Bigger pecs is just part of the equation, you want them to be DEFINED too. Sculpt your chest with this video here => ua-cam.com/video/wMmy2MlH55U/v-deo.html
I hope you can find the time to answer this question :) You're talking about bench press, will dumbbell press on flat bench work too? Because that's what I do, because my right arm is my dominant arm I found myself pressing unevenly without knowing it, so I moved from bench to dumbbell press to independently train my muscles. Almost pressing my own body weight with dumbbell press :)
@@zakzwijn8410that’s impressive for dumbbell pressing. Why do you use only flat bench though? At least incorporate some incline dumbbell presses to better target the upper chest
@@RmX. this is all new to me, and I’m up 30 lbs, but I’m still making tons of mistakes. Since I have no training partner, I have no way of knowing if I do that :(
I’ve been lifting for over 10 years, struggled by far the most with chest, it wasn’t until I started doing heavy weighted dips, as low as the shoulders will comfortably allow you to go, that I got good chest growth
Listen man, I just wanted to say Thank You. I had not touched a weight or walked into a gym in 10 years. I was about to turn 35 in October and told myself, "Damn, now is the time." I went down a bit of a youtube rabbit hole. Luckily I found this channel, among others, and have applied the great knowledge Jeff has provided. Now I am addicted to going. It feels great. No matter what age you are, it is never too late. I've got my nutrition plan on point, and am slowly cutting towards a 6 pack while building muscle. Thanks for all the tools, Jeff! Fairfield County represent, haha.
Yeah, jeff will get you excited to work out alright! So much great info, i tend to watch a clip or two before heading to the gym, just so i can try out his tip's and tricks! Honestly thank my lucky stars i found athlean x
One of the best ques when benching to activate the chest properly is to imagine that you are pushing your body away from the bar rather than pushing the the bar up.
Jeff strikes again. I've been following him since 2013 and still seeing consistent gains and this video is needed for myself and others who have complained in the past about chest gains. Thanks Jeff!
I have massive legs and a super strong back but zero pecs (partially because injury I haven't dealt with yet prevents range of motion, but only very partially) and pointy nipplays (mostly because I was a super cool teenager who thought nipple rings would ... I gotta admit I don't have a response here as a much older adult & I'm not sure why I did this but it makes your nips permanently hard)... I try volume and weight but I'm getting nowhere fast ... and slow
Great timing Jeff! Tomorrow is international chest day and I will be training mine restarting for the second time Jacked! The results of my first time through have been great: gains in muscle and strength and particularly in my case a very big improvement in hip strength and control. I needed this kind of training with limited equipment after my lumbar stenosis surgery 18 months ago. Thank you so much for your tips and inspiration.💪
I was put to quarantine for 1 month and i got this muscle imbalance one pec bigger than other ( left one big) I don't know whether it's because of poot nutrition, no workout or fap 😅 . Getting a mental breakdown every time i see my chest
I get better at bench press by doing push up, and get better on push up after doing bench press. Now i feel the squeeze of muscles. Never stop developing.
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darn good video!!! I see so many guys just trying to push weight on the bench and complain about not being able to grow pec muscles.. you explain it here perfectly... just stop ego lifting and focus on technique/form!
The idea is simple. Train every segment of your chest during your workout. Ideally, you'd want to focus on dumbbells at first to develop some mind muscle connection. Start with regular dumbbell press. Then go on to incline dumbbell, then use a pec fly machine with a range if motion that isn't to wide. If you did 4 sets of 10 reps on each exercise, and gradually increase the weight by maybe 5 pounds per set, you're gonna make some gains if you stay consistent
Yo that's literally what I do bro. Screw the barbell first of all, dumbbells are just so much more natural in terms of the movement range. I just do flat dumbbell press, then I use the incline press machine (I use it because it minimizes my use of shoulder for stability, allowing me to solely focus on my upper chest) and some cable flies to train a larger rom. Dips and loads of pushup variations are also very necessary, to train your lower chest and pushups are just dope in general.
Thanks for the great videos… you have increased the effectivness of my workouts 10 times. Over forty and still building muscle. My chest is sore today. I notice that you can really feel the activation of the muscle when it sore. Like the activation of center chess and lower chess muscles. People can use soreness to really understand what muscle groups are training. For me anyway. Thought that might be helpful for someone.
i love that feeling, makes you feel like the hulk even though your weak as a kitten!😂 Bro i never realised chest muscle intertwined to the sternum till my first chest day, next day was watching t.v, i beat my chest over something one time (hand to heart type deal) and nearly caved from the soreness lol never doing THAT again!😂
Been religiously doing dumbbell bench press the past months and I think my greatest struggle so far with chest workouts is that my arms give out first before feeling any significant pumps to my chest.
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Hi jeff, thank you so so much for the greatest content on the internet, i learned a loooot from you, and my body and my mindset about training has changed alot since i know you, as well as my confident and motivation and consistency.... I also have a suggestion! Your videos are kindda more useful for men as you have thousand of videos about chest arms shoulders that men are looking for growing and shaping, but women focus more on their lower body. Can you pls make more videos that cover women's need. Also talk about women's body, their capacity and what they need to develop a stronger body.
