 If you want to pump your body and expand your mind, there's only one place to go. Mind pump, mind pump with your hosts, Sal DeStefano, Adam Schaefer and Justin Andrews. All right, everybody, it's mind pump time. I'm still self-quarantine, so I am calling in through my phone to do this podcast with Adam and Justin. We are the top health and fitness podcast in the world. This episode is a Q&A episode. We call it a QA episode. This is where we answer questions from listeners like you, but we tend to open the episode up by catching up with each other. We talk about current events. We miss you, Sal. Oh, we have a lot of fun. So here's what went down in today's episode of Mind Pump. We start out by talking about shopping in the age of COVID-19. I talked about going to the grocery store and what an interesting experience that was. We talked about our friend, Bedros, from the fitness industry and how he's on Fox News and how we think he's going to bounce back because the guy is a hard worker and an entrepreneur. We talk about a company called LVHM and how they're shifting from perfumes to hand sanitizer, which is really, really cool. So are Tito's beer and Hyzer Bush and Dogfish Head. All of them are making hand sanitizer. How cool is that? Then we talked about GM, Ford and Tesla. They've pivoted to help build ventilators. What a wonderful example of people coming together, working together to help each other out. Really, really cool. Adam brought up a website called unicast.com. It's an interactive scorecard where states and countries are competing to see who's doing the best social distancing. They're actually using cell phone signals. So you can see your area versus other areas, who is doing the best at social distancing. Emo kids are great at this forever. Yeah, this is a great form of competition. So we really, you know, promote it. Then we talked about Viori. They are one of our sponsors. They make amazing athleisure wear. Right now they're offering free at home fitness classes, which we think is really, really cool. So if you want to go on to the Viori website, check out some of their workout classes. You can do that at Viori clothing. That's V-U-O-R-I clothing.com. By the way, if you do that plus forward slash mind pump, you'll get 25% off all of their athleisure wear products. One of my favorite products from there is the transit jogger. Great pair of sweatpants, very, very nice, and of course, extremely comfortable. Then we talked about vitamin C and how they actually might be a promising natural way to treat people with coronavirus. There's some reports coming out of New York that intravenous vitamin C seems to be helping people. Then we talked about a fitness influencer who has her own way of boosting immune system. It's semen. Then we talked about the Olympics. They are delayed until 2021 and how NBC had sold like 90% of its inventory of commercials for $1.3 billion and they're gonna have to eat it now because the Olympics aren't going on this year. That's kinda sucks, but here's some good news. Crime rates dropping everywhere. In San Jose alone, violent crime is down 40% because there's no one around to do a violent crime on, I guess. Pollution is also down. I looked at some pictures from Venice. The canals are clear. The water is clear and they're seeing dolphins in them for the first time and I don't know how long. That's kinda good news. Then I talked about blood type and the coronavirus. There's an initial study out of China. They need to do more studies on this, but the initial study shows that some blood types do better than others when contracting the COVID-19 virus. Adam and Justin talk about starting their day off with Keon coffee. Look, you're probably not going to your local Starbucks like you used to. You're obviously stuck at home. You can order Keon to your door, but better yet, Keon is literally the best tasting coffee we've ever had. It's the smoothest, best tasting coffee we've ever tried and you can actually go on their website, use the Mind Pump discount, get 20% off and they deliver it to your door. You don't have to drive anywhere. You can do your social distancing, stay at home and get better coffee than what you were getting before. Here's how you get that discount. Go to getkeon.com, that's G-E-T-K-I-O-N.com, forward slash mind pump. You'll get 20% off your first purchase. Then we talked about homeschooling our kids and how it's probably driving a lot of parents crazy. I know my daughter's having a breakdown every single day with what's going on right now. And then I talked about how Trump's approval rating actually went up. So the latest Gallup poll shows that Trump's approval rating is at all time highs and probably due to how people are perceiving the way he's handling this crisis. Then we got into answering the fitness questions. Okay, so that's about 44 minutes into the episode. The first question, this person says, look, people are staying at home right now for an unknown amount of time. Should they change the nutrition to account for being more sedentary? So you may be wondering if you should adjust your nutrition because you're not moving as much. So we give some tips on how you can help prevent yourself from gaining lots of body fat and from keeping your health in check. The next question, this person is asking about pyramid sets. In other words, each successive set adding weight or with each successive set lowering the weight. So giving an example of one way of doing that. If I'm squatting, I'd start off with 135 then I'd go up to 175 then up to 225 and so on versus starting with a heavy weight going down. So we talk about the benefits of either strategy. The next question, this person wants to know if there's any real benefits to doing workouts in hot temperatures or higher temperatures or are there any benefits to training in uncomfortable temperatures, hot and cold. So we actually talk about both. And then the final question, this person has a family member who started exercising again but they seem to be overdoing the cardio and not doing enough resistance training. And they wanna know strategies on how they can communicate to this person that lifting weights is probably a more effective strategy. We talk about this all the time on the show how lifting weights boost the metabolism and how having a faster metabolism just makes it easier to stay lean and fit in modern life. Also, this month we put maps anywhere 50% off. Now we hadn't initially planned on doing that and of course, the COVID-19 thing happened. People are not able to go to their gyms, gyms are closed or they're avoiding the gyms to try and stay away from people which is a smart thing to do right now. But they still wanna work out. Well, we created a program called Maps Anywhere that requires almost no equipment. I mean, you literally, all you need are bands, a broomstick and a pull-up bar, that's it. Those three things alone, you can train your whole body in a very, very effective way. So the program includes video demos, workout blueprints. It takes all the guesswork out for you. You just log in, follow the workout for the day. It's expertly programmed. It's not just a bunch of exercises thrown together to make you sweat. We've been training people for 20 years. We designed an at-home workout program that is truly effective. That's really gonna build muscle, really gonna get you stronger. That's really gonna help you burn body fat. As effective as workouts that you've done in the gym. So because of what's going on right now, we put that program 50% off. There's five days left for this sale. It's going on until the end of the month. After that, we're gonna reevaluate if we're gonna continue the sale or not. So as of right now, you have five days to take advantage of the 50% off. Here's what you do if you want the discount. Go to mapswhite.com. That's M-A-P-S-W-H-I-T-E.com. And use the code white50. That's W-H-I-T-E-5-0, no space for the discount. I'm going stir crazy over here, boys. Are you? Yeah, it's at that point. Stir crazy. I can't be honest. It's gonna be really interesting next week because this whole week has been really surreal for us. Like it just feels like extended vacation. The only time that it ever registers is if we turn on the news or we go to the grocery store. Other than that, it just feels like we're up here vacationing. But if I was cooped up in my condo right now, I'd probably be going nuts. Yeah. Oh dude, because I'm not seeing, because I was sick, although I'm a lot better and I'll probably be fine by, I think Friday marks my two weeks or whatever that they recommend. So I'll be good, but it's two weeks of not seeing anybody at all, not seeing anybody physically that I'm going crazy. I went to the grocery store today, and I did the whole thing with the mask and the gloves. And have you guys been to the grocery store? Are you guys, are people over there all geared up or what? I would say maybe 10% or 20% of people are like that. It's a pretty big percentage over here in San Jose. I'd say the probably eight out of 10 people have a mask and gloves on at the grocery store. And as I'm going through the grocery store, are you thinking about all the medical personnel and all those people that are at the front line? And God bless them, I'm so grateful