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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1414: The Truth About the Leg Extension Machine, Using Intensity Vs. Volume to Improve Squat, How to Transition From Tracking to Intuitive Eating & More

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about going from tracking everything to eating intuitively, the “demonized” leg extension machine, focusing more on intensity or volume when trying to increase the squat, and good ways to deal with a Type A personality and addictive behavior.

  • Weird News with Sal. (3:53)
  • The challenge of dealing with online bullying as a parent. (10:50)
  • Mind Pump Recommends, the Art of Happiness Podcast with Arthur Brooks. (17:04)
  • Mind Pump’s biggest pet peeves surrounding the election/politics. (21:14)
  • Justin’s experience being the only sober person in the room with salvia. (32:02)
  • Studies with Sal. (37:05)
  • #Quah question #1 – What would you recommend for someone who is going from tracking everything to eating intuitively? (39:54)
  • #Quah question #2 – The leg extension machine is often demonized, but why does it exist if it’s not good? (49:39)
  • #Quah question #3 – When trying to increase my squat, should I focus more on intensity or volume? (55:31)
  • #Quah question #4 – What are some good ways to deal with a Type A personality and addictive behavior? I sometimes struggle to find balance in life and easily get caught in the “all or nothing” mentality whether it be diet, nutrition, etc. (1:01:13)

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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

You are listening to Mind Pump a World's Number One ranked fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:19.0

Now in today's episode we answer fitness and health questions that are asked by listeners and viewers just like you.

0:25.0

But the way we open the episode is where we talk about current events, we talk about studies.

0:30.0

That's the intro portion. Today's intro portion was 37 minutes long after that.

0:34.0

We got into the fitness question. So let me give you a breakdown of today's episode.

0:38.0

We open up by talking about two new Guinness book records that were set recently.

0:43.0

Oh yeah.

0:44.0

Weird ones, but interesting.

0:45.0

I got to check it out for yourself.

0:46.0

Then I talk about how my daughter experienced a little bit of bullying online and trying to stay grounded.

0:51.0

So I'm trying to do it now, stay grounded.

0:52.0

It's tough.

0:53.0

Then I talk about a podcast that I listened to recently by Arthur Brooks.

0:57.0

Great podcast. He talks about politics and happiness and why the more involved you are in politics,

1:03.0

the less happy you will be.

1:05.0

Then we talked about a, actually Justin talked about being the only sober person in the room when everybody else was doing salvia.

1:13.0

Yeah, I don't recommend it.

1:14.0

That's just a great time.

1:15.0

And then I talked about a study done on a product by Caldera Lab that showed that people had dramatic improvements in their skin.

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