Sunday Pick: How to use your muscles - or risk losing them | How to Be a Better Human
Host Chris Duffy talks with journalist and author Bonnie Tsui about what muscles really are, why they matter, and how strength training can transform health and identity across a lifetime. They discuss age-related muscle loss, the importance of lifting "heavy" for everyone, and how muscle functions as both mechanical mover and endocrine tissue that communicates with the brain. The conversation also explores gendered body norms, strong women in sport, Bonnie's upbringing with a martial-artist father, surfing as a metaphor for presence, and how interoception and muscle memory help us navigate injury, aging, and joy in movement.
Build Your Ideal Physique | Dr. Bret Contreras
Andrew Huberman interviews strength scientist and coach Brett Contreras about how to build an ideal physique through evidence-based resistance training. They cover training frequency, volume, and progressive overload, how to structure full-body and split routines, and how to specialize to bring up lagging muscle groups, with a major focus on glute development. They also discuss recovery genetics, long-term sustainability, injury prevention, glute and calf techniques, training across the lifespan including perimenopause, menopause, and pregnancy, and how to use body recomposition instead of extreme bulking and cutting.