Why Long Rest Periods Increase Strength | Mind Pump 2349

Me before Mind Pump - hours and hours of Yoga, Pilates and Barre, sometimes two classes a day. Eating no more than 1800 calories a day to maintain. After four months of watching Mind Pimp daily - no more group fitness classes to joining a gym, following MAPS Anabolic and increasing calories to 2200-2500 a day to finally building muscle and strength. THANK YOU! ❤

I love hearing female listener questions, makes me feel less alone😊

i love how Adam has been suggesting for callers to come back on more often recently! since many of us have been listening for such a long time now, we can often predict the answers to the questions, but the part that is actually challenging is the following through! so even having "unsuccessfull" callers come back on could be really useful, to see where the challenges are etc.

I have to comment again! Yes, sales is EVERYWHERE! We are always selling. If we are not selling, we are being sold. Salespeople move the economy! When I was in sales I did so well because I listened to needs. Sales is such a skilled job.

I chaperoned a school filed trip at a park recently, and an older female teacher commented that she wished we had the energy of kids. I casually mentioned that strength training has given me that (along with better sleep and strength, healthy joints and looking younger). My only pro tips to her to get started were to eat enough protein and ensure she took adequate rest between sets and workouts, so her lift didn't turn into cardio... Then I traversed the monkey bars just to prove my point 💪.

Rest periods were a game changer for me. I spent a couple years doing certain very internet-famous, high-volume dumbbell workouts on YouTube and gained minimal muscle and maximal soreness, fatigue and overuse injuries. Now I’ve done MAPS Suspension and am on phase III of Symmetry, am doing less, resting longer, and recovering from every workout while still seeing strength gains. Love your programs!

These men know what they're talking about. Take notes, folks

Great! Now I don't have to feel like trash when I end up resting 5 minutes from trying to choose the perfect playlist:)

Sals point from 6:00 to 8:19, I have a buddy I work with that thinks he knows everything, try to explain to me how bad lifting is for anybody to do, and how it just leads to back problems and what-not, coming from the very guy who never did any lifting or working out and had to have two back to back surgeries on his back. I tried explaining to him the point Sal made, but it went in one ear and out the other with him. Some ppl just don't want to listen. Especially when it comes to fitness because it takes work, and most ppl are allergic to work these days.

Best podcast out there fitness or otherwise!

100% agree with Sal on sun exposure. Imagine cutting out 95% of your typical gluten intake from Labor Day until the next Memorial Day and then summer comes along and you go try to eat a bunch bread and pasta. You would feel terrible and likely get very sick. This is what we do with sun exposure in our society.

I've been a member of a Crunch Fitness club since the beginning of this year. Interestingly, I remember the sales guy who took me on the tour and answered my questions and introduced me to my favorite trainer and sold me on both the membership and 3 months of pt sessions. And he remembers me by name, even though he probably sees hundreds of people a week. He's always friendly, asks how things are going, and commends me for how regularly he sees me there. To me that's what makes a great sales person. Sure, he's doing his job and he understands that in the gym environment the sale never ends because you want your club members to maintain their memberships, upgrade, enroll in pt etc. But he understands how to do that in a way that feels like I'm saying hi to an old friend every time we stop to talk for a bit. THAT'S how you do sales! Not to mention, I see him in there working on himself and getting his own gains, which is just as important for sales people in the gym environment as it is for the trainers.

This is great. I work from home and I've been doing a move then working then doing a move. So the workout will literally take me all day. So glad to hear this is beneficial because I was feeling kinda guilty about it.

They are spot on with rest periods. Thank you for going against the norm to tell the truth about strength training.

So I started taking longer rest periods because of you guys. And it's only been a little over 3 weeks, and I already noticed a difference in my lower body. I am 37 and a full time working mom, so I am used to speeding through my workouts to get it out the way and I do it in the morning before I take kids to school and head to work. And I am also tired!!! So, I only rested for a few seconds. And I would superset very often. But now I rest between 2 to 3 min and I don't feel that fatigue I would feel before during my workout and my muscles are poppin a lil more. So thanks, guys!!!

It’s a chill Saturday morning at home with rain. I want to hit upper body today so I am stopping and doing a set of lifts just every so often as I am cleaning house and picking up, engaging with kids, watching this video ❤. Just natural longer moments of rest between sets and it’s kind of a fun way to workout at home I’ve been finding compared to busy week days when gotta hit the gym and get done and out.

I was literally wondering this this morning. I was going to look it up. Now I have the best source lol thank you

Man just got muscle mommy but now I will also have to get GLP-1 workout program when released!! Been on Semi for a month staying on .25 for 4 months LOVE IT. My snack monster was always winning.. now I am!!

I'm hooked on you guys. Not only have y'all helped with my health and fitness,but y'all have been fun to watch. Listening to your stories has been relatable.

Mind Pump Yeah Dude!!! thanks for the program!!