TMHS 782 - Microdosing Exercise, Staying Motivated, & The Best Way to Build Muscle - With Mark Bell

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 7.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

More and more science is affirming the importance of having healthy muscle on our frames. Not only does muscle make your body appear healthy, but it’s also a key component of aging healthfully. If you want to ensure optimal health as you age, there’s no better insurance plan than building muscle. My friend Mark Bell is a record-holding pro powerlifter, entrepreneur, podcast host, and lifting expert. His impressive lifting records include squatting over 1000 pounds. But even if you never aspire to lift weights on a professional scale, Mark has a wealth of knowledge on what it takes to build muscle, create consistency, and stay motivated. Today, he’s back on The Model Health Show to share powerful insights you can use to build muscle. You’re going to learn the truth about motivation, why we should all aim to be stronger, and how to intentionally add health and fitness to your daily life. As always, Mark is bringing positivity and a fresh perspective, so listen in and enjoy the show! In this episode you’ll discover: What the organ of longevity is. Why you owe it to yourself to be intentionally challenged. The truth about finding motivation to exercise. What it means to microdose your fitness. How to have more energy. Tips on using novelty and nostalgia to get better. How to harness the power of your relationships to improve yourself. The connection between youthfulness and muscle strength. Why your goal should be to be strong. The importance of learning skills in your training. A template for building muscle. How often a beginner should lift weights. What a technical limit is, and how to use it. How to automatically work recovery time into your training. Tips for keeping your muscles from getting overworked. A powerful philosophy for training and life. The difference between moving weight and moving around the weight. Why your mindset matters, and why you need to give yourself grace. Items mentioned in this episode include: Onnit.com/model - Save an exclusive 10% on performance supplements & tools! Piquelife.com/model - Get exclusive savings on bundles & subscriptions! Road House - Watch on Amazon Prime Connect with Mark Bell Website / Podcast / Instagram / YouTube Join TMHS Facebook community - Model Nation Be sure you are subscribed to this podcast to automatically receive your episodes: Apple Podcasts Spotify Soundcloud Pandora YouTube This episode of The Model Health Show is brought to you by Onnit and Pique. Visit Onnit.com/model for an exclusive 10% discount on human performance supplements and fitness equipment. Go to Piquelife.com/model for exclusive savings on bundles & subscriptions on cutting-edge solutions for your head-to-toe health and beauty transformation.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to the model health show with Sean Stevenson.
0:04.0	For more visit the model health show.
0:07.0	com.
0:08.0	Welcome to the model health show. This is fitness and nutrition expert Sean Stevenson and I'm so
0:16.4	grateful for you tuning in with me today. It's well established that muscle is the organ of
0:21.7	longevity. Our muscle is literally a reservoir for anti-aging
0:26.6	anabolic hormones. It's a virtual fountain of youth, but the key is, are we doing what we need to do
0:32.3	to build some healthy muscle?
0:34.7	On this episode, we're going to be talking about the very best strategies for building a healthy
0:40.2	amount of muscle.
0:41.5	This does not by any means mean that we need to walk around with a
0:45.5	hulking amount of muscle. We don't need to get so big that we look weird doing
0:49.7	normal stuff. Have you ever seen the rock on a 10-speed bicycle, for example? It is a very strange
0:56.4	thing to see. But some people want to be Big and Jacked. And so learning from our special
1:01.8	guest today, whatever end of the spectrum you're at,
1:04.6	just wanting to have some healthy muscle so you stay functional, stay youthful,
1:08.6	or you want to put on some real size, you're going to be learning from literally one of the foremost
1:14.9	experts in the world on building muscle but not just building muscle functional
1:20.4	muscle because not only is he a world record breaking powerlifter, but he was able to parlay that experience into being an accomplished bodybuilder and most recently he has parlayed that into being an accomplished runner.
1:36.0	And I'm not talking just a casual runner.
1:37.6	He just ran the Boston Marathon.
1:40.9	All right, it is just incredible to see the range of things he's been able to
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