You can tell he's a great trainer. Talking to the lifter, making small corrections, putting them in the right positions, giving small yet effective changes. Awesome to see.
One of the best armwrestlers out there Todd Hutchings says that this exercise is second to none when it comes to elbow tendon health and strength I really have to start implementing these in my training routine
@@vitalysaginashvili6419 how often should one do the jm press to make the elbows stronger? Like in 1 week do i do the jm press 2 times or 3? And lets say i do the jm press friday, can i then go and train biceps or shoulder the day after?
I've been doing this twice a week for the past two weeks and holy crap it works so good! I've made huge gains in my bench press where i've been stuck at the same weight for months. Such a good excercise!
They have another recent video from swede burns where he shows a similar variation he uses. I used to do something similar myself and liked that style also
So I'm 60 and still learning been training since I was 13. I have to JM Press has elevated my confidence as well as bench strength. I started using them seriously for about 4 months and results are are amazing even at my age for some reason it corrected my mechanics when it comes to bench press. All I can say is thanks appreciate the great advice.
@@StrengthHacksCoaching when JM was doing his "diet talk" I couldn't help getting that "all is right in the world" feeling. JM should read bedtime stories 😜
I recommend doing these from a dead stop, so from the safety bars in a squat rack... being able to reset after every rep really makes it easy to not involve my shoulders
@@bersekgt8427 lock it out but dont lock it out if you go really heavy. i like to lock it out to make sure i get a good amount of burn going. the burn for me seems to help my elbows feel better,
I am an armwrestler, I had pain in my elbows, after doing it with 3 variation grips I got tension free elbows baby. Thank god for making you and thank you for making this exercise.
Blackley, thanks for sharing this! Ive never seen it explained this way, even by you. It's really just tiger bends, the calisthenics exercise, only you're turned it into an externally loadable strength exercise.
After watching the old JM video where he explains it, I felt in love with this exercise, it gave me tremendous results, maybe because I'm a quite narrow bencher. I don't have elbow pain at all and I can also combine this with skullcrushers with no problems. That being said some of my friends tried it but everyone was experiencing a lot of pain even with low weights. It is an advanced exercise, but try it guys. Thanks JM for your perpetual knowledge
Amazing exercise! I have been able to increase the weight by 25kgs in 4 weeks and my triceps feel ever so strong! I have even upped the weight on triceps-pin-press by almost 30kgs! Thank you!!!
My personal trainer told me about the JM Press, and at first it certainly did feel "uncomfortable" for my triceps. The next week, I noticed my triceps were already bigger, and after sticking with it the feeling went away. I am so glad this exercise exists, it is one of my favorites and produces perfect results. Thank you for the tutorial!
My elbows hurt when doing this exercise, even with less than 10 kg. The problem for me was not flexing the brachialis, bicep, and chest. Doing that helped alot
After more than 25 years, I FINALLY see the difference between the JM Press and the Kaz Extension. I was fortunate to know JM during our competition years and he did amazing stuff in the bench. NOW, I get the JM press!
You will prosper anyway. Perfection is not essential! But if you dont LIKE something, its better to do an exercise you will put your heart into. There are plenty of good ones. This is just the best one ... for me.
Jeff Cavaliere "Athlean X" led me here as he has included the JM Press as one of the 6 exercises recommended in his recently released "The 💯 Arm Workout (MOST EFFECTIVE!)", however he didn't explain the mechanics on how to actually complete the press. Thank you Mr Blakley for your great description and invention of this variety of press. My left elbow really needs some relief and this sounds like it might just provide it. All the best!
Added to my training been doing it a couple of months now my bench has gone up triceps power amazing I love doing these but remember Master the exercise first before you go up in weight💪
I have shared this video with so many people. This exercise is fantastic. Something I just noticed although I have watched this video multiple times- They are using a Texas Power Bar at the EliteFTS compound. I think that is pretty damn cool.
