1256: Staying Motivated When Working Out at Home, the Value of Splitting up at Home Workouts, the Difference Between Going to Fatigue & Going to Failure & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2020
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about what to do if less motivated to workout at home vs. going to the gym, the best way to implement an at home exercise program, what to do about a dramatic appetite increase while sheltering at home, and what it means to workout to fatigue vs. going it to failure.
- Sal’s connection to the situation going on in Italy. (8:08)
- Updates on COVID-19. (14:00)
- Sal’s self-inflicted paranoia. (15:59)
- Justin is a perfectionist. (19:35)
- The benefits of ‘all-day’ workouts to break up your day. (22:47)
- The power of positivity. (26:30)
- The illusion of control. (31:13)
- The value of being silly and having fun in these crazy times. (33:45)
- Strategies to bring down stress and anxiety. (36:17)
- How Facetiming people may be better for your psyche. (38:58)
- #MindPumpKitchen updates from the Tahoe House. (40:50)
- Exciting news from The Di Stefano’s! (42:05)
- Updates on the Mind Pump Gym in Tahoe. (44:08)
- Fun Facts with Justin. (45:30)
- #Quah question #1 – I find myself less motivated to do home workouts on a consistent basis vs going to the gym on a daily basis. Any insight into why this is and advice on improving the consistency of workouts at home? (49:42)
- #Quah question #2 – What is the best way to implement our at-home exercise program? One hour a day of body weight and resistance bands or should we split it up into 2 or 3 20-minute workouts? How can this affect our mental health? (56:00)
- #Quah question #3 – I've noticed since being confined to my home, my appetite has dramatically increased. I know I’m not alone in this. Why are we so hungry and what can we do to regulate our intake? (1:01:23)
- #Quah question #4 – Can you guys define what it means to take a workout to fatigue? How does this relate to taking it to failure? (1:06:15)
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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 up, mind up with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this episode of Mind Clumps, so I'm one of the hosts of the show, and I've self-quarantine because I've gotten sick. |
| 0:20.0 | So you'll hear me from a distance talking to my hosts, my co-hosts, Adam and Justin, |
| 0:26.0 | throughout this entire episode and probably the next few episodes. |
| 0:30.0 | Now, in this episode, we answer fitness questions asked by listeners like you. |
| 0:36.0 | A lot of these questions have to do with what to do at home, and we totally understand. |
| 0:41.0 | You're probably not allowed to go to your gym right now, so in this episode, we answer a lot of questions in regards to at-home fitness. |
| 0:47.0 | But we open the episode with introductory conversation. |
| 0:50.0 | We basically catch up. We talk to each other, talk about how we're feeling about what's going on right now. |
| 0:55.0 | I start out by talking about Italy, and the circumstances over there. |
| 0:59.0 | I have family in Italy, so I have a little bit of a personal connection to what's going on over there. |
| 1:04.0 | If you're listening from Italy, we love you and we stand with you. |
| 1:08.0 | I talked about how households should isolate themselves. |
| 1:13.0 | That's probably the smartest thing to do right now. |
| 1:16.0 | I also talked about how I did the dumbest thing ever yesterday. |
| 1:21.0 | I thought it would be wise to use a little bit of cannabis and give myself more paranoia. |
| 1:28.0 | Yeah. Add on the paranoia and fear. |
| 1:31.0 | Super stupid. Then I talked about all day workouts. |
| 1:36.0 | All day workouts have their own value. |
| 1:39.0 | I've experimented with these in the past. I've gotten great gains with them. |
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