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2919: 5 Tips for Bigger Arms (The Mistakes Most People Make Without Realizing It)

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Release Date: 08/08/2026

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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

MAPS Abs and Butt: https://mapsabsandbutt.com Code: LAUNCH for 40% off. Includes Butt Building Diet Guide, Women's Supplement Guide, at-home dumbbell version and a free second program at checkout (Muscle Mommy or Muscle Mommy 15). In this episode the guys break down 5 lessons from bodybuilders that everyone should learn — mind muscle connection and why feeling the target muscle is a learnable skill that changes everything, the pump as a signal for hydration, recovery and muscle connection rather than just an ego boost, Lee Haney's principle of stimulate don't annihilate and why bodybuilders...

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2945: How to Actually Build Your Glutes: The Exact Diet and Training Blueprint show art 2945: How to Actually Build Your Glutes: The Exact Diet and Training Blueprint

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

use code LAUNCH for 40% off BONUS: If you buy MAPS Abs & Butt - on the next page you get to pick Muscle Mommy 15 or Muscle Mommy for free. Your Choice. INCLUDED: The Butt Building Diet Guide & Women's Supplement Guide & At-Home Version (Dumbbells only) You want round, full glutes and a tight waist. So why is what you're currently doing making neither happen? In this episode of Mind Pump Show, Sal, Adam, and Justin tear apart the most common mistakes women make when trying to build their glutes, starting with the big one: eating 1,200 calories and calling it a fitness plan....

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2944: Low Reps vs. High Reps — Which Actually Builds More Muscle? (The Answer Surprised Us) show art 2944: Low Reps vs. High Reps — Which Actually Builds More Muscle? (The Answer Surprised Us)

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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2943: Your Bulk Is Not Working! Here Are the 5 Signs You Are Doing It Wrong show art 2943: Your Bulk Is Not Working! Here Are the 5 Signs You Are Doing It Wrong

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2942: You Cannot Shrink Yourself Into a Better Body show art 2942: You Cannot Shrink Yourself Into a Better Body

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Maps Abs and Butt 40% off, a free Muscle Mommy or Muscle Mommy 15 program, a build your butt diet guide, and a supplement guide. Find everything at htpps://mapsabsandbutt.com with code Launch. You cannot shrink yourself into a better body. You have to build it first, then reveal it. That's the whole thesis of this Mind Pump Show episode, and the guys spend every minute proving it with real client stories, hard science, and the kind of blunt coaching most trainers are too scared to deliver. The Guys break down exactly why starting with a cut is the most common, most damaging mistake people...

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2941: Are Artificial Sweeteners Bad for You | The Real Problem Nobody Talks About show art 2941: Are Artificial Sweeteners Bad for You | The Real Problem Nobody Talks About

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2940: The Real Reason Your Butt Won't Grow (It Is Not Your Genetics) show art 2940: The Real Reason Your Butt Won't Grow (It Is Not Your Genetics)

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MAPS Abs and Butt: https://mapsabsandbutt.com Code: LAUNCH for 40% off. Includes Butt Building Diet Guide, Women's Supplement Guide, at-home dumbbell version, and a free second program at checkout (Muscle Mommy or Muscle Mommy 15).   In this episode the guys break down why the cross-bench dumbbell pullover is one of the most forgotten and underrated exercises in the gym — covering how it trains a fundamental human movement pattern tied to throwing mechanics, why it fixes shoulder problems that nothing else touches, how it builds like a compound lift despite being an isolation movement,...

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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 how occlusion training can add serious size without heavy weight. They also get into cannabis now beating alcohol as America's most commonly used daily substance and the loneliness epidemic it's feeding, the over-justification effect and how rewarding kids for things they love actually kills their motivation, the power of validation and why it's different from coddling, MOTS-C peptide being back on the MP Hormones menu and how it compares to SS-31 for mitochondrial energy, and crazy new patents including a Motorola throat tattoo microphone and Amazon's flying drone warehouse. Then they coach live callers submitted through mplivecaller.com.

 

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SPOTIFY TIMESTAMPS

 

0:00 - Intro

2:46 - 5 tips for bigger arms — why most people are leaving major gains on the table

3:51 - Tip 1: Full range of motion — going lighter beats stopping short every time

8:28 - Tip 2: Always include a stretch exercise — incline curls, overhead tricep extensions and cable curls

13:03 - Tip 3: Elbow angles change everything — how position changes which muscle fibers you hit

15:01 - Tip 4: Compound lifts — close-grip bench, chin-ups and dips as your arm foundation

17:27 - Tip 5: Occlusion training — how to add serious size without heavy weight

20:09 - Kids learning about taxes, entrepreneurship and the reality of margins

33:41 - Cannabis now beats alcohol as America's most commonly used daily substance

39:42 - Cannabis, loneliness and why the combination is uniquely dangerous

43:27 - The over-justification effect — why rewarding kids for what they love kills their motivation

51:35 - Validation vs. coddling — why validating feelings is one of the most powerful parenting tools

54:55 - MOTS-C peptide is back on MP Hormones — how it compares to SS-31 for mitochondrial energy

57:45 - New patents: Motorola throat tattoo microphone, Amazon flying drone warehouse and porch pirate deterrents

1:06:24 - Caller: Kayla (New York) — 39, SIBO history, perimenopause, HRT, 3 kids, wants to look her best at 40

1:20:49 - Caller: Robert (South Carolina) — rebuilding after years of undertraining, gets MAPS Anabolic

1:34:00 - Caller: Aidan (Kansas) — returning caller follow-up, asymmetry progress update

1:41:31 - Caller: Clark (Oklahoma) — detailed history, complex situation, gets individualized program recommendation