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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1498: How Many Calories to Eat on Rest Days, What to Do When One Half of Your Body Is Building More Slowly Than the Other, the Importance of Rest Periods & More

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about advice to correct a muscular imbalance between two sides of the body, whether you should eat the same amount of calories on a rest day as a workout day, when to prioritize organic, grass-fed and non-GMO type foods, and how to explain the importance of rest periods to the HIIT driven client.

  • Taking breaks from the gym, a good idea for gains? (4:09)
  • Comparing plant protein to animal protein, which is more beneficial for you? (18:22)
  • Revisiting the standing versus sitting while you pee conversation. (22:02)
  • Beware of the chemicals in your household cleaning products. (26:48)
  • Why are the guys so sleep-deprived? (29:47)
  • How Justin finds his Zen. (33:20)
  • How the men’s grooming industry is booming! (36:08)
  • The Four Horsemen of relationships and the antidotes. (39:52)
  • The virtue of the victim mentality. (45:47)
  • #Quah question #1 – My fiancé noticed that one-half of my body is not as developed as the other. I have started doing priming and starter exercises, along with the starting strength big 5 lifts. What advice would you suggest to correct this imbalance? (49:28)
  • #Quah question #2 - Should you eat the same number of calories on a rest day as a workout day? (51:38)
  • #Quah question #3 - When should I start to prioritize organic, grass-fed, and non-GMO type foods? (56:25)
  • #Quah question #4 - How do you explain the importance of rest periods to the HIIT-driven client? (1:01:49)

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0:00.0

If you wanna pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:06.2

Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts.

0:09.1

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.2

You are listening to the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:17.0

This is The Mind Pump.

0:18.8

Okay, so in today's episode, we answered fitness and health questions.

0:22.2

It's a Q&A episode.

0:23.6

But the way we open the episode is with an introductory portions where we talk about current events.

0:28.0

We talk about our favorite things, our least favorite things.

0:31.0

We talk about scientific studies.

0:33.0

Today's intro portion was 45 minutes.

0:35.4

After that, we got into answering the questions.

0:38.3

So we first off, we open up with a study that talked about whether or not taking breaks is

0:43.3

a good idea for gains.

0:45.7

No days off, bro.

0:46.7

Actually, really, really good study.

0:48.2

Then we talked about another study comparing plant protein to animal protein on muscle building

0:52.7

and performance.

0:54.0

We talked about the difference between standing and sitting when you pee, believe it or not,

0:58.4

there's a study done on this.

0:59.5

So it's a...

1:00.5

Why?

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