My friend Nick Horton interviewed me and recently posted the video. I tried to be humble and respectful while still speaking my mind.
At the end of the day I am committed to science, not popularity, and I’m trying to help create intelligent strength coaches who think critically. Of course, being an outspoken guy, I’ve got a lot more to say about the various issues, but I tried to demonstrate proper etiquette; something I wish my colleagues understood and practiced. I’d like for my readers to listen to all 90-minutes as I roll through a bunch of important topics, thanks to Nick’s excellent questions.
Here are some notes:
2:00 into the video – Why I’m “The Glute Guy,” the hip thrust exercise
5:40 into the video – Why I don’t feel I’m a contrarian, more on the hip thrust
12:25 into the video – The impact of my eBook and first TNation article
19:50 into the video – Why I feel the hip thrust is valuable for Olympic lifters, athletes, and general lifters
24:00 into the video – The parallel with the rise of the bench press and the rise of the hip thrust in terms of popularity, why the hip thrust is a “big rock,” the “powerlifting mindset” and why it’s not optimal for selecting exercises for sports performance purposes
30:30 into the video – Is there such a thing as sports-specific training? What’s the best approach as a coach?
38:00 into the video – Are Olympic lifts necessary for athletes?
45:30 into the video – Hypertrophy training and the pitfalls of falling into camps and cults
48:40 into the video – Sprinting forces: horizontal vs. vertical for maximum speed
55:45 into the video – The lumbar flexion debate
1:22:00 into the video – A solution – a proposed study to help settle the debate
1:28:00 into the video – My research review service and why I think it’s so valuable for coaches, trainers, and therapists
Many congrats to Nick for asking amazing questions, seriously he did a great job in this regard. You can CLICK HERE if you want to download Nick’s free eBook titled The Seven Deadly Sins of Weightlifting.
this was great.
Thank you Nathan; I appreciate that.
I’m a hip thrust believer…just started hip thrusting 2 months ago and have gained almost 2 inches in the hip area!! Loved the video, great info again Bret…
Wow! Great job Cheryl! That’s amazing. Keep it up.
Will have to pace myself over a few days but 30 minutes in and it’s been all great stuff so far. Thanks for sharing Bret.
Definitely keep listening…the best is yet to come. Thanks Callum!
One person’s “contrarian” is another person’s “truth teller”. If you’re devoted to finding out the truth, and I think you are, then I’d wear that word “contrarian” as a badge of honor.
No one has ever sought the truth about anything of any significance to anybody, and not encountered resistance.
Derrick, I appreciate that my friend!
Amazing interview B. Sharing with my network for sure,
Pat
Hey Bret, great listen. Listening to the way you talk (openly and rationally) made me subscribe to your new journal. Keep up the good work.
thanks for sharing