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

Jeff Cavaliere, MSPT, CSCS, is a physical therapist and certified strength and conditioning specialist and one of the world's leading public educators on resistance training to build muscle size and strength, avoiding and overcoming injuries, and improving your posture and movement patterns (biomechanics). We discuss often-overlooked muscles and exercises that support decades of pain-free training and long-term progress. Jeff explains the best and most efficient ways to strengthen glutes, rotator cuff, neck, and foot muscles and connective tissues, and how to resolve back, hip, and other pain. We also cover the essentials of cardio, fat loss, and nutrition and how to make excellent and ongoing progress despite real-life training constraints. This episode is crucial for men and women as young as their teens, 20s, and 30s, all the way up to their 70s, 80s (and beyond) to be strong, mobile, and pain-free. Show notes: https://go.hubermanlab.com/DFp36sN Andrew Huberman trains with Jeff Cavaliere Biceps and forearms: https://youtu.be/k-saqncIRUM The face pull: https://youtu.be/UMGpxwhsy_k Triceps: https://youtu.be/I15CbBVsErY Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman David: https://davidprotein.com/huberman Our Place: https://fromourplace.com/huberman Joovv: https://joovv.com/huberman Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman Huberman Lab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hubermanlab X: https://x.com/hubermanlab Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hubermanlab TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hubermanlab LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-huberman Website: https://www.hubermanlab.com Newsletter: https://www.hubermanlab.com/newsletter Jeff Cavaliere Website: https://athleanx.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/athleanx Training Programs: https://athleanx.com/the-training/all-programs Articles: https://learn.athleanx.com/articles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athleanx ATHLEAN-X Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQAw-yoEUDeIYUexrGkdolQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athleanx LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athleanx Timestamps 00:00:00 Jeff Cavaliere 00:02:43 Lower Back, Back Pain 00:10:06 Tool: Exercises for Lower Back Pain & Strengthen Glutes 00:15:29 Sponsors: David & Our Place 00:18:05 Walking Exercises to Strengthen Glutes 00:23:23 Small Focused Exercises & Timing; Workout Soreness & Pain 00:27:08 Tools: “Old Man” Test, Functional Strength Tests 00:35:08 Sports, Movement Imbalance 00:40:57 Tool: Training Like An Athlete 00:46:44 Sponsor: AG1 00:48:28 Inner Elbow Pain, Tool: Grip Modification 00:54:21 Shoulder, Rotator Cuff Training, Tool: External Rotation Exercise 01:06:50 Tool: Neck Training; Women, Posture 01:15:20 Longevity, Strength & Agility; Pain & Construction Zone Analogy 01:19:50 Sponsor: Joovv 01:21:12 Cardio, Bike, Jumping Rope; Fat Loss: Zone 2 or HIIT? 01:29:27 Nutrition, Tools: Calorie Counting; Plate Method 01:40:18 Foot Stability, Tool: Foot Strength Test; Longevity 01:48:15 Sponsor: Function 01:49:53 Warm-Up Sets; Reps in Reserve or Train to Failure?; Work Sets 02:00:30 Training Frequency; Tool: Real-Life Constraints, Split the Splits 02:13:58 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter #hubermanlab #jeffcavaliere #athleanx Disclaimer & Disclosures: https://www.hubermanlab.com/disclaimer

Andrew HubermanhostJeff Cavaliereguest
May 25, 20262h 16mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released
May 25, 2026
Duration
2h 16m
Channel
Huberman Lab
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Jeff Cavaliere, MSPT, CSCS, is a physical therapist and certified strength and conditioning specialist and one of the world's leading public educators on resistance training to build muscle size and strength, avoiding and overcoming injuries, and improving your posture and movement patterns (biomechanics). We discuss often-overlooked muscles and exercises that support decades of pain-free training and long-term progress. Jeff explains the best and most efficient ways to strengthen glutes, rotator cuff, neck, and foot muscles and connective tissues, and how to resolve back, hip, and other pain. We also cover the essentials of cardio, fat loss, and nutrition and how to make excellent and ongoing progress despite real-life training constraints. This episode is crucial for men and women as young as their teens, 20s, and 30s, all the way up to their 70s, 80s (and beyond) to be strong, mobile, and pain-free. Show notes: https://go.hubermanlab.com/DFp36sN Andrew Huberman trains with Jeff Cavaliere Biceps and forearms: https://youtu.be/k-saqncIRUM The face pull: https://youtu.be/UMGpxwhsy_k Triceps: https://youtu.be/I15CbBVsErY Thank you to our sponsors AG1: https://drinkag1.com/huberman David: https://davidprotein.com/huberman Our Place: https://fromourplace.com/huberman Joovv: https://joovv.com/huberman Function: https://functionhealth.com/huberman Huberman Lab Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hubermanlab X: https://x.com/hubermanlab Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hubermanlab TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hubermanlab LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-huberman Website: https://www.hubermanlab.com Newsletter: https://www.hubermanlab.com/newsletter Jeff Cavaliere Website: https://athleanx.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/athleanx Training Programs: https://athleanx.com/the-training/all-programs Articles: https://learn.athleanx.com/articles Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athleanx ATHLEAN-X Shorts: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQAw-yoEUDeIYUexrGkdolQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athleanx LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athleanx Timestamps 00:00:00 Jeff Cavaliere 00:02:43 Lower Back, Back Pain 00:10:06 Tool: Exercises for Lower Back Pain & Strengthen Glutes 00:15:29 Sponsors: David & Our Place 00:18:05 Walking Exercises to Strengthen Glutes 00:23:23 Small Focused Exercises & Timing; Workout Soreness & Pain 00:27:08 Tools: “Old Man” Test, Functional Strength Tests 00:35:08 Sports, Movement Imbalance 00:40:57 Tool: Training Like An Athlete 00:46:44 Sponsor: AG1 00:48:28 Inner Elbow Pain, Tool: Grip Modification 00:54:21 Shoulder, Rotator Cuff Training, Tool: External Rotation Exercise 01:06:50 Tool: Neck Training; Women, Posture 01:15:20 Longevity, Strength & Agility; Pain & Construction Zone Analogy 01:19:50 Sponsor: Joovv 01:21:12 Cardio, Bike, Jumping Rope; Fat Loss: Zone 2 or HIIT? 01:29:27 Nutrition, Tools: Calorie Counting; Plate Method 01:40:18 Foot Stability, Tool: Foot Strength Test; Longevity 01:48:15 Sponsor: Function 01:49:53 Warm-Up Sets; Reps in Reserve or Train to Failure?; Work Sets 02:00:30 Training Frequency; Tool: Real-Life Constraints, Split the Splits 02:13:58 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube, Spotify & Apple Follow, Reviews & Feedback, Sponsors, Protocols Book, Social Media, Neural Network Newsletter #hubermanlab #jeffcavaliere #athleanx Disclaimer & Disclosures: https://www.hubermanlab.com/disclaimer

SPEAKERS

  • Andrew Huberman

    host

    Neuroscientist and Stanford professor who hosts the Huberman Lab podcast.

  • Jeff Cavaliere

    guest

    Strength and conditioning coach and fitness educator known for training and injury-prevention guidance.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Huberman Lab, featuring Andrew Huberman and Jeff Cavaliere, Build Muscle, Great Posture & Resilience to Injury | Jeff Cavaliere explores train small stabilizers to lift pain-free, build longevity, resilience, athleticism Lower-back pain is often non-structural and frequently driven by weak or spasmed hip stabilizers (especially glute medius), so relief plus strengthening is the long-term solution.

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