I had originally planned to do this video on "the fastest way to blow up your squat" BUT I rolled my ankle playing basketball (or was it doing bosu-ball-curls? hmmm...) so I had to delay all lower body stuff on account of me being forced to skip leg day. I'm back to hitting full body workouts now, so will definitely be rolling out the Full Body Science Applied Series (and the new program) next month! I'm also going to extend this series and cover specific techniques for "blowing up your [everything interesting]". Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see. Hope you guys are having a great weekend and enjoy the video! Peace!
the weight throughout my sets. So it say 1.Bench Press 3x10-12 reps. ( but am I suppose to keep the same weight for every set or increase the weight on every set hitting 10-12 reps?)
Bench technique: There are cues you can learn to "feel the muscle" on some lifts. For instance on back, we focus on ignoring our hands and feeling like we are pulling from the elbows, and that activates more back... A similar cue for benching, focus not on the bar going up, *focus on squeezing your elbows together, like a fly.* Your hands are locked to the bar, so make it feel like your only way to move is to squeeze the elbows inwards, and the bar will naturally rise.
I like "push yourself into the bench rather than pushing the weight away from you" That helped me to get bench press correct. It sort of makes the same thing as your suggestion happen.
For pull ups: focus on pulling the bar to yourself instead of trying to cut yourself from the ground; as it was a row you are doing, it will feel much better
I appreciate these video's so much. I tore my pec in February and was told not to touch a weight and movement that involved chest . I spent hours researching and your technique aided me so much in my recovery. I am 10 months in and I am pressing 410 x 5 and almost back to my normal weight. Not only is my chest fuller , but the technique and theory have made this a pain free journey. Sir my hat is off to you and look forward to future video's.
Jeff, I think the main reason the reverse grip bench press activates more of the upper pecs is that it forces the elbows to be in a smaller angle towards the chest. Therefore anatomically, the upper pec is more suited to producing force because of its anatomy becsuse the force is now coming much more from below instead of coming from the side. If you simply incline bench press but use the same elbow angle (irrespective of using a pronated grip ) you will likely see the same or even more activation of the upper pecs, certainly more activation than how you performed incline bench press at the beginning of the video.
I’m not even kidding, I was looking for this video last Tuesday when I was getting chest, unfortunately you didn’t have an upper chest video that I could find, but I have chest day today and you posted this just before I was going to the gym. How perfect
The only actual benefits: >you don't waste vitamins on sperm >you become more sexually competitive, wich might get you laid >your dick has time to repair from damage(beating your meat without lube is unnatural, and will damage your dick), making it more sensitive >you can focus on more important things when you don't think about sex all the time >you will leard discipline That's about it, no superpowers
Skinny dude here who is slowly starting to see good results all thanks to Jeff’s RUclips videos. I’ve been trying to gain mass for years now and these videos have helped so much (:
I know I'm late on the comment but I stumbled across Jeff about a month ago and I revamped my workout thanks to his vids and I'm seeing some really impressive results. I too am a skinny dude.
@@evdevd9881 same here, this Jeff and Jeff cavalier have catapulted my progress. Trying to get more pounds on me but all my exercises have dramatically increased. I can now do weighted dips like nobody’s business. Still at 150 but everyday my 185 goal feels more obtainable. Started at 124 (morning weight after urinating).
Interesting episode, thank you. 6:18 a few other factors I would like to introduce in terms of the benefits of bands and machines over free weights: 1. I’m training in recovery from a major injury - complete tear of a bicep tendon. Free weights are much more likely to “jerk” if you lose control which has a much higher chance of injury again. Bands decrease force on the return part, free weights increase force. Machines ‘“catch” the weight themselves as they bottom out. Free weights therefore have by far the highest injury potential. 2. Bands tend to introduce “stability” challenges in that you have to brace your frame to isolate the muscle group. This means you train static strength in your core and legs at the same time as training dynamic strength in the chest or arms. Training static strength in stabilisation muscles helps build joint stability which further reduces injury potential. 3. Travel. If you travel for work, packing bands is MUCH easier than packing weights or a machine …. So developing a workout program that is primarily body weight + bands means that when you travel you do not alter your training program and you know you will be able to do it. This is a great time saver and a way to not let travel interrupt training or recovery. There are plenty of times where free weights (particularly) dumb bells are the best option for strength and growth but at the expense of injury risk and portability. On an 80/20 principle where you are training for general fitness, sport, or recovery - bands and body weight are hard to argue against.
always great content here. I recently added what I'll call resistance band standing fly (not sure that is correct) and have seen good gains and even visible striation in my upper chest. I attach the band low on power rack so it resists motion both vertically and across the body. I supplement with a light dumbbell in hand as well. Standing sidways to the power rack, I bring my arm from down at my side, up and across my body, ending about forehead level or as high as is possible and on the opposite side of body. Because when I do this late in a session I had issues with cramping of my chest, I am starting my sessions with this exercise. I know this is a late comment on an older video but I wanted to share what has worked very well for me recently. Thanks again for all the well researched content.
