2665: Why "Science-Based" Lifting Is Killing Your Gains
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Why "Science-Based" Lifting Is Killing Your Gains
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Exercise is nuanced: don't discount the experience of people who have been doing it for a long time. (1:10)
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7 Reasons "Science-Based" Lifting Is Killing Your Gains
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#1 - The people in the studies aren't like you. (6:32)
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#2 – Studies aren't run "forever." (8:55)
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#3 - They don't consider human psychology. (13:54)
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#4 - Great science-based programming may be inappropriate for you. (17:06)
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#5 - The "winning" formula doesn't tell the whole story. (19:43)
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#6 - They don't know what to test. (21:16)
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#7 - They aren't testing everything. (23:04)
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| 1:08.7 | Here we go. |
| 1:10.1 | These days, there's a lot of studies in regards to exercise, |
| 1:14.1 | in particular lifting. You can find a study to tell you which rep range is the best, |
| 1:18.5 | how much you should rest between sets, exercises, everything. But here's the deal. |
| 1:23.8 | If you follow science-based lifting, that's all you do, you're going to kill your gains. |
| 1:28.7 | There's a lot of value in the old-school stuff |
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