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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1416: The Benefits of Adding Plyometrics & Functional Training to Your Workout, the Impact Deadlifts Have on Waist Size, the Importance of Rest Days & More

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.812.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about adding plyometrics and functional training into a routine, whether deadlifts give you a thicker midsection, if one rest day a week is necessary, and the best exercises or routines for a 7 year old interested in weight training.

  • Updates on Baby Di Stefano. (4:58)
  • Home alone with Adam. (12:25)
  • Mind Pump Recommends, the Magic 8 Ball for the Markets Podcast with Dr. Peter Linneman. (20:16)
  • 49ers announce an official partnership with Joovv. (35:43)
  • Magic Spoon’s newest flavors have Justin drooling. (38:08)
  • Jessica’s weird pregnancy cravings. (40:34)
  • #Quah question #1 – What do you think about plyometrics? How can I incorporate plyometrics and functional training into my routine? (42:05)
  • #Quah question #2 – Do deadlifts give you a thicker midsection? I love doing them and have gained a great deal of strength in my back from them. However, as a female, I worry that my midsection is thicker as a result. (49:38)
  • #Quah question #3 – Is it truly necessary to take one rest day a week? For instance, how about alternating between full-body strength days and cardio? (56:16)
  • #Quah question #4 – My nephew is 7 and is showing interest in weight lifting. Where is a good place to start? What exercises or routines would you recommend? (1:01:35)

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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.

0:05.8

Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.

0:09.1

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.4

Congratulations. You're listening to Mind Pump The World's number one fitness health and entertainment class.

0:17.9

You did it, you guys.

0:18.9

Now, in this episode, we answer fitness and health questions that our audience asked us.

0:23.5

But the way we open the episodes with an introductory portions where we talk about our lives and current events.

0:29.2

We talk about some studies.

0:30.7

Today's episode, the intro is 37 minutes long after that we get into answering the fitness questions.

0:37.0

Let me give you a breakdown of the whole podcast.

0:39.2

So we open up by talking about the fact that my wife is trying lots of natural methods to try to induce labor.

0:45.7

As of the recording of this podcast, no baby yet.

0:49.2

So we're waiting. We are anticipating.

0:51.7

Then Adam talks about his night at home without wife and kid and he brought out the ball and got emotional.

0:58.5

Good times.

1:00.5

Then we talk about a podcast that we listened to on economics and the future of what's going on where you should invest your money.

1:07.7

That was a great conversation.

1:09.2

Then we talk about how the 49ers are now working with Juve Red Light to improve the recovery of their athletes.

1:16.8

I also brought up a study that shows that using Red Light Therapy twice a week through ultrasound shows that collagen density dramatically improves.

1:27.4

This stuff really works. It does improve your skin health, the firmness of your skin.

1:33.1

It also helps with recovery. No joke ladies and gentlemen, the stuff is legit.

1:37.0

More reasons why the 9ers are number one.

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