Thank you so much but I've already substituted it, it's great, but I'd like to see videos from him, also most of their videos are home-baised and kinda simple i need more advanced contents like he does here
What I’ve been doing and worked for me is I change my exercise up every month. So for a month I’ll do mostly bench press and dumbbell press and then like 2 sets of flys after the pressing movements. Then the next month I’ll warm up my chest with 2 sets on the bench and then do all fly movements like dumbbell flys and cable flys and machine flys. Then after a month of that back to pressing. This REALLY helped me build and shape my pecs fast. Also gotta eat enough protein. Your nutrition needs to be on point and ultimately some people just build their chest slower. I may have a strong chest and bench more than most guys and a naturally big rib cage and torso but what I noticed is that my chest development is slower than the rest of my muscles for some odd reason and it’s always been like that my entire life so I put extra emphasis on my chest workouts and do chest at least 2 times a week. That’s just what works for me personally
Hi Jeff Names Tony from the UK and I'm 49 years old going 50 in July. Watching your videos for the past month or so, on You Tube has inspired me to start training again. So far, so good. Wish your You Tube videos were around back in the early 90's, that way I would have trained properly with minimal or no injuries at all. I'll try not to borr you too much, but following an endoscopy in October 2021, I have been told that I have a small Hiatal Hernia. I think I may have agrevated it a bit either by weight training or the change to eating more protein foods than my body has in a long time. I could be talking a load of rubbish, what do I know. My goal is to bulk up a bit and build muscle again. It's definately starting to work with the help of your videos. Thing is now although this may sound stupid, I googled abdominal pain due to a Hiatal Hernia and a few sites state not to lift weights. Some say not heavy weights. Can I still build muscle using lighter weights. I dont want to give up now after noticing the changes in my body structure following your channel. Is there any advise you can give me. Have you come across this before. I personally think your way of training is the best for me. Probably the only way. Thanks Tony Christophis
I’m a small frame Asian dude who’s been lifting for close to 20 yrs and I’ve always struggled w chest, due to thin torso & inverted chest. What helped was when I stopped going to the gym 2 yrs ago when they all shut down & I switched to elastic cables & calisthenics. Specifically the one arm push up developed my chest more in the last 1.5 yrs than the previous 15 yrs of lift.
If you've got an inverted chest, there is a surgical option to help. Not to mention that your inverted chest may also be causing harm to your heart. Have you ever been diagnosed with pectus excavatum? If so, your pec problem may be due to no fault of your own.
@@The_Kirk_Lazarus thanks for the suggestion. it’s a mild case, not enough to justify surgery. If you see some small frame Asian women around, you may notice many of them have a very thin torso from back to front, where the distance between the sternum and the spine is close together, with a very flat rib cage. Ok if you have tits, terrible to build out a full chest. Not making excuses though. Just keep building.
How did you train to be able to do the one arm push up? I’ve been trying for a while but I can’t do it. Yet im able to do other push up variations easily
Love the channel Jeff. I have been watching for several years and default to the information you put out for all of my training. If possible I would like to request a video on correcting rib flare, it's an issue I've been struggling with for years that I can't seem to fix. I feel like it is keeping me from having the aesthetic look I'm aiming for. I would really appreciate it.
Agree with these tips. For me however, has been frequency, and not getting hung up on that one day- International Chest day. Lol. Once I started doing chest 2-3 days per week, thats when I saw real results.
@@thomasjames24306 Agree that progressive overload is big. But some of us doing a few body parts once a week, even with p-o, is not enough. Combine that in equal parts with frequency of days to see real gains. Not everyone. Maybe you can do a few body parts once a week.
Thank you Jeff for these daily tips, I am a personal trainer and thanks to you I learn every day and it helps me in my job to coach my current clients 🙏
Thanks Athlean x For Making this Video, I'm am doing Good Workouts my Chest, but it really Good to watch your Video to Help me but Help everyone why there Chest Muscles Is Not Grow, so Good on you
Jeff I've been following you for 10 years and I distinctly remember you saying that since the bench press doesn't incorporate horizontal adduction at the midline of the chest, it's not optimally activating the chest fibers because those fibers run horizontally 🤨
Ya if he said that he also said bench press is still king, but you need a fly or crossover to get a complete adduction to "supplement" your chest training.
@@1ChristopherCampbell I suggest you scroll through his previous videos. Jeff specifically said unless you train a muscle via the direction of its fibers then the exercise isn't optimal. By this logic, bench press will not be "king" because it does not carry chest activation through its entirety. If you plan to refute this, take it up with him. I'm simply regurgitating what HE said. Do you at the end of the day bro. To each his own.
I'm not sure where you are coming from, the bench press has always been the foundation for chest development. Your pecs have more than just horizontal midline fibers, so why are you cherrypicking something out of context to support your argument against the bench press. If you want to talk about muscle fibers take another look at a detailed picture of the chest fibers.
@@yamahateam5d in every video where he calls it king, it is because you can overload it the most of all chest exercises. That was not so hard to conclude right?
He mentioned that in the video on using cables to strengthen the ligaments in the center and those attaching muscle fibers that need a lot of abduction. He was right
Thank you for, making myself more confident about myself, and dw your chest looks great ! Your physique is by far very lean and clean looking ! Keep up the work man 💪💪
It wasn't until I started using bands and doing straight arm pulls parallel to the wall that I started getting good growth. Better than bench and flys. Pull Mid, low and high. With a focus on high reps instead of strong bands. 120 to 180 reps per pec.
@@neophytosdm band attached to the wall at 12 o'clock. Body turned facing 9 or 3 o'clock. Arm straight out holding the band. The band needs to be in tension. Slight bend at the elbow. Thumb pointing to 9 o'clock. Pull. Put your other hand on the working peck. You'll feel it working.
I've been following AthleanX for about 3 years now. I'm 59 years old and I'm currently working through ElastX after a great run through Beaxst (and a bunch of others!) When he says he is science-based, he is definitely not lying. It took me 40 years and a bunch of fitness oriented education to finally find Jeff, but I'm now here to stay.
This is great to know, currently cutting due to some lousy eating habits will lifting. But still very satisfying to go from about 1/2 body weight bench of 90# to being able to do a full set of 6 at 180#
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@@beisser03 😂. Yes!! He has some excellent information and workouts!! I actually found him on here and then then Jeff. So I use both of their techniques and advice. Glad to see someone else using his stuff too!
