JM Blakley Wants YOU To Press HOW?!?! Hypertrophy Training

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JM Blakley was recently at the compound and showed us a dumbbell movement he's been working on, and we thought you might want to see it!
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[@richards6431]

This guy has the calmest voice ever. I feel like he could be painting happy little trees or teaching yoga. Also his beard is epic.

[@mikeanthony5206]

Ha! The Bob Ross of powerlifting!

[@michaelholder98]

Hahahha kinda lkke Bob Ross is what you were thinking when you wrote that hahahaha. Bon Ross and JM are both awesome!!!

[@nathanielovaughn2145]

JM Blakely is to powerlifting and strength training the scientist Frank Zane is to older school bodybuilding

[@roninstrength1883]

I find it incredibly inspiring. I wish I had the patience in my voice that this man has.

[@TheCJRhodes]

He reminds me of my father. Patient, motivating, and always willing to teach or learn.

[@christianbolt5761]

JM is truly the wise graybeard of strength training. Always listen when he speaks. I’ve been doing something very similar on a flat bench. I was trying to maximize consistent stress, stretch, and contraction of the pecs. This came out of I trying to find the weight path to focus the stress on the pecs.

[@PixelThief69]

Would it be possible to have JM demonstrate the exercises as well in future videos?

[@Wekkerklok]

Unfortunately I doubt it; in the latest podcast he mentions that arthritis is messing a lot with him.

[@PixelThief69]

@@Wekkerklok Oh that makes sense.

[@keithseymour3449]

This kid is more nervous then a whore in church lol, Putting this in my accessories. JM is a gem.

[@ndcaynor]

JM has forgotten more than I will ever learn.

[@ProphetFear]

I have done this exact exercise for almost a year now but I didn't know if it had any name, and still don't. I call them fly-presses because, well... that's the name. I demo this lift on videos in my channel.

[@MaxBadstibner]

Nobody can convince me that JM doesn’t live on the top of a mountain.

[@Nick.McIntyre]

What if he is the mountain?

[@dylanstelmach1107]

JM is the the man!

[@matthewsydoruk1798]

22:00, is this a similar way of doing lat pulldowns where you "pull with your lats" rather than pull with your hands and feel the lat more? You "press by squeezing" your chest to bring the DBs up?

[@Bigelite094]

I tried this and I have never felt chest activation this great until today. I'm new to doing JM Press. My bench weight hasn't gone up, but I feel more secure with the weight I was pushing, it feels easier. JM Blakely, Dave Tate, John Meadows, and Tom Platz are in my Mount Rushmore of bodybuilding and strength training.

[@denoffitness3379]

❤❤❤amazing voice, beard and advice

[@omarazami7377]

I have rarely heard anyone speak so eloquently, passionately, and convincingly. He is a treasure.

[@marvthebass]

I do something similar in the semi truck. What I do is lay across my bed with my legs off the edge. I get my arms a little less than 90° to my torso, and then I move my forearms 90° so they're straight up and down. I keep the dumbells in a neutral grip. Then what I do is press up, and at the same time slowly bring the dumbells together. And then i just slowly bring it back down to the starting position. The goal is to bump the dumbells together at the same time that you hit full extension. I'm no body builder, but it's the best press variation I've come across. I call them "wide out presses"

[@liftbig03]

I really like JM's deliberate explanations on these videos. Very explanatory.

[@mrsloth_8820]

And deliberate

[@drinkinouttacups2665]

@@mrsloth_8820 and explanatory

[@kevshouse2]

Would have been easier if he got on the bench and showed us lol

[@comically_large_chungus]

Interesting exercise

[@teawheroagilbert5560]

JM. Click. Like.

[@ultrafloss492]

I was just searching for such a video on his 7thlevel channel! Thanks very much!!

[@NobbyStilestheToothlessTiger]

Thanks, always great great tips from the one and only JM Blakley!

[@Colin1084]

I was hoping you would have a video of JM explaining this press that he mentioned in his last podcast with you guys. Thanks

[@danielhawk5390]

J.M. Is a treasure

[@johnbackos5192]

Interesting. I saw a youtube clip that showed Doug Young using a similar movement but laying flat with an arch.

[@Aceinpolar]

I'm gonna have to work on this, a lot of my pressing i end up only feeling it in my front delt on one side. with lighter weight i could feel this in my chest but as soon as i went to more of a working weight, all front delt.

[@BuJammy]

I discovered this for myself, and hearing JM validate it... I'm stoked.

[@darvinlobaton4825]

Left time this movement/exercise should be performed by a bodybuilder that understands the concept of mind muscle control

[@kip.k]

My work productivity suffers when JM is demonstrating.

[@LeeH3nson]

Jm is awesome man, could watch him teach all day

[@dessertstorm7476]

its all about the little details

[@davidb1975a]

Found this quite interesting..

[@alexanderburgess5640]

Absolutely brilliant video. JM is such a guru. Keen to try this today!

[@LennartVanBolderick]

Great!

