Exercise Scientist's Top 5 Chest Exercises

[@RPfanatic]

This video is exactly what I wanted to see. Please continue this series by getting Dr Mike to show his favourite exercises for all the other muscle groups

[@georgelukhava9945]

Yes. This 100%. For every muscle group.

[@wolfiemac32]

100% more of this.

[@Limbaugh_]

Yeah I need better exercises for back thickness

[@TravisHowrish-v2c]

Then you can have zero success as a bodybuilder just like Mike

[@xX_dash_Xx]

yeah he really has to cover the top 5 anal sphincter exercises

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[@argh44z]

I saw it on Dr Mike's OF

[@kenjong1465]

What other channels? 🤔

[@mabasheresapxai1795]

I have been working out for almost 10 years . I was just pushing weight. After getting hooked on Dr Mike's videos, I gained quite a lot of muscle and feel much stronger. DR. Mike is the best thing that happened to the fitness world. Love from Sweden 🇸🇪

[@matthewotis3594]

Real science opposed to pushing supplements like muscle and men's magazine.

[@sircdrom]

Same!

[@lowercasetwan]

Always grateful I found Dr Mike's videos when I was like 14, am 26 now, bro really helped me get jacked, I mean he and Jared both helped me achieve my dreams of being a jacked guy with nothing else going for him, the dream

[@sircdrom]

@@lowercasetwan Cudos on reaching that goal my man! Now try to approach your mental and emotional health with the same dedication! Stay strong!

[@Andrew-be6eh]

Watching this on the way home from my first ever 225 bench. Now to use these to grow my chest on the way to 315.

[@AmbushEveryone]

Let's go! Keep it up, my dude. You'll get there :)

[@WoodsGhost]

Out of curiosity, how long have you been training?

[@glassofwater281]

Fuck yeah dude, that's awesome. In high school it took me about 2 years to bench 225. I don't really max out anymore, I'm just trying to get bigger

[@WildEngineering]

great work man, i just hit 235lbs yesterday

[@DjDolHaus86]

Pecs or it didn't happen (squeezes titty)

[@CHOPPASLUGBM]

I used to have a chest like Michael Cera in Superbad. I got a bench press at the beginning of 2024 and have been consistent. I look so much better 9 months later, I just benched 215 for the first time in my life over the weekend.

[@hyun1539]

michael cera catching a stray

[@coffinfeeder7732]

Can someone tell me what I’m doing wrong? I started using a bench press back in February of this year and have not progressed past 155 because every time I try to progressive overload, my left shoulder or maybe rotator cuff gives out before my chest or triceps do and I can’t get more than 5-6 reps per set. I started training last summer and didn’t have access to a real bench press (f*ck you, planet fitness) until the beginning of this year, and I’ve gone many days feeling extremely discouraged due to my lack of progress. Im trying to keep my shoulders retracted, back slightly arched, and chest out but it’s always the damn left shoulder that gets me.

[@LordBort]

​@coffinfeeder7732 remember that you can progressive overload with reps instead of weight. If you're having a really hard time overloading with extra weight, drop it and increase reps. That change up after a week or two might help you push past that issue. Also, stretch that shit out!

[@Cookiekeks]

It's crazy how much genetics play a role here. I've been lifting since november last year, gained about 25lbs since then, trained every muscle consistently 2x a week, yet have never been able to bench more than 120lbs. It's laughable, I know, but I really don't know any other explanation other than insanely bad chest genetics. I obviously followed Dr. Mikes advice about retracting your shoulders, keeping the arch, getting a big stretch and so on, but my chest strength is still below that of an untrained male, lol. Not sure what to do about it.

[@GlacialScion]

​@@coffinfeeder7732 Try lowering the weight a bit and pushing your reps higher. You might be overemphasizing your front delts in the push and not connecting to your chest, which is a lot easier to work on with lower weights.

[@MrSchnieder33]

1. Chest Fly 2. Camber Bar Bench Press 3. Incline Barbell Press 4. Deficit pushup 5. Chest Press Machine

[@Trippp550]

0:12 whoa, got excited there for a second

[@bbakes779]

If you’re trying to learn more about that, just hit the sauna

[@jjpopnfresh6822]

You too?!

[@davidbryce1985]

Deficit push-ups were a game changer for me, especially with my home workouts

[@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210]

With some decline, it would even be better. But you'll need more space for your head to go down, otherwise you won't get much stretch

[@davidbryce1985]

@@justsomeguywhoneverdies9210 I use hex dumbbell endcaps at home for my hands and have done that with my feet up on a coffee table. CRAZY deep stretch in the chest

[@Pentenfi]

Word

[@brianjackson5732]

bruh, you are wild, and i love it. too many people take themselves too seriously. you always provide excellent information while being personable. we are glad to have you.

