Uh, this explanation is amazing. Thanks for drawing on yourself for us. I've worked out for years and that is the first time I've ever seen how grip and width for this exercise targets specific areas in such an easy to remember format. I seriously don't think I will ever forget it now. Thanks!
Thanks Jeff. My son is currently in Class 322, training to become a Navy SEAL. He and I are always competing for pull-ups. I use every video you post to "scheme" how to beat him!
Bigdi Ckaroo Jeff has a video on squat stance... It depends on the length of the head of your femur. telling someone to narrow their squat without knowledge of their individual anatomy could be detrimental to their health
In general, I wear flat sole shoes (like converse or Vibrams) for most evenly distributed weight & stability. Not sure your anatomy, but that matters. Length of legs (and lower vs upper leg length) vs length of torso. Some do great with squats, some dont. With squats, focus on staying as straight as possible. Leaning forward will use more of your back side muscles. Might have to lower the amount of weight. Also going all the way down means full range of motion & more muscles uses (mainly more glutes) but partial or half way will allow you to kill your quads more or isolate them more. Personally, to kill my quads, I have to leg press. Squats just dont allow me to balance that much weight for that long enough to kill my quads. I can go super heavy & for reps on leg press much easier.
I love it when you break out the muscle markers. Completely see the muscle in a different way and I don't see any other RU-vidr doing it. Very unique and affective!
More pen Jeff! .....for legs/glutes/medias ..... for calves/soleus .....for upper back/traps .....for shoulders ...........basically the best weight lifting channel on youtube. Thanks Jeff! ........Jeff do you like or recommend any other youtube channels???
Scott Herman, Buff Dudes, Alan Thrall, and Omar Isuf (keeping it natty). There are other great RU-vid fitness guys that are on steroids but I wanted to give the natties some love.
Dude you brighted my day. You made it so simple thank you. Fitness sometimes seems way too complicated to understand, but you are helping to make it more simple
that first 2 minutes when you show the the progressive variation of hand position in coloration to muscle contraction, that is so fascinating. you could do a whole playlist on that, it is beautiful, clear, easy to remember, and true. i highly recommend any one to watch it
I really appreciate the fact that you use the markers AND that you explain all the exercises in correct anatomical terms. A little education never hurt anybody. Nice work, Jeff. Keep it up.
one tip: focus on quality only. Stop when you notice your form isnt good and remember, consistency brings results, dont stop and enjoy the journey. :D If you know all of this ignore this comment.
one of his videos he said that i'm watching you guys and keep tracking of what you do so better you train your ass like an athlete or i'll hunt you down, after this comment i'm convinced
Especially thanks for exercise examples with highlighted muscles. One of many examples of Jeff's high attention to deliver info in most easy and fast understandable way. Keep the good work sir)
What's interesting about close-grip chin-ups with the hands touching is that, if you really squeeze, your pecs significantly enter into the movement. It kind of becomes a chest chin-up. It makes sense; with the hands so close, the humerus wants to adduct so the forearm becomes straight. When I used to not be able to do pull-ups, I would do these super-close versions, and I was always curious why my pecs were sore the next day. Tip: try your hardest to not bring your elbows in front of you if you are trying to hit your lats and back on a chin-up.
Dude those back muscles. Fucking shit. Do more exercises that makes muscle groups show up like that, interesting as hell to see the muscles move and how they interact with different positioning. Always love these muscle marker videos.
I never imagined that I can hit all these with pull ups and chin ups. I will do all three variations for each of the two weekly. Great video as always Jeff!!
I got to a point where I could do 6 or 7 pull-ups per set pretty easily, but kept wondering why my upper back still wasn't developing very much. All this time it's because I kept my hands at shoulder width instead of going wider. Now I did 3 pull-ups at wide grip just a minute ago and FINALLY felt the tension in my lats that I've been missing. I'm definitely subscribing after this. I love pull-ups as a calisthenic even more now that I know how to isolate, thanks mate.
Whenever I get hurt from exercise, I search videos in this channel rather than go to see a doctor. It's always really helpful. The best thing is that Jeff gives us solution.
I am so elated that I found your channel. You are the ABSOLUTE BEST when it comes to instruction and demonstration without all the "ab" and body "show-off"!! I have been watching you for two weeks now and my body has already transformed. I have visited your website and will soon start on some of your supplements. I would like to know more about your food intake and the number of hours you workout daily. Also, if you have a "rest" day or period of the day that you rest your system. Thank you again for great science education!!
Jeff you are literally amazing! If I have any sort of question about lifting, nutrition, or muscle pain, you have an in depth video about it! Thank you for what your doing everyday man. Keeping a lot of people safe from fitness mistakes :D
Jeff, I just wanted to compliment you and let you know how much all your videos have benefited me since I been working out less than 4 months ago at 40 years old. Major benefits and results, lots of compliments I’ve also been geting from family and coworkers. I didn’t tell anyone I been working out but now I really can’t hide or deny it any more lol. Thanks again for your videos, time and effort. Mostly the knowledge that you share. Oh and just for an idea of my gains I am 5’10, was 187 lbs and now about 185 with more muscles.
I have brachiel plexus injury and what he says is so true. wide grip regular pullups hurt my shoulder but chinups are great. I work the lats with one arm barbell row instead, works like a charm without hurting. some row machines also work good.
