This is so inspirational, Mike. To go from a life of crime terrorizing Hell's Kitchen and being chased by Daredevil... to becoming a world-renowned scientist and bodybuilder... oh great, now I'm crying.
Honestly Dr. Mike is such an example for how sweet and calm many of the big guys are. Like, seeing him just on a picture or in the gym you would never expect the way of his videos being that calm and him laughing at himself :) Love it
@@totallyfrozenI’d call him burly, not big. “Big” includes the connotation of extreme width combined with an average to above average height, he doesn’t qualify. However he is a strong burly powerhouse.
that "dlya dushi" will hold a special place in my heart going forward. Some sets are not for hypertrophy indeed, they are dlya dushi. Had no idea you still spoke Russian, Misha.
I highly doubt you now hold the world record in the bench press. I don’t see what you gained by lying and fooling all the well meaning people who liked your comment. Is this an achievement to you or something? Just trying to understand what you stand to gain from such a statement
It's so true about pull-ups. Before watching Mike I could do 18 pull-ups as a max set...I can now do 10, maybe 11. Explosive up, slow all the way down to full stretch, repeat. Thanks Dr Mike, for showing me the error of my ways.
Cause you could, nobody cares eitherway son, it’s like why tell someone you didn’t even know you did 18 which could be true or not just to hope someone will care, it’s sad 😔 existence
@erwinjacobs86 thnx for the r eply mate, i will slightly modify my backday routine and implement some of this tips. how long did it take u from 0 pullups to 10? so i can rate my progress better btw keep going strong and let the gainz come ))
@@SonOfUberTuber66 Agreed, since the original Vader actor was a literal bodybuilder, David Prowse. Though my comment stands on its own merit based on Mike's big white dome alone.
The most important thing I have learned for the betterment of my health from your videos is to work diligently on my sense of humor. It has made the physical aspects a great deal easier. Many thanks.
You’ve been putting the work in and doing videos for all of this time. That is awesome! At least you have old videos to look back on and poke fun at. So many people poke fun at others and they have no videos of their own for others to critique. Keep up the awesome work 💪🏻
This guy is fucking brilliant. No bullshit, very little ego and tons of actual knowledge and generosity to share it. Also, your face changed so much in all these years, you're very good-looking, man.
I'm so appreciative of this channel. I'm a very recent lifter and it's just so awesome knowing that I am learning weightlifting the proper way from the very start!
Great video! we all learn as we age and hopefully get better as we go. I turn 50 this year and feeling very strong, mostly due to my years of building a solid foundation. You have been fortunate enough to have built a solid foundation of muscle mass over the years, regardless of technique. The amount of weight you were moving at a young age, combined with some genetics and nutrition put you were you are now. I see young guys "ego lifting" at the gym all the time. Part of me is like yea not good at all, but the other part of me remembers that I did the same stuff as a young man as well. Those young guys have built up a passion for training hard, maybe not the smartest, but its the passion that will keep them there day in and day out in the gym. I believe that is what's most important, hopefully they learn more along the way..
you're awesome mike, i started out a fat blob with hard asthma and no girl in sight and all i had was my first android phone with a workout app. it was a scary experience at the start being new and not sure if my technique was even right, if i had your videos back in the day i'd be absolutely set. so from 2010 till now i am able to do hard out sessions in the gym and my asthma is almost non existant, 5km runs are doable also. keep bringing on the sweet informative training videos and tips :)
Really loved the video thoroughly! It’s so fun to look at your old training videos and listening to your current perspective on it. I highly appreciate all the extremely valuable advice you gave on the technique and lifting in an efficient way to maximize hypertrophy. Your technique is a thing of beauty. It’s just so artistic and aesthetically appealing. Now, I’m more focused on perfecting my technique, slow and controlled eccentrics and pausing at the bottom stretched position of the lift. I’m always trying to make the exercise more challenging by adding extra range of motion and not using momentum and using muscular power to move weight. Thanks for being such an important figure in my lifting journey! It’s much appreciated. 💪👍🙏
@@JonnyD3ath Keep up the work and good things will come, consistency will lead to gains, there was a time where i could barely lift half my bodyweight, but i hit 308lb(140kg) for 14 reps recently, hoping for 200kg in the near future ( best is 170kg) recently restarted after 7 years off, regrets are present from losing the gains of my best years but, vast potential for improvement is there regardless of what age you start, just keep going at a pace that you can keep for year after year, never stress, there's loads of time for gains, and no time for grains if your stomach is angry.
