1629: Ways to Adjust Your Training to Build More Muscle, How to Correct an Imbalance Between the Right & Left Side of the Body, When to Fire Your Coach or Trainer & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Release Date: 08/28/2021
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode the guys break down how a planned deload week can boost your gains by 21% — the science behind supercompensation, how Soviet Olympic athletes used periodization to crush records, and what it actually looks and feels like to properly deload. They also get into the government registering alien-related URLs, the FBI greenlighting UFO/non-human entity disclosure, GLP-1 use doubling from 5.8% to 12.4% of adults in just 18 months, and Sal's conspiracy theory about why all of this is happening now. Then they coach live callers submitted through mplivecaller.com — Billy from New...
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Mind Pump Nutrition Coaching (Use code MOTHERSDAY): Rho Nutrition (Use code MINDPUMP): You're over 30 and you want to lose weight... but everything you've tried either stops working or leaves you feeling like garbage. Sound familiar? In this episode, Sal, Adam, and Justin cover FOUR simple steps that actually produce real, lasting fat loss results for women over 30. Not theory. Not what some twelve-week study says. What decades of real world coaching experience has proven works again and again. Why simplicity beats a perfect 15 step diet plan every single time How cutting processed foods...
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I In this episode the guys break down exactly how to build 5 pounds of muscle in 30 days. They also get into the "boring diet" trend taking over social media, a wild dehydration study, and what the data actually says about mental health and community. Then they answer questions from our Instagram page covering deadlifting frequency, gym training for blue collar workers, intermittent fasting for fat loss, and whether part-time personal training is a realistic career move. MAPS 15 BOGO Buy 1 get 1 FREE — limited time SPONSORS Legion — Code: MINDPUMP — New customers: buy one get...
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The guys break down six weird signs you're overtraining — the ones most people miss until it's too late. Beyond the obvious soreness and fatigue, they cover broken sleep, increased cravings for comfort foods, irritability, low libido, low mood, and repeated injury. Sal shares how he experienced overtraining firsthand during a double-split routine in his 20s — with zero soreness — and why that made it so hard to catch. They also cover why fitness fanatics are actually more at risk than beginners, how hormones like testosterone drop when you push too hard, and why a scheduled week off can...
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MAPS 15 special deal (BOGO): https://maps15bogo.com/ LMNT: drinklmnt.com/mindpump (Get a free sample pack of most popular drink mix flavors with any purchase). After 25 years of writing workout programs… Sal, Adam, and Justin are pulling back the curtain on the single biggest breakthrough they've had in over a decade. And it's not what you think. It's not more volume, more intensity, or more time in the gym. It's actually the OPPOSITE. The guys break down why 15 minutes a day of focused strength training is outperforming hour-long sessions for the vast majority of people… and the science...
info_outlineIn this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer four pump head questions via Zoom.
- The dumbest business of all time? (4:34)
- Mind Pump on the recently passed Food Labeling Modernization Act of 2021. (11:07)
- Want a blood bond with Tony Hawk? (17:43)
- Mind Pump’s theory on OnlyFans backtracking on pornography. (21:41)
- The remote trend of working two jobs at the same time. (25:25)
- Will we have robot companions in our lifetime? (27:33)
- What is going on in the world?! (38:01)
- The importance of your Caldera routine. (39:21)
- How the ChiliPad can help with inflammation. (40:17)
- You got to get a good spider guy. (43:51)
- #Quah question #1 – How can I adjust my training routine if I want to build more muscle mass? (50:17)
- #Quah question #2 – How can I develop my legs having a major imbalance from a very young age? (1:02:43)
- #Quah question #3 – How can I rehab a deep core injury as a professional musician, who plays the bassoon? (1:23:34)
- #Quah question #4 – Should I change my bodybuilding coach based on the information and workouts he is providing me? (1:37:28)
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