1361: How to Amplify Your Workout's Muscle Building Signal, Ways to Build Self Confidence, the Importance of Mirrors in the Gym & More

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about how to know if your workout is adequately creating a muscle building signal, the importance of getting mirrors for your home gym, whether teenagers should focus on aesthetics after being introduced to resistance training, and tips on cultivating confidence in life.

It’s HOT out there in the Bay Area. (6:06)
What is a ‘derecho’?! (9:57)
In manly news out of Australia... (11:49)
Mind Pump’s takeaways from their latest viral episode, Carnivore vs Vegan. (13:17)
The new hustle, Miracle Spring Water. (19:32)
Why politicians like to target the wealthy. (23:34)
CBD dramatically increases blood flow to the brain, study. (28:45)
How technology creates competition. (33:15)
Doug is a really good cook. (41:30)
More companies evolving amid the pandemic. (47:29)
#Quah question #1 - You talk a lot about the muscle-building signal. Can you explain this more on how to know if your workout is adequately creating this without going to failure or going beast mode all the time? (49:46)
#Quah question #2 – How important do you think it is to get mirrors for your home gym? (59:06)
#Quah question #3 – Should teenagers focus on aesthetics after being introduced to resistance training? And should they monitor their caloric and protein intake to accommodate their fitness goals? (1:02:52)
#Quah question #4 – You guys seem to have a lot of confidence. Do you have any tips on cultivating confidence in life? (1:10:11)

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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	In this episode of Mind Pumped the World's Top Fitness Health and Entertainment Podcast,
0:18.0	we answer fitness and health questions asked by viewers and listeners just like you.
0:23.0	But the way we open the episode is with an introductory portion.
0:26.0	This is where we talk about current events. We talk about scientific studies,
0:30.0	our own workouts. We mentioned our sponsors.
0:33.0	Today's intro portion was 43 minutes long.
0:36.0	So if you want to skip that and just listen to the fitness questions,
0:39.0	go forward about 43 minutes.
0:41.0	But if you want to have fun with us and listen to the whole episode,
0:43.0	which is the best way to listen to Mind Pump, start in the very beginning,
0:47.0	I'm going to give you a breakdown of this whole episode.
0:49.0	Okay, so we start out by talking about the heat wave here in the Bay Area.
0:52.0	It is really hot.
0:54.0	Desert people make it fun of us.
0:56.0	Yeah, I'm waiting for the next plague or something to happen.
0:58.0	Then we talked about the inland hurricane, the Dorecho.
1:01.0	Is that how you say that?
1:02.0	Dorecho. Dorecho. Dorecho.
1:04.0	Dorecho. Something like that.
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