Dr. Andrew Huberman

Welcome to the Huberman Lab Podcast, where we discuss science and science-based tools for everyday life.

I'm Andrew Huberman, and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.

My guest today is Dr. Brett Contreras.

Dr. Brett Contreras holds a doctorate degree in sports science and is a certified strength and conditioning specialist.

He has over three decades of experience training everyday people, athletes, and coaches on how to get stronger and develop larger muscles.

These days, Brett is best known as the glute guy for his pioneering of exercises for women and men to strengthen and build their glutes in order to be able to move better, prevent and heal pain and injuries, and of course, for aesthetic reasons.

Today's discussion is a very important one because anyone interested in their immediate and long-term health needs to resistance train.

The science is extremely clear on that.

However, there are a lot of questions about how best to resistance train.

Today, Brett clarifies how often to resistance train, what movements to do, and how to make continual progress, and in particular, how to build a resistance training program that is tailored to your unique aesthetic and performance goals.

For example, we discuss how to prioritize the growth and strengthening of your glutes,

or arms or shoulders or calves or back, basically whichever body part or parts you need to emphasize while not losing progress in other areas, and in many cases, while still making progress in other areas.

We also explain how to gain muscle while getting leaner, why the speed of your weight movements probably matters less than selecting the proper variety of movements to target all parts of a muscle, and Brett explains exactly which movements you should do in each workout to ensure well-rounded development

of the various muscle groups, including of course the glutes.

Dr. Brett Contreras is considered one of the most trusted voices in this entire space.

And that's because he's highly credentialed, meaning he knows the science inside out.

He also has trained thousands of people and he gets them spectacular results.

In fact, the before and afters of his clients are nothing short of extraordinary.

So if you currently resistance train or you want to start resistance training, and perhaps you're one of those people who's wary about getting too big, or you want to just grow one part of your legs and not another, or just your glutes but not have larger legs, or maybe if you just want to be bigger overall, today, Dr. Brett Contreras shares the knowledge that anyone, novice or experienced, can incorporate into their fitness routine to achieve better results faster.

Before we begin, I'd like to emphasize that this podcast is separate from my teaching and research roles at Stanford.