1530: Why Warm-Ups Are a Waste of Time
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2021
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin discuss why traditional warm-ups are an inferior way to prepare for a workout and what you should do instead.
- How the guys were sold on the 10-minute warm-up as young personal trainers. (1:41)
- The moment the guy's minds were blown on what a warm-up ACTUALLY does. (5:13)
- Why you don’t hurt yourself from a movement you OWN. (8:28)
- The importance of stretching with PURPOSE. (12:21)
- The benefits and challenges of foam rolling. (15:16)
- What a proper warm-up SHOULD do for you. (17:57)
- The extreme value of MAPS Prime. (23:20)
- Instability versus stability. The problems in the fitness space and with scientific studies. (26:46)
- Don’t blame your morphology! (33:49)
- Why proper priming needs a better sales pitch. (37:08)
- The value and intent of the MAPS Prime Webinar. (40:49)
- The beauty of priming. (42:33)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- FLASH SALE: MAPS Prime 50% off till Wednesday, April 14th!! **Promo code “PRIME50OFF” at checkout
- Visit ZBiotics for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners!
- Come learn restorative exercise from Dr. Ed Thomas, professor and physical culture historian
- Is Warming Up Before A Workout Necessary? - Mind Pump Blog
- Which is Best - Mobility or Stretching? - Mind Pump Blog
- What to Do If Your Joints Are Hypermobile – Mind Pump Podcast
- Available for Pre-Order TODAY! – The Resistance Training Revolution – Book by Sal Di Stefano
- Correcting Upper Cross Syndrome to Improve Posture & Health-- Prone Cobra – MIND PUMP TV
- MAPS Prime Webinar
- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Justin Brink DC (@dr.justinbrink) Instagram
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. |
| 0:06.0 | MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:17.0 | This is MindPump. |
| 0:18.0 | Now in today's episode we talk about warmups and why they're a total waste of time. |
| 0:24.0 | But don't fret, we give you a replacement, we tell you what you should do. |
| 0:27.0 | Instead of a warmup to reduce risk of injury and actually get stronger and give you better results. |
| 0:34.0 | By the way, in this episode we reference Maps Prime. |
| 0:38.0 | So if you're interested in getting it, if you don't have Maps Prime, |
| 0:41.0 | we're going to give you 50% off right now. |
| 0:43.0 | This is a flash sale. |
| 0:45.0 | It will not last. It's only going on until Wednesday. |
| 0:48.0 | Go to mapsprime.com, use the code, prime50 off. |
| 0:53.0 | That's prime 50 off with no space to get that discount. |
| 0:57.0 | Also this episode is brought to you by our sponsor, ZBiotics. |
| 1:01.0 | Now ZBotics makes genetically modified beverages that you drink before you drink alcohol |
| 1:06.0 | to reduce the negative effects that alcohol produces. |
| 1:10.0 | This stuff actually works by the way, just a little footnote here. |
| 1:14.0 | The demand has been super high for ZBotics. |
| 1:17.0 | They're blowing it out. They're going crazy. |
| 1:20.0 | They've went sold out last month. However, they are accepting pre-orders |
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