1918: The Pros & Cons of Drop Sets, How to Know if You Have Reached Your Muscle Building Potential, Ways to Deal With People Who Shame Healthy Living Choices & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer four Pump Head questions drawn from last Sunday’s Quah post on the @mindpumpmedia Instagram page. Mind Pump Fit Tip: For long-term fitness success you MUST eliminate the victim mentality! (2:26) What happens when you gaslight something and do stupid things. (23:32) How eating an ultra-processed diet can change your brain! (29:15) How Sal uses the bone-both protein powder from Paleo Valley. (32:42) Happy Meals for adults? (43:09) Adam recommends Eat the Rich: The GameStop Saga on Netflix. (48:55) Where are all the influencers pushing...
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1917: Ten Common Traits of Fit & Healthy People
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin cover ten traits the most fit and healthy people possess. People who can maintain health & fitness for their entire lives often have commonalities and common traits. (1:32) Ten Common Traits of Fit and Healthy People. #1 - Their workouts are scheduled at the same time, same day, each week. (5:36) #2 - They respect fitness goals but don’t obsess over them. (8:28) #3 - They have learned to enjoy healthy eating. (12:29) #4 - They value the mental/emotional/health effects of fitness more than the physical effects. (17:35) #5 -...
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1916: How to Add Size to Stubborn Legs, Ways to Avoid an Afternoon Energy Crash, the Pros & Cons of Fasting & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin coach three Pump Heads via Zoom. Mind Pump Fit Tip: Are you feeling sad, depressed, or down? Well, studies show diet can have a PROFOUND effect on depression. (2:29) Do ‘hot’ women not get cold? (22:15) Busting the myths surrounding the safety of testosterone replacement therapy. (25:06) Is ‘memetic magic’ a thing? (30:45) Prioritizing the shifting of male and female roles. (35:42) Pumpkin Spice Gold Juice is back from Organifi! (46:49) Butcher Box’s surf and turf deal! (47:56) When Justin’s Star Wars knowledge gets...
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1915: How to Re-Ignite Your Metabolism
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin cover eight ways to kick-start your metabolism. One of the MOST effective things you can do for sustainable fat loss and health in the modern world is to SPEED UP your metabolism! (1:40) The complexity of the metabolism. (3:59) Eight Ways to Re-Ignite Your Metabolism. #1 - Train to build muscle. (11:00) #2 - Best exercises are big compound lifts. (14:46) #3 - Use strength as the metric. (19:05) #4 - Feed your body to fuel muscle and strength. (21:13) #5 - Slowly increase calories as the body adapts. (23:17) #6 - Prioritize protein....
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1914: Ways to Overcome Shoulder Pain When Benching, the Truth About Fasting for Weight Loss, What to Do When You Keep Getting Injured & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin coach three Pump Heads via Zoom. Mind Pump Fit Tip: Working out harder is NOT always better. (2:20) A groundbreaking study on the soleus muscle. (18:09) Justin’s Furnace Fest adventures. (23:23) When the guys first discovered they could no longer eat fast food. (40:02) Flash frozen vs. fresh salmon and how Butcher Box promotes it. (43:28) Rough waters ahead for all markets. (48:24) #ListenerLive question #1 - What are ways to overcome shoulder pain when bench pressing? (57:16) #ListenerLive question #2 - How can I meet my daily...
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1913: The Best Butt Building Exercises, How to Know When Your Workout is Too Long, the Most Effective Rotational Ab Building Exercises & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer four Pump Head questions drawn from last Sunday’s Quah post on the @mindpumpmedia Instagram page. Mind Pump Fit Tip: One of the MOST valuable pieces of technology that can DRAMATICALLY improve the success of your workouts is ALSO one of the most easily underutilized that has been around forever. The STOPWATCH! (2:51) Are iPods making a comeback?! (15:09) Adam recommends The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist on Netflix. (18:30) The ULTIMATE carjacking deterrent. (21:37) Kreatures of Habit is FLYING off the Mind Pump shelves!...
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1912: The Science of Successful Marriages & Relationships With Drs. John and Julie Gottman
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Drs. John & Julie Gottman about scientifically proven ways to improve relationships. What is the Gottman Institute, and what is its purpose? (2:29) What got them so interested in studying relationships? (4:16) What are some of the biggest misconceptions about the way we look at marriages back then compared to now? (6:00) What is the Love Lab, and how did it work? (9:10) The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse. (13:39) The Sound Relationship House theory of what makes relationships work. (18:52) The importance of focusing on the process rather...
