Do This Chest Exercise IMMEDIATELY After Bench Press!

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If you are doing bench presses, incline bench presses or dips you are going to want to watch this video and do the chest exercise I’m showing you here. This is perfect for after bench pressing since it is a variation of the classic exercise but with a strength curve that compliments the original and allows you to take your workout intensity to a whole new level. 60% off all AX programs - http://athleanx.com/x/13-workouts Subscribe to this channel here - http://youtube.com/user/jdcav24 This is called the ground and pound press. It is an exercise that I use with my MMA athletes and is commonly done with slightly lighter loads and for the purpose of explosivity and power. It can however be a great hypertrophy option, especially when paired with a bench press, incline bench press or dip in superset fashion. If you examine the mechanics of the bench press first you will quickly see that the hardest portion of the exercise is at the bottom of the movement (when the bar is down near your chest) and the easiest portion is at the top of the exercise (when the arms are out straight). This is due to the physics of the exercise. When gravity is acting down perpendicular to the humerus as it as at the bottom, the chest is being subjected to it’s greatest amount of tension. On the contrary, when the arm is fully straightened over the chest at the top of the exercise, the force of gravity is now acting downward parallel to the humerus and the tension on the chest is greatly minimiz

Published 2018-12-13 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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