Huberman Lab · 2026-04-02 · 39 min · 7,982 words

Essentials: How to Build Strength, Muscle Size & Endurance | Dr. Andy Galpin

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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. Welcome, Dr.

Professor Andy Galpin. There are only a handful, meaning about three or four people who I trust enough in the exercise physiology space that when they speak, I not only listen, but I modify my protocols. And you are among those three or four people. I would love to have you share with us what you think. most everybody or even everybody should know about principles of strength training and principles of let's call it hypertrophy power and the other sort of categories of training.

There's about nine different adaptations you can get from exercise. First one to think about is what we'll just call skill. So this is improving Anything from say a golf swing to a squatting technique to running. And this is just simply moving mechanically how you want your body to move.

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