I feel that the main thing is to know how the muscle fibers are going and to be able to stimulate them and see more gains and even more with the correct exercises, right Jeff
Yup. The best thing I've learned is to look at the mirror to see my form, and to start out a new movement with very light weights to play around and see where I get the most desired muscle activation. Visualizing the muscle fibers help, but sometimes it can be misleading. Just stick to feeling whether or not your desired muscles are doing the work, and if not then correct your form.
I have been benching on and off for 25+ years…..and what I discovered about 4 months ago totally transformed my pecs. What did I do? Simply bringing my grip in about 2 inches. For me,,,it changed EVERYTHING. Pumps immediately increased,,,and within weeks, I swear, my pecs thickened significantly! Give it a shot💪
First off, know you’re not alone feeling that way. I was in the exact same boat. Here’s my best advice to you: learn about the basic function of each muscle and lift in ways that feel good to you. Not every exercise is gonna produce the same results but knowing how each muscle works is going to let you choose smart exercises while not injuring yourself. So the chest for example is meant to get the arms out and away from the body. Therefore, pushing movements are going to work my chest. Then test what makes your chest burn then stick to it. Don’t deviate from that lift for a little longer than a month and you’ll see results I promise. Thats what I did and I am now in the best shape of my life. Hope this helps
Just be consistent. Work each body part good at least once a week. Slow down the pace definitely and work on form. Remember time under tension is important. Holding for 2 seconds is good. And full range all the way down and all way up. Squeezing at the top of motion is good. But it takes time, few years to build up everything. So after a few months go by you'll see results and where you see your lacking you focus on that. For example, I needed to build up my lower chest I did. Then I realized I wanted to work on line between my chest so I did. It never ends but if you keep going and actual do the work when at gym. Everything will turn for the best
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I do pause reps on bench a lot. Lighter weight and pause halfway through every eccentric and concentric. Halfway down, pause, up, halfway down, pause, down, pause, halfway up, pause, down, pause, halfway up, pause, up. One complete eccentric and concentric is two reps with a ton of time under tension. Great burnout after heavy bench.
hey jeff, i really love all your videos and find them really helpful, I've been suffering with posterior pelvic tilt for a while now, request you to make a video on how to fix it
Hi Jeff, Ive been dealing with sternum pain which I think is costochondritis for more than 2 years now. Have visited more than 6 doctors and PT's but still couldn't fix the problem. Could you please do a video or just comment about how to fix this? Thanks a lot!
@@LilDumpOnYourHead you gotta warm up properly on every chest workout you do plus perfect form always! and you have to follow a stretching routine that you do every day this will most likely help. I mean It helped me I often had sternum pain too you have to crack your sternum with stretching I know that sounds painful but it’s so relieving when you do it trust me ;)
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I dealt with this issue in my client by asking them to exaggerate the in breath, puff up the chest and perform the rep on brace. Don't do reps on out breath. Breath between reps if you have to. :)
A small surplus on calories helped grow my chest. I finally decided and stopped maintaining and did a little surplus for a bit then went back on a cut a few months later. My chest blew up after the reverse diet to my maintenance. The cut lasted 4 weeks and the reverse diet took about 2 weeks. Diet plays a big role on muscle gain as we can't always stay shredded and grow muscles.
Hi Jeff. Thanks for all your material and sharing your wisdom with us. I ve followed your advices for a while now and I'm very happy with the results and better posture and well being. Is there any extra advice you can give on fixing rounded shoulders and posterior chain imbalances on hyperlax individuals? Thanks 🙏💪!
I enjoy your videos, please keep them coming. I have a question, it doesn't pertain to this video, but is a strength question. I am a 62 year old man and have always struggled completing pullups. What can I do to strengthen all areas of the body that aid in pullups? I almost never use the under hand grip, mainly the over hand. Thank you
Bench press doesn’t seem to do much for my chest; because I noticed my chest doesn’t do a whole lot of work. It’s all arms. Now these other exercise you’re talking about seem to help
That was probably the most fluid, non stuttering, smoothly worded video I've seen him do. Thanks for pointing out what I was doing wrong. I'm not a bench press person, but adding that in seems very useful now. Thanks, as always. Big help.
Ever since I watched one of your videos with the 3D Chest Chisels or I call them 3DCC's, I've seen really good results and they've been part of my routine for the past 7 years!
I'm old, and I'm short, so yeah - chest has always been a problem area for me. My favourite had been an old suggestion from Jeff - do bench until failure and then hop off and crank out a few pushups until you collapse in the floor. I did that yesterday, and now I'm feeling it in my boobs! Love it!
Same here Tony. I'm getting back into working out after a 20 year layoff lol. I'm 50 and trying like hell to get rid of my man boobs. Any suggestions? Also I got lucky and scored 2 bottles of Test!!
@@ApproachingHoofbeats Ha! I totally understand you! I was an athlete in my youth, but at 49 and approaching the Big Half Century, I decided to hit the gym again. Lost a couple of inches around my waist, but put on twenty pounds muscle - mostly arms, shoulders and legs. Even have a sort of six pack again. That was six years ago. But that damn chest! Still working on that. Still, it's amazing if you had muscle and were fit, how quickly it seems to come back. Just keep at it. I did find fewer reps, but taking each rep really slow helps reduce strain on your joints. And sadly, I find I need two rest days, not just one anymore. Best of luck to you man! I know you can do it!
