1546: How to Increase Rotational Power, Ways to Build Muscle Strength & Endurance at the Same Time, How Tight Shoulder Can Limit Your Squat & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about building muscle strength and muscle endurance at the same time, exercises to increase rotational power, whether lack of scapular retraction can prevent you from squatting deep, and how to get clients to express how the workout is affecting them.
- Mind Pump addresses the controversy between Layne Norton and Erica “Fit Love” Lugo over the ideology of The Biggest Loser. (3:58)
- How building muscle is protective regardless of how much you weigh. (25:58)
- Sal recaps his recent trip to LA for the release of his book. (32:46)
- The importance of relationship building and adding value in pursuit of scaling a business. (39:16)
- Sal’s experience traveling post-COVID. (44:27)
- How your kids can associate their parents with certain things. (46:55)
- #Quah question #1 – Can you build muscle strength and muscle endurance at the same time or in the same programming? (51:28)
- #Quah question #2 – What exercises do you recommend to increase rotational power? (56:57)
- #Quah question #3 – Can lack of scapular retraction prevent you from squatting deep? (1:05:01)
- #Quah question #4 – How can I get clients to express how the workout is affecting them? (1:10:02)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- May Specials: MAPS Aesthetic & the Extreme Fitness Bundle 50% off! **Promo code “MAYSPECIAL” at checkout**
- @biolayne’s post - That time I interviewed to be on ‘The Biggest Loser’
- Muscle Mass Knocks Out Insulin Resistance
- The Resistance Training Revolution – Book by Sal Di Stefano
- Visit Paleo Valley for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Code “Mindpump15” at checkout for 15% discount**
- Jen Cohen - TEDxBuckhead
- Mind Pump #930: Jennifer Cohen Knows How To Get What She Wants
- Visit Brain.fm for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners.
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- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Layne Norton, PhD (@biolayne) on Instagram
- Erica Lugo (@ericafitlove) Instagram
- Steve Cook (@stevecook) Instagram
- Jillian Michaels (@jillianmichaels) Instagram
- Max Lugavere (@maxlugavere) Instagram
- Jennifer Cohen (@therealjencohen) 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 | Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast. |
| 0:16.0 | This is Mind Pump. Alright, in today's episode we answered fitness and health questions that were asked by our audience. |
| 0:22.0 | But the way we opened the episodes with intro portion, |
| 0:24.0 | where we talk about current events, drama on the internet, bring up scientific studies. |
| 0:28.0 | We talk about sponsors. The intro was 51 minutes long after that. We got into the fitness questions. |
| 0:34.0 | Here's what went down in today's episode. |
| 0:36.0 | We opened up by talking about the drama between Lane Norton and Erica, |
| 0:39.0 | Fit Love on Instagram. This is a thing that has to do with the biggest loser. |
| 0:44.0 | Great conversation. Then I brought up a study on muscle. |
| 0:48.0 | Did you know that building muscle is protective, regardless of how weight, how much you weigh. |
| 0:53.0 | So you can be overweight, doesn't matter, build muscle, improves your health. |
| 0:56.0 | Then I talked about my trip down to LA, hanging out with Max Lugavir, |
| 1:01.0 | a good friend of mine. And he's also sponsored by a company we work with called Paleo Valley. |
| 1:06.0 | In fact, he gave me a bunch of meat sticks. I love those things. |
| 1:09.0 | Go check out Paleo Valley's products. |
| 1:11.0 | I had a joke there. |
| 1:12.0 | My favorite products from there are the meat sticks and their neuro effect, |
| 1:16.0 | which is good for brain performance, for cognitive performance. |
| 1:20.0 | Go check them out. Go to PaleoValley.com forward slash Mind Pump. |
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