Author Archives: Mike Roberto
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.
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 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:
- Twitter: @MicroBerto (@PricePlow for industry-related activity)
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mikeroberto/
- Facebook: facebook.com/mike.roberto (see also PricePlow's Facebook)
- YouTube: YouTube.com/PricePlow
- Instagram: @PricePlow
- IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm3834816
- Personal Blog: MikeRoberto.com (relatively defunct)
Ghost Vegan Gingerbread Cookie: This Tub Won’t Last Long…
Christmas season is upon us, and in the supplement industry, that of course means limited-edition seasonal flavors! When it comes to festive flavors, nobody does it better than Ghost Lifestyle, who consistently put out some of the most creative and groundbreaking flavor profiles.
For Winter 2021, Dan Lourenço, Ryan Hughes, and the team have taken […]
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Primeval Labs Ape Sh*t ALPHA: The Apex Predator Pre Workout
Apex predator: Also known as an alpha predator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own.
Primeval Labs is a supplement brand that tells you they are right there in their name. The brand that’s full of aggressively-marketed (yet legally compliant) supplements reaches a spirit that’s […]
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Myprotein Clear Whey Isolate Mike and Ike Caribbean Punch & Sour Watermelon
Myprotein is keeping the collab release cadence going strong – alongside a monstrously-dosed post-workout collab with Eddie Hall’s All-in-One Protein, the supplement behemoth is getting back to their favorite product – Clear Whey Isolate – re-igniting another major collaboration with two flavors.
New Myprotein Mike and Ike Clear Whey Isolate Flavors!In May of […]
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Performax Labs EAminoMax: EAA Performance Sports Drink (2021 Upgrades)
EAminoMax from Performax Labs is an incredible intra-workout supplement designed to help stimulate muscle synthesis with a carefully formulated blend of amino acids, mixed in the precise ratios for optimizing hypertrophy and recovery.
The main selling point of EAminoMax is that it contains more than just the “branched-chain amino acids” (BCAAs) that are typically sold […]
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STORM Focus: A Nootropic that Disrupts the Norm
A Storm’s a brewin…
A hot new brand has hit the supplement scene, and in 2021, in a time with few new brands coming to market, that’s a big deal. Their name is Storm, and smashed with an edgy surfer/skater vibe and color scheme that looks like it was pulled from the golden days […]
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Formulator’s Corner #05: Mitochondria-Enhancing Pre-Workout Supplement
Over the years of running PricePlow, we’ve seen several generations of pre-workout supplements, ranging from insane energy boosters to well-rounded pump supplements to niche-specific muscle-building or fat-burning pre-workouts. We’ve run the gamut, and somewhere along the line, supplements in this category all began to look the same.
However, when NNB Nutrition entered the scene […]
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5% Nutrition Real Carbs + Protein, Special Fall Release: Apple Cinnamon Pie
Nobody knows nutrition better than a bodybuilder, and Rich Piana was one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, so we can learn a lot from his views on food. Although he emphasized that most of your calories should come from nutrient-dense whole-food sources, Piana was a results-oriented pragmatist who understood that under the right […]
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Ghost Protein Drink RTD: What’s Inside?
Heads up — and now, bottoms up! At the tail end of Episode S7:E32 of Ghost Lifestyle‘s Building the Brand YouTube Series, co-founders Ryan Hughes and Dan Lourenço teased a major product, and it’s now out:
Ghost Protein Drink is Here!Ghost is incredibly well known for Ghost Whey, but this one’s a bit […]
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Eddie Hall Joins MyProtein for The ALL-IN-ONE Protein
In November of 2021, Myprotein teamed up with world-class strongman Eddie Hall to bring some world-class full-strength supplements. They’ve launched with two supplements, the first being the Eddie Hall version of Myprotein’s The Pre Workout (which you can compare against the original The Pre Workout) and Eddie Hall’s The All-in-One Protein.
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Jamie Giovinazzo, Founder of Eat Clean Bro | PPP #056
In Fall of 2021, we hosted Jamie Giovinazzo of Eat Clean Bro on the PricePlow Podcast. Eat Clean Bro is the fresh meal delivery company based in the Northeast that Jamie founded, and is going through monstrous growth.
In this episode of the PricePlow Podcast, we talked about Jamie’s story from humble beginnings, food quality […]
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