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Glute Camp Aug 26-27th Boulder CO

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On this Episode of the N1 Experience Kassem sits down with Daniel Plotkin, the lead author of the 2023 study comparing the squat vs the hip thrust for glute hypertrophy. Also on todays episode is Milo Wolf, who is at the forefront of the research on range of motion for hypertrophy. Together they give a much needed breakdown of the current research on glute training and what if anything this new study changes in how they approach programming for glute growth.

00:02:44 – Squat Depth Study – Kubo Et al
00:12:25 – Adding Hip Thrust/Volume study Kassiano Et al
00:24:21 – The Barbalho Study controversy
00:25:45 – Daniel explains how the Squat vs Hip Thrust Study got funded
00:27:26 – Summary of the Squat vs Hip Thrust Study
00:30:39 – How was the funding used?
00:32:24 – Confidence intervals difference between the glutes vs the thigh muscles
00:36:31 – Does this study provide insight into whether glutes benefit from lengthened biased training?
00:39:52 – Other Confounders besides ROM between the squat and hip thrust
00:46:55 – Breaking down the hip thrust technique
00:54:12 – Breaking down the squat technique
01:06:53 – Muscle specific proximity to failure differences between the exercises
01:13:44 – Steel manning the conflict of interest argument

References

Hip thrust and back squat training elicit similar gluteus muscle hypertrophy and transfer similarly to the deadlift. Plotkin Et al.

Effects of squat training with different depths on lower limb muscle volumes. Kubo Et al

Addition of the barbell hip thrust is effective for enhancing gluteus maximus hypertrophy in young women. Kassiano Et al

Special props to Bret Contreras and Menno Henselmanns for investing a “pretty penny” to fund this study.