1266: How to Build Muscle With Isometric Holds, the Benefits of Blood Flow Restriction Training, the Type of Person Who Adjusts Quickly to At-home Workouts & More

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the type of lifter that is having the easiest time adjusting to at-home workouts, whether blood flow restriction is safe during strength training, the effectiveness of inserting isometric holds into the middle of a workout, and whether some foods that are prepared from scratch at home be considered “processed foods.”

Mind Pump are big dance guys. (6:28)
Spotify is crushing it! (9:14)
How you are invincible until you have kids. (12:30)
The silver lining behind the coronavirus. (18:00)
Has the Easter Bunny been destroyed for Sal’s daughter? (22:50)
Trump’s daily briefings, the political gift that keeps on giving. (26:17)
Twins in India named after COVID-19. (30:26)
Human intuition during the plague. (31:14)
The proper way to wear gloves and masks. (33:02)
The crazy COVID-19 conspiracies out there. (36:47)
Mind Pump’s favorite strategies to relieve stress and anxiety during these times. (37:55)
#StayHard out there. (45:20)
Everyone is trying to make a buck these days. (46:39)
#Quah question #1 – What type of lifter do you think is having the easiest time adjusting to at-home workouts? (50:03)
#Quah question #2 – Is blood flow restriction safe during strength training? (59:43)
#Quah question #3 - Is inserting isometric holds into the middle of a workout effective? (1:04:03)
#Quah question #4 – Can some foods that are prepared from scratch at home be considered “processed foods?” (1:10:05)

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Ben Greenfield Fitness (@bengreenfieldfitness) Instagram

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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.
0:06.1	MIND, MIND, MIND, UP with your hosts.
0:09.1	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.2	In this episode of Mind Pump...
0:15.8	By the way, Mind Pump is the top fitness and health podcasts in the world.
0:20.8	We try to entertain you and trick you into learning awesome.
0:24.7	Gotcha.
0:25.3	Fitness knowledge.
0:26.5	This episode is a Q&A episode where we answer fitness questions asked by listeners like you.
0:30.5	But we open the episode with an introductory introduction where we talk about current events.
0:36.4	We talk about our lives.
0:37.9	Sometimes we mention our sponsors.
0:39.3	We have fun conversation.
0:40.8	That was the first 43 minutes of this episode.
0:43.2	So here's what went down in today's podcast.
0:45.9	We started by talking about Spotify and how they are crushing right now with subscribers
0:51.2	and how they are treating their podcasters.
0:53.6	Really good stuff.
0:54.8	Then we talked about the silver lining behind this coronavirus situation.
1:00.1	I talked about how at first we told my daughter that Easter Bunny wasn't real and then we had
1:03.6	to backtrack because...
1:05.3	Big mistake.
	...

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