Alright, I concede today’s subject line was hyperbolic.
But Yours Baldly does know a thing or seven about building a mighty chest that looks every bit as good as it performs.
Yes, even though mine lags far behind every one of my other major muscle groups. (To give you some idea of just how anemic my chest is compared to everywhere else, I’ve been able to push press more than I can bench for knocking on the door of a decade.)
This peculiar state of affairs means I’m actually very well qualified to talk about the subject.
How so?
It has forced me to try manifold methods to get my chest to grow in strength and aesthetic appeal, many you have heard of and many more you almost certainly have not (mostly unsuccessfully).
Consequently, I am in the fairly unique position of understanding what is likely to work on even the most stubborn chests versus what is simply hype.
So what works?
That depends on where you are right now.
And if that is where probably 80% of people reside, I merrily suggest you plug away at barbell bench presses until you have built a cast-iron foundation of strength and competence in that fundamental movement. (Provided it is safe for you to do so, obviously.)
For more detail than that (including exactly what I mean by “a cast-iron foundation of strength and competence in that fundamental movement”) you will need to subscribe to my Real Paper newsletter “The Phil Tyreman Letter” before the deadline (31/1 at 23:59).
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Now here is summary of what you will learn in the newsletter:
* The four movement patterns you must become competent and confident in performing if you are to stand any chance of developing a handsome, square chest that is capable of shifting serious poundages.
* Why you absolutely do not want to train towards the “buoyant bewbie” look favoured by modern bodybuilders if you are interested in being strong and healthy.
* Wisdom from a 1910 book by a famous German gymnast and strongman that must be consumed, considered, and applied by everyone who wants to still be making progress in the gym five, ten, twenty, and – God willing – plenty more years from now (applies equally to training chest as it does to everything else you do in your noble pursuit of getting strong and in shape).
* One foundational exercise essential for safely building anything more than a middling bench press that I swear on the half finished bowl of raisins sitting atop my desk as I write this that I have never seen anyone who is not me (or someone training under my direct supervision and instruction at the PT gym I used to own) perform.
* The bench press strength standard I believe you must meet before tackling more complicated and varied chest training becomes worthwhile.
* The only “Phil Tyreman Approved” way to bench press (I credit this careful and unglamorous technique with having never experienced any chest or shoulder injuries that are frighteningly common among those who don’t bench in this way – take from that what you will).
* A straightforward programme you can use to drag your bench press out of the toilet.
* How to tell if your body is shaped in a way that makes you more susceptible to pec injuries (essential info for those who are in this for the long haul).
* My “plug and play” chest specialisation routine those who already possess a solid foundation of muscle and strength can use to take their chest development to the next level.
* A caveman-simple way to improve your posture and reduce the risk of injury to the chest and shoulders.
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