[@AhtoNajeebRashied]

"We?" You have consent to speak for everyone or are you pluralizing yourself? You don't represent me. I don't want you to speak on my behalf. Speak for yourself. It's rude and arrogant to do otherwise

[@Kroitk]

@@AhtoNajeebRashied You better be trolling, going on a schizo rant like that

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@@AhtoNajeebRashied I definitely don't speak for or represent you. You sound like a great person and have a great day. lol.

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@@AhtoNajeebRashiedstanding up for the real issues in life

[@Kroda-]

​@@AhtoNajeebRashiedno bruh. You're speaking to the queen of England have some respect

[@ZbyszekUchachany-zm8vl]

Dr Mike please make it a series

[@garemo1]

12:32 Dr Mike calling me a wanker is a dream come true

[@Beautiful-ModelBarbara-Hut-s1j]

Youre the man. I dont buy any of the programs but since i followed 2 years ago ive gotten HOUSE. Direct correlation

[@qtowncrazy4771]

Deficit pushups is 100% my favorite chest exercise I’ve incorporated from Dr Mike, it creates the best stretch and always get a nasty pump

[@StunningModelAaliyahAustin-x9e]

One of my favorite upper chest exercises is loading up one end of a bar, leaving the other end on the mat, then I kneel in front of the loaded end and pick it up, push it up over my head while the lower unweighted end stays on the ground. I push my arms together and keep them really close as I push up and over my head, and it really blasts my upper chest.

[@abhi43240]

AI-generated exercise summaries keeping you small as hell

[@Ravage017]

thank you, Aaliyah Austin! I actually tried this today and I think by rotating your shoulders outwards while bringing your upper torso up towards the bar and then slowly lowering in a downward curve might be an even better variation of the already amazing exercise you've already suggested.

[@bad3032]

Scammer forgot he was on his other account😂

[@kusjr4388]

Thank you again Mike wonderful tips... Yes those tips too

[@warblackjack5565]

Chest flies is probably the only exercise I can recall where I can feel every fiber in my chest getting worked… Sounds like an exaggeration, but it is a night and day difference vs the most popular chest exercises like bench or push-ups

[@Jamezee312]

im with you

[@coffinfeeder7732]

Ditto. ISO lateral chest press really gets that squeeze and stretch for me as well.

[@Noah_527]

I’m a big fan of flyes but only when using a cable. I’ve had too many issues and close calls using dumbbells that I don’t want to risk getting hurt. The cable gives a stretch like I’ve never had before.

[@adams3616]

Same, cable flies are always my go to

[@onshore1ft]

I love putting a folded work out mat on the back rest of the fly machine to bring my chest even further forward and get a psychotic range of motion. My favourite chest exercise inspired by RP.

[@userunknown1578]

I'll make sure to include all these exercises in my new workout split... Monday: chest Tuesday: chest Wednesday: chest Thursday: legs, back, shoulders, arms, core Friday: chest Saturday and Sunday: rest and watch football

[@alexmoscatelli149]

There's a fatal flaw in your list: we don't train legs so remove that

[@temperatureofthe]

I’ve never seen a more perfect workout split.

[@ThisWorldisCorrupt00]

Not enough chest work imo bro...

[@taylorhillard4868]

Need more rest, get rid of Thursday and add another rest day.

[@rockyalliston1122]

Very similar to mine. Monday: legs Tuesday: legs Wednesday: legs Thursday: chest, back, biceps, triceps and legs. Friday: legs Saturday: jump rope for cardio Sunday: rest I'm just joking, but I do hit legs like 4 days most weeks.

[@BOHTOX93]

Great video because it combines the current 'we rate every chest exercise there is from S tier to F tier' but it condenses it to the best 5 and gives a demo to the audience. Seeing this for every muscle group would be great.

[@juanr1785]

I wonder if this was filmed after Mike’s contest prep where he chilled out on the PED’s, he looks really sharp and peppy and seems to really be enjoying himself. Happy for ya Mike!!

