Don’t just get stronger…get athlete strong with ATHLEAN-X
Whether you are wondering how to get stronger or just how to put on more muscle, any plan of attack should focus on increasing strength. Even if you’re not training for pure strength there is definitely a correlation between muscle size and how strong you are. That said, your workout program should be pushing you to progressively lift more weight so you can experience the muscle growth benefits of overload.
The challenge however is making significant strength gains from workout to workout. Lots of times, experienced lifters will hit plateaus in their ability to continue to add strength. It just gets hard to lift more weight on every exercise when you are already at your near max for those exercises. New exercisers will find it much easier to add more weight because of their rapidly adapting neural gains.
That said, neural gains don’t just come from getting a better mind muscle link and motor unit activation. You can trigger neural gains in muscle by simply making a more conscious effort to activate and co-contract the muscles up and down the kinetic chain during all exercises. By doing this, you create a stable chain and therefore a more efficient energy transfer to the working muscles. The end result is you learn how to get stronger on every exercise and you lift more weight every workout.
With the three exercises that I show you in this video you will see how to get stronger by just making a few of these changes and plugging what I call are the neural leaks. By closing the gaps on these leaks you will direct more force to the working muscles and allow you to lift heavier.
For a complete program that pushes you to all new levels of functional strength and is geared at working your intensely on every exercise, be sure to check out the ATHLEAN-X program at
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43 comments
Dude I did this with push ups and I was just flying thru them, wtf😂I did like 15 with my hands planted on the floor easy asf and another 15 with my fist instead of hands and those were normally but now I just fly thru then and in total I did 30 without giving up, fuck😂now I’m hungry tho.
dude it actually works i can do way more push-ups I'm so pleased
i am watching this in 2019.
after watching this vis and applying it I instantly became the strongest peasant in my village. And I'm only a fetus.
I have to clinch my penis because it's so heavy, it can throw me off…..
So basically…stay tight. Once strength builds over time, every seasoned lifter should of noticed these things and naturally adjusted for them.
So what you're saying is every workout you do, is just to tighten your whole body up?
Thanks alot man
Needed this
i dont know why this video ISN'T total BS but it works
4:46 turn your volume all the way down
Jeff sir tell us more about hernia how deal with it and how to train like u sir
This is crucial, well done! As well as brain-muscle connection, of course!
Also, tip about moving chest and hips at the same time when doing squat – I instantly felt core working 😀 great trick!
Heard you speaking about Bruce Lee in one of your videos <3 This reminds of him, using it all.
Yo Diddy brah
Bro, is it i need to do everyday before i start my workout ?
The brick in his house is so well laid
Watching this in 2019😁
I have a question.
I’m a normal old run-of-the-mill tech kid who has a bit of fat in the front but extremely skinny. Noodle arms.
If I could start doing push ups by the minimum, trying harder each day, would I get stronger? But just for some more backround, I can barely carry a gallon of milk.
Amazing
Watching while eating banana bread is not making me stronger.
Jeff should play Hercules whenever they decide to make another movie
Top man jeff
I purchased his beast program. Would definitely recommend to anyone here who is serious about training.
Here from the pull up checklist vid
But I do not want to make my pull ups easier. They should be hard.
Game changing brain work
Thank you Jeff, you are quite a guru!
bring booty in the videos and I'll get strong, works everytime
This 'plugging the energy leaks' priniciple has been soooooooooooooo helpful to me in my workouts. Thanks Jeff!
nice
Thanks for the awesome tips brother.
are there any leaks in sit-ups and squats? serious inquiry. need answers.
For burpees, this allows you to actually breathe (=pretty key) and conserve a lot of energy through elastic forces if you let your muscles work like rubber bands. Vital.
"this is jeff cavaliere artistry at its finest"
LMAO
Oh my Gosh…. Im applying ur valuable directions when I train in the gym I feel that all the others are a bunch of handicaps that worse their form…. thx Jeff.
absolutely right for example: how weightlifters lift weights? they apply Speed + Strength of their muscle to hold the weight in a proper form. What Powerlifters do is that they take the speed out of the equation and basically they do Hypertrophy + Strength. That is why a weightlifter can be strong as a powerlifter but weighs less than the powerlifter. Because weightlifter in Olympics lift weight with speed and power involved but powerlifters lift the weight with total raw strength with slow speed.
me: i know so much about b building i should make a utube channel now,
Jeff: u have leaks in push up..
Even his stick figures are buff.
my abs feal good
Very tai chi chuan 😉
How can we use this to increase our number of facepulls?
You can never get girls without looking like Jeff Cavalier.
"Energy leaks.."
Goku and vegeta: "We're listening…"