How To Figure Out If An Exercise Trains A Muscle Adequately with Bret Contreras

The Exercise Efficiency Guide-
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0:00 Intro
1:02 Bret explains how biomechanics is being mis-used on social media
3:30 What tools can we use to figure out if an exercise trains a muscle adequately?
8:50 “Common sense” clues of a good exercise
17:44 “Numerical” clues of a good exercise
32:59 “Longitudinal” clues of a good exercise
42:38 How do we best assess different exercises?
48:49 The fallacy of trying to explain complex phenomena using a single cause/variable
51:26 Closing thoughts
55:47 Outro