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945: The Best Rest Periods for Muscle Gain & Fat Loss
In this episode, Sal, Adam & Justin discuss the best rest periods between exercises.
- Is ‘competitive sleep’ a thing? The power of your mental state and not always fixating on measurable tools. (2:18)
- Mind Pump: The Whistleblowers of the Fitness Industry. The importance of how you SAY things and COMMUNICATE them. (9:40)
- Adam gets in a ‘tiff’, over social media, with a trainer about a ‘Jefferson Curl’. The ‘elitist’ attitude fitness professionals have in the space, the risk vs. reward of an exercise & MORE. (14:49)
- The most under-modified variable: The significance of rest periods. (26:35)
- The BEST rest periods for muscle gain & fat loss. (35:55)
- How often do you recommend someone phase their rest periods? (38:15)
- The art of perfecting the skill and not throwing fatigue on it. (44:13)
- For the competitor, how much of an impact does varying your rest periods make? (48:20)
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