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 ProgramsFor more on Sal Di Stefano, follow him on Instagram @mindpumpsal, or through his website, mindpumpmedia.com.This episode is brought to you by WHOOP and BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough.WHOOP is a personalized digital fitness tracker and health coaching platform that monitors your physiology 24/7 and provides customized recommendations based on your body needs. To get yours, go to join.whoop.com and get your first month free.This month only, you can get a FREE bottle of this full-spectrum magnesium supplement, just go to magbreakthrough.com/hymanfree and enter coupon code hyman10.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.