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I heard eating pussy frequently actually makes your jaw area look more defined. Lol I guess playing a wind instrument or doing jaw exercise would do the same thing with this logic tho
The only thing I would argue for this list is the upper chest. I would probably put it in the first tier, having a well developed upper chest not only looks very aesthetic when shirtless or with tank top but it totally changes the way t-shirts fit you. Also looks great when wearing v-neck or when you open a button or two while wearing a shirt.
If you have some development in the lower chest but none in the upper chest you can straight up look like you have man boobs. Easily the first obvious improvement to my physique when I started lifting was filling out my upper chest. Shirts fit better and when shirtless I actually looked leaner at the top while bulking because of the pec separation starting to really show.
Yes it goes understated how just like upper back a big upper chest shelf completely changes your appearance in clothes even from the front. When you can see it in a hoody you're doing something and it doesn't just look like man tits. Omar isuf pioneered the priority of training upper chest years ago for this aesthetic purpose. That's why whenever I'm not training to improve my bench strength i let it casually take a back seat to low incline chest training.
Shoulders 100%. My cousin is pretty skinny (he doesn't even train) and he genetically gifted with big capped delts and rear shoulders for some unknown reasons. You can see the clear separation between the shoulders and arms, making the illusion of him being jacked.
If you showed that pic to me and I didn't know him and asked if he was natty, I would have said "potentially not" but, lighting and the pump make so much of a difference
Considering this list is so heavily stacked in favour of areas that people are more likely to see on a regular basis (neck, face, forearms), I'm surprised calves are as low as they are. I mean similarly to forearms, your calves are the lower body muscle that are going to be on display way more often than the bigger quads, hamstrings and glutes. Personally as someone who wears shorts all summer, I'd have them much higher. I also think well developed calves just look super impressive in general as it's an area that soooo many lifters tend to massively neglect, if not skip entirely. Seeing huge calves irl (on someone who isn't obese...) is just kinda rare The footballer (soccer player) Jack Grealish is a great example of this. He is basically skinny In every muscle group, like most athletes in a cardio-based sport. But his physique still gets a lot of attention because of his great calf development
@@jamesbedwell8793 i mean that's just not true tho is it...? Men's physique competitors are crazy jacked and yet a pair of knee length board shorts makes a lot those dudes' quads look invisible
@@ArsenTraining running around on a field is training your calves. maybe he meant he doesn't do calf raises with the specific intent of hypertrophy, but to act like his calves are "just like that" and he doesn't do anything that trains them is asinine. he wouldn't have calves like that if he had a desk job, although if he had a desk job and trained his calves maybe he would. calves have a genetic component to them like any other muscle group, doesn't mean you can't train them to be better
I think you seriously mixed up some of the top two tiers, but all your content is always appreciated. I think your top tier really only works for a very specific look. For a more broad spectrum jacked look, the lats, rear delts and triceps are going to have a much larger impact than the neck, face, and forearms in my opinion. Not that they aren't important, but you will get more bang for your buck with those muscles. Commenting for the algo tho. Been following you since like 10k subscribers. Love your videos! You are easily one of my top content creators and have been responsible for pointing me in the direction of my other favorite fitness channels.
FUN FACT: The Serratus Anterior is also known as the "Boxer's Muscle" because it's the main muscle used when throwing a punch, leading boxers to have it very developed.
The tibialis doesn't make you look jacked, but when I started heavy loading my tib bar (more than 25% body weight) I noticed my entire lower leg hypertrophy was boosted and I looked much better in shorts
I know NH mentioned it once, and I agree with him, that if you naturally have wider hips then training your obliques can help because it causes you to have more of a V-taper and less of the hourglass/love handle look.
Yeah, I think the fear of looking wide due to overdeveloped obliques is misguided. I don't have super wide hips, but I do hold fat in my love handles and thickening my obliques definitely helped my midsection look more powerful and less doughy. Also there is some research that suggest spot reduction might actually be a thing if you perform heavy cardio after putting a muscle group close to failure. I think Brendan Tietz had a video on it somewhat recently .
@@Skygooose Yeah menno henselman has been on this spot reduction science for a while. It's not as localized as people think, but it *can* happen. Obviously working out a muscle group will cause greater mobilization of fatty acids from local fat cells. However, if you don't do cardio after resistance training, re-esterization will likely occur and you'll get spot lipolysis but not spot reduction.
@@robertquinlan8063 I have good lats but I still have a kind of love handle look bc my waist is just that tiny. Was 27 inches when I got lean. My hips on the other hand are normal sized, 38 in.
Yeah, it's interesting. Bodybuilders are definitely not "unfit," but if you train solely for aesthetics then you're missing out on a lot of different benefits.
Congrats on 100k, if anyone deserves this for working their ass off, it's you! Still reading RYG, enjoying it thoroughly. Wishing you all the best my man.
@@cronikvialo5463 I could see that but I will say that avoiding adductors seriously increases your chance of hip pain over time if you are squatting etc... You don't have to max them but I wouldn't ignore them for aesthetics. Not worth the tradeoff.
@@cronikvialo5463 You think so? Theres a large group of people (notoriously UK bodybuilders + TBJP guys) who believe addutors are KEY for the look of big legs. I guess it makes them look more full from the front. Idk how I feel about it but i just do 1 set per week of them
Lit video as always. Just one hint for the next tier list: make the list fullscreen and the screen of you talking smaller, on the side. This way its easier to visualize the list while getting your commentary on the back, which is what really matters.
