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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

1666: The Truth About Fasted Cardio, How the Pump Helps You Build Muscle, the Residual Muscle Building Effects of Prior Steroid Use & More

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2021

⏱️ 70 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about whether fasted cardio really makes a difference, the effect former steroid or growth hormone use has on your current muscle growth, the benefits in adding bands or chains on the big 3, and whether getting a pump does anything for hypertrophy.

  • Startling statistics for the US Fitness Industry from 2020. (4:10)
  • Mind Pump Investments: Mindbody acquisition, supply/demand chain issues, and the state of the market. (6:17)
  • Proud son moment for Sal. (12:49)
  • Mind Pump’s go-to bedtime regimen with Organifi’s Gold Juice. (16:18)
  • Justin’s run-in with Pavel Tsatsouline, and the pros/cons of certifications. (17:56)
  • Shout out to Kim Constable, aka the Sculpted Vegan. (28:19)
  • A study shows that women who eat more animal protein have more muscle than women who don’t. (29:46)
  • An update on the Resistance Training Revolution. (32:36)
  • Demi Lovato, stay in your lane. (35:54)
  • Joe Rogan roasts Dr. Sanjay Gupta. (38:51)
  • Vuori is KILLING it! (41:27)
  • #Quah question #1 – Does fasted cardio really make a difference? (46:00)
  • #Quah question #2 – If you’ve taken growth hormones or steroids in years past, do they still affect your current muscle growth? (52:30)
  • #Quah question #3 – Are there any benefits in adding bands or chains on the big 3 or any other workouts? Or is it too much overtraining? (57:26)
  • #Quah question #4 - Does getting a pump do anything for hypertrophy? (1:01:15)

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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.

0:05.8

Mite, mop, mop with your hosts.

0:09.1

Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.4

You just found the world's number one fitness health and entertainment podcast.

0:17.2

This is MindPump, right, and today's episode, we answered some fitness and health questions

0:21.0

that were asked by our audience.

0:23.1

But the way we opened the episode was an intro portion, just where we talk about current

0:26.3

events.

0:27.3

We bring up scientific studies and we even mention our sponsors.

0:30.4

Science.

0:31.4

So here's what went down in today's episode.

0:32.6

We opened up by talking about the fitness industry stats from 2020, just how badly did

0:38.6

the fitness industry get hurt, in particular, the gym industry in 2020?

0:43.8

Kind of crazy.

0:44.8

Took a massive black eye.

0:45.8

Then we talked about how mind body just bought class pass.

0:49.4

This is an interesting merger.

0:51.6

I talked about the proud moment I had with my parents.

0:55.2

I talked about my bedtime drink regimen that I incorporated with Justin, Adam, and

1:01.2

Dustin.

1:02.2

You're such a sweetheart.

1:03.2

I brought them Organifi, Gold Juice in almond milk, nice and warm and frothy, right before

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