Chest Exercises For The Upper ChestToday, I’d like to go over some basic upper chest exercises that you can do to effectively hit your mid to upper pectoral region.
I think it’s important that you understand that the chest is a fairly large muscle group and should be hit from a variety of angles.
I'm sure if your reading this page now, your looking for upper chest exercises that can help you build more power and muscle to your upper chest.
The following upper chest exercises are primarily the main exercises. However, there are a few that I’ve picked up along my weight training journey that I know most trainers don’t know about. You’ll find some exciting upper chest exercises here. Let’s take a look at the chest exercises: The Incline Barbell Press
The Dumbbell Incline Press
The Incline Dumbbell Fly
Straight Arm Pec Deck This variation of the pec deck will directly target your upper chest area. This was first introduced to me by a body builder friend who had a different way of doing the pec deck. Start
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Pec deck images courtesy of: Mega Pro As you can see from the above images, the movement involves your arms being bent at about 90 degrees. The variation I’m proposing will hit the upper chest with a lot more emphasis. Here’s what I want you to do: • Get situated in the pec deck position as you normally would • Instead of bending your arms at 90 degrees, extend your arms until they are straight. The pads should be at the insides of your elbows and your hands fully extended. • Move your arms up by about 3 to 5 inches. Doing this will have an incline effect on the movement which will stimulate the upper chest. • To start the movement, your arms should be straight and up by about 3 to 5 inches. • Do the movement as you normally would but when you come to the middle portion of the movement, your going to lightly clap your hands together (while keeping your hands straight). This will tighten your upper chest. • Repeat the movement. Constant Tension This is a pretty simple exercise and one anyone can do. Simply pick up a 5 pound plate and place it between your hands in front of you. You should have the plate flat, in your hands. Keep your arms straight and raise them until they are just above parallel. Squeeze the plate with both hands - You should feel tension in your upper pecs. If you don't raise the plate a little higher. Squeeze for the count of 10. As you get stronger, you can try using a 10 pounds plate. Alright, these are some of the more popular upper chest exercises. Really, if you want to hit your upper chest, all you need is the first two exercises. I would say the last two exercises, the adjusted pec deck fly and the constant tension exercise are more of a finishing exercise so, I would leave them last. I’ve decided to attached a video lesson from Sean Nalewanyj. He's the owner of Muscle Gain Truth and really knows his stuff. Sean will tell you which exercises are the best for gaining strength and muscle. He will also help you structure a chest routine that will add slabs of beef to your upper body. Take a look at the video here. |