Upper bod: Any and all back muscles, traps and lats especially for frontal view. Side delts very important add width to frame, lats help fill in the frame. And lacking a chest not good so of course chest Lower bod: Glutes stand on their own you need them. Quads above hams because of the front view and overall surface area. Hams close behind to fill out the leg. Lacking calves slightly acceptable but should still be improved
Great video as usual. Only one I would disagree with is hamstrings. Meaty hamstrings hanging of the bone are aesthetic for a fuller looking leg, especially when sitting down.
8:00 Calisthenics guy here. This can be very very true. That's why I like to train legs at the gym, especially doing lifts like squats. I'm trying to get used to the form of deadlifts, too, and that would help a ton. Thanks, Geoff
Yup this is why I’ve spent so much time and effort in training my side delts. I had someone tell me “you could take that (my side delt) out and play baseball with it. That comment, alone, was confirmation that my hard work has paid off💯
@@naughtiousmaximus7853 incline Y-raises on the bench, lean away cable side laterals, I did upright rows for a short period of time, but I wouldn’t recommend those, as it puts the shoulder joint in a compromise position, but the first to exercises that I listed should get you there💪🏾💯
Ryan Humiston just made a video where he tested lots of exercices and positions on how much they stimulated the side delts, I think you might enjoy it a lot
@@Pablitopewpew I watched it but I try not to pay attention to Ryan tho. He’s very bro sciency and seems to intentionally mislead his followers just to get money
Great video. I think the neck is the most underrated jacked muscle. Even when you look at male models who are skinny, most of them have thicker necks which makes you think that they are more jacked than they are!
You hear that, Geoff? That's the sound of 100k subscribers very soon :D Great one, as always. Could you perhaps one day tell us about how your running times changed after you bulked up that significantely? - A video idea.
@@Candyapplebone While I do agree with the sentiment (I think his content should get to more folks, period)... You could consider the slow steady growth over time as a good sign that GVS isn't relying on flashy, clickbaity content. Just solid info. 💪
You forgot EYES. You train them by doing super sets of sun staring (4x12 seconds for hypertrophy) with bleach eye drops (1 drop heavier dose for strengthening) for a jacked wolf eye predator look.
0:42 I’ve decided last year to train my tibilias since it adds a good aesthetic, just look at John meadows tibilias it’s dam massive and completes the leg physique and compliments the calves really well
The Tibialis Anterior is not worth working for gains but I train it, along with my calves, to keep my ankles healthy. I have always been overweight so that has messed my ankles up.
the top tier list reminds me of alphadestiny's 'naturally enhanced' program/book, with the exception that he rated the hamstrings and glutes as top tier for looking yoked. he put the hamstrings even above the chest, saying that you can completely skip benching as long as you do overhead press, but never skip hamstring curls.
OHP still hits the upper chest a decent amount, especially since a lot of people when doing seated presses technically still have a bit of an incline going. But you kinda have to go out of your way to really train hamstrings, and I definitely see people who never train hamstrings and it makes their legs look a bit "weird" from the side/back imo.
I would rate calves quite a lot higher, by 2 tiers, but it depends on genetics and frame, for some people it can look super impressive, like those on Steve Reeves. Big calves balance out the legs, and makes jeans fit better and if you have large feet it can help deframe the clown effect.
IMO calves deserve to be in the top tier if we're talking about "looking jacked without being semi-naked". In normal clothes the calves make a huge difference. Especially since forearms are in the top tier. Calves are like the forearms of the legs (very often visible (eg when wearing shorts)).
Top tier? Absolutely not. Maybe could argue for tier 3 at the highest. Large calves just don't make you look jacked. They just don't. Small calves might take away from your physique, but to think that the path to looking more muscular is through the lower legs is just not accurate IMO. Maybe it's because I've seen plenty of dyel guys here in China with 18-19" calves.
Yeah small calves really do detract from the physique overall, even if other areas are developed well. I’m a bit biased though as I was blessed by the calf gods.
6:50 Agree with ab training's efficacy in that bf range. Certain shirts I noticed my abs popped out even harder after switching to more optimal training & just getting bigger. Think I get a few looks, possibly. Will we see Geoff go hard on the abs too?
Most important are the basic mewing principles or in other words: healthy/low bf percentage, breathing through your nose and never having your mouth hanging open or your tongue flopping around. Also going out of your way to consume harder food items can help a lot, this is another problem with junk food and popular food options like buns, they're too soft and are no challenge at all to your chewing muscles.
@@doublevision2943 mewing is distinct from facial muscle exercise. You could even say its the opposite of facial muscle exercise. Dr mew is all about taking the facial muscles out of chewing and swallowing. Its to be done with your tongue and jaw muscles. The cheek muscles or the buccinators often get used which is wrong and can even negatively impact facial aesthetics by causing the chubby cheeks look
unironically shin muscles are a huge indicator of actual fitness. its one of those muscles you get from hiking and moving for hours not doing calf raises in a gym
@@kitchensinkmuses4947 interesting!! yeah so much athletic ability comes from the shins and calves. I feel the most springy, balanced, and athletic when im walking a lot
It would be interesting to do this again but in the context of looking aesthetically pleasing. Old school bodybuilders purposefully didn't grow certain muscles for various reasons.
