Andrew Huberman· PhD
So if you're going to do a single workout, you could choose four exercises, and you could choose one of each. One press, upper body press, one upper body pull, one lower body hinge, one lower body press.
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So if you're going to do a single workout, you could choose four exercises, and you could choose one of each. One press, upper body press, one upper body pull, one lower body hinge, one lower body press.
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The pressing should be horizontal. So perpendicular to your body, as well as vertical. So this is lifting a weight over top of your head, lifting a weight away from you. The pressing should be horizontal. So perpendicular to your body, as well as vertical. So this is lifting a weight over top of your head, lifting a weight away from you. The pull version is pulling horizontally to you and pulling vertically down. Pull up, things like that. From the lower body, we typically call these hinges.
so just think about the rough movement patterns upper and lower push and pull and then some sort of rotation that puts you in a pretty good spot
Um the pressing should be horizontal, so perpendicular to your body, as well as vertical. So this is lifting a weight over top of your head, lifting a weight away from you. The pull version is pulling horizontally to you and pulling vertically down, pull up, things like that. So if you were going to do a single workout, you could choose four exercises and you could choose one of each. one press, upper body press, one upper body pull, one lower body hinge, one lower body press, and then that would be like a decently well-rounded exercise.