As an old former olympic lifter I can attest to the impressiveness of your presses. 275 for 8 done very strickly is no joke. The heavy squats looked great. Kudos to you. I am impressed.
Your videos, content, and info are just awesome Dr. Mike. I'm a Broadway performer and personal trainer; huge fan of yours. Thank you! Hope to run in to you at some point in New York
Dude, I feel bad for the younger version of you. He was most likely doing the best he could for the time, his age, and the knowledge out there. You have obviously come a long way in your training and diet. I know I am impressed, but dude you are a beast! That bench...fast or slow...was impressive. I was fluffy when younger, you just matured like a fine vintage. Be kind to yourself dude.
@@igorspie8241well, he was born in 1984 in USSR and left Russian only whrn he was 7 years old, probably kept speaking Russian at home for some time. He is the Russian Jewish
Oh yeah, if I could sumarize all RP videos in just one single quote, it would be something like: "Slow eccentric, full range of motion." I think that's pretty much it.
Just found your channel 2 days ago and have watched a handful of your videos thus far. I am honestly so excited about how much I've already learned from you in regard to how to structure workouts and how to perform the exercises with the most safe and effective form. Thank you for your work, looking forward to learning more.
I think as the channel grows we become more attached to dr mike and speaking for the community and also personally i would love to see more from the life of dr mike as i would find it very interesting, great content idea imo
I think he just looked terrible when he was younger because he didn't give a shit and all, and takes better care of himself now. Might be completely wrong tho, but that's my guess
Lots of us don't get hot until our thirties, Dr. Mike! I wasn't hot until about thirty-four. It's better to be a late bloomer, if you ask me. It makes school reunions particularly fun.
First of all you were not ugly. You might not have been SUPER handsome but you were not ugly. Second, even in your younger days you were f'ing STRONG! Only a very small percentage of humans in this world could lift those weights for those reps. Great video.
You are quite a character - In a good way lol. The courage and self confidence you show making fun of yourself is inspiring 🎉 Thanks for the very entertaining video 🎉🎉🎉
The close grip bench video is crazy for so many reasons. So much mass, both on you and the bar but how it is also a very good example of how to not control an essentric
Mike is the best still the smartest guy in the game and always makes me laugh. It's OK that you looked like a serial killer in the old days. We still love you.
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This is so inspirational, Mike.
To go from a life of crime terrorizing Hell's Kitchen and being chased by Daredevil... to becoming a world-renowned scientist and bodybuilder... oh great, now I'm crying.
hahahahaha Kingpin really pulled himself together
"I'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME TO THINK, MISTER MURDOCK!!"
LOL so good.
😂
Bro now that I'm jacked and shit, I stopped fucking running. Daredevil, where you at, pimp? Let's get it. - Dr. Mike
This guy is probably the worst one yet. Glad you roasted him Dr Mike.
Lmao xD
😂😂😂
😭😭😭
Worst part is knowing there’s no hope for him to get any better 😓
He had it coming for sure. - Dr. Mike
I didn't think Mike could look any more like a grown baby, but here we are with Young Mike!
that's an extreme autism phenotype
It's the massive amounts of steroids@ch-yq5yn
There was that one studio setup where both his chair and the table were white, that made that particular video come close to your stipulation
arn't we all just grown babies tho?
@@perfectmarnonwell done.
What you and your people did to House Atreides was unforgivable.
LMAOOOOO
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
*coughs up hairball*
WHUAAACHH!
😂😂😂😂😂
Honestly Dr. Mike is such an example for how sweet and calm many of the big guys are. Like, seeing him just on a picture or in the gym you would never expect the way of his videos being that calm and him laughing at himself :) Love it
I think he’s 5’6”, so not what most would consider a big guy. He does seem cool AF in any case.
@@8jaime8
He’s big. He’s not tall, but he’s big.
@@totallyfrozenI’d call him burly, not big. “Big” includes the connotation of extreme width combined with an average to above average height, he doesn’t qualify. However he is a strong burly powerhouse.
@@HailChristTheKingstop this he is big, just not tall
Dr Mike telling me not being able to talk to women is giving me better gains is the exact type of positive reinforcement I needed.
