Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth 2736:DON'T listen to your body!
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Nov 26, 2025 The hosts argue against the common advice to 'listen to your body' and explain when it can be misleading. They discuss how diet patterns can warp hunger and exercise signals. Sal shares the benefits of music on cognitive health, highlighting a concert experience. In listener coaching, they tackle muscle gain strategies amidst different life challenges, emphasizing the need to trust structured programs. Plus, they dive into intriguing topics like backward speech and the impact of fame on identity.
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Body Signals Can Be Distorted
- "Listening to your body" can be misleading if past habits or distortions have reshaped what your signals mean.
- Sal warns you must relearn true internal cues rather than blindly trusting feelings formed by past behaviors.
Childhood Conditioning Skewed Hunger
- Adam shares a personal memory of feeling too skinny as a child and learning distorted hunger signals.
- That conditioning made 'listening to my body' unreliable until he relearned true cues.
Write Fears And Follow A Coach
- Identify your core fears and write them down to see what's really driving your decisions.
- Follow a trusted coach's plan and track objective measures like strength, sleep, and energy instead of gut feelings.