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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

2505: The Story of Mind Pump (10 Year Anniversary Special)

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 129 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

10 Year Anniversary

  • Did you think we’d get here? (2:06)

  • How it all started, and first impressions of each other. (6:27)

  • The ‘Splinter’, Doug Egge. (24:12)

  • Do they believe they’d make it today? (27:30)

  • When did they decide MAPS Anabolic would be the ‘baby’? (31:48)

  • Punching up. (33:18)

  • New listeners vs. old listeners. (39:40)

  • Deciding to start the YouTube channel. (41:12)

  • Early financial highlights. (42:38)

  • The creation of MAPS programs. (44:55)

  • First notable interviews. (47:26)

  • Sal’s greatest strength and greatest weakness. (1:00:45)

  • A time business-wise when they got really excited. (1:01:41)

  • Leveling up. (1:09:39)

  • Shifting the direction of the fitness industry. (1:12:02)

  • Guests who have impacted them the most. (1:13:32)

  • Mind Pump’s first BIG investments. (1:22:50)

  • The COVID scare. (1:26:07)

  • Mind Pump Partners. (1:29:15)

  • Resistance Training Revolution. (1:41:03)

  • What’s in my bag? (1:42:56)

  • Fire hose of knowledge. (1:44:28)

  • Mind Pump Live. (1:45:49)

  • The next 10 years. (1:48:10)

  • Time flies. (1:49:52)

  • A timeline for their kids to listen to. (1:55:13)

  • Buy in with family & friends. (1:57:20)

  • AskMindPump.com (2:00:07)

  • Fun, challenging, and rewarding. (2:01:11)

  • Mutual respect and trust. (2:02:27)

  • Built to win. (2:05:15)

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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.

0:06.3

Mind Pump.

0:07.0

Mind Pump with your hosts.

0:09.2

Sal DeStefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:13.4

You just found the most downloaded fitness, health, and entertainment podcast.

0:17.3

This is Mind Pump.

0:18.7

Today's a special episode.

0:20.5

This is our 10-year anniversary episode.

0:24.3

We've been doing this podcast for 10 years.

0:26.9

It's been an incredible ride.

0:28.9

We're incredibly humbled by the listeners, what this is all been about.

0:34.3

It's been a lot of fun, a lot of luck.

0:36.0

I can't believe we are where we are

0:38.6

talking on microphones. We had no media experience. We did this because we wanted to help

0:43.9

people. We've reached a lot of people. Today's episode is for those of you that have been

0:48.1

listening for a long time. We reminisce. We go back to the beginning, tell the story,

0:53.2

and talk about what this journey has been

0:55.1

like, trying to change the fitness industry, trying to build a business, trying to work with

1:00.5

each other, all the hard times and good times. It was a fun episode, and I'm excited for the next

1:07.7

10 years. So for me, it's been a very touching one. Now, this episode is brought to you by one of our sponsors from Our Place. This is the best cookware you'll

1:16.7

find anywhere, hands down, no forever chemicals. Last a long time, very sturdy, looks nice. I've

1:24.7

switched all my stuff out with everything from From Our Place. Go check them out.

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