Hey Jeff I know you say the bench press is the foundational exercise to build the chest. I often workout solo so I tend to use mostly dumbbells instead of a barbell. I realize I can't overload with dumbbells like with a barbell but can I still realize the same results if I increase reps or set done? Thanks
You can definitely overload with dumbbells. I would say it’s even easier to overload with them. I guess the hard part is getting into position so you have to roll back with them but you definitely get a better stretch with dumbbells
As someone who has a naturally thin frame and build, I've accepted that I'll never look like a body builder. However, I've also come to learn you should compare your progress to yourself not necessarily others. Be proud of your own achievements!
Jeff: "How is your strength at the excersise, are you at least at 1.25 of your body weight?" Me lifting the same 50 kg for the last year while being 75kg body weight: 😅
Jeff, awesome video as always. I'm struggling to increase the weight of my bench press. I weigh around 75kg but have been stuck at bench pressing pressing 60-65kg max for quite a while now, which may explain why chest doesn't get any bigger. I've tried switching to dumbbell presses and can only do 30kg dumbbells there too. What can I do to get up to the 1.25xbody weight figure that you mentioned?
Honestly man, most likely you are not eating enough to gain muscle and get stronger. I'm sure if you get in more calories and keep training hard its gonna go up very soon
1.25 is crazy for the average person. When I watched the video I thought it was some kind of mistake! There is also no mention if this is a one rep max or a set he's talking about. I'm at 70kgs and the most I can push is 70 with 4 reps - there is no way I'll be able to push 90kgs unless I increase my weight.
I’d say if your max is 60, go for 45-50 for reps. And slowly add a rep to each set and once you get to 12 reps for 3 sets with the same amount of rest each time, then add 5kg and repeat the process till you get 12,12,12. At the end of October 2021 i could bench 60 for 12.10.10 and 80 for 2 reps, now I can hit 75 for 9,9,8 and at least 4 reps with 80kg. (At 75kg body weight)
Might be obvious to all but total newbies, but just in case anyone reading this might be unsure: be sure to count the weight of the bar as part of the total you can lift. And Zack alluded to this, but I assume Jeff must have been referring to a single-rep max?
This is the best channel out there .thanks for your knowledge that your teaching even us beginners who really want to know and how to do things properly .
My personal favorites as a small framed short ass guy is the inclined bench, dumbbell press and pec fly but you have to know how to work to failure to grow and you have to train all of your supporting muscles to supportive the extra weight when your chest can handled it
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I hope you can find the time to answer this question :) You're talking about bench press, will dumbbell press on flat bench work too? Because that's what I do, because my right arm is my dominant arm I found myself pressing unevenly without knowing it, so I moved from bench to dumbbell press to independently train my muscles. Almost pressing my own body weight with dumbbell press :)
Are you neutral?
@@zakzwijn8410that’s impressive for dumbbell pressing. Why do you use only flat bench though? At least incorporate some incline dumbbell presses to better target the upper chest
1.) lighten the weights
2.) slow the pace
3.) allow the chest muscle to do the work
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4) Focus & Concentrate
5) Work AGAINST Gravity NOT WITH IT
I've seen so many times people put so much weight on the bar and then not even make a full range of motion because it's too heavy
@@RmX. this is all new to me, and I’m up 30 lbs, but I’m still making tons of mistakes. Since I have no training partner, I have no way of knowing if I do that :(
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I’ve been lifting for over 10 years, struggled by far the most with chest, it wasn’t until I started doing heavy weighted dips, as low as the shoulders will comfortably allow you to go, that I got good chest growth
Same here
I just do some normal bodyweight dips after doing a heavy bench press. Works fine.
@Emr4h yeah it seems like my shoulders take over on any kind of press, but when you go deep on heavy dips, your chest has no choice but to grow
I live doing dips , they are definitely the best exercise.
Agree with this
Listen man, I just wanted to say Thank You. I had not touched a weight or walked into a gym in 10 years. I was about to turn 35 in October and told myself, "Damn, now is the time." I went down a bit of a youtube rabbit hole. Luckily I found this channel, among others, and have applied the great knowledge Jeff has provided. Now I am addicted to going. It feels great. No matter what age you are, it is never too late. I've got my nutrition plan on point, and am slowly cutting towards a 6 pack while building muscle. Thanks for all the tools, Jeff! Fairfield County represent, haha.
Yeah, jeff will get you excited to work out alright! So much great info, i tend to watch a clip or two before heading to the gym, just so i can try out his tip's and tricks! Honestly thank my lucky stars i found athlean x
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One of the best ques when benching to activate the chest properly is to imagine that you are pushing your body away from the bar rather than pushing the the bar up.
Jeff strikes again. I've been following him since 2013 and still seeing consistent gains and this video is needed for myself and others who have complained in the past about chest gains. Thanks Jeff!
I did the floor fly and saw results Immediately
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I have massive legs and a super strong back but zero pecs (partially because injury I haven't dealt with yet prevents range of motion, but only very partially) and pointy nipplays (mostly because I was a super cool teenager who thought nipple rings would ... I gotta admit I don't have a response here as a much older adult & I'm not sure why I did this but it makes your nips permanently hard)...
I try volume and weight but I'm getting nowhere fast ... and slow
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Great timing Jeff! Tomorrow is international chest day and I will be training mine restarting for the second time Jacked! The results of my first time through have been great: gains in muscle and strength and particularly in my case a very big improvement in hip strength and control. I needed this kind of training with limited equipment after my lumbar stenosis surgery 18 months ago.
Thank you so much for your tips and inspiration.💪
International chest day being on a Monday is so poetic
And that’s one of the problems actually which is training it only once a week
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I was put to quarantine for 1 month and i got this muscle imbalance one pec bigger than other ( left one big) I don't know whether it's because of poot nutrition, no workout or fap 😅 .
Getting a mental breakdown every time i see my chest
I get better at bench press by doing push up, and get better on push up after doing bench press. Now i feel the squeeze of muscles. Never stop developing.
always challenge yourself!
