Muscle Building Myths Busted: What Works & What Doesn't For Lifelong Muscle, What Fitness Trends Actually Work, Desert Island Workout Routines & More With MindPump's Sal Di Stefano.
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Ben Greenfield
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🗓️ 16 October 2021
⏱️ 81 minutes
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For comprehensive show notes, including links to all books, articles, gadgets, gizmos, and biohacking products mentioned in today's episode, visit: BenGreenfieldFitness.com/sal
My buddy and my guest on today's podcast - Sal Di Stefano - has a long history of podcasting together with me, including episodes such as:
Anyhow, Sal just wrote a book, entitled The Resistance Training Revolution: The No-Cardio Way to Burn Fat and Age-Proof Your Body―in Only 60 Minutes a Week. This new book promises to help you burn fat, build lean, sexy muscles, lose inches, and feel healthier, more energetic, and youthful than you ever have in your life…with a revolutionary new approach to resistance training.
In the book, Sal breaks down fitness misconceptions, shares his decades of industry knowledge, and brings you a comprehensive, accessible guidebook that will give you the body you’ve always wanted—in as little as 60 minutes a week.
Sal is a personal trainer and co-founder of Mind Pump Media and co-host of Mind Pump, an online radio show/podcast that is dedicated to providing truthful fitness and health information. He is also the designer of the Muscular Adaptation Programming System (MAPS Fitness Products). Sal is dedicated to prioritizing health over appearance, and he aims to shift the direction of the fitness industry from aesthetic- and insecurity-based to one based in self-love and self-care.
In this episode, you'll discover:
-How motives for pursuing fitness make all the difference in its efficacy...18:30
-The essential equipment for a one-year muscle-building regimen...45:50
-The most ridiculous, asinine and downright silly fitness trends today...1:12:55
-And much more!
Episode sponsors:
-Organifi Gold Pumpkin Spice
BenGreenfieldFitness.com/sal
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| 0:00.0 | On this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast. |
| 0:04.3 | Fitness is interesting because it's probably the most |
| 0:07.6 | unassuming form of self-improvement that I think exists. |
| 0:11.8 | At some point you're gonna want to stop working out |
| 0:14.4 | because you're gonna want to stop hating yourself. |
| 0:15.8 | You're gonna want to stop eating right because it's a punishment. |
| 0:18.1 | It has to turn into a form of self-care and self-love. |
| 0:21.4 | And until it does that, you'll never be consistent. |
| 0:23.3 | The book is good, although I bet that if Adam and Justin put their heads together, |
| 0:26.5 | they could probably do a pretty darn good coloring book. |
| 0:28.8 | Oh my god. |
| 0:30.8 | Health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more. |
| 0:41.4 | My name is Ben Greenfield. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:52.4 | Hey, I got a chance to data. |
| 0:54.2 | Sit down with my good buddy, Saldi Stefano. |
| 0:58.1 | Saldi Stefano is one of the hosts of Mind Pomp. |
| 1:01.1 | You may have heard that show before. |
| 1:02.8 | A wonderful fitness show. |
| 1:04.0 | And I just managed to get him away from his buddies. |
| 1:07.6 | Adam and Justin and just podcasts with me about muskull muscle. |
| 1:11.9 | Not muscle to seafood, muscle to muscle. |
| 1:14.0 | And he just wrote a book about it. |
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