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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1656: How to Find Your Exercise & Diet Sweet Spot, the Truth About Training for Your Body Type, the Benefits of Earthing & More

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about flexing or tensing while lifting vs. just moving the weight, whether a lot of people are overdoing it with diet and exercise, if there is any truth regarding somatotype, and their thoughts on grounding or earthing.

  • Why everyone should squat. (6:56)
  • The many benefits of Felix Gray products for your eye health. (15:21)
  • Metal Education with Justin Andrews. (19:08)
  • Strange Science News with Sal: Tiny flying machines that monitor the environment. (37:28)
  • Ancient footprints suggest humans lived in the Americas earlier than once thought. (42:08)
  • Sal’s obsession with Organifi’s Pumpkin Spice is real. (44:08)
  • What is Mind Pump currently watching? (45:02)
  • The more muscle you have, the better your survivability from infection and disease. (48:58)
  • Mind Pump is NOT anti-cardio. (50:59)
  • #Quah question #1 – Are you supposed to flex or tense while lifting, or just move the weight? (54:43)
  • #Quah question #2 – Do you find that a lot of people are overdoing it with diet and exercise? (59:37)
  • #Quah question #3 – Is there any truth regarding somatotypes? (1:04:24)
  • #Quah question #4 – What are your thoughts on grounding or earthing? (1:10:00)

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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, 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.

0:16.5

This is Mind Pump.

0:18.0

Right, in today's episode we answered four fitness and health questions.

0:22.0

But we opened the episode with an intro portion where we talk about current events.

0:26.0

We talk about scientific studies.

0:28.0

We talk about our sponsors.

0:30.0

Today's intro was 49 minutes long.

0:32.0

After that we got to the questions.

0:34.0

So we opened up by talking about a post by our friend Eugene Tao, who said,

0:39.0

Squats are really not necessary to develop great lower body muscles, strength, and functionality.

0:44.0

We disagree.

0:45.0

Great your contrarian.

0:46.0

Great discussion there.

0:48.0

Then I talked about how I got my dad to start using Felix Gray, Blue Blocking Glasses.

0:53.0

And so far, so good.

0:55.0

I'm going to get some feedback from him to help him with his sleep.

0:58.0

By the way, Felix Gray also now makes an eye health supplement.

1:01.0

So not only do they have the best Blue Light Blocking Glasses around that don't change the color of the world around you,

1:07.0

but they also have supplements that can help you with eye health or eye strain.

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