1313: The Best Exercise to Shrink Your Waist, the Proper Rep Range to Build Strength, Exercises That Are a Waste of Time & More

Jun 12, 2020
1313: The Best Exercise to Shrink Your Waist, the Proper Rep Range to Build Strength, Exercises That Are a Waste of Time & More

In this episode of Quah (Q & A), Sal, Adam & Justin answer Pump Head questions about the effectiveness of stomach vacuums as an ab exercise, the ideal rep range for strength, popular exercises that are a waste of time, and why Mind Pump has blogs that seem to counter the Mind Pump message

  • Greg Glassman steps down from CrossFit. (4:40)
  • Community matters. (6:10)
  • The scary notion of Marxism. (8:00)
  • Mind Pump fitness update, the strength gains of Farmer walks, the valuable lessons of manual labor & MORE. (10:11)
  • The mindset going into a workout. (18:24)
  • Is the coronavirus a blood vessel disease? (19:33)
  • The asymptomatic spread of coronavirus is ‘very rare’, WHO says. (21:38)
  • 2020 in review: The news is the virus. (22:33)
  • The differences between knowledge vs wisdom, learning desired outcome, going against your feelings & MORE. (25:50)
  • Where do your priorities lie? (44:19)
  • The effectiveness of Zbiotics to combat the negative effects of alcohol. (46:38)
  • #Quah question #1 – Are stomach vacuums an effective ab exercise? Will they make your belly flatter as some claim? (50:16)
  • #Quah question #2 – When trying to gain strength, is it beneficial to stay in the 3-5 rep range for all your lifts or just the core lifts? (55:29)
  • #Quah question #3 – In each of your opinions, which popular exercise movements are useless and a waste of time? (1:00:18)
  • #Quah question #4 – You have talked about how some trendy ideas are BS, such as women-specific workouts and diets. Yet, the Mind Pump blog posts lately have been titled along the lines of best ways for women to lose weight, how to eat if you are an ectomorph, etc. Is this just for marketing or have your opinions changed? (1:03:57)

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