09/10/2026
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I’m out in Miami with coach Lewis Wilson (The Glute Group, Liverpool), and we sat down between days of the hypertrophy, nutrition and glute science seminar with Bret Contreras, Alan Aragon and Brad Schoenfeld to talk shop. This one’s a proper behind-the-scenes coaching conversation — two coaches comparing exactly how we work, what we took from the seminar, and why we keep flying across the world to learn.
We get into why the coaching bar is set so low, the knowledge gap between the UK and US, and why passing your PT course should be the start, not the end. Then we dig into the actual methods: why body recomposition is the hardest thing to coach and why most people are better focusing on one phase at a time, the priming phase nobody values, short aggressive fat loss phases with weekend refeeds, and undulating and carb-cycling calories instead of flat-lining the same number every day.
We also cover the complexities of coaching women — hormonal and psychological — and why reverse dieting, biologically unnecessary but psychologically essential for most women, matters. And we finish on glutes: why a leaner base sets up a better build, fuelling properly, training three times a week, getting enough volume, proximity to failure, variety within a set programme, and why just adding weight to the bar doesn’t equal bigger glutes if you lose range of motion and tension to do it.
What we cover:
• Why we travel for education and why coaches need coaches
• UK vs US: the knowledge and equipment gap
• Body recomposition — why it’s the hardest result to coach
• The priming phase, and assessing before you diet
• Short aggressive fat loss phases, refeeds and calorie cycling
• Coaching women: hormones, psychology and reverse dieting
• Building glutes: fuel, frequency, volume, intensity and progressive overload done right
• Why your data only means something when you look at all of it together
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