by Bret Contreras July 28, 2017
What’s happening, fitness friends and followers? Hope you are ready to expand your fitness horizons because it’s time for another roundup of Random Thoughts and interesting links from yours truly.
Two new studies just emerged showing that heavy hip thrusts failed to improve sprint speed. Science always leads to better understanding over time. All sports scientists, strength coaches, and those of you who hip thrust for functional performance should definitely read THIS recent blogpost to hear my thoughts on the hip thrust and when and how this exercise should be used.
A little more than 5 weeks ago I decided to conduct a little experiment on myself. I wanted to see if I could keep my squat, deadlift, and hip thrust strength while sticking to mostly machine training and no barbells. THIS blog post has the full deets of the experiment.
HERE is the full write-up of the results of my no-barbell-experiment. Contrary to what I predicted, I ended up gaining 20lbs on my squat while losing 40lbs on my deadlift and hip thrust.
Here’s a snippet from my latest YouTube video on frog pumps. Please go to YouTube and watch the entire video, as I explain:
-Why people either love or hate frog pumps.
-The two bodyweight frog pump methods that I use: the rep and the squeeze.
-How to frog pump with additional load.
-Alternatives to try if you don’t like frog pumps.
-Common set and rep schemes.
-Proper technique.
Shoutout to Skelly for making an appearance!
Check out THIS podcast I did with Ben Pakulski. We discussed a variety of topics ranging from quarter squats to force vector theory to internal vs. external cuing. Click on the link to listen and read the full discussion time-stamps.
HERE is an excellent podcast presented by Jay Feruggia. This might even be my most favorite podcast appearance ever. Definitely bookmark this one and take a listen. Timestamps are included at the link.
THIS YouTube video turned out so well! Marie Wold Fitness and I filmed this on a whim during my lunch break at last month’s Glute Lab Seminar in Santa Monica and I’m pleased to say we nailed it. It’s a comprehensive hip thrust tutorial video. I hope you enjoy it!
Marie and I also filmed a video demonstrating proper form for the front squat. Check it out below and give Marie Wold a follow!
HERE is a cool article from Nick English. He did my “Strong by Bret” program and wrote about his experiences.
HERE is an outstanding blog post about the sarcomere and evidence of muscle specific sarcomere length-tension relationships as explained by my uber-smart compadre, Andrew Vigotsky.
Major props to Israel Halperin and Andrew Vigotsky for publishing THIS gem that looks at various ways in which we can improve the quality of published exercise and sports science research.
HERE is an in-depth exploration of the potential for increasing athletic performance with heavy-resisted sled sprints from Cameron Josse, director of sports performance at Defranco’s Training Systems.
In THIS Bayesian Bodybuilding blog post, my super-jacked colleague Menno Henselmans thoroughly explores the necessity of systematic individualization to achieve optimal results from your fitness programming.
Take a listen to THIS incredibly informative podcast featuring the sultan of evidence based nutrition, Alan Aragon.
Weightology founder James Krieger appears in THIS podcast presented by Fit Amputee. Topics discussed include:
My buddy and stunt double Eric Helms discusses the why’s and how’s of the hip thrust in THIS 3d Muscle Journey blog post.
Click HERE to find out why Charles Staley says heavy loaded back extensions are the best deadlift assistance movement, period.
Check out THIS intriguing article by Greg Nuckols on the origins and rationale behind periodization.
Check out Chris Beardsley‘s new page on Medium where he has recently been posting stellar articles on the following topics:
Check out THIS awesome podcast with Alagon and Broenfeld where they discuss the latest ISSN position stand paper on diets and body composition. Topics discussed include:
You follow me, right? Here are my top posts you might have missed over the last month:
Wear them with pride my friends! #gluteguy #glutelab
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In other words, most people should CTFO and CTFD (chill the F out & calm the F down). #gluteguy
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Alright friends, that wraps up all I have to share for now. Catch you on the flipside.
-BC
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by Jamie DeRevere April 07, 2018
Hi Fitness Friends! Here are links to studies, articles, podcasts, YouTube videos, and Instagram posts that I’ve been involved with (or ones that I thought were interesting) in the past...
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by Bret Contreras August 17, 2017
The results are in: Going 5 weeks without any lower body barbell training (I did smith machine squats, lever machine squats, smith machine good mornings, lever machine good mornings, hammer...
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by Bret Contreras July 27, 2017
The hip thrust has gained a lot of momentum in the past decade, and people employ the hip thrust in their training for a variety of reasons. I recently polled...
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