Nothing wrong with targeting a part of the body that is lagging but before people go crazy doing all incline chest workouts they should do two things: 1) Ask themselves if they only need to grow their upper pecs, or if their pecs would look better just being bigger overall 2) Consider that flat pressing activates the upper chest at worst almost as well as incline pressing, but in many studies it's really shown to be just as good, but incline pressing significantly reduces mid/lower chest activation, so incline pressing doesn't train your upper chest more as much as it just trains your mid/lower chest less. Also some exercises like dips have at times even been shown to recruit the upper chest more than any incline press (while also heavily recruiting the rest of the pecs). Don't waste your time trying to grow a specific area of a body part that you think is lagging if weigh 150lbs, because your whole body is lagging and you should be focusing on building as much muscle all over as possible.
See people all the time doing isolation exercises when like you suggest they should really be pushing on the compound exercises and getting bigger overall
As a chiropractic student, I can tell you I've seen a ton of people with wrist problems, especially with the capitate. I attribute this partly to excessive bench pressing (due to the fixed wrist position). Though the reverse grip bench may add variety to your chest activation, I have my concerns of the effect it will have on the wrist (just looking at the position of the wrist).
Im currently doing a "block" of chest and delts, training both chest and delts three times per week. Increasing the volume every week for a total of four weeks, then backing of to let the muscles recover with low volume for about 6-8 weeks, then hitting them again three times per week. Works great for me since my chest is my strongest bodypart.
Reverse grip bench tips: Don't arch, it will defeat the purpose of targeting the upper pecs, Take a wide grip on the bar and instead of pushing the bar try to shorten the bar by bringing your hands together. To focus more on triceps, press the bar straight up, to target upper pecs try to drive the bar over your face tracking in a arch (remember to try to shorten the bar), last, you may want to do these inside a power rack with safety pins the first dozen or so times and you will need a spotter to lift out off, so using the safety pins and lifting from the bottom will also help. With no pins you will absolutely need a lift off. I do my reverse grip presses off lifts as a floor press, I don't need a bench or a spotter, but I do need 2 sturdy boxes (in my home gym I use tires with flooring plywood)
I just started my new push/pull/legs split and based my chest work on these exercises. For the last 6 months I have been benching narrow to see if it would impact my chest growth or my mind muscle connection with the clavicular head. Which It didn't, so as you stated in this video it might work to increase the amount of reps. That did certainly help, when back this week to perform the flat bench of a rep range between 10-12 reps and I instantly felt a better connection with my upper pecs.
Gotta say I've stopped Flat bench one day of the two time's a week Chests trained. Doing this has allowed for much more strength on upper the 2nd day. Sets are between 6-14 depending on what exercise performed. Example, I can't push out 14 sets of 40kg Dumbells, but I'll hit the Smith machine, reversed, with feet up on back of the machine, at various incline levels, and rep taking any leg drive completely out, so it's fully on my chest, it's also safer to hook over, and train to failure. This has shown GROWTH, and striations, I just felt Flat bench kinda took over.
K Z yeah but that dont feel the same as giving money to someone. As a producer if u can make ur consumers feel that then youre gonna be really successful
Interesting. For me, getting chest to grow was always very hard. I'd train it once per week, getting a bit stronger over time but my other body parts would zoom past my small chest gains. But when I went to twice a week chest training I started growing rapidly. I'd hit it hard on Friday, then a bit easier on Monday. I attribute flat bench to my upper chest gains. I'd use a weight I could get 10-15 reps with, and bust out 4 sets. While before this, when my chest was lagging, I'd be in the 6-10 rep range, adding weight each set, but this didn't do a lot for me. Wasn't until I upped the reps and really used the muscle, twice a week, that I started to grow.
When I do cable flys, I like to do them with one arm, and use the off hand to touch my chest, this helps me make the connection to the muscle working super fast. It also allows me to get an awesome range of motion and cross over my center line easier. Less weight is used dong this though, so I still do traditional crossovers as well once I get the fly motion and muscle connection going.
A video about tendonitis would be great, as it is very difficult to find information on the topic. It would be awesome if you could talk particularly about tricep tendonitis as well as that is one of the lesser known tendonitis.
One way to add volume for bench is have a rep max for each week (week 1: 12RM, week 2: 10 RM, week 3: 8RM etc) and do drop back sets. It's a great way to keep the movement feeling fresh.
Best upper chest: Decline bench press with a close grip (shoulder width grip) another study verified this I can't remember the name of the author. Ensure elbows are close to the torso. This creates a shoulder flexion movement and the decline bench angle ensure more volume of your chest is targeted because of the angle and the fact that you can use more weight. An alternative supinated grip decline bench press with a shoulder-width grip. The supinated grip forces your elbows to your side creating a shoulder flexion movement when pressing. In addition, you have a longer range of motion when you press up then move the bar towards your head area (actually performing a flexion with the barbell). I covered this topic twice years ago and again last year on my Instagram page and my book. The scientists you referenced are off the mark.
@@thrash123ful most are at least 45 degrees. I used to set it higher myself until someone suggested 30. Once i did a comparison I could feel the delt activation become greater the higher the setting
I go slightly higher than flat. So probably 15° to 30° Some crazy guys I've seen at my gym pressing at probably 75°, I know it's not shoulder work ass they're doing them with flies etc.