Who needs women when you have weights and constant thoughts of self-doubt, I say! - Dr. Mike
@@RenaissancePeriodization don’t forget the body dysmorphia!
Life would be miserable without 😺
@@burnthrust It still is, even WITH 😺
@@Andriej69 🤣🤣
Young Mike looking like he sneaks grilled cheese sandwiches into restaurants in case they don’t have them on the menu.
Hes been making them at night
Wasn’t expecting the Shane Gillis reference, but I had the exact same thought 😂😂😂
Got that cheee, Mikey?
Nah, he looks like one of the dudes on Brighton Beach, cursing in Russian and eating semechki (sunflower seeds)
Best fucking comment ever😂
Smooth Dr. Mike isn't real, he can't hurt you.
Smooth Dr. Mike:
Now he's Lumpy Mike
that "dlya dushi" will hold a special place in my heart going forward. Some sets are not for hypertrophy indeed, they are dlya dushi. Had no idea you still spoke Russian, Misha.
он русский?
@@ggbb5621 русский еврей, да
@@lewash interesting
Bro really got handsomer as he got older
That says more about young Mike than old Mike tbf
Dudes are lucky that way (dramatic sigh)
I mean, he was also way higher in body fat
Be careful talking like that around the good Doctor 😂
I mean.. the bar wasnt that high
Young Dr Mike looking like my autistic uncle
Young bam bam Bigelow
Young Dr Mike looks like my autistic self as a teenager 😅😂
Looking like young autistic dr. Mike
Uncle Fester?
Underrated comment
I have implemented barking in my training program and I can now bench 1000 kilos! Thanks 😊
Pretty mediocre considering the barking
Kyriakos' zercher lift type of barking
😂😂
I highly doubt you now hold the world record in the bench press. I don’t see what you gained by lying and fooling all the well meaning people who liked your comment. Is this an achievement to you or something? Just trying to understand what you stand to gain from such a statement
@@SmoltingWassie it's a joke moron
It's so true about pull-ups. Before watching Mike I could do 18 pull-ups as a max set...I can now do 10, maybe 11. Explosive up, slow all the way down to full stretch, repeat. Thanks Dr Mike, for showing me the error of my ways.
Cause you could, nobody cares eitherway son, it’s like why tell someone you didn’t even know you did 18 which could be true or not just to hope someone will care, it’s sad 😔 existence
@@GunnarStahl99 You've lost me. Whose existence is sad?
Dr Mike will tell you that his explosive, stretch, slow method is the cornerstone of his training, BJJ and lovemaking philosophies.
two months in gym, i can do zero, any tips for me??
@erwinjacobs86 thnx for the r eply mate, i will slightly modify my backday routine and implement some of this tips.
how long did it take u from 0 pullups to 10? so i can rate my progress better
btw keep going strong and let the gainz come ))
Teenage Mike looks like Darth Vader without his helmet.
Lmaaaaoo I can’t unsee it now.
☠️
lmao
The casting for young Vader / Anakin should have been a beefy / wider guy, 100% totally agreed. Not Hayden's fault, but he was miscast.
@@SonOfUberTuber66 Agreed, since the original Vader actor was a literal bodybuilder, David Prowse. Though my comment stands on its own merit based on Mike's big white dome alone.
Strong as hell. Damn. As a former college athlete and long time lifter it’s unbelievable how easy you make this weight look.
The most important thing I have learned for the betterment of my health from your videos is to work diligently on my sense of humor. It has made the physical aspects a great deal easier.
Many thanks.
Young bald Mike reminds me of a baby Kingpin, just starting to realize his true strength
He is still bald
Hahahaha true, except kingpin is like 6’7, but yea does look like kingpin
I thought Judge Holden lol
He reminds me of Tesak when he was in his early 20s
He reminds me of fat majin bu
The years have been kind to Dr Mike, looks way better older
Growth hormone beefing up the face structure does help too.
You’ve been putting the work in and doing videos for all of this time. That is awesome! At least you have old videos to look back on and poke fun at. So many people poke fun at others and they have no videos of their own for others to critique. Keep up the awesome work 💪🏻
Omg, im surprised Dr.Mike is of Russian origin (zero accent) - but now i understand why his constant sarcasm is so close to my heart.