[@CentrePeice]

Your advice has been incredible. Definitely shattered a lot of highschool myths and made my progress much better

[@AskStevenBlack]

That cambered bar sounds like it will be amazing for tall guys with super long arms

[@hibco3000]

If only more gyms had them 😢

[@Ceisri]

my chest exploded with high repetition sets of deficit-lengthened-partials push ups...... if you need to weight them, just add a weight vest or use a dipping belt.... I personally do sets of 62 reps using myo reps... huge ridiculous growth in only 1.5 months

[@questionauthority-f6i]

I do pushups with my ruck sack and ruck plates. forces me to squeeze that core too

[@drumrit]

came for the thumbnail. no seriously, i have to clean up now

[@DiscardatRandom]

I came on the thumbnail

[@wolfiemac32]

Same unhinged Dr Mike, but very simple advice. Love it.

[@WJHDetroit]

Keep these style videos coming!! These are way better then the sit down power point. I love being able to see the movements and variations with great commentary. Learn so much from watching and hearing.

[@ShaolinKungFuBear]

I really like how 4 out of 5 of these I can do at my home gym.

[@iang7244]

Right. This is a great list. IMO no gimmicky exercises and a great breakdown how to do everything.

[@awastedcow]

I just want to say, I was looking for a pec video just recently and this channel really delivered on both tips and humor.

[@gregszczepkowski2550]

Great, as always!

[@user-zx8du3ik2j]

thank you, that clarification again on the bb fly angle of attack . . .it helped me a lot to understand how to approach this stuff not to try and mimic someone and hurt myself but to chase the stimulus and avoid injury instead.

[@LeonGenesis]

Why are you this funny!!!?? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 2:20

[@Alex-dk1um]

Please more like this my man. I love this format ♥️

[@Mexitor]

This was easily one of my favorite videos that you covered big tips on the exercise variation, support of other channels variations to consider. All great perspectives.

[@kgotlelelomaluleke2116]

For me as a beginner this will really help me out to gradually reach my goals

[@neferiusnexus]

The new editing is pretty hardcore... i love it! :D

[@DocMurph]

Dr. Mike you are the MAN! 👍🏻

[@zacht9447]

Cambered bar bench rips me up I love it

[@OhSjit]

I agree, truely awesome. Why i like my flyes on cable - deep stretch at the bottom and high tension at the top. With dumbbells I feel that I miss out on the high tension all the way.

[@Gabber3709]

Looking forward to that sphincter vid tho!!🔥🔥🔥

[@jyrikgauldurson8169]

I use parallettes for deficit push ups. You can progress by elevating your feet, thus lifting a higher percentage of your body weight. Slow controlled reps are brutal.

[@svetlanathehammer1984]

I am so happy to see the pushups with yoga blocks. I got yoga blocks for that purpose and I made amazing progress since I started using them, the Stretch is great

[@TeamBlack00]

This is my new favourite RP video. More of these please!

[@nym7973]

Deficit push-ups with elevated feet are the best stretch I've ever gotten from anything and the explosive improvement in standard push-ups is crazy.

[@fitness.journeyp.b7937]

Another great video. Keep up the good work.

[@jakemason2220]

Thanks Dr. Mike I’ve been looking forward to this one.

[@joshd8443]

Started including the deficit pushup -- great pump and wild DOMS

[@joeofdoom]

I've always been a big fan of dumbell flyes, probably my favourite chest exercise. Great stretch and I get a really strong contraction when coming back up.

[@joseph4770]

I love the honesty Dr Mike, your the best

[@mattdavies6503]

PLEASE make this a series

[@justinparker9892]

Dr. Mike, continue doing these

[@paulmcveigh4252]

Thanks for the brilliant information Dr Mike. My training has been drastically chnaged.

[@TheJohnerro]

Make it series for other body parts :)

[@magnusolsen691]

Thumbnail Mike is Eldritch horror done properly. It's genuinely beyond my comprehension.

[@stussy4]

god i fucking love mike, the knowledge he has and shares is unreal. ive just been deeping it while watching our little bald sensei, its so helpful compared to the shit we used to have to watch a few years back

[@krayxeez]

I love it when I have questions and Dr. Mike assures me that there are no right answers.❤

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I was just googling this last night and Dr Mike got my back

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Dr. Mike and discount Jeff Nippard finally back in a Video again ❤

[@unbabunga229]

Good to finally see a no fad video, would have put dips in there personally but completely understand the machine press alongside the other exercises

[@Schacal6666]

Yes we need that. So we have all exercises and can also cycle them. Although I never switch out the core exercises like inclined BP or biceps curls or pull ups

[@dumdum1413]

Dr Mike its all over my screen

[@Justforthelulz8]

Make this a series!

[@willwatkins2928]

More videos in this series, please.

[@Xecoda]

Thank you for the "optimum" breakdown in the beginning. This is a conversation I have all the time, and it's super important to have!

