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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1176: Trap Bar vs. Straight Bar Deadlifts, Using Strength Training to Battle Depression & Anxiety, the Benefits of Caffeine Cycling & 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

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about whether trap bar deadlifts as good as straight bar deadlifts, exercises someone can do to repair poor thoracic mobility, the benefits of strength training when battling depression and anxiety, and the benefits of caffeine cycling.

  • MIIR delivering high-quality products and giving back in the process. (4:47)
  • How do you know your charitable money is going to the RIGHT place? (8:09)
  • Recapping the guy’s Thanksgiving weekend with their families. (13:46)
  • Why just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. (22:33)
  • Why do some compounds, like the Chaga mushroom, have adaptogenic properties? (26:13)
  • The science behind how binge-watching porn affects your brain. (31:27)
  • Mark McGrath can help you break up with your significant other. (34:37)
  • Why celebrity is a bit of a curse. (37:15)
  • Is there a correlation between social media use and lack of well-being? (40:48)
  • Google fights deep fakes by releasing their own. (47:08)
  • #Quah question #1 - Are trap bar deadlifts as good as straight bar deadlifts? (48:48)
  • #Quah question #2 – What are some exercises someone can do to repair poor thoracic mobility? (55:32)
  • #Quah question #3 - What are the benefits of strength training when battling depression and anxiety? (1:03:55)
  • #Quah question #4 – What are the benefits of caffeine cycling and how should I do it? (1:12:46)

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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, MIND with your hosts.

0:09.1

Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.5

In this episode of Mind Pump, we answer questions that are asked by listeners like you.

0:19.6

They go to our Instagram page, Mind Pump Media.

0:21.6

They post the question underneath the meme picture that says,

0:25.6

we pick our favorite questions and then we answer them.

0:28.8

Before we get into the questions, we talk about studies.

0:33.2

We talk about our lives, our sponsors, training, and fun stuff.

0:37.6

Here's what we talked about in this episode of Mind Pump.

0:40.5

We start out by talking about charity.

0:42.6

I brought up a website that you can actually check your charity on there to see where the money's going,

0:49.6

how much the people who run the charity are getting paid.

0:52.0

It's actually quite interesting.

0:53.6

That reminded Adam to bring up one of our sponsors, MIR.

0:58.5

MIR, the maker of phenomenal drinking cups and insulated containers,

1:05.9

has donated over a million dollars to various charities.

1:10.3

They're really, really good company.

1:12.3

We are sponsored by them and we do have a discount if you want to get any of their products.

1:16.5

Just go to MIR, that's m-i-r.com and use the code Mind Pump.

1:21.0

You'll get 25% off your entire order.

1:23.7

Then we talked about our Thanksgiving with our families and friends.

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