You make me put in the work every single time I exercise. Thank you good sir!
nicee, for how long are you already working out?
Some form of pressing movement straight after cable/band crossovers is my contribution to this conversation
I won the giveaway! In my mid-forties, and the content that Jeff and his team produce has been my foundation for the last 3+ years that I have been back in the gym. Thank you!
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This is the second time I watched this video I gotta say I learn more every time I watch it Your a fantastic teacher Thank you
haha yes there is so much info in here
Love the part about slowing down and developing the mind-muscle connection.
yes this is so important
Your consistency and content quality are always unique
I literally searched for this on your channel an hour ago. Timing bro
darn good video!!! I see so many guys just trying to push weight on the bench and complain about not being able to grow pec muscles.. you explain it here perfectly... just stop ego lifting and focus on technique/form!
Whatever muscle i have today is just because of your videos,which made me learn the right exercise
what is your favorite exercise?
Jeff just read my mind this morning and posted this video, thank you Jeff 💯
The idea is simple. Train every segment of your chest during your workout. Ideally, you'd want to focus on dumbbells at first to develop some mind muscle connection. Start with regular dumbbell press. Then go on to incline dumbbell, then use a pec fly machine with a range if motion that isn't to wide. If you did 4 sets of 10 reps on each exercise, and gradually increase the weight by maybe 5 pounds per set, you're gonna make some gains if you stay consistent
Yo that's literally what I do bro. Screw the barbell first of all, dumbbells are just so much more natural in terms of the movement range. I just do flat dumbbell press, then I use the incline press machine (I use it because it minimizes my use of shoulder for stability, allowing me to solely focus on my upper chest) and some cable flies to train a larger rom. Dips and loads of pushup variations are also very necessary, to train your lower chest and pushups are just dope in general.
I dont know what I would do without you , X!
Jeff still the best with the best advice.
his advice is incredible!
The best fitness channel hands down
Thanks for the great videos… you have increased the effectivness of my workouts 10 times. Over forty and still building muscle.
My chest is sore today. I notice that you can really feel the activation of the muscle when it sore. Like the activation of center chess and lower chess muscles. People can use soreness to really understand what muscle groups are training. For me anyway. Thought that might be helpful for someone.
i love that feeling, makes you feel like the hulk even though your weak as a kitten!😂 Bro i never realised chest muscle intertwined to the sternum till my first chest day, next day was watching t.v, i beat my chest over something one time (hand to heart type deal) and nearly caved from the soreness lol never doing THAT again!😂
There is no center chest
Ray he shows the work out in another video how to work the center chest area. Pretty good watch
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@@travismora9046 yes he does, doesn’t mean there is an inner chest specifically, you cannot target the inner chest
Jeff always with the helpful tips 👍🏼 Thank you as always
love it!
Jesus I feel like every time im thinking about my chest workouts, Jeff uploads a video answering my questions
Friggin psychic
Been religiously doing dumbbell bench press the past months and I think my greatest struggle so far with chest workouts is that my arms give out first before feeling any significant pumps to my chest.
maybe you train your arm first, that's why its exhausted when your doing your chest.
Do seated cable flies with elbows locked when starting that will put more on chest activation
I only half way follow this dudes advice and it has changed me insanely
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Reverse psychology doesn't work either
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Wow has Jeff cut back on his preworkout sup? I could actually watch this without feeling like I was being yelled at. Great advice. Thanks
Just in time. I'm going to put this into effect today. Jeff has never steered me wrong!! Ty, for all the useful info :)
did it work?
Always love it when Jeff hypes up Jesse
Hi Jeff! Thanks for the amazing content! It would be great if you could bring on David Goggins for a workout session!
yo what a collab! :)
Never disappoints with Jess tips and tricks
Hi jeff, thank you so so much for the greatest content on the internet, i learned a loooot from you, and my body and my mindset about training has changed alot since i know you, as well as my confident and motivation and consistency.... I also have a suggestion! Your videos are kindda more useful for men as you have thousand of videos about chest arms shoulders that men are looking for growing and shaping, but women focus more on their lower body. Can you pls make more videos that cover women's need. Also talk about women's body, their capacity and what they need to develop a stronger body.
There's an athlean-x channel for women
Thank you so much but I've already substituted it, it's great, but I'd like to see videos from him, also most of their videos are home-baised and kinda simple i need more advanced contents like he does here
@@zahrasazesh6287 I agree. I don't like the women's one, which is why I'm here too =)
Best gym content ever
What I’ve been doing and worked for me is I change my exercise up every month. So for a month I’ll do mostly bench press and dumbbell press and then like 2 sets of flys after the pressing movements. Then the next month I’ll warm up my chest with 2 sets on the bench and then do all fly movements like dumbbell flys and cable flys and machine flys. Then after a month of that back to pressing. This REALLY helped me build and shape my pecs fast. Also gotta eat enough protein. Your nutrition needs to be on point and ultimately some people just build their chest slower. I may have a strong chest and bench more than most guys and a naturally big rib cage and torso but what I noticed is that my chest development is slower than the rest of my muscles for some odd reason and it’s always been like that my entire life so I put extra emphasis on my chest workouts and do chest at least 2 times a week. That’s just what works for me personally
Hi Jeff
Names Tony from the UK and I'm 49 years old going 50 in July.
Watching your videos for the past month or so, on You Tube has inspired me to start training again. So far, so good. Wish your You Tube videos were around back in the early 90's, that way I would have trained properly with minimal or no injuries at all.
I'll try not to borr you too much, but following an endoscopy in October 2021, I have been told that I have a small Hiatal Hernia. I think I may have agrevated it a bit either by weight training or the change to eating more protein foods than my body has in a long time. I could be talking a load of rubbish, what do I know.
