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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1009: How to Build Impressive Abs, the Benefits of Adjusting Training Volume, Weight Training for the Deconditioned & MORE

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.811.8K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Quah, sponsored by Organifi (organifi.com/mindpump, code "mindpump" for 20% off), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about how to build the abs in order to see them at a higher body fat percentage, whether lifting weights is too much for a sedentary person getting started with fitness, going from high volume training to low volume training, and reaching fitness goals while struggling with an eating disorder.

  • Getting rewarded for living a healthy lifestyle with ‘Health IQ’. (3:30)
  • Mind Pump reinstating their opinion on CrossFit after the Dana Bailey health scare. (6:44)
  • Sal on a recent episode of ‘Iron Crew Podcast’ and tells a story he has tried to forget. (20:37)
  • Netflix sued by 'Choose Your Own Adventure' book publisher over 'Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'. (26:11)
  • Tarantulas on a plane!! The black market for exotic creatures. (27:59)
  • Feds charge 2 dozen in billion dollar Medicare brace scam. (34:46)
  • Adam continuing the stir the ‘mastermind’ pot. (39:02)
  • #Quah question #1 - How can I build the size of my abs in order to see them at a higher body fat percentage? (43:13)
  • #Quah question #2 – For someone who goes from a sedentary lifestyle to wanting to be active, is lifting weights right off the bat too much for the body? Should the person ease into weightlifting with bodyweight exercises first? (52:26)
  • #Quah question #3 – Is it a good idea to go from high volume training to low volume training? Are there benefits to it? (58:30)
  • #Quah question #4 – Do you guys think it’s possible to reach a fitness goal while struggling with an eating disorder or do have to address the eating disorder first? Do you think that people who have had a history of eating disorders can ever reach a normal weight and mindset towards food and body image? (1:03:01)

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0:00.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.0

MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

Hey guys, guess what?

0:14.0

What's that?

0:15.0

It's another amazing episode of Mind Pump.

0:18.0

Hooray!

0:19.0

So look, in this episode we talk a lot about fitness stuff, but before we do that, we have fun, and we do our introductory conversation.

0:25.0

That lasted 39 minutes.

0:27.0

Here's what we talked about in the intro.

0:29.0

Are you ready for this?

0:30.0

First off, I mentioned one of our sponsors, Health IQ, that provides life insurance for fit and healthy people.

0:36.0

In other words, if you're fit and healthy, which you probably are because you listen to this podcast,

0:40.0

you'll get a better price if you go to Health IQ.

0:43.0

Here's what you do.

0:44.0

Go to healthicue.com-forsespech-bind-pump, and take the Health IQ quiz and get a free quote for life insurance.

0:51.0

See if you can beat our score.

0:53.0

We all scored almost perfect scores on that quiz.

0:56.0

Easy for me to say.

0:57.0

Yeah, real perfect.

0:58.0

Then we talked about Dana Bailey, Dana Lynn Bailey.

1:02.0

She's that fitness influencer, awesome young lady.

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