I had trouble for years making gains on barbell bench and felt like my chest was the only thing not growing. Switching to dumbbell bench press and using this form has helped me actually make steady chest gains and I was surprised that my elbows and shoulders felt better too

Did this in my chest routine this morning, man I still feel it 12 hours later definitively works the muscles better!

Perfect timing because I am about to head to the gym now and my form was incorrect with this exercise!

I actually tried this today and focused on squeezing at the top and let me tell you how quick 70lbs felt like 120 lol I generally just push weight focusing on form not so much on the squeeze but whew did I have a pump after a few sets of that

Form above weight....

I'm glad that Jeremey raised this point! 1. Elbow flaring during chest press will destroy your shoulders over time (happened to me). 75-80 degree tuck was not sufficient. You can find your ideal position by holding your elbow at a 90 degrees angle (hand facing forward) and then slowly lowering your elbow to your waist while simultaneously pulling your elbow back. Notice that the lower you drop your elbow the farther back your elbow can go. When your elbow is as far back as possible you have found your TARGET launch and landing angle position. This leads me to point two. 2. Elbow flaring during shoulder press and lat pull downs will ALSO destroy your shoulders over time! Keep your elbows in front (not behind your neck or next to your ears). I see way too many people do lat pull-downs (and bar presses) behind the neck which is ABSOLUTE assault on your shoulders. The reason is due to the rotator cuff muscles and tendons. I shredded my supraspinatus tendons due to them being pinched between the bones because I did not give them enough space due to the two points I mentioned above (cost me 2 years from the gym). Take this shit seriously and train safely if you have any plans of training in the future as you get older.

Is this for real?! Dude your channel is amazing - now to test it and fix my form.

Great advice! I see so many people at the gym doing it wrong but I'm hesitant to try to help because last time I tried the person was mad I tried to help them even though what they were doing was risking injury 😕

Thanks for your knowledge..!!👍✌️💪

It’s also fire to do the press on the floor and pause at the bottom with that same movment, rotating your wrist from bar grip to nuetral on the way down

Thanks man...imma do that from now on

I have had shoulder injury a day or two after dumbbell chest press doing the wrong way. I will try the latter tonight, hope it will work fine .

Great information and demonstration

Coach at my gym just said to keep the elbows wide open, it's so difficult to know what to believe in nowadays 😅

woah this could be a game changer for my shoulder pain

I really like your video contents!

Thanks jeremy I was thinking on this

Gonna try this tonight thanks Jeremy

Love it when I watch a video, and is already doing what the video is showing.

Perfect timing I was just starting to focus on chest.

that will save your shoulders. for real 👍💪

Wish to know this before my shoulder injury 😅

yeah whichever allows you to get your elbows as far behind you as possible

Imagine dumbbell presses like the incline press machine, slight angle on the handles

Please! Make more like this (how to..) videos

Excellent

thank you

good bro you are the best

Wooow this had added alot to my fellow members who mess alot

Make more of these

Can you please test bicep and triceps

Correct 100%

Had to drop the weight lots but felt much better and the first time ever where I didn't wake up tbe next day with sore front delts

Yep, this is the correct to do presses, elbows in and little to no assist of shoulders or triceps and 100% of chest muscle

Please upload more

It's the same as doing a press up!

I really appreciate the extra illustrations you add to your explanations. Thank you!

Dang I knew I didn't want to 90 degrees, but I sure as heck haven't been doing 45.

What about rotating so palms are facing one another at the top of the movement. I do that and feel like it allows the hands to come closer together (closer to full contraction). I don't have any evidence to support it, so I am open to changing form, but I was wondering if that version had any additional value.

Yes this verity

Can I do it fine on the floor?

Nice

So actually USE the dumbells instead of mimicing a barbell? Who'd have thunk it lmao.

I've been doing everything correct naturally but them meat heads in the gym telling me I was doing it wrong smh

Is this only for flat benxh press or we have to follow for incline dumbell press also

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Just engage ur lats.....this will happen automatically

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This is the opposite of what that Ryan guy just said

😂 I was just researching how the heck to do a proper dumbbell press

Thumbs to nipples, boys… thumbs to nipples…

Totally bulshit .. its not neccesary to tuck elbows inward if u dont have elbow or shoulder pain and the move which u telling wrong has better cheast strech which means more gain

Every comment i will do 1 push up😅

Technical yes but technically no I switched it up and done cutler press and wow and also not arching and my chest blew up

Please mew

Knock knees video sirrrrrr

Not gonna lie you are gonna turn out like a vince del monte just another guy that gives good info but over exaggerates because you have looked the same for years.