Shared a house with a strongwoman/ contortionist. She said when she checked out guys' physiques, their triceps were top of the list. She said well developed triceps were much more important than big biceps. Slightly different issue to looking jacked but possibly useful information.
I think the hamstrings deserve to be in tier 2 because without them i dont think you can be packed to the max. I've seen many a times dudes wearing 5 inch shorts when they have alright/decent quads, but have genuinely non existent hamstrings and theyre whole leg just looks comical. But i workout in a gym where its half wrestling, half weight training so i see a ton of wrestlers. And these guys since theyre in that hip hinge/staggered position all the time pushing and picking up other big burly men and absorbing force in that way their hamstrings are JACKED asfuck. They wear their singlets and the hamstring is just this big slab of meat that just hangs and it just gives your leg this 3D and wide look thats very necessary for good size in the legs Your criteria for this tier list was mostly based off of if the muscle increases the frame- and i can say surely that the hamstring is the one muscle that contributes the most to to the frame of the legs.
Its all about being lean and having a thick neck and good facial aesthetics. I cant even explain the amount of women i get since i started leanmaxxing and neckmaxxing
I see the neck muscle being talked about a lot all over the place. Am I the only one who doesn`t really care for it? Honestly I prefer to have a clear separation between my head and my traps, but it is true that a thick neck looks great on some people.
Love the video. I definitely increase the lateral delt and trap volume when I’m working on decreasing body fat. Gotta disagree on the rhomboids though. They are 100% covered by the traps and are small muscles. Will not contribute to appearance much if at all. Should follow the same logic as the soleus being so low.
Great and funny video! I’d make a few changes myself though. Calves would be above quads, and rear delts I think are absolutely more important than side delts. They give you the full round 3D appearance. Side delts won’t do that from the side (ironically) and the back. Also as much as I love me some lats, I don’t think I’d put them that high. They’re mostly invisible unless your purposefully flaring your arms lol. But having traps, neck and forearms in tier one was spot on!
Nah, big quads make your legs look big and strong even if the calves are relatively small but big calves don't really give you that strong look if your quads are small and weak. I'd say all the delts are quite much as important, if you have big rear delts and small side delts, your shoulders might not look quite as round, and if you have small rear delts and big side delts, they won't look wide enough from the side. Big lats will touch the shirt a bit when standing and they'll pop out when sitting. I'd say they're in the right tier, quite important but maybe not the most.
I don't care whether you lift or not, everyone notices bulbous calves. They're just so rare they're the goat for me. I'm biased though because mine are terrible.
@@lilmanq7746 I disagree. They're both mostly genetic. Forearms are probably my strongest body part and I've never trained them directly. Always just had massive forearms. I train calves directly twice a week and they're still 1.5 inches smaller than my forearms.
coming from a longevity DPT background... please y'all train your Anterior Tibs in conjunction with your calves... super easy* and will help you out in the future.
This is a really good video and deserves more views if you made this video 30 second longs and made a tiktok or short you could probably get 5x the views and likes
Damn, I never noticed that you don't have ads enabled. Really appreciate that man. Especially since you don't do sponsorships either. Gonna be picking up one of your your products soon. Any recommendations for a calisthenics guy? (I have a barbell, rings, weighted vest etc...). Also, you've become one of my favourite fitness TH-camrs faster than almost anyone else alongside Alpha Destiny and Revival Fitness.
Agreed for the most part. The only thing I would rate higher is front delts. They are easier to build than other parts of the deltoid, but it's still badass to have developed front delts. I think they deserve the same tier as rear delts.
Larry Scott had a nice list of muscles that the eye is drawn to: Side and Rear Delts Forearms Lower Lats Upper Chest Lower Biceps Long Head Triceps Vastus Internus Thigh Biceps Lower Calf
Bear crawls are such an underrated exercise in my opinion. They train the side delts and forearms to a huge degree, which are both in the top tier as well as having athletic carryover
@@travishowrish6805 I am a Kboges fan but I actually discovoured bear crawls from the Bioneer and started doing them once I saw the profound affect they had on a youtuber called xpmovement when he started doing them everyday.
@@frog6054 I progressed them by adding time. So just doing them for longer but I get that that's not ideal for everyone. No idea how you would load a bear carry but everyone probably hs time to do them for five minutes. I had the goal of eventually crawling for 25 minutes
I think the anterior tibialis deserves to be just one, even half a tier higher. It's like the tricep to the bicep - not everyone cares about it as much, but contributes to the size of the limb.
9:00 Agree on the importance of rear delt training. Seen a big diff in my shoulders since isolating them harder. They've help to really cap the delts. Idk if it's passive lateral delt stimulation but I think it's made my shoulders look better from the front too
When I started really focusing on rear delts with some amount of isolation I feel like my shoulder size definitely had a noticeable increase from all angles. I really only started in order to keep my shoulders healthy at first, but it was a nice side-effect.
@@Jcampz01 That sounds like the exact same experience as me. I got into rear delt training for injury prevention at first, but then I got some significant delt gains. Used to do band face-pulls, but dumbbell W raises & reverse flies on bench have been wayy better. I know Alex Leonidas said he doesn't do lateral raises but still saw good delt gains just focusing on the front & rear. I've also seen others say hitting rear delts more than 2 times/week has been a game changer for them. I still think u should work side delts for max gains tho. I see a lot of people saying to spam lateral raises, they might be onto something...
