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REAL Science Based Chest Exercise (SUPER EFFECTIVE)

REAL Science Based Chest Exercise (SUPER EFFECTIVE)

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m going to show you how to get a bigger chest using a technique that has stood the test of time in the rehabilitation field. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) utilizes the concept of diagonals when it comes to getting muscles to work harder and more forcefully. In order to train your chest you need to take the muscle through its full range of motion and provide optimal resistance to the muscle throughout the exercise. We know that the pecs will adduct the shoulder the arm across the chest (acting at the shoulder, internally rotate the shoulder and drive the arm out in front of the body. In its stretched position you would do the opposite. Horizontally abducting the arm and externally rotating the shoulder will put the pecs on a greater stretch and eccentrically position the arm into a ready state to perform the next rep. Using the concept of PNF diagonals, you can turn your ordinary cable crossovers into something that is much more effective for building a bigger chest. This is due to the fact that you can increase the strength of contraction by doing this and therefore drive more tension into the muscle rep after rep after rep. If you want to build a big chest you need to adduct against resistance. You simply can-t think that performing adduction at the shoulder without the concentric or eccentric resistance is going to be enough stimulus for growth. It is not the motion at the joint alone, but rather the resisted motion that counts. The dropping down to the ground during this exercise allows your arm to be positioned in an elevated abduction. This places a greater stretch on the chest due to the anatomy of the muscle and the angling of the fibers out and up. From this stretched position, you can drive the arm out in front of your body while contracting the pecs and pushing the arm across the body. Finish off the movement by simultaneously internally rotating your shoulder and you will feel a contraction like never before. Not just a chest contraction however, since that can be achieved once again just by placing your arm in the position of adduction across the chest, but rather in a resisted state. Remember, with cable training the orientation of the cable represents the line of force. If it is parallel to the arm (the area controlled by the pecs in this exercise) then you are driving very little force into that muscle. If perpendicular (as it would be at the peak contraction of a cable crossover) then you are maximizing the work done by the pecs and thus stimulating them for maximal growth. If you are looking for a complete program that puts the science back in strength and allows you to see much faster results because of this, head to and get the ATHLEAN-X Training System. No shortcuts. No imitations. Just real science proven with real athletes
Date: 2022-04-22

Comments and reviews: 10


Hey Jeff, great videos man! I gained a bit of knowledge and actually, cut some of the dumbshit I was doing wrong in the gym, thanks to randomly stumbling across your page. Love the science behind the exercises. That being said, I-m curious as to how you could prepare someone aiming for Military contracts with Special Forces. I-m headed to the Navy later this year, and although I have the endurance down pretty well, I-d like to focus on certain muscle groups to help better with pull ups, shoulders, etc. at the same time, take those strengths into the pool and help my swimming, if that makes sense. In other words, what regiments could you recommend for military guys? Possibly a video on this topic would be keen, and I-m sure some of the bros on here would really appreciate your expertise! Keep the videos coming! Thank You!
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Jeff, do you still have a shoulder injury? I ask because I do and all your chest workouts seem to want to take the front delts out of the equation, which is obviously a good thing! I still have shoulder impingement, but I'm doing my best and engaging my chest with these workouts has got me a small amount of gains, I'll take any amount of gains though! Just wish I could properly workout my chest before my shoulder starts getting sore, so I can never get to fully fatigue my chest: (
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would you then bend the elbow slightly to take away some tension off the elbow? To stretch the upper pec is to have the arm bend at 90 degrees and slight above your head, so that should be your starting point of this exercise to complete the full ROM, and then slight internal rotation at the end, because we all know we have done way too much internal rotation on a daily basis. Let me know if this train of thought is correct.
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Aight o have a question: so I've been working out for about 4 years and rn I'm on the part of my routine where we r lifting at 90(ish) percent of our max at somewhere between 3-5 reps. I've also started to do body weight workouts at home. I lift 4 days a week at the gym and the body weight at home on the weekends. Either Saturday or Sunday. How long so I continue to do my body weight workouts?
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Excellent, Jeff! Thanbk you! Detailed breakdowns of the movements, beginning to end. Now, we CAN'T do them wrong if we pay attention to the details. I watch the videos as I'm doing the exercises. And there are - no were! - times I would do them wrong because I missed part of Jeff's demo. (I do slooow reps) Now, with Jeff (and Jesse) breaking down the details, I don't break down!
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Hi Jeff-Thanks for another great video and the help for a hard gainer with almost no chest. I was wondering if you could do a video to answer this question--Do trigger sessions on off days work and are they worth the time or is it better to just rest? Thank you sir and thanks once again for these videos they are real help!
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Hey Jeff! So i have one pec bigger than the other due to Poland Syndrome. Although i-m pretty positive i-m not missing the muscle, it-s just under developed. Can chest exercises correct that? Also the same with my back (both on the right side)
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You always put Jesse on blast. I bet he's secretly fed up with this shit but only helps you for all the hot chicks he's been able to pull now, thanks to you. I'm just kidding, but wouldn't that be hilarious?
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Not bad but I see some flaws in that movement like too much movement in the trunk towards end range. back support would definitely help with this exercise. better than vShit nonsense tho
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At first I didn't understand the intro. but after watching the vid and reading the comments I watched vshreds video, then this again. holy. I can't stop laughing. Jeff so savage.
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