1163: When to Avoid Cardio, the Ideal Number of Meals to Maximize Muscle Growth, Barbell Complexes vs Straight Sets & MORE
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 November 2019
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about whether cardio is a waste of time if you’re lifting heavy, the benefits and disadvantages of doing a barbell complex vs. doing straight sets, whether it is necessary to eat multiple times a day to see gains, and if it is awkward when someone asks just one of them to be on their podcast.
- The foods the guy’s used to eat during their bachelor days. (3:30)
- Want to lower your blood pressure? Drink your beet juice. (8:15)
- Is Sal a little too thick? (11:56)
- Adam provides updates from Week 3 of MAPS Powerlift. (15:35)
- Sal recommends The Rise of Jordan Peterson on Prime Video. (20:20)
- Mind Pump’s first take on The Mandalorian on Disney+. (24:00)
- Disney+ surpasses 10 million subscribers on the first day! (27:00)
- The future of entertainment is here: Will we see an a la carte app soon?? (28:25)
- Adam’s shares his ‘interesting’ experiences with DoorDash. (31:47)
- Has the last driver’s license holder already been born?! The guys speculate on the future of the auto industry. (35:45)
- The latest plan of attack on The Andrews rat problem. (41:40)
- It is getting ugly in San Francisco: The new DA pledges not to prosecute public urination, other quality-of-life-crimes. (44:50)
- #Quah question #1 – Is cardio a waste of time if you’re lifting heavy? Or do you suggest doing some in your workout? (48:00)
- #Quah question #2 – What are the benefits and disadvantages of doing a barbell complex vs. doing straight sets? (55:21)
- #Quah question #3 – Do you really need to eat multiple times a day to see gains? I eat two meals and one shake a day to meet my macros. Is that ok? I train 5 to 6 days a week. (1:01:26)
- #Quah question #4 - Is it awkward when someone asks just one of you to be on their podcast? (1:08:23)
People Mentioned
- Jordan Peterson (@jordan.b.peterson) Instagram
- Tait, A Human Person (@taitfletcher) Instagram
- Tom Bilyeu (@tombilyeu) Instagram
- Max Lugavere (@maxlugavere) Instagram
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- November Promotion: MAPS Performance ½ off!! **Code “GREEN50” at checkout**
- Does beetroot juice lower blood pressure?
- Visit Organifi for the exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout**
- MAPS Powerlift – Mind Pump
- Watch The Rise Of Jordan Peterson | Prime Video - Amazon
- The Mandalorian | Disney+ Originals
- Disney+ surpasses 10 million subscribers on first day
- The Morning Show on Apple TV+
- Comcast announces $5-per-month Flex streaming platform for cord cutters
- The Last Driver’s License Holder Has Already Been Born.
- The Secret of NIMH (1982) - Rotten Tomatoes
- New San Francisco DA's pledge making homeless crisis worse, says police union chief
- Cardio Sucks for Fat Loss – Mind Pump Blog
- MAPS Fitness HIIT – Mind Pump
- HIIT Workout For Fat Loss with Barbell (15 Minutes) | MIND PUMP
- MP 1019: Using Barbell Complexes for Building Muscle & Burning Fat, How to Fix an Imbalance Between...
- The Meal Frequency Myth – Mind Pump Blog
- 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 | MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | SALTA Steffanau, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this episode of Mind Pump, we answer questions asked by listeners like you, just like you. |
| 0:19.0 | What they do is they post these questions on our Mind Pump media Instagram page. |
| 0:23.0 | We pick our favorite ones, and then we answer them. |
| 0:26.0 | Now, in the first part of this episode, that's the introductory portion. |
| 0:29.0 | That's where we talk about current events. |
| 0:30.0 | We talk about our own workouts, studies that we found, and we have a lot of fun. |
| 0:34.0 | So, here's what we talked about in this episode. |
| 0:36.0 | We started by talking about our favorite bachelor meals. |
| 0:39.0 | We talked about when we were younger and far less, I guess, knowledgeable or wise when it came to nutrition. |
| 0:46.0 | Not a terrible thing we did to our body. |
| 0:47.0 | Nothing in the refrigerator. |
| 0:49.0 | Then I talked about beet juice again. |
| 0:51.0 | And beet juice showed to lower blood pressure. |
| 0:54.0 | And I talked about organifies red juice, which has a lot of similar properties. |
| 0:59.0 | So, if you don't like the taste of beet juice, it is disgusting. |
| 1:02.0 | I'm not going to lie. |
| 1:03.0 | You could try organifies red juice, which also has rodeola. |
| 1:07.0 | rodeola is an adaptogen supplement that can help your body deal with stress and adapt to exercise. |
| 1:14.0 | And organify is one of our sponsors. |
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