Episode 119: Bret Contreras, PhD - More Than Just "The Glute Guy"
Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show
Joe DeFranco
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2017
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
This week, Joe sits down with the world's leading expert on glute training - Bret Contreras. But don't be fooled, Bret isn't just "The Glute Guy". He's got a PhD in Sports Science and is very well-versed in all things related to muscle-building and sports performance. During this conversation, Joe and Bret discuss a wide array of topics which include: How Bret became obsessed with glutes; Top 5 exercises to build the glutes; High-rep vs Low-rep training; Bret's in-house EMG experiments; Heavy sled training; Vertical jump discussion; "Bro Science"; Insecure people on social media and in the fitness industry...and Much MORE!
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| 0:00.0 | He started his first gym out of a 500 square foot storage closet. |
| 0:08.0 | Boys, you got it, come up. |
| 0:11.0 | Worked his Arsoft to build a world-renowned brand while becoming a legend in the sports performance industry. |
| 0:17.0 | It took 12 years of working my ass off to turn this little gym into a world-renout place and I'm not going to be satisfied until we are |
| 0:27.0 | number one in the world in the country on this block everywhere. |
| 0:31.0 | Damn! |
| 0:34.0 | I'm not trying to blend with the crown. |
| 0:38.0 | I'm trying to make an impact in this industry. |
| 0:42.0 | And now he's bringing his personality, passion, and expertise to you through this powerful |
| 0:48.2 | podcast. |
| 0:49.2 | Welcome to the Industrial Strength Show. |
| 0:53.6 | Here's your host. |
| 0:55.1 | Go to Frinkle! |
| 0:58.0 | Hey guys, welcome to episode number 119 |
| 1:00.8 | of the Industrial strength show. |
| 1:03.0 | I got a great show for you guys today. |
| 1:06.4 | As I mentioned to you last week, I reached out to Brett Contreras |
| 1:11.2 | after mentioning him on episode number 117 that was the episode I was talking |
| 1:17.4 | about science versus experience and I had mentioned Brett a few times. |
| 1:23.0 | So I reached out to him after that show |
| 1:25.3 | to see if he would be interested in coming on the podcast |
| 1:29.1 | and continuing that still trains clients as a personal trainer, still works out himself. I thought he |
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