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Kassem Hanson - Debunking Doug Brignole's Claims? Biomechanics and Exercise Effectiveness

November 27, 2021 • Dr. David Maconi

0:00 | 1:11:43

Kassem Hanson is the creator of N1 and an educator in the fitness industry. Today we dive into the following topics:

0:00- Intro
0:45- Kassem’s background
1:30- Bubble’s in the fitness industry
2:30- Controversy over Doug Brignole’s claims
3:40- Efficiency
7:30- Issues with Doug’s calculations
14:00- Further issues
17:00- Appealing to the neuroticism of lifters
20:00- Can you build equally big legs with Doug’s methods?
25:30- Claims about inability to emphasize difference heads of a muscle
30:10- Individuality in recommendations
36:15- Can more training volume make up for a suboptimal exercise
49:40- Decline vs Incline benching
52:00- Different camps and methods
1:01:30- Being able to parse out good vs bad exercises
1:05:45- Testimonials

Kassem's IG: https://www.instagram.com/coach_kassem/
Kassem's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/N1education
Kassem's website: https://n1.education/

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