The Official JM Press Tutorial 

This man is like a jacked Bob Ross explaining his craft and I absolutely love it

I've come to the conclusion that it's only a JM Press if JM himself is doing it. Literally NO one else does it right.

You can tell he's a great trainer. Talking to the lifter, making small corrections, putting them in the right positions, giving small yet effective changes. Awesome to see.

The key is that wrist curling and bicep flex. Very helpful

Thank god for RU-vid. We have all this amazing information from these legendary lifters. As lifters we gotta be grateful for this !

One of the best armwrestlers out there Todd Hutchings says that this exercise is second to none when it comes to elbow tendon health and strength I really have to start implementing these in my training routine

JM’s brachialis is insane.

I've been doing this twice a week for the past two weeks and holy crap it works so good! I've made huge gains in my bench press where i've been stuck at the same weight for months. Such a good excercise!

I was literally just googling how to do these. I absolutely love these videos, the knowledge these guys have is amazing!!!!

I recommend doing these from a dead stop, so from the safety bars in a squat rack... being able to reset after every rep really makes it easy to not involve my shoulders

I’d love another Table Talk with JM and Tate

I am an armwrestler, I had pain in my elbows, after doing it with 3 variation grips I got tension free elbows baby. Thank god for making you and thank you for making this exercise.

Finally!! Been waiting for these to drop!!

JM presses healed my elbows. For a while I didn't know how to recover from armwrestling but these are the key 💪 to elbow health and stability

Fully convinced that this exercise is impossible to do correctly, always ends up being either a skull crusher or a strange close grip bench.

Blackley, thanks for sharing this! Ive never seen it explained this way, even by you. It's really just tiger bends, the calisthenics exercise, only you're turned it into an externally loadable strength exercise.

After watching the old JM video where he explains it, I felt in love with this exercise, it gave me tremendous results, maybe because I'm a quite narrow bencher. I don't have elbow pain at all and I can also combine this with skullcrushers with no problems. That being said some of my friends tried it but everyone was experiencing a lot of pain even with low weights. It is an advanced exercise, but try it guys. Thanks JM for your perpetual knowledge

JM is the man! He’s so good at explaining his craft

My elbows hurt when doing this exercise, even with less than 10 kg. The problem for me was not flexing the brachialis, bicep, and chest. Doing that helped alot

So I'm 60 and still learning been training since I was 13. I have to JM Press has elevated my confidence as well as bench strength. I started using them seriously for about 4 months and results are are amazing even at my age for some reason it corrected my mechanics when it comes to bench press. All I can say is thanks appreciate the great advice.

Amazing exercise! I have been able to increase the weight by 25kgs in 4 weeks and my triceps feel ever so strong! I have even upped the weight on triceps-pin-press by almost 30kgs! Thank you!!!

Love this exercise.Thanks JM.

My personal trainer told me about the JM Press, and at first it certainly did feel "uncomfortable" for my triceps. The next week, I noticed my triceps were already bigger, and after sticking with it the feeling went away. I am so glad this exercise exists, it is one of my favorites and produces perfect results. Thank you for the tutorial!

Thank you sir, I have been doing these wrong. This was needed!

Thanks for clarifying the form here. I’ve seen several videos online that don’t do this movement any justice and, as a result of that (and my poor attention to detail), I’ve done this wrong for years now. Shame on me and thank you for this video. Excited to Jack up my tris and see more of your content.

After more than 25 years, I FINALLY see the difference between the JM Press and the Kaz Extension. I was fortunate to know JM during our competition years and he did amazing stuff in the bench. NOW, I get the JM press!

Thanks for taking the time to make this and for sharing your knowledge. Subscribed.

Flexing your biceps is a great tip! Thank you!

Good stuff! Best video I have seen yet on how to do the JM press properly

JM if you ever see this I want you to know that I think you're a great American and a patriot. Thank you.

Yeah buddy, need some more JM on here.

I find a good cue to be to try to keep the elbows as high or as close to the ceiling as possible while visualizing the triceps as being perpendicular to the floor.

I love doing this on the Smith machine. Great pump on my triceps. Also ensures my elbows remain up.

