{"podcast":{"title":"Joe DeFranco's Industrial Strength Show","slug":"joe-defranco-s-industrial-strength-show-5341259","podcast_index_feed_id":5341259,"rss_url":"https://feeds.Libsyn.com/63774/rss","website_url":"http://www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/0/2/6/602622cb9c56b20e5f2e77a3093c12a1/IMG_9281.jpg","author":"Joe DeFranco","episode_count":581,"summary":"World-renowned strength & conditioning coach Joe DeFranco shares his thoughts on training for peak performance, mindset, and living your passion. As the founder and owner of DeFranco's Gym, he also provides the business knowledge that helped him turn a 500-square-foot storage closet into a global brand. Each week, Joe will educate, motivate and entertain his audience by answering their questions and/or conducting interviews with top athletes, fitness professionals, entrepreneurs, and other highly successful people.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T08:18:54.297008+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joe-defranco-s-industrial-strength-show-5341259"},"episode":{"title":"#563 - Bret Contreras: How To \"Make It\" in the Fitness Industry (Then vs Now), The Key to LONGTERM Progress & More!","slug":"563-bret-contreras-how-to-make-it-in-the-fitness-industry-then-vs-now-the-key-to-longterm-progress-more","published_at":"2026-03-05T15:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joe-defranco-s-industrial-strength-show-5341259/563-bret-contreras-how-to-make-it-in-the-fitness-industry-then-vs-now-the-key-to-longterm-progress-more","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joe-defranco-s-industrial-strength-show-5341259","url":"https://joedefranco.libsyn.com/563-bret-contreras-how-to-make-it-in-the-fitness-industry-then-vs-now-the-key-to-longterm-progress-more","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/joedefranco/563_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=251656","summary":"After 9 long years Bret Contreras, aka, \"The Glute Guy\" returns to the Industrial Strength Show...and he & Joe have a LOT to talk about! Here are a few of the topics you'll hear discussed during their 2-hour conversation: The early T-Nation days; How to \"make it\" in the fitness industry (Then vs Now); The wildly popular piece of equipment that Bret put in storage and Joe ended up selling; How Bret's training has evolved over the years; Finding your maximum recoverable volume (MRV); How glute training has evolved over the years; The mind-muscle connection vs progressive overload; The benefits of training w/ bands & chains; Training the \"stretch\" vs the \"squeeze\" positions; How to make longterm progress...And so much MORE! *For a full list of Show Notes + Timestamps visit www.IndustrialStrengthShow.com . IMPORTANT LINKS Bret Contreras BC Strength (Bret's products) DeFranco's Nutritional Supplements [coupon: MuscleUpMarch]","meta_description":"After 9 long years Bret Contreras, aka, \"The Glute Guy\" returns to the Industrial Strength Show...and he & Joe have a LOT to talk about! Here are a few of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7145,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/joe-defranco-s-industrial-strength-show-5341259/episodes/563-bret-contreras-how-to-make-it-in-the-fitness-industry-then-vs-now-the-key-to-longterm-progress-more/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/joe-defranco-s-industrial-strength-show-5341259/563-bret-contreras-how-to-make-it-in-the-fitness-industry-then-vs-now-the-key-to-longterm-progress-more.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}