500: How to Boost Your Metabolism, Melt the Fat Away & Build Muscle | Sal Di Stefano
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/500saldistefano
Sal Di Stefano (IG: @mindpumpmedia) is a personal trainer and co-founder of Mind Pump Media and co-host of Mind Pump, an online radio show/podcast that is dedicated to providing truthful fitness and health information.
He is dedicated to prioritizing health over appearance, and he aims to shift the direction of the fitness industry from aesthetic- and insecurity-based to one based in self-love and self-care.
Sal’s the author of The Resistance Training Revolution: The No-Cardio Way to Burn Fat and Age-Proof Your Body―in Only 60 Minutes a Week.
If you’re looking for a simple but powerful breakdown on how to use resistance training to build muscle and burn fat - this conversation is for you.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Why cardio is a terrible way to try and lose weight
- Strength training boosts your metabolism
- Testosterone is a pro-muscle & pro-youth hormone
- Improve insulin sensitivity by gaining muscle
- How muscle memory works
- The truth about weight loss photos
- All forms of exercise and activity have value
- How to transition from running to strength training
- Sending the appropriate signals to your muscles
- Exercise is a skill
- Stop training to failure
- How to make diet & exercise sustainable forever
- Love is an action, not a feeling
- A simple way to develop discipline
- How to create barriers for impulsive behaviour
- Set your intentions before a workout
- Should you eat after a workout?
- The top supplements Sal recommends + what he takes in a day
- Using caffeine as a resistance training tool
- The best time of day to workout
- Sal’s thoughts on intermittent fasting
- Simple steps to start resistance training today
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on the ultimate health podcast. |
| 0:02.4 | The person that I'm talking to is the average person who struggles, |
| 0:08.0 | who has lost weight and gained a back, who can't figure it out, |
| 0:12.0 | who can't figure out how to stay consistent, who finds that each time they gain |
| 0:16.5 | the weight back, it's harder to lose it than it was the time before, |
| 0:20.8 | who's sitting there saying, you know what, I don't eat a whole lot, |
| 0:24.8 | but my gosh, this body weight just sticks to my body like, what the heck is going on? |
| 0:30.1 | Hello and welcome to the ultimate health podcast episode 500. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Jesse Chapus and I'm here to take your help to the next level. |
| 0:42.2 | Each week I'll bring you in-depth conversations with health and wellness leaders from around the world. |
| 0:47.2 | Today is a milestone episode number 500 and I just want to thank you for being part of this |
| 0:52.7 | journey. I've enjoyed every step of the way and we're just getting started over here, |
| 0:56.8 | so stick around. Today's conversation is with Sal Distifano. He's a personal trainer and |
| 1:02.4 | co-founder of MindPump Media and co-host of MindPump, an online radio show podcast |
| 1:08.4 | that's dedicated to providing truthful fitness and health information. |
| 1:12.3 | He is dedicated to prioritizing health over appearance and aims to shift the direction of |
| 1:17.3 | the fitness industry from aesthetic and insecurity-based to one based in self-love and self-care. |
| 1:23.6 | Sal is the author of the Resistance Training Revolution, the no cardio way to burn fat and |
| 1:28.7 | age-proof your body in only 60 minutes a week. If you're looking for a simple but powerful breakdown |
| 1:34.4 | on how to use resistance training to build muscle and burn fat, this conversation's for you. |
| 1:39.9 | Highlights include why cardio exercise is not good for fat loss, improve insulin sensitivity |
| 1:46.2 | by gaining muscle, stop training to failure, how to make diet and exercise sustainable forever, |
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