1126: The Best Way to Measure Body Fat Percentage, the Ideal Way to Train a Child in the Gym, How Trainers Limit Their Success & MORE
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2019
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
n this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the best way to measure body fat percentage, the best way to train a child in the gym, what is keeping trainers and coaches from seeing their clientele and business flourish, and the scariest experience they had when working in a gym.
- How Sal and Adam are aging in dog years. (5:32)
- Adam shares the results from his latest ‘Men’s Health’ test from Everly Well + Sal breaks the numbers down. (7:50)
- Do dads really have sex? Adam opens up about his personal life. (16:15)
- How testing can point you in the RIGHT direction and the benefits of at-home tests. (23:35)
- Why Sal loves working out first thing in the morning. (26:12)
- Apple’s next step in building their ecosystem, the Apple card. (27:53)
- The guys speculate on the upcoming film featuring YouTube celebrities, Airplane Mode. (31:17)
- Justin jets off to Virginia to shoot some exciting content + shares his hectic weekend. (34:03)
- The biggest selling product ever?? (42:06)
- The other lesser-known cannabinoids and their benefits to the body. (44:23)
- #Quah question #1 – What's the best way to measure body fat percentage? (49:05)
- #Quah question #2 – My 9-year-old daughter wants to start working out with me in the gym. Do you recommend bands or free weight? (1:01:21)
- #Quah question #3 – Now that you guys have met more and more coaches in the fitness industry, what do you feel is keeping them from seeing their clientele and business flourish? (1:08:30)
- #Quah question #4 – What was the scariest experience you guys have had when working in the gym? How did you handle it and did it change you in any way? (1:21:22)
People Mentioned
- Dr. Ben Pollack (@phdeadlift) Instagram
- Mike Matthews (@muscleforlifefitness) Instagram
- Chase Chewning (@chase_chewning) Instagram
- Danny Matranga | CSCS | BSc. (@danny.matranga) Instagram
- Elijah Helfman (@elijahhelfman) Instagram
- Jeff Nippard (@jeffnippard) Instagram
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- How To Start Squatting - Learn To Squat Like A PRO (FREE GUIDE)
- Go the Fuck to Sleep - Book by Adam Mansbach
- Apple Card
- AIRPLANE MODE Official Trailer (2020) Logan Paul, Comedy Movie HD
- Visit ChiliPad for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “MPOOLER” at checkout**
- Visit Felix Gray for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners!
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- Here’s A Must-Read Before Tonight’s Party: The World’s First GMO Probiotic Is Here To End All Hangovers — And It Works
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- The ONLY Way You Should Be Doing Dumbbell Bicep Curls!
- Mind Pump TV - YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
Transcript
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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 | Mite, obite, ob with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this episode of The Mind Pump, we start out by having our introductory fun conversation. |
| 0:20.0 | This is what we talk about current events, and we talk about studies and things that we read about. |
| 0:25.0 | And then we get into the fitness portion of this episode where we answer fitness, health, fat loss, and muscle building questions. |
| 0:31.0 | Here's what we talked about in the first 45 minute intro portion of this episode. |
| 0:35.0 | We start out by talking about Adam's testosterone test. |
| 0:38.0 | He did another Everly Well at home testosterone test just to see where his testosterone levels were at. |
| 0:45.0 | Now, Everly Well is one of our sponsors, and they make many, many tests. |
| 0:48.0 | They make food intolerance tests, which we talk about in this episode as well. |
| 0:52.0 | We do all kinds of hormone testing. It's at home. No doctors prescription required. |
| 0:57.0 | They're very inexpensive. You do the test at home. Super easy. Mail it in. Get your results. |
| 1:02.0 | Now, we are sponsored by Everly Well. We have a discount for you. |
| 1:05.0 | If you go to Everly Well, that's EVERLYWELL.com and use the code Mind Pump. |
| 1:12.0 | You'll get 15% off any test. Then we talk about Adam's sex life. That's going downhill. |
| 1:20.0 | I talked about working out super early at the gym this morning and the old guys in the sauna and the jokes that they tell. |
| 1:27.0 | That was a good time. Adam brought up Apple's new credit card. Apparently they have a credit card that will give you cash back or discounts on all the stuff that you use already, which I think is brilliant. |
| 1:36.0 | Justin brought up a movie that he's excited to watch starring his favorite actor Logan Paul. |
| 1:41.0 | I'm not excited about that. |
| 1:43.0 | He talked about the trip that he made out to DC to film some awesome content with Ben Polick. |
| 1:48.0 | I talked about the world's first GMO probiotic and how it could cure hangovers. That's crazy. |
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