1291: The Ideal Way to Reach Your Daily Step Count, the Truth About BCAAs and EAAs, Lessons from Mom & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about whether getting 10,000 steps in one shot is better or worse than getting those 10,000 steps throughout the day, the value of EAAs vs BCAAs for the average gym-goer, what their wives’ training programs look like right now, and one thing that their mother instilled in them when they were young that they’re grateful for today.
- A very special Mind Pump Mother’s Day. (6:11)
- Low vitamin D levels strongly correlated to severe symptoms of COVID-19. (17:40)
- Elon Musk is an odd fellow. (21:01)
- Mind Pump Recommends, The Age of A.I. on YouTube. (23:45)
- Elon Musk selling his physical possessions, Tesla potentially leaving California & MORE. (31:06)
- Unhealthy relationships with food from the perspective of pro athletes. (33:45)
- The ‘humping’ hound. (40:38)
- How low/high reps require different allocations in your workouts, the value of priming & MORE. (42:35)
- #Quah question #1 – Is getting 10,000 steps in one shot any better or worse than getting those 10,000 steps throughout the day? (46:10)
- #Quah question #2 - EAAs vs BCAAs, are they both useless for the average gym-goer? (50:24)
- #Quah question #3 – What do your wives’ training programs look like right now? I’m sure they are swamped with kids at home and I’d love to hear how each of them train now vs as they normally do? (56:18)
- #Quah question #4 – In honor of Mother’s Day, what’s one thing that your mother instilled in you when you were young that you’re grateful for today. (1:02:15)
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- Visit Organifi for the exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “mindpump” at checkout**
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- Association between vitamin D levels and mortality from COVID-19
- Mind Pump #1290: The Homeless Crisis With Dr. Drew
- Joe Rogan Experience #1470 - Elon Musk
- The Age of A.I. - YouTube
- Amazon.com: Watch Upload | Prime Video
- Elon Musk just declared that he's selling almost all his physical belongings and 'will own no house' and that he thinks Tesla's stock price is 'too high'
- Elon Musk says Tesla HQ will leave California, sues county over production restart
- “It’s Totally an Unhealthy Relationship With Food”
- Mind Pump #1235: The 5 Most Overrated Supplements
- Bodybuilding Supplements vs Creatine & Protein?? DON'T TAKE THESE (QUAH #4)| MIND PUMP
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Dr. Drew Pinsky (@drdrewpinsky) Instagram
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Twitter
Michael Phelps (@m_phelps00) 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 | Saldas Defano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | Welcome to Mind Pump. This is the world's top fitness, health, and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:19.0 | This is a Q&A episode. This is where we answer questions asked by listeners like you. |
| 0:24.0 | But the way we open the episode is with a 40 minute introductory portion. |
| 0:28.0 | This is where we talk about current events. |
| 0:30.0 | We talk about what happens in our lives. Sometimes we mention our sponsors. |
| 0:34.0 | So here's the breakdown of this podcast. |
| 0:36.0 | We start out by talking about Mother's Day. |
| 0:38.0 | We're recording this episode the day after Mother's Day. |
| 0:41.0 | So we kind of talk about what happened on that day. |
| 0:44.0 | Then we talk about how Adam made protein pancakes up in trucky for his family for Mother's Day. |
| 0:51.0 | Now these are pancakes made with Organifi protein powder. |
| 0:56.0 | So rather than just eating cake, you got the protein in there also. |
| 1:01.0 | Organifi is one of our sponsors. They make organic supplements, protein powder being one of them. |
| 1:07.0 | If you go to Organifi.com that's O-R-G-A-N-I-F-I.com forward slash Mind Pump. |
| 1:13.0 | And use the code Mind Pump. You'll get 20% off any of their products. |
| 1:18.0 | We also talked about vitamin D and how some studies are showing that vitamin D deficiencies are low levels of vitamin D. |
| 1:26.0 | Are now being strongly correlated to terrible symptoms from COVID. |
| 1:31.0 | We already know that low vitamin D levels increases your odds of getting the flu or other respiratory diseases. |
| 1:38.0 | Now one thing about vitamin D, it's a fat, soluble vitamin. |
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