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Stuart McGill

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Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

So I live in a rural setting most of the time We heat our cabin. I live in most of the days of the week by wood. So I have to split firewood. If I split firewood, I've checked all the boxes. It's cardiovascular training, it's mobility training, and it's strength training. So it's also a lot of power. So I've done my training for that particular day, but I wouldn't split wood two days in a row.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

So I live in a rural setting most of the time We heat our cabin. I live in most of the days of the week by wood. So I have to split firewood. If I split firewood, I've checked all the boxes. It's cardiovascular training, it's mobility training, and it's strength training. So it's also a lot of power. So I've done my training for that particular day, but I wouldn't split wood two days in a row.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

So I live in a rural setting most of the time We heat our cabin. I live in most of the days of the week by wood. So I have to split firewood. If I split firewood, I've checked all the boxes. It's cardiovascular training, it's mobility training, and it's strength training. So it's also a lot of power. So I've done my training for that particular day, but I wouldn't split wood two days in a row.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

I wouldn't strength train two days in a row. I wouldn't mobility train two days in a row. So that's another caveat. Don't do the same thing two days in a row and allow the soreness to really develop into something. Another thing that suits me well is routine. I try and go to bed at the same time, get up at the same time. So those are the basic tenets of the biblical training week.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

I wouldn't strength train two days in a row. I wouldn't mobility train two days in a row. So that's another caveat. Don't do the same thing two days in a row and allow the soreness to really develop into something. Another thing that suits me well is routine. I try and go to bed at the same time, get up at the same time. So those are the basic tenets of the biblical training week.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

I wouldn't strength train two days in a row. I wouldn't mobility train two days in a row. So that's another caveat. Don't do the same thing two days in a row and allow the soreness to really develop into something. Another thing that suits me well is routine. I try and go to bed at the same time, get up at the same time. So those are the basic tenets of the biblical training week.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

The components of each, you know, I've had some neck trauma, some shoulder trauma. I broke my hip, I'm hip replaced. These are the things that I focus on for strategic mobility. The strength training is a little bit of bodybuilding, a little bit of strength in patternings. So patterns of a squat, a lift, a lunge, a push, a pull, etc.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

The components of each, you know, I've had some neck trauma, some shoulder trauma. I broke my hip, I'm hip replaced. These are the things that I focus on for strategic mobility. The strength training is a little bit of bodybuilding, a little bit of strength in patternings. So patterns of a squat, a lift, a lunge, a push, a pull, etc.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

The components of each, you know, I've had some neck trauma, some shoulder trauma. I broke my hip, I'm hip replaced. These are the things that I focus on for strategic mobility. The strength training is a little bit of bodybuilding, a little bit of strength in patternings. So patterns of a squat, a lift, a lunge, a push, a pull, etc.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

And so I don't run because of my hips, but in the summertime, I will swim, kayak, and canoe, but I'll put a bit of beef into it, a bit of effort. I ride my bike. In the winter, I cross-country ski. Shovel snow is a big part where I live, etc., So those are the, oh, by the way, I do do the big three, six days out of seven. And I didn't really discuss that of why they're essential.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

And so I don't run because of my hips, but in the summertime, I will swim, kayak, and canoe, but I'll put a bit of beef into it, a bit of effort. I ride my bike. In the winter, I cross-country ski. Shovel snow is a big part where I live, etc., So those are the, oh, by the way, I do do the big three, six days out of seven. And I didn't really discuss that of why they're essential.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

And so I don't run because of my hips, but in the summertime, I will swim, kayak, and canoe, but I'll put a bit of beef into it, a bit of effort. I ride my bike. In the winter, I cross-country ski. Shovel snow is a big part where I live, etc., So those are the, oh, by the way, I do do the big three, six days out of seven. And I didn't really discuss that of why they're essential.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

We didn't invent those exercises, but we measured, we were one of the few groups in the world who actually measured spine stability in a quantitative way. Doing the big three was the most efficient way to guarantee spine stability, but spare the spine while you're doing it. Well, some people will say, well, why are you sparing your spine?

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

We didn't invent those exercises, but we measured, we were one of the few groups in the world who actually measured spine stability in a quantitative way. Doing the big three was the most efficient way to guarantee spine stability, but spare the spine while you're doing it. Well, some people will say, well, why are you sparing your spine?

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

We didn't invent those exercises, but we measured, we were one of the few groups in the world who actually measured spine stability in a quantitative way. Doing the big three was the most efficient way to guarantee spine stability, but spare the spine while you're doing it. Well, some people will say, well, why are you sparing your spine?

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

It allows me to have capacity, the limited capacity, to do other things. So why would I waste them all on core training? The other thing is we live in a linkage. So the spine is a flexible rod. There's no coincidence that either end of your core is a ball and socket joint, the shoulder and the hips.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

It allows me to have capacity, the limited capacity, to do other things. So why would I waste them all on core training? The other thing is we live in a linkage. So the spine is a flexible rod. There's no coincidence that either end of your core is a ball and socket joint, the shoulder and the hips.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

It allows me to have capacity, the limited capacity, to do other things. So why would I waste them all on core training? The other thing is we live in a linkage. So the spine is a flexible rod. There's no coincidence that either end of your core is a ball and socket joint, the shoulder and the hips.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

If I wanted to push you or an object, a heavy door perhaps at the university or at a shopping mall, say I could bench press 300 pounds. Well, I can't anymore, but say I could. The bench press muscle is the pec major. Let's look at the architecture of the pec major. The pec major crosses the shoulder joint, distal to the shoulder joint, to where it connects on the upper arm bone, the humerus.

Huberman Lab
Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

If I wanted to push you or an object, a heavy door perhaps at the university or at a shopping mall, say I could bench press 300 pounds. Well, I can't anymore, but say I could. The bench press muscle is the pec major. Let's look at the architecture of the pec major. The pec major crosses the shoulder joint, distal to the shoulder joint, to where it connects on the upper arm bone, the humerus.