So, you want to build a bigger chest but you don't think you can because you don't have
the equipment.
I'm going to show you how you absolutely can with zero equipment in this ATHLEAN XERO inspired
chest workout.
What's up, guys?
Jeff Cavaliere, ATHLEANX.COM.
So, you want to build a bigger chest but you don't think you can because you have a limited
access to equipment or you don't have a gym membership.
You think you're facing this uphill battle that you won't be able to build muscle just
doing Push ups.
Some guys might even want to give up.
That's the problem guys, giving up.
And not just literally, but in your workouts.
You see, when you do a bodyweight workout, and when you're using calisthenics as your
method of building muscle,
I think the biggest mistake guys make is give up too fast.
Meaning, you might do a set of Push Ups if you're working your chest, and take yourself
to failure.
But if you really want to start building muscle, especially from an entire bodyweight workout
program, then you gotta go through failure.
You're going to have to learn how to do that, quickly.
So, what I'm going to show you right now is, this is an example of just one of the sets
that we employ in our ATHLEAN XERO Program.
If you're not familiar with our ATHLEAN XERO Program, it's our 100% bodyweight only workout.
We say no bars, no bands, no bench, no bull, we mean it.
You literally need nothing but your own bodyweight.
And as you see me work my way through, basically what we are starting off with here, guys,
is an advanced version of a Push Up.
Right?
We're going to use those chest muscles, burn them out as much as we can.
Take them to failure.
Failure may be different for you than it is for me.
So, we're not going to define the number of reps, another mistake bodyweight programs
make.
We're going to say, Take it to your all.
Take it to your max.
When you hit that max, there's no rest.
What you have to do is drop down to a less difficult version but still hard, of a Push
Up or something that's going to strain and stress your chest.
So, here you see me drop down from my Jack Push Up to our Lizard Walk Push Up.
This is another plyometric version of a Push Up.
Still difficult.
Slightly less difficult than the last one.
I am able to, miraculously, right, get more reps out.
So, where I thought I may have failed initially, I was only just hitting my first failure point
but I am pushing through that now, all the way to failure again on this Lizard walk.
When I hit failure there, I'm not done.
I want to push through, not to but through, failure once again.
And we're going to do it with another slightly easier modification, this being our Rocking
Horse Push Up.
So now I do the Rocking Horse Push Up to failure again.
Again, this could be different for you and I.
There is no prescribed rep here, guys.
Stop counting.
Start working through failure until you've reached it yet again on this third exercise.
This is our A, B, C, D Combo straight from our ATHLEAN XERO Program.
We end up one final time with a static hold here in our Floating X Plank.
Obviously, my arms are out wide.
A lot of it, yes, this is a version of the Plank, but a lot of this is being borne by
my chest.
I have to hold myself up here using whatever fibers are left over that haven't already
gotten pounded by the first 3 variations of my chest exercises.
So, guys, as you can see, this is one giant set, but this is just one example.
You don't rest in between here.
This is one set.
This is what's required to build some serious muscle.
This is why ATHLEAN XERO has been able to build some serious muscle in just the 6 weeks
that we use for this entire program.
If you guys haven't already, and you want to start building some serious muscle, then
head over to ATHLEANX.COM right now and try our ATHLEAN XERO Program.
Like I said, no bands, no bars, no bench, no bull.
We even have ways to take some of those other exercises that if you don't find them challenging
enough,
we give you versions like this to employ in the exercise chains so that you get the most
out of every single rep every single workout you do.
Guys, again, leave your comments below.
Let me know how you're training your bodyweight.
Do you think, or were you one of the guys that thought, I can't build muscle because
I don't have access to a gym?
That's total BS.
You can build some serious muscle if you're doing the right program.
Guys, I think we have that for you over at ATHLEANX.
But in the meantime, I'll be back here in just a few days.
If you like this, maybe we'll do more of these bodyweight workouts.
I'll talk to you soon.