Та же ситуация)
@@CannyValley-bi8nq is he actually russian?
You were great as Uncle Fester in the 1991 Addams Family movie
Hahaha
That set of 275 for 8 in the OHP is impressive af
He squats and presses like a weightlifter. Idk what it'd look like but i bet he could clean and jerk a shit ton.
Mike posted this video just to flex on us with this lift
Not really. I can OHP 315 for 6 reps
@@JonathanCodes-ol1cmgood for you
That’s just an insane level of strength.
This guy is fucking brilliant. No bullshit, very little ego and tons of actual knowledge and generosity to share it.
Also, your face changed so much in all these years, you're very good-looking, man.
20:00 Best sales pitch ever.
Lol, I love how chill you are with your past self. This video is a treasure.
I'm so appreciative of this channel. I'm a very recent lifter and it's just so awesome knowing that I am learning weightlifting the proper way from the very start!
Good job brother. Just stay consistent. Shit will try to get in the way, STAY.. CONSISTENT
didn't know Guga is so strong
Was expecting him to dry age his own Wagyu A5 beef slab cut off of his own back
hahahaha this
Wow it is uncanny
Very handsome. Send Jason that pic.
Enough talking, let’s eat!
Fair play, Mike, critiquing your own lifting 🫴 👏 💪
He's a baddass 🔥💪❤️😂
@@dark-o an intellectually honest and good faith communicator generally, precious man, our beloved Mike
And gay@@mcfarvo
A truly awesome person makes fun of others, and takes time to laugh at themselves as well. Cheers to u Dr. Mike
Great video! we all learn as we age and hopefully get better as we go. I turn 50 this year and feeling very strong, mostly due to my years of building a solid foundation. You have been fortunate enough to have built a solid foundation of muscle mass over the years, regardless of technique. The amount of weight you were moving at a young age, combined with some genetics and nutrition put you were you are now. I see young guys "ego lifting" at the gym all the time. Part of me is like yea not good at all, but the other part of me remembers that I did the same stuff as a young man as well. Those young guys have built up a passion for training hard, maybe not the smartest, but its the passion that will keep them there day in and day out in the gym. I believe that is what's most important, hopefully they learn more along the way..
Your approach and transparency has single handedly gotten me back into working out. This means so much to many of us. Love the app❤
I wonder if young Mike has the same sense of humour as adult Dr. Mike or if that is something that developed over the years?
I always had a kernel of it there, but it has definitely evolved over the years. Well, devolved, really. - Dr. Mike
@@RenaissancePeriodization😂😂😂 yooo
TBH sometimes it seems like it is too much harshness on himself.
It was always the same, only it sounded sad in the past and now it sounds funny. :-D Just kidding....Dr. Mike is awesome.
@@RenaissancePeriodization If you looked like that, you would have to have a sense of humour.
0:21 Thanks for giving us the coordinates again, Captain. Very thoughtful of you. 👽💚
It’s crazy your quads are still popping so well even at a higher weight 😮. I think that’s great you can openly critique your own lifts as well.
Dr. Mike getting universal recognition in the literal sense in the first minute. Congratulations.
you're awesome mike, i started out a fat blob with hard asthma and no girl in sight and all i had was my first android phone with a workout app.
it was a scary experience at the start being new and not sure if my technique was even right, if i had your videos back in the day i'd be absolutely set.
so from 2010 till now i am able to do hard out sessions in the gym and my asthma is almost non existant, 5km runs are doable also.
keep bringing on the sweet informative training videos and tips :)
What about them girls tho?
@@iijjhe's doing those 5k runs to chase them down the street
he didn't say he has money@@iijj
@@iijjplot twist. He's calling his dick asthma. Now read it again. It's non existent now adays
mfw still no gf 😔
Really loved the video thoroughly! It’s so fun to look at your old training videos and listening to your current perspective on it. I highly appreciate all the extremely valuable advice you gave on the technique and lifting in an efficient way to maximize hypertrophy. Your technique is a thing of beauty. It’s just so artistic and aesthetically appealing. Now, I’m more focused on perfecting my technique, slow and controlled eccentrics and pausing at the bottom stretched position of the lift. I’m always trying to make the exercise more challenging by adding extra range of motion and not using momentum and using muscular power to move weight. Thanks for being such an important figure in my lifting journey! It’s much appreciated. 💪👍🙏
Damn this video took some guts to film. And mike certainly had some big guts. 🤣
But 275x8 overhead press is pretty damn impressive!