for those people. But then you start to realize like, man, people who work in grocery stores, they're kind of on the front line too. And I don't know if anyone signed up for this when they first got the job. Oh no, I mean, there's no way. Yeah, if you're a police officer, a medic, a nurse, doctor, I mean, you signed up for that, right? You were definitely, you put yourself in harms away almost every single day of your life as one of those professions, right? So for that, and obviously it's exaggerated now because of what's going on. But for them, that's kind of what they signed up for. If you're a grocery store clerk, you don't ever, this doesn't cross your mind that, hey, one day it's gonna be real scary or dangerous to go to work. So yeah, and not a lot of people are probably giving them the love, not to say that they're more or as valuable as our nurses and doctors that are on the front line. But Jesus, man, if you're somebody who's a single mother, you're working at a grocery store or a young kid trying to get through school and you need that job to pay your bills and now you're out there with, and I would think the grocery stores are probably, grocery stores and hospitals are probably the two most vulnerable places right now, wouldn't you think? Well, definitely hospitals because they're, you know, sick people are doing that. Yeah, everybody and they're sick and you're in close contact with them and you're just, because they're showing that the greatest odds of contracting the virus is if you're just around sick people in a room for a prolonged period of time, like casual passing, catching it from surfaces at the store, you know, still a risk, still way more than people staying at home. But, you know, it's a lower risk. I was, you know, because I went to the grocery store today, right, I walked in and I'm, you know, start to realize like, wow, I feel really, well, I feel bad for these people, but I also am so grateful for them. So every person that was working in the store, I went up to them and, you know, kept my distance or whatever. I said, hey, I really wanna thank you for coming to work, you know, I really appreciate it. And they all just, they were so happy that I said something, you know, like this big smile and like, thank you, you know, they felt appreciated. So, you know, if you're listening and you're going to the grocery store, you know, let those people know that, you know, we appreciate them because they're doing a very important job and they're, you know, exposing themselves to lots of different people and money, you know, all day long. Well, it's interesting, you'd think now to how much more aware they're gonna be going forward. Like it's such a crazy job in general when you're collecting people's cash, like all day long and, you know, like whatever it is, if it's coupons or anything and they're interacting with people, like so closely like that, you know, how easy it is to then pass on bacteria, you know, viruses, things like that. So I'm sure you'll see a lot of the practices now with the gloves and everything else and washing your hands constantly and sanitizer and all that. Like that's going to be a lot more apparent. I had a moment today too, because you guys know, you know, I've talked about this on the show. I can, I have a tendency towards being a bit of a germaphobe anyway, right? So it's like a super, so for me, this is like triggering the shit out of me, right? It's like apocalypse of it for you. Oh dude, it's hilarious. So I have, we have gloves here at home because back when we had the guinea pigs, you know, you're supposed to wear gloves when you clean the cage and all that stuff. So we had this box of gloves. So I'm putting them on when I go to the store or, you know, if I'm going to get gas and touch the pump or whatever. So I had a pair, I had two pairs of gloves, one pair for the grocery store. Then I go get gas and I have the second pair in the car. So I go to put them on and they're fucking, the right one just splits in half. And I'm like, no, I'm vulnerable. Yeah, I'm like, oh, you know what I'm saying? So there's all that's left of the glove is the parts that are on, it's like barely up to my knuckles. It's just around my fingertips. So I'm like holding the pump with just my fingertips and squeezing the gas in there. And I'm like, this is the funniest thing ever. Did you see, did you see that last night they passed the bill? Two trillion dollars? Woo. Yeah. That's a lot of money. Isn't that crazy? Wow. That is a lot of just money out of nowhere. What is that? What is, I mean, never in history have we seen this big of a bailout, have we? Have we ever, what was the, what was 08? What do you know what the dollar amount of banks? I forgot what the initial bailout was, but when all was said and done, it was definitely trillions of dollars. Yeah, this is just the first one too. This won't be the last. This is just the first initial. So to come out with two trillion right out the gate, gonna be really interesting to see what happens. Because did you also see Beidros on Fox News? I saw him post about that. Yeah. What did he say? So he was just talking, I mean, God imagine him right now. And I know he didn't say this on the news. He was talking about his concern for all the franchises, but I know that's the main source of his income is franchise fees. And he's got over 600 locations that are all shut down. So obviously if they can't keep their doors open and provide business and pay their employees, I can't imagine they pay their franchise fees either. So he's gotta be probably, I mean, he kept his composure on the Fox News, but you gotta think that guy's gotta be shitting himself right now. He's got such a large operation going. And I believe a majority of it is dependent on those franchises. Well, you know, this is the way I think about it when it comes to, I'm not trying to make light of it by the way. It's just a very challenging time for a lot of businesses and people and I feel for them, but I think about it this way. It's like, you know when you work out and you gain 10 pounds of muscle and it's like solid muscle, right? It takes you like a year and a half, two years, three years just to do it. You're grinding, you're working hard, you're pushing your body and you finally gain this initial 10 pounds of lean body mass. And then, you know, something happens, you fall off your skateboard, you get sick, whatever, and you stop working out and you lose that 10 pounds of muscle. And it goes fast, right? Anytime you've ever lost muscle. If anybody's ever stopped working out, you know how fast the body adapts in the reverse. The body really quickly gets rid of muscle. It doesn't think it needs because it's expensive tissue. So it's always trying to become more efficient. But then when you go back to working out, that 10 pounds of muscle that initially took you two years to gain, you get back in like two months. It's muscle memory, it comes back super, super fast. And it makes, you know, that reminds me, you know, I had a client years ago who was a very successful, self-made like million, like this guy was worth a lot, a lot of money, super hardworking guy, very smart dude. When I was training him, he was I think 69 or 68. He was in his late 60s, self-educated, dropped out of high school, grew up on the East Coast, you know, son of Irish immigrants. And I asked him, you know, once we started to build rapport, I asked him, you know, what was the secret? Like, what could you tell me about success or whatever? And he says, the question you need to ask me is not that. He says, you need to ask me how many times I failed. And, you know, he told me about the three times he went bankrupt. You know, there was the savings and loan crisis and the Southern crash and whatever. The guy made millions and lost millions three separate times. And he said, you know, each time was easier than the first time because he'd done it before. He built the skills to do it. And of course, it was that barrier, you know, when you first do it, it's real hard. When you go back to try it again, because you've been there before. So, you know, you got a guy like Beidros who built his business. He built his business out of nothing and, you know, busted his ass. And I feel for the guy. I'm sure he's going to suffer from what's going on. But, you know, that dude's been there before. Yeah, he's been through it. He had a partner. He had to, you know, make, you know, part ways with and had to restructure the whole thing before. And, you know, so I anticipate he's already like, you know, thinking of his next move going forward. But getting out there to really, you know, show support of his franchisees, I think is really big for his company right now. I love your optimism, dude. I love how you just drew an analogy from a muscle science perspective into the economy. Economy memory, dude. You didn't know? That's the thing. Yeah. I like it. Well, no, I'd say I think. I lean on salsa. No, no, there's, I think there's a lot of value in what you just said. I think you're, I think for the most part, you know, a lot of entrepreneurs will definitely, obviously we'll learn from this. No matter how bad it's hurting them right now, I want to believe too that most of them will come out of it and be able