Well done in eliminating jargon. As a scientist, communicating scientific findings with the public is an on going challenge. By eliminating the jargon present within published scientific papers, you engage a larger group of people in health and fitness; all the while reducing the intimidation factor for some in the beginning stages of their fitness journey. Well done sir.
The fact that you are not fake natty is the cherry on cake, unlike other youtubers on HRT who say they are natty. You really are natty, and it's visible......... And i like the presentation and info source is also given.
@@nikolaizaicev9297 Whats not natural about his physique lol. Doesnt have huge bulging delts, guy is rather short so easier to fill out his frame, isnt unnaturally lean year round. Still an amazing physique nonetheless
I've done so many variations with bbells, dbells, machines and cables with middling results. But what made an immediate difference for me was incline presses and guillotine presses on a Smith Machine. Plus adding a fly movement with cables. I know, saying the words 'Smith Machine' will result in all kinds of negative replies but as a 61yo benching without a spotter it just worked. Particularly with guillotine presses where there is a greater risk.
The first movement in my chest routine is an incline dumbell fly, 1 set until close to failure to pre-exhaust the chest before performing the incline dumbbell press
Jeff i know you read these mate i just wanted to say you are a fucking don in the youtube fitness game so much trash out there but i always revisit and revise your material its rammed with studies to support the advice you give and it is balanced with no extra fluff and bullshit plus you are a great guy it seems. you deserve the success you have attained for yourself dude keep em comin'
I started doing the number 4 indicator setting on bench, I assume that is roughly 40-45 degrees on the incline. I'll tell you what with incline presses I can feel the muscle fibers closer to the insertion where it connects to the clavicle(?), this has help explode my upper chest to develop.
Your videos are not only unique but full of quality research and your personal results are the cream in the pudding. If I stick to this and get quality results I will let you know.
Great video, I've been following your work for a year now and I've gone from 87kg and 28% body fat to 70kg 15% body fat, but I can't seem to get a definition in the middle line of my pecs, any suggestions on that?
My chest has been really sore for three days. I just did kneeling pushups to failure for four sets. I did change it to were I had my hands on two weights so I could get a better stretch. Did I push myself to hard?
Hey Jeff, I love your "putting science back into working out" attitude. I would love to see a "be fit like an Operator,(Special Forces ) science applied" .See what would get you special forces fit and why. Just a thought
In my 90s (arnold time)we dont care about science we just do work very hard everyday and gain massive result . But now theres a lot of confusion of fitness now a days because of science, but im not saying its bad but it brings people a lot on confusion . I compete before by the way but now im old but some of my gains still therem
Monster 0182 12-20 total sets of bench pressing per week with a pause on the chest while having proper scapula retraction and getting stronger in the 6-8 rep range does the trick
@@miska9655 I agree. So many bro's who do three types of bench press, three types of chest flys, hammer press machine and then go to the Smith machine to "get more volume" and usually, they have no back muscles, at all,or legs.
With the low-to-high cable flies l get a much better chest isolation from supinating my arms so my palms are facing towards each other and slightly upwards
Swole father, Who art in heaven be in they gym, They sets be done, Then thy be vascular, Then gains shall come, Halo as it is over head press, Give us in this day our daily macros, And we shall forgive thy on cheat days, As we forgive those who curl in squat racks, Lead us not into half reps, But lead us away from CrossFit, For thine is the bro, the PR, the natty forever, Wheymen.
Dude! I wish i cold translate your videos to portuguese, ther's a loot of people here in Brazil and in Portugal that could really use those adivices. Great content, my man.
@@RocksmithPdl Do _you_ lift? That's just not true. Below 8 reps isn't a set? Where did you get that advice from, because I'd suggest not listening to wherever yougot that from, mate
A set is a chain of unbroken reps. For example, you pick up two dumbells, you do a certain number of reps, and when you stop, that'd be a set. If you did 3,8, or 100, it's still one set.
Black Sperm well, there’s just much more to be said on the topic. By the way, welcome to my channel :) I make very detailed science based videos that explore training/fitness topics a few layers deeper than the most basic answers.
Holy shit thank you so so much for citing sources!!! Literally every influencer will say "science says.. (insert random ass claim)" and it makes me so mad! Thank you so much for this, it's so helpful!
For presses I only do flat bench dumbbell presses (had shoulder problems, but they are fine now) and when I tried ha very high volume workout after a layoff to see where I got sore I actually go equal soreness in both mid and upper chest or even slightly more in the upper chest, so I think it is really true that flat bench just about hit both upper and mid chest to the same amount. Besides, I can do cable movements, weighted dips, banded presses, pullovers etc so I'm fine with only doing flat dumbbell presses for the press movements! I can get really low in the stretch and can go as low as 5 -6 reps if going for heavy (have really good control of the dumbbells), but often go up to 12 reps. A great movement that is also much easier to get into the starting position with compared to the incline dumbbell press if the dumbbells hare heavy (for me heavy is up to 46 kg per dumbbell).
you should note that its good to put dumbell press on a 45degree angle from your shoulders to elbows when benching if you do it parallel it works more on your triceps rather then your chest
To keep it simple. Arnold was doing bench-press- horizontally and inclined. In the old days were benches for declined and was working with volume, sets and reps like a maniac. He was doing also strongman bench-press. Chest flies with dumbbells or with cables with same capacity as in the bench.. And I am not mistaken 2 days a week.