This would be very interesting indeed. If one trained the 10 areas in just the top 2 tiers, that would be 10 lifts (excluding face). That would be like 5 lifts a workout, twice a week. presently, I do bout 5 lifts a session, albeit more compound movements. wondering how I would then address more chest, bis, anterior delts, glutes, quads etc. I am not being negative just genuinely wondering how to incorporate highlighting these aspects without either overtraining or being in the gym far longer than I am presently. I am thinking grouping lifts addressing body parts relatively closer together would be something like: traps/neck/mid and rear delts and maybe teres (although makes more sense to train with lats). then another day all the arm lifts: tri, brach, forearms, plus lats (something like underhand pulldowns or chins) that will in addition work bi's, and rhomb. that would be twice a week or 4 days. not being a bro split guy, that is the time I want to spend in the gym. when would I address pecs, glutes, quads, hamstrings (legs)? etc. again, not trying to be negative here, but just wondering how one program emphasizing or highlighting the top 2 tiers and still hitting the lower tiers which entail or require more compound type lifts e.g. squat, presses, reads, etc.
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Happy new year Geoffrey
@@moredreamsmorecreams happy new year!
@@GVS what do you think about the videos I made?
@@Champion8-00 nice work, keep it up!
@@GVS did you watch some? I’m new to TH-cam
Moral of the story: never skip face day.
🤣🤣😭😭😭
Gotta do your "face pulls" 😅
@Abdelrahman Ahmed , that could help, but the truth is if the bone structure of face is fuскеd no amount mewing will help.
I heard eating pussy frequently actually makes your jaw area look more defined. Lol I guess playing a wind instrument or doing jaw exercise would do the same thing with this logic tho
@@ultramegadavidbowie6314 true
I actually made significant progress in 4 weeks compared to my 5 months of journey, thanks to you
glad I could help!
@@GVS what do you think about the videos I made?
In what way?
What did you do differently?
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The only thing I would argue for this list is the upper chest. I would probably put it in the first tier, having a well developed upper chest not only looks very aesthetic when shirtless or with tank top but it totally changes the way t-shirts fit you.
Also looks great when wearing v-neck or when you open a button or two while wearing a shirt.
If you have some development in the lower chest but none in the upper chest you can straight up look like you have man boobs. Easily the first obvious improvement to my physique when I started lifting was filling out my upper chest. Shirts fit better and when shirtless I actually looked leaner at the top while bulking because of the pec separation starting to really show.
that's what I thought years ago until everyone i met bascially agreed with Geoff on the face and neck being FAR more important
The chest for sure. You can buy a 10 dollar shirt and it ends up looking great
Yes it goes understated how just like upper back a big upper chest shelf completely changes your appearance in clothes even from the front. When you can see it in a hoody you're doing something and it doesn't just look like man tits. Omar isuf pioneered the priority of training upper chest years ago for this aesthetic purpose. That's why whenever I'm not training to improve my bench strength i let it casually take a back seat to low incline chest training.
@@keithcheng4671both
Shoulders 100%. My cousin is pretty skinny (he doesn't even train) and he genetically gifted with big capped delts and rear shoulders for some unknown reasons. You can see the clear separation between the shoulders and arms, making the illusion of him being jacked.
No v taper not jacked. That's the bodypart that tells the WORLD you lift.
You have always looked jacked, but 0:08 is just on another level.
He looks like a monster lmfaooo
If you showed that pic to me and I didn't know him and asked if he was natty, I would have said "potentially not" but, lighting and the pump make so much of a difference
Considering this list is so heavily stacked in favour of areas that people are more likely to see on a regular basis (neck, face, forearms), I'm surprised calves are as low as they are. I mean similarly to forearms, your calves are the lower body muscle that are going to be on display way more often than the bigger quads, hamstrings and glutes. Personally as someone who wears shorts all summer, I'd have them much higher. I also think well developed calves just look super impressive in general as it's an area that soooo many lifters tend to massively neglect, if not skip entirely. Seeing huge calves irl (on someone who isn't obese...) is just kinda rare
The footballer (soccer player) Jack Grealish is a great example of this. He is basically skinny In every muscle group, like most athletes in a cardio-based sport. But his physique still gets a lot of attention because of his great calf development
Jack said it himself that he doesn't train them and it's genetics.
if your quads aren't visible year round you need bigger quads.
@@jamesbedwell8793 i mean that's just not true tho is it...? Men's physique competitors are crazy jacked and yet a pair of knee length board shorts makes a lot those dudes' quads look invisible
@@ArsenTraining running around on a field is training your calves. maybe he meant he doesn't do calf raises with the specific intent of hypertrophy, but to act like his calves are "just like that" and he doesn't do anything that trains them is asinine. he wouldn't have calves like that if he had a desk job, although if he had a desk job and trained his calves maybe he would. calves have a genetic component to them like any other muscle group, doesn't mean you can't train them to be better
@@cx2900 Lots of footballers run around on a field and have small calves. Genetics are exactly the difference between him and them.
I think you seriously mixed up some of the top two tiers, but all your content is always appreciated. I think your top tier really only works for a very specific look. For a more broad spectrum jacked look, the lats, rear delts and triceps are going to have a much larger impact than the neck, face, and forearms in my opinion. Not that they aren't important, but you will get more bang for your buck with those muscles. Commenting for the algo tho. Been following you since like 10k subscribers. Love your videos! You are easily one of my top content creators and have been responsible for pointing me in the direction of my other favorite fitness channels.