to rebuild and learn from this. I think all of us will. I, you know, the people I'm really concerned about are the ones that are not entrepreneurs, right? It's the front desk kid who's, you know, strapped paying rent and paying for his car and makes, you know, 20 bucks an hour. And, you know, he has no job or she has no job. And, you know, they don't have an entrepreneur spirit, bone in their body and they rely on that business to pay their bills. So that, those are the people that I think are going to hurt the most in this. If you're an entrepreneur and you've been successful like a Beidros, you're right. You've already failed 20 times in your life already. So being struggling is not new to you. So I don't think people like that, I mean, like we were quick to be already thinking about what we would do or what we need to do, all of us, because we have that entrepreneur bone in all of our bodies. But the people that I'm most fearful for are the ones that don't, you know, the ones that were, you know, clock punching, working for somebody else and relying on a company to take care of them. That's who's probably going to suffer the most in the situation I would think. Oh, it's no doubt, no doubt, man. This is going to be tough. I was DMing with someone today and they were saying how they've, you know, pivoted to DoorDash and to, I don't remember the name of the service, but you could buy your groceries and you could, you know, somebody will pick up your groceries for you and bring them to your door, which is actually in high demand right now. I tried to do that here in San Jose and there was like the next available one was like a week from now. So it just shows me that there's a high demand for, especially for the elderly and the immune compromise, you know, they could really use people going out, getting them groceries, bringing their groceries to their door, you know, ring the doorbell and leave type of deal. So there's ways you can pivot right now. And again, I'm not trying to make light of it, but you know, you got to think that way. And look, I tell you what, man, if I had to put my money on any country in the world to rebound from any economic calamity, it's America. Oh, no, for sure. Along those lines, I had to share some of the things that I was reading that I think is pretty cool and I think inspiring, talking about pivots. Like, have you seen what a lot of these, like some of these big companies like LVHM, which is like a huge, massive corporation. And I think like your Victoria's Secret and Louis Vuitton, a lot of those brands are underneath that acronym. They're shifting over and they, you know, Perfumes is like one of their number one moneymaker. They've switched over to Hand Sanitizer. So has Tito's Beer, Anheuser Bush, Dogfish Head, all making hand sanitizers. Haines Underwear is now producing 1.5 million mass per week. A swimwear startup called Summer Salt is using its customer service channels to provide emotional support for people going through COVID-19. So yeah, there's a lot of companies that are, GM, Ford and Tesla are now producing ventilators for the hospitals. So you've got some of these companies, I think, I mean, this is what's awesome about America is that, you know, and those that are pro free market is, you know, there's obviously a huge demand for this. You have companies like GM, Ford and Tesla, which obviously specialize in making cars, but have the resources, the tools, the capital to pivot quickly and all of a sudden start producing ventilators. And so, you know, they're doing that now and all those other companies, I was talking about doing hand sanitizers. So, you know, it's kind of cool to see all these companies coming together and finding ways to provide these services. I love the innovation that's happening too, like around this and the hustle that a lot of entrepreneurs are making. Like I saw too, I was reading about like MIT partnering up with Arduino, I think this like computer chip company to create like a 3D printed ventilator that, you know, hospitals and even like in-home, like you could just make them yourself and like get them out in the public as quick as possible. So, it's just, it's very, like those are the things I try to like, you know, seek out and look to see, like who's really like doing things outside the box and really trying to, you know, make a difference right now. Have you guys seen the unicast.com right now too? No, what is that? So unicast, it's U-N-A-C-A-S-T dot com. It's really cool. You can go on that website right now and they are using our cell phone signals to give your state and country ranking on a scale of A to F, A being very good, F being poor on how well you're doing in social distancing. Oh, wow, that's brilliant. And it's real time. So it's constantly being updated. So you can go on there right now and look at your state and you can see if you're doing a good job or not at social distancing and it's all color coordinated. So you can see the whole map and they have it for countries, everything. So that's really cool, right? In that fashion. Oh, that is absolutely brilliant. You know, it makes me so happy because all this stuff, all these companies that are helping in this website that's doing that, this is all voluntary. These are all people coming forward and choosing to do these things. And you know, one of the criticisms of free societies that I'm hearing right now is that they can't stop the virus like China did because China has such a strong, you know, draconian government. I mean, they literally lock people in their... Social scoring system and everything. Yeah, they just lock them down. Oh, they lock people in their houses. There were, there's videos of police beating people if they left their homes. I mean, just, and some people are saying, oh, that's been, look it, here's the deal. We were born out of freedom and what we need to do is we need to show the world that we will freely choose to distance ourselves from others. We need to freely choose to do the things that help each other so we could show everybody that there is no weakness in freedom, that freedom is best for everything, including when we're, you know, faced with these types of pandemics and challenges. So, you know, speaking of that too, we have come like some, again, like love seeing a lot of the brands and stuff that we partner with. Viori is doing some really cool stuff right now where they're offering all these at-home, like yoga-type classes and stuff that they're streaming online. So even, you have a company like Viori which specializes in athleisure wear that is trying to find ways to help you out. Obviously, they've shut all their stores down. Now they're direct to consumers so they can still sell products and provide that for people. But then they're also finding ways to contribute to our society by providing these at-home workouts and yoga classes that people can tune in and live stream for free, which, you know, that's just, it's so cool to see companies like that that are coming together to provide service and help us all out as a nation. And that's just a testament to what you're saying right now. That's cool. It's funny you bring them up though. I was like, just thinking about the limited amount of clothes we brought up because we were like, we just thought it was gonna be a few days, you know? And I'm like, whatever, I'll just bring some clothes. And like, thankfully, I have like at least three, like Viori pants and like Viori shirts and things both, we have the workout, we have like lounging and it's like, I'm very limited to that. So thankfully at least it's something comfortable to be lounging around and working out. I'm rocking my Sunday joggers as we speak. So yeah, no, I love their stuff. I mean, I feel like I can dress it up or down, you know? Adam, the grays, those gray ones, those gray sweats that we all like so much. Do you know what the names of that one is? The Viori gray ones? Those are, okay, so I gotta remember the name. That Sunday joggers, what I have the most of, those are the ones that I just recently bought after seeing them on you. I'll have Doug pull them up and figure out what the name of those ones are. I really like those too though. So those are, the Sunday joggers are more fitted and I feel like I have more room to play in those. Those are my favorite. But. Little pocket billiards. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? Yeah. Yeah, I just ordered some of the Ponto shorts. There was like a whole like fad a while back where there was like, you know, your sweats, they would kind of cut off your sweats and then you'd wear those as shorts. And so those are a little bit more like thicker and then they feel like comfy, like cut off sweats. So I'm stoked to get those. Yeah, you guys have fun playing in your sweats over there, huh? Oh man, I'll tell you what. Some things don't change over here. You guys have been locked up together for too long. Yeah, yeah, no, Justin's looking cute. We're switching clothes with each other. You gotta get creative, dude. Hey, so I got some, I've been reading some interesting news about the virus and about what, you know, natural things could potentially help. Have you guys heard about? I got one for you. Well, have you guys heard about vitamin C? Oh, no, I thought you were gonna go the semen route. