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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:

What is SPERMIDINE?! Meet the Latest Longevity Ingredient

Spermidine

Though sports supplements began as an industry focused on the now — formulating products almost exclusively for results in the present, such as pre-workouts, protein powders, and weight-loss formulas — the market has extended its reach in recent years. Sure, providing benefits in the present is important to consumers, but so is aiding them in […]
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Glaxon Protos Isolate: Chromax-Boosted Whey Protein Isolate

Glaxon Protos Isolate

We’re always stoked to see what the mad scientists at Glaxon have been up to. Every product they release has some fresh and innovative take, even in the most well-worn product categories – and there’s none more explored at this point than whey protein powders.

Even in the protein category, Glaxon demonstrated its ability to […]
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MuscleTech Manufacturing: Worldwide Facilities for International Products

MuscleTech International Manufacturing

If you follow @PricePlow on Instagram or PricePlow’s YouTube channel, you’ve likely seen some videos of our team opening and tasting some unique flavors that MuscleTech sent from around the world. Here are some examples:

MuscleTech International: When it’s Not Made in America

The above video’s just an unboxing presentation, so here’s where the flavor[…]
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Kaged Pre-Workout ELITE Series: Your Journey to Elite Starts Here

KAGED Pre-Workout Elite Series x GNC

The Kaged evolution continues — now live at GNC.

For the past few months, we’ve been covering the news that Kaged was finally coming to GNC, as highlighted in PricePlow Podcast Episode #097 with Aaron Heidebreicht and Darin Decker.

Kaged has taken the premium end of the sports nutrition industry to a higher level, with […]
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Mike McCandless: How to Sell a Supplement Brand | Episode #106

Mike McCandless - How to Sell a Supplement Brand: PricePlow Podcast #106

https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/mike-mccandless-106

If you’ve been around the supplement industry the past decade or two, you’ve undoubtedly heard of Mike McCandless, the founder of Scivation and creator of the legendary Xtend BCAA formula that upended the entire sports nutrition industry.

Mike McCandless: A Master of Supplement Business Transactions

The last time we publicly spoke was when […]
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We Go Home No Sacrifice No Victory 2.0 Pre-Workout Is Live

We Go Home No Sacrifice No Victory 2.0

We all have a new brand we’ve got our eye on, and we think we’ve hit the jackpot with this one. We Go Home is an action-packed supplement company founded by Trung Nguyen, an extraordinarily talented US Army Ranger who deployed twice to Iraq and worked as a SWAT officer in the Chicago Police Department.[…]
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Nutrex Research Outlift AMPED: New High-Stim Formula Arrives

Nutrex Outlift Amped 2023

Hot off the heels of the epic launch of Outlift Burn, the Nutrex Research Rebirth under the tutleage of Chris Waldrum, we have more coming from the resuring brand:

Nutrex Outlift Amped Updated!

Outlift Amped is the higher-energy, higher-stim pre-workout supplement from Nutrex that takes the Outlift platform to a whole new level. […]
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Musclesport Summer Scoops: Lean Whey Pistachio & Orange Creamsicle

MuscleSport Orange Creamsicle & Pistachio Ice Cream

Summer Scoops time continues for Musclesport, the brand led by Jason Mancuso, aka the “Supp Chef”, who’s been living up to his name and far more with an insane slew of new flavors.

We recently covered a Root Beer Float flavor of Lean Whey (their flagship protein) for Father’s Day, a Toasted Almond[…]
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Muscle Glycogen Reload: Sugar, Dextrose, and Animal Creatine Chews

Animal Creatine Chews Glycogen Reload

It’s summer of 2023, and everyone’s been talking about creatine again. This time it’s getting more attention from women, which is something we’ve wanted to see for decades.

Always ahead of the curve, the Animal team over at Universal Nutrition has long had many creatine-based supplements, but they reformulated their lineup in 2022, […]
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Jack Gayton: How The Vitamin Shoppe Picks Brands | Episode #105

Jack Gayton: The Vitamin Shoppe Divisional Vice President of Merchandising

https://blog.priceplow.com/podcast/jack-gayton-vitamin-shoppe-105

In July of 2023, The Vitamin Shoppe held their annual Wellness Summit, a corporate event where key presentations and discussions are given by employees and partnered brands, highlighting industry trends and business plans.

While there, we had Jack Gayton, The Vitamin Shoppe’s Divisional Vice President of Merchandising on the podcast along with […]
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