1483: Building Strength by Decreasing Weight, How to Increase the Mind-Muscle Connection for Maximum Back Growth, the Truth About Sissy Squats & More

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about gaining strength by decreasing weight with each set to maintain form, whether the sissy squat bad for knees, tips to increase the mind-muscle connection for the back, and what their diets are looking like now.

Justin and Sal drop some knowledge bombs on Adam. (4:37)
How with kids, things can look worse than they really are. (10:58)
The little guy versus the hedge fund. The guys break down the craziness with Robinhood and the #WallStreetBets Reddit page. (13:47)
How the internet has disrupted industries. (23:12)
Sal’s formula for amazing tri-tips brought to you by Butcher Box. (39:22)
Why if you want to get leaner, cut the carbs. (43:16)
#Quah question #1 – Is there any value in strength gain by working in many sets, but decreasing weight with each set to maintain form? (45:53)
#Quah question #2 – Is the sissy squat bad for the knees? (49:17)
#Quah question #3 – Any tips to increase the mind-muscle connection for the back? (53:45)
#Quah question #4 – What are your diets looking like now? (57:34)

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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	Mite, ob-mite, up with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	Congratulations, you found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.
0:18.0	You're doing great.
0:19.0	This is Mind Pump.
0:20.0	Alright, in today's episode we answered four fitness and health questions that were asked by our audience,
0:25.0	that's viewers and listeners, just like you. But the way we opened the episode was with an introductory portion.
0:30.0	So the first 40 minutes we talked about current events, we mentioned our sponsors,
0:35.0	we bring up scientific studies, we have a lot of fun.
0:37.0	After that 40 minute period, we answered those questions.
0:41.0	So let me go over what we talked about in today's episode.
0:44.0	By the way, we referenced our show notes a few times in this episode.
0:48.0	You can find any videos and things that we reference in our show notes at MindPumpPodcast.com.
0:54.0	So if you want to look up the video that we talked about or whatever, just go there.
0:57.0	It'll be there.
0:58.0	So we opened up, I talked about some crazy facts.
1:01.0	Justin and I dropped some knowledge bombs all over Adam's face.
1:04.0	Ooh, yeah.
1:05.0	It's a good time.
1:06.0	Then Justin talks about Shannon's number.
1:08.0	Yeah, what's that?
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