – not if you’re eating enough food and protein.

Longer answer? Extra leucine is almost never a bad thing.

The following information came via an email exchange between myself and Jed Hodge over at Hodge Fitness in Oahu, HI. It was too good to not let anyone else see it.

I mentioned […]
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Gaspari SuperDrive Came and Went with Serious Questions

Gaspari SuperDrive

This year at the 2013 Arnold Sports Festival, Gaspari Nutrition had their latest and greatest pre workout supplement, SuperDrive, on display.

We still think SuperPump 250 was one of the best pre workouts ever. But we have to say, we’re not sure what’s going on with this stuff.

Which Ingredient Label?

So far, we’ve […]
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NOW Whey Protein Isolate Review – Vanilla

NOW Whey Protein Isolate Review

It’s our first PricePlow Disapproved Product review!!

In this video, I review NOW Foods Whey Protein Isolate, specifically the awful “natural” vanilla flavor.

We have some funny moments in this video, but here’s the synopsis:

TL;DW Review I love NOW / NOW Foods / NOW Sports for nearly everything. This is an AWESOME value brand[…]
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