1147: Eight Sure-Fire Ways to Build Strength
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss 8 ways to build strength in the gym.
- Strength, the foundational physical pursuit. (2:05)
- The eight most important factors when it comes to resistance training in order to build strength. (5:52)
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- #1 - The importance of establishing good form. (7:42)
- #2 – Adding progressive resistance. (15:05)
- #3 – Incorporating free weight exercises into your routine. (20:04)
- #4 – The importance of incorporating the ‘Big 4”. (25:03)
- #5 – Sticking to the basics. (31:45)
- #6 – The value of tracking to avoid plateaus. (36:10)
- #7 – To NOT train or lift to failure. (43:02)
- #8 – You MUST phase your training. (50:42)
People Mentioned
- Mike Matthews (@muscleforlifefitness) Instagram
- Stan "Rhino" Efferding - CSCS (@stanefferding) Instagram
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- October Promotion: MAPS Anabolic ½ off!! **Code “RED50” at checkout**
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- Free Weights vs Machines (WHAT IS THE BETTER MUSCLE BUILDER?)
- When Exercising Less and Eating More Burns More Fat and Builds More Muscle
- Does Training to Failure Help You Build More Muscle? What Science Says
- The New Approach to Training Volume
- Mind Pump 865: Stan Efferding- The World’s Strongest Bodybuilder
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- 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. |
| 0:06.1 | MIND, MIND, MIND, UP with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salta Stefenow, Adam Shaffer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.4 | In this episode of Mind Pump, we wanted to list a few ways that you have to incorporate |
| 0:23.6 | into your program and to build strength like factors. |
| 0:26.0 | These are the most important factors you must do these. |
| 0:29.4 | That will positively influence your strength. |
| 0:31.8 | Now, why is this important? |
| 0:33.8 | Because strength is one of the most fundamental things that you should work on. |
| 0:37.6 | Positively impacts most aspects of your health. |
| 0:42.0 | It's something you should focus on, even if your goal is to burn body fat. |
| 0:44.8 | If you're getting stronger while you're burning body fat, that's a phenomenal sign. |
| 0:48.2 | What we did is we listed the most important factors. |
| 0:51.6 | Everything from good form, progressive resistance, free weights versus machines, the best |
| 0:57.6 | most effective exercises, whether or not you should get complicated or stick to the |
| 1:00.9 | basics, how you track whether or not you should train to failure, and whether or not you |
| 1:06.1 | should phase your workouts. |
| 1:08.5 | If you list this episode and apply these principles to your routine, the odds that you're |
| 1:13.7 | going to get stronger effectively and consistently are much higher. |
| 1:18.4 | Now, that brings me to the next point. |
| 1:21.0 | MAPS and ABAWLIC is one of our most effective strength building programs. |
| 1:24.9 | Actually, one of our most popular programs. |
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