Which MUSCLES Make You Look JACKED? (Tier List)
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Triceps, biceps, chest, glutes and calves, oh my!
00:00 Geoff Says Hello
00:32 Tier 5: No.
02:10 Tier 4: Jiggity Jacked
05:06 Tier 3: Yiggity Yacked
07:06 Midroll Advertisement for Big Geoff
07:27 Tier 3: Yiggity Yacked
08:48 Tier 2: Packed to The Max
11:30 Tier 1: Supremely Stacked
14:30 Capitalism
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Happy new year Geoffrey
@@moredreamsmorecreams happy new year!
@@GVS what do you think about the videos I made?
@@erWIN___ nice work, keep it up!
@@GVS did you watch some? I’m new to RUclips
Moral of the story: never skip face day.
🤣🤣😭😭😭
Gotta do your "face pulls" 😅
@Abdelrahman Ahmed , that could help, but the truth is if the bone structure of face is fuскеd no amount mewing will help.
I heard eating pussy frequently actually makes your jaw area look more defined. Lol I guess playing a wind instrument or doing jaw exercise would do the same thing with this logic tho
@@ultramegadavidbowie6314 true
I actually made significant progress in 4 weeks compared to my 5 months of journey, thanks to you
glad I could help!
@@GVS what do you think about the videos I made?
In what way?
What did you do differently?
TELL US
Considering this list is so heavily stacked in favour of areas that people are more likely to see on a regular basis (neck, face, forearms), I'm surprised calves are as low as they are. I mean similarly to forearms, your calves are the lower body muscle that are going to be on display way more often than the bigger quads, hamstrings and glutes. Personally as someone who wears shorts all summer, I'd have them much higher. I also think well developed calves just look super impressive in general as it's an area that soooo many lifters tend to massively neglect, if not skip entirely. Seeing huge calves irl (on someone who isn't obese...) is just kinda rare
The footballer (soccer player) Jack Grealish is a great example of this. He is basically skinny In every muscle group, like most athletes in a cardio-based sport. But his physique still gets a lot of attention because of his great calf development
Jack said it himself that he doesn't train them and it's genetics.
if your quads aren't visible year round you need bigger quads.
@@jamesbedwell8793 i mean that's just not true tho is it...? Men's physique competitors are crazy jacked and yet a pair of knee length board shorts makes a lot those dudes' quads look invisible
@@arsen7672 running around on a field is training your calves. maybe he meant he doesn't do calf raises with the specific intent of hypertrophy, but to act like his calves are "just like that" and he doesn't do anything that trains them is asinine. he wouldn't have calves like that if he had a desk job, although if he had a desk job and trained his calves maybe he would. calves have a genetic component to them like any other muscle group, doesn't mean you can't train them to be better
@@cx2900 Lots of footballers run around on a field and have small calves. Genetics are exactly the difference between him and them.
The only thing I would argue for this list is the upper chest. I would probably put it in the first tier, having a well developed upper chest not only looks very aesthetic when shirtless or with tank top but it totally changes the way t-shirts fit you.
Also looks great when wearing v-neck or when you open a button or two while wearing a shirt.
If you have some development in the lower chest but none in the upper chest you can straight up look like you have man boobs. Easily the first obvious improvement to my physique when I started lifting was filling out my upper chest. Shirts fit better and when shirtless I actually looked leaner at the top while bulking because of the pec separation starting to really show.
that's what I thought years ago until everyone i met bascially agreed with Geoff on the face and neck being FAR more important
The chest for sure. You can buy a 10 dollar shirt and it ends up looking great
Yes it goes understated how just like upper back a big upper chest shelf completely changes your appearance in clothes even from the front. When you can see it in a hoody you're doing something and it doesn't just look like man tits. Omar isuf pioneered the priority of training upper chest years ago for this aesthetic purpose. That's why whenever I'm not training to improve my bench strength i let it casually take a back seat to low incline chest training.
@@keithcheng4671both
You have always looked jacked, but 0:08 is just on another level.