So it's essentially like a skull crusher variation that creates more stretch on the triceps at the bottom in the lengthened position. I'd say skull crushers have been my number one triceps growing exercise but they're going to have more tension in the shortened position if you do them with your arms angled more overhead. I could see this being mixed in with skullcrushers being a killer shortened/lengthened combo on the tricep long head.
I find a good cue to be to try to keep the elbows as high or as close to the ceiling as possible while visualizing the triceps as being perpendicular to the floor.
I've just been training for 8 months after 10 years of fighting an illness, I dedicate myself to armwrestling, as I wanted to train very hard to make up for lost time I got tennis elbow in both arms and one or another injury, I have added this exercise to myself routine the last few months and my problems are almost solved and I feel an elbow and much better connected to the strength of the tricep and the muscles of the forearm.
Thanks for clarifying the form here. I’ve seen several videos online that don’t do this movement any justice and, as a result of that (and my poor attention to detail), I’ve done this wrong for years now. Shame on me and thank you for this video. Excited to Jack up my tris and see more of your content.
Today the light switch got turned on at 60 years old for the bench press. I'm not 100% sure what video or who said it that made it click. But I've been trying to get that technique back that groove back and I've been having a hell of a time. And somebody somewhere said we're not all the same do what works for you. An example everyone says if you're a raw bencher the bar needs to hit about nipple level but with my close grip when I bring the bar down to nipple level my forearm is not stacked under my wrist. So for me I actually have to vent a little bit farther down towards my stomach. So today I went in and said I don't give an f if I'm not benching " the right way" I just going to get grip I like, get tight, get a arch and bench lower where I feel strong and wrist is stacked over arm and elbow. And today strength wise how I felt was no pain was the best day I've had in a couple of years and basically doubled my reps. Yes I'm just coming back so I'm using little schoolgirl weight but the way I used I got double the reps I normally have been getting I felt incredibly strong and I had no elbow pain. I guess why I'm writing this this is just to tell people yeah there's certain principles certain things you have to do but everybody's body is a little bit different and do what works for you even if it doesn't work for anybody else it does not matter if it works for you. Thank you Dave and EliteFTS and thank you JM, I hope someday to come to EliteFTS and get advice from Dave and JM
That tip of stopping at the point where the uh forearm meets the top arm completely revolutionized my JM press. For so long, it's been hit or miss. Sometimes I'd get a pump. Most times no pump. Today, pump, pump, PUMP!! THANK YOU!!!!! The same thing recently happened to me with lateral raises. Someone showed me the proper way to do it. I worked on it for awhile. And now every time I do lateral raises, pump, pump, PUMP!! The one thing I haven't figured out yet is close-grip bench. My goodness, I've watched 1,000 videos and tried 1,000 things, but it still ends up killing my shoulders and doing nothing for my triceps.
I visualize lying under a set of store shutters, grabbing the handles then pressing up/pulling down (towards throat area) with cue "shutters go UP, shutters come DOWN... ". Elbows should travel in a straight vertical line up and down. Resist the urge to glance up at/incline your head towards the arm or elbow, as will cause you to imbalance and create potential for pain in elbows as JM said.
I've heard of the JM press before but, I only started doing it a couple months ago just to add some variety to arm day (there is an older video of Blakley explaining this movement). I'm by no means a powerlifter and frankly don't care about pushing a ton of weight but, I can tell you right now this has made my bench go up in that I've been able to add 2 or 3 reps to my heaviest weights. The only thing I've done different is add this exercise to my routine so people may not want to knock it until they try it.
Question: Can you use a ez curl bar ,or does it have to be a straight barbell because of hand placement or angle?? I bet I'm not the only one wondering this. Thanks......
Is less elbow flare a viable option for people with wrist issues? Putting them at a 45° angle seems to put stress on the outer wrist whereas I get no pain when using a straight and more narrow press
Could this be done at a lighter weight specifically for elbow tendon benefits? Like say a weight that can be done for sets of 12-15 with moderate effort?