Amazing video as always Jeff, thank you. I'm hoping you can either point me to a video I'm struggling to find or potentially consider a video that dives deep into chest range of motion versus shoulder injury risk. There are so many differing opinions on how deep to go. Having had a bankart repair on my shoulder previously from ski injury, I'm trying to better understand the risks and trade-offs.
Love the video Jeff. I would love it if you were able to look into the science behind the “halo sport”. It claims to stimulate a part of your brain which helps improve strength and endurance faster. They also claim to have thousands of studies completed on the matter. I know my boy loves digging into some real data, so I would really appreciate if you shared your opinion, as I can’t help but be extremely skeptical... thanks Jeff!
I had originally planned to do this video on "the fastest way to blow up your squat" BUT I rolled my ankle playing basketball (or was it doing bosu-ball-curls? hmmm...) so I had to delay all lower body stuff on account of me being forced to skip leg day. I'm back to hitting full body workouts now, so will definitely be rolling out the Full Body Science Applied Series (and the new program) next month! I'm also going to extend this series and cover specific techniques for "blowing up your [everything interesting]". Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see. Hope you guys are having a great weekend and enjoy the video! Peace!
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How about blowing up the forearms?
Hope you will get better soon 💪
Jeff Nippard are single hand incline DB press just as effective as bilateral incline DB press?
i absolutely love how this man always always always has his sources cited. His highschool teachers would be proud.
I'd be very surprised if he doesn't have a degree in sports science or something similar, his manner of teaching is very academic.
Waseem Parker Jeff has a B.S. degree in biochemistry
They all have sample size issues which makes them all pointless.....
Really easy to impress people on RUclips and seem scientific
nah its not in MLA format
Jeff Nippard doesn't use slo-mo on his videos, he's just that good at performing ultra slow controlled reps.
The form is strong in this one 😂
Wait u mean to tell me it ISNT slow motion?! wtf...i thought he was LOL
Cardio with no hands
@@horny4violence hahahhahaaha uzoma the Legend
the weight throughout my sets. So it say
1.Bench Press 3x10-12 reps. ( but am I suppose to keep the same weight for every set or increase the weight on every set hitting 10-12 reps?)
Bench technique: There are cues you can learn to "feel the muscle" on some lifts. For instance on back, we focus on ignoring our hands and feeling like we are pulling from the elbows, and that activates more back... A similar cue for benching, focus not on the bar going up, *focus on squeezing your elbows together, like a fly.* Your hands are locked to the bar, so make it feel like your only way to move is to squeeze the elbows inwards, and the bar will naturally rise.
I like "push yourself into the bench rather than pushing the weight away from you"
That helped me to get bench press correct. It sort of makes the same thing as your suggestion happen.
Great tip, thanks
Genius
For pull ups: focus on pulling the bar to yourself instead of trying to cut yourself from the ground; as it was a row you are doing, it will feel much better
i trained my upper chest too much and now i cant see over it, Jeff help!
Ben San do head superset workouts
Gotta do direct neck work now so you can see over it again.
Spend 10 mins on an elliptical and you’re good
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Go vegan!
'The fastest way to blow up your upper chest'
Strap some C4 to it.
clicked on the video to find exactly this comment. was not disappointed 😂😂
thats some good pre wrokout doe
I agree that's a fast & effective approach, bear in mind this would also affect the surrounding tissue, though.
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I appreciate these video's so much. I tore my pec in February and was told not to touch a weight and movement that involved chest . I spent hours researching and your technique aided me so much in my recovery. I am 10 months in and I am pressing 410 x 5 and almost back to my normal weight. Not only is my chest fuller , but the technique and theory have made this a pain free journey. Sir my hat is off to you and look forward to future video's.
Jeff, I think the main reason the reverse grip bench press activates more of the upper pecs is that it forces the elbows to be in a smaller angle towards the chest. Therefore anatomically, the upper pec is more suited to producing force because of its anatomy becsuse the force is now coming much more from below instead of coming from the side.
If you simply incline bench press but use the same elbow angle (irrespective of using a pronated grip ) you will likely see the same or even more activation of the upper pecs, certainly more activation than how you performed incline bench press at the beginning of the video.
Same with dumbbells agreed
Goal is to be able to balance a cup on the upper chest in the side chest pose 😂
Hahaha
@@musclescientist4959 Lmao
Yep
The#1 Demon 👊🏼
It really do be like that too
I’m not even kidding, I was looking for this video last Tuesday when I was getting chest, unfortunately you didn’t have an upper chest video that I could find, but I have chest day today and you posted this just before I was going to the gym. How perfect
Even though I have relatively big chest but my upper chest was lagging.. thanks for such a trustworthy info Jeff!!!
