611: Pyramid Sets vs Straight Sets, Weighted Cardio, Unnecessary Surgeries & MORE
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 12.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2017
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Kimera-Quah!
In this episode of Quah, sponsored by Kimera Koffee (kimerakoffee.com, code "mindpump" for 10% off), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about pyramid sets vs straight sets, which is better for strength, if weighted cardio send a different signal to the body than classic cardio, the most overrated and underrated foods and their views and thoughts on Western medical practices including surgeries.
- Sex talk with Mind Pump (3:15)
- Quah question #1 – Pyramid sets vs. straight sets, which are better for strength? (25:41)
- Quah question #2 – Does weighted cardio send a different signal to the body than classic cardio? (41:15)
- Quah question #3 – Most overrated and underrated foods? (50:44)
- Quah question #4 – What are your thoughts on Western medical practices including surgeries? (1:03:49)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you wanna 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 | In this episode of Mind Pump, for the first 23 minutes we have some fun conversation. |
| 0:19.0 | We talk about dental dams. |
| 0:22.0 | What the fuck is that thing? |
| 0:24.0 | It's an old school reference. |
| 0:25.0 | We talk about sex education when we were kids. |
| 0:28.0 | Let me tell you, we learn nothing. |
| 0:30.0 | We talk about our favorite synths. |
| 0:32.0 | Yep, that's right. |
| 0:33.0 | What we like to smell. |
| 0:35.0 | New car smell. |
| 0:36.0 | We talk about school dances. |
| 0:38.0 | Justin could shake his booty. |
| 0:40.0 | We talk about coming of age and we talk about the old DVD series, Girls Gone Wild. |
| 0:48.0 | How had all those? |
| 0:49.0 | We also mentioned organify products in this episode. |
| 0:54.0 | Now we are sponsored by organify. |
| 0:56.0 | They do offer great organic supplements including a green juice and a protein powder that are fully organic, |
| 1:02.0 | nor artificial flavors or colors. |
| 1:05.0 | If you wanna get some of that, just go to organifyshop.com and to the code Mind Pump for a massive discount. |
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