FUN FACT: The Serratus Anterior is also known as the "Boxer's Muscle" because it's the main muscle used when throwing a punch, leading boxers to have it very developed.
Definitely not the "main" muscle used.
Shoulders,Triceps and Chest are the main muscles then the Serratus right after.
@@MusicFan..... You're right. Meant to say "one of the main muscles used"
@@1notdeadyet1 Yeah
Nope, obliques
The tibialis doesn't make you look jacked, but when I started heavy loading my tib bar (more than 25% body weight) I noticed my entire lower leg hypertrophy was boosted and I looked much better in shorts
I’m obsessed with my tib bar.
I have massive knees and always hated the look of my legs, I too found that growing my tibialis anterior made my legs look way better
Yea, tib is deeply impactful for overall leg health
@@Huskasin my main theory is that it has helped increase my ROM in my ankle, which has lead to better calve hypertrophy
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I know NH mentioned it once, and I agree with him, that if you naturally have wider hips then training your obliques can help because it causes you to have more of a V-taper and less of the hourglass/love handle look.
Yeah, I think the fear of looking wide due to overdeveloped obliques is misguided. I don't have super wide hips, but I do hold fat in my love handles and thickening my obliques definitely helped my midsection look more powerful and less doughy.
Also there is some research that suggest spot reduction might actually be a thing if you perform heavy cardio after putting a muscle group close to failure. I think Brendan Tietz had a video on it somewhat recently .
@@Skygooose Yeah menno henselman has been on this spot reduction science for a while. It's not as localized as people think, but it *can* happen. Obviously working out a muscle group will cause greater mobilization of fatty acids from local fat cells. However, if you don't do cardio after resistance training, re-esterization will likely occur and you'll get spot lipolysis but not spot reduction.
Perhaps but also just focusing on lat development would help too. Not just upper but lower lats as well.
@@robertquinlan8063 I have good lats but I still have a kind of love handle look bc my waist is just that tiny. Was 27 inches when I got lean. My hips on the other hand are normal sized, 38 in.
@@jeremiahromagnoli7389 How are your legs? Specifically the outer quads in my opinion would help change that look to a more streamlined physique.
Thank you GVS. I will now train the Tier 1 muscles and nothing else. Monster physique here I come!
Revolting but glorious ork look 👌
“GVS”? Cringe
@@diogenesfromsinope6212 why is cringe, it's his name lol
I love how some of the most important muscles for health and movement are the least important for aesthetics
Yeah, it's interesting. Bodybuilders are definitely not "unfit," but if you train solely for aesthetics then you're missing out on a lot of different benefits.
@@soap_bubbles yup. But it's funny how side delts make you look super jacked but don't really...do much? But strong lungs you won't see until they die
Catch me slipping gastrointestinal muscles bro
@@nomadicstrengththey are responsible for lifting your arms up around the should joint, they definitely do something 😂
@@thatguy7612 Is that a movement you need to be strong in, though?
Congrats on 100k, if anyone deserves this for working their ass off, it's you! Still reading RYG, enjoying it thoroughly. Wishing you all the best my man.
Oh..really digging the new outro music.
3:16 Zane was a great example of underdeveloped adductor with good quad development. I recall he said he trained specifically for that look.
Imo adductors and obliques are the worst muscles for bodybuilding.
@@cronikvialo5463 I could see that but I will say that avoiding adductors seriously increases your chance of hip pain over time if you are squatting etc... You don't have to max them but I wouldn't ignore them for aesthetics. Not worth the tradeoff.
@@user-yd6wp7fj3u strongly agree
@@cronikvialo5463 You think so? Theres a large group of people (notoriously UK bodybuilders + TBJP guys) who believe addutors are KEY for the look of big legs. I guess it makes them look more full from the front. Idk how I feel about it but i just do 1 set per week of them
@Nero He looks better than 99% of mass monsters and his legs are proportional to his upper body for once.
It's time for me to set aside training my legs so that I can dedicate that time to my face. Thanks for letting me know where my priorities should be.
Lit video as always. Just one hint for the next tier list: make the list fullscreen and the screen of you talking smaller, on the side. This way its easier to visualize the list while getting your commentary on the back, which is what really matters.
Congrats on 100k man. Starting off 2023 with a bang.
Upper bod: Any and all back muscles, traps and lats especially for frontal view. Side delts very important add width to frame, lats help fill in the frame. And lacking a chest not good so of course chest
Lower bod: Glutes stand on their own you need them. Quads above hams because of the front view and overall surface area. Hams close behind to fill out the leg. Lacking calves slightly acceptable but should still be improved
Geoff making awesome content as usual.
Congrats on the 100k my man! Well deserved.
Never seen a channel who gets 1/5 like to view ratio. Always great to see viewer appreciation match the content
Great video as usual. Only one I would disagree with is hamstrings. Meaty hamstrings hanging of the bone are aesthetic for a fuller looking leg, especially when sitting down.
Geoffrey. Thanks for the content and lack of ads and sponsors is appreciated. I’ll look out for your book.
Honestly thanks to you, your books AND your wisdom I can see changes in my physique after months of my bodybuilding journey. Highly recommended 👏🏽
This was actually a super solid video. The first teir list that almost sounds not overly opinionated.
