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A Scientific Guide to Determine an Exercise’s Effectiveness

All exercises are awesome. Some are better suited than others for helping a person reach various goals. This video details a guide that can be used to help determine how effective a particular exercise is for hypertrophy, strength, and/or performance.

Progressive Overload vs The Mind Muscle Connection

In this video, I discuss the research behind attentional focus, the benefits of the mind muscle connection and progressive overload, the reason why I believe the latter is more important than the former, and the black or white fallacy.

Glute Band Workout: Influencers Take Note!

I start posting band burnouts in 2014, but when my buddy Cem had me do a 2-3 minute burnout when we were training together in my Phoenix garage, I knew these mini-workouts would be effective in helping me grow my clients' upper glutes.

To Train To Failure Or Not

Train to failure or Not train to failure? That’s not the right question. Like most things in S&C, the answer is nuanced. No, you shouldn’t take every single set to failure. But you also shouldn’t fear going to failure.

The Best Way to Train for Strength and Muscle: Bar + Band Resistance

In this video, I explain why I believe that bar + band resistance is the most effective form of training for strength and muscle, possibly with everyone, but even more likely with those individuals who are prone to excessive soreness, muscle damage, and injuries.

StrongLifting: How To Train For Maximum Strength And Physique

Here is everything you wanted to know about StrongLifting. How it came to be, how it evolved, rules, records, training, the squad, and more.

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Learn with Bret Contreras

A Scientific Guide to Determine an Exercise’s Effectiveness

Progressive Overload vs The Mind Muscle Connection

Glute Band Workout: Influencers Take Note!

To Train To Failure Or Not

The Best Way to Train for Strength and Muscle: Bar + Band Resistance

StrongLifting: How To Train For Maximum Strength And Physique