He looks like a monster lmfaooo
If you showed that pic to me and I didn't know him and asked if he was natty, I would have said "potentially not" but, lighting and the pump make so much of a difference
I love how some of the most important muscles for health and movement are the least important for aesthetics
Yeah, it's interesting. Bodybuilders are definitely not "unfit," but if you train solely for aesthetics then you're missing out on a lot of different benefits.
@@soap_bubbles yup. But it's funny how side delts make you look super jacked but don't really...do much? But strong lungs you won't see until they die
Catch me slipping gastrointestinal muscles bro
FUN FACT: The Serratus Anterior is also known as the "Boxer's Muscle" because it's the main muscle used when throwing a punch, leading boxers to have it very developed.
Definitely not the "main" muscle used.
Shoulders,Triceps and Chest are the main muscles then the Serratus right after.
@@MusicFan..... You're right. Meant to say "one of the main muscles used"
@@1notdeadyet1 Yeah
Nope, obliques
The tibialis doesn't make you look jacked, but when I started heavy loading my tib bar (more than 25% body weight) I noticed my entire lower leg hypertrophy was boosted and I looked much better in shorts
I’m obsessed with my tib bar.
I have massive knees and always hated the look of my legs, I too found that growing my tibialis anterior made my legs look way better
Yea, tib is deeply impactful for overall leg health
@@Huskasin my main theory is that it has helped increase my ROM in my ankle, which has lead to better calve hypertrophy
Fr fr😊
Shoulders 100%. My cousin is pretty skinny (he doesn't even train) and he genetically gifted with big capped delts and rear shoulders for some unknown reasons. You can see the clear separation between the shoulders and arms, making the illusion of him being jacked.
No v taper not jacked. That's the bodypart that tells the WORLD you lift.
I know NH mentioned it once, and I agree with him, that if you naturally have wider hips then training your obliques can help because it causes you to have more of a V-taper and less of the hourglass/love handle look.
Yeah, I think the fear of looking wide due to overdeveloped obliques is misguided. I don't have super wide hips, but I do hold fat in my love handles and thickening my obliques definitely helped my midsection look more powerful and less doughy.
Also there is some research that suggest spot reduction might actually be a thing if you perform heavy cardio after putting a muscle group close to failure. I think Brendan Tietz had a video on it somewhat recently .
@@Skygooose Yeah menno henselman has been on this spot reduction science for a while. It's not as localized as people think, but it *can* happen. Obviously working out a muscle group will cause greater mobilization of fatty acids from local fat cells. However, if you don't do cardio after resistance training, re-esterization will likely occur and you'll get spot lipolysis but not spot reduction.
Perhaps but also just focusing on lat development would help too. Not just upper but lower lats as well.
@@robertquinlan8063 I have good lats but I still have a kind of love handle look bc my waist is just that tiny. Was 27 inches when I got lean. My hips on the other hand are normal sized, 38 in.
@@jeremiahromagnoli7389 How are your legs? Specifically the outer quads in my opinion would help change that look to a more streamlined physique.
Thank you GVS. I will now train the Tier 1 muscles and nothing else. Monster physique here I come!
Revolting but glorious ork look 👌
“GVS”? Cringe
@@diogenesfromsinope6212 why is cringe, it's his name lol
I think you seriously mixed up some of the top two tiers, but all your content is always appreciated. I think your top tier really only works for a very specific look. For a more broad spectrum jacked look, the lats, rear delts and triceps are going to have a much larger impact than the neck, face, and forearms in my opinion. Not that they aren't important, but you will get more bang for your buck with those muscles. Commenting for the algo tho. Been following you since like 10k subscribers. Love your videos! You are easily one of my top content creators and have been responsible for pointing me in the direction of my other favorite fitness channels.
Congrats on 100k, if anyone deserves this for working their ass off, it's you! Still reading RYG, enjoying it thoroughly. Wishing you all the best my man.
Oh..really digging the new outro music.
