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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1156: The Best Ab Building Exercises, Training with Bands vs Cables, Maintaining Life Balance When Pursuing Fitness Goals & 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

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 78 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the difference between training with bands or cables, the best weighted exercises for building abs, why the “compete and cheat” mentality with food is so common among bodybuilding athletes, and how to go after and achieve personal fitness goals while maintaining a healthy social life.

  • The excitement Adam and Catrina get to watch a full movie now. (5:50)
  • Updates from Adam on Week 2 of MAPS Powerlift: The value of tracking and how calories play a HUGE role in strength gains. (9:20)
  • Justin orders a whole host of new weights for his PRx Performance rack. (13:13)
  • The importance of dialing in your nutrition to get stronger. (15:58)
  • How changing up your workout can get your body to respond. (19:56)
  • Is it valuable to abstain from things? (22:45)
  • NBC launches a new e-commerce site and the guys speculate on the future of advertising. (27:35)
  • The history of saunas and the health benefits of training your body through hot/cold contrast. (32:41)
  • Can you ban legal torture?? (40:39)
  • Airbnb bans 'party houses' following Orinda shooting. (43:04)
  • The complex problem of cancer. (44:16)
  • #Quah question #1 – Is there a difference between training with bands or cables? (46:15)
  • #Quah question #2 – What are the best-weighted exercises for building abs? (52:12)
  • #Quah question #3 – Why is the “compete and cheat” mentality with food so common among bodybuilding athletes? Do you think athletes in other sports have a better relationship with food than bodybuilders? (58:34)
  • #Quah question #4 – How have you all dealt with being disciplined and going after and achieving personal fitness goals whilst maintaining a healthy social life and personal relationships? (1:06:20)

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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.

0:05.7

MINE, MINE, MINE, UP, with your hosts.

0:09.0

SALDA, Steffano, Adam, Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.5

In this episode of Mind Pumped, so this is our Kwa episode, Q&A episode.

0:19.0

This is where we answer questions from listeners like you.

0:23.3

They post them on our Instagram page Mind Pump Media.

0:26.0

We pick the best ones, and then we answer them.

0:28.4

But we also talk about current events, our lives, and just have a lot of fun.

0:33.2

That's in the introductory portion of this episode.

0:35.3

So here's what we did in this awesome episode.

0:39.0

We started out by talking about the movie Good Boys,

0:41.1

it's now out for rental on Amazon.

0:43.6

Absolutely hilarious.

0:45.0

Adam gave us an update on his powerlifting routine.

0:48.3

He is currently following MAP's power lift on his goal to becoming

0:52.4

extremely average at the squat deadlift and bench rest.

0:56.0

Justin had to buy more weight plates because he's a HOS.

1:00.2

That's right, he's a HOS.

1:01.2

HOS, yeah, everybody.

1:02.0

Now he did buy his plates and his home equipment from PRX.

1:05.4

PRX makes home equipment with very low profiles, but it's very sturdy equipment.

1:10.4

In other words, you can have a squat rack that literally folds into your wall.

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