1798: Weighted Dips vs. Bench Press for Chest Development, the Dangers of Diet Soda, Training & Diet Best Practices for Maximizing TRT Benefits & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about how weighted dips compared to the bench press, whether drinking diet soda is really so unhealthy, the best diet, sleep and workout practices when starting TRT to maximize response, and how social media has changed the health and fitness space for better or worse.
- Mind Pump Fit Tip: All exercises have value! The key is in how you apply them. (3:40)
- The value of isometrics for building muscle and strength. (9:45)
- A high school football training update with Justin Andrews: How the kids are beginning to see transformations, building the foundation, and leader boards. (12:17)
- The health benefits of whey protein. (17:03)
- The psychology behind the value of sports. (19:45)
- How your grip strength is a HUGE indicator of good health. (24:54)
- What is it about Elon Musk that people don't like? (28:43)
- Melatonin's strong effect on growth hormone. (35:01)
- When a self-driving car gets pulled over by the police. (38:59)
- How Justin has been using weed-whacking as a meditative practice. (42:01)
- #Quah question #1 - How do weighted dips compare to the bench press? (46:58)
- #Quah question #2 - Is drinking diet soda really so bad for you? (51:55)
- #Quah question #3 - When starting TRT, what are the best practices to maximize response? Diet, sleep, workout, etc.? (59:02)
- #Quah question #4 - How has social media changed the health and fitness space? For the better or for worse? (1:04:55)
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- Effects of plyometric and isometric training on muscle and tendon stiffness in vivo
- Visit Magic Spoon for an exclusive offer for Mind Pump listeners!
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- JRE#1804 - Bill Maher - The Joe Rogan Experience
- Melatonin stimulates growth hormone secretion through pathways other than the growth hormone-releasing hormone - PubMed
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- How To Do Chest Dips For A BIG Chest! - Mind Pump TV
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- Mind Pump Podcast – YouTube
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People Mentioned
- Jordan Shallow D.C (@the_muscle_doc) Instagram
- James Smith (@smittydiesel) Instagram
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Twitter
- Bill Maher (@billmaher) Instagram
- Arthur Brooks (@arthurcbrooks) 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, hop, mind, hop 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. |
| 0:19.0 | In today's episode, we answered some fitness and health questions that were asked by our audience. |
| 0:23.0 | But we opened the episode with an intro portion where we talk about current events, |
| 0:27.0 | scientific studies, and we mentioned some of our sponsors. |
| 0:30.0 | Today's intro was 44 minutes long after that we got to the questions. |
| 0:34.0 | So here's what went down to today's show. |
| 0:36.0 | We opened up by time how all exercises have value. |
| 0:39.0 | By the way, let us talk about the value of isometrics for building muscle and strength. |
| 0:44.0 | Right now, if you go to mapsfitnessproducts.com, we have a muscle building secrets of isometrics ebook that's for sale. |
| 0:51.0 | It's very inexpensive. It's very valuable. Go check it out. |
| 0:54.0 | Then Justin gave us a training update for the football team that he is coaching. |
| 0:58.0 | We talked about the health values of way protein, which let us to talk about magic spoon cereal. |
| 1:03.0 | Magic spoon cereal is grain free, no sugar, and it's got way protein and high amounts of way protein. |
| 1:10.0 | It's actually a protein supplement, and these cereals are the flavors like the ones you grew up eating when you were a kid. |
| 1:15.0 | Really good stuff. It's one of our most popular sponsors. Go check them out. |
| 1:19.0 | Head over to mindpumppartners.com. Click on magic spoon, use the code Mind Pumping at $5 off a box of magic spoon cereal. |
| 1:28.0 | Then we talked about the value of sports. We brought up Elon Musk and why so many people don't like him maybe. |
| 1:33.0 | I talked about how melatonin is closely connected to growth hormone, and why increasing melatonin will give you more growth hormone. |
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