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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

2786: The 5 "Good" Reasons to Do Cardio (Most People Get This Wrong)

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

  • Mind Pump Fit Tip: The 5 "Good" Reasons to Do Cardio. (2:42)

  • Dose for your cholesterol. (23:37)

  • Old school exercises that have fallen out of favor. (28:00)

  • Inappropriate routines for MOST people. (32:42)

  • The hesitancy for females to push the weight. (37:46)

  • Red-light therapy for the 'pump'. (42:57)

  • Chasing the pump. (44:57)

  • How personal training is becoming lost with these 1-minute reels. (48:36)

  • Kids say and do the darndest things. (55:42)

  • #ListenerCoaching call #1 – Is it harder to lose body fat and maintain progress with a more petite frame? (57:39) 

  • #ListenerCoaching call #2 – I'm about to turn 30 and want to take advantage of my youth, be able to balance longevity, sustainability, and muscle gain. (1:08:08)

  • #ListenerCoaching call #3 – Looking for advice on what daily calorie intake you would recommend to support a healthy weight and muscle gain for a mechanic working roughly 50 hours per week with high daily activity levels. (1:19:15)

  • #ListenerCoaching call #4 – Looking for program advice for my wife, who has never worked out before, and has access to a home gym. (1:25:29)

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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 got to coach people on air. People called in and we helped them out with their health and fitness. And we can help you out too, by the way, if you want to be in an episode like that, send your question to MP LiveCaller.com. Now, that segment was after the intro. Today's intro was 54 minutes long. So we talk about fat loss, muscle gain, current events, family life, that kind of stuff. This episode is brought to you by some sponsors. The first one is dose. I talked about their cholesterol product. So you drink two ounces a day. And in a clinical study, over 90% of the participants saw an improvement in their LDL, in their cholesterol, their triglycerides.

0:55.5

So it actually works.

0:56.4

It's all natural.

0:57.1

If you need to improve your blood lipids, you can try this before going to a prescription.

1:01.6

Go to dose daily.com forward slash mind pump.

1:05.8

The discount code is mind pump.

1:07.4

That I get you 25% off.

1:09.0

This episode is also brought to by Juve. Red Light Therapy

1:12.6

that works. Studies show that red light therapy, well, it's got lots of benefits.

1:16.6

Regrows hair. It's good for your skin. Makes it look younger within a few applications.

1:21.9

Builds muscle. Uh, gives you a better pump. Red light therapy works. Unfortunately, a lot of products out there are crappy. They don't have the right wavelength or power. Juv is the real deal. Go to juve.com. That's J-O-O-V-V-com forward slash mind pump. Use the code mine pump. Get $50 off. We also have a brand new sale in February. It's the couples bundle. This is MAPS aesthetic,

1:45.4

Maps Hit,

1:46.1

Maps Muscle Mommy,

1:47.0

and the No BS Six-Pack Formula.

1:48.9

All of those in the couples bundle

1:51.2

normally would cost you

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