My goal is to bulk up a bit and build muscle again. It's definately starting to work with the help of your videos. Thing is now although this may sound stupid, I googled abdominal pain due to a Hiatal Hernia and a few sites state not to lift weights. Some say not heavy weights. Can I still build muscle using lighter weights. I dont want to give up now after noticing the changes in my body structure following your channel.
Is there any advise you can give me. Have you come across this before.
I personally think your way of training is the best for me. Probably the only way.
Thanks
Tony Christophis
I’m a small frame Asian dude who’s been lifting for close to 20 yrs and I’ve always struggled w chest, due to thin torso & inverted chest. What helped was when I stopped going to the gym 2 yrs ago when they all shut down & I switched to elastic cables & calisthenics. Specifically the one arm push up developed my chest more in the last 1.5 yrs than the previous 15 yrs of lift.
If you've got an inverted chest, there is a surgical option to help. Not to mention that your inverted chest may also be causing harm to your heart. Have you ever been diagnosed with pectus excavatum? If so, your pec problem may be due to no fault of your own.
@@The_Kirk_Lazarus thanks for the suggestion. it’s a mild case, not enough to justify surgery. If you see some small frame Asian women around, you may notice many of them have a very thin torso from back to front, where the distance between the sternum and the spine is close together, with a very flat rib cage. Ok if you have tits, terrible to build out a full chest. Not making excuses though. Just keep building.
How did you train to be able to do the one arm push up? I’ve been trying for a while but I can’t do it. Yet im able to do other push up variations easily
Same. There are stretching and deep breathing exercises that help with that, especially if it's a mild form.
@@olivier7210 I followed this video for 1-arm pushup tutorial. For me it took a bit over 2 months
Some great information! I love the details Jeff gets into!
this videos was great
Love the channel Jeff. I have been watching for several years and default to the information you put out for all of my training. If possible I would like to request a video on correcting rib flare, it's an issue I've been struggling with for years that I can't seem to fix. I feel like it is keeping me from having the aesthetic look I'm aiming for. I would really appreciate it.
He made a video on pectus excavatum, same exercises will help that out - also check Riley Byrne if you haven't already bro
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0:17 "Do you even lift, bro?"
probably the best explanation I have ever seen you really are the best.
Agree with these tips. For me however, has been frequency, and not getting hung up on that one day- International Chest day. Lol. Once I started doing chest 2-3 days per week, thats when I saw real results.
Thats right and that applies to every other muscle as well. Bro splits are trash man..
@@moeabdelhameed progressive overload is everything. Doesn’t matter what your workout split is. Consistency and making progress strength wise is key.
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Agree that progressive overload is big. But some of us doing a few body parts once a week, even with p-o, is not enough. Combine that in equal parts with frequency of days to see real gains. Not everyone. Maybe you can do a few body parts once a week.
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Thank you Jeff for these daily tips, I am a personal trainer and thanks to you I learn every day and it helps me in my job to coach my current clients 🙏
More like weekly lmao
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Bro if youre a personal trainer and you dont already know all these common sense tips that jeff hands out then good luck 😂
Imagine paying someone to teach you what they learned for free from youtube lol
Thanks Athlean x For Making this Video, I'm am doing Good Workouts my Chest, but it really Good to watch your Video to Help me but Help everyone why there Chest Muscles Is Not Grow, so Good on you
Jeff I've been following you for 10 years and I distinctly remember you saying that since the bench press doesn't incorporate horizontal adduction at the midline of the chest, it's not optimally activating the chest fibers because those fibers run horizontally 🤨
Ya if he said that he also said bench press is still king, but you need a fly or crossover to get a complete adduction to "supplement" your chest training.
@@1ChristopherCampbell I suggest you scroll through his previous videos. Jeff specifically said unless you train a muscle via the direction of its fibers then the exercise isn't optimal. By this logic, bench press will not be "king" because it does not carry chest activation through its entirety. If you plan to refute this, take it up with him. I'm simply regurgitating what HE said. Do you at the end of the day bro. To each his own.
I'm not sure where you are coming from, the bench press has always been the foundation for chest development. Your pecs have more than just horizontal midline fibers, so why are you cherrypicking something out of context to support your argument against the bench press. If you want to talk about muscle fibers take another look at a detailed picture of the chest fibers.
@@yamahateam5d in every video where he calls it king, it is because you can overload it the most of all chest exercises. That was not so hard to conclude right?
He mentioned that in the video on using cables to strengthen the ligaments in the center and those attaching muscle fibers that need a lot of abduction.
He was right
Love me some great chest exercises! Jeff knows what he is taking about!!
true man he knows for sure!!
I definitely have a hard time with chest activation recently. Too much delt/shoulder overtaking
yes, I know what you talking about!
"Do you even bench bro?" has been validated. Thank you Jeff!!
Thank you for, making myself more confident about myself, and dw your chest looks great ! Your physique is by far very lean and clean looking ! Keep up the work man 💪💪
his physique is awesome
Charles Glass also talks a lot about the pause to get more activation. Really made a difference for me personally 👌
It wasn't until I started using bands and doing straight arm pulls parallel to the wall that I started getting good growth. Better than bench and flys. Pull Mid, low and high. With a focus on high reps instead of strong bands. 120 to 180 reps per pec.
I wish I had that level of free time. That workout has got to take way too long but I admire your commitment!
I can't seem to picture a straight arm pull that is parallel to the wall. Is this working the back?
@@neophytosdm band attached to the wall at 12 o'clock. Body turned facing 9 or 3 o'clock. Arm straight out holding the band. The band needs to be in tension. Slight bend at the elbow. Thumb pointing to 9 o'clock. Pull. Put your other hand on the working peck. You'll feel it working.
@@AndrewTheTransformer you can reverse it (I do) and get a sweet nasty little back workout.
