1688: How to Build Your Hamstrings, Tips to Squat More Weight, the Benefits of Adding Kettlebell Swings to Your Workout & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about home gym hamstring workouts, how to back squat more weight, ways to add kettlebell swings into a program, and the age where eating in a caloric surplus is no longer recommended.
- Mind Pump Fit Tip: Fasting is terrible for fat loss. (5:29)
- Is Beyond Meat falling out of favor? (14:29)
- Going all out for Adam’s 40th. (18:33)
- Adam and Justin share their skydiving experience. (21:34)
- Sal’s experience with Superdrol. (30:04)
- Is YouTube removing the dislike button? (34:43)
- Why would the motivation be for Bill Gates putting out misinformation? (40:53)
- How much sugar is really in your McDonald’s sweet tea? (47:33)
- Another great use for Organifi’s protein powder. (48:11)
- What Mind Pump is watching on TV? (49:50)
- NCI’s $10,000 money-back guarantee. (51:48)
- #Quah question #1 - I’d like to focus on my hamstrings, and I need recommendations for home gym workouts? (55:54)
- #Quah question #2 - How can I back squat more weight? (1:01:04)
- #Quah question #3 – How would kettlebell swings be put into a program? (1:05:57)
- #Quah question #4 – Is there any age where you would not recommend eating in a caloric surplus? (1:09:28)
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- November Promotion: MAPS Anywhere and the Fit Mom Bundle – Both 50% off! **Promo code “NOVEMBER50” at checkout**
- Mind Pump #1602: Why Intermittent Fasting Is Bad
- Is Fasting Effective? - Mind Pump Blog
- Fasting is a Terrible Way to Lose Weight – Mind Pump Blog
- Beyond Meat shares drop 19% on poor quarter, weak outlook
- In honor of Adam’s birthday we wanted to show y’all some of his best moments
- Superdrol - steroid.com
- YouTube is killing the dislike button, and people are freaking out
- Bill Gates warns of smallpox terror attacks and urges leaders to use ‘germ games’ to prepare
- FDA approves drug to treat smallpox
- The founder of a startup that charged $8,000 to fill your veins with young blood says he's shuttered the company and started a new one
- Visit Organifi for the exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Promo code “MINDPUMP” at checkout**
- Watch Red Notice | Netflix Official Site
- NCI Certifications x Mind Pump
- Visit My Serenity Kids for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners! **Promo code “MP20” at checkout**
- Build Your Hamstrings with the Stability Ball Leg Curl
- The ONLY Way You Should Be Doing Stiff Legged Deadlifts!
- Build Your Hamstrings- How to Properly do Good Mornings
- MonkeyFeet - Animalhouse Fitness
- Stop Working Out And Start Practicing – Mind Pump Blog
- Kettlebells For Aesthetics – Mind Pump Media
- How to do a Proper Kettlebell Swing (Don’t Make THIS Mistake!!)
- Hardstyle Kettlebell Swings vs. Kettlebell Sport Kettlebell Swings – Mind Pump TV
- Mind Pump #1427: Don’t Make These 6 Bulking Mistakes
- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
- Mind Pump Free Resources
People Mentioned
- Elijah Helfman (@elijahhelfman) 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 Mind Pump, right? |
| 0:18.0 | In today's episode, we answered fitness and health questions that were asked by our audience. |
| 0:23.0 | By the way, if you ever want to ask us a question that we can answer on the podcast, |
| 0:27.0 | if you go to our Instagram page, Mind Pump Media, and you list your question under the quap meme. |
| 0:33.0 | Excuse me, Q-U-A-H, there you go. |
| 0:36.0 | Put it underneath, and then if we like your question, we'll pick and answer it on an episode like this one. |
| 0:41.0 | So before we got to the questions, we did an intro portion, which was about 49 minutes long, |
| 0:45.0 | where we talk about current events and fitness and scientific studies, and we talk about our sponsors. |
| 0:50.0 | So again, that's 49 minutes of the episode. After that, we got to the fitness questions. |
| 0:54.0 | Here's what went down in today's episode. We opened up by talking about how fasting is actually bad for fat loss. |
| 1:00.0 | So I know a lot of people say fast with the goal of fat loss, and we explain why it's a terrible approach. |
| 1:07.0 | Then we talk about Beyond Meat. |
| 1:09.0 | No, this is not meat that you find in another universe. |
| 1:12.0 | This is that company that makes the fake meat, and they were crushing just a few years ago, and now they're tanking. |
| 1:17.0 | It's so weird. |
| 1:18.0 | It's beyond meat. |
| 1:19.0 | It's like we totally predicted it. |
| 1:20.0 | Then we talk about Adam's birthday party. He's old now, and we celebrated that over the hill. |
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