[@evec2022]

Thank you so much for these videos, they are gems to watch at a time when watching the news is absolutely atrocious.

[@nolanhowren3443]

Dr Mike we love you

[@Almighty_Dayglow]

14:04 victim freezes upon instruction in awkward position and camera zooms in to keep him out of frame

[@jasonellis9777]

Dr. Mike looking pumped today!!!

[@Blacked.Hippie]

Right on time! My chest been lacking Doc!

[@IsaacMason-id2ly]

Love the video format!

[@Justforthelulz8]

This is the type of content personal trainers should provide, actually help to the masses. actually caring :))

[@banrapwankhar1854]

The new thumbnail got me actin up

[@dreamworm8]

Best standup I've ever seen

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

Best part of the cambered bar is it forces you to go super wide. Almost illegal grip. Which is excellent for chest hypertrophy and shoulder health. “But wide grip bench hurts my shoulders!” So reduce the weight and make your shoulders strong in that position slowly over time. Git gud.

[@kayglifts]

man I get hate on my chest exercise log videos because I go deep (like touching DBs to biceps deep)

[@leonlx564]

Why is better for hypertrophy, I don't think any studies say that. It just changes which fibers are more stimulated. Closer grip hits the clavicular head more since it contributes heavily to shoulder flexion, whereas wide grip would be better for the sternal-costal head.

[@Biglenny-v9r]

There’s not any studies in cambered bars that I’m aware of. But there are studies on rom, and stretch mediated hypertrophy which the cambered bar would achieve greatly

[@BUFFALO_cougar_slayer]

@@leonlx564 Wider grip with the enhanced ROM from the camber puts more stretch and tension on the entirety of the pectoralis muscles in the lengthened position. No need for studies or meta-analyses to confirm what’s self-evident from the gross human anatomy that medical students have been learning in graduate school for centuries around the world

[@TheMasterblah]

​@@leonlx564yeah, you're probably not going to find studies regarding hypertrophy on something specific like wide grip stretch focused bench press. Its too costly for the little information you'd get out of it.

[@cusifeltlikeit]

I do almost all these already 👌🏼🔥

[@kalpeshrawat418]

More videos like this on other muscle groups, please

[@Yupppi]

Gotta say this might be the best shirt Dr. Mike has worn, it makes him look really solid in all measures. Lol at athlean-x following this up with "chest exercises rated" video with "shoulder killer" on dumbbell bench press thumbnail.

[@oscar_mitchell]

This video comes up as soon as I start my chest session

[@nemesisdan9049]

Love these videos

[@Aidenhebert]

Did Camber bar bench press this morning and holy cow my chestesticles are on fire ❤️‍🔥

[@oldmonk_]

Please continue the series.

[@italianstallion3130]

Been watching content for a while - this video pushed me into subscription territory

[@ErikPehrsson]

In regards to the cambered bar, I want to like this about 17 times over. That is a genius idea!

[@SwevenHannibal]

Great content. Loving all this focus on the stretch, thanks Dr Mike

[@xisleprez]

Perfect timing,right before I walk in to do chest day. ❤ thank you Dr. Mike

[@dallanmckenna9197]

Great Video guys

[@oBuLLzEyEo1013]

Thanks Doc...

[@Pentenfi]

Push ups on chairs give me the deepest strech and pump out of all chest exercises I have tried. Dumbbell presses are close

[@robelliott4985]

Love some advice on chest workouts when you’ve got arthritis in both shoulders.

[@RandomJPG]

Would love to see a video similar for legs! Specifically free weight/barbell exercises as my gym doesn't have machines.

[@ach6973]

I LOVE YOU DR MIKE

[@akpimpjuice]

Thank you for changing the thumbnail. I can watch this now

[@g.w.customcreations3534]

Great as always Dr. Mike & team. 1 suggestion - can we get a top 5 exercises for a shredded head like the doc himself?

[@somerandomgamer1260]

mike is the goat

[@elpadre1065]

Now I am going to the gym with my own cambered bar

[@francismackinnon4736]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Finally

[@DeboZwagger]

Changing the thumbnail is crazy work

[@colindavidson6483]

Today I noticed my inclined bb press I had been touching below my nipples. I made the adjustment and felt a whole new burn and fatigue in my chest. Very good!

[@WJHDetroit]

I love when Mike shows off the duct taped setups randomly in the background lol

[@jacobh1412]

This but for quads please! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@198Tb]

Love this! Please make more of these, would love to see your favorite back exercises!