Is it almost as good as V Shred's program?

@@BruceLeroyUK WHATSGOINGONGUYS?!?!

I hate chest flys…it always feels more like a bicep workout, although I do feel some chest being targeted, I can’t quite get them right…thanks for the tips

@@PittsburghSonido 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for this video sean. 🙏🙏🙏 Been working on my chest dumbell press this is a big help.

Thanks for saving time

Thanks!

@Lordeverfall100 probably missing a lot of key details he goes over, it’s only an 8 minute video

@Lordeverfall100 lol.. as if you got anything better to do

Thank you

Yes, one of the if not the best common sense channel for fitness.

He doesn’t post nonsense exercises that look neat/different. That’s why he doesn’t have more subscribers.

This comment is on every one of his videos lol, but its so true. Started messing with weights about 7 years ago, taking advice from people all over KZfaq. And I've found that over the years all the other channels slip away into the junk draw, while only a very few consistent ones seem to remain. This is one of them. It's one of those channels that always seems to confirm a logical training method or lifting technique that u presumed was right anyway through using a bit of common sense. He's great.

Agree 💯. Really appreciate the way exercise mistakes & corrections are video'd, captioned & explained - incredibly helpful for this noob lifter interested in achieving correct form! This channel quickly becoming my fave w/l go-to reference.

Hardly has the credentials of Arnold does he, never heard of this queen ever before now.

Ego lifting with ego spotters

That would be awesome!! 🏋️‍♂️💥🤪

That’s what i thought loool

those were 80 pound dumbbells too like wtf

@@TrayJayRecords most people don't know how to spot dumbbells. you have to support under the tricep, but almost everyone will support under the elbow

Dude what!?

And then You wake up

exactly, lol.

pov you train head

Is your name YODA? If so I perfectly understand what you are saying!

Are you glad you got that off your chest?

@@mindfuldrone I feel much better yes, but the weight isn't completely gone.

Are you carrying on weight on your shoulders?

Wait what just happened? This comment has me shook.

After witnessing this comment, I'm inclined to agree

I have muscular tendonitis in my shoulder from pitching and literally cannot do an incline barbell press.

Probably because you go to deep with you’re motion. Do them 90 degrees👍🏼

Know I’m late to the party, but how inclined are you doing your presses? Sounds like it’s too steep of an angle and therefore incorporating your front delts… From what I’ve learned/experienced, you really only need between a 15degree to 30degree incline or decline when hitting either for chest pressing movements. Hope this helps! Happy lifting!

I'm in college and that shocks me. I look forward to bench press. So much fun. Not to say the other days aren't fun too

⁠@@jameskozy7254i aint in college but im 20 but i enjoy both for sure but i typically only bench press for PR and progress benchmarking it aint something i normally do anymore DB press is just so much better on my shoulders and i feel more comfortable doing it

what’s up Mario 💪🏻

Lol Wut! Bleedin' obvious epic content.

I own a video production company and I was thinking exactly the same thing. Top notch! Especially the little graphics following the movements.

I don't know bro..it only goes up to 1080p for me

People often think that keeping the feet on the bench activates the chest more. I can see how that can make sense to someone, but with heavy weights that can be dangerous. Working on strength while being unstable can only lead to eventual injury. Keep the two separate as they should be. Another informative video here and as always good to see practical information.

I actually do this with full range of motion. He never said it didn't work, he just noted it might be dangerous. I've been doing this for years and never once had an issue in. Going up in weight

Its most often used by power lifters to increase their range of motion that they usually intentionally limit as well as to still have a relatively intense chest workout at lower weight as a substitute on their 2nd or 3rd chest workout for the week. Its not a movement to build top end strength.

I don't normally if I have the space (which I currently don't) but I do tend to bring my legs up in the air towards the end to help activate my core. If I don't do this I find a muscle in my mid to lower back starts to spasm towards the end of a set and ruins it. And generally I've found no real difference in my ability with feet up or down.

