2966: Harder Is Not Better — The Fitness Advice That Is Destroying Your Progress

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Sal Di Stefano (0:13)

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Adam Schafer (2:32)

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Adam Schafer (2:36)

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Doug Egge (2:39)

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Justin Andrews (2:57)

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Sal Di Stefano (3:13)

You're trying to get in shape, you're trying to get lean or build muscle, you're trying to improve your fitness. Unfortunately, there are lies that are so prevalent in our space that they're probably holding you back. These are widely believed lies. Don't trust them. And if you're falling for these, you're losing gains and you're not progressing. Here we go.

Adam Schafer (3:33)

Do you see the team?

I don't know whose idea that was or not, Dylan. We did, there's like five clips of you on the same kind of rant or discussion we had the other day.

Sal Di Stefano (3:45)

No.

Adam Schafer (3:46)

Oh, yeah. Yeah. It was over the weekend. That's why I didn't even check. And they did like five in a row of you. One of I think they probably did it because several of them are getting shared like crazy. And one of them is along these lines. I know you have walking up here, but one of the top topics around that.

Sal Di Stefano (4:01)

Oh, I got to check it.

By the way, for people watching, listen right now, Justin's not here because he's sick. So this will be just Adam and I, which means we're going to talk a lot of physique stuff.