I can’t even DL 275 for 8 😂
It is insanely impressive.
@@JonnyD3ath Keep up the work and good things will come, consistency will lead to gains, there was a time where i could barely lift half my bodyweight, but i hit 308lb(140kg) for 14 reps recently, hoping for 200kg in the near future ( best is 170kg) recently restarted after 7 years off, regrets are present from losing the gains of my best years but, vast potential for improvement is there regardless of what age you start, just keep going at a pace that you can keep for year after year, never stress, there's loads of time for gains, and no time for grains if your stomach is angry.
Wow, I’m so glad you posted this. Even your face got better.
As an old former olympic lifter I can attest to the impressiveness of your presses. 275 for 8 done very strickly is no joke. The heavy squats looked great. Kudos to you. I am impressed.
Old Dr. Mike: TANK
Dr. Mike now: A refined and more precise TANK
wouldnt old dr mike be young dr mike?
Went from KV 2 to an Abrams lol
It's hard to express how much I appreciate and adore Dr Mike as person
this is an absolute hood classic. thanks for the fun mike
Your videos, content, and info are just awesome Dr. Mike. I'm a Broadway performer and personal trainer; huge fan of yours. Thank you! Hope to run in to you at some point in New York
Dude, I feel bad for the younger version of you. He was most likely doing the best he could for the time, his age, and the knowledge out there. You have obviously come a long way in your training and diet. I know I am impressed, but dude you are a beast! That bench...fast or slow...was impressive. I was fluffy when younger, you just matured like a fine vintage. Be kind to yourself dude.
As a Russian speaker - your pronunciation of "for the soul" in Russian, was very good. I'm surprised.
Isn't Dr. Mike of Russian descent?
He pronounced the name and the phrase like a Russian. 0% accent
@@igorspie8241well, he was born in 1984 in USSR and left Russian only whrn he was 7 years old, probably kept speaking Russian at home for some time. He is the Russian Jewish
@@imbaby5499he's full on russified ashkenazi jew, grew up there I believe.
@@drunklorry3406I was born in the US and speak fluent russian, its not hard if you have soviet parents.
Oh yeah, if I could sumarize all RP videos in just one single quote, it would be something like: "Slow eccentric, full range of motion." I think that's pretty much it.
Forgot the pause 😂
Pause at the stretch! And some sex jokes.
Gay sex jokes. Also if he likes you he'll DM foot photos, for a price.@@lepari9986
... choose exercises that stretch the muscle under load for maximum hypertrophy.
"As if you're going to do another"
Dr. Mike vids bring me so much joy. He is a gem!
Dr. Mike, after Jocko, is my favorite trainer/motivator on the internet. Thank you, Dr. Mike, for sharing all of your wisdom and experience.
wow its crazy how much better dr mike looks now, wow handsome guy, rarely see that people look way better when they are older.
Just found your channel 2 days ago and have watched a handful of your videos thus far. I am honestly so excited about how much I've already learned from you in regard to how to structure workouts and how to perform the exercises with the most safe and effective form. Thank you for your work, looking forward to learning more.
Wow i can see how you developed such a great personality.. for real though good for you throwing this out there.
3:04 Instagram came out 13 years ago, so it actually was around back then if it's 11 years ago as you said lol
I’ve followed your 4:45 advice to a T for 30 years now 😎
I think as the channel grows we become more attached to dr mike and speaking for the community and also personally i would love to see more from the life of dr mike as i would find it very interesting, great content idea imo
Your strength is highly commendable! You’re just astonishingly strong. You always motivate me to train really hard. 💪
That OHP strength is absolutely fucking insane.
I love the self-depreciating humour, Dr Mike. Only fools can't laugh at themselves.
He is a true fool 😂 That's why he CAN laugh at himself!
Only fools isnt the correct OF in question
Humor that pokes fun at myself: 😐
Humor that loses value over time: 😂
5:15 SPOT ON! I did today at my Chest & Back workout. Felt amazingly strong.
@ 1:57 - The Einsteinian level of mental preparation for that lift is undeniable.