@@Krptokrayon sounds like a cable/band fly but just the last little bit of adduction for a very small ROM?
the favourable comparison of the other guys chest vs his own is a perfect window into the wonderful world of body dysmorphia that lifting can give
I've been following AthleanX for about 3 years now. I'm 59 years old and I'm currently working through ElastX after a great run through Beaxst (and a bunch of others!) When he says he is science-based, he is definitely not lying. It took me 40 years and a bunch of fitness oriented education to finally find Jeff, but I'm now here to stay.
Great explanation and thank you Jeff for your expertise!
his expertise is so great
The lower chest solution is gold 👌🏾....but the moment u said u didn't have a good chest I dam near threw the whole phone away
This is great to know, currently cutting due to some lousy eating habits will lifting. But still very satisfying to go from about 1/2 body weight bench of 90# to being able to do a full set of 6 at 180#
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Great job Jessie!
Hey Jeff, would you do a video about growing the lateral head of the triceps? Also a video on your opinion on the 3 body types? Thanks Coach Jeff.
I hate to add this on Jeff’s post but…. This is Amazing!! Especially if you have cables or bands. Blasts my triceps all around. Dr. Gains actually responds to comments as well. Between him and Jeff I get all my techniques and lifts.
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This one too
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@@Lpj4 I was literally about to write the exact same thing!
Dr. Kamalu has some great exercises and especially for the tricpes
@@beisser03 😂. Yes!! He has some excellent information and workouts!! I actually found him on here and then then Jeff. So I use both of their techniques and advice. Glad to see someone else using his stuff too!
JM presses, and close grip bench with chains will build them nicely, also pin press
Since I started working out ive never had a trainer all i did was watch most of jeffs videos and I became a pro.
I feel that the main thing is to know how the muscle fibers are going and to be able to stimulate them and see more gains and even more with the correct exercises, right Jeff
Yup. The best thing I've learned is to look at the mirror to see my form, and to start out a new movement with very light weights to play around and see where I get the most desired muscle activation. Visualizing the muscle fibers help, but sometimes it can be misleading. Just stick to feeling whether or not your desired muscles are doing the work, and if not then correct your form.
Thanks for your videos Jeff, you're helping me a lot, i'm from Argentina
I have been benching on and off for 25+ years…..and what I discovered about 4 months ago totally transformed my pecs. What did I do? Simply bringing my grip in about 2 inches. For me,,,it changed EVERYTHING. Pumps immediately increased,,,and within weeks, I swear, my pecs thickened significantly! Give it a shot💪
Same here! Was getting some shoulder issues too, brought my grip in a little and did less weight but felt more in my chest and triceps!
Always good content. Love this channel.
I struggle in the gym because of information overload. One guy says do A the other says do B. Gives me anxiety
First off, know you’re not alone feeling that way. I was in the exact same boat. Here’s my best advice to you: learn about the basic function of each muscle and lift in ways that feel good to you. Not every exercise is gonna produce the same results but knowing how each muscle works is going to let you choose smart exercises while not injuring yourself. So the chest for example is meant to get the arms out and away from the body. Therefore, pushing movements are going to work my chest. Then test what makes your chest burn then stick to it. Don’t deviate from that lift for a little longer than a month and you’ll see results I promise. Thats what I did and I am now in the best shape of my life. Hope this helps
Just be consistent. Work each body part good at least once a week. Slow down the pace definitely and work on form. Remember time under tension is important. Holding for 2 seconds is good. And full range all the way down and all way up. Squeezing at the top of motion is good. But it takes time, few years to build up everything. So after a few months go by you'll see results and where you see your lacking you focus on that. For example, I needed to build up my lower chest I did. Then I realized I wanted to work on line between my chest so I did. It never ends but if you keep going and actual do the work when at gym. Everything will turn for the best
Choose only 1 youtube guy, avoid the youtube channels who try to go against the standard(people who have videos like dont train your glutes because of this". In my case i only watch Athlean x because he knows what he is talking about
I do pause reps on bench a lot. Lighter weight and pause halfway through every eccentric and concentric. Halfway down, pause, up, halfway down, pause, down, pause, halfway up, pause, down, pause, halfway up, pause, up. One complete eccentric and concentric is two reps with a ton of time under tension. Great burnout after heavy bench.
hey jeff, i really love all your videos and find them really helpful, I've been suffering with posterior pelvic tilt for a while now, request you to make a video on how to fix it
hope your pelvic gets better!
The information I get from this channel is Awesome... Thanks Brother 👍.
Jeff turns both left and right at the same time when driving to prevent muscle imbalance.
Lol
I will have to pay more attention to you and your program
Hi Jeff, Ive been dealing with sternum pain which I think is costochondritis for more than 2 years now. Have visited more than 6 doctors and PT's but still couldn't fix the problem. Could you please do a video or just comment about how to fix this? Thanks a lot!
Same, I've mostly healed but dips make it flare back up. Jeff pls
@@LilDumpOnYourHead you gotta warm up properly on every chest workout you do plus perfect form always! and you have to follow a stretching routine that you do every day this will most likely help. I mean It helped me I often had sternum pain too you have to crack your sternum with stretching I know that sounds painful but it’s so relieving when you do it trust me ;)
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Instead of the backpod he's promoting you can just as well use a lacrosse ball or something similar, as long as it's not squishy. If you want the main point of the video, massage your upper back with a hard ball along the spine on both sides because the source of your problem could be a stiff upper back that forces your rib joints in the front to move excessively
I dealt with this issue in my client by asking them to exaggerate the in breath, puff up the chest and perform the rep on brace. Don't do reps on out breath. Breath between reps if you have to. :)
Have you seen a DO that is skilled in OMT?
Good video my friend. Keep it going 💯
5:12 this
Solid video dude . Thanks !!!
