Get a Bigger Bench Press - Strengthen Front Delts With Upside Down Goblet Presses
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Channel: Nick Nilsson - the Mad Scientist of Muscle · 2017 · Sports
Your front delts could be holding you back from getting a bigger bench press. The front delts contribute to the bench press quite a lot...there's no argument there. We're not going to try and change that....we're going to EMBRACE it. What I've got for you is a version of the shoulder press that very specifically targets and strengthens the front delts so that you can eliminate them as a weak link in the bench press exercise. This is a very simple front-delt-focused pressing exercise that also brings in the lateral delts and triceps to some extent. This allows you to use more weight than a full-range (to overhead position) front delt raise, while the pressing movement itself helps to strengthen them much more appropriately than a raise exercise due to the integration of the triceps. Bottom line, it can help you get a bigger bench press...specifically improving the bottom position of the exercise. The movement itself is a very simple press. Your arm position is what focuses the loading primarily onto the front delts, all the way up to an overhead position. I recommend performing this for sets of 8-12 reps...don't do low rep ranges with this one. We're looking to pump the front delts full of blood. Using too heavy of a weight will force you into a push-press situation where you're taking tension off the front delts by using a power type of movement rather than a smooth press. This is a great "finisher" type of exercise to be done after your normal bench pressing or shoulder pressing. You don't want to fatigue the front delts before the heavier work is done. Performing 2 or 3 sets of this after your heavier pressing will help strengthen the front delts and eliminate them as a weak link in your benching and overhead pressing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Build human forklift strength with the powerful "Single Rep Cluster" method... https://www.fitstep.com/2/muscle-explosion/landers/3-single-rep-cluster-training.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to my YouTube channel and Facebook page for more unique exercises and unconventional training methods: YouTube Channel ► http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nilssonnick Facebook ► http://www.facebook.com/nicknilssonmadscientist Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/nicknilsson1/
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