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- CHEST, SHOULDERS, & THE MOULDING OF MUSCLES
Hi everyone!
Today, I wanted to talk about the upper body, primarily, the Chest and Shoulders.
As you’ve probably noticed, we’re going through all of the muscle groups. And i say ‘we’, because we are a community of fitness and health practitioners in the sense that we all want to achieve optimal performance in fitness and be healthy and have more energy.
What ‘optimal performance’ means to each individual is unique to them.
With that addressed, let’s get into some of these Chest and Shoulder exercises. You’ll find that they complement some of the back exercises.
Here’s the list:
Exercise | Muscle Groups |
|---|---|
Barbell Bench Press | Chest, Shoulders, Triceps |
Barbell Incline Bench Press | Chest, Shoulders, Triceps |
Barbell Decline Bench Press | Chest, Shoulders, Triceps |
Band-Resisted Push-Ups | Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, Obliques, Lower Back |
Plyometric Push-Ups | Chest, Triceps, Shoulders, Lower Back, Obliques |
Ring Dips | Chest, Shoulders, Triceps |
Standing Cable Chest Fly | Chest, Shoulders |
Seated Machine Chest-Press | Chest, Shoulders |
Kneeling Push-Ups | Chest, Shoulders, Triceps |
The exercises above are very similar in terms of the muscle groups they target, however, their variety in terms of which parts of those particular muscles, are different.
For example, the Incline and Decline versions of the bench press will target the upper, and lower chest more so than the mid chest. Whereas, exercises such as the chest fly and ring dips target the under-lining of the chest more, and help mould that shape that you see on these other gym-goers and athletes.
Let’s take look at some shoulder exercises:
Exercise | Muscle Groups | |
|---|---|---|
Kneeling Barbell Shoulder Press | Shoulders, Lower Back, Obliques, Upper Chest | |
Cable Face-Pulls | Tops and and Back of Shoulders, Upper Back | |
Single-Arm Dumbbell Shoulder Press | Shoulders, Lower Back, Obliques, Serratus (Under Arm) | |
Lateral Raises | Tops of Shoulders, Lats | |
Front Raises | Fronts of Shoulders, Backs of Shoulders | |
Barbell Push-Press | Shoulders, Tops of Chest, Lower Back |
You’ll notice that some of these