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
4.8 • 12.6K 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)
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- 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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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. |
| 0:05.8 | 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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