2026-09-24
37 分钟Welcome to Huberman Lab Essentials, where we revisit past episodes for the most potent
and actionable science-based tools for mental health, physical health, and performance.
I'm Andrew Huberman, and I'm a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford School of Medicine.
And now for my discussion with Dr. Andy Galpin.
Today, we're talking about strength and hypertrophy.
And so right out the gate, I just wanna ask you, Why should people think about and train for strength
and hypertrophy, not just for people that want to get bigger biceps, et cetera, but...
That have other goals, longevity goals and health goals unrelated to what most people associate with hypertrophy.
So what are the benefits of training for strength and hypertrophy for the everyday person,
for the athlete, for the recreational exerciser and so on?
One of the major disservices we've done in this field is convince people
that things like strength training are for athletes or for growing bigger muscles.
And cardiovascular training are for things like fat loss and heart health.
And that is a tremendous disservice because it puts a lot of unnecessary barriers
and leads to a lot of false assumptions and therefore poor actions.
We could do 100 episodes on the benefits of exercise,
and we could run all the way from mood and focus, cognitive tasks, to a better immune function.
You'll get less colds.
You'll fight them off more effectively to mortality, right?
So some of the strongest predictors of how long and how well you will live or exercise.