I cant do bench because i don't have one but i can do pushups with the same technique and my epicondylitis is going away every time i do it so i do a 3 sets everyday i'm trying to build My tendons so daily i think is the way because if i don't do it the pain come back do daily jm pushups until i build that elbow again
A Casio Protek. A gift from a trainee who was on the tv show Amazing Race. It has eay too many functions. It reads barometric pressue, has a tide clock, and just stuff, stuff, stuff. I use it to tell me when to eat lunch and the stopwatch for training!
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You can tell he's a great trainer. Talking to the lifter, making small corrections, putting them in the right positions, giving small yet effective changes. Awesome to see.
He works with a lot of colleges and HS
Hah, I am reading your book and am now learning this movement because of you
Hi Geoff
This man is like a jacked Bob Ross explaining his craft and I absolutely love it
We never bomb out, we just have happy failures...
@@narcissus79 I needed this more than you thought. Thanks man 💙
@@MayorofUniverse np man!
Did you have happy failures happen recently?
@@narcissus79 I just failed 495 deadlift dude but I feel great I did 20 reps total of 225 and didn’t stop
I've come to the conclusion that it's only a JM Press if JM himself is doing it. Literally NO one else does it right.
🤣🤣🤣 so true! I go light and try concentrating on it and still screw it up...
Been saying that forever, most butchered exercise, even Westside and Dave Tate’s video are way off
@@jackcucci9414 Matt Wennigs video on how to do it is probably the worst of em all
@@ShaneTumminello don’t get me started on him smh
Not true! Just keep working on it buddy you'll get it!
The key is that wrist curling and bicep flex. Very helpful
Legit watching this video right now because you answered my Q last night on Instagram hahaha
Thank god for RUclips. We have all this amazing information from these legendary lifters. As lifters we gotta be grateful for this !
I agree! Best thing I ever came across. Learning how to use a smartphone and getting on RUclips. I've learned a ton of stuff!!
One of the best armwrestlers out there Todd Hutchings says that this exercise is second to none when it comes to elbow tendon health and strength
I really have to start implementing these in my training routine
I came straight from a Todd Hutchings video, haha. Toddzilla!
I can attest to this, after including jm press to my workout I've never gotten any elbow pain anymore :D
Exactly why I came here
@@vitalysaginashvili6419 how often should one do the jm press to make the elbows stronger? Like in 1 week do i do the jm press 2 times or 3? And lets say i do the jm press friday, can i then go and train biceps or shoulder the day after?
JM’s brachialis is insane.
TexaSurvival brachioradialis
so short but massive
First thing I noticed... 💪🏻
You don't even know what that is.
Like what you'd expect on Zeus or Odin
I've been doing this twice a week for the past two weeks and holy crap it works so good! I've made huge gains in my bench press where i've been stuck at the same weight for months. Such a good excercise!
I was literally just googling how to do these. I absolutely love these videos, the knowledge these guys have is amazing!!!!
They have another recent video from swede burns where he shows a similar variation he uses. I used to do something similar myself and liked that style also
@@anthonycaruso6065 I’ll check that out cheers mate 👍
@@ethandavies6548 Here ya go - ruclips.net/video/WOMcPChDB-U/видео.html
@@eliteftsofficial you guys are the best !
So I'm 60 and still learning been training since I was 13. I have to JM Press has elevated my confidence as well as bench strength. I started using them seriously for about 4 months and results are are amazing even at my age for some reason it corrected my mechanics when it comes to bench press. All I can say is thanks appreciate the great advice.
I’d love another Table Talk with JM and Tate
This would be a dream come true
@@StrengthHacksCoaching when JM was doing his "diet talk" I couldn't help getting that "all is right in the world" feeling.
