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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1159: The Top 5 Exercises, Leg Press vs. Hack Squat, Pre-Lift Motivation Techniques & 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

🗓️ 9 November 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about adding an exercise to the "Big 4," the leg press compared with the hack squat, the value of self-talk for motivation, and the future of contact sports.

  • Mobility is NOT flexibility! Why Mind Pump is here to educate the masses. (4:17)
  • The ONLY proper way to fast. (15:25)
  • How Sal used Brain.fm to help his son study for his test. (17:38)
  • Adam gets personal. (20:30)
  • Why Adam doesn’t vote. (22:33)
  • Is there a global fertility crisis? (28:50)
  • Mind Pump’s go-to ‘snack’ foods. (31:10)
  • Should you ration your kids Halloween candy? (34:08)
  • Are cannabinoids anti-acne?! (38:14)
  • Why Harriet Tubman is one of Sal’s heroes. (41:58)
  • #Quah question #1 – If you had to add an exercise to the "Big 4” to make it the Big 5, which exercise would it be? (44:31)
  • #Quah question #2 – I know squats are best for leg development, but if you had to choose between the leg press and the hack squat which one is better? (52:15)
  • #Quah question #3 – How powerful is self-talk for motivation or having someone yell at you before doing a big lift? Do you practice it or should we just slap our faces, get angry and pick up the weight? (59:39)
  • #Quah question #4 – Sports like rugby and football are increasingly becoming demonized due to concussion risks. What do you foresee the future of contact sports to be? (1:06:47)

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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, op, mite, op with your hosts.

0:09.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.0

In this episode of Mind Pump, so in this episode we answer questions asked by people

0:19.0

like you who post these questions on our Instagram page. And then thanks for the content.

0:24.0

At the beginning of the episode we do our introductory portions,

0:26.0

this is where we have fun, talk about current events, hang out with each other a little bit.

0:30.0

Anyway, you're going to enjoy this episode. Here's what we talked about.

0:33.0

We start out by talking about an Instagram influencer, a fitness influencer,

0:38.0

who said that...

0:39.0

You can do ensue, right?

0:40.0

It's a weird way to say it, right?

0:41.0

It's French.

0:42.0

It's French.

0:43.0

He talked about how you should not be doing super deep squats,

0:47.0

or mobility work, or things like yoga, because it actually increases your risk of injury.

0:53.0

Yes, we completely disagree with him.

0:56.0

Guess what? You're wrong.

0:57.0

You're going to have to listen to this part of the episode to find out why.

1:00.0

Then I talked about fasting and the proper way to fast,

1:04.0

or at least the proper mentality around fasting, how everything else is more of a pathology around fasting.

1:10.0

I talked about brain FM.

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