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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1041: The Biggest Myths in Fitness, Beachbody Review, the Benefit of Squatting Below Parallel & MORE

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2019

⏱️ 97 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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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 the benefits of squatting below parallel, the biggest myths in fitness, at-home fitness programs such as Beachbody, and strategies for behavior change.

  • How the guys are finally at their ‘nostalgia’ age for marketers. (3:17)
  • How to balance your ‘Yin/yang’ using the elixirs from Four Sigmatic. (5:19)
  • The importance of having integrity and teaching what you are an expert in: The guys respond to the Jillian Michaels ‘kettlebell’ training video. (12:27)
  • CrossFit takes a stand and deletes their Facebook and Instagram platforms: The need for checks and balances in the market. (19:03)
  • #Quah question #1 – What are the benefits of squatting below parallel and it is worth it for the average gym goer to practice that? (43:30)
  • #Quah question #2 – What are the biggest myths in fitness? For example, the anabolic window. (1:00:04)
  • #Quah question #3 – What are your thoughts on at-home fitness programs such as those developed and marketed by Beachbody? (1:16:11)
  • #Quah question #4 – In episode 1034 you briefly talked about the importance of influencing people to change their behavior, in regards to health and fitness, instead of just focusing on facts. Can you share some strategies for behavior change? (1:23:52)

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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.

0:06.2

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

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.4

In this episode of The Mind Pump, so we talk a lot about fitness in this episode,

0:18.9

but before we do, we have fun introductory conversation that lasts about 40 minutes.

0:24.5

Here's what we talked about.

0:25.6

So for the first 40 minutes, we covered the supplements,

0:28.2

Rhodiola and Raci.

0:30.4

Now, Raci is a mushroom that aids with anxiety.

0:35.0

It is good, adaptogenic properties.

0:37.6

It helps balance out the body's stress systems.

0:40.8

Our favorite supplier of Raci is for sigmatic.

0:45.6

Forsymatic makes amazing mushroom based supplements.

0:48.8

If you go to forsymatic.four.sigmatic.com.

0:55.4

Forsymatic.four.sigmatic.com.

0:56.4

You'll get 15% off your order.

0:59.4

Then we talked about Jillian Michaels terrible kettlebell swing for

1:03.2

my God. Unbelievable.

1:04.8

Please look that up on YouTube.

1:06.6

CrossFit is off Facebook and Instagram.

1:09.6

What the hell is going on?

1:11.3

Then we had a no, we miss you.

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