Make a No Nut November science explained
We’re almost there guys
Angel Osorio I will do this video for Nov 2020 👍🏼
@@JeffNippard great
Jeff Nippard make it a bro Jeff video 😂😂😂
The only actual benefits:
>you don't waste vitamins on sperm
>you become more sexually competitive, wich might get you laid
>your dick has time to repair from damage(beating your meat without lube is unnatural, and will damage your dick), making it more sensitive
>you can focus on more important things when you don't think about sex all the time
>you will leard discipline
That's about it, no superpowers
@@edtheangler4930 Not sure if abstaining from sex causes you to think less about it. For me it's the opposite
Skinny dude here who is slowly starting to see good results all thanks to Jeff’s RUclips videos. I’ve been trying to gain mass for years now and these videos have helped so much (:
I know I'm late on the comment but I stumbled across Jeff about a month ago and I revamped my workout thanks to his vids and I'm seeing some really impressive results. I too am a skinny dude.
@@evdevd9881 same here, this Jeff and Jeff cavalier have catapulted my progress. Trying to get more pounds on me but all my exercises have dramatically increased. I can now do weighted dips like nobody’s business. Still at 150 but everyday my 185 goal feels more obtainable. Started at 124 (morning weight after urinating).
@@zaccarter3801 You gotta change your name to Jeff if you really wanna make gains.
Interesting episode, thank you. 6:18 a few other factors I would like to introduce in terms of the benefits of bands and machines over free weights:
1. I’m training in recovery from a major injury - complete tear of a bicep tendon. Free weights are much more likely to “jerk” if you lose control which has a much higher chance of injury again. Bands decrease force on the return part, free weights increase force. Machines ‘“catch” the weight themselves as they bottom out. Free weights therefore have by far the highest injury potential.
2. Bands tend to introduce “stability” challenges in that you have to brace your frame to isolate the muscle group. This means you train static strength in your core and legs at the same time as training dynamic strength in the chest or arms. Training static strength in stabilisation muscles helps build joint stability which further reduces injury potential.
3. Travel. If you travel for work, packing bands is MUCH easier than packing weights or a machine …. So developing a workout program that is primarily body weight + bands means that when you travel you do not alter your training program and you know you will be able to do it. This is a great time saver and a way to not let travel interrupt training or recovery.
There are plenty of times where free weights (particularly) dumb bells are the best option for strength and growth but at the expense of injury risk and portability. On an 80/20 principle where you are training for general fitness, sport, or recovery - bands and body weight are hard to argue against.
A very nice put together video, with good sources and no unnecessary filler. Nice work Jeff.
always great content here. I recently added what I'll call resistance band standing fly (not sure that is correct) and have seen good gains and even visible striation in my upper chest. I attach the band low on power rack so it resists motion both vertically and across the body. I supplement with a light dumbbell in hand as well. Standing sidways to the power rack, I bring my arm from down at my side, up and across my body, ending about forehead level or as high as is possible and on the opposite side of body. Because when I do this late in a session I had issues with cramping of my chest, I am starting my sessions with this exercise. I know this is a late comment on an older video but I wanted to share what has worked very well for me recently. Thanks again for all the well researched content.
Nothing wrong with targeting a part of the body that is lagging but before people go crazy doing all incline chest workouts they should do two things:
1) Ask themselves if they only need to grow their upper pecs, or if their pecs would look better just being bigger overall
2) Consider that flat pressing activates the upper chest at worst almost as well as incline pressing, but in many studies it's really shown to be just as good, but incline pressing significantly reduces mid/lower chest activation, so incline pressing doesn't train your upper chest more as much as it just trains your mid/lower chest less. Also some exercises like dips have at times even been shown to recruit the upper chest more than any incline press (while also heavily recruiting the rest of the pecs).
Don't waste your time trying to grow a specific area of a body part that you think is lagging if weigh 150lbs, because your whole body is lagging and you should be focusing on building as much muscle all over as possible.
See people all the time doing isolation exercises when like you suggest they should really be pushing on the compound exercises and getting bigger overall
This is why Jeff Nippard is the goat. He does the research and compiles the evidence. Love it!
As a chiropractic student, I can tell you I've seen a ton of people with wrist problems, especially with the capitate. I attribute this partly to excessive bench pressing (due to the fixed wrist position).
Though the reverse grip bench may add variety to your chest activation, I have my concerns of the effect it will have on the wrist (just looking at the position of the wrist).
Shut up nerd
I agree it is very hard on my wrist
That's why use low weight
Im currently doing a "block" of chest and delts, training both chest and delts three times per week. Increasing the volume every week for a total of four weeks, then backing of to let the muscles recover with low volume for about 6-8 weeks, then hitting them again three times per week. Works great for me since my chest is my strongest bodypart.
Your channel has become one of my favorite ones in a minute. Hope I’ll become like you one day champ! 🙏🏾
Reverse grip bench tips: Don't arch, it will defeat the purpose of targeting the upper pecs, Take a wide grip on the bar and instead of pushing the bar try to shorten the bar by bringing your hands together. To focus more on triceps, press the bar straight up, to target upper pecs try to drive the bar over your face tracking in a arch (remember to try to shorten the bar), last, you may want to do these inside a power rack with safety pins the first dozen or so times and you will need a spotter to lift out off, so using the safety pins and lifting from the bottom will also help. With no pins you will absolutely need a lift off. I do my reverse grip presses off lifts as a floor press, I don't need a bench or a spotter, but I do need 2 sturdy boxes (in my home gym I use tires with flooring plywood)
You literally have the most killer content.
