Chris Nash Yeah I know, I was just saying the coach in my gym does behind the neck pulldowns. Pretty crazy, because as a coach, he should know these things, but still does it xD.
I'm on week 7 of AX-1 Training Camp and I'm loving it. Best money I've ever spent on a fitness program. I love guys like Jeff and Kelly Sarrett; medical professionals who are expert coaches and explain WHY they recommend particular exercises.
What about hand placement on a bar (shoulder, narrow & wide)? What about overhand, underhand & neutral grip difference at different hand placement distance?
Thanks Jeff. Love all your videos. Would appreciate some more stretching videos like your proper ham string stretch. I would like to get the most out of my evening stretching program.
dammit.... I should have watched this first. I just started working out in the gym 3 days ago. I was working the lat pull down behind my neck and now my damn right shoulder has some discomfort. no more behind the neck!!! thank you jeff
Jeff is awesome, whatever angle you press from, make sure you pull from that angle as well. If you do that, you'll be better than Dog the Bounty hunter!
hi jeff, im gonna copy/paste this in all of your latest videos, NOT in order to "spam it", but just because its super important to me (and i believe- to other athlean x'ers): 1. i would really really really would like to hear your take on YOGA as a part of a training program. 2. could u make a GOOD warmup+ cooldown/streching video?!!
Danfranschwan2 he hasnt made many in a while. should he stop making videos showing us potential shoulder injuries because he has many up already? No this channel is continous im simply asking for more nutrition ideas. theres never too much
This guy has a christmas forrest in the lowerback!
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Awesome video. Really appreciate the breakdowns. Can you do a video on cycling? Maybe you could relate it to being on a stationary bike vs outdoors, and proper form for this. Thank you!
Jeff i been watching your videos for some time now and i enjoy them! I know you are a physical therapist and i wanted to know if you can make a video on fractures like a broken clavicle giving advice on how to recover properly since i suffered from this injury a while ago. Thank you!
I would like for you to do a video on flat bench dumbbell press please. There are different grips like the neutral grip version. Also would you point your thumbs up at the end of the movement as you told us to do in the incline press? Thanks Jeff
Awesome video Jeff!! Once again great information and insight... can you keep these kind of videos going rotating popular exercises that you see everyone in the gym doing? A perfect example is for rear delts, bent over laterals. No 2 people ever do the same form. It would help to see the correct form compared to the wrong variations. Thanks again Jeff !
Palms In close grip works lats. While palms forward works upper back, and bicep. So in conclusion close grip v bar pulldown works lats. While palms out with wide grip targets traps, upper back, bicep.
Do you have a video on proper deadlift techniques? I notice much difference in form in every deadlift video I have seen and I see what has to be bad form at the gym with the few people who do deadlifts.
Great video, can you explain how the different type of grips; close grip, shoulder wide grip, and wide grip would be on the lats and the back. Also what about using the reverse grip. Can you explain how each of these different grips using the straight bar in the front would work on the lats and back. Is one grip better than the other?
Do you have any videos about grips for pull ups? I've been doing neutral grip pullups recently and have been making strength gains, but really going for lat size for my v-taper.
i believe he has a video called three tips for the v-taper actually. he explains using the individual handles, turning the palms away from your body so opposite of neutral grip and pulling to your sides. i started doing this and made all kinds of size gains. the reason for your strength gains is neutral grip allows more bicep activation btw.
OKE IT'S OBVIOUS THIS QUESTION WILL POP UP IN ALMOST ANYONE'S HEAD !!: how does GRIP WIDTH and actual GRABBING GRIB ( pronated, neutral , supinated ) affect the lat pulldown and other exercises??
wide grip = more work on your upper lats. close grip = more work on your lower lats. Going from pronated to neutral to supinated grips, you increase the assistance that the biceps provide to the pulling movement. combine all of these for overall lat development. hope this helps.
To maximize the role of the lats you want your shoulders externally rotated, then pull as to bring your upper arm into your side - adduction. Hold your hands in front of you like for an overhead press, then just open your shoulder until your upper arm points straight to the side. Hold your forearms vertical. That's it. The lats are at their strongest for shoulder adduction here - any wider just reduces range of motion and puts stress on the wrist. The other way to hit the lats is shoulder extension: pulling your upper arm straight down and back tucked in close to the body, similar to a barbell row with a narrow or underhand grip. Like he says in the video, any of these movements bring in more traps and rhomboids when you lean back and increase scapular retraction. IMO, if you want to really hit the lats hardest the medium- narrow neutral grip variety with an upright posture is best: look in the mirror and mimic the movement and you'll see that there is zero scapular retraction until your upper arm lines up with your torso, which is pretty much the end point of the neutral grip pullup. These same principles apply to rows: narrow or underhand grip, bar to belly, hits lats more, wider grip, elbows flared, bar to upper abs hits traps and rhomboids (or as some put it, 'upper lats') more.
