Why Focusing on Muscle is the Key to Losing Weight & Building a Healthy Body Composition with Sal Di Stefano
Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with personal trainer and co-founder of Mind Pump Media, Sal Di Stefano, to get his hot take on all things fitness, mindset, nutrition, and motivation. In this episode, Sal shares how to make fitness a part of your daily routine without wasting too much time or energy. He also breaks down common misconceptions about resistance training, muscle-building, and fat loss.
Sal Di Stefano started as a trainer at the young age of 18. His passion for fitness and his love of people quickly propelled him to open some of the largest big-box gyms in the California Bay Area. At the age of 24, he opened a wellness-based fitness studio that offered hormone, nutrition, gut health specialists, and fitness trainers. During this time, Sal developed his behavioral-focused approach to helping his clients achieve long-term success and solve their most persistent problems with health and fitness.
Sal is one of the most highly sought-after experts in fitness, and his practical and easy-to-execute communication style. He is the co-host of Mind Pump Podcast, the world's number-one fitness and health podcast, and has been a guest on hundreds of top podcast shows and frequently speaks at trainer and health practitioner events.
In this episode, Dhru and Sal dive into:
-Focusing on building muscle instead of counting calories (0:20)
-Eating more to lose weight (4:30)
-How the fitness industry has misled women (9:10)
-Your metabolism’s natural adaptation to fitness (18:00)
-The perfect amount of stress to allow your body to adapt and get stronger (27:00)
-The proper application of nutrition and exercise (32:13)
-Longevity and building muscle (34:58)
-What everyone should know about diet, calories, sugar, and metabolism (39:39)
-Easy ways to integrate movement and exercise into your daily life (53:00)
-Dhru’s journey with getting his parents to start strength training (1:01:00)
-Fundamental movements for longevity (1:19:00)
-Changing your relationship with food (1:24:00)
-Common sources of overeating (1:38:00)
-Sal’s health journey (1:52:00)
-Where to follow Sal’s work (1:59:38)
Also mentioned in this episode:
-Mind Pump Podcast
-MAPS Fitness Programs
For more on Sal Di Stefano, follow him on Instagram @mindpumpsal, or through his website, mindpumpmedia.com.
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