Did these today and while I’m still don’t have form down like JM . My triceps felt awesome .

Fantastic tutorial.

Ahhhh now I see why meadows spongy grip tricep push downs work so well!! It’s a very similar push down variation of the JM press it seems.

Tried this today. Just found this video. Can’t wait to watch!

I have shared this video with so many people. This exercise is fantastic. Something I just noticed although I have watched this video multiple times- They are using a Texas Power Bar at the EliteFTS compound. I think that is pretty damn cool.

Added to my training been doing it a couple of months now my bench has gone up triceps power amazing I love doing these but remember Master the exercise first before you go up in weight💪

So it's essentially like a skull crusher variation that creates more stretch on the triceps at the bottom in the lengthened position. I'd say skull crushers have been my number one triceps growing exercise but they're going to have more tension in the shortened position if you do them with your arms angled more overhead. I could see this being mixed in with skullcrushers being a killer shortened/lengthened combo on the tricep long head.

Dave tate can you do a train your ass off and have JM there that day as well? I’d love to learn from you and him!

Great recent videos great work guys

Jeff Cavaliere "Athlean X" led me here as he has included the JM Press as one of the 6 exercises recommended in his recently released "The 💯 Arm Workout (MOST EFFECTIVE!)", however he didn't explain the mechanics on how to actually complete the press. Thank you Mr Blakley for your great description and invention of this variety of press. My left elbow really needs some relief and this sounds like it might just provide it. All the best!

Getting a bicep pump before trying this helped me a lot

'Tissue leverage' - best training term I've ever heard!

Thanks a lot for this. I've actually been doimg them wrong. I wasn't keeping my elbows high and got a bit of a shoulder pain

JM sounds like the world's most intimating looking teddy bear. Classic example of how the big gym guys are often the best people you'll meet.

I’ve been doing this completely wrong. Thanks for this tutorial!

I've just been training for 8 months after 10 years of fighting an illness, I dedicate myself to armwrestling, as I wanted to train very hard to make up for lost time I got tennis elbow in both arms and one or another injury, I have added this exercise to myself routine the last few months and my problems are almost solved and I feel an elbow and much better connected to the strength of the tricep and the muscles of the forearm.

Thinking of incorporating these into my High Intensity bodybuilding training programme.

Thanks ! really took care of some nasty elbow pain for me

I visualize lying under a set of store shutters, grabbing the handles then pressing up/pulling down (towards throat area) with cue "shutters go UP, shutters come DOWN... ". Elbows should travel in a straight vertical line up and down. Resist the urge to glance up at/incline your head towards the arm or elbow, as will cause you to imbalance and create potential for pain in elbows as JM said.

I started these with a 20lb fixed bar to prevent injury as I increased weight... I find this is heavily form dependant, even things like like of thoracic mobility will hinder the effects and prob cause elbow pain

That tip of stopping at the point where the uh forearm meets the top arm completely revolutionized my JM press. For so long, it's been hit or miss. Sometimes I'd get a pump. Most times no pump. Today, pump, pump, PUMP!! THANK YOU!!!!! The same thing recently happened to me with lateral raises. Someone showed me the proper way to do it. I worked on it for awhile. And now every time I do lateral raises, pump, pump, PUMP!! The one thing I haven't figured out yet is close-grip bench. My goodness, I've watched 1,000 videos and tried 1,000 things, but it still ends up killing my shoulders and doing nothing for my triceps.

Best tricep exercise JM Press!!👍👏👌💪😎

Slowly add weight, form - Fantastic

Great video!

JM is a certified, documented BAD ASS!!!

Really great tutorial. Those little tweaks to form really make all the difference.

This is gold 👍

Thank you !!

Thank you.

First time doing this i only used the bar, now slowly building up week by week.