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Tell me you saw that post. Dude, that has to be somebody trolling. That can't be. No, it's real. Wow. What's her name? Let me pull her up. Somebody sent it to me and I thought it was, I didn't, I thought, like Justin said, it was trolling at first, but not at all. It's actually, it's 100% true. This girl, I think she's in the UK, Tracey Kiss, is her name and she's got a massive, Sounds like a real name. She's got a massive, a massive following. She's got 400,000 followers and I got tagged in this post where she's holding this. It looks like an ice tray, but like smaller. And it's not ice that she's holding. It's frozen semen and she is promoting the benefits of the immune-boosting benefits behind semen and nobody talks about it because you can't sell it and make money off of it, but it's got over 200 vitamins and minerals in it and that she's been taking down the semen to help fight COVID-19. Wow. This is a great selling point. She was at home. This is what happened, right? She's at home and she's like, how do I, like, I love jizz. I love it so much. There's gotta be some benefits to this, right? How do I legitimize that? How do I make this science? Because I just wanna put ice cubes of jizz in my water and throw it on my face and I'm embarrassed. And then this whole coronavirus thing happened. She's like, ah, there's my opportunity. It's healthy. It's good for you and there's vitamins, minerals and nutrients. I think that it's a conspiracy. I think that there's men behind it. I don't think it's a chick. I think it's some dudes. Some guys are like, I'm gonna convince my chick right here that this is the healthiest way for you to boost your immune system. Yeah. You wanna stay healthy, honey? Some fake studies out there. So tell me the real one. I thought you were alluding to the semen one. What's the vitamin C one? No, so vitamin C, they're finding that high doses of intravenous vitamin C seems to be helping. So there's these reports coming out that came out of China where they're saying that it made a big difference. And so now this is happening in New York. So there's a doctor out there, critical care specialist over there on the East Coast. And he's giving people 1500 milligrams of intravenous vitamin C right away and doing it. I think it's like three or four times a day. And apparently, this is his quote, the patients who received vitamin C did significantly better than those who did not get vitamin C. So this is, it's interesting, it sounds weird, but this is a real, the doctors are saying that this may actually be a natural way to help the body fight this particular virus. So I thought that was really interesting. I don't know if oral vitamin C will do the same thing because they're talking about intravenous vitamin C. So I don't know if that means- I was just gonna say BJs and OJ for- BJs and OJs. BJ and OJ combo, look out. Oh yeah, that's good stuff, good stuff right there. So do you see, Olympics are delayed. So those are, Olympics are pushed out to 2021 now. Yeah. $1.3 billion NBC had sold of inventory for commercials and you just gotta eat that. Wow, that's crazy. They're just hoping that they collect that next year and they can make up for it. Yeah, I mean, I imagine, but I mean, think about that. When you, as a business, I mean, we do the same thing when we decide to spend on something or invest in something in the company, you forecast like, oh, well, we should make X amount of dollars off of that conservatively so we can go ahead and spend this much money and we'll be completely fine. So I can't imagine when you forecast for $1.3 billion coming in and then that's, even if you're still gonna potentially get it a year later, what that could do to them too. I mean, that's gonna be crazy in itself, right? Yep, yep. Now, I got some other good news. So we can go back and forth with bad news. Yeah, you give the good news. Bad news, good news. I'll give all the bad news. Good cop, bad cop. So the Mercury News reported, Mercury News is a San Jose publication and it reported that the city's violent crime rate declined by 46% and there's reports from other cities apparently saying the same thing that their violent crime rates are going down very low because obviously people aren't going out and seeing each other. So that's kind of good news, right? Meanwhile, domestic abuse is up by 35%. Yeah, right. Woo! No, have you seen all the memes? Happy? Sad. Have you seen all the memes of like, seven days of quarantine with your spouse or your partner and there's like two cats that are rah-rah and each other getting ready for a stalemate now. Trying to attack each other. Oh, just getting on each other's note. That happens when you're stuck around the same person and you're stressed out. That's gonna happen. You're just gonna be irritated with each other. More good news. Dramatically reduced levels of pollution, air pollution. Of course. Yeah, did you see the images from Venice? Oh, it's drastic, dude. Is it? Oh, the water's clear. The water's clear for the first time in a while. Never been clear, yeah. Really? No, and dolphins. They see dolphins in the water. What? That never happens. Wow! That's crazy just from like a week of everybody kind of shutting it down. Yeah. Yup, yup. And massive redoubt because I mean, so much pollution is created every single day from people just going about their business. Wow. Did we just solve global warming? Yeah, right. Oh my God. Have you seen that post that, I like that one too that's going around right now. I feel like the earth has sent us all to our room to think about what we've done. Yeah. We're all in a timeout. Yeah. This is like a worldwide. Our environmental impact. Timeout and think about what you did. Yeah. Exactly. That's funny. Hey, do you guys know what your blood type is? Do you guys know if you guys are like A, A, B, O? I forget what I am. Yeah, I totally. That's so bad. That's something you should know, right? Yeah. It's been a minute. Well, okay. I'm like ABC, something like that. Well, so this is interesting too. This is kind of interesting. There was a recent study from China that concluded that people with type A blood have a higher risk of contracting the coronavirus than people with type O. Apparently people, according to their recent study, and experts are saying that more studies need to be done to verify the results. So you want to kind of take this with a grain of salt. That sounds fishy to me, right? Well, you know, people. We have what, four blood types? Is that right? Four? I think so. Yeah, so you have four blood types and you've got 100,000 people that have now contracted and you just take it out and go, oh, more type A, therefore, they're more likely. I mean, that's kind of a weird, like what's the science saying to support that? Or is it just, Type O is the one that's compatible with all of them? Or are they just statistically, you know, breaking that down and saying that, oh, based off of the people that have got it, it seems that type A is more likely to get it, because that's kind of what science. So it's not that crazy to say, now I don't know, again, this is one study. So they have to confirm this, but blood type, there are certain blood types that do better with certain diseases, like malaria, for example. I believe if I'm not mistaken, type O also does exceptionally well in comparison to other blood types with malaria. And there are other, you know, like illnesses like the stomach flu, there's, you know, risks of stroke and cognitive impairment that are different depending on the blood types. So based on this preliminary study, type A is the worst and type O is the best. Again, take it with a grain of salt. I wonder how that varies too for someone like Justin who's got basically coffee running through his blood stream. That's all he's got. I don't think he has very much type anything. Type nitro, negative, this guy's been, I'm glad I brought like 40 bags of coffee up here, because I didn't realize how much this guy sucks down when we don't see him throughout the day. Hey man, my favorite part of the morning is waking up and then I'm going out and grabbing my cup and I'm going to sit and watch. Actually, we have a lot of snowfall right now. So you'd be totally jealous. Like just watching out the window, drinking my first cup of coffee and what like I've been putting some creamer in the, I don't know, whatever brews. We've brought a bunch of different brews but then we kind of converted over to Keon. I really enjoy the Keon. Yeah, I was going to ask you, Heidi. So I mean, I've been drinking it for a long time now. I mean, before we got sponsored by Keon, I had been bugging Ben for a long time because it's by far my favorite. And I've been drinking it for a long time. And I know that the margins weren't great on them. So the money that they can spend on advertising is very minimal. And so, it took us a long time before we could finally get them to work out some sort of a deal. Because I was like, dude, we have so many people that I know that drink coffee, they ask us for recommendations all the time. And so finally we nailed that down with him. And I'm so excited because- And you know how meticulous Ben is