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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

806: The Importance of Food Timing for Muscle Gain, How to Prevent Overtraining, Minimum Effective Volume vs. Maximum Recoverable Volume & MORE

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2018

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

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In this episode of Quah, sponsored by Organifi (organifi.com/mindpump, code "mindpump" for 20% off), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about if it is more important for advanced lifters to focus on minimum effective volume or maximum recoverable volume, how to prevent, or minimize overtraining and under-recovery if part of your profession includes exercising multiple times throughout the day, what should be addressed first...poor mental or poor physical health and will missing breakfast affect your progress if you are trying to gain muscle.

  • Do you truly get what you pay for? Why in most cultures men have shorter hair and women have longer hair. The guys talk bad haircuts and all things hair related. (6:35)
  • Is the cultural stigma changing amongst kids these days? The terms LUGS (Lesbians Until Graduation) and BUGS (Bisexual Until Graduation) and are Americans more accepting and engaging in same-sex experiences more than ever. (14:08)
  • Are we becoming less socially connected? The use of technology and how far is too far. (20:00)
  • Update on Sal’s monthly prolonged fasts and how he has been diversifying what he consumes to break the fast. (27:14)
  • Now you drink you Brew Dr. out of a can! The perfect summer go to drink. (31:30)
  • Is ignorance bliss? Hundreds of new genes may underlie intelligence—but also autism and depression. (32:30)
  • Will I lose all my gains once I get off steroids? Study proves 'muscle memory' exists at a DNA level. (34:34)
  • #Quah question #1 –Do you think it is more important for advanced lifters to focus on minimum effective volume or maximum recoverable volume? (49:54)
  • #Quah question #2 - How do you prevent, or minimize overtraining and under-recovery if part of your profession includes exercising multiple times throughout the day? (1:03:05)
  • #Quah question #3 - What should be addressed first...poor mental or poor physical health? (1:14:48)
  • #Quah question #4 - Will missing breakfast affect your progress if you are trying to gain muscle? (1:22:45)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Did you know choosing the train can take up to 500 cars off the road? Just one train at a time.

0:07.0

One gig at a time, one last minute plan, one festival, one going then, why not at a time?

0:18.0

One train journey at a time can help create a greener future.

0:23.0

So when will you take your next trip? Find out more at nationalrail.co.uk for what's

0:29.0

last greener.

0:30.0

If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go.

0:36.0

Mind up, mind up with your hosts.

0:39.0

Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.

0:43.0

We're going to run this for the first time. We've never done this in Mind Pump history where we've ran a maps and

0:50.0

we've got a lot of balls like 50% off sale for the entire.

0:54.0

The whole world. We're running in a ball. Have we lost our minds?

0:58.0

Have we gone crazy?

1:00.0

Here's a deal though.

1:02.0

Here's a deal. This is what we...

1:04.0

That's the program that started it all. It was the first map.

1:08.0

It's also the program that we all agree that just about everybody.

1:12.0

There's always exceptions to the rules. It's just about everybody.

1:15.0

If you want to get really fit or build muscle, then you should...

1:18.0

Just about everybody should start with this program.

1:22.0

This should be the foundation program. It was designed as our foundation program.

1:26.0

If you're just really getting into training or you're just getting into actually falling, a really good program, excellent program to start with.

1:31.0

Only three days a week too. So somebody who can only commit to two or three days in the gym.

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