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The Fastest Way To Blow Up Your Upper Chest (4 Science-Based Steps) + Sample Program

The Fastest Way To Blow Up Your Upper Chest (4 Science-Based Steps) + Sample Program

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4 simple strategies to blow up your upper chest as fast as possible. When it comes to the upper chest, there are 4 things you can start doing right away that will have an immediate impact on your max strength. First let's cover basic chest prioritization first: First: hit chest earlier in the workout. Second: Tally up roughly how many sets of chest youre hitting per week right now. Once youve got the proper techniques handled, then you can start adding one or two sets per week over the next month or two as you assess your progress, working your way up through the 12-20 set optimal zone. Third: Increase frequency. If youre currently only hitting your chest once per week on Monday, start hitting it twice per week. Step 1: Modify Your Bench Press Technique The first modification is to use slightly lighter weights for higher reps. The second way we want to modify our bench technique is by bringing our grip slightly in. Even though you wont be able to move as much weight this way, if youre more concerned with developing your upper chest, a closer grip will likely hit the upper fibers better. Step 2: Add More Incline Presses The reason Im using dumbbells over barbells here is that you will be able to get a bit more range of motion with the extra stretch at the bottom: so the short comings of the barbell press are overcome by also including dumbbells. A cue I like to use on the incline press to drive upper chest focus is to keep the elbows moderately tucked and think about pressing the dumbbells up and back toward your face, rather than just straight up. Step 3: Incorporate more non-traditional exercises The reverse grip bench press, band press and banded push-ups are the three movements we can consider including. Im personally a bit more wary of the guillotine press as it just feels too risky to me, so Id stick with the banded push up and the banded incline press for higher reps in the 15-20 range to see if you feel them working your upper chest. Step 4: Fill in further volume with isolation work I like low to high cable flyes. While dumbbell flyes can be effective for really stretching out the pecs at the bottom, they lose tension at the top. When pulling the cables from low to high, you can mimic the exact orientation of the clavicular fibers, which also run low to high. You might feel this in your front delts (and thats ok) but if you really focus on the mind-muscle connection and actively squeezing your pecs together, you should feel your upper pecs contracting the most
Date: 2019-11-24

Comments and reviews: 10


I had originally planned to do this video on the fastest way to blow up your squat BUT I rolled my ankle playing basketball (or was it doing bosu-ball-curls? hmmm) so I had to delay all lower body stuff on account of me being forced to skip leg day. I'm back to hitting full body workouts now, so will definitely be rolling out the Full Body Science Applied Series (and the new program) next month I'm also going to extend this series and cover specific techniques for blowing up your [everything interesting]. Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see. Hope you guys are having a great weekend and enjoy the video Peace
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Jeff, could you do a video on how to strengthen and build mass in chest and shoulders with people who have AC Joint Separation (Grade 3? I have a separation from a long ago snowboard accident and find it to be a barrier for muscle development. I focus a lot of attention on my lats to drop the collar bone when doing different workouts, as it seems to reduce strain on the joint. It would be awesome to get your professional advice. Thanks.
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When doing a recomp I find there are days where the only way to hit my protein is to exceed my daily calorie goal by a couple hundred Cal. I still have about 15 pounds to lose to be at my ideal body fat. When faced with this decision which should I choose? Additional calories to hit protein? OrMissing about 25% of my daily protein goal but not exceeding my Cal?
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Jeff my only concern with dumbbell incline press is i can't get the dumbbells up i am stuck on 25ks i won't be able to progress i can do 3x10 of 25ks dumbbells and trying 30s is kinda scary i might hurt my self getting it up, whats your take on this maybe there is a technique to get the dumbbells up i am sure there is maybe do a video about it
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Lol sorry Jeff but idc what that study says, everyone with some level of mind muscle connection or just minimal experience can tell you vertical presses work better for upper chest than horizontal ones. There's also a bunch of other studies that support the opposite, so I wonder why would you choose to say that.
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Jeff one question: at 6: 45 you compare the Fly to the cable crossover and I understand that at the top of the fly the moment arm essentially disappears. What if you'd use a band for the fly though? Wouldn't it be similar to a cable crossover? I know the moment arm for the band should be at the max at the top
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Honestly, I quit doing flat bench for more than a year and only hit incline which I did everything to master it for myself, using my own techniques. A year later my cousin asked me to do first bench with him and I hit 225 for 15 reps easy. I could say incline made my chest stronger.
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I have to be honest: I'm still trying to understand if the upper/lower (6 days per week) split is good or bad. Looking at this video I feel like it can lead to be undertrained because of an avarage total of sets per body part of 9-10 which is lower than 12-20. (bodybuilding wise)
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I bought the beginner program and Im doing the Full Body program, but Im staying really sore for 3 days. Especially in my hamstrings and in my back between my shoulderblades. Anyone got some good advice on recovery? I want to up my training volume but too sore to work out.
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Are you sure that incline bench is really good for the upper chest? Because if you take a look at the way the upper pec is connected it has a slight twist to it and as delavier said doing incline isnt that optimal and would rather privilege cables flys
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