Sam Sulek is getting nearer to his IFBB Professional debut after incomes his card in February 2025 and lately took to YouTube to share a “Nasty Chest Pump” exercise, alongside together with his ideas on perfecting your pump.
“The pump is your grading scale of how your exercise was,” stated Sulek in a video posed on August 25, 2025, for his four-million-plus followers. “As a result of (will probably be) unapologetically affected by nonetheless your prep was for the exercise. So, did you sleep? At the very least, did you sleep effectively? Had been you hydrated? Did you eat sufficient meals or a minimum of an affordable quantity of meals? After which, are you simply, like, mentally there? Within the zone? Like, you actually wanna deliver it, as a result of if any of these issues are off, your pump will undergo.”
The pump is a necessary facet of muscle progress as a result of the elevated blood movement skilled after a exercise delivers extra oxygen and vitamins to the effected space, and the hormonal and signaling results skilled throughout a pump can encourage the muscular tissues to develop. So, Sulek defined that priming the physique for the pump ought to start effectively earlier than you get onto the fitness center flooring.
“What had been you doing earlier than the exercise that resulted in how the exercise turned out?” he requested. “Something that’s going to have an effect on the pump, I really feel will even have an effect on the standard of the exercise after which in flip, within the longer scale of issues: the standard of your positive factors, the standard of your progress. If you happen to’re a man who takes it simple in a exercise, you present up (however you might be) somebody who consistently slacks, ugh, proper? That’s gonna bleed into different issues.” Along with his philosophy shared, Sulek set to work.
Sam Sulek’s Nasty Chest Pump Exercise
- Barbell Incline Bench Press x 2 Units
- Seated Converging Cable Press x 3 Units
- Standing Cable Flye x 1 Set
Exercise Breakdown
Sulek began with the barbell incline bench press to concentrate on his higher pecs and seemed to be going for max reps to essentially put on down his muscular tissues. He made 15 reps within the first set and 10 within the second, with the assistance of a spotter who was sensibly positioned to make it possible for the younger IFBB Professional might go all out.
Subsequent up was the converging cable press the place the angle of the press determines which a part of the muscle takes the majority of the load. Urgent downward is decrease pec, horizontal is mid-chest, however Sulek opted to hammer his higher pec once more by urgent in an upward route. The favored bodybuilder got here down in weight after the primary set after barely making 10 reps however was humbled as soon as once more by hitting round 8 reps within the second set (together with partial reps). The third set delivered comparable outcomes.
“These units of bench hit me tougher than I assumed,” acknowledged the social media star. Nonetheless, in the case of bodybuilding, reaching failure is the measure of success, so together with his muscular tissues now mashed, the massive man went into this finisher.
Sticking with the cables, Sulek had determined to tackle a superset consisting of cable flyes and standing cable presses, however his go-hard-or-go-home mentality meant that his muscular tissues had been too spent after the cable flyes, so the standing cable press should wait for one more session. Both manner, the predetermined observe of the cable is a good way to complete a exercise as a result of it’s kinder to the stabilizing muscular tissues such because the anterior deltoid within the shoulder, whereas effectively concentrating on your entire chest.
As soon as once more, Sulek chased the burn with 15 flyes, persevering with with partial reps till he reached failure and the finality of this specific exercise. As was evidenced by his publish session pose down, Sulek actually did discover that “Nasty” chest pump.
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