2899: How to Lose 15 Pounds in 90 Days | The 5-Step Fat Loss Formula
Release Date: 07/11/2026
2920: How Women Over 30 Can Lose Fat and Build the Body They Actually Want
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
MAPS BOGO: https://mapsbogo.com Buy one get one free — mix and match any of the top 10 most popular programs (Anabolic, Aesthetic, Performance, 15 Minutes, Anywhere, Symmetry, Starter, Muscle Mommy, Powerlift, 40+) for $157. In this episode the guys break down exactly how women over 30 can lose fat and build the body they actually want. They cover why the methods that worked in your 20s are no longer effective, why life stress is actually the biggest enemy (not age), and why building muscle and getting stronger is the single thing that changes everything. They walk through the three...
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2919: 5 Tips for Bigger Arms (The Mistakes Most People Make Without Realizing It)
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
MAPS BOGO: https://mapsbogo.com Buy one get one free — mix and match any of the top 10 most popular programs (Anabolic, Aesthetic, Performance, 15 Minutes, Anywhere, Symmetry, Starter, Muscle Mommy, Powerlift, 40+) for $157. In this episode the guys break down 5 tips for bigger arms — full range of motion and why going lighter beats stopping short, always including a stretch exercise like incline curls or overhead tricep extensions, why elbow angles completely change which part of the muscle you target, using compound lifts like close-grip bench and chin-ups as the foundation, and...
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2918: 5 Ways to Fix Obesity That Actually Stick Long Term
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode the guys break down 5 easy ways to fix obesity that are sustainable long term — injecting more movement into your daily life in small ways, avoiding hyper-palatable drug-like processed foods, lifting weights occasionally (even just once or twice a week is enough), connecting through activity with friends and community, and turning off social media an hour before bed. They also discuss the obesity epidemic now hitting Italian kids as processed food arrived, the milkshake study on how belief changes physical response, Adam's internal battle between ego and caution while...
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2917: How Strong Should You Actually Be? The Numbers Finally Explained
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
MAPS BOGO: https://mapsbogo.com Buy one get one free — mix and match any of the top 10 most popular programs (Anabolic, Aesthetic, Performance, 15 Minutes, Anywhere, Symmetry, Starter, Muscle Mommy, Powerlift, 40+) for $157. In this episode the guys break down exactly how strong you should actually be — covering the real strength benchmarks for men and women across bench press, squat, and deadlift from decent to good to great to advanced, why strength is one of the single best predictors of longevity and all-cause mortality, why we are in a muscle weakness epidemic, why mainstream workouts...
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2916: 5 Ways to Get Fitter Without Adding a Single Workout
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
MAPS BOGO: https://mapsbogo.com Buy one get one free on any of the top 10 most popular programs (Anabolic, Aesthetic, Performance, 15 Minutes, Anywhere, Symmetry, Starter, Muscle Mommy, Powerlift, 40+) for $157. In this episode the guys break down 5 non-workout shortcuts to fitness gains — post-workout sauna and its 32% improvement in run time to exhaustion in just 3 weeks with competitive runners, visualization producing nearly identical skill gains to physical practice, music and its measurable effect on pain perception and exhaustion, caffeine as the most consistently supported...
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2915: The Best Workout Programs Combos For Any Goal: Muscle, Strength, Fat Loss, and More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Buy one get one free, pick your combo: One of the most common questions the guys is also one of the simplest: what program should I run next? It matters more than most people think. Stack the wrong two programs back to back and you leave gains on the table. Stack the right two and you buy yourself six months of near zero plateaus, real strength PRs, and a body that keeps changing every week. In this episode, Sal, Adam, and Justin stop making you guess and lay out the definitive MAPS program pairings for every major goal. They cover advanced muscle gain, pure strength, fat loss...
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2914: 5 Rules for Building a Lagging Body Part (The Ones Nobody Tells You)
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode the guys break down the five rules for building a lagging body part — train it longer, train it more often, train it first in the workout, take volume away from the rest of the body to fuel it, and eat in a calorie surplus. They also get into calf insertions and how high versus low insertions determine whether you're built for speed or strength , Adam microdosing GLP-1 for inflammation and knuckle swelling, Justin's KLOW and cognitive peptide stack from Vita Bella. Then they coach live callers submitted through mplivecaller.com. MAPS Upper Lower:...
