Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Assess & Improve All Aspects of Your Fitness | Huberman Lab Guest Series

The leg extension test seems really really hard and dependent on the machine you use.

In my life, is a before/ arter Humberman !Thank you SO MUCH!

Great! ,

So much incredible information. Thank you!

Hi, On the back of this; I have a topic suggestion: I, like so many others, suffer from ITBS - I am extremely fit but any time I try to run (since September 2023) I can’t walk for days after - I have had loads of physical therapy, all therapists use different approaches from stretching to foam rolling and building muscle in hips. Most seem to work when I combine them, however, something I found by myself was when I engage my glutes and pelvic floor and tuck my pelvis whilst walking, my pain decreases significantly! I know there is no known cause or treatment, just theories; are we closer to figuring this out yet and is there any solid evidence to suggest the cause or solutions, without surgery? Thanks!

Haha being woke in mice work 😂

One hell of a video!

This video has just made me realise how involved in this culture I was.

I've been feeling inadequate for YEARS even when I was able to run 10k because I "wasn't working hard enough".

Thank you for this video. I've been taking myself too seriously and stressing about not working hard enough because I used to almost idolise andrew tate.

Dr. Andy Galpin is an amazing guest wow! Just bravo! I love to see people who really care 👏👏🙌🙏 but I’m wondering if you have ever interviewed Dr. Joe Dispenza? If so, can anyone please share the link in the comments?
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Absolutely agree! I'm a NASM student, currently in the process of acquiring my certification as a personal trainer, although I’m now ready to take the exam. I have been postponing the test due to my lack of confidence as the industry is far from what I do for a living. However, my passion and personal results drove me to get certified and share with other ladies in my age group that there is a better way to aging.
Anyways! Thank you so so much for making all the concepts I have been studying much easier to understand.
Ps. English is my second language, I’m sure you can imagine the struggle 😅

Amazing Information 🙏

Fitness spectrum is super appreciated. Even more the practical tools to assess fitness levels across the spectrum!

first timer here . Thank You .. beginner workout love it ❤ thanks again ..

Very interesting insights, thank you!

Guy who doesn't lift teaches you how to lift for two hours...

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Dr Galpin is extraordinary

Very informative! I have been taking beet root supplements for several months. I’ve seen a good drop in my BP and have good erectile response as well.

Such a wonderful well presented and practical podcast for those of us interested in improving our health and fitness. Inspiring. Thank you for this great work. I wish i had this kind of information in my 20's, but i am thankful that i at least have it in my 50's.

Thank you Andy and Andrew for the effort and time put into clarification. Galpin points out using a broad jump as a reference and Huberman say "Ill be trying it tomorrow" with a smile. Classic.

Incredible value

Looking forward to the next one

The only channel I like the video before I even watch it.

I really like these 9. adaptations but I think there's a 10th one missing.
Balance.
While it's strongly linked to the movement skill, power and strength adaptations, the neuro-motor-control active in balancing goes a bit beyond each of these individually, sort of sits in between.
Poor balance also impacts health not just while doing exercises but also in day-to-day life and impacts us negatively while aging.
Not to mention sports performance, since most sports contain some sort of balancing element while doing dynamic movements.

Tests for this might be
Balance on one leg with eyes closed (aim for 60 seconds) (Tests unloaded/static balance)
Step up on a chair/box with one leg (Loaded/dynamic balance), assess similar to movement skill (i.e. record and check joints during movement) - also record the height of step up
Drop from a step/chair onto one leg (dynamic landing balance), asses similar to movement skill (i.e. record and check joints during movement) also record height of the drop

While it's not necessarily an entirely new adaptation, it's sort of a "1a", subset of the movement skill adaptation that I think is worth recording invidiually.
Any thoughts on this?

Would love to see you have Dr. Neal Barnard

Curious if there is a recommended best body composition assessment. If yes, which one for males and which for females?

I don't believe one word that doctor says he is built like a homeless person telling everyone how they should exercise 😂😂😂 yeh right buddy

I sure misread this headline.

Experiment on the Tren twins they’re both fit too & follow similar workouts/diets that would be genuinely interesting to see

I clicked because i thought it said "asses"...
Geez I'm such a loser

Been working my way backwards in time thru the HL pods and I can already tell this particular series is gonna be awesome!

Lost me with the 12 minute 'sprint' to test fitness. wtf, just irresponsible. In fact I think all of these tests relayed to the average person, not an athlete are akin to promoting injury and low self esteem.

I am in the Army trying to embrace the H2F and get better at the ACFT and trying to learn how to actually be fit and instead of doing good enough to pass the fitness test. I am fucking lost.

Very interesting presentation but so technical my eyes glazed over. I wish someone in te exercise field would just make it simple. Do this, don't do that. do this X amount of times , don't do this a number of times. The complexity of exercis presented here is what keeps many people from exercising. Please make it simple so we can just do what we need to do. example:why do we need to buy a hand grip dyno? I,m sorry but you are making this wayyyy to complicated.

What is the scientific name for "pump"? Andy mentioned that... Transient hypertrophy?

Firstly, GREAT discussion and information. One thing missing in this format is age related standards of these tests both men and women. It would be great to hear how age impacts adaptations. Thanks again

In the podcast is mentioned about the Warm Up protocols which should always be standardized. Can someone have any idea where can I find the standards for each one of them? In the link attached I found it difficult or maybe I had to pay to read the article. Couldn't understand.
Thanks a lot!

Dr Galpin, I love watching this series as I think I’ve watched them all multiple times, but I think it is unrealistic to expect a 270 pound person or strength athlete to do a leg extension of their body weight. At 59 I can back squat over 500, front squat 405. But at my age depending on the machine I’m using, leg extensions jack up my knees and I wouldn’t even consider doing anything close to 270. I can hang for over a minute though😂

Curious why there's no discussions to be found between Andy Galpin and Peter Attia.

I exercise and I am female. Normal body weight. I can confirm I cant do one perfect push-up.

it was funny watching andy seeing you transition to your sponsorships mid conversation

Very interesting. Thanks for this episode! :)

You are simply awesome Huberman .

Why is he saying, that it depends on the goal? The goal for every human should be to be as healthy as possible, so what is it?

Around minute 35, Andy explains the importance of fast twitch fiber but goes onto say that the exerciser has 95% slow twitch fiber in calf region like its a good thing. Did he mean to say 95% fast twitch fiber?