2773: Top Ways to Measure Progress (and the WORST)!

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 73 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.

Mind Pump Fit Tip: Top Ways to Measure Progress (and the WORST)! (1:53)
Mind Pump's Vuori favorites. (27:58)
The Babe Ruth diet. (29:12)
The guys take on the updated food pyramid and its influence on society. (36:53)
The biggest jerks in the sea. (41:24)
LEGO latest innovation. (47:32)
Kids say the cutest things. (49:13)
Getting too big for your shirt! (50:58)
Promoting cellular repair, strengthening the skin barrier, and reducing inflammation with exosomes. (53:06)
#Quah question #1 – How should a female train who has osteoporosis? (1:02:15)
#Quah question #2 – How do women know if they need testosterone? Can they even get TRT? What levels are normal for an athletic female age 21? (1:04:01)
#Quah question #3 – I've been able to improve all my big lifts and have steadily made progress with strength, but I still find pushups aggravate my back and have more or less always been a struggle for me. What tips would you give to someone who wants to improve their pushups? (1:06:37)
#Quah question #4 – How do I know if I should continue to train when I have an injury? I have had 2 knee revisions on the same knee and think it's going out again. (1:08:32)

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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.
0:07.1	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.
0:16.6	This is Mind Pump.
0:17.9	In today's episode, we answered listeners questions.
0:20.7	They wrote in Instagram at Mind Pump Media. We picked four. We answered the questions, but this was after the intro. Today's intro is 59 minutes long. Now, this episode is brought to you by some sponsors. The first one is Viori. Viori makes a leisure wear that feels good. It's comfortable. It looks good. It lasts a long time. It's the best. This is top of the line stuff, you guys. We have the biggest discount, by the way. You know who they are. Get 20% off. Go to VioriClothing.com forward slash mind pump. That link will get you at 20% off. This episode is also brought to by Caldera Lab.
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