2358: The Importance of Rest Periods for Building Muscle, Functional Fitness Vs. Traditional Lifting, the Best Way to Start Strength Training as a Teen & More
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 14 June 2024
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer four Pump Head questions drawn from last Sunday’s Quah post on the @mindpumpmedia Instagram page.
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Mind Pump Fit Tip: Hurry is the enemy of peace, joy, and growth. (1:46)
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What’s going on in Mexico? (14:41)
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The stress before election years. (16:31)
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COVID vaccines could be partly to blame for the rise in excess deaths since the pandemic. (19:44)
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Fauci is getting grilled! (24:13)
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Joy Mode for women? (25:53)
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When you know you’re getting too big. (28:47)
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The importance of correctional exercise knowledge for trainers and coaches. (37:10)
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The beauty of Sicily, old-man strength, and winning the genetic lottery. (40:33)
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Shout out to The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World book. (53:26)
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#Quah question #1 - Any suggestions to help build muscle more efficiently if I don't have time to rest at least 2-3 minutes between sets and can’t go more than 3 days a week to the gym? Can I still build muscle by resting 1 minute to a minute and a half between sets? (54:31)
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#Quah question #2 - Is it possible to do too much walking & it could cause metabolic harm? (58:08)
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#Quah question #3 - What is your recommendation for a 13-year-old boy who would like to start strength training? I have been lifting for years and have several of your programs, but I want to make sure what he does is age-appropriate and that he begins this journey the right way. (1:00:05)
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#Quah question #4 - I’ve just come across the term “functional fitness.” Have you all heard of this? What are the differences and benefits between traditional lifting and functional fitness? (1:04:07)
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Bishop Robert Barron (@bishopbarron) Instagram
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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 Pump with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Sal de Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. You just found the most downloaded fitness health and entertainment |
| 0:16.0 | podcast. This is Mind Pump. In today's episode we answered listeners questions but this was |
| 0:20.9 | after an intro portion. |
| 0:22.8 | It's 55 minutes long today. |
| 0:24.0 | That's what we talk about current events, fitness, |
| 0:26.2 | or lives, family stuff, and much more. |
| 0:29.0 | If you want to skip around your favorite parts, |
| 0:30.6 | by the way, you can check the show notes for time stamps that |
| 0:33.2 | that that's where you'll be able to do it also if you want to ask us a question that |
| 0:36.7 | we can pick from in an episode like this one go to Instagram at mine pump |
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