RIP
My condolences to whomever died to make this.
Greg Chock my chest. It’s dead. No chance of resurrection
I just started my new push/pull/legs split and based my chest work on these exercises. For the last 6 months I have been benching narrow to see if it would impact my chest growth or my mind muscle connection with the clavicular head. Which It didn't, so as you stated in this video it might work to increase the amount of reps. That did certainly help, when back this week to perform the flat bench of a rep range between 10-12 reps and I instantly felt a better connection with my upper pecs.
Gotta say I've stopped Flat bench one day of the two time's a week Chests trained.
Doing this has allowed for much more strength on upper the 2nd day.
Sets are between 6-14 depending on what exercise performed.
Example, I can't push out 14 sets of 40kg Dumbells, but I'll hit the Smith machine, reversed, with feet up on back of the machine, at various incline levels, and rep taking any leg drive completely out, so it's fully on my chest, it's also safer to hook over, and train to failure.
This has shown GROWTH, and
striations, I just felt Flat bench kinda took over.
Jeff is a real genius !! Jeff is definitely a gym general .. Wish I had the money to buy all his programs .. Awesome Guy ..
Baffling that content like this is free
Am Cha, it’s not. There is no such thing as free. You pay with your very valuable attention you give to the advertisements on his videos
K Z yeah but that dont feel the same as giving money to someone. As a producer if u can make ur consumers feel that then youre gonna be really successful
@@NK-ke6yy he obviously means that this is content you'd usually have to pay a personal trainer for
If you really felt like that then you would donate to him and not bitch in the comments.
Rocksmith Pdl, true. It doesn’t feel the same
Interesting. For me, getting chest to grow was always very hard. I'd train it once per week, getting a bit stronger over time but my other body parts would zoom past my small chest gains. But when I went to twice a week chest training I started growing rapidly. I'd hit it hard on Friday, then a bit easier on Monday. I attribute flat bench to my upper chest gains. I'd use a weight I could get 10-15 reps with, and bust out 4 sets. While before this, when my chest was lagging, I'd be in the 6-10 rep range, adding weight each set, but this didn't do a lot for me. Wasn't until I upped the reps and really used the muscle, twice a week, that I started to grow.
Incline Dumbell press, then incline bench press drop sets on the Smith machine, I really feel that upper chest swell up.
Yup, hits well. Then I like to squeeze as much as I can out of it with cable flyes
When I do cable flys, I like to do them with one arm, and use the off hand to touch my chest, this helps me make the connection to the muscle working super fast. It also allows me to get an awesome range of motion and cross over my center line easier. Less weight is used dong this though, so I still do traditional crossovers as well once I get the fly motion and muscle connection going.
i also like to do cable flies with one arms, but i like to use my other arm to jerk off
@@cvspvr 😂😂😂
A video about tendonitis would be great, as it is very difficult to find information on the topic. It would be awesome if you could talk particularly about tricep tendonitis as well as that is one of the lesser known tendonitis.
best channel for muscle science and techniques.. thank you
One way to add volume for bench is have a rep max for each week (week 1: 12RM, week 2: 10 RM, week 3: 8RM etc) and do drop back sets. It's a great way to keep the movement feeling fresh.
Best upper chest: Decline bench press with a close grip (shoulder width grip) another study verified this I can't remember the name of the author. Ensure elbows are close to the torso. This creates a shoulder flexion movement and the decline bench angle ensure more volume of your chest is targeted because of the angle and the fact that you can use more weight. An alternative supinated grip decline bench press with a shoulder-width grip. The supinated grip forces your elbows to your side creating a shoulder flexion movement when pressing. In addition, you have a longer range of motion when you press up then move the bar towards your head area (actually performing a flexion with the barbell). I covered this topic twice years ago and again last year on my Instagram page and my book. The scientists you referenced are off the mark.
I find a 30 degree incline works best for me. The next setting seems to bring my delts more into play.
Same think i'm the only one in my gym that does this.
@@thrash123ful most are at least 45 degrees. I used to set it higher myself until someone suggested 30. Once i did a comparison I could feel the delt activation become greater the higher the setting
I also do 30 degree angle
I go slightly higher than flat. So probably 15° to 30°
Some crazy guys I've seen at my gym pressing at probably 75°, I know it's not shoulder work ass they're doing them with flies etc.
Well done in eliminating jargon. As a scientist, communicating scientific findings with the public is an on going challenge. By eliminating the jargon present within published scientific papers, you engage a larger group of people in health and fitness; all the while reducing the intimidation factor for some in the beginning stages of their fitness journey. Well done sir.
The fact that you are not fake natty is the cherry on cake, unlike other youtubers on HRT who say they are natty.
You really are natty, and it's visible.........
And i like the presentation and info source is also given.
If he is natty, than my name is mother teresa.
