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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1056: How to Maximize Muscle Growth by Lifting with a Full Range of Motion, the Role the Mind-Muscle Connection Plays in Hypertrophy, the Importance of Frequency for Muscle Development & 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

🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 87 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 which builds more strength and muscle... locking out reps or keeping some flex to keep tension on the muscles, the importance of the mind-muscle connection for hypertrophy, the benefits of lifting unwieldy items like heavy bags or heavy slam balls compared to traditional barbells, and doing daily work on a muscle group to help with development.

  • Mind Pump ‘Pop Culture’ Hour: How a GOOD movie will really affect you. (5:32)
  • Anytime Fitness' body-shaming email is under fire. Is this ‘outrage culture’ going too far? (12:40)
  • The cannabinoid ‘Entourage Effect’ explained, how NED stands out above the rest & MORE. (17:40)
  • Mind Pump Live updates. (26:28)
  • Mind Pump Kitchen ‘Organifi Brownies’ recipe. (30:05)
  • Father’s Day weekend recap. (31:24)
  • Netflix steps into the video game market: Smart move or not? (38:01)
  • Why ‘new media’ is positioning itself to be the dominant form of how people view content. (46:13)
  • #Quah question #1 – For exercises like a dumbbell bench press is it better to lock out your reps or keep constant tension on the pecs? My intention is overall strength and muscle gains. (50:37)
  • #Quah question #2 – How important is the mind-muscle connection for hypertrophy? (56:55)
  • #Quah question #3 – Can you explain the benefits of lifting more unwieldy items like heavy bags or heavy slam balls, compared to traditional barbells that are easier to grip? Can one achieve as much strength and muscle gain maneuvering as a 50 lb. barbell vs. a 50 lb. slam ball? (1:05:55)
  • #Quah question #4 – Do you suggest doing daily work on a muscle group, such as daily core work, to help with development? (1:15:25)

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0:00.0

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0:35.2

Mind up, mind up with your hosts. Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:42.5

In this episode of the Mind Pup, so we have a lot of fun in this episode for the

0:48.8

first 50 minutes with your introductory conversation. After that we get into

0:53.2

the fitness part of this episode. So here's what we talked about. We start out by talking

0:56.7

about Westworld season three. It's coming out. You're excited. The importance of sci-fi

1:03.4

movies. We are all sci-fi fanat, especially Justin and I. Big time. Love that. Then we talked

1:09.6

about the email that anywhere fitness sent out to its members that apparently was super

1:14.9

offensive. Very. Body shame. Excuse me. Excuse me. Can't believe it. Then we talked

1:20.2

about the entourage effect of cannabinoids. If you take hemp oil extract full spectrum

1:28.1

that also contains CBD. According to the studies you'll probably going to get better results.

1:33.6

And if you just take CBD alone, the cannabinoids seem to work better together. And there are

1:38.5

terpenes that are present in the plant that work synergistically with the cannabinoids

1:43.2

for best results. Now of course we work with Ned. It's our favorite hemp oil company.

1:50.2

And all their hemp oil products are full spectrum. So you get all the cannabinoids and

1:55.2

the terpenes. And we got a discount for you. Go to Hello Ned. That's H E L L O N E D dot

2:01.7

com forward slash mine pump. You'll get 15% off your first. Get yourself a nonzer. Then

2:07.1

we talked about how mine pump live is selling out like crazy. I believe we're almost sold

2:13.9

out in Denver. But Seattle still has some spots open that's July 26th.

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