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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

932: John Meadows

Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth

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

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 105 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin speak with John Meadows who reveals all about what it takes to be a top-level bodybuilder.

  • Why John doesn’t have a colon. (4:30)
  • Was there anything he did that contributed to his digestion issues? (10:35)
  • How did he change his approach coming back? (12:10)
  • Has going through this experience forced him to become more in tune with his body? (14:55)
  • What are the BIGGEST mistakes he sees with people trying to build muscle? (16:38)
  • Has he found there is a RIGHT dose of protein for his body? (24:40)
  • What are the big missing pieces in bodybuilder’s regimens? (26:03)
  • What kind of things does he cover in his workshops? (29:42)
  • What made him start to compete at a young age? (30:50)
  • When did he start to use anabolic steroids? Was he a hyper responder? (34:20)
  • Does he believe people do not cycle out anymore? (43:19)
  • What are the differences between taking anabolics vs growth hormones? (45:17)
  • His take on training and why certain bodybuilder’s physiques look more ‘granite.’ (54:38)
  • What does he think of the new culture of thought around isolation movements being the BEST movements for most muscle activation? (1:00:45)
  • What is the ‘Mountain Dog Diet’ and does food quality matter? (1:04:10)
  • Is the trend starting to reverse with coaching in bodybuilding? (1:09:20)
  • What is site enhancement oil (SEO)? (1:10:15)
  • How bodybuilding is a different level of drugs in sport. (1:15:54)
  • What is the difference in training people that are natural vs. people on ‘gear’? (1:18:16)
  • His theory behind metabolism in competitive sports. (1:21:52)
  • What is his take on people not adapting their training routines? (1:26:30)
  • How social media killed bodybuilding. What does the future of bodybuilding look like? (1:34:04)
  • If he was to go back and whisper into 22-year-old John’s ear, what would he tell himself? (1:40:13)

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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

Who was it that introduced this to John Meadows?

0:15.0

Was it shallow?

0:16.0

Oh, yeah.

0:17.0

Yeah, yeah, the first time, not the first time, but one of the first times that we met,

0:21.0

uh, shallow when we were asking him people in the space that maybe we didn't know about,

0:25.0

that he likes or recommends and, uh, he threw out John Meadows's name out there at that time.

0:31.0

And at that point, I didn't know who he was.

0:33.0

And so I started falling on him and it was like maybe six months to a year later,

0:39.0

uh, do we start reaching out to coordinate him coming on the show?

0:43.0

Because I liked the lot of the content he was putting out, you know, he puts out a lot of good, you know,

0:47.0

at first glance, you see him and he looks massive, stairroaded out, bodybuilder guy.

0:52.0

And you, you know, if you're somebody who is not into that space at all,

0:56.0

you probably get turned off right away.

0:58.0

But then the deeper you dive into the information that he's providing,

1:02.0

he's a really fucking cool guy and he's very intelligent, really, really smart.

1:06.0

He's got a gnarly physique too.

1:07.0

I mean, the guy's just grainy and shredded looking.

1:10.0

Um, but what I liked about him was he's candid.

1:13.0

Yeah.

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