{"id":7401,"date":"2012-12-13T19:04:54","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T23:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/upper-chest-guillotine-press\/"},"modified":"2012-12-13T19:35:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-13T23:35:45","slug":"upper-chest-guillotine-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehayward.com\/blog\/upper-chest-guillotine-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Build The Upper Chest With The Guillotine Press!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><br \/>\n<font size=\"+1\"><strong>Get Ready To Build A Bigger Upper Chest With The Guillotine Press!<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>The guillotine press is an old school upper chest exercise that was made popular by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.VinceGirondaProgram.com\" target=\"_blank\"><U>Vince Gironda<\/u><\/a> <em>(aka The Iron Guru).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s basically a bench press variation where you lower the barbell to your neck line. The purpose of this is to target more of the upper chest. By lowering the bar to your neck line it places more stress on the upper pecs compared to doing regular bench presses where you lower the bar to the middle or lower part of your chest.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nNow I know what you are probably thinking at this point&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><em>&#8220;Lower the bar to my neck&#8230;<br \/>\nIsn&#8217;t that dangerous?<br \/>\nLee have you gone crazy!?&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\nEven though it sounds dangerous and the exercise has a <em>&#8220;Killer Name&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; the guillotine press, it&#8217;s actually a safe move to preform if you do the exercise properly and lift within your means. <\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<strong><font color=\"brown\">Check out the video clip below for more info&#8230;<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"590\" height=\"332\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0SylOBKtb5Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<I><U>Note:<\/u> if you can&#8217;t watch the embedded video clip above,<br \/>\nyou can watch it right on my YouTube Channel by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0SylOBKtb5Y\" title=\"How To Do The Guillotine Bench Press\" target=\"_blank\"><U>Clicking Here<\/u><\/a><\/i><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is <U>NOT A Power Move<\/u>, you won&#8217;t be able to lift the same weight as you do for regular bench presses. Rather the guillotine press is a very strict isolation move and should be done with lighter weights and very strict form.<\/p>\n<p>I recommend doing this exercise in a power rack or a bench press that has safety pins to catch the barbell to prevent it from actually coming down across your neck, throat, or hitting you in the face. Being safe and using common sense is extra important with this upper chest exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The key to doing the guillotine bench press properly is to shrug your shoulders high and keep your elbows out wide while doing the exercise. Grip the bar very tightly and lower the bar slowly under control to your neck line, then press it back up keeping the tension on the upper chest muscles.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of how strong you are, start off with the empty barbell at first and get the technique down pat. After that gradually work your way up slowly only adding 5-10 pounds to each side of the bar for each set. Strict form and feeling the upper chest muscles working is way more important than trying to see <em>&#8220;How Much Ya Can Bench&#8221;<\/em> with the guillotine press.<\/p>\n<p>What I recommend you do is start off your chest workout with a few sets of push ups to help pump up the pecs. Then do the guillotine press for 5 sets of 10 reps. Start off light and working up gradually with each set. After that you can do a few sets of regular bench presses working up to heavier weights. And then finish off with some isolation work like pec deck or dumbbell flys.<\/p>\n<p>Give this bench press variation a try in your next chest workout, and then leave me a comment below letting me know how it works for you&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>P.S.<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd if you want to get some more interesting old-school bodybuilding tips &amp; tricks, be sure to pick up a copy of the Vince Gironda Program at: <a title=\"Vince Gironda Old School Muscle Building Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.VinceGirondaProgram.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.VinceGirondaProgram.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book is jam packed with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">334 pages<\/span> of absolutely inspirational and fascinating info for any bodybuilding fan. It&#8217;s one of those books that you can just get lost in&#8230;<br \/>\nOnce you start reading, you won&#8217;t want to put it down, <strong><em>it&#8217;s that good!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And right now you can download a copy of this for yourself over at:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Vince Gironda Old School Muscle Building Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.VinceGirondaProgram.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.VinceGirondaProgram.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Vince Gironda Old School Muscle Building Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.VinceGirondaProgram.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img33.imageshack.us\/img33\/1646\/girondacartoon.gif\" alt=\"Vince Gironda - The Iron Guru\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">Vince Gironda &#8211; The Iron Guru &amp; Trainer Of Champions!<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get Ready To Build A Bigger Upper Chest With The Guillotine Press. 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