8:00 Calisthenics guy here. This can be very very true. That's why I like to train legs at the gym, especially doing lifts like squats. I'm trying to get used to the form of deadlifts, too, and that would help a ton. Thanks, Geoff
You can train spinal erectors using a planche or a reverse lever but you have to be insanely advanced at calisthenics.
Chest in tier 3 is crazy. It and the shoulders are what really make your upper body look incredible (especially in a T-shirt)
Yup this is why I’ve spent so much time and effort in training my side delts. I had someone tell me “you could take that (my side delt) out and play baseball with it. That comment, alone, was confirmation that my hard work has paid off💯
What did you do for side delts?
@@naughtiousmaximus7853 incline Y-raises on the bench, lean away cable side laterals, I did upright rows for a short period of time, but I wouldn’t recommend those, as it puts the shoulder joint in a compromise position, but the first to exercises that I listed should get you there💪🏾💯
@@blizzyblaze97 Thank you 💯
Ryan Humiston just made a video where he tested lots of exercices and positions on how much they stimulated the side delts, I think you might enjoy it a lot
@@Pablitopewpew I watched it but I try not to pay attention to Ryan tho. He’s very bro sciency and seems to intentionally mislead his followers just to get money
Congrats on 100k! 🥳
Most underrated fitness channel out there
Solid video as usual Geoff. Also loving the info from your book!
Glad you're enjoying it and I appreciate the support!
100K subscribers
Congratulations !
Thanks!
Great video. I think the neck is the most underrated jacked muscle. Even when you look at male models who are skinny, most of them have thicker necks which makes you think that they are more jacked than they are!
@Geoff, congrats on the 100K!!!!! Wow, what a journey. I remember the 30K Q&A as if it was yesterday. Great job man! Thank you.
Top 5
Forearms, calves, shoulders, arms, chest. In that order.
Yes! Except calves, because I don’t have em😤😆
You hear that, Geoff? That's the sound of 100k subscribers very soon :D Great one, as always. Could you perhaps one day tell us about how your running times changed after you bulked up that significantely? - A video idea.
Can’t believe he doesn’t have that many yet
@@Candyapplebone While I do agree with the sentiment (I think his content should get to more folks, period)... You could consider the slow steady growth over time as a good sign that GVS isn't relying on flashy, clickbaity content. Just solid info. 💪
You forgot EYES. You train them by doing super sets of sun staring (4x12 seconds for hypertrophy) with bleach eye drops (1 drop heavier dose for strengthening) for a jacked wolf eye predator look.
That would definitely get me sued 😂😂😂
0:42 I’ve decided last year to train my tibilias since it adds a good aesthetic, just look at John meadows tibilias it’s dam massive and completes the leg physique and compliments the calves really well
I don't think it makes you look jacked, but I do think it is one of the most underdeveloped and will help lifelong athletic ability
The Tibialis Anterior is not worth working for gains but I train it, along with my calves, to keep my ankles healthy. I have always been overweight so that has messed my ankles up.
Definitely liking the music at the end rather than throughout 👍🏻👍🏻 keep on keepin on brother
the top tier list reminds me of alphadestiny's 'naturally enhanced' program/book, with the exception that he rated the hamstrings and glutes as top tier for looking yoked. he put the hamstrings even above the chest, saying that you can completely skip benching as long as you do overhead press, but never skip hamstring curls.
OHP still hits the upper chest a decent amount, especially since a lot of people when doing seated presses technically still have a bit of an incline going. But you kinda have to go out of your way to really train hamstrings, and I definitely see people who never train hamstrings and it makes their legs look a bit "weird" from the side/back imo.
I would rate calves quite a lot higher, by 2 tiers, but it depends on genetics and frame, for some people it can look super impressive, like those on Steve Reeves.
Big calves balance out the legs, and makes jeans fit better and if you have large feet it can help deframe the clown effect.
IMO calves deserve to be in the top tier if we're talking about "looking jacked without being semi-naked". In normal clothes the calves make a huge difference. Especially since forearms are in the top tier. Calves are like the forearms of the legs (very often visible (eg when wearing shorts)).
No
Wrong. I've seen a father looking guy who is sloppy but have huge calves.
you're absolutely right, i was about to comment this
Top tier? Absolutely not. Maybe could argue for tier 3 at the highest. Large calves just don't make you look jacked. They just don't.
Small calves might take away from your physique, but to think that the path to looking more muscular is through the lower legs is just not accurate IMO. Maybe it's because I've seen plenty of dyel guys here in China with 18-19" calves.
Yeah small calves really do detract from the physique overall, even if other areas are developed well.
I’m a bit biased though as I was blessed by the calf gods.
The melted tallow line really got me, another great video
6:50 Agree with ab training's efficacy in that bf range. Certain shirts I noticed my abs popped out even harder after switching to more optimal training & just getting bigger. Think I get a few looks, possibly.
Will we see Geoff go hard on the abs too?
But but Geoff said ab training is overrated
For a moment I thought you weren’t gonna include forearms, pleasantly surprised you put them in the very top tier
"Train your face" I think we are gonna need a video on that one lol
Most important are the basic mewing principles or in other words: healthy/low bf percentage, breathing through your nose and never having your mouth hanging open or your tongue flopping around. Also going out of your way to consume harder food items can help a lot, this is another problem with junk food and popular food options like buns, they're too soft and are no challenge at all to your chewing muscles.
