By Todd Lee, M.D.
Chest training is very frequently poorly understood and poorly excecuted. Here are some basic concepts to understand. The Pectoralis is the Muscle people think of as the ‘Chest’. It has 2 origins and 1 insertion so technically it has 2 heads. The origin of the lower chest is on the sternum and the origin of the upper chest is the clavicle. Its this clavicular head that makes the chest look impressive on men and when developed there won’t be a collar bone. The sternal head when developed by women presses the breasts up and makes them look better.
The problem many bench-o-holics have is they think that the bench press is how you get a good chest. often people protract their shoulders and only get anterior delts and rotator cuff impingement. The trick with chest training is is to RETRACT your scapula, or pull your shoulders back and down. this and not coming down so far the load is transferred to your shoulders keeps the shoulders out of the movement and keeps the tension on the chest. By not locking out your arms at the top of the movement you keep the load off the triceps. The point of working your chest is to work your chest, not all your pressing muscles.
For more chest training tricks and a detailed chest routine I used to win my class at the 2012 IFBB North American Championship click here!
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