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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

2788: How to Lean Bulk for Lean Gains (Build Muscle, Not Body Fat)

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 12.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

  • Mind Pump Fit Tip: How to Lean Bulk for Lean Gains (Build Muscle, Not Body Fat). (2:38)

  • Easy-to-digest vegan protein shakes. (22:15)

  • Speaking identity. (24:04)

  • Getting too much attention? (30:37)

  • Father first. (32:37)

  • Laser focused on ketones. (37:06)

  • The latest GLP-1 propaganda and the dangers. (40:28)

  • Fun Facts with Justin: Rat Utopia Experiment. (46:57)

  • How extreme intelligence is more correlated to mental illness. (52:30)

  • Being stuck in the past, and pick-up spots for the middle-aged crowd. (1:00:00)

  • #Quah question #1 – How do you know if you're getting actual muscle gain or CNS adaptation? Been lifting for 10+ years. (1:10:53)

  • #Quah question #2 – You've mentioned the bi-weekly method for strength training and cardio for best results. If you were to juggle between two MAPS programs with this method, which two would you bounce between for someone who just genuinely enjoys the benefits of both? (1:13:28)

  • #Quah question #3 – What are some exercises I can do as someone with scoliosis? I want to get back into strength training. (1:17:07)

  • #Quah question #4 – What is a good age to introduce weight training for kids? I have 10- and 7-year-old girls who do recreational sports. (1:18:46)

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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.

0:16.9

This is Mind Pump.

0:18.4

In today's episode, we picked questions from our Instagram page, Mind Pump Media, and we answered them. So again, if you want to post questions that we can pick, go to Instagram, Mind Pump Media. But this was after our intro. Today's intro was 68 minutes long. This is what we talk about fitness and fat loss and muscle gain and current events and family life. Always have a good time.

0:38.2

Now, this episode is brought to you by some sponsors.

0:40.5

The first one is Huell.

0:42.2

This is a meal replacement shake that's vegan, easy to digest, 35 grams of protein,

0:48.9

incredibly delicious.

0:50.7

Even Adam likes the taste.

0:52.5

Adam doesn't like the taste of anything, and he's been drinking one or two a day to hit his protein targets. They're delicious. Even Adam likes the taste. Adam doesn't like the taste of anything, and he's been drinking

0:55.0

one or two a day to hit his protein targets. They're delicious. They have traditional flavors and

0:59.6

non-traditional flavors. Go check them out. And if you go on our link, hul.com forward slash

1:05.4

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1:13.5

discount of 15% off.

1:16.4

This episode is also brought to by Ketone IQ.

1:19.2

These are exogenous ketones that you can supplement with.

1:22.2

So what are ketones?

1:23.2

This is a form of energy.

1:24.8

Your body runs on when you have no carbohydrates in your diet. So when you go on a ketogenic diet, your body runs on ketones and you hear people talk about this all time. They feel sharp, low inflammation, great cognitive function. But the problem is you got to eat no carbs. Well, if you take ketone IQ, it doesn't matter. You can get a normal diet, drink ketone IQ, boom, ketones in your system, and you get that clarity.

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