The magic marker series are in my opinion, the most helpful. These videos have help me visualize which muscle to contract when isolating workouts. Keep it Jeff, nice work!
The muscle marker is great Jeff, thanks to u I gained more understanding how the contraction works on our muscles from each types of workouts & that just encourage & makes myself more confident that those workouts I do is working & I have to keep it up!
I always watch your videos (hit like and I am a subscriber) but never comment. Just wanted to say they help A LOT. Right now I am struggling with a braquialis pain and if it wasn't for this video (and other 2 of your videos) I would have been lost in regards to how to go next. Good Job!
"Muscle markers" have their own name now haha that's great. Jeff you can preach all day my man and I'd eat it up because you back it up with results and WORK. Question: how often do you update your workout plans that you sell on your site?
Thank you Jeff, the muscle marker videos really help me to understand the muscle and exercise relationship. I also relieved that your marker is easy to come off type, don't want you to get marker poisoning. God bless and keep it up Jeff.
Pull ups are just great ! There are already 6 (!) different variations + neutral grip/hammer grip + negatives + weighted ... amazing what you can get just out of one excercise: complete back, neck, shoulder, upper and fore arms workout and traps.
What I like about your channel its the way you explains about muscle connections ; The right technique to lift weights and you seems to have good knowledges about muscle grown . I am a personal trainer myself and my master is BRUCE LEE. I really enjoy your channel.
My military training routines require me to gain calisthenic strength as well as be able to run long distances (half marathon lengths) and you're the only one I can really trust physiological advice from at this point, any advice for this kind of situation?
@@robert50173 Stew Smith's method is actually a changed version of greasing the groove, but nobody can say that Stew invented that training concept...but still, I love the fact the he is a big time believer of Pavel's method.
He has a fitness plan for military readiness but u probs won’t have time if ur already doing the military training so just do it. Leave time for hypertrophy to occur don’t train the same thing every day. Keep going ur probably doing the best for ur situation Rn without knowing ot
great vid Team A-X as always. I've been using many of the tips given by you and they are NO BS straight to point. Thanks again as always for great share.
Hey Jeff it's been a while since you mentioned nutrition on your channel. It would be great if you can bring it back and talk about certain foods that you would recommend people to add to their diet.
The Wooded Beardsman Same thing happened with me when I was hitting bodyweight workouts hard, elbows fucking ruined me for a while. Just stop exercising and give your elbows some rest, a couple weeks or so and you should be well off.
MoishetheBeadle Appreciate that! I've been off for almost 2 weeks and it's killing me. First time around on my left arm lasted around 2 years, but whatever, it was my left and just worked through it trying not to let it get in the way. I sure want to avoid that with the right this time. I was adding chin ups and it was slow going so I did some cheats, plus dropped the wrist straps for dumbell rows and deadift to build forearm strength....then bam, in the right side. So yeah, I'm hoping if I lay off for 3 weeks total, it will fix itself instead of pushing through. It was feeling alright, but I think playing hockey held it up a bit (none-dominant for hockey)....I'll lay off. How long do you think is best? Should I work out light or just lay off totally until it's pain free? Right now it only hurts with heavier stuff, but it's okay with light so that tells me it's probably not really severe just yet. I stopped right away once the pain started having been there before.
The Wooded Beardsman No problem bud, just speaking from my own experience. I found that any weighted exercises, whether weights themselves or additive weight on my calisthenics, my elbows were being destroyed, to the point where doing a single push up would cause me to eat the ground. What I can stress is that proper form is of course, key for everything, though I am sure you know that as I do not presume you to be misinformed on the subject. Also, I focused far more on mind-muscle connection rather than an entire compound joint movement, if that makes any sense. Stopped cranking out as many reps and sets as possible. Overall, just being consciously aware of my elbow joints and their role in the workout. Oh, and key thing. Get your joints warmed up before *every* workout for a good 5-7 minutes. Lots of ways to do this. Now keep in mind, this applied to my bodyweight exercises. Free weights are known to be very hard on the joints later down in life. So while I do use free weights now, I cannot speak on your behalf. I recommend 3 weeks, if you are feeling comfortable maybe 2 weeks. But because you don't want to lose any muscle mass (of course, a constant steady stream of protein can combat this), don't go longer than a month and a half. It's all about how you feel and a lot of other factors in your workouts. And if I had to say anything, lay off for at least 2-3 weeks, after that start going into some lighter work and when you are feeling good than ramp up the intensity. After giving my joints some good treatment, I have never had bad elbows since, and I don't stretch them anymore either.
MoishetheBeadle I haven't noticed any size loss after 2 weeks. Eating lots and just doing core right now and squats, though holding the bar is a little painful, but not too bad. I could do a few others with no pain, but don't want to do anything stupid and be stuck with 2 years of pain again. I'll take your advice and go for another week or even two and then start in slowly. I could probably start a bit now, but I'm okay with starting again slow rather than push on. Thanks for all your advice. Joints, yes they need warm up. I do light sets, but I need to do more. As we age we lose our elasticity in our tendons, that must lead to breaking and tearing more easily. At least, seems that way. Time to not do everything like a teenager anymore! Thanks again.
The Wooded Beardsman No problem bud. Perhaps physical therapy would also work? As I've said, we are two different cases. Therefore we need to approach our problems differently. Good luck!