about sourcing and all that kind of stuff and like how the purity of this product, you can definitely taste the difference in it for sure. Well, it's a nice clean buzz. It's the first organic coffee that I really, really like. Yeah. And I remember when we had a different sponsorship when we first started the podcast and when, you know, it was cool because it had, you know, new tropics that were infused into it, which that was cool as far as how you felt from it. But I was never really a fan of how well it tasted. And so I was on the search for- Yeah. Some that tasted delightful. Yeah, a brand that was not only a pure source, but then also actually tasted really good. And I freaking love that. I love Keon. And I know that, I didn't know if Justin had been drinking it as much as I had, but I brought a bunch of bands up. Yeah, no, this is like, I mean, they have like a new blend that they're promoting. And so we brought that up and that one, actually, I prefer that one over the other one. So, yeah, it's even better. Coffee, by the way, so long as you can tolerate caffeine is actually one of the healthiest, it's like a tea, you know? It's one of the healthiest things you can drink. I think a lot of people know that now, but how would you guys describe the flavor of Keon? Because to me, it tastes far smoother. It doesn't have- Smooth and rich, yeah. Yeah, yeah. It's got a really nice aroma too. So like when you brew, a lot of times you'll be able to smell like how good it's gonna taste as you walk in the room. It like emanates the whole room as with this aroma. That's like the first test for me. It's like, does it smell amazing when you squeeze the bag and then when you brew it? And yeah, so our house has been smelling like Keon. Like crazy, dude, that's how I operate. Dude, we're stuck in this house the whole time. Like I need some, you know, some motivation and so it's been helping out for sure. But you're right, though. I'm with you, Justin. Like it's honestly like, I mean, first thing Max is up by about 6.30 in the morning. So I'm up early. Katrina normally passes him over to me right away and he's waking up, jumping on my stomach and stuff like that and slapping me in the face. And then she goes out and brews the first pot of coffee. And so sitting there with him, holding him, watching the snow fall and drinking on the coat. That's epic, dude. Yeah, and I need it too because my kids are doing the at-home studying and so they have all this like class work that they need to accomplish. And so like Ethan's asking me all these like geometry and math questions. I'm like, oh my God, I'm not ready for this. Like I need some more coffee, dude. Yeah, it's brutal. How are the kids doing with the schoolwork? Cause like my daughter has a meltdown every day. Yeah, it's, I mean, it really is one of those things that it, you know, like now Courtney has to become the sole teacher for them and try and keep them on task. And it's like, there's so many distractions and it's such a new thing where it just feels like they're at home or they're on vacation. And so they're just like completely not motivated to do it but they're starting to come around. I think now that we've created sort of a routine with it, that was really big. And also jumping on these virtual classes with some of the other friends has helped a lot too. So do talk about having empathy and compassion for jobs and people. I feel for the stay at home parent right now that is also trying to work virtually and then also take their kids through schooling. Like that's, I mean, lucky for Justin, Courtney is a stay at home mom this last year. And so, you know, she can dedicate her time to doing that. And it's already a pain in the ass and stressful for her. I'm very fortunate. Imagine the single mother or even the parents that are both, you know, working from home right now while all this stress is going on. And then on top of that, you're responsible for taking your kid through school. It gives you a whole new compassion for teachers, right? And just forget how important they are. As you're saying that, right? I haven't been around my kids for a couple of weeks because again, I'm trying to self-quarantine. So both of my kids are with their mom. She's by herself. She's working from home. And she's literally, as we're doing this podcast, she's sending me texts and she's saying, it's been long enough, come pick her up right now. I can't take it. She's got like a ticking clock going. Yes, so she's working from home then to see, I mean, God, bro, yeah, just so, I mean, obviously I don't need to tell you, you're a very self-aware person, but have some patience with the ex because if she's working from home and she's having to help those kids through school right now, just watching Justin's kids and Courtney, I'm like, oh wow, just being someone who's got a, just a young kid who's not in school yet, my mind didn't even go that place that when this all happened and all the kids are now at home that now there's, but yet still trying to go through their schoolwork. What a, how much change that has to be for a parent who's used to sending them off to school while they can buckle down and work. It's gotta be a nightmare for a lot of people. Totally, and to change gears, you know how we've been kind of speculating whether or not this, what's going on is going to help or hurt, because this is an election year, so help or hurt Trump or the Democrats, what is the public gonna think of how it's being handled and all that stuff? Well, they just did a Gallup poll and Trump has received his highest rating yet. He went up five points. Oh wow, really? Wow. Yeah, and like I said before, when there's like something crazy that's happening, people tend to want to rally behind their leader. It's just human psychology. I remember this happening with Bush where everybody hated him and then September 11th happened, everybody loved him. Trump's approval ratings are doing better than ever. I think because of what's happening and the way people are perceiving the way he's handling it, so it's gonna be an interesting election to kind of see how this affects it all. Based off of that, I mean, do you feel pretty confident that they're going to reelect him? Because I don't know, maybe that's because my best friend is liberal and so I'm getting all of his stuff every day, right? Like if I'm not watching the news, he's constantly feeding me all the political stuff that's like bashing Trump and the job he's done during this whole time. And it seems from his perspective that he doesn't have a chance in hell of being reelected. What's your thoughts on that? Yeah, no, the odds are so low that we would unseat a sitting president because he's up for re-election, so it's like boxing, you gotta knock the champ out. The odds are so low that that would happen during a scary time like right now. I just, I don't see it happening. I don't care who you like, who you don't like. Well, feeding him is gonna be hard. Yeah, I just look at that as human psychology, like you said, like it's more scary to completely change everything instead. Like right now, like people like the homeostasis, they wanna feel safe, secure, like that's the utmost importance right now. And so having everything sort of normalized, I think will be subconsciously in their mind in their decision process. So I think that he has probably a greater chance of getting reelected. I feel like it's still so early to tell because right now, if we can slow down the curve and we can keep the total death toll down in the United States and the total contracted, right? I think he'll end and then rebound from the economy. I think he has an incredible chance and there's no doubt that we won't unseat him. But if those numbers continue to rise and like with some doom and gloom, people believe that we're still on pace to be like Italy and we don't know what the economical ramifications are going to be in the next two to three months, I mean, if it goes that direction, I don't know, man. If it gets worse, if the stock market continues to go down, if the real estate starts to go down, if we are in a worse situation than when he got into presidency, I don't know, man. Do you still feel that way? Even if it goes that direction? Well, again, like I said, it's human psychology. When everything's scary, everything's uncertain, you want familiarity. You don't want something new and that would be electing someone other than him would be something new and I just see people not wanting to do that, especially if it gets crazy and it gets scary and stuff's happening and he's up and he's talking and he's like talking about what he's trying to do and how we can stick together. People tend to rally behind leaders when shit gets that way and so I just don't, not only that, but imagine like, because there's a lot of strategies with politics and how are we gonna make the person look bad? That stuff's not gonna make the top of the news right now. I don't know how it's going. What are they gonna do? They're gonna talk about some other scandal or whatever. That's gonna be like page two. The mudslinging, yeah, that's not gonna be real apparent. I wouldn't think with all this. No, all anybody cares about is number one, are people getting infected? How many people are