Amazing

Today the light switch got turned on at 60 years old for the bench press. I'm not 100% sure what video or who said it that made it click. But I've been trying to get that technique back that groove back and I've been having a hell of a time. And somebody somewhere said we're not all the same do what works for you. An example everyone says if you're a raw bencher the bar needs to hit about nipple level but with my close grip when I bring the bar down to nipple level my forearm is not stacked under my wrist. So for me I actually have to vent a little bit farther down towards my stomach. So today I went in and said I don't give an f if I'm not benching " the right way" I just going to get grip I like, get tight, get a arch and bench lower where I feel strong and wrist is stacked over arm and elbow. And today strength wise how I felt was no pain was the best day I've had in a couple of years and basically doubled my reps. Yes I'm just coming back so I'm using little schoolgirl weight but the way I used I got double the reps I normally have been getting I felt incredibly strong and I had no elbow pain. I guess why I'm writing this this is just to tell people yeah there's certain principles certain things you have to do but everybody's body is a little bit different and do what works for you even if it doesn't work for anybody else it does not matter if it works for you. Thank you Dave and EliteFTS and thank you JM, I hope someday to come to EliteFTS and get advice from Dave and JM

HOW! His presence as a coach. I'd work my butt off for thirty years to get half that good and not be disappointed.

I do arm wrestling and thanks to Todd Hutchings I know of this exercise and its a life saver for my forearms

This is completely different to what other people on the net been saying it

Question: Can you use a ez curl bar ,or does it have to be a straight barbell because of hand placement or angle?? I bet I'm not the only one wondering this. Thanks......

this is Powerlifting-ASMR !!! All jokes aside: Thank you very much for this lesson ! And thank you for inspiration !

I've heard of the JM press before but, I only started doing it a couple months ago just to add some variety to arm day (there is an older video of Blakley explaining this movement). I'm by no means a powerlifter and frankly don't care about pushing a ton of weight but, I can tell you right now this has made my bench go up in that I've been able to add 2 or 3 reps to my heaviest weights. The only thing I've done different is add this exercise to my routine so people may not want to knock it until they try it.

I do JM presses for armwrestling rehab, It hits a tendon where I need blood flow to it.

wow he is so easy listen to. Feels like your dad teaching you a life lesson

I’ve seen folks use yoke bars or other ssb’s with their handles removed for the JM press. The idea being that the handle-less portions of the bar should touch near the bottom of the ribs/chest, and the horizontal padding comes down towards the forehead (without touching the forehead) the same way it’s done here. I’m wondering if this would be useful?

JM has some insane brachioradialis'

I sucked at regular JM presses, so i figured out how to do the JM press standing, it's perfect for OHP assistance work.

I would also assume that the hand and wrist positions work for incline benching as well?

This is some advance information.. flexing bicep for bigger bench

Thanks

Would it make any sense at all to use a slingshot to help train the elbows to stay in and up?

What about wearing a bicep Blaster bar for these, to keep the elbows above the body?

Just did 8 reps with 10 lb on the bar wow

To avoid overloading my elbow, what % of my bench should I start these as a first time practitioner of the JM Press? This seems like a great accessory to let me build my press while letting my long head bicep tendinopathy recover.

Would an ez curl bar take away the wrist pain and also work better ?

I’m going to try this exercise ASAP my elbows have been on fire. Do I need to wait until pain goes away first? I’m sorry if you covered this and I missed it.

Gentleman JM

Starting off how bout putting a belt around arms to keep elbows in just till u get the movement right

JM press= Press+ “Nick”crusher , use elbow flexion with more pushing motion at end of the movement.

Great Video! 👍 Whats the name of the watch your wear ?

I'm trying to train these to fix pretty severe involuntary elbow sweep/internal rotation of the shoulder on bench due to weak triceps. How would you advise programming these for this purpose?

Just did 5 sets of these today and my triceps are fucking destroyed. These hit so much better than skull crushers for me.

Felt my biceps act up so I think I’m doing it right

JM has half a basketball on his forearm

What sets and reps would you recommend for increasing Bench Press strength using the JM Press?.

The shorts clip brought me back. Would love to see a demonstration on a skinnier guy. I don't have the "tissue" to stop the bar.

do you want to pack the shoulders during the jm like you would a regular bench press?

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6:05 best motivation ever.

I can feel it in my triceps. But it's a hard lift to do right

Man, this look very hard. I will go for a glos grip bench press