JM should read bedtime stories 😜
@@christopherhammond3664 Check out his channel JM7thlevel, great content on there, very soothing voice too
I recommend doing these from a dead stop, so from the safety bars in a squat rack... being able to reset after every rep really makes it easy to not involve my shoulders
Good look on dis tip….A1 foreal
JM presses healed my elbows. For a while I didn't know how to recover from armwrestling but these are the key 💪 to elbow health and stability
Should I lock it up there or is it better to keep my elbow with a bit of an angle
@@bersekgt8427 lock it out but dont lock it out if you go really heavy. i like to lock it out to make sure i get a good amount of burn going. the burn for me seems to help my elbows feel better,
@Tim Doonan appreciate it Tim thanks for the fast reply have a safe night
I fucked my elbows while bench pressing and doing arm wrestling, I'm gonna try incorporating the JM presses to my push days
I am an armwrestler, I had pain in my elbows, after doing it with 3 variation grips I got tension free elbows baby. Thank god for making you and thank you for making this exercise.
how many sets and reps? and can you do this every day or?
Blackley, thanks for sharing this! Ive never seen it explained this way, even by you. It's really just tiger bends, the calisthenics exercise, only you're turned it into an externally loadable strength exercise.
After watching the old JM video where he explains it, I felt in love with this exercise, it gave me tremendous results, maybe because I'm a quite narrow bencher. I don't have elbow pain at all and I can also combine this with skullcrushers with no problems. That being said some of my friends tried it but everyone was experiencing a lot of pain even with low weights. It is an advanced exercise, but try it guys. Thanks JM for your perpetual knowledge
Yeah buddy, need some more JM on here.
JM if you ever see this I want you to know that I think you're a great American and a patriot. Thank you.
Amazing exercise! I have been able to increase the weight by 25kgs in 4 weeks and my triceps feel ever so strong! I have even upped the weight on triceps-pin-press by almost 30kgs! Thank you!!!
I love doing this on the Smith machine. Great pump on my triceps. Also ensures my elbows remain up.
My personal trainer told me about the JM Press, and at first it certainly did feel "uncomfortable" for my triceps. The next week, I noticed my triceps were already bigger, and after sticking with it the feeling went away. I am so glad this exercise exists, it is one of my favorites and produces perfect results. Thank you for the tutorial!
My elbows hurt when doing this exercise, even with less than 10 kg. The problem for me was not flexing the brachialis, bicep, and chest. Doing that helped alot
Yeah , might just not do it then . There are exercises that work same if not better .
@@alexeyorlov9639 lol
'Tissue leverage' - best training term I've ever heard!
Ahhhh now I see why meadows spongy grip tricep push downs work so well!! It’s a very similar push down variation of the JM press it seems.
After more than 25 years, I FINALLY see the difference between the JM Press and the Kaz Extension. I was fortunate to know JM during our competition years and he did amazing stuff in the bench. NOW, I get the JM press!
JM is the man! He’s so good at explaining his craft
Fantastic tutorial.
Fully convinced that this exercise is impossible to do correctly, always ends up being either a skull crusher or a strange close grip bench.
Jason Blaha occasionally does this exercise.
You will prosper anyway. Perfection is not essential! But if you dont LIKE something, its better to do an exercise you will put your heart into. There are plenty of good ones. This is just the best one ... for me.
@@j.m.blakley4126 Benching Wednesday so will have this video on hand. Perfection will be achieved 👍👍
Practise doing tiger bends, then come back to it.
when your forearm hits your bicep on the way down that should be the limit in how far you can go down should help prevent your problem
Jeff Cavaliere "Athlean X" led me here as he has included the JM Press as one of the 6 exercises recommended in his recently released "The 💯 Arm Workout (MOST EFFECTIVE!)", however he didn't explain the mechanics on how to actually complete the press. Thank you Mr Blakley for your great description and invention of this variety of press. My left elbow really needs some relief and this sounds like it might just provide it. All the best!
Added to my training been doing it a couple of months now my bench has gone up triceps power amazing I love doing these but remember Master the exercise first before you go up in weight💪
Slowly add weight, form - Fantastic
Thanks ! really took care of some nasty elbow pain for me
I have shared this video with so many people. This exercise is fantastic.
Something I just noticed although I have watched this video multiple times- They are using a Texas Power Bar at the EliteFTS compound. I think that is pretty damn cool.
Dave tate can you do a train your ass off and have JM there that day as well? I’d love to learn from you and him!