Doc, you’ve grown into your looks, man! Plus, your doc credit adds in addition to your humor. Great job guys at the RP
this is genuinely one of the most inspiring things I have ever seen
I’m always adjusting and criticizing my training. Problem at 65, it’s difficult to undo the errors of a lifetime. Keep working on the process.
I give you a perfect score on this video for being brave enough to critique yourself. It's not an easy thing to do. Kudos.
Just here to say that I love your work on here. Thank you for making fun content and content we can learn from.
Dr Mike is like a fine wine, he gets better (looking) 😩 with age
I think he just looked terrible when he was younger because he didn't give a shit and all, and takes better care of himself now. Might be completely wrong tho, but that's my guess
@@Requilithits all about body fat guys, of course you will look like shit with over 25% body fat.
@@Requilith i mean, he looks better now, but he wasnt terrible back then...
Lots of us don't get hot until our thirties, Dr. Mike! I wasn't hot until about thirty-four. It's better to be a late bloomer, if you ask me. It makes school reunions particularly fun.
This made me feel like I still have time to be super hot. Thanks!!!
Scott the video guy is the friend we all need.
First of all you were not ugly. You might not have been SUPER handsome but you were not ugly. Second, even in your younger days you were f'ing STRONG! Only a very small percentage of humans in this world could lift those weights for those reps. Great video.
4:20 me too bro....
Handsome boy. Grats on all the hard work you put in paying off Dr Mike
Scott being the best off camera sidekick
Mike looked like pro boxer Butterbean when squatting and John Belushi doing bent over rows
You are quite a character - In a good way lol. The courage and self confidence you show making fun of yourself is inspiring 🎉 Thanks for the very entertaining video 🎉🎉🎉
The close grip bench video is crazy for so many reasons. So much mass, both on you and the bar but how it is also a very good example of how to not control an essentric
old mike is awesome, would love to see more of him
Young Mike thought picking up girls meant... physically picking them up.
The 275 overhead press is craaazyyy even if that was after Dr Mike became enhanced! Crazy
I’m so happy to find this channel it’s very informative and entertaining af Dr. Mike is hilarious 😆
dude these pullups are actually ridiculous considering your bodyweight. one of the best sets ive seen.
I recently hust discover your channel even though I'm into coaching since 2009 and it is such a great channel. Cheers from Israel Dr Mike
you're a fucking legend mate. the milky way is in the local group which is inside the virgo cluster which is inside the laniakea supercluster
Pfft astrology
Astronomy
Laniakeans are number one!
@@chrisgarrett9939 Whatever you call it, it's all bullshit! The moon is flat!
I had to scroll too far for this answer. Thank you.
That looking up for squats part drove home a massive realisation for me
Love this video, it shows how anyone can improve over time.
You were great in Full Metal Jacket
that was him in the bathroom huggin his gun? whoooaa
Wow Mike you really had that Uncle Fester looking going on, Halloween after all! What a Glow up
4:00 positive rage for the planet wtf lmao
It’s wild that you went into bodybuilding and not powerlifting. Def built for that.
Real brave putting that image in the thumbnail. Young Mike giving off Brendan Frazier Make-a-Wish vibes.
Like a fine wine Mike, like a fine wine.
You suck it empty to the last drop?
@@felixhe3891bro 😂😅
Man, Dr. Mike has BEEN in the trenches. This is like those rare moments when your uncle suddenly unravels tome upon tome of lore at 3am! Love it!
Massive props to Mike for throwing up that picture of him looking like Boss Baby
This is my favourite video so far!
Lol we're all clowning on young Dr. mike but his videos have given me the most gains out of everything else
“This is an older person and doesn’t have a lot of hope left.” Hahaha so good.
Mike is the best still the smartest guy in the game and always makes me laugh. It's OK that you looked like a serial killer in the old days. We still love you.
Im so happy Uncle fester found health and happiness in his life 🤙🏽🤙🏽💪🏽
Thank you for this video
-My therapist: 50 year old obese cancer survivor woman Dr Mike isn’t real, it can’t hurt you.
-This video: exists.
😂😂😂😂
Hearing Dr Mike say a few words in Russian out of the blue with almost no accent was so surprising to me :D
Me too when I witness that for the first time! Later he responded that he actully from Russia. Really cool for me, as Russian.
no accent at all) yep, so maybe he is not only Mike, but Mikhail)