It's time for me to set aside training my legs so that I can dedicate that time to my face. Thanks for letting me know where my priorities should be.
Geoffrey. Thanks for the content and lack of ads and sponsors is appreciated. I’ll look out for your book.
Solid video as usual Geoff. Also loving the info from your book!
Glad you're enjoying it and I appreciate the support!
Top 5
Forearms, calves, shoulders, arms, chest. In that order.
Yes! Except calves, because I don’t have em😤😆
Geoff making awesome content as usual.
Congrats on 100k man. Starting off 2023 with a bang.
Lit video as always. Just one hint for the next tier list: make the list fullscreen and the screen of you talking smaller, on the side. This way its easier to visualize the list while getting your commentary on the back, which is what really matters.
"Train your face" I think we are gonna need a video on that one lol
Most important are the basic mewing principles or in other words: healthy/low bf percentage, breathing through your nose and never having your mouth hanging open or your tongue flopping around. Also going out of your way to consume harder food items can help a lot, this is another problem with junk food and popular food options like buns, they're too soft and are no challenge at all to your chewing muscles.
@@doublevision2943 mewing is distinct from facial muscle exercise. You could even say its the opposite of facial muscle exercise. Dr mew is all about taking the facial muscles out of chewing and swallowing. Its to be done with your tongue and jaw muscles. The cheek muscles or the buccinators often get used which is wrong and can even negatively impact facial aesthetics by causing the chubby cheeks look
Congrats on 100k! 🥳
Most underrated fitness channel out there
I've been following you long before you went on RUclips. Your content just keeps getting better every year!
3:16 Zane was a great example of underdeveloped adductor with good quad development. I recall he said he trained specifically for that look.
Imo adductors and obliques are the worst muscles for bodybuilding.
@@cronikvialo5463 I could see that but I will say that avoiding adductors seriously increases your chance of hip pain over time if you are squatting etc... You don't have to max them but I wouldn't ignore them for aesthetics. Not worth the tradeoff.
@@user-yd6wp7fj3u strongly agree
@@cronikvialo5463 You think so? Theres a large group of people (notoriously UK bodybuilders + TBJP guys) who believe addutors are KEY for the look of big legs. I guess it makes them look more full from the front. Idk how I feel about it but i just do 1 set per week of them
@Nero He looks better than 99% of mass monsters and his legs are proportional to his upper body for once.
Honestly thanks to you, your books AND your wisdom I can see changes in my physique after months of my bodybuilding journey. Highly recommended 👏🏽
been binging your videos, new one just as good as usual
Excited for you to reach 100k. Thanks for all the great contents. Cheers.
The comical aspect of this channel is goated😅
Great video. I think the neck is the most underrated jacked muscle. Even when you look at male models who are skinny, most of them have thicker necks which makes you think that they are more jacked than they are!
@Geoff, congrats on the 100K!!!!! Wow, what a journey. I remember the 30K Q&A as if it was yesterday. Great job man! Thank you.
Great stuff as always, thanks!
You hear that, Geoff? That's the sound of 100k subscribers very soon :D Great one, as always. Could you perhaps one day tell us about how your running times changed after you bulked up that significantely? - A video idea.
Can’t believe he doesn’t have that many yet
@@Candyapplebone While I do agree with the sentiment (I think his content should get to more folks, period)... You could consider the slow steady growth over time as a good sign that GVS isn't relying on flashy, clickbaity content. Just solid info. 💪
IMO calves deserve to be in the top tier if we're talking about "looking jacked without being semi-naked". In normal clothes the calves make a huge difference. Especially since forearms are in the top tier. Calves are like the forearms of the legs (very often visible (eg when wearing shorts)).
No
Wrong. I've seen a father looking guy who is sloppy but have huge calves.
you're absolutely right, i was about to comment this
Top tier? Absolutely not. Maybe could argue for tier 3 at the highest. Large calves just don't make you look jacked. They just don't.
