Today’s episode features Bret Contreras, returning for his second podcast appearance.  Bret is one of the world’s foremost experts on strength and performance, and is the expert on all things glute and hip extension training.  If you are interested in getting athletes faster, Bret’s knowledge is first-priority info.

Last time on the podcast, Bret talked all things hip thrust, hamstrings, squat depth and cueing.  This time, Bret is back to go in depth on the recent research that came out regarding the hip thrust exercise and speed.  After a promising New Zealand youth study showing superior speed adaptations compared to a front squat, a couple of studies dealing with college populations showing no transfer to sprinting faster. (Studies can be found in show notes at Just-fly-sports.com/podcast-83-bret-contreras)  

Bret wrote in depth on this afterwards, but in this podcast, Bret gives a vast array of ideas that coaches have thrown out there as to why those studies may have not shown transfer to sprinting faster (21 of them to be exact!).  Most of these reasons don’t hold water, but a Bret noted a few that do, and those few are actually very important guideposts when considering any strength exercise that might transfer to speed or dynamic sport movement.  This alone makes this required listening, in my opinion, for any strength coach looking to get athletes faster.  

Outside of this, Bret went in depth and unplugged on how so many well-meaning sports medicine professionals end up setting athletes up with nocebo effects by telling them how “dysfunctional” they are when Bret sees otherwise when those people end up training with him.  He also talks about the common fallacies of corrective exercise.  Between Bret’s 21 topics on the hip thrust and speed, and this bit, this podcast is a heavy hitter.  It’s always great to have Bret on the show, and this episode is another gem.

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View more show notes at Just-fly-sports.com/podcast-83-bret-contreras