1268: How to Program Effective Workouts, Building Muscle Without Heavy Weights, Progressing Your Workouts During an Extended Shelter in Place Period & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2020
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about rules of thumb for programming workouts, how quickly you lose muscle mass when no longer working out with heavy weights, the best way to progress MAPS Anywhere during the extending "shelter in place" period, and accessory exercises for building the deadlift.
- Sal has some issues with governmental central planning. (8:10)
- Mind Pump gets bamboozled. (15:25)
- Coronavirus has everyone howling at the moon. (18:33)
- 24 Hour Fitness is getting sued! (20:00)
- The rise in processed food consumption. (23:30)
- Organifi is giving back to the people saving lives. (24:35)
- Red Dot Fitness providing COVID-19 antibody tests to give back to their community. (28:27)
- Dogs and groceries. (36:44)
- Billionaires are doing their part during COVD-19 times. (39:24)
- Mind Pump gets political. (40:32)
- Home fitness equipment is exploding! (43:26)
- The guys dissect Adam’s 5th-grade photo. (47:56)
- #Quah question #1 – Is there a rule of thumb one should stick by when programming their own workouts? (50:26)
- #Quah question #2 - How quickly can you lose muscle mass when you’re no longer working out with heavyweights? Can you maintain or build muscle when you only have bands, 10-30 lbs? dumbbells and a suspension trainer? (1:01:34)
- #Quah question #3 – I'm coming into week 4 of MAPS Anywhere and have been enjoying the change from Performance. I am now hearing that we may be having to continue social distancing for another 12 weeks. Since Anywhere is 4 weeks, what would be the best way to progress? Should I run it another two times or extend the phases? (1:06:15)
- #Quah question #4 – What accessory exercises do you recommend for building the deadlift? (1:10:34)
- Shout out to Dr. Jolene Brighten. (1:16:02)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- April Promotion: MAPS Prime/Prime Pro ½ off! **Code “PRIME50” at checkout**
- Special Promotion: MAPS Anywhere ½ off!! **Code “WHITE50” at checkout**
- Coronavirus has people howling at the moon
- 24 Hour Fitness sued for continuing to charge members amid coronavirus closures
- Will the Covid-19 pandemic increase obesity rates?
- Visit Organifi for the exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout**
- Red Dot Fitness
- Delivery by dog: A new way to get wine and groceries in the age of social distancing
- Jeff Bezos donates $100 million to U.S. food banks
- COVID-19 Update: Billionaires Rising Up To The Coronavirus Pandemic
- Bernie Sanders Drops Out of Democratic Presidential Race
- Visit PRx Performance for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout**
- Mind Pump 1262: Why Fitness Assessments are Important
- Stop Working Out And Start Practicing - Mind Pump Media
- Mind Pump TV – YouTube
- GROW Your GLUTES with a SINGLE LEG DEADLIFT! - Mind Pump TV
- Mind Pump #1045: Dr. Jolene Brighten- Beyond the Pill
- Mind Pump #1125: Dr. Jolene Brighten- What You Need to Know About the Menstrual Cycle
- Jolene Brighten – Amazon
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
Dr. Jolene Brighten (@drjolenebrighten) 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. |
| 0:06.0 | MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to Mind Pump. We are the top fitness, health, entertainment podcast in the world. |
| 0:19.0 | Your mom loves us. |
| 0:20.0 | This is a Q&A episode. We call it Qua. This is where we answer people's fitness and health questions. |
| 0:26.0 | But the way we open the episode is by talking about current events. |
| 0:29.0 | We catch up with each other. Sometimes we mention our sponsors. |
| 0:32.0 | I'm going to give you the breakdown of what went down in today's Mind Pump podcast. |
| 0:37.0 | So we open up by talking about government's stupidity. |
| 0:41.0 | They're shutting down bus lines over here in San Jose. |
| 0:43.0 | Only going to make other buses more crowded with more people, potentially getting more people sick. |
| 0:49.0 | Not surprising. |
| 0:50.0 | You idiots. Also in a recent episode, we totally fell for an April Fools joke from Quest. |
| 0:56.0 | They said they were making a high protein, seltzer, you know, hard water or whatever. |
| 1:01.0 | Apparently that's fake news. Thanks, Adam. |
| 1:03.0 | Totally fooled Adam. And then of course, because we trust them, we fell for it as well. |
| 1:06.0 | Thanks again, buddy. |
| 1:07.0 | Then we talked about the Howling People at Night. |
| 1:10.0 | Apparently this is spreading like crazy. |
| 1:12.0 | Oh, ho, ho! |
| 1:13.0 | I get a Justin saying that at eight o'clock at night, people are howling out their window |
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