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2912: SS-31 Peptide Benefits: Why Ben Pakulski Says This Is the Most Exciting Peptide Right Now

Release Date: 07/30/2026

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...

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...

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...

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...

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:...

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...

2912: SS-31 Peptide Benefits: Why Ben Pakulski Says This Is the Most Exciting Peptide Right Now

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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...

2910: 6 Things Nobody Tells You About Fat Loss After 30

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MAPS Upper Lower — https://mapsupperlower.com (code: launch)Most people over 30 who try to lose fat end up in one of three traps: they lose the weight and gain it all back, they lose muscle along with the fat and end up softer and slower than before, or they hit a wall and feel like their body just refuses to cooperate. In this episode, Sal, Adam, and Justin lay out the six things the fitness industry consistently leaves out of the fat loss conversation, and why ignoring them is exactly what keeps you stuck. The biggest shift you need to make? Stop treating fat loss like a demolition...

2909: 5 Running Styles to Lose Fat (And Which One Is Actually the Best)

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

In this episode the guys break down five ways to run for fitness — for distance, same distance for time, same time for more distance, sprinting, and running for fun. Sal shares that he ran his first mile this morning for the first time in years and how humbling it was. They also get into the story behind Sylvester Stallone writing Rocky in three days with $100 in his bank account after watching Chuck Wepner vs Muhammad Ali, Italian dialects and how Mussolini unified them, the cyclosporiasis parasite outbreak in US lettuce, the liver die-off effect and why people feel worse before they feel...

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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 Ben's origin story — going from 160 pounds at 17 to 240 by 19 purely naturally, getting cut from a baseball team at 12 and how that shaped everything, the culture of his Toronto gym and what hard training actually looks like, the Arnold Classic story where he competed sick all night with vomiting and diarrhea and still got second. Ben shares how bodybuilding was never his identity — just something he did — and why leaving the sport felt like relief rather than loss. They also dig into GLP-1 use, the looming frailty epidemic, genetic testing for coaching, why the guys fixed their training plateaus through gut health and hormone optimization, and why Ben thinks the hard work of getting fit is the actual prize — not the physique.

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