2833: Why Fitness Gimmicks Keep Fooling You And What Actually Works
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Are fitness gimmicks secretly sabotaging your progress? Sal, Adam, and Justin take a hard look at the latest wave of EMS workout suits and other trendy equipment — and explain why the basics still reign supreme. Plus, a surprising study linking a popular 'natural' sweetener to blood clots, news on a potential sleep apnea pill, and what women actually experience on testosterone therapy. Stick around for four listener Q&As on everything from deadlift shoulder pain to returning to the gym after surgery.
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02:43 Fitness Gimmicks: EMS, Thighmaster & Why They Fail
06:37 EMS Machines Explained
11:14 Why the Basics Always Win
16:54 The Value of Hiring a Good Coach
21:41 Erythritol & Sweetener Health Risks
25:13 Diet Soda Debate: Aspartame vs. Sucralose
29:23 New Pill for Sleep Apnea?
33:43 Sal's Tractor Crash Story
39:57 Testosterone Therapy for Women
43:15 The Misleading Hormone Therapy & Cancer Study
46:06 Scientists Digitized a Fruit Fly Brain
50:03 Meal Prep Talk & Tater Tot Debate
58:23 Q&A: Exercises for New Moms Carrying Baby
01:01:03 Q&A: Body Types — Lean Into Your Strengths
01:04:49 Q&A: Shoulder Pain from Deadlifting
01:06:52 Q&A: When to Return to Training After Injury
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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. |
| 0:18.1 | In today's episode, We answered listeners questions. |
| 0:21.2 | People went to Instagram, Mind Pump Media. |
| 0:22.7 | They wrote in some questions. |
| 0:23.6 | And we picked four of them to answer at the end of this episode. |
| 0:26.8 | But in the beginning, which was 52 minutes long, we talk about fitness and fat loss. |
| 0:31.6 | We talk about family life, current events. |
| 0:33.7 | It's always a good time. |
| 0:36.2 | Now, this episode is brought to you by some sponsors. |
| 0:39.0 | The first one is mphormones.com. |
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| 1:05.9 | This episode is also brought to by Butcher Box. |
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