
The Art and Science of Strength and Physique Training
by Bret Contreras
appears in Health, Sports, and Nonfiction.
WALL STREET JOURNAL BEST SELLER IMPROVE YOUR PHYSIQUE, BUILD LEAN MUSCLE, AND INCREASE STRENGTH For more than twenty years, Bret ?the Glute Guy? Contreras has been on a quest to improve human performance, focusing his research on the gluteus maximus, the largest muscle in the human body. What started as an effort to improve his own weak, flat backs...
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