Andrea from California
Appearances
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2541: This Strength Building Technique Activates More Muscle Fibers... & You're Probably Not Using It (Listener Live Coaching)
Hi, thanks for having me. Um, my question, uh, well, first of all, I'm a certified personal trainer and nutrition coach and all those things. But, um, the question I wrote it down, um, I always like can get to my goal weight and I'm probably like five to 10 pounds away right now. But every time I get to my goal weight, it always comes back.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2541: This Strength Building Technique Activates More Muscle Fibers... & You're Probably Not Using It (Listener Live Coaching)
Even if I'm still eating the same, um, haven't changed anything. Um, And I was just saying, since you guys are always talking about muscle memory, I was just wondering if you guys thought there was maybe fat memory, and that's why it's so easy to gain the weight back all the time.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2541: This Strength Building Technique Activates More Muscle Fibers... & You're Probably Not Using It (Listener Live Coaching)
Awesome. Yeah. Thank you for clearing that up. I feel better.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2541: This Strength Building Technique Activates More Muscle Fibers... & You're Probably Not Using It (Listener Live Coaching)
I have anabolic and aesthetic, but I'm not currently doing one.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2541: This Strength Building Technique Activates More Muscle Fibers... & You're Probably Not Using It (Listener Live Coaching)
I would love to do Power Lift.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2541: This Strength Building Technique Activates More Muscle Fibers... & You're Probably Not Using It (Listener Live Coaching)
Bye.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Hey, how's it going, guys? We're doing good. How are you? Oh, excellent. I really just want to say I've been really inspired by your podcast and the, uh, pumps anabolic. And it's been a very informative, uh, listening to your podcast on the commute every day and inspirational. Thank you. Thank you. Thanks for taking my call. You got it. What you got for us, James.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Oh, so you got my, in my, in my email, I sent pretty much a 52 year old man, um, Athletic, I would consider. And I'm pretty out there as far as doing cycling and surfing, et cetera. And since I turned 50... My belly's getting bigger, and so I've been working for the past couple months on dumping almost like 200 grams of protein into my body.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
I weigh 235, and I just came up with that number randomly because I want to get a bit lighter on my feet, on my surfboard, and get rid of the belly fat. I also want to, of course, be looking better, but function and faction as far as being stronger, upper body, having more of a chest.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
And so I've been lifting three nights a week, going very low reps, very low weight, and then also doing a bunch of HIIT classes, aerobic classes. And I know it's a marathon, not a sprint, but I've been going at this for about two months and
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Specific questions are, you know, going from 235 to 200, but yet wanting to get a bigger chest and shoulders and more of an upper body for function and fashion. You know, is that number...
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
I was. I had the MAPS anabolic because I've never lifted weights before. And my awesome roommate, she got me this program. And I didn't know how to lift weights. So I've been following it, but not to the T. I've been going in and... And doing everything to do with chest, biceps, and shoulders, low reps, like 8 to 12, three sets, not going to fail.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
I'm talking like just the Olympic bar, like really slow, just getting the most out of it.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Okay, so in the morning, one glass of Metamucil, no protein, but one to two cups of Greek yogurt with no sugar with some blueberries and one like Aussie bite, like a little cereal crunchy thing. This guy ate grams of sugar. So I haven't been measuring it. I know I need to, but that's almost like 20 grams of protein, maybe 30 with the – nonfat Greek yogurt.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
And then, um, a cup of coffee with plain cream or milk, but I've been looking at, cause I'm a surfer. I'm a big fan of Laird Hamilton, but I know I just discovered you guys have the paleo Valley, but some sort of protein coffee supplement.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Um, and then liquids I'm starting the day off. I have a three quart jug of water that I put tea bags in. So I'm drinking that by the end of the day, as far as liquids, one or two sparkling waters, one or two cups of hot tea. And I put throw in one of those fair life chocolate protein drinks. You know, this is all Costco materials. That's 30 grams of protein. So like I'm at 50. Then at lunch, um,
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
I learned this by watching Bobby Fischer shopping at Costco, but it's two cans of tuna with a cup of cottage cheese, or it's two cans of sardines with a small hunk of cheese, or it's one can of chicken with 30 grams of protein. So the two cans of tuna is 60. The two cans of sardines is 44. The one can of chicken is 30. And then I'll add two hard boiled eggs to any one of those for 12 grams of
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
And then dinner, let's just get kind of boring and not sustainable. It's two frozen salmon burgers or one large burger, right? Those two salmon burgers are 40 grams of protein. The large burgers about 20 grams. And with either of those, another two hard boiled eggs at 12 grams. And then you guys, one of your podcasts, the proteins, you know, the five, whatever the podcast was, it was great.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
But yeah, Eat the proteins first, then the veggies, et cetera, then the starch. So I'll have a salad with cheese. And occasionally, those burgers may end up between two slices of homemade sourdough bread and a handful of chips. So, yeah, that's my protein intake for the day. Do you know what your total calories are averaging? I have not totaled the calories.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Oh, thanks. Great question. My whole life I've just eaten whatever I wanted pretty much. And it's usually been yogurt and some, you know, like cereal with the yogurt. It's been Trader Joe's salad, salads, Caesar salads, et cetera. And then dinner is just kind of in random, whatever, you know, whatever.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
A lot of pastas really late night, which I know is bad, but I've never put thought to it up until like,
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Yeah, that'd be great. I appreciate that. I guess walking, not crazy like afterwards, eating after you eat. I've been doing that, but I guess I'm not knowledgeable, although I'm learning. Yeah, I want to build... for looks and also for surf training and being stronger, you know, but, but I also enjoy the cardio. So I love to do cycling and cross country skiing and the, and the, and the classes.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
I enjoy the classes, kickboxing, et cetera. It's been good to get me hyped up, but you're saying that those two make, make things not work out as far as building muscle and, and,
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
build the muscle first, then cardio next. Yes.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
Yeah, I, I, I have, I have, and my gyms up at college of San Mateo and those, that staff up there is incredible. And so got to give a shout out to them. And I may hire one of their trainers cause they're, they've been very inspirational and awesome, but I don't, I teach your salary. Yeah. Yeah, I get it. Scraping by here, kind of doing it on my own with your program and stuff.
Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth
2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
But the nutrition, I think, is really – you know, it's going to be the hard part. What's sustainable the next year, the next five years, you know, what, and getting this 200 grams of protein into my, into my mouth each day has been sort of like, wow, I almost feel like I'm overeating.
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2596: Five Ways to Build Muscle Without Adding Weight to the Bar & More (Listener Live Coaching)
I greatly appreciate it. Thanks, guys. Thanks for the inspiration. Keep it up, James.