1226: Free Weights vs. Machines for Building Muscle, How to Work Out When Feeling Sore & Tired, the Benefits of Switching up Your Diet & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2020
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about building a physique using only free weights, whether to increase rep ranges or weight when no longer getting sore after workouts, skipping trigger sessions when feeling sore or tired and the benefits to switching up one’s diet.
- Sal’s action-packed week. (6:56)
- Adam’s new business plan involving Magic Spoon cereal. (16:19)
- Turning 40 and aging. (20:53)
- The value of a home gym when having kids and the environment it creates. (28:40)
- Justin’s Fun Fact of the Day. (35:02)
- Sal has a bone to pick with Neil Degrasse Tyson. (38:51)
- Low-fat diets may cause lower testosterone in men. (42:42)
- Mind Pump shout outs. (43:43)
- #Quah question #1 – Can you build your physique, specifically your legs, using just free weights? I train only in my garage with a wide variety of barbells, plates, dumbbells and a few other non-machine items. (50:31)
- #Quah question #2 – I am not feeling very sore a day or two after I go to the gym. Does that mean I am not working out hard enough? Should I increase my rep ranges or weight? (56:27)
- #Quah question #3 – Is it ok to skip trigger sessions if you are feeling sore or tired from a previous workout? (1:03:34)
- #Quah question #4 – Just like there are benefits to switching up your workout routine, are there any benefits to switching up your diet? If so, what would that look like? How often would you change your diet and any pitfalls to avoid? (1:09:24)
Related Links Products Mentioned
- February Promotion: MAPS Split ½ off! **Code “SPLIT50” at checkout**
- Visit Magic Spoon for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners!
- Mind Pump 1225: The 5 Must-Dos For Fitness Over 40
- Visit PRx Performance for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout**
- Chimp "Girls" Play With "Dolls" Too—First Wild Evidence
- Neil deGrasse Tyson rants about scientific illiteracy in the US: ‘A threat to the nation’
- The Association between Popular Diets and Serum Testosterone among Men in the United States
- Joe Rogan Experience #1425 - Garrett Reisman
- MAPS Powerlift – Mind Pump
- Free Weights vs Machines (WHAT IS THE BETTER MUSCLE BUILDER?) - Mind Pump TV
- Mind Pump 1200: Max Schmarzo
- The Most Overlooked Muscle Building Principle – Mind Pump Blog
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) Twitter
- Max Schmarzo (ATC/CSCS/MS) (@strong_by_science) Instagram
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. |
| 0:06.2 | Mind up, mind up with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.5 | In this episode of Mind Pump, we answer fitness and health questions. We actually answer |
| 0:19.5 | four of them. But the first half of this episode is our introductory conversation where we |
| 0:24.7 | catch up with each other, what happened over the weekend or the previous week. |
| 0:27.9 | Things for you, Sal. We talk about our sponsors. We mentioned |
| 0:31.6 | studies, typically that are revolver on fitness and health, but sometimes revolver on other topics |
| 0:36.6 | we're interested in. Oh, by the way, before this episode begins, we are having a massive |
| 0:42.8 | Valentine's Day apparel sale starts the seventh of February ends on the 14th of February. |
| 0:49.6 | All men's and women's shirts are a full 25% off. Oh, yeah. All right. So here's what we talked about |
| 0:55.3 | in this episode of Mind Pump. We start out by mentioning my wedding. That's right. I got married |
| 1:00.8 | again. Very, very happy, very good times. I had a very busy week. So we talked about that for a |
| 1:06.4 | second. Adam brought up how he's going to start selling magic spoon cereal on the secondary market, |
| 1:12.6 | apparently. Brilliant idea, Adam. Their blueberry flavor has been out for a little while. It |
| 1:18.1 | tastes amazing, but they have other flavors like chocolate, fruit, loop type flavor. They have cinnamon, |
| 1:24.7 | sugar flavors. They have frosted flavors. Anyway, magic spoon is a cereal. It's like a kids cereal, |
| 1:31.2 | but for fitness fanatics. Okay. So here's why it's like a kids cereal because it tastes like kids |
| 1:36.2 | cereal. Here's delicious. Here's why it's for fitness fanatics. It's high protein, amazing |
| 1:42.5 | macros. No joke. A normal bowl of this cereal will give you something like 30 grams of high quality |
| 1:49.7 | way protein. And again, it tastes like you're a kid. It's amazing. We have a hookup. It doesn't taste |
| 1:55.6 | like kids for you. Here's how you get the Mind Pump discount. Go to magic spoon.com forward slash |
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