2849: Are Deadlifts Actually Dangerous? The Truth About So Called Risky Exercises
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Are deadlifts dangerous? Are certain exercises just too risky for the average person? The guys are fired up today and they are coming straight for the fitness media narrative that keeps telling YOU to avoid some of the most valuable movements in existence... The truth is, exercises don't hurt you. YOUR inability to perform them does.
Sal, Adam, and Justin break down a recent narrative review that reignited the deadlift debate, why experts like Dr. Stuart McGill argue against it for general populations, and why the guys think that reasoning is a dangerous slippery slope. If you follow that logic to its conclusion, you would throw out running first... and nobody is telling YOU to stop running. The most injury producing activity humans do is also the one we were literally BUILT to do. Sound familiar?
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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. |
| 0:16.3 | This is Mind Pump. |
| 0:17.7 | In today's episode, people called in, and we got to coach them live on air, |
| 0:23.1 | but this was after the intro, today's intro, 51 minutes long. We talk about exercise, |
| 0:28.1 | strength training, cardio, fat loss, muscle gain, current events, family life, all that good |
| 0:33.9 | stuff. Look, if you want to be on an episode like this, if you want to call in and have Justin Adam and myself coach you on air, here's what you do. Send your question to MP LiveCaller.com. Now, this episode is brought to you by some sponsors. The first one is Caldera Lab. This is skincare that actually works. It's science back, but it's also all natural. And you can get 20% off. Go to caldera lab.com forward slash mind pump. |
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