Small calves might take away from your physique, but to think that the path to looking more muscular is through the lower legs is just not accurate IMO. Maybe it's because I've seen plenty of dyel guys here in China with 18-19" calves.
Yeah small calves really do detract from the physique overall, even if other areas are developed well.
I’m a bit biased though as I was blessed by the calf gods.
The melted tallow line really got me, another great video
Never seen a channel who gets 1/5 like to view ratio. Always great to see viewer appreciation match the content
Great video as usual. Only one I would disagree with is hamstrings. Meaty hamstrings hanging of the bone are aesthetic for a fuller looking leg, especially when sitting down.
Yup this is why I’ve spent so much time and effort in training my side delts. I had someone tell me “you could take that (my side delt) out and play baseball with it. That comment, alone, was confirmation that my hard work has paid off💯
What did you do for side delts?
@@naughtiousmaximus7853 incline Y-raises on the bench, lean away cable side laterals, I did upright rows for a short period of time, but I wouldn’t recommend those, as it puts the shoulder joint in a compromise position, but the first to exercises that I listed should get you there💪🏾💯
@@blizzyblaze9735 Thank you 💯
Ryan Humiston just made a video where he tested lots of exercices and positions on how much they stimulated the side delts, I think you might enjoy it a lot
@@Pablitopewpew I watched it but I try not to pay attention to Ryan tho. He’s very bro sciency and seems to intentionally mislead his followers just to get money
Dude, you're funny yet informative. Liked and subbed. Keep em coming!
Congrats on the 100k my man! Well deserved.
The Tibialis Anterior is not worth working for gains but I train it, along with my calves, to keep my ankles healthy. I have always been overweight so that has messed my ankles up.
8:00 Calisthenics guy here. This can be very very true. That's why I like to train legs at the gym, especially doing lifts like squats. I'm trying to get used to the form of deadlifts, too, and that would help a ton. Thanks, Geoff
You can train spinal erectors using a planche or a reverse lever but you have to be insanely advanced at calisthenics.
Great video I love the way you presented the info! Subbed
Definitely liking the music at the end rather than throughout 👍🏻👍🏻 keep on keepin on brother
Geoffrey truly a Marketing genius, dropping a tier list for all the new years starters
Traps and forearms in S tier 🤝
Goated muscles
Quasimodo physique 🤝😤
Very interesting list! I agree with most of the classifications.
Thanks a lot for what we are looking for.
You forgot EYES. You train them by doing super sets of sun staring (4x12 seconds for hypertrophy) with bleach eye drops (1 drop heavier dose for strengthening) for a jacked wolf eye predator look.
That would definitely get me sued 😂😂😂
This tier list is top tier.
This video directly aligns with my new year resolution lol thanks Geoff
Excellent video mate ...informative and absolutely hilarious,, when you got to the face like melted tallow I fell off the couch pissing my pants ..Great content as always ,Respect from England..
the top tier list reminds me of alphadestiny's 'naturally enhanced' program/book, with the exception that he rated the hamstrings and glutes as top tier for looking yoked. he put the hamstrings even above the chest, saying that you can completely skip benching as long as you do overhead press, but never skip hamstring curls.
OHP still hits the upper chest a decent amount, especially since a lot of people when doing seated presses technically still have a bit of an incline going. But you kinda have to go out of your way to really train hamstrings, and I definitely see people who never train hamstrings and it makes their legs look a bit "weird" from the side/back imo.
I will now bench using my face
very very good video great job man
This was a good video man, loved the humor.
Will you do a tier list for the flip side of this? That is muscle groups with the most significant functional utility for usable strength.
6:50 Agree with ab training's efficacy in that bf range. Certain shirts I noticed my abs popped out even harder after switching to more optimal training & just getting bigger. Think I get a few looks, possibly.
Will we see Geoff go hard on the abs too?