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2913: 5 Fitness Rules You're Breaking That Are Quietly Killing Your Progress
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode the guys break down five fitness rules that quietly kill your progress — why consistency beats the perfect program every time, the 80/20 rule for intensity that even elite athletes follow, why play is a legitimate and underrated form of training, why walking is the single most underrated activity, and the only two diet rules most people will ever need. They also cover Sal walking into the women's bathroom at a pool club and his wife watching from the food counter as a staff member called it out, Adam's ongoing GLP-1 microdosing experiment and what it's doing to his...
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2912: SS-31 Peptide Benefits: Why Ben Pakulski Says This Is the Most Exciting Peptide Right Now
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
In this episode the guys sit down with IFBB pro bodybuilder and science-driven performance coach Ben Pakulski for a wide-ranging conversation on peptides, performance, identity and the hard lessons of a 20-year bodybuilding career. Ben breaks down the peptide landscape — why he's optimistic about the science but deeply cautious about sourcing (90%+ of research peptides come from China with no quality guarantees), the most exciting peptides he's currently working with including SS-31 for mitochondrial repair, and myostatin inhibition and where the science actually stands. They also cover...
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2911: Machines vs Free Weights | 5 Times Machines Are ACTUALLY BETTER
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
MAPS Upper Lower: https://mapsupperlower.com Code: LAUNCH for 40% off. Four day split, male and female versions, workout videos and live coaching with Cole. Three days left on this offer. In this episode the guys break down five times when machines are actually better than free weights — isolating a muscle or movement pattern, when recovery is challenged from a sport or hard training block, adding extra volume without taxing the body, advanced intensity techniques like drop sets and forced negatives, and movement patterns that gravity-based free weights simply can't replicate. Sal shares how...
info_outlineIn this episode the guys break down the exact five-step formula to lose 15 pounds of pure body fat in 90 days — lifting 1-2 compound movements daily, walking after every meal, eating only whole foods, hitting 1g of protein per pound of body weight first, and perfecting sleep every single night. They also get into Joovv red light therapy and how Sal is using it on his jiu jitsu mat burns, red light improving eyesight and macular degeneration, the guys turning into old men (AC wars, slip-on shoes, grunting when they stand up), Doug's Butcher Box chuck roast stew recipe, the viral booty-was-medicinal post that was actually about pirate treasure, ancient civilizations and medicinal booty (not what you think), a Mexican vigilante duct-taping motorcycle thieves to street lights, Lorena Bobbitt revisited, and Sal getting duct tape stuck in his little brother's hair as a kid. Then they coach live callers submitted through mplivecaller.com.
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Code: LAUNCH for 40% off. Includes male and female programs, workout videos, exercise demos, coaching videos and live coaching with Cole.
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1.9 NASM CEUs
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0:00 - Intro
2:28 - Lose 15 pounds in 90 days — the exact 5-step formula
10:16 - Step 1: Lift 1-2 compound movements every single day
12:19 - Step 2: Walk for 10-15 minutes after every meal
14:29 - Step 3: Only eat whole foods — how this naturally cuts 400-700 calories
18:15 - Step 4: 1g protein per pound of body weight, eat it first
18:36 - Step 5: Perfect sleep every night — the study showing twice the muscle loss with poor sleep
21:46 - Sal using Joovv red light on jiu jitsu mat burns and its eyesight benefits
24:03 - The guys admit they're turning into old men — AC wars, slip-on shoes and naked in the locker room
47:03 - Doug's Butcher Box chuck roast stew recipe
49:25 - Ancient civilizations and the medicinal booty post — pirate treasure explained
53:40 - Mexican vigilante duct-tapes motorcycle thieves to street lights
1:03:35 - Caller: Kyle (California) — 10.5% body fat, slow gains, not sure if eating enough to bulk
1:10:49 - Caller: Heather (Minnesota) — 50-year-old ultramarathon runner training for a 100-miler, gets MAPS 15 Performance
1:21:07 - Caller: Jake (New Jersey) — 16 month check-in, 18 pounds of lean mass, baby on the way, needs lower volume plan
1:29:14 - Caller: Alex (Mississippi) — check-in update, nutrient deficiencies resolved, gets MAPS 15 Strong plus parasite cleanse recommendation