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Dr. Bret Contreras

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

But she quickly got to where she could do it 50 reps.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

So I had to buy a 203-pound kettlebell.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

It looked like a cannonball because I didn't want to have a barbell in place.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

No, I know.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

And I look back because you still see the video on YouTube.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

It's hilarious because the bench was against my TV stand.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

And I had travertine tile.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

And I'd pick up this Easy Bar and sit in their laps.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

And they do hip thrusts.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

You see in some of the videos like this red envelope, like the Netflix, back when we used to order Netflix DVDs, that's how long ago this was.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

But if they were to drop the weight or their feet slid out, I would have cracked my tile.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

But anyway, I saw great results just having minimal equipment.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

But she could gain a lot of strength, but she did best with single sets.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

And there's one study I remember on the ACE gene, the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

I don't know what the hell that has to do with strength and volume, but there were different alleles.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

This is not my field, but different...

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

different phenotypes or whatever.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

This was years ago when I read the study, but it seemed that some people do better with lower body doing single sets versus multiple sets.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

Interesting.

Huberman Lab
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras

And that study was like 12.