But but Geoff said ab training is overrated
fun video, thanks for the content
This tier list is brilliant! Needed this
You should tier list exercises for a specific muscle group
I laughed when you mentioned cardiac and digestive muscles. I was not expecting that
Not directly tied to muscle development itself, but having a strong cardiovascular system and healthy gut are some of the most important things you can do for your health that will have MASSIVE carryover into any physical pursuit like bodybuilding. It will improve your work capacity, improve your longevity in the sport, improve your ability to recover, improve your lifespan, improve your ability to absorb and utilize nutrients, etc
Glad you dropped the music GvS😂
This was actually a super solid video. The first teir list that almost sounds not overly opinionated.
I see the neck muscle being talked about a lot all over the place. Am I the only one who doesn`t really care for it? Honestly I prefer to have a clear separation between my head and my traps, but it is true that a thick neck looks great on some people.
0:42 I’ve decided last year to train my tibilias since it adds a good aesthetic, just look at John meadows tibilias it’s dam massive and completes the leg physique and compliments the calves really well
I don't think it makes you look jacked, but I do think it is one of the most underdeveloped and will help lifelong athletic ability
The jacked face part 😂 should’ve used squidward vs handsome squidward.
Forearms totally agree, best muscle ! Not an easy video but you managed to make it the right way , nice job 💪🏻💪🏻
Love the video. I definitely increase the lateral delt and trap volume when I’m working on decreasing body fat.
Gotta disagree on the rhomboids though. They are 100% covered by the traps and are small muscles. Will not contribute to appearance much if at all. Should follow the same logic as the soleus being so low.
It would be interesting to do this again but in the context of looking aesthetically pleasing. Old school bodybuilders purposefully didn't grow certain muscles for various reasons.
Like?
@@lucas-sp2pmraps and obliques for silver era bodybuilders like Steve reeves
We need a Geoff soundboard I swear the noises you make in these videos always has me dying 🤣
Congrats on the 100k!!!!
Damn, I never noticed that you don't have ads enabled. Really appreciate that man. Especially since you don't do sponsorships either.
Gonna be picking up one of your your products soon. Any recommendations for a calisthenics guy? (I have a barbell, rings, weighted vest etc...).
Also, you've become one of my favourite fitness RUclipsrs faster than almost anyone else alongside Alpha Destiny and Revival Fitness.
Appreciate that! I think you'll like the rings book a lot.
Just got it!
He doesn't do sponsorships??!!! Did you actually watch the video?
@@Vampire__Squid I have never done any sponsorships.
@@GVS 7:06 "By the way this video is sponsored by me" Yes my comment was a joke
I would rate calves quite a lot higher, by 2 tiers, but it depends on genetics and frame, for some people it can look super impressive, like those on Steve Reeves.
Big calves balance out the legs, and makes jeans fit better and if you have large feet it can help deframe the clown effect.
For a moment I thought you weren’t gonna include forearms, pleasantly surprised you put them in the very top tier
Congrats on 100k subscribers!!!!
My barbell after Geoffrey told me glutes are important: 🤰
I think the hamstrings deserve to be in tier 2 because without them i dont think you can be packed to the max. I've seen many a times dudes wearing 5 inch shorts when they have alright/decent quads, but have genuinely non existent hamstrings and theyre whole leg just looks comical. But i workout in a gym where its half wrestling, half weight training so i see a ton of wrestlers. And these guys since theyre in that hip hinge/staggered position all the time pushing and picking up other big burly men and absorbing force in that way their hamstrings are JACKED asfuck. They wear their singlets and the hamstring is just this big slab of meat that just hangs and it just gives your leg this 3D and wide look thats very necessary for good size in the legs
Your criteria for this tier list was mostly based off of if the muscle increases the frame- and i can say surely that the hamstring is the one muscle that contributes the most to to the frame of the legs.
Yo yo this is SZ Mike, happy 2023 ! U definitely so super jacked, I'm mostly looking to be lean and strong and have good definitions.
My goal physique is lats like a flying squirrel
Sure brachialis makes bigger difference than biceps I noticed it when switched from chins to neutral
Great vid!
