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Build Muscle, Great Posture & Resilience to Injury | Jeff Cavaliere — Key Takeaways

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Build Muscle, Great Posture & Resilience to Injury | Jeff Cavaliere

Andrew Huberman2h 17mMay 25, 2026

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Train gluteus medius weakness directly — with reverse hypers, hip-wall slides, and banded hip rotations — because it is the root cause of most non-structural lower back pain, and fixing it also unlocks strength gains in major compound lifts.

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  1. 1mJeff Cavaliere
  2. 3mLower Back, Back Pain
  3. 10mTool: Exercises for Lower Back Pain & Strengthen Glutes
  4. 15mSponsors: David & Our Place
  5. 18mWalking Exercises to Strengthen Glutes
  6. 23mSmall Focused Exercises & Timing; Workout Soreness & Pain
  7. 27mTools: “Old Man” Test, Functional Strength Tests
  8. 35mSports, Movement Imbalance
  9. 41mTool: Training Like An Athlete
  10. 47mSponsor: AG1
  11. 48mInner Elbow Pain, Tool: Grip Modification
  12. 54mShoulder, Rotator Cuff Training, Tool: External Rotation Exercise
  13. 1h 7mTool: Neck Training; Women, Posture
  14. 1h 15mLongevity, Strength & Agility; Pain & Construction Zone Analogy
  15. 1h 20mSponsor: Joovv
  16. 1h 21mCardio, Bike, Jumping Rope; Fat Loss: Zone 2 or HIIT?
  17. 1h 29mNutrition, Tools: Calorie Counting; Plate Method
  18. 1h 40mFoot Stability, Tool: Foot Strength Test; Longevity
  19. 1h 48mSponsor: Function
  20. 1h 50mWarm-Up Sets; Reps in Reserve or Train to Failure?; Work Sets
  21. 2h 1mTraining Frequency; Tool: Real-Life Constraints, Split the Splits
  22. 2h 14mZero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter

“If it's trainable, it's fixable.”

— Jeff Cavalier

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