Train With Dave

You don’t have a fat loss problem. You have a consistency problem.

Everyone wants the perfect diet, the perfect workout, the fastest results… but none of that matters if you can’t stick to it.

The people who win aren’t doing anything crazy.
They just show up—every single week.

Not perfect. Not extreme. Just consistent.

Miss a day? Fine.
Miss a week? That’s the problem.

Stop restarting. Start stacking.

Deadlifts aren’t optional if you want real size.

They train your glutes, hamstrings, back, traps, and core in one movement under maximal tension. More muscle recruited = more growth potential.

Even guys like CBum prioritize heavy compounds for a reason.

Jesse could have gotten rhabdomyolysis — a severe muscle breakdown that can lead to kidney failure if ignored.

Training hard is one thing.
Training smart is another.

If you’re a busy adult trying to stay lean year-round, you don’t need 3,000+ reps and ego sets to get results. You need:

• Proper volume sequencing
• Fatigue management
• linear progression
• Enough recovery to actually adapt

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If you’re under 15% body fat and still don’t see abs… it’s not fat.
It’s lack of development.

Stop doing random high-rep crunches.

Run this progression instead:

1️⃣ Weighted Crunch
2️⃣ Hanging Knee Raises
3️⃣ Toes to Bar
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4️⃣ Candlesticks

Get strong. Add load. Control the eccentric. Posterior pelvic tilt at the top.

Abs are a muscle. Train them like one.

Save this. Then earn it.

If incline flys hurt your shoulders, your need to externally rotate them.

The incline dumbbell chest fly hits the upper chest when the bench angle stays low and the arms move in the right path. Too steep = front delts take over.

This is a hypertrophy movement, not a max-load lift.

Cues:
• 30-45° incline
• Slight bend in elbows
• Lower wide under control
• Squeeze up, stop before shoulder strain

If you feel Romanian deadlifts in your lower back, your form is off.

The RDL is a hip hinge, not a squat.
Minimal knee bend, neutral spine, and tension on the hamstrings and glutes the entire rep.

Done right, RDLs build posterior-chain strength with less spinal stress than conventional deadlifts.

Cues:
• Soft knees
• Hips back
• Bar close to legs
• Stretch hamstrings, then drive hips through

Most people do Smith machine squats wrong.

This is a feet-forward Smith squat, not a back squat.
Shifting your feet forward keeps your torso upright, increases quad activation, and reduces stress on the lower back.

If regular squats bother your knees or spine, this variation is more controlled, more stable, and better for leg growth.

Cues:
• Feet straight forward
• Sit straight down
• Stay upright
• Control the bottom

Train smarter. Not ego-driven.

Fix Your Incline Bench Press

If your incline bench feels like shoulders instead of chest, your setup is wrong.

The incline bench press should build upper chest, not beat up your front delts.

Fix it:
• Shoulder blades set and locked
• full range of motion, bar goes up over nose
• Bar comes down to upper chest
• Control the negative, drive up with intent

When the setup is right, the incline press is one of the best upper-chest builders there is.

If it feels off, it probably is.

Straight Arm Lat Pulldown

This is not a warm-up.
This is the workout.

When done correctly, the straight arm lat pulldown is a pure lat hypertrophy movement. Constant tension. No biceps takeover. No ego.

Do it right:
• Soft elbows
• Lats initiate
• Pull to thighs
• Control the stretch
• Train it hard

If you’re swinging, it’s too heavy.
If you feel it in your arms, you missed it.

Build your back with intent.