Sadly train your ass off was cancelled because it didn’t gain enough traction
Thinking of incorporating these into my High Intensity bodybuilding training programme.
I’ve been doing this completely wrong. Thanks for this tutorial!
So it's essentially like a skull crusher variation that creates more stretch on the triceps at the bottom in the lengthened position. I'd say skull crushers have been my number one triceps growing exercise but they're going to have more tension in the shortened position if you do them with your arms angled more overhead. I could see this being mixed in with skullcrushers being a killer shortened/lengthened combo on the tricep long head.
I find a good cue to be to try to keep the elbows as high or as close to the ceiling as possible while visualizing the triceps as being perpendicular to the floor.
JM is a certified, documented BAD ASS!!!
Flexing your biceps is a great tip! Thank you!
Thank you sir, I have been doing these wrong. This was needed!
Thanks for taking the time to make this and for sharing your knowledge. Subscribed.
Thank you!
I've just been training for 8 months after 10 years of fighting an illness, I dedicate myself to armwrestling, as I wanted to train very hard to make up for lost time I got tennis elbow in both arms and one or another injury, I have added this exercise to myself routine the last few months and my problems are almost solved and I feel an elbow and much better connected to the strength of the tricep and the muscles of the forearm.
Getting a bicep pump before trying this helped me a lot
Thanks for clarifying the form here. I’ve seen several videos online that don’t do this movement any justice and, as a result of that (and my poor attention to detail), I’ve done this wrong for years now. Shame on me and thank you for this video. Excited to Jack up my tris and see more of your content.
Thank you.
wow he is so easy listen to. Feels like your dad teaching you a life lesson
Great recent videos great work guys
Thank you!
First time doing this i only used the bar, now slowly building up week by week.
Today the light switch got turned on at 60 years old for the bench press. I'm not 100% sure what video or who said it that made it click. But I've been trying to get that technique back that groove back and I've been having a hell of a time. And somebody somewhere said we're not all the same do what works for you. An example everyone says if you're a raw bencher the bar needs to hit about nipple level but with my close grip when I bring the bar down to nipple level my forearm is not stacked under my wrist. So for me I actually have to vent a little bit farther down towards my stomach. So today I went in and said I don't give an f if I'm not benching " the right way" I just going to get grip I like, get tight, get a arch and bench lower where I feel strong and wrist is stacked over arm and elbow. And today strength wise how I felt was no pain was the best day I've had in a couple of years and basically doubled my reps. Yes I'm just coming back so I'm using little schoolgirl weight but the way I used I got double the reps I normally have been getting I felt incredibly strong and I had no elbow pain. I guess why I'm writing this this is just to tell people yeah there's certain principles certain things you have to do but everybody's body is a little bit different and do what works for you even if it doesn't work for anybody else it does not matter if it works for you. Thank you Dave and EliteFTS and thank you JM, I hope someday to come to EliteFTS and get advice from Dave and JM
Love this exercise.Thanks JM.
Did these today and while I’m still don’t have form down like JM . My triceps felt awesome .
Finally!! Been waiting for these to drop!!
That tip of stopping at the point where the uh forearm meets the top arm completely revolutionized my JM press. For so long, it's been hit or miss. Sometimes I'd get a pump. Most times no pump. Today, pump, pump, PUMP!! THANK YOU!!!!!
The same thing recently happened to me with lateral raises. Someone showed me the proper way to do it. I worked on it for awhile. And now every time I do lateral raises, pump, pump, PUMP!!
The one thing I haven't figured out yet is close-grip bench. My goodness, I've watched 1,000 videos and tried 1,000 things, but it still ends up killing my shoulders and doing nothing for my triceps.
for close grip benchpress think of pushing the bar, like you you pushing a chair
This is completely different to what other people on the net been saying it
I do arm wrestling and thanks to Todd Hutchings I know of this exercise and its a life saver for my forearms
HOW! His presence as a coach. I'd work my butt off for thirty years to get half that good and not be disappointed.
Great video!
Tried this today. Just found this video. Can’t wait to watch!
