At some point, trying harder stops being the answer. Once you’re already training hard and consistently, the next jump in progress comes from getting better at directing that effort.

Nick breaks down why more advanced training requires more intentionality, using glute training as the main example—from building the skills to hinge, stabilize, and produce force to progressing toward B-stance RDLs, single-leg work, and walking lunges. Then he gets into a Q&A covering the best glute exercises, sore elbows during dumbbell RDLs, the StairMaster, programming around movement biases, coaching habits, and what he’d be doing if he weren’t a coach.

Timestamps:

0:00 — Why Nick is useless after 6 p.m.
1:56 — Hitting 1,000 YouTube subscribers and almost getting his foot crushed
6:20 — Why hard work eventually stops being enough
10:59 — Progressing clients and building higher-level training skills
14:57 — What actually drives better glute training
20:05 — How to progress someone from basic hinges to single-leg RDLs
26:09 — Q&A: Are walking lunges the GOAT glute exercise?
30:51 — Q&A: Sore elbows from heavy dumbbell RDLs
35:34 — Q&A: Why use the StairMaster?
37:42 — Q&A: Programming around movement biases
42:17 — Q&A: What works vs. what coaches do out of habit
46:55 — Why coaches need their ideas challenged
49:19 — Q&A: What Nick would do if he weren’t a coach
51:34 — Who’s taller: Brandon or Jordan?

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