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Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

#563 - Bret Contreras: How To "Make It" in the Fitness Industry (Then vs Now), The Key to LONGTERM Progress & More!

Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show

Joe DeFranco

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2026

⏱️ 119 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

After 9 long years Bret Contreras, aka, "The Glute Guy" returns to the Industrial Strength Show...and he & Joe have a LOT to talk about! Here are a few of the topics you'll hear discussed during their 2-hour conversation: The early T-Nation days; How to "make it" in the fitness industry (Then vs Now); The wildly popular piece of equipment that Bret put in storage and Joe ended up selling; How Bret's training has evolved over the years; Finding your maximum recoverable volume (MRV); How glute training has evolved over the years; The mind-muscle connection vs progressive overload; The benefits of training w/ bands & chains; Training the "stretch" vs the "squeeze" positions; How to make longterm progress...And so much MORE! *For a full list of Show Notes + Timestamps visit www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com. 

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0:00.0

Hey guys, welcome to episode number 5663 of the Industrial Strength Show.

0:04.5

Before we get started here today, let me quickly remind you all that this is the first Thursday of a new month.

0:12.7

So our muscle up March supplement sale is live over at DeFrancosnutrition.com.

0:19.6

From now through March 12th, you could save 10% and get free shipping on orders over $99

0:28.3

when you use the coupon code muscle up March.

0:32.3

All one word.

0:34.2

So don't delay.

0:36.1

Go stock up on all of your favorite DeFranco brand supplements before this

0:40.8

month's sale ends. I will put the direct link in the show notes for you guys. And now let's get

0:48.9

right into today's show because I feel like this is going to be a little bit of a longer conversation and

0:57.0

rightfully so because it has been nine years since today's guest last appeared on the

1:05.6

podcast and a lot has happened since then, including I think that episode has disappeared from the

1:16.5

internet.

1:17.1

That was most of you guys have heard me mention during my second year.

1:22.9

End of the first year into the second year of podcasting. I was with CBS Radio.

1:28.2

And then when I went back on my own, a lot of those episodes that were under the CBS

1:33.0

radio umbrella disappeared.

1:35.7

And I believe this is one of those episodes.

1:38.4

So I'm excited to speak once again with today's guest.

1:43.6

This is someone who really has changed the way both

1:48.7

women and men train today, specifically in the glute department. Many would consider him

1:56.3

the world's foremost expert on glute training. I know I certainly do.

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