2209: How Cutting Can Contribute to Muscle Growth, the Value of Yoga for Muscle, Strength & Performance, What to Do if Deadlifting Keeps Tweaking Your Back & More (Listener Live Coaching)

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin coach four Pump Heads via Zoom. Email live@mindpumpmedia.com if you want to be considered to ask your question on the show.

• Mind Pump Fit Tip: Discipline and structure, applied properly, gives you MORE freedom. (2:05)

• The Carnival King, Sal Di Stefano. (16:12)

• The struggle to sell apparel. (21:23)

• How certain types of light can affect your ability to perform, learn, and retain information. (25:04)

• Adding structure to the placebo effect. (28:23)

• Mind Pump Recommends Escaping Twin Flames on Netflix. (30:44)

• In many ways, we feel the pain we expect to feel. (32:15)

• How many steps does the average hunter-gatherer take daily? (37:19)

• Introducing Mind Pump’s Personal Trainer 3-Day Training seminar. (40:11)

• Legion has stacks! (41:19)

• Strengthening the argument that we are NOT suffering from an obesity epidemic, but rather a lack of muscle. (45:27)

• A conversation on porn’s effect on men and social media’s effect on women. (51:24)

• Are we conditioning our kids/this generation to be so okay with something always watching them? (1:05:20)

• Shout out to Konstantin Kisin. (1:07:27)

• #ListenerLive question #1 - Is there a way to drop from 18% body fat to 15% body fat and add size for someone over the age of 50? (1:08:45)

• #ListenerLive question #2 - How can I get buy-in on the value of Yoga with the other male PE teachers who are also coaches on campus? (1:20:38)

• #ListenerLive question #3 - What advice would you have to get more calories in? (1:35:15)

• #ListenerLive question #4 - Is there an optimal amount of sets/reps/frequency I should be doing QL-type rehab movements to ensure I won’t keep tweaking my back when deadlifting? (1:51:31)

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People Mentioned

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• Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) Instagram

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• Joe DeFranco (@defrancosgym) Instagram

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