dying? And then number two, the economy. Nobody cares about anything else. No, that's a good point. I saw you last night policing our forum. I saw the political mudslinging that was going on a little bit there. I know that drives you crazy when you see the negativity in a time like this. It's just the wrong time. That's not a good time to sit here and talk about, I can't wait till this is over so we can talk about how dumb the Republicans are, how bad Democrats are. Come on, guys, calm down. This is a bit of a uncertain time for everybody. I know everybody's annoyed and everybody's stressed out and anxious. Let's just focus on positive positivity. Right, if there was ever a time for us to unite, forget your political party, you stand mine. I mean, if there was ever a time that you put that shit aside and we come together, I mean, I would think that this is the time now. So, no, I totally, I get where you're coming from. I saw you getting into the guys that were posting shit like that on the forum and I agree with you. I think that, you know, I think it's pretty, and that's the same conversation I'm having with my best friend who sends over stuff like that. I'm like, really right now? Like, we're gonna nitpick all these things and try and make the president, I don't care who the president is. I don't care if he's Democrat, Libertarian, Republican, it doesn't fucking matter to me right now, he's the president right now and I'm rooting for him, you know what I'm saying? I want him to figure this out and I'm hoping that we win this battle and I don't give a shit who's right or wrong in it. I don't care if you predicted this or not or you, whatever, where you stand on it, if there was ever a time that we all came together and agreed to some, I would say that's now, you know? Totally, 100%. Go ahead, whatever. Brought to you by MAPS Anabolic. If you're looking to maximize your overall muscle and strength, MAPS Anabolic is the perfect place to start. With a full 30-day money-back guarantee, there is absolutely zero risk. So what are you waiting for? Go to mindpromedia.com and get started today. It's the motherfucking quark. The eagle has landed. Quikwa. First question is from Swole and Hole. Since people are staying home for an unknown amount of time, should they change their nutrition to account for being much more sedentary? That's a good question. Yeah, very good question. I've actually had a lot of DM people asking me about their nutrition. You know, in the past, we've talked a lot about realizing all the different values of food. And one of them is the nutritional value, the actual physiological value that you get from food. But there's also the social value. There's the emotional value. And I would say, before we talk about kind of what we think is a good idea, be more gentle with yourself right now. You're probably more likely to eat comfort food and to snack because you're stressed out, you're at home, you're anxious. There's afraid of the unknown. So yeah, so just be cool with yourself. That's the place that I would start. But as far as your calories and your nutrition are concerned, I would typically say, yeah, I mean, if you're not moving as much, you probably shouldn't eat as much. And in my experience, and this can be different from person to person, but in my experience, the easiest way to do this is typically to reduce carbohydrate intake. It's, you know, carbohydrates are, they turn into a really fast, quick source of energy. They don't tend to be as satiating as protein and fats. Personally, and speaking for most of the clients that I've trained, people are more likely to overeat and just mindlessly eat with carbohydrates. So I'd say, you know, if you're less active and more sedentary than you normally are, and you know, you probably do want to reduce your calories. And in my experience, people tend to have a better, an easier time with cutting calories through cutting carbohydrates and through cutting, you know, fats and proteins. Well, this is an example too of why I'm always talking about the benefits of trackers and being able to know what a normal day looks like and then an abnormal day looks like of movement and activity. I find that extremely valuable. Anyways, I find it now more important than ever because if you were somebody who was, you know, quote, unquote, intuitively eating before this all happened and you weren't aware on how many steps or approximately how many calories you burn on a normal day and then now you're home, you're really kind of just guessing like, oh, I think I'm more, I'm pretty sure I'm more, but how much more sedentary? Now, myself, I know that on a typical day, I move 8,000 to 12,000 steps and that's including my exercise on an exercise day, on a day that I'm not exercising, it's even lower. And I know that there's been days since we've been here that I could easily get under 1,000 steps. I mean, we're that sedentary. So that's a significant difference. And if I don't reduce my calories by a good 30% or more, I will absolutely start to pile on the body fat. Now, I think that what you said about carbohydrates is a very intelligent strategy for most people that are unaware and are now in this situation, but I think this really highlights why that's important as a baseline to figure out and know what a normal day of movement looks like. So when the situation, now mind you, this is an unbelievably rare situation for everybody right now, but I also think that this is where the value of those trackers come from. Like it's not about how accurate they are. Oh, it's 95% or 87% accurate to the calorie. No, that doesn't matter. You just need a baseline. Exactly, you just need an idea of, okay, when I am a normal day of work and a workout week for me, I'm burning X amount of calories or X amount of steps. And now that I'm in a situation like this, I can kind of mathematically figure that out that, okay, I'm moving 50% less than what I would be if I was working on a normal work week. Therefore, I know I need to reduce significantly or else I'm going to probably start piling on the body fat really, really quick. So this is definitely a time when I would be recommending to most of my clients. And I wouldn't recommend somebody, like I don't think it's a time for you to be trying to hit a significant calorie reduction and as far as what your BMR would be, like trying to lose body fat or lose weight right now. I think everybody should be fed and at least at maintenance or a little above, but it won't take much to be a little bit of above your calorie intake right now, considering that most of us are probably 70% less active than what we'd normally be. Yeah, it'd be cool. Like I gave my Apple Watch to Courtney and so it's been really helpful for her to track just daily movement and how that's shifted being confined to the house the whole time. Just to be able to, like you said, find out that range and to more closely match that. So it's like a more on the maintenance right now, I think is that was definitely her goal and that's something that I keep into account. Like if I'm moving less, I'm definitely adjusting the amount of calories I'm intaking and of course, it really does help adding a bit more fat and protein versus carbs in terms of feeling the satiation of it and then not feeling like the later cravings that result as I up my fats and proteins and veggies. Like that's why I like the advice that Sal went with. Like I think this is a, if you're somebody who typically could eat three, 400 grams of carbs and not put on body fat, this would be a great time for you to shift over to a lower carbohydrate diet and a higher fat or in moderate type of protein diet to help mitigate how much you consume. Cause it's really easy, you could snack, man, you got to be careful. That's what you got to watch out for. You got to watch out for grabbing things like chips and where calories and drinks that have calories. Yeah, those type of things will sneak up on you really fast. I know alcohol is definitely, I'm not alone in this when you're like confined to your house and stressed and everything else. Sounds like a good idea. Just catch yourself a bit to, you know, notice the trends and upward trend. Well, I'll tell you what we've been doing over here. And, you know, Justin and I, if we've had, you know, we've had things that are dessert, the wives have made dessert some nights. We do have wine here. We do have Baileys, which I love with my coffee and the way that we kind of decide, and we're also, you know, you bring up great points of, you know, feeding the soul and enjoying each other's company. And so we're not like, oh, can't have any of this. But I'm very mindful of a good workout day and a good hike day. Like we've had some days where Katrina and I go on a walk for like an hour and then on top of that, I was like, dude, I've been playing with the kids outside in the snow for hours and like trucking through like a couple of feet of snow. It's really exhausting. And so it's like the activity levels for me have still been pretty high, like actually. But yeah, I've definitely like noticing if there has been some days we've just been locked in and just stayed in the house. And those are the days that we lower it down. Yeah, we avoid all those things. You know, I passed on it the other day. I can't remember what it was that I think Courtney made or Justin had and offered it to me. And I said, hey, not today, I'll pass. Today was like a- Ah, Pazuki, it was Ethan's birthday. