5 Ways to Improve Pressing Strength - NO WEIGHTS

[@gmbfit]

Who knows the band playing in the background at the end?

[@masterkrunch]

Cake - War Pigs ???

[@SLIMpocalypse]

Led Zeppelin - Black Dog

[@Ze_Ninguem]

Cat Power - Cherokee

[@Strengthside]

Ry Hurst! Great as always.

[@ryanhurst3068]

Thank you!

[@boyetsantos8096]

Fantastic, sir , Thisnis Florencio

[@BossLaydee1]

I'm always learning something new with these insightful GMB videos. It's refreshing to see how you break down the more complex skills and highlight the key points of focus to make these movements more approachable. Only thing missing from this video was Ryan's dog :) Keep up the great work.

[@gmbfit]

hahaha, even Bree takes a day off from time to time ;) Thanks for the find words. We're always improving.

[@mirjanastojanovic3134]

Great guidelines! 🙏🏼

[@erichmanstein9560]

nice 1

[@RJ100]

Thanks Ryan. I've been struggling to achieve the handstand pushup for the last year (doesn't help that I''m 180lbs). All the tips are appreciated :)

[@ryanhurst3068]

Rajan Glad to hear it helped! Cheers.

[@seanjmoran]

Great tips here. Definitely love the insight you guys provide here. This is motivating me to get back into the elements program and give more focus to the bent arm bear / A-frame.

[@gmbfit]

That’s great! It’s really easy to underestimate the bear walk variations... i mean, they’re so easy right? Just crawling! Hahaha, but if you do them the right way, you’re building lots of strength in ranges and positions that are hard to address otherwise.

[@PartyBasz]

Just what i needed! I'm stuck on this..! Big thanks for the new motivation!

[@gmbfit]

Sure thing - hope it helps you get past your sticking point.

[@Verdad2024]

Great advice! I had stopped training but this motivates me to try again

[@ryanhurst3068]

HAguayo Thanks and great to hear it’s inspired you to get back to it. :)

[@davidgroth26]

Awesome!

[@abdurazakovshamil2665]

very usefull, but it seems like refrasing your previous video 5 Tips for More Pushing Strength, except one thing about using negatives.

[@gmbfit]

So? As you said, it’s very useful.

[@sunbro6998]

Good stuff.

[@mathieugarcia]

Super valuable tips, thanks! 🚀🚀🚀 Also, I have almost the same shirt, and I've been wearing it inside-out the whole day yesterday hahaha

[@ryanhurst3068]

Mathieu Garcia Thanks, dude! And yeah, love my Kuhl shirts. :)

[@mathieugarcia]

@@ryanhurst3068 Kuhl shirt, dude! Haha

[@sergeprezeau8722]

it's been 3 years since this video came out and nobody said who was playing the song at the end. cake

[@gmbfit]

YES!!

[@Samurai_Joaquim]

What i think about it? Change channel name to GMT - Gold Medal Tips Thank you for your videos Ryan.

[@gmbfit]

hahahaha, maaaaaaybe... :)

[@User0resU-1]

Ryan you always say elbows in, and I believe you, and I do it, but you've never fully explained why. I'm know it's physics and mechanics, and I'd love to know the details - 'knowledge allows you to give more meaning to what you do' - somebody famous said.

[@gmbfit]

We talk more about the reasons in our website articles about elbow and shoulder health and push-up technique, but the gist is that flaring the elbows puts a lot of pressure on the shoulders, and though it’ll build those manly pecs, at the same time, it tends to cause a lot of problems in the shoulders and thoracic spine and neck area.

[@grIMAG3]

So you don't impinge your shoulders. Flaring out your elbows during a pressing movement puts your shoulders in an impinge position. Learned it the hard way.

[@DogrusoezS]

i have to turn my palms 45° out to being able to keep my elbows in. otherwise my elbows flaring out. any tips to improve?

[@gmbfit]

It's mostly just a matter of practice and building your strength

[@baz_k]

Do you think some of these such as that A frame pushup in the video might actually be better than a traditional shoulder press with dumbbells if you want to build strength and size in your front deltoids?

[@gmbfit]

Maybe. A big reason dumbbells and barbells, etc. tend to be useful for hypertrophy focus is that they are very easily scalable. If you're trying to isolate a muscle to make it grow, and you need specific control over the load and rep range, that's difficult to do by shifting your bodyweight. Dumbbells are great for that. But when it comes to developing useful strength in pressing movements? Well, then I think bodyweight is generally more functional (though you'll still need to add external load if you get to the point where you're already very strong and aiming for extreme strength - however, most people at this stage aren't asking Qs about it on YT ;) so I'm assuming that's not relevant to you).

[@baz_k]

@GMB Fitness this makes so much sense. Thankyou

[@gmbfit]

Glad that makes sense :)

[@garybrown9719]

I'm 56 years old is it to late I'm 6' 5" 180lbs

[@gmbfit]

no, it's not

[@istvankertesz3134]

you got all the time in the world, go learn something new and have fun!

[@garybrown9719]

@@gmbfit I'm very stiff in the hands and hips

[@NAZMli]

@@garybrown9719 these guys have great vids on hips and hand mobility routines.

[@xxpraxedes]

4:50 today everything is about the game changers, omg I'm done with it 💁🏽‍♂️

[@gmbfit]

I don't know... to me "game changer" seems better than "omg" and "I'm done with it," but maybe we can just agree to express ourselves the best we know how.

[@Greg_Chock]

Ryan has been using the word game changer for years. Should he change the way he speaks just because of a new series?

[@xxpraxedes]

@@gmbfit it was supposed to be a joke, but it seems that was bad, sorry ._. your content is great, it help me a lot 🤸🏽‍♂️🙏🏽

[@gmbfit]

@@xxpraxedes Ah, it can be hard to tell on YT. Sorry I took it the wrong way at first.