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1911: How to Get Better at Pull-Ups, Ways to Build the Legs Without Lifting Weights, the Benefits of Switching From a Body Part Split to Full Body Workouts & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
n this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin coach four Pump Heads via Zoom. Mind Pump Fit Tip: Powerlifters have it half right and half wrong. Bodybuilders ALSO have it half right and half wrong. You can learn from BOTH to maximize your gains. (3:25) How the PRx rack is set up PERFECTLY for band-assisted exercises. (23:23) Why would Walmart remove self-checkout machines? (28:36) Walmart is getting into banking! (40:33) Nothing will lose you more money than a car. (41:40) The value of SleepMe and the growing competition in the market. (50:45) #ListenerLive question #1 – Are...
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1910: How to Uncover Hidden Hormone Imbalances With Dr. Stephen Cabral
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak with Dr. Stephen Cabral and get their hormone profiles analyzed on air. The paradigm around preventative health. (3:00) Humans are meant to do tough things and we have gotten soft. (8:57) The benefits of putting your body through temperature changes. (11:51) His thoughts on artificial sweeteners. (13:51) What role does eating too much play in poor health? (16:55) Is there an antioxidant consumption limit? (19:10) Differentiating between blood and saliva tests. (22:36) The stress/gut connection. (31:39) Explaining the gut/brain access. (33:46)...
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1909: Building Muscle With 20 Minute Daily Workouts, Switching From Low Rep to High Rep Training, Adjusting Training When Working a Demanding Job & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin coach four Pump Heads via Zoom. Mind Pump Fit Tip: Here is an interesting way to stimulate muscle growth, loaded passive stretching! (2:25) Have insomnia? Wear those blue-blocking glasses y’all! (18:59) A parent’s battle with sleep routines. (24:16) Funny moments with the Mind Pump kids. (32:11) Nutrient deficiencies can cause A LOT of irritability. (34:25) A conversation on the decline in Christianity in America. (37:54) Revisiting the actor’s “pump” debate. (45:08) Caldera Lab, the results speak for themselves. (49:18)...
info_outlineIn this episode Sal, Adam & Justin speak to Max Lugavere about what happens when scientists are motivated by outcomes other than finding the truth.
- When the science-bound model goes wrong. (2:28)
- Science advances one funeral at a time. (12:28)
- Why you shouldn’t take everything the Western blot publishes as fact. (15:11)
- Why is there resistance to acknowledging that we can potentially prevent Alzheimer’s Disease? (22:50)
- Why this documentary project engenders why Max does what he does. (29:32)
- How the brain is very complex. (31:18)
- Turning the serotonin model for depression on its head. (34:31)
- How do studies get funded, and how can we eliminate these conflicts of interest? (43:05)
- Nutrition studies, a house of cards. (48:21)
- When diets become politicized. (50:43)
- Be evidence-based, but NOT evidence-bound. (57:01)
- Understanding the BIG picture and sifting through the noise. (1:02:43)
- Little Empty Boxes. (1:09:53)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
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- A specific amyloid-β protein assembly in the brain impairs memory
- Potential Research Fabrication Bombshell Threatens Amyloid Theory of Alzheimer’s Disease
- A new Alzheimer's drug has been approved. But should you take it?
- Blood-based biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease - PubMed
- Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life – Book by Max Lugavere and Paul Grewal
- The Lancet: 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life
- Getting to the Root of Alzheimer's | Harvard Medical School
- Depression is not caused by a 'chemical imbalance' in the brain | Metro News
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- Most Dietary Guideline Advisors Have Ties to Food and Pharma Industries, Study Finds
- Tufts Food Compass
- 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat
- The heretical Minnesota heart study: When science stops asking questions
- Eating Too Much Protein Makes Pee a Problem Pollutant in the U.S.
- Mind Pump #1777: Cooking Oils That Can Make You Sick With Max Lugavere
- Mind Pump #1230: Surviving & Thriving In A Toxic World With Max Lugavere
- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
Featured Guest/People Mentioned
- Instagram: @maxlugavere
- Website: Max Lugavere
- Podcast: Genius Life
- Layne Norton, Ph.D. (@biolayne) Instagram