Nayan hhl 482 imo the 2 best ways to isolate your lats: youtube search "ab strap lat pull downs" first video. the use of the ab strap eliminates the biceps and hence the lats are forced to do more of the work. it is essentially an alternative to the nautilus pull-over machine if your gym does not have one. then youtube search "kneeling cable pull down" first video - note some people call this movement a "lat pull-in." this is similar to Jeff's separate-handle pull-downs that he demonstrates in this video to keep the upper-arms pointed directly to the side. try them out
Michael Lau Good idea. I work out at home, so I can't do the straight arm cable pulldowns, but I guess I could get some of the straps. I was more talking about lats versus traps/rhomboids than getting biceps out of it, but that's a good point. The pullover machine is pretty similar to what I was saying about the medim-narrow neutral grip version. It makes for pure shoulder extension with very little scapular action. Actually, you could do them underhanded as well, but my pullup stand is set up for the neutral grip.
Hello Jeff, Very nice video, but not so for me because I do not go to the gym (money..). I would appreciate if you would do a video about each dip position, the different tension between chest/shoulder/triceps .. I saw some vides but explained things just partially. Same thing about variations on pull up bar, but mostly I would want to see the dips. Thank you, by the way, if the video is already out here, I'll check that, but you know, it's not easy to find THE SECOND BIG THING I always wanted to know more about, is the SORENESS of the muscle. Is it ok that after while you get small or even no soreness? Or is it just the way I train? Is it because of same, unchanging excercises? And does the muscle grow faster, when it's sore? (I realized it a bit, after some time of no training, for the first time/s I get soreness for 4 or even 5 days) THANK YOU !
Good Video Jiff, can you do a video on developing wrist muscles, another question about Calfs, should I go high Volume low reps or the other way? somehow they do not develop!!!
Jeff. Is there any additional or unique benefit for behind the neck exercises? These exercise are so commonly performed in gyms, have been for decades, I find it hard to believe we have only just realised they are bad or that there is not a payoff of some kind to compensate for the potential damage?
could you please do a video for best bi and try workout like you did for the shoulder workout? i been trying different workout but I'm just not getting the pump i use to also it be great to with things up for me. thank you
Assuming we're using the bar, which is best, a wide grip or (slightly wider than)shoulder width grip? I see different advice about this. One article I read said the wide grip was too hard on the shoulders.
Thumbs up for this video. Very helpful. I am a 40yo guy who had no real guidance when lifting and made some bad decisions. Lots of bench, curls and triceps. I never worked back, shoulders or legs. I have been lifting now doing squats, dead lifts and bench but I find that when I dead lift and the weight is heavy that I round the top of my back and shoot my hips up. I friend who is a power lifter said it was a sign of a weak upper back. My question to you is how much is lost when I use a Hex (trap) bar to do my dead lifts? I can move more weight and my form seems to be a lot better. I just don't get the same range of motion. Am I doing more harm than good using the Hex bar?
I doubt you're doing any harm with Hex bar DL's. They don't train the lower back, hamstrings, or glutes nearly as effectively as conventional DL's, but I've found that they do a pretty good job on the mid and upper back. If you're training upper back, might I recommend weighted carries/farmer's walks? Those have really helped me out.
If you look at the direction of the fibers of the latissimus they do not run up and down. They run on a diagonal. Direct opposition of the lat would happen if you sat slightly farther back from where the cables were. Also, you are MUCH stronger in a closed pack shoulder position vs open pack. That's science in strength. I'd like a response Jeff. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Latissimus_dorsi.PNG
Hey Jeff good informative video. I have a question for you. As a professional trainer and physical therapist, which 1 of the 2 sports do you think or know is the most physically and mentally demanding, for both training time and for the actual event; American football or boxing? The reason I'm asking is because of the Cotto vs. Martinez fight this Saturday. A friend and I (actually a group of friends on each side) were arguing which two of the sports were more demanding. He said football while I said boxing. If it is neither, can you say which other sport and why? Thank you! Please thumbs up this if you want to see this answered!!!
