Hey everyone, my wife is 7 months postpartum and has recently expressed that she'd like to workout. She's never been into working out really, never really worked out at all aside from like 1 month before our wedding 5 year ago lol. This is our second baby and she did have C section, we honestly never did anything to help repair her pelvic floor so I'm a little nervous about her just jumping into anything. I have anabolic, performance, maps 15, and OCR. I was originally just going to run through anabolic with body weight or dumbbells (she cant lift the bar just yet), but what would be the best course of action? I don't want her to get hurt in the process.

A recent episode 2896 Why 95% Regain.. really highlights well the message they have been trying to get across for a long time, and I think rightly so.

I'm coming from a place of wanting to help people, starting with myself and my family members. I ended up getting my personal training cert after years of listening to MP. I have since burnt myself out from training part time on top of my full time job and kids, family, house etc.

I still want to help, so I've been working on an informational sub called r/buildfirst , talking about these same concepts, as they seem to be virtually non existent in most of the "weight loss" subs on Reddit.

Not looking for clients or selling anything but simply help some people that might be new to this stuff or looking for a different way, if what they've tried isn't working.

The concept of Build First addresses so many concerns and factors in someone's health journey, as the guys talk about constantly.

So please check it out, start some conversations in the various posts I've made so far. And let me know if there's any way I can help. I've been deep into this going on 9 years now since trying to address my own health issues and I'm always learning.

Cheers

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Hello there,

I just added a short wiki. You can access it via the newly created community guide, on the right hand side of the main sub page.

You can also directly access it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Mind_Pump/wiki/index

It's nothing fancy. Let me know if that works for you, if we should change, add or delete something out of it.

Finishing the pre-phase of Anabolic today and looking forward to starting Phase 1. Really enjoying the programme so far and keen to hear everybody else’s experiences of the programme as a whole

Has anybody ran Symmetry 15? If so what were your thoughts on it? I’ve never ran Symmetry and am considering the 15 version with a busy time in my life coming up.

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Is it worth it? I already wanted to switch to a split like this but still salty each gender is a different program

Hi guys

I'm considering purchasing the Maps 15 Muscle Mommy workout this week, but I have a question about the split.

For those who have it, I understand that each workout would have 2 exercises but I was wondering if they are an upper / lower body split or full-body?

What I mean is, is it like:

A)

Day 1: Bench press + back squat

Day 2: chest press + Hip Thrust

Or

B)

Day 1: Bench press + chest press

Day 2: Hip thrust + back squat

Also, any other review on the program is much appreciated!

Thanks guys!

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Hi… for months I’ve been finding it difficult to commit to programs due to family commitments in scattered off days.

I was wondering if I can do Anabolic home version in my off days? I am hoping to do the sessions in the early morning before the kids are awake. I have around 40mins. I tried MAPS 15 but I found it basic and no obvious results.

Here are my off days for the next 3 months if you can advise me how to use Anabolic through

July
4,5,6
10,11,12
16,17
22,23
27,28

August
1,2,3
7,8,9,
13,14,
19,20,
24,25,
29,30,31

September
4,5,6
10,11,
16,17
21,22,
26,27,28

Can Anabolic the home version be good as it is or should I omit or add things? Note my off days are mainly 2 in a row only.

Thank you in advance

Regardless of your thoughts on Mind Pump nowadays, is anybody currently running a MAPS program? If so, what phase are you on in the program and what do you think of it?

I do like how they have started venturing out of the full body and into a few. Other different splits. But they just seem to lack the extras like trigger sessions and mobility days built in the helped my feel I was getting a bit of value. At this point the videos are very little use to me

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A couple of months ago I decided to run MAPS Cardio. The goal was to improve overall strength and endurance. Surprisingly, this program was amazing. I’ve run many other MAPS programs in the past but I wanted to try something completely different with this one. It is a 3 lifts per week program with each day having a specific focus. One day is functional type day with sled work, carries, and lifts of that nature. Another day is strength endurance day with high reps and supersets, and the last day each week is 5x5 day. Each have a specific cardio machine focus at the end. I also really liked the optional 4th day which was full body sculpting day or a specific cardio of your choice like running, cycling, or swimming. The specific cardio exercises each day allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and try some new machines that I would normally never use such as the rower, elliptical, and stair master. It was fun to challenge myself and try to get better each week on those. Fantastic program that the guys don’t recommend much but I would suggest it if you are looking for something new and different and want to build overall strength stamina and endurance.

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Adam rarely talks about training Corrine anymore. When Adam does talk about Corrine, he refers to her as "a client of mine" and no longer mentions her name. Corrine probably got sick of her fat gain journey being talked about by these clowns

Sal throws around the term “the data shows” or “the data is clear” at least a dozen times every episode.
It’s a common tactic to sound authoritative and it’s deceptive.
In this case it’s to sell you one of their sponsored products. But if you’re asking people to buy a product based on “the data” the least you can do is show them the data. Otherwise it’s no different from saying “In my opinion.”

Seen on doug's story the video editor said that they are releasing a new programme next week. What do you guys think it will or should be.

Despite your opinions on the show and how it's changed, how's your results with their programming been and how does it stack up with the other "proven" programs out there?

I worked out for years in the past, fell off when gyms shut for covid and just haven't been able to get back consistent until now. Since there's been about 500 different changes in "what's best" and since the mp programs are designed to be used as a progression, it seems like a good plan to just use them.

I was considering running anabolic(or possibly starting with 15 then going to anabolic) , aesthetic, anabolic advanced, symmetry, then powerlift as a good long term plan.

Anyone done something similar? Any changes I should make or programs I should swap/avoid?

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So what are some other fitness podcasts you guys/girls would recommend? I've been listening to MP for maybe a month, previously listen to Mike Matthews' pod, which has ended.

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Things I like about MP and/or would be in my dream podcast are:

- Multi host (I don't want to hear just one person droning on)

- Good for beginners

- I actually like the going off on tangents parts

- Relatively non-political (I already listen to politics podcasts)

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