1545: Bad Fitness Advice That’s Actually Good
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
In this episode Sal, Adam & Justin cover seven pieces of fitness advice that good but not for the reason most people believe.
- Why some of the things that come out of the fitness industry are based on RESULTS. (1:21)
- Seven pieces of bad fitness advice that are actually good, but not for the reasons most people believe.
- #1 – If you want to get lean, do not eat past 6 pm. (4:35)
- #2 - Doing fasted cardio first thing in the morning. (13:05)
- #3 - Doing high reps burns fat and low reps build muscle. (18:00)
- #4 - You need to eat a TON of protein to build muscle. (25:24)
- #5- Chasing “the pump.” (33:11)
- #6 – Drinking a gallon of water a day. (36:44)
- #7 – Targeting the different “angels” of the muscle. (38:18)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- May Specials: MAPS Aesthetic & the Extreme Fitness Bundle 50% off! **Promo code “MAYSPECIAL” at checkout**
- Visit Vuori Clothing for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners!
- A Beginner's Guide To Intermittent Fasting – Mind Pump Blog
- Is Fasting Effective? - Mind Pump Blog
- Why You Need to Mix Rep Ranges After Periods of Training – Mind Pump Blog
- Which Is Better: Low Reps Or High Reps? - Mind Pump Blog
- Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth: 1282: The #1 Key To Consistently Building Muscle & Strength (Avoid Plateaus!)
- The Myth of Optimal Protein Intake – Mind Pump Blog
- Why do we Need Protein? - Mind Pump Blog
- The Pump: Ego Booster or Muscle Builder? – Mind Pump Blog
- What To Do About Lagging Body Parts – Mind Pump Blog
- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Layne Norton, PhD (@biolayne) Instagram
- Dr. Spencer Nadolsky (drnadolsky) Instagram
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| 0:06.0 | MIGHT, I'M, I'M, I'M, UP with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salta 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 Mind Pumping. |
| 0:18.0 | In today's episode, we talk about bad fitness advice. |
| 0:22.0 | That's actually good. |
| 0:23.0 | But not for the reasons that they said they were good. |
| 0:26.0 | So we kind of break it down and explain why some of this bad advice actually has great value. |
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