@@doublevision2943 mewing is distinct from facial muscle exercise. You could even say its the opposite of facial muscle exercise. Dr mew is all about taking the facial muscles out of chewing and swallowing. Its to be done with your tongue and jaw muscles. The cheek muscles or the buccinators often get used which is wrong and can even negatively impact facial aesthetics by causing the chubby cheeks look
I've been following you long before you went on TH-cam. Your content just keeps getting better every year!
This tier list is top tier.
2023 is the year of the 'yoke' for me. Smashing lats, traps/neck, triceps and forearms (+brachialis/brachioradialis).
unironically shin muscles are a huge indicator of actual fitness. its one of those muscles you get from hiking and moving for hours not doing calf raises in a gym
yeah, when my main sports were dance adjacent my shins were massive. Now I train legs seperately they are tiny!
@@kitchensinkmuses4947 interesting!! yeah so much athletic ability comes from the shins and calves. I feel the most springy, balanced, and athletic when im walking a lot
Glad you dropped the music GvS😂
Geoffrey truly a Marketing genius, dropping a tier list for all the new years starters
Dude, you're funny yet informative. Liked and subbed. Keep em coming!
The comical aspect of this channel is goated😅
This video directly aligns with my new year resolution lol thanks Geoff
It would be interesting to do this again but in the context of looking aesthetically pleasing. Old school bodybuilders purposefully didn't grow certain muscles for various reasons.
Like?
@@lucas-sp2pmraps and obliques for silver era bodybuilders like Steve reeves
Shared a house with a strongwoman/ contortionist. She said when she checked out guys' physiques, their triceps were top of the list. She said well developed triceps were much more important than big biceps. Slightly different issue to looking jacked but possibly useful information.
Will you do a tier list for the flip side of this? That is muscle groups with the most significant functional utility for usable strength.
Yo yo this is SZ Mike, happy 2023 ! U definitely so super jacked, I'm mostly looking to be lean and strong and have good definitions.
Traps and forearms in S tier 🤝
Goated muscles
Quasimodo physique 🤝😤
This was a good video man, loved the humor.
You should tier list exercises for a specific muscle group
been binging your videos, new one just as good as usual
I think the hamstrings deserve to be in tier 2 because without them i dont think you can be packed to the max. I've seen many a times dudes wearing 5 inch shorts when they have alright/decent quads, but have genuinely non existent hamstrings and theyre whole leg just looks comical. But i workout in a gym where its half wrestling, half weight training so i see a ton of wrestlers. And these guys since theyre in that hip hinge/staggered position all the time pushing and picking up other big burly men and absorbing force in that way their hamstrings are JACKED asfuck. They wear their singlets and the hamstring is just this big slab of meat that just hangs and it just gives your leg this 3D and wide look thats very necessary for good size in the legs
Your criteria for this tier list was mostly based off of if the muscle increases the frame- and i can say surely that the hamstring is the one muscle that contributes the most to to the frame of the legs.
Excited for you to reach 100k. Thanks for all the great contents. Cheers.
Its all about being lean and having a thick neck and good facial aesthetics. I cant even explain the amount of women i get since i started leanmaxxing and neckmaxxing
Training your neck actually impacted your facial aesthetics?
Congrats on 100k subscribers!!!!
I see the neck muscle being talked about a lot all over the place. Am I the only one who doesn`t really care for it? Honestly I prefer to have a clear separation between my head and my traps, but it is true that a thick neck looks great on some people.
My favourite fitness youtuber
Sure brachialis makes bigger difference than biceps I noticed it when switched from chins to neutral
Great vid!
Congrats on 100k subscribers Geoff!
I will now bench using my face
Congrats on the 100k!!!!
Love the video. I definitely increase the lateral delt and trap volume when I’m working on decreasing body fat.
Gotta disagree on the rhomboids though. They are 100% covered by the traps and are small muscles. Will not contribute to appearance much if at all. Should follow the same logic as the soleus being so low.
Great and funny video! I’d make a few changes myself though. Calves would be above quads, and rear delts I think are absolutely more important than side delts. They give you the full round 3D appearance. Side delts won’t do that from the side (ironically) and the back.
Also as much as I love me some lats, I don’t think I’d put them that high. They’re mostly invisible unless your purposefully flaring your arms lol. But having traps, neck and forearms in tier one was spot on!
Other possible tier one muscles (honorable mentions): glutes, triceps long head
Nah, big quads make your legs look big and strong even if the calves are relatively small but big calves don't really give you that strong look if your quads are small and weak. I'd say all the delts are quite much as important, if you have big rear delts and small side delts, your shoulders might not look quite as round, and if you have small rear delts and big side delts, they won't look wide enough from the side. Big lats will touch the shirt a bit when standing and they'll pop out when sitting. I'd say they're in the right tier, quite important but maybe not the most.
I get what you're saying about the tibialis, but they give your calves a more full look
The Soleus plays a big part in calf development, since it is below the gastronemius, it makes te illusion that it's bigger
I don't care whether you lift or not, everyone notices bulbous calves. They're just so rare they're the goat for me. I'm biased though because mine are terrible.
Forearms is a close second imo
@@J-W_Grimbeek forearms are the most underrated muscle group in the human body for sure. I'd say only 1% of lifters train them in isolation.
