Upper Pecs | Lower Pecs (CHEST EXERCISE CHEAT!)

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If you want to hit a certain area of the pecs then you need to know how to target the chest with different exercises. In this video, I’m going to show you the best chest exercises for targeting the upper, middle and lower pecs. 60% off all AX programs - http://athleanx.com/x/529-workouts Subscribe to this channel here - http://bit.ly/2b0coMW Keep in mind, you cannot isolate one area of the chest instead of another. When the muscle contracts, it does so in an “all or none” fashion. That said, because of the separate nerve innervations feeding the upper pecs and lower pecs as well as the orientation of the fibers in these two areas it is possible to more heavily influence one over the other. The key to identifying whether a chest exercise you are doing is working the top or bottom of your pecs, just look at the position of your arms when you are doing it. Are your arms angled downward or below the horizontal plane or are they angled up? What I mean by this is if you were to hold your arms straight out away from your body in standing they would be parallel to the floor. If during a particular chest exercise your arms are angled below this, then you are more heavily influencing your lower pecs. If on the other hand your arms are angled slightly up from the horizontal plane, then you are more heavily working your upper chest. Don’t be fooled by the position of your arms when you are laying down. This can be deceiving. In order to see what area of the chest the exerc

Published 2017-07-16 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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