582: [With Mike Matthews] Exercise Volume vs. Variety, Implementing Fringe Concepts, the Band Craze & MORE
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2017
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Organifi Quah! In this episode of Quah, sponsored by Organifi (organifi.com, code "mindpump" for 20% off), Sal, Adam & Justin along with Guest Host Mike Matthews (www.muscleforlife.com) answer Pump Head questions about doing tons of volume for one exercise vs doing less with more exercises, strength exercises to avoid IT band issues, the band craze, and how to implement "fringe" concepts as presented by Dr. Mercola and Paul Chek without going off the deep end.
- Mike talks his first kiss (3:42)
- Mike talks about his humility (7:08)
- Value in doing things you suck at
- Great communicator
- Shameless plug for Four Sigmatic / Has Mike dabbled in medicinal mushrooms? (13:13)
- What are some supplements he has stayed away from that are popular currently? (16:53)
- Quah question #1 – I see people doing a lot of volume of one exercise or less volume of a lot of exercises. Assuming the total volume is equal, what are the pros and cons of each? (22:32)
- CNS adaption – high volume of one exercise (pro)
- Muscle imbalance (con)
- Get good at many exercises (pro)
- Don’t master one exercise (con)
- Don’t get married to one
- CNS adaption – high volume of one exercise (pro)
- Quah question #2 – What are some strength exercises to work on to help with pain coming from the IT band? (32:20)
- Work on lateral strength
- Mobilize the hips
- Address the root cause
- Quah question #3 – What do you think about the band craze? (42:16)
- People will create imbalances
- Explosive sports movements
- Don’t create as much muscle damage
- Quah question #4 – You interview guys like Paul Chek and Dr. Mercola. How do you implement their ideologies without going off the deep end? (51:31)
- Always come in open minded
- Order of operations
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- Organifi
- Coupon Code "mindpump"
- Four Sigmatic (website)
- Coupon code - mindpump
- IT Band Syndrome and Knee Pain (HOW TO FIX IT!) - (MPTv – YouTube)
- Training with Dr. Jordan Shallow (The Muscle Doc) (MPTv – YouTube series)
- Improve Your Squat Mobility using Bulgarian Squats | MIND PUMP (MPTv – YouTube)
- HOW TO FIX YOUR SQUAT (ELIMINATE FOOT PRONATION) | Mind Pump (MPTv – YouTube)
- Build Explosive Power with Resistance Kettlebell Swings | Mind Pump (MPTv – YouTube)
- Third Eye - Pineal Gland – Crystalinks
- Cholesterol Articles (website)
- Culture and Food and Ritual, Oh My! (article)
People Mentioned:
- Dave Asprey (@bulletproofexec) · Twitter
- Dr. Joseph Mercola (@mercola) · Twitter
- Dorian Yates (@Dorian_Yates) | Twitter
- Dr. Jordan Shallow D.C (@the_muscle_doc) • Instagram
- Dr. Justin Brink - Premiere Spine & Sport (@premiere_spine_sport)
- Paul Chek (@PaulChek) | Twitter
- Wim Hof (@Iceman_Hof) · Twitter
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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. |
| 0:06.0 | Mite, op, mite, op with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | Why, he's a gentleman, why is he a girl? |
| 0:16.0 | In this episode of Mite. |
| 0:18.0 | People from all over the world. |
| 0:19.0 | We go for 18 minutes where we just talk about whatever. |
| 0:23.0 | Yeah, it's usual, just keep going. |
| 0:25.0 | We had a special guest in this episode of our Q&A. |
| 0:29.0 | One of the first times we've ever had a special guest, but it is a special guest. |
| 0:33.0 | It's Mike Matthews. |
| 0:34.0 | You have to be a badass to the day. |
| 0:36.0 | He's a fucking badass. |
| 0:38.0 | So he was a little guest trainer here with us on this Q&A. |
| 0:41.0 | So for the first 18 minutes, we had some fun conversation. |
| 0:44.0 | We talked about Mike's Disney cruise first kiss. |
| 0:49.0 | Dude, he got mono his first kiss. |
| 0:51.0 | That's right. |
| 0:52.0 | Not stereo. |
| 0:53.0 | No, no. |
| 0:54.0 | Then we talk about, we actually do a little plug for four-sigmatic, our favorite mushroom company. |
| 1:01.0 | By the way, you can go to foursigmatic.com, forward slash, MindPump, enter the code MindPump |
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