[@herkko6]

Tryed this yesterday, felt really good!

[@michaelbarilow2337]

JM , why don't you demonstrate.

[@dessertstorm7476]

because it's more valuable to watch him teach the exercise.

[@tomasoliverasala]

thats wild

[@ijrebuck]

Great video. I've done these, on accident, in the past by lifting too much on an incline fly lol. Never thought about doing it intentionally

[@michaelholder98]

God I love JM's brain...as soon as us humans come up with the ability to clone our DNA we need to produce 100 more JMs ha!! HOORAH! - Marine Mike 🇺🇸 💪

[@PlutoTheGod]

I think JM is great but isn’t this more so a lot of over complications to stretch / flex and really feel out the muscle while lifting? I love training as well, and I think we all have had those times in the gym where we experiment with light weights something that ends up giving you a big pump and feels satisfying but at the end of the day is it REALLY going to build more muscle & strength just because we did some satisfying almost yoga type movements? Every massive bodybuilder or freak of strength seems to come down to proper programming and recovery, not special exercises. For instance you can go sit on an incline bench with 20lb dumbbells, get a deep ass stretch, dead hang the wrists and get a full activation on your biceps curl using tempo, negatives, weights where you can really feel out the flex alone and so on. But is that vs grabbing 50s and doing sets of decent regular dumbbell curls going to make the difference in you having arnold like biceps vs what you’d get in the first place, or becoming a strict curl champion vs where you would have gotten using the standard exercises with the right programming frequency and percentages for your goals? Not saying don’t throw this stuff in but I think the only people it’ll make a monumental difference for is for those who don’t know how to feel or activate their bodies yet. The dude you’re training here I don’t think ever even truly understood what you were going for in that bottom position.

[@saintnick0815]

Hi Just clicked because JM…. Have a great day!

[@j3rs3yjak3FIU]

When I started lifting a year ago, I did not like JM. Now, a year in, I actually understand the information and knowledge he has and I can't get enough. Sometimes we learn things in the time we're meant to. I simply wasn't ready to learn what he taught but now that I am, my lifts and mentality on training have gotten better. Thanks for the content!

[@eslaubachel]

I love JM's training but this guy hes training is not getting it because every time the weights go up he collapse his chest and the tension goes right back on his delts.

[@LifeInHyrule]

This is awesome! I’ve been doing a similar movement as an overhead press accessory. I never liked flies but these feel great.

[@tommyjohn312]

Did anyone notice Will has some bad ass arms on him! Nice job Will

[@norbertogarcia2234]

Okay brother I learned that exercises is great one the flat bench but the anther one my shoulder hear that exercises look hard thanks again for the video all the time I'm learning God bless you brother

[@rockyyoung6246]

I like the concept of combining fly and a press lol in one great coaching

[@yanwain9454]

tried it. great activation. thanks jm!

[@gcseve]

JM still looks jacked!

[@stfXAVIERIAN]

Great Video! Can I ask a question about the finish at the top of the movement? Is there any benefit to turning the weights inward so the movement finishes with the ends of the dumbbells facing each other? Thanks for the informative content.

[@j.m.blakley4126]

Yes. There might be just as in a normal fly. Even an isometric at the finish can be added. The basic move though here is to be thought of as a press, and those added variations are typically chest fly associations. Anything that makes the muscle work harder is a valid option for growth so knock yourself out!

[@louderthangod]

Where did that other guy go that was always on these elite fts videos? Not Dave but the younger guy.

[@Nick.McIntyre]

If you're talking about Sam, he's no longer with elitefts

[@Nick.McIntyre]

What kinds of benefits would there be doing this vs doing a press on the concentric and fly on the eccentric?

[@j.m.blakley4126]

That question has confounding variables. Start by defining the differences in the results you expect from ANY exercise in the concentric vs. eccentric phases. Then rephrase the question to ask something about the two different movements; flys and presses. That's a better way to tackle this.

[@Nick.McIntyre]

@@j.m.blakley4126 So, with a press, we can move more weight than a fly. With a fly, we isolate the pec by eliminating participation of the triceps and the front delt depending on the bench angle. Less muscles helping, so less weight. I take into consideration that our muscles are stronger eccentrically then concentrically. I'm choosing a movement that can effectively load the concentric pressing movement and the eccentric fly movement. Use the press concentrically to utilize heavier weight then follow the fly(arc motion) eccentrically to overload the pec with a weight we can't get back up without pressing. I understand the press and fly are different movements, but I'm curious how using both movements in one exercise compares to an exercise like the one in the video

[@rtwoods]

So for those who dont have time to waist, its basically a seated neutral grip cable flye with dumbbells, focusing on pulling in from the outer delts and activating the pecs with a fly motion toward the sternum.

[@j.m.blakley4126]

I'm against time wasting, but please don't be in such a hurry as to miss that last observation you are making about this: chiefly WHERE the activation happens. The motion is SECONDARY to the WAY in which one contracts. Of primary importance is how we do it, not what we do.