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Bret Contreras has had is āassā handed to him on multiple occasions by coaches regarding his glute training. Kassem Hanson tore him a new one in a podcast. It seems Brett does not understand biomechanics. He just preys on housewives who do not know better, up to 36 sets of glutes per week?? Cāmon now.
Bret has a PhD in Biomechanics and everyone who works with him builds a strong, great looking butt. Maybe these other coaches are a wee bit jealous and feel the need to attack since they canāt beat Bret with their results or attract much of a following?
Even if that may be true, getting caught up with whatās optimal instead of what works seems like a nonsense path. Iām pretty sure any oversights in his understanding are irrelevant for 99.99% of us.
If thereās anything I learned from listening to the top guys in the industry itās that they all disagree on a ton of stuff and all have gaps in their learning. Whatās important here is making sure you follow the main pillars, and Iām pretty sure that the book probably has those.
Anyone can take a non-trained individual (which is why he mostly works with woman or perhaps there is truth to all those allegations of misconduct throughout the years) and make them do a lot of glute work, they will build some muscle. He was just the first to focus on it. That is why he is the āGlute Guyā.
It is quite easy to search for the videos. Some of the coaches work with professional sports teams. How is it jealousy when you are debating a topic and you are proven wrong and sink to straw-manning??
I have the book. I did not finish it though. It is very long and I lost interest.
What training stuff has he been criticized for?
The takeaways I got from what I did read were:
Train glutes frequently.
Train mid, lower, and upper portions with appropriate exercises for each.
I do not care for what is optimal BUT, someone who markets themselves as the āGLUTE GUYā is/should be. Otherwise, what is the point of the hyper focus? Why write a book? Why not just do a few sets of glute work? He builds programs around the glutes. Understanding recovery and what works best, etc, etc, should be required, not just throwing in set after set and multiple exercises.
Iām not trying to defend the guy (Iām not fond of him personally) but his material includes recovery and appropriate exercise selection and rep schemes.
I just meant that if you are the āglute guyā than you are obviously focused on what is optimal. You should be the authority. It was in response to the comment āgetting caught up with whatās optimal instead of what works seems like a nonsense pathā.
Iāll add that a chunk of his recommended volume for glutes is high rep and non-demanding (band exercises, bodyweight finishers, leg abductions, etc.).
Not a great argument. Partly because Bret works with pro competitors and athletes too. But mostly because you can easily flip this around if youāre looking to criticize any successful coach. It works like this:
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Those looking to criticize will just pick whichever one works for said coach/trainer.
Bret, like him or not, has had success with pros and newbies. He does have a funny voice though. Letās attack him for that. 
His definition of āadvancedā is pretty weak tbh
Paul Carterās Valkyrie program is more suited to build a kickass physique by FAR.
I have to give him credit where itās due:
Gym girls would still have flat booties if it werenāt for him. He popularized butt stuff in the gym.
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