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I didn't have, which I would love to have. I love, you know, me, I love ice cream and they made him a Pazuki dessert and I didn't have any of it just because that day was probably one of the lowest activity days that I had. So I think it's really just about being mindful right now, right? And knowing how much less you're moving in comparison and on those days, you probably need to be tighter or skip a meal or reduce carbohydrate intake, like you said. And then if you do good and you have a great workout or two in a day and then you go for a nice long hike, I mean, that's the day to probably sit down and enjoy a glass of wine with your spouse or someone else. So I think the answer to the question is for the most part, I think most people should probably reduce because of the activity level, but just be mindful, be mindful of what you're doing. Totally, and you know, this is a strategy that I recommend, you know, all the time regardless of, you know, whether you're stuck at home or not is, you know, be wary of the heavily processed foods. They do encourage you to eat more, you know. You mentioned potato chips, a bag of Lay's potato chips has something like seven potatoes in there and I could crush a bag of Lay's potato chips easy. I could do that in 30 minutes, but you know, I don't think I could eat more than three baked potatoes in one sitting because the heavily processed version, it just, it overcomes my satiety, it tricks my brain and I eat more of it. So if you avoid the heavily processed stuff, you're far less likely just naturally, behaviorally speaking, you're just far less likely to overeat when you're eating the whole natural foods. Next question is from Trey Hayer. When it comes to compound movements, I tend to increase the weight during the progression of my sets, but during isolation exercises, I tend to decrease the weight. What are the advantages of increasing or decreasing weight and how can I know when it's most advantageous to do one or the other? There's not a huge difference between the two other than feel. And so we'll start with increasing the weight. I think the main advantage with starting a set, so let's say I'm gonna do barbell squats, and let's say my first set is with 225, and then my second set is with 275, and then my third set is with 315. You just keep ramping it up slowly, yeah. Yeah, and now what's the benefit of that? The benefit is I'm getting used to the weight and I'm warming my body up as I'm doing each of my sets so that the last set is the heaviest one. I'm the most warmed up. I'm the most in the groove. I feel the best with my form and the most height. So that's the benefit of doing it that way. Now, as far as dropping the weight, well, when you're dropping the weight, you can change the focus of the sets. So if I'm squatting 315, and let's say that's a heavy weight for me, let's say that's a really heavy weight for me, and I'm squatting with it, my focus with heavy weight is very much about being tight, being connected and using the best biomechanics possible to lift the weight in the most advantageous way possible. Now, when I go down and weight, if I go down to 225, 315 may be heavy. That means 225 is obviously a lot easier for me. My focus is a little bit different. Now what I'm doing when I'm squatting with the 225 is I'm not trying to keep everything tight and maximize my leverage. I'm focusing on the muscles that I want to feel. I'm trying to feel the exercise more. I'm trying to have more of a mind-to-muscle connection, more of a body-building feel with the lift than say a powerlifting feel with the lift. When you're going with lighter weight, the goal should be to make it feel heavier. When you're going with really heavy weight, the goal is to make it feel lighter. I know that sounds kind of weird and contradictory, but it's actually the strategy. Powerlifters are training in a high-weight, low-rep range. When they're training out 90% of their max, they're trying to make the weight feel as light as possible through their technique, through their biomechanics, the positioning, how tight they are, all that stuff. When a bodybuilder is lifting a lightweight to work their biceps or their shoulders or their back, what they're trying to do is they're trying to make the lightweight feel as heavy as possible. So it's all about the feel. Lightweight, make it feel heavy. Heavyweight, try to make it feel light. But as far as ramping weight up and ramping weight down, are there any inherent advantages to one or the other? I mean, if you always do one, you're probably gonna get benefits from trying to do the other one. Two different stimuluses, yeah. Two different approaches that you could use. And I, honestly, I find myself definitely applying that same strategy just because if I'm loading more compound movements, I tend to wanna load a lot more weight. It's more substantial amount of weight. And so to get my bearings with that, a lot of times it feels more natural for me to try and ramp myself up to peak with the maximal amount of weight I'm gonna do in that set. And so I do find myself applying that strategy a lot more with compound exercises. Versus two, the isolation exercises, it does feel a bit more natural to start a bit heavy. And then I'm gonna keep going on the reps. You just get to that fatigue point where if you do lower five, 10 increments, you can still accomplish if you're just focused on wrapping it out in the feel of it and getting the pump of it. Next question is from Kelly5724. Are there real benefits to doing workouts in higher temperatures or heated areas? I'm curious if there are more benefits than just sweating to make weight for sports. Oh yeah, absolutely. This is very similar to what we talk about when it comes to the benefits of like hot, cold plunges. I mean, just training your system. I mean, getting acclimated. I think we always talk about the muscular system, right? I mean, we're always talking about that and how we train and adapt to that. But not a lot of people talk about the benefits of being able to adapt to different temperatures. And there's been a lot of research to support how much that can help support you when fighting off a cold or a virus. So the ability for you to acclimate to really, really cold temperatures or really, really hot temperatures, there's lots of benefits to that. I love working out in extreme temperatures. I enjoy the challenge. I like it when it's really, really cold, although it takes me much longer to warm up. And I also like it when it's really, really hot, although I typically get tired faster. But I do feel good doing either one. You're totally right, Adam. It's like a muscle of the body, your body's ability to acclimate to temperature. And the more you practice it, the better you get at it. So if you find yourself to be a heat and tolerant person, like if it gets real hot you feel like you're just crawling out of your skin, you can actually get your body's ability to acclimate to that, to improve by exposing yourself to more heat. Same is true for cold. And I remember years ago, I moved to Palm Desert. This is a suburb of Palm Springs. And in the summer over there, it just gets blazing hot. Like I'm 120 degrees is not a weird, rare temperature during the summer. Like I'm talking about, I'd wake up at six a.m. to go to work. It's already 90 degrees outside. Super, super hot. And so I lived there for about a year. And I remember I'd come back to San Jose and over here it'd be 89 degrees. And everybody would be complaining about how hot it was. And I realized like, it doesn't feel that hot to me because it had gotten used to, my body had learned to acclimate to 115, 120 degree weather. So the main benefit I would say that you get from training at high temperatures is you're just training your body's ability to operate at higher temperatures. I don't know if there's any particular muscle building benefit to it, but from a general health standpoint, I think if you get your body better at acclimating to temperature, you're probably overall, your body's probably gonna adapt better to other types of stimulus. You'll be more resilient. And I have an example too in terms of sports. Like, so I used to, I played in Chicago and the first game that I played there was in St. Louis. And it was like 90% humidity and like 100 degrees. And it was just insane. And I was like completely floored by that. I basically passed out at halftime just because my body just had no idea how to react to that. And the next summer for that, like I went home and I trained and I tried to get myself prepared for the next season. And I did okay, but then I just decided one year to stay in Chicago and to train there over the summer because they do have a high humidity and heat. And it made all the world a difference for me when I came across other extreme temperatures and variables like that within the season. So it made a huge difference. And I know a lot of athletes will do this in high altitudes and they'll train in different environments that emulate