@@jackpepperpwb Not quite enough info to go on here, but thought I’d chime in to be helpful if I could. From what you said, I might suggest working on strengthening your core & learning how to actively engage it when needed for things like this. Could be other things going on there too, but so many people have a weak core compared to other muscle groups, which can put you at an increased risk of injury (mainly to your lower back) and/or can possibly limit your strength development in many different lifts as the core is a key component in so many movements. I see this as something that’s very important for functional movement & making safer & better progress overall in your strength training. Hope that was helpful & wish you all the best! 💪👍

im confused because at 5:40 he says to go further down than 90 degrees for full range of motion

I think the original commenter is talking about having elbows in line with his shoulders when pressing as opposed to having your elbows angled between the shoulders and chest@@AlexSchwartzATV

I only found out now:/

Actually you get more chest activation when elbows are flared. Shoulder internal rotation causes the chest to do more of the work. Elbows tucked causes you to load more on the triceps. It’s an old bodybuilding debate. Do what makes you feel more comfortable

@@thomasroo5998 yah, my trainer said the flared version is better It forces more pressure on you and you'll have to stretch more as well

It’s the opposite. Tucked elbows recruit the front delt and triceps significantly more. There are several biomechanical diagrams online demonstrating this with EMG data backing it up. Flared elbows to 80 degrees gives maximal chest activation. I used to tuck my elbows to “save my shoulders” and after several years of lifting my chest was always lagging behind. It wasn’t until I properly flared my elbows that my chest exploded with growth

@@brettcastner9810 yeah watch any old school body builder and they flare their elbows. I was watching Lee Priest doing dumbbell press and was like “thats not optimal” then tried it and realized thats why my chest sucks and my triceps are good. Literally no chest activation for me when I tuck them past 80 degrees. Thats why we have close grip bench and gripping the bar wider makes it more pec.

Hey Carl Good luck on your new journey!

Thats true! I'm 66.

Been training 30 years and that idea is totally fucked for me. No pros train that way and it's not a natural way to press. All I ever see is newbs doing this and they never get big.

Tucking is the most natural way. Watch most powerlifters. Also think of how you would do a push up or push an object in front of you.

@@stevensmith4706 True. When Sean mentioned it, pushups form came to mind.

Solid info. Good think to keep in mind is that "elbows flared" is a variation of the press. Lot of golden age guys used to do it like this to target more front delts and upper chest.

Maybe you are more trained at 90 on your supporting muscles. When you shift closer to you chest you should target more fibers of the chest, like inner chest (it's true for the most majority) but you also change a bit from your shoulder and arm activation, it might only seem less targeting because this new activation or yours is weaker than your previous 90 deg wich mean that your body is also trying to reinforce that part of the arms/shoulder that wasn't activated through your 90 deg press. You might also be too strong in your shoulder that you can't target correctly your chest when doing the other version on full range of motion and might only do the lower amplitude to try target more chest and less shoulder (in most movement with arms included, shoulders train and they could often be overtrained if your are not carefull on your form at the very begining) Try on an other exercice like push ups, and try bringing your hand closer to your chest and to this on chairs to be elevated (3 chairs one for each hand and one for the feet) so that you can go lower and have a good range of motion and see how you can better target your chest and then keep this arm distance

@@Malik_Mlk I'm with OP on this one. My elbows are probably around 80 degrees. I also don't let my upper arms go much below parallel (if at all) to save my shoulders. Every time I try to go deep I end up hurting my shoulders. After my first working set my pecs are already feeling it. Also, flaring your elbows hits your pecs harder. I'm lucky my trainer set me up well all those years ago

Same here but getting them in position is almost harder than the press itself. Idk what to do

Press from your feet

not sure if it will help and maybe you are already doing it. But do you warm up before doing your main sets? for example i have 1 warm up set and 4 working sets. I would do sometihng like 15-17,5kg for 10+ Reps to warm up, and then i do 4 working sets with like 25kg. It might help.

@@ryanclark9590 do the thing he says not to do and press them up while you're laying back. I find when I kick the dumbbells back like he suggests I nearly hit myself in the face AND I'm too far down in the hole to get the weight up without tearing up my shoulders

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Hey Iris i just found this guy a few days go n been goin thru his vids and he's prob one of the better ones on here for fitness n dieting n stuff like that with the no bs'n around. Proper form is huge cuz once u get it down then u can target the muscles more effectively n drop the risk of hurtin yourself in the process. Good luck on the training n keep gettin them gainz 👍

I wanna get cheeked up as well bruh

I feel like I always get glute activation with the squat when I go as low as I can. If you can't go low enough, maybe lower the weight so you can reach the right activation point

This isn't a leg exercise it is a horizontal chest exercise.

Lol Good one!

Maybe don't judge?