Would absolutely love to see a face training video no sarcasm
Bite a plate and shake your head like a dog
There's a lot of that online😯
Good video dude
Brilliant video mate respect YNWA brother
I get what you're saying about the tibialis, but they give your calves a more full look
unironically shin muscles are a huge indicator of actual fitness. its one of those muscles you get from hiking and moving for hours not doing calf raises in a gym
yeah, when my main sports were dance adjacent my shins were massive. Now I train legs seperately they are tiny!
@@kitchensinkmuses4947 interesting!! yeah so much athletic ability comes from the shins and calves. I feel the most springy, balanced, and athletic when im walking a lot
Dude the start of the Video is hillarios!!! XD
keep up the good comedy mixed With some actual Information :D
congrats on 100k your occasional jokes are hilarious
This madman did it!!
I don't care whether you lift or not, everyone notices bulbous calves. They're just so rare they're the goat for me. I'm biased though because mine are terrible.
Forearms is a close second imo
@@J-W_Grimbeek forearms are the most underrated muscle group in the human body for sure. I'd say only 1% of lifters train them in isolation.
Not if you live in Asia where big calves are common
It’s harder to get big forearms than big calves
@@lilmanq7746 I disagree. They're both mostly genetic. Forearms are probably my strongest body part and I've never trained them directly. Always just had massive forearms. I train calves directly twice a week and they're still 1.5 inches smaller than my forearms.
A face exercises video would be really interesting
You're close to hitting 100 k , nice!
Awesome thanks 🎉
Geoff do you have a video on neck training?
Not as of yet.
Next trend in RUclips fitness... "I Trained Geoffrey Schofield's 'No' tier list for 30 days"
This would be very interesting indeed. If one trained the 10 areas in just the top 2 tiers, that would be 10 lifts (excluding face). That would be like 5 lifts a workout, twice a week. presently, I do bout 5 lifts a session, albeit more compound movements. wondering how I would then address more chest, bis, anterior delts, glutes, quads etc. I am not being negative just genuinely wondering how to incorporate highlighting these aspects without either overtraining or being in the gym far longer than I am presently. I am thinking grouping lifts addressing body parts relatively closer together would be something like: traps/neck/mid and rear delts and maybe teres (although makes more sense to train with lats). then another day all the arm lifts: tri, brach, forearms, plus lats (something like underhand pulldowns or chins) that will in addition work bi's, and rhomb. that would be twice a week or 4 days. not being a bro split guy, that is the time I want to spend in the gym. when would I address pecs, glutes, quads, hamstrings (legs)? etc. again, not trying to be negative here, but just wondering how one program emphasizing or highlighting the top 2 tiers and still hitting the lower tiers which entail or require more compound type lifts e.g. squat, presses, reads, etc.
lol. The face? Never even heard of that. Made me laugh. Enjoyed the video. Tyty
Tier 1 face exercise - death metal vocals (not kidding lmao).
Bear crawls are such an underrated exercise in my opinion. They train the side delts and forearms to a huge degree, which are both in the top tier as well as having athletic carryover
found the kboges fan
@@travishowrish6805 I am a Kboges fan but I actually discovoured bear crawls from the Bioneer and started doing them once I saw the profound affect they had on a youtuber called xpmovement when he started doing them everyday.
@@nicorepetto5781 they are awesome man agreed
How to progress them?
@@frog6054 I progressed them by adding time. So just doing them for longer but I get that that's not ideal for everyone. No idea how you would load a bear carry but everyone probably hs time to do them for five minutes. I had the goal of eventually crawling for 25 minutes
You went to great lengths to separate the soleus and gastroc, the rhomboids and traps, and the lats and teres major, but then you're just like "forearms... yup, just one muscle." Bro you could at LEAST distinguish between the brachioradialis and the actual forearm muscles
Fair enough I guess. Had to draw the line somewhere and that's where I decided to. There are like 600 muscles in total but also wanted more than just shoulders, legs, chest, arms and back!
100K subscribers
Congratulations !
Thanks!
Fun video broski 🤙