971: Why Some People Can't Grow Calves, the Pros & Cons of Staying Low Carb, How to Train the Central Nervous System & MORE
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge
4.8 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2019
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Quah, sponsored by Organifi (organifi.com/mindpump, code "mindpump" for 20% off), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about why calves are so difficult to grow for some people, how training the CNS differs from training muscle groups, the pros & cons of adding calories via reverse dieting but staying low carb and what to do when someone claims a squat is not functional.
- How to determine how much life insurance is enough for your loved ones in an unexpected tragedy, the future & MORE. (5:14)
- Is your CBD really concentrated? The importance of vetting your sources and how the guys use it. (11:30)
- Sal and Adam recap their talk at Red Dot Fitness: How to build your online presence on social media through new media. (20:57)
- Your newest little league coach, Justin Andrews. How will he control the chaos ahead? Plus, at what age is it appropriate for parents to fight their kid’s battles. (27:40)
- Do single men smell and look different from partnered men? A new study says. (41:27)
- How Catrina now has ‘spidey’ senses being pregnant. (43:17)
- #Quah question #1 - Why the calves are so difficult to grow? (49:32)
- #Quah question #2 – How does training the CNS differ from training muscle groups? (1:02:11)
- #Quah question #3 – What are the pros & cons of adding calories via reverse dieting but staying low carb? (1:13:00)
- #Quah question #4 – How do you explain to someone that claims a squat is not functional? (1:19:44)
People Mentioned:
- Andy Frisella (@andyfrisella) Instagram
- Dr Gabrielle Lyon, DO (@drgabriellelyon) Instagram
Products Mentioned:
- February Promotion: MAPS Performance is ½ off!!
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- Health IQ
- **Free Quote**
- Ned
- ** Code "mindpump" at checkout for 15% off first purchase**
- Red Dot Fitness
- BRAND NEW INFLUENCER: Be a Superstar in the New Era of Social Media, with Andy Frisella - MFCEO285
- The Most Influential Men and Women on Twitter 2018
- Do Single Men Smell and Look Different to Partnered Men?
- Smoothie Box **Get $20 OFF your first 3 boxes**
- Mind Pump Episode 967: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
- 3 BEST Secrets - How To Get BIGGER Calves (AVOID MISTAKES!) – Mind Pump TV
- Human Garage
- Mind Pump Episode 628: The Human Garage: Tuning Up the Body with Garry Lineham
- Mind Pump Free Resources
Transcript
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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, ob-mite, up with your hosts. |
| 0:09.0 | Salda Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews. |
| 0:13.0 | In this extra special episode of Mind Pump, look for the first 40 minutes. |
| 0:18.0 | We don't talk a whole lot about fitness, but we do have a lot of fun doing our introductory conversation. |
| 0:24.0 | We start out by talking about how to determine how much life insurance Adam may need. |
| 0:29.0 | Now that he's having a baby, coming on board here. |
| 0:33.0 | Now, Health IQ provides life insurance for fit and healthy people, and they are one of our sponsors. |
| 0:40.0 | So here's what you do. Go to healthicu.com-mindpump and take their health quiz and get a free quote. |
| 0:46.0 | See what you qualify for. |
| 0:48.0 | Then we talked about how the hemp oil market works, how a lot of them are bunk, |
| 0:53.0 | and why you want your hemp oil company to provide you with real third party lab analysis, |
| 1:00.0 | like Ned. Ned is the company that we work with, and they make, in our opinion, the best full spectrum hemp oil you can find on the market. |
| 1:09.0 | We also got you a discount. If you go to Hello Ned, H-E-L-L-L-O-N-E-D, |
| 1:14.0 | forward slash mind pump, you'll get 15% off your first purchase. |
| 1:19.0 | Don't go bunk, yo. |
| 1:21.0 | Then we talked about Adam and I's talk at Red Dot Fitness, |
| 1:25.0 | great personal training gym, actually one of our favorite personal training gyms here in the Bay Area, |
| 1:30.0 | and we talked to a lot of trainers there about building a social media business. |
| 1:34.0 | Adam brought up a Forbes article that talked about the most influential person on Twitter. |
| 1:40.0 | You'll never guess what was. We were all kind of shocked. |
| 1:43.0 | Justin talked about coaching his son's little league team. |
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