A small surplus on calories helped grow my chest. I finally decided and stopped maintaining and did a little surplus for a bit then went back on a cut a few months later. My chest blew up after the reverse diet to my maintenance.
The cut lasted 4 weeks and the reverse diet took about 2 weeks.
Diet plays a big role on muscle gain as we can't always stay shredded and grow muscles.
You're awesome Jeff!
Hi Jeff. Thanks for all your material and sharing your wisdom with us. I ve followed your advices for a while now and I'm very happy with the results and better posture and well being. Is there any extra advice you can give on fixing rounded shoulders and posterior chain imbalances on hyperlax individuals? Thanks 🙏💪!
1:17 vascularity is off the charts. I'm sure he has good lighting, but even the face got veins popping well done
Thanks Jeff - I needed this
I enjoy your videos, please keep them coming. I have a question, it doesn't pertain to this video, but is a strength question. I am a 62 year old man and have always struggled completing pullups. What can I do to strengthen all areas of the body that aid in pullups? I almost never use the under hand grip, mainly the over hand. Thank you
Bench press doesn’t seem to do much for my chest; because I noticed my chest doesn’t do a whole lot of work. It’s all arms. Now these other exercise you’re talking about seem to help
That was probably the most fluid, non stuttering, smoothly worded video I've seen him do.
Thanks for pointing out what I was doing wrong. I'm not a bench press person, but adding that in seems very useful now. Thanks, as always. Big help.
Let the gains begin 💪
You forgot to mention the most important thing, which is getting lean enough to get a more defined chest
Ever since I watched one of your videos with the 3D Chest Chisels or I call them 3DCC's, I've seen really good results and they've been part of my routine for the past 7 years!
when did you start working out?
I'm old, and I'm short, so yeah - chest has always been a problem area for me. My favourite had been an old suggestion from Jeff - do bench until failure and then hop off and crank out a few pushups until you collapse in the floor. I did that yesterday, and now I'm feeling it in my boobs! Love it!
Same here Tony. I'm getting back into working out after a 20 year layoff lol. I'm 50 and trying like hell to get rid of my man boobs. Any suggestions? Also I got lucky and scored 2 bottles of Test!!
@@ApproachingHoofbeats Ha! I totally understand you! I was an athlete in my youth, but at 49 and approaching the Big Half Century, I decided to hit the gym again. Lost a couple of inches around my waist, but put on twenty pounds muscle - mostly arms, shoulders and legs. Even have a sort of six pack again. That was six years ago.
But that damn chest! Still working on that.
Still, it's amazing if you had muscle and were fit, how quickly it seems to come back. Just keep at it. I did find fewer reps, but taking each rep really slow helps reduce strain on your joints. And sadly, I find I need two rest days, not just one anymore.
Best of luck to you man! I know you can do it!
this was excellent. more of these!
Hey Jeff I know you say the bench press is the foundational exercise to build the chest. I often workout solo so I tend to use mostly dumbbells instead of a barbell. I realize I can't overload with dumbbells like with a barbell but can I still realize the same results if I increase reps or set done? Thanks
I think dumbels are better than barbells for pec growth tbh
And a good gym will have heavy ones
Yeah I agree. I always used dumbbells and got huge gains from it.
You can definitely overload with dumbbells. I would say it’s even easier to overload with them. I guess the hard part is getting into position so you have to roll back with them but you definitely get a better stretch with dumbbells
As someone who has a naturally thin frame and build, I've accepted that I'll never look like a body builder. However, I've also come to learn you should compare your progress to yourself not necessarily others. Be proud of your own achievements!
Jeff: "How is your strength at the excersise, are you at least at 1.25 of your body weight?"
Me lifting the same 50 kg for the last year while being 75kg body weight: 😅
Bro how
Is he talking about a one rep max?
@@zack.123. Probably
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Jeff, awesome video as always. I'm struggling to increase the weight of my bench press. I weigh around 75kg but have been stuck at bench pressing pressing 60-65kg max for quite a while now, which may explain why chest doesn't get any bigger. I've tried switching to dumbbell presses and can only do 30kg dumbbells there too. What can I do to get up to the 1.25xbody weight figure that you mentioned?
Honestly man, most likely you are not eating enough to gain muscle and get stronger. I'm sure if you get in more calories and keep training hard its gonna go up very soon
1.25 is crazy for the average person. When I watched the video I thought it was some kind of mistake! There is also no mention if this is a one rep max or a set he's talking about.
I'm at 70kgs and the most I can push is 70 with 4 reps - there is no way I'll be able to push 90kgs unless I increase my weight.
I’d say if your max is 60, go for 45-50 for reps. And slowly add a rep to each set and once you get to 12 reps for 3 sets with the same amount of rest each time, then add 5kg and repeat the process till you get 12,12,12. At the end of October 2021 i could bench 60 for 12.10.10 and 80 for 2 reps, now I can hit 75 for 9,9,8 and at least 4 reps with 80kg. (At 75kg body weight)
Zack123 depends on What You mean by average, 1.25 is not crazy at all if you’ve been Going to the gym for one or a couple of years.
Might be obvious to all but total newbies, but just in case anyone reading this might be unsure: be sure to count the weight of the bar as part of the total you can lift. And Zack alluded to this, but I assume Jeff must have been referring to a single-rep max?
This is the best channel out there .thanks for your knowledge that your teaching even us beginners who really want to know and how to do things properly .
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My personal favorites as a small framed short ass guy is the inclined bench, dumbbell press and pec fly but you have to know how to work to failure to grow and you have to train all of your supporting muscles to supportive the extra weight when your chest can handled it
The real reason is that you are a natty
Im seeing my recommened by you Jeff. There so many vids and I dont know which ones to watch😂