where they're gonna be competing the most. And it makes a massive difference. Well, your point of resilience I think is so, and now Sal, didn't you, I thought you shared a study a while back, maybe about a year or two ago in regards to like why colds and flu and stuff like that happens in the wintertime more often. It didn't have something to do with, high temperatures and extremely low temperatures are stressed on the body. And you're more vulnerable when you're stressed like that and your body has not been acclimated to be able to handle that swing of temperatures, right? Well, okay, so- And more vulnerable, right? Well, so there's studies that show that, actually pretty decent studies that show that people who regularly use a sauna or regularly do like cold therapy where they'll do like a cold dip or cold showers, they just get sick less often, significantly less often. So there's that right there. But as far as why we get sick more often in the winter, that might, and there's a lot of speculation as to why that might happen. One of them is that certain viruses don't like the sun. They don't like UV rays. So they're, they degrade and get destroyed faster. The other one is that, you know, if low vitamin D levels, we get less sunlight in the winter, our D levels go down and then our immune systems just aren't- Didn't Wim Hof do something too? Didn't he do some, I thought he had some study conducted with all his people that had gone through all his cold therapy training and how resilient they were. Yeah, he just, he's got some weird stuff. There was one where he- They've done some, he's done some cool research on it. Salmanilla, they injected- That's what it was. Yeah, a group that actually trained and utilized his methods and then a group that didn't. And every single person that didn't use his methods got sick. So, and none of them that uses methods. So I think the real takeaway is the ability to be able to train in really high temperatures or really cold temperatures, aside from what it may or may not do from a muscle building perspective, what it does for you as far as building a resiliency is extremely valuable and highly encouraged for everybody to somehow implement this intermittently into their routine would be smart. Totally, and you know what this makes me think of? I know you guys have had this too. You guys have trained a lot of clients as well, but I'll get, you know, when I would get these new clients that were from like Nebraska or Wisconsin and they're, you know, they're new to California and it would be, you know, like 58 degrees outside, you know, here in California. Maybe the sun's out, you know, but it's winter, so it's like 58 degrees. And they'd be coming in their workouts and like tank tops and shorts and like, oh my God, the weather's so nice. So like it's 58 degrees, it's freezing. We're like, hell no, this is beautiful outside. Because they're so used to where they're from where, you know, that's like a sunny warm day for them, it was so funny. Next question is from Pamber is great. I have a family member who started exercising again. She used to do CrossFit and I think she's a little scared to lift weights because of how intense it was in CrossFit. She now does a lot of cardio and I'm very proud of her for starting to get healthy again, but would like her to better understand that weightlifting will help her more in the long run. I do not want her to think I'm telling her what she is doing is wrong though. What about the episode that, what episode title was that Doug that we did that was all about cardio? Remember that, that would be a great one to share with her. You remember the title of that? You know what I'm talking about? I don't recall it, but I'll look it up. You remember that Sal, right? Yeah, I do. I think sharing some of our episodes for sure is probably good. You wrote some great blogs on this too. I have, and this is really challenging because, you know, look, I've been in fitness for professionally for over 20 years and longer than that, just on my own. I have family members, close family members who don't exercise, who eat terribly and in the past I would hammer them. You know? Oh, you gotta read this, do this, do that. Doesn't work, it just doesn't work. The only success I've ever had with convincing people close to me to work out or to change their diet is by being the example and then waiting for them to ask me. And they don't always ask me, obviously, but the ones that do, that's when I seize the opportunity. So they see how well I'm doing. Sal, I notice, God, you got so much energy, you're always so healthy. I think I wanna start working out, can you help me out? Then I'll help them, but in the past, when I've tried to tell them what to do, I've never, I've had zero success with it. I've never had any success trying to convince somebody. It's like you're evangelizing somebody that doesn't wanna hear the message. So I know how challenging this can be. Yeah, and it's tough because, I mean, the perception like that, like if you go through a workout that's like super intense and it seems to be that, I mean, that's what your experience was. There's a lot of clients that come in with a preconceived experience of what their workouts used to be. And it takes a long time to basically retrain their mind around that. And I think that it's gonna take some time to then reintroduce the proper way to lift weights and apply the appropriate amount, the appropriate dose for intensity and to kind of show like the benefits of lifting weights. I think that it just needs to be, there needs to be an exposure to that. So being around people that are doing it correctly, like having videos accessible, but I mean, honestly, it does have to come from her and her own interests in relearning the process and maybe just subtly plant seeds of like, hey, there is another way to do this. It's actually gonna benefit your body tremendously. I appreciate that you're working on cardio and like you're getting your movements and all this. And then just subtly kind of plant an episode, a video or something and an example out there that kind of shows it doesn't all have to be these grueling throw up type workouts. Yeah, I'd say one of the better strategies that I've used to talk about the benefits of resistance training versus cardio is the metabolism one. It's just the most, it's true, it's a real argument. It really, I mean, it's not a lie, but it tends to be one of the more effective ones. And I'll say to someone, look, if you lift weights and you focus on getting stronger, you're gonna get your metabolism to burn more calories on its own. So that means, you'll be burning 200 or 300 more calories a day just by being alive. Now with cardio, you have to be doing the cardio to burn more calories. So it does burn a decent amount of calories, but you got to do it all the time to keep it up. And the other thing is your body starts to try to become efficient at that cardio and it starts to learn how to burn less and less calories every time you do it. And one of the adaptations from doing lots of cardio is your body actually starts to pair muscle down. And you can find studies that show this, they'll compare people who do cardio plus diet versus just diet versus people with weights and diet. And they find the people that cardio and diet actually lose a significant amount of muscle along with the body fat that they lose. And that just means that you have a slower metabolism now later. So to keep the weight off becomes more difficult. It's easier and more beneficial considering, we tend to be sedentary, we have busy schedules and there's a lot of good tasting food all around us to have a faster metabolism. So do you wanna have a faster metabolism or do you wanna burn all your calories manually and always have to do hard work to get them burnt? So that argument right there is one of the better ones. But again, your friend has to show some interest. If you just hammer them over it, you're probably gonna turn them off. And with that, go to mindpumpfree.com and download all of our guides, resources and books. They're all totally free. You can also find Adam, Justin and myself on Instagram. So you can find Justin at Mind Pump Justin. You can find me at Mind Pump Sal and Adam at Mind Pump Adam. Thank you for listening to Mind Pump. If your goal is to build and shape your body, dramatically improve your health and energy and maximize your overall performance, check out our discounted RGB Superbundle at mindpumpmedia.com. The RGB Superbundle includes maps anabolic, maps performance and maps aesthetic. Nine months of phased expert exercise programming designed by Sal, Adam and Justin to systematically transform the way your body looks, feels and performs. With detailed workout blueprints and over 200 videos, the RGB Superbundle is like having Sal, Adam and Justin as your own personal trainers, but at a fraction of the price. The RGB Superbundle has a full 30 day money back guarantee and you can get it now plus other valuable free resources at mindpumpmedia.com. If you enjoy this show, please share the love by leaving us a five star rating and review on iTunes and by introducing Mind Pump to your friends and family. We thank you for your support and until next time, this is Mind Pump.