@@nikolaizaicev9297 Whats not natural about his physique lol. Doesnt have huge bulging delts, guy is rather short so easier to fill out his frame, isnt unnaturally lean year round. Still an amazing physique nonetheless
I've done so many variations with bbells, dbells, machines and cables with middling results. But what made an immediate difference for me was incline presses and guillotine presses on a Smith Machine. Plus adding a fly movement with cables. I know, saying the words 'Smith Machine' will result in all kinds of negative replies but as a 61yo benching without a spotter it just worked. Particularly with guillotine presses where there is a greater risk.
Jeff is the type of guy to eat kiwi as pre-workout
Siddharth Pandey that is true!
Protease is where it’s at
@@isaacvance5090 got to hit that anabolic window fam
I eat ramen as a preworkout
sid that bicep is blowing up fam
The first movement in my chest routine is an incline dumbell fly, 1 set until close to failure to pre-exhaust the chest before performing the incline dumbbell press
By adding dips and changing the angle of pull from low to high or vice versa on cable crossover, you have a complete chest workout.
I’ve never seen this channel but I did not expect it to be so detailed quality content
That awkward moment when the "before" thumbnail is already way beyond your goal.
Jeff i know you read these mate i just wanted to say you are a fucking don in the youtube fitness game so much trash out there but i always revisit and revise your material its rammed with studies to support the advice you give and it is balanced with no extra fluff and bullshit plus you are a great guy it seems.
you deserve the success you have attained for yourself dude keep em comin'
Been waiting for this, definitely going to implement these into my workout!
Yeah this dude is really into it its a real coach
literally hit the like button 2 sec in.. because it's jeff nippard and I've been looking for a good vid covering this for a while now.
Am I the only one who caught that "oops" edit at 6:15??? Is it because he didn't have a spotter?
Yea lol
Yeah, he says "make sure you have a spotter" while the screen is showing him pressing solo.
I started doing the number 4 indicator setting on bench, I assume that is roughly 40-45 degrees on the incline. I'll tell you what with incline presses I can feel the muscle fibers closer to the insertion where it connects to the clavicle(?), this has help explode my upper chest to develop.
Can't believe Jeff click baited us like that with a floating barbell
Your videos are not only unique but full of quality research and your personal results are the cream in the pudding. If I stick to this and get quality results I will let you know.
When Athlean X , Jeff Nippard , Jaramie ethier all release their video at the same day.
Jaramie ethier...
Scott Herman is also good
Another great video Jeff. I mean you are literally the best fitness RUclipsr out there hands down!
Great video, I've been following your work for a year now and I've gone from 87kg and 28% body fat to 70kg 15% body fat, but I can't seem to get a definition in the middle line of my pecs, any suggestions on that?
Shred down to 12% or less with a small calorie deficit over a couple of months could do it, I bet.
My chest has been really sore for three days. I just did kneeling pushups to failure for four sets. I did change it to were I had my hands on two weights so I could get a better stretch. Did I push myself to hard?
thanks, i was waiting for this to drop after your ig post before going to the gym lol.
Very helpful. This guy knows how to give advice that’s easy to follow.
Glad I’m watching this before heading out to do my Chest Day! Great vid Jeff!
I keep coming back to old videos.
I’m a big fan of the New Chestament in the Swoly Bible
😂😂
repent for the kingdom of God is at hand
The girl at 7- 11 has a nice chest.🔥
Hey Jeff,
I love your "putting science back into working out" attitude. I would love to see a "be fit like an Operator,(Special Forces ) science applied" .See what would get you special forces fit and why.
Just a thought
In my 90s (arnold time)we dont care about science we just do work very hard everyday and gain massive result . But now theres a lot of confusion of fitness now a days because of science, but im not saying its bad but it brings people a lot on confusion . I compete before by the way but now im old but some of my gains still therem
Arnold was a drug abuser, and a lot of people were on drugs because no one knew much about the colateral effects. 90s were trash
@Love Yourself that's not even a boomer moment you moron
@Love Yourself for god sake you made a more boomer comment than that
I never knew whether to go 30degrees or 45 degrees on the incline dumbells, this cleared it up a bit! thankyou
30 works so much better. At 45, your shoulders start to take over
I cant even build a chest itself, so how tf can I build an upper chest 😂
Yeah me too.
Monster 0182
12-20 total sets of bench pressing per week with a pause on the chest while having proper scapula retraction and getting stronger in the 6-8 rep range does the trick
Eat more
Chest is overrated shoulders and Back is what matters
@@miska9655
I agree. So many bro's who do three types of bench press, three types of chest flys, hammer press machine and then go to the Smith machine to "get more volume" and usually, they have no back muscles, at all,or legs.
With the low-to-high cable flies l get a much better chest isolation from supinating my arms so my palms are facing towards each other and slightly upwards
Nah
Jeff, is tren or decca better for upper chest development????
Highly recommend the push pull legs program! I’m almost at the second block and I have seen great results!
Swole father,
Who art in heaven be in they gym,
They sets be done,
Then thy be vascular,
Then gains shall come,
Halo as it is over head press,
Give us in this day our daily macros,
And we shall forgive thy on cheat days,
As we forgive those who curl in squat racks,
Lead us not into half reps,
But lead us away from CrossFit,
For thine is the bro, the PR, the natty forever,
Wheymen.
