1422: How to Build a Sexy Dad Bod
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 November 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss the popularity of the "dad bod" and how to build a great one.
- Mind Pump discusses the popularity of the ‘dad bod’ and the stigma behind being ‘jacked’. (4:23)
- The science behind the ultimate attractive body type. (7:04)
- What defines a ‘dad bod’? (12:35)
- The positives of aiming for a ‘dad bod’. (14:40)
- The mirror versus performance, Mind Pump standards & MORE. (18:12)
- Why Mind Pump discourages striving for the “magazine look.” (24:17)
- How to Build a Sexy Dad Bod. (25:25)
- #1 – Build muscle. (25:42)
- #2 – Diet strategy. (32:31)
- #3 – Don't obsess. (39:34)
- #4 – Play and do stuff. (44:54)
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- November Promotion: MAPS Ultimate At-Home Workout Bundle for Only $99.99
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- Women prefer a 'dad bod' over six-pack abs, survey finds
- Waist‐to‐Hip Ratio across Cultures: Trade‐Offs between Androgen‐ and Estrogen‐Dependent Traits
- The Relationship Between Waist-Hip Ratio and Fertility
- Mind Pump #1420: Counting Calories Makes You Fat With Max Lugavere
- MAPS Fitness Anabolic - Mind Pump Media
- MAPS Macro Calculator
- Body Part Split vs. Whole Body Workout: Which Is Best? - Mind Pump Blog
- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Max Lugavere (@maxlugavere) Instagram
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I can have a meal or two here and there that is, you know, I'm totally eating it just because |
| 0:05.9 | I want to enjoy it as nothing to do with it's probably best for my body. |
| 0:09.4 | With a remainder of the time when I have like a craving or want something, I don't just |
| 0:13.0 | say, okay, I can have that because I'm okay with a dad bod. |
| 0:15.3 | I still need to keep my diet and check. |
| 0:18.2 | It's just not as strict. |
| 0:19.6 | We are out on a weekend. |
| 0:20.6 | We're all hanging together, have some drinks. |
| 0:22.6 | I'm okay with that because that's not going to hurt me that much. |
| 0:25.2 | If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. |
| 0:33.9 | Might, might, up with your hosts. |
| 0:36.6 | Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:41.0 | You are listening to Mind Pump the World's number one fitness health and entertainment |
| 0:45.0 | podcast. |
| 0:46.0 | Now, in this episode, we talk about how to build a dad bod. |
| 0:50.6 | Now, a lot of surveys have been done recently where women are asked, what kind of body they |
| 0:55.7 | find most attractive in men? |
| 0:58.0 | And to many people in the fitness industries surprise, it was a dad bod. |
| 1:03.4 | It wasn't the super shredded body. |
| 1:05.2 | It was a guy that was around, I don't know, 12, 13% body fat with good strength and good |
| 1:11.3 | muscle. |
| 1:12.3 | And here's the good news. |
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