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The Jay Ferruggia Show

9 Exercises for Faster Muscle Growth

The Jay Ferruggia Show

Jay Ferruggia

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Kill your vices, sculpt your physique, and become unstoppable with my FREE 6-Step Daily Domination Blueprint.

Who doesn't want to build muscle faster?

These 9 exercises will ensure you're not one of them. 

But no, this isn't just some random list of exercises to add to your program. 

I'm breaking them all down and giving you the tips you need to get the most out of each rep.

  • Can you isolate side delts with dumbbells? [2:08]
  • Are standing presses better than seated? [4:40]
  • How to get the most out of rows. [13:00]
  • This small tweak does wonders for your joints. [17:27]
  • The upper body squat? [20:03]
  • Are squat shoes worth the investment? [23:30]
  • Calves won't grow? Here's the secret. [29:12]

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You are listening to the J. Faruja show, the podcast that helps high achieving men get lean and jacked, build an unbreakable mindset, and become the man you're meant to be.

0:19.2

What's up, guys? Welcome back to the show. Today Today I've got nine exercises for you for faster muscle growth.

0:26.6

Let's start at the top with shoulders. The best exercise is going to be a seated dumbbell press.

0:34.9

Now you have two different options to do this. You can do this on a 75

0:38.4

degree incline. You can do this on a 60 degree incline. You can do this on one of those little half

0:42.9

benches. They're specifically designed only for this exercise, for seated dumbbellbell press.

0:48.3

And the bench only comes up halfway up your back, or about two thirds the way up your back.

0:52.5

What is nice about that,

0:55.0

that the bench stops there is my problem with most overhead presses is, you know, on a machine

1:03.0

or even if you want to sit perfectly upright, let's say 90 degrees or if your bench adjust to

1:09.5

85 degrees, I don't like your neck being smashed into the

1:13.9

back of the pad there. Having one of those little half benches, believe it or not, is my preference

1:20.4

because you can round your upper back over it a little bit and kind of lean your head back.

1:25.7

I actually prefer to look up slightly when I'm doing

1:29.7

seated dumbbell presses. That feels the best for a lot of people, the majority of people that I've

1:36.1

taken from a regular flat bench to one of those little half benches always feel better. And sometimes

1:41.8

people are used to just doing it on one of those 60 or 75 degree regular inclines,

1:45.8

which can be great.

1:47.2

A 60 degree is going to feel a lot better, but is it more effective for shoulder growth?

1:51.9

You're definitely going to get a lot of upper pecks in that as well.

1:54.3

That's a nice compromise.

1:55.7

A steep incline is a nice compromise for a lot of people because it kind of kills two birds

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