Stop cheating yourself out of muscle gains here…
If you find that you either can’t build muscle or are just having a hard time adding muscle size, it could be the way you’re working out that is the problem. Far too often, guys will lean on the advice of lifting weight as heavy as possible to build new muscle without any regard for how that weight is lifted in the first place. What is worse is, if you let it, your body will move that weight using every compensation and workout cheat it can. When you rely on workout cheats too often, you greatly limit your ability to pack on muscle size and you’re begging for an injury at the same time.
In this video, I show you 5 of the most common upper body lifting cheats that rob you of muscle gains. These exercise cheats affect the size of your triceps, back, shoulders and even your chest to some degree. You will likely instantly recognize many of these workout mistakes since you either do them yourself or have seen someone else do them in your gym.
To correct these exercise mistakes you have to be sure to concentrate on your workout form all the time. As you fatigue during your workout this becomes harder and harder to do. That said, it becomes even more important to do so as you get tired, since ignoring this can quickly lead to an injury that can keep you out of the gym for a long time. If you are unable to go to the gym, your ability to build new muscle becomes that much more impossible!
Pay close attention to the slight variations in movement that occur during popular exercises like the pullup, shoulder lateral and front raises, one armed rows and triceps pushdowns. Each exercise is rife with cheats that prevent you from seeing the most muscle gains if you do them. You can fix these workout mistakes by making sure to perform the exercises with a careful eye on how you move the weight and not just where you’re moving the weights.
If you want to stop making these workout cheats and mistakes in your workouts and start adding more muscle size by doing so, be sure to head to and get the ATHLEAN-X Training System. Professional athletes and average Joes turn to A-X to help them build ripped, athletic muscle without sacrificing the health of their bodies and joints in the process.
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But if people used good form, I’d have no one to laugh at in the gym…
+Thurgor Supreme
or feel superior to them and be happy they’re fucking idiots and you’re smarter than them lol
+Thurgor Supreme Pay attention to yourself.
nice commnet dude !
The way I always use to correct someone is just go to a professor or something like that and say like “hey, go help that guy before he get’s hurt”. The person will never know it was me and will not feel unconfortable because it’s one of the gym’s teachers helping him, not a random dude :D
+Tài Dương Anh Nice cmm á
Dude. His back is like a masterpiece.
Nothing is gay when it’s about gainz
Mirin is not gay
Thats true. Theres nothing gay about mirin someone whos huge and strong to use it as motivation to train hard and attain that for yourself. Now if your thinkin about how sexy he looks and getting an erection thats another story. But thats none of my business thisguywhocamps1
Exemplified by how my jaw drops whenever I see a picture of Arnold’s prime ^
#NOHOMO
#onlyMIRIN
you’re gay admit it
should make more of this videos i learn somethings most of them i did them correct
@dreamgetter13 thank you teacher i was in a rush
@dreamgetter13 You have to keep in mind that not everyone on youtube’s first language is english.
@dreamgetter13 He’s sorry
I am 67 been lifting since February. Thanks for your videos which are a great help in weight training the right way. Hope to get your athleanx program in the near future. I think it more important for someone my age to weight train than young people who take their health for granted. No matter what the age weight training is important to overall health. Look forward to more videos.
Keep up the good work
During the pullups his back looked like a spider web!
@Eric McBride it looked more like Finn’s wrinkly face! ^_^
Eric McBride you half hizz?
Beat me to that by 2 years xD
That’s Striations baby! they are hard to earn, probably 8% body fat or lower AND you have to be yoked
Phantom troupe!
I honestly hate going to the gym with people around now, I like being a bit more creative with my workouts now watching Jeff and it feels amazing. But some ignorant bigger people would come up to me like “You’re using that wrong.” and I’d just be thinking, this guys just another big idiot that has no idea what he’s really doing and probably took him ages longer than it needed for him to get where he is.
Dr. Mantis Toboggan, MD you would be the most respected person there for most people, you are actively fixing your situation.
Tell them it’s on purpose and it’s a specific exercise it happens to me all the time as well
King Barney barney chill
Or contribute. Youve got it from. Explain the science in it like jeff does. If they think otherwise still. Yeah fk em. Youve informed them intellectually and they wanna believe what they want at that point.
yeah they must be idiots
you’re much smarter using the 25lbs dumbbells with absolutely perfect form, evident by the potential gains you’re about to have based on your perfect training in stead of the present gains of the idiots telling you something else
The no 1 mistake I see as to why people use bad form is ego lifting. Lifting more weights than they can’t handle in good form. They swing wildly, and set themselves up for injuries and Little gains.
WOW, excellent video.Don’t let any cross fitters see those pull ups
HAHA Your back looks like a spider web. Thats a good thing!
Result of a 20 years of workout :)
Freedom Fighter sure, stop working out for 20 years and see if you still have it then though.
He is an athlete who is fit, not a bodybuilder, moron.
i only cheat when the girls are looking so i can lift more
Eduardo Beguelin Jara that’s pathetic
Eduardo Beguelin Jara haha
ME TOO aand some guy still shouted across the gym how weak i was
Same here hahaha gains are worthless if you can’t have fun in the process
Great video. I can’t understand why this would have any dislikes at all…. Crossfit people maybe??..
+Michael Neo Or people who don’t want to admit that they cheat on exercises
people who dont go to the gym, and gym bro-science
his back looks like a f-ing spider web!
true
you just said the same thing that the other guy said in the comment below yours…
Damn thats exactly my thoughts
Another tip for pull ups I learned a while back that helps engage the lats more is “pulling through the elbows” if that makes sense, and trying to keep your weight on your ring and pinky fingers. Does wonders for getting the lats involved.
Immediate difference for myself and everybody I’ve shown.
thx!
Great tip! Will definitely try it.
Gerardo Lira I tried that a year ago, it will get u some serious gains
I’m not cheating, I’m just doing compound exercises!
Gustavo Finkler I loled
lmao
Gustavo Finkler lol
compound exercises. for HUGE GAINS
I’m so god damn glad you have more subscribers than most of these steroid users. You’ve got the best material on the web.
Tbh I’m not sure if he’s natty considering he’s pretty lean and full year round, especially at his age, he may be on trt, but again the guy has great informative content and actually works hard and knows what he’s talking about unlike a lot of broscientists on YouTube who spread bs information that will mess you up in the long run.
i’d say he’s natty, especially when you look and hear the mistakes he made when he started in his early early days heh
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Fully agree!
If it’s easy, you’re doing it wrong
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dewie he’s using low weight for demonstration sugartits
sugar titties
AXAXAXAXAXA
Jeff The BroScience Slayer
I want Dom Mazzetti to show up and Jeff to critique his workout.
I’m really proud of myself to see that I’m doing these movements properly (except the pullups, because I’m still to much of a fatso). Your videos a damn revolutionary, and people really don’t need to watch anyone else.
i like this guy
The time and passion this guy puts into this, is just unbelievable