Have you watched it by now ?
I do JM presses for armwrestling rehab, It hits a tendon where I need blood flow to it.
JM sounds like the world's most intimating looking teddy bear. Classic example of how the big gym guys are often the best people you'll meet.
This is gold 👍
I visualize lying under a set of store shutters, grabbing the handles then pressing up/pulling down (towards throat area) with cue "shutters go UP, shutters come DOWN... ". Elbows should travel in a straight vertical line up and down. Resist the urge to glance up at/incline your head towards the arm or elbow, as will cause you to imbalance and create potential for pain in elbows as JM said.
Best tricep exercise JM Press!!👍👏👌💪😎
Felt my biceps act up so I think I’m doing it right
Really great tutorial. Those little tweaks to form really make all the difference.
this is Powerlifting-ASMR !!! All jokes aside: Thank you very much for this lesson ! And thank you for inspiration !
I've heard of the JM press before but, I only started doing it a couple months ago just to add some variety to arm day (there is an older video of Blakley explaining this movement). I'm by no means a powerlifter and frankly don't care about pushing a ton of weight but, I can tell you right now this has made my bench go up in that I've been able to add 2 or 3 reps to my heaviest weights. The only thing I've done different is add this exercise to my routine so people may not want to knock it until they try it.
Good stuff! Best video I have seen yet on how to do the JM press properly
No shit lol it’s by the guy who invented the exercise 😂
This is some advance information.. flexing bicep for bigger bench
JM has some insane brachioradialis'
just watched a video of mike mentzer doing the same exercise in the 80s
6:05 best motivation ever.
The shorts clip brought me back. Would love to see a demonstration on a skinnier guy. I don't have the "tissue" to stop the bar.
Just did 5 sets of these today and my triceps are fucking destroyed. These hit so much better than skull crushers for me.
Just did 8 reps with 10 lb on the bar wow
I would also assume that the hand and wrist positions work for incline benching as well?
Thank you !!
Amazing
Would it make any sense at all to use a slingshot to help train the elbows to stay in and up?
Gentleman JM
Starting off how bout putting a belt around arms to keep elbows in just till u get the movement right
I've been doing this with dumbbells for a long time now, simply because skull crushers never felt right
I sucked at regular JM presses, so i figured out how to do the JM press standing, it's perfect for OHP assistance work.
As in a french press?
@@markusl6412 Describe how you think a french press should be performed.
Is the JM press the same as a pin press? If not, whats the difference?????
Cool thanks
Question: Can you use a ez curl bar ,or does it have to be a straight barbell because of hand placement or angle?? I bet I'm not the only one wondering this. Thanks......
Thanks
JM press= Press+ “Nick”crusher , use elbow flexion with more pushing motion at end of the movement.
I can feel it in my triceps. But it's a hard lift to do right
guys i found out how to know how low to go with elbow. think FRONT RACK for front squat. same place!!
Is less elbow flare a viable option for people with wrist issues? Putting them at a 45° angle seems to put stress on the outer wrist whereas I get no pain when using a straight and more narrow press
Like a skullcrusher but you are brining the bar to your chin instead of over your head
What’s the difference between trying to do this and just doing skull crushers
Could this be done at a lighter weight specifically for elbow tendon benefits? Like say a weight that can be done for sets of 12-15 with moderate effort?
I cant do bench because i don't have one but i can do pushups with the same technique and my epicondylitis is going away every time i do it so i do a 3 sets everyday i'm trying to build My tendons so daily i think is the way because if i don't do it the pain come back do daily jm pushups until i build that elbow again
What about wearing a bicep Blaster bar for these, to keep the elbows above the body?
When is JM coming back to the compound?
Look, Kevin James doing the press on the bench!
Great Video! 👍 Whats the name of the watch your wear ?
A Casio Protek. A gift from a trainee who was on the tv show Amazing Race. It has eay too many functions. It reads barometric pressue, has a tide clock, and just stuff, stuff, stuff. I use it to tell me when to eat lunch and the stopwatch for training!