Not if you live in Asia where big calves are common
It’s harder to get big forearms than big calves
@@lilmanq7746 I disagree. They're both mostly genetic. Forearms are probably my strongest body part and I've never trained them directly. Always just had massive forearms. I train calves directly twice a week and they're still 1.5 inches smaller than my forearms.
I'd put triceps at S tier. All men look at other men's arms, and the triceps are 2/3 of your arm width.
Geoff do you have a video on neck training?
Not as of yet.
coming from a longevity DPT background... please y'all train your Anterior Tibs in conjunction with your calves... super easy* and will help you out in the future.
A face exercises video would be really interesting
This is a really good video and deserves more views if you made this video 30 second longs and made a tiktok or short you could probably get 5x the views and likes
Damn, I never noticed that you don't have ads enabled. Really appreciate that man. Especially since you don't do sponsorships either.
Gonna be picking up one of your your products soon. Any recommendations for a calisthenics guy? (I have a barbell, rings, weighted vest etc...).
Also, you've become one of my favourite fitness TH-camrs faster than almost anyone else alongside Alpha Destiny and Revival Fitness.
Appreciate that! I think you'll like the rings book a lot.
Just got it!
He doesn't do sponsorships??!!! Did you actually watch the video?
@@Vampire__Squid I have never done any sponsorships.
@@GVS 7:06 "By the way this video is sponsored by me" Yes my comment was a joke
Agreed for the most part. The only thing I would rate higher is front delts. They are easier to build than other parts of the deltoid, but it's still badass to have developed front delts. I think they deserve the same tier as rear delts.
Why are you using dumbbell for neck curls instead of kettlebell?? Its just stupid.
Aren't any heavy enough kettlebells.
@@GVS fair enough
Larry Scott had a nice list of muscles that the eye is drawn to:
Side and Rear Delts
Forearms
Lower Lats
Upper Chest
Lower Biceps
Long Head Triceps
Vastus Internus
Thigh Biceps
Lower Calf
13:31 hold up-
Finally a tier list with EVERY muscle group!
Would absolutely love to see a face training video no sarcasm
Bite a plate and shake your head like a dog
congrats on 100k your occasional jokes are hilarious
This madman did it!!
Bear crawls are such an underrated exercise in my opinion. They train the side delts and forearms to a huge degree, which are both in the top tier as well as having athletic carryover
found the kboges fan
@@travishowrish6805 I am a Kboges fan but I actually discovoured bear crawls from the Bioneer and started doing them once I saw the profound affect they had on a youtuber called xpmovement when he started doing them everyday.
@@nicorepetto5781 they are awesome man agreed
How to progress them?
@@frog6054 I progressed them by adding time. So just doing them for longer but I get that that's not ideal for everyone. No idea how you would load a bear carry but everyone probably hs time to do them for five minutes. I had the goal of eventually crawling for 25 minutes
I think the anterior tibialis deserves to be just one, even half a tier higher. It's like the tricep to the bicep - not everyone cares about it as much, but contributes to the size of the limb.
My barbell after Geoffrey told me glutes are important: 🤰
very very good video great job man
9:00 Agree on the importance of rear delt training. Seen a big diff in my shoulders since isolating them harder. They've help to really cap the delts.
Idk if it's passive lateral delt stimulation but I think it's made my shoulders look better from the front too
When I started really focusing on rear delts with some amount of isolation I feel like my shoulder size definitely had a noticeable increase from all angles. I really only started in order to keep my shoulders healthy at first, but it was a nice side-effect.
@@Jcampz01 That sounds like the exact same experience as me. I got into rear delt training for injury prevention at first, but then I got some significant delt gains. Used to do band face-pulls, but dumbbell W raises & reverse flies on bench have been wayy better.
I know Alex Leonidas said he doesn't do lateral raises but still saw good delt gains just focusing on the front & rear. I've also seen others say hitting rear delts more than 2 times/week has been a game changer for them. I still think u should work side delts for max gains tho. I see a lot of people saying to spam lateral raises, they might be onto something...
Traps are my strongest point luckily ;)
Edit: Trap bar deadlifts will work the middle traps a lot depending on your stance.
Next trend in TH-cam fitness... "I Trained Geoffrey Schofield's 'No' tier list for 30 days"
This would be very interesting indeed. If one trained the 10 areas in just the top 2 tiers, that would be 10 lifts (excluding face). That would be like 5 lifts a workout, twice a week. presently, I do bout 5 lifts a session, albeit more compound movements. wondering how I would then address more chest, bis, anterior delts, glutes, quads etc. I am not being negative just genuinely wondering how to incorporate highlighting these aspects without either overtraining or being in the gym far longer than I am presently. I am thinking grouping lifts addressing body parts relatively closer together would be something like: traps/neck/mid and rear delts and maybe teres (although makes more sense to train with lats). then another day all the arm lifts: tri, brach, forearms, plus lats (something like underhand pulldowns or chins) that will in addition work bi's, and rhomb. that would be twice a week or 4 days. not being a bro split guy, that is the time I want to spend in the gym. when would I address pecs, glutes, quads, hamstrings (legs)? etc. again, not trying to be negative here, but just wondering how one program emphasizing or highlighting the top 2 tiers and still hitting the lower tiers which entail or require more compound type lifts e.g. squat, presses, reads, etc.
This tier list is brilliant! Needed this