the muscle markers' ink actually stimulates muscle growth and can be used to yield extremely anabolic results when applied before training, that's why they're called muscle markers in first place, they mark the muscles you're stimulating that workout session! #tmyk
Jeff you have done more in my life, without ever meeting me, than anyone has to give me the material I need to change my life. Weighed 140 lbs at 5’10 almost 2 years ago. Now weighing 170 and looking pretty darn good. From gains to fixing my posture to improving my confidence 10 fold. Thanks man, owe it to you and my wife. I enjoy filling out shirts a lot more than I thought I would.
This guy is an immense help and the information I've learned on his channel is truly invaluable. He makes me want to put the work in and perfect my body.
Just wanted to say I am a month into ax1 and have made huge losses and gains. I was 230 and close to 30% now I am 215 and while I dont know my current fat mass my physique has changed greatly to the positive. I appreciate the help jeff
Isolation exercises are something I have been lazy with but after seeing your video, I am convinced that I must include them in my chest routine. Thanks again.
I love these marker videos, they are by far my favorite videos on your channels since they make everything so much clearer in terms of what the muscle is and what it needs in terms of movement.
I used to be a professional athlete and training was literally my livelihood. I have worked with some of the best trainers in the world with clientele of all pro or Olympic athletes. Now that it's all over it great that I have these videos to help my training. I've searched the internet high and low and Jeff is absolutely the bees knees when it comes to knowledge in all areas that are training. Thanks for the videos!
Jeff is so on point!! Now that I’m finally in grad school anatomy and have cadaver lab, all of this makes sense! He literally talks like straight from the book, yet says it in a way that makes sense 😊
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This man is puting so much info in my head, next year i will follow sportscience at school.. i think iam going to smash anatomy and stuff. Edit: thx to you jeff!!!
YES YES YES. Delighted you’ve uploaded this video. I’ve been embarrassed for years about my chest. I’m so determined to get some definition now. Thanks Jeff!
The videos on Athlean-X help me to continue to grow and improve as a trainer. This video today targeting the chest covers info that is so helpful because it shows how you can emphasize the different area of the chest by the path you follow with the resistance. Great info for shaping the chest.
headband og how do you train your chest 2 to (3) a week if you feel sore? Cos usually I train my chest 2x a week I can't even do 3x a week even if I wanted too.
What Jeff! I have the same indentation and I noticed that when I was like 20 (32 now). Don't lie you know you noticed it. It's natural and uncontrollable. You helped me understand that and be comfortable in my own skin. The important thing is always striving to improve and doing the best with what you got. Thank you for you wisdom and advice
Always love Jeff Cavalier's use of the muscle markers and the breakdown of each muscle group and how they're used. Gives the lay man something to understand 😀
Thanks Jeff! I asked about the inner chest recently as I just couldn't think of any way to try and exercise them, now here is a good video on the topic.
chest seems to be the hardest part of our body to get big for us hardgainers/ectomorphs, my shoulders, biceps, triceps, forearms, legs everything has gotten much bigger but my damn chest lags behind despite the fact that i hit it the hardest of all my muscles...adding some of jeffs chest workouts seems to be helping though, those ucv raises really get a hell of a contraction of the pec and of course the floor flys as well!
rjbizzle1984 I feel you. Not going to lie, my body fat percentage can be partially to blame. Always a struggle but I'm working on it. Same, shoulders, traps, calves, legs, triceps (not so much my biceps, as I have a 2 finger gap between my bicep and elbow when flexing, but the peak is there). I'm ok with them, but my chest really gets me down
yea we definitely all have our strong points and our weak points. i feel like shoulders were always my best thing while biceps were a weak point for me they have become a strong point, im really happy with how much bigger my biceps are getting. chest continues though to be the hardest to build on, but we just gotta keep at it and we will get there....
I love gaining all this new information. I used to wonder how people could spend hours in the gym when I can barely do a single hour. I understand more now, there are so many more muscles and exercises to do than I realized just from my shitty high school weights class.
swiss ball roll outs, nordic curls, hip thrusters, side leg raises, that yoga poss where you sit on hands and knees and you extend one legg behind you and the opposite arm in front of you.
Future video idea: A video on "Batman sit-ups" would be really good, Jeff. 1) Are they a good exercise for the abs? 2) Are they still mainly working the hip-flexors like crunches do? 3) What is the best way to do them (full leg extension or not etc.)? 4) Are they a good exercise to do if you have the lower back pain associated with other ab exercises (due to over-reliance on hip-flexors etc.)?
Thought maybe you'd steped over the line and got too technical on me. But I've grown to trust you so sstayed around. You tied it all together and sumed it up nicely. turns out to be very useful. Will use the cable machne even more now.
Close to another chest video from the past, but a little more info and a reminder to stay on the right track of lifting is always great! Apprieciete all the knowledge shared to make optimal gains
Do one vdeo on how to use cables, how to understand strength curves. I'm a physiotherapy student here in Brazil and I really appreaciate your work thank you!
Thank you for what you do. I've just started working out, and I appreciate the honesty you bring to the subject. Work hard, eat right. Rinse and repeat. When I achieve my goals it will be in no small part thanks to you.
I clicked on the video for alternative chest stuff too add to my workouts..... but can vouch for full range of motion. I've been focusing full range of motion, technique, and stretch and I'm bigger than some other guys in the gym that have been in there before I joined. They load up as much weight as they can and do half reps and momentum lifts to hunk around as much weight as they can and aren't focusing on activating the right muscle groups with full range of motion for maximum effect. I get on equipment all the time and drop the weight to a lower amount and focus on technique and full range of motion and the benefits of had over the last 6 months have been incredible. I also switched from high weight low rep to lower weight high rep and that's been a game changer too.
Jeff! Please do a video on how to workout and supplement your diet if you work nightshifts. Specifically how to get enough protein intake and how to improve your energy levels during the workout! Thanks
Could you do a series of videos showing correct forms and postures for performing various exercises; from basic ones to complex ones- in a series which could help beginners. Hope you consider this. Thanks.
Eureka! This video inspired an "aha moment"... Jeff, just articulated what I've been experiencing from time to time, workout to workout, but always just associated it with energy levels or enthusiasm. Concentration on a zone of movement from "one bone through the next" inspires the muscle fiber stimulation maximizing it's strength, your control, and enabling exactly what i look for in my lifting portion of my strength training. I hadn't pieced together this valuable string of logic before, mistaking it for just random acts of energy or enthusiasm! Its more likely a moment that came at random, which was more focused, in the way this video highlights; moving the insertion muscle stimuli, from one bone to the other. This "missing link" can open up not just my chest routine, but all my strength training reps deployed on all my muscle groups. I guess I still have some introspection to do with the thought process with my lifting. Thanks Jeff!
no, your are damn right Jeff, it wasn't aware for me that your chest is not symmetrically at the bottom !! Think it doesn't matter, you looking god as you are!!