Ricky Ck-ck IM DYING this is too good lmao
😭😭😭 you’re killing me!
I chuckled
SO LIFT WE ALL!!
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I naturally have a close grip on bench and have done for nearly 3 years, can confirm upper development has been substantial over this period of time.
4:15 so the smith machine wasnt a meme after all!!
I appreciate the literature reviews as a current graduate student working on a thesis
6:15 “oops”
Noel Felix lol gotta have a spotter handy, he doesnt need one
Another amazing video! Jeff does it again 💪
LOL. I’d kill just to look like the “before” Arnold in this thumbnail
JEFF!!!!!!!! you are a F beast mannnn, i thnk one of the better science divulgators, greetings from ARGENTINA!!
- "Let's imagine what he'd look like if his upper chest was lagging"
- removes the whole chest
Dude! I wish i cold translate your videos to portuguese, ther's a loot of people here in Brazil and in Portugal that could really use those adivices. Great content, my man.
Jeff Nippard - the body of a Greek God with the voice of a Poindexter.
Still bigger and stronger than you'll ever be though. So, hey, make jokes about his voice if it make you feel better about that fact.
Voice sounds pretty normal to me
@@alcazar123456 Interesting how many likes I got for my comment then isn't it?
gothops 6 out of 32,000 views?
With the proper form reversed grip bench is the best for the upper part. Extremely overlooked exercise.
Also I can imagine Jeff doing bosu ball curls to roll his ankle so easily 😂
Lots of information presented quickly with tons of research behind it.
What is considered a “set” though?
wtf...do you even lift bro
Pc pricw 8-12 reps is considered a set. Any less than 8 is not necessarily a proper set but sometimes it depends on what exercise
@@RocksmithPdl no...any single continuous rep is a set...it can be as less as 1... it can even be 1000reps but only if u do that shit without stopping
@@RocksmithPdl
Do _you_ lift?
That's just not true. Below 8 reps isn't a set? Where did you get that advice from, because I'd suggest not listening to wherever yougot that from, mate
A set is a chain of unbroken reps. For example, you pick up two dumbells, you do a certain number of reps, and when you stop, that'd be a set. If you did 3,8, or 100, it's still one set.
Was skeptical of this channel but use of studies and hard science has converted me into a Nipherd
Simple: incline dumbbell bench press. 30 degree incline. What’s so hard about that?
Black Sperm well, there’s just much more to be said on the topic. By the way, welcome to my channel :) I make very detailed science based videos that explore training/fitness topics a few layers deeper than the most basic answers.
Black Sperm you do that, you become golden sperm in just a few days
Holy shit thank you so so much for citing sources!!! Literally every influencer will say "science says.. (insert random ass claim)" and it makes me so mad! Thank you so much for this, it's so helpful!
0:12 I actually think Arnold looked better in that picture after you edited the chest.
Love your videos! Please continue. Have seen so much progress by simply being more informed. Thanks Jeff!
Am I the only gal who is ecstatic to see this video???
For presses I only do flat bench dumbbell presses (had shoulder problems, but they are fine now) and when I tried ha very high volume workout after a layoff to see where I got sore I actually go equal soreness in both mid and upper chest or even slightly more in the upper chest, so I think it is really true that flat bench just about hit both upper and mid chest to the same amount.
Besides, I can do cable movements, weighted dips, banded presses, pullovers etc so I'm fine with only doing flat dumbbell presses for the press movements! I can get really low in the stretch and can go as low as 5 -6 reps if going for heavy (have really good control of the dumbbells), but often go up to 12 reps. A great movement that is also much easier to get into the starting position with compared to the incline dumbbell press if the dumbbells hare heavy (for me heavy is up to 46 kg per dumbbell).
Can you finally show us the science of picking up Asian chicks ?
you should note that its good to put dumbell press on a 45degree angle from your shoulders to elbows when benching if you do it parallel it works more on your triceps rather then your chest
Great information video and training Jeff
To keep it simple. Arnold was doing bench-press- horizontally and inclined. In the old days were benches for declined and was working with volume, sets and reps like a maniac. He was doing also strongman bench-press. Chest flies with dumbbells or with cables with same capacity as in the bench.. And I am not mistaken 2 days a week.
Amazing video as always Jeff, thank you. I'm hoping you can either point me to a video I'm struggling to find or potentially consider a video that dives deep into chest range of motion versus shoulder injury risk. There are so many differing opinions on how deep to go. Having had a bankart repair on my shoulder previously from ski injury, I'm trying to better understand the risks and trade-offs.
this needs to become a series
Always on time! Thanks Jeff!
If you're doing reverse grip bench, is there an added benefit of doing it on an incline? Or it's the same as flat?
First time seeing one you're videos.
You've got the knowledge and the receipts.
Nice.
Love the video Jeff. I would love it if you were able to look into the science behind the “halo sport”. It claims to stimulate a part of your brain which helps improve strength and endurance faster. They also claim to have thousands of studies completed on the matter. I know my boy loves digging into some real data, so I would really appreciate if you shared your opinion, as I can’t help but be extremely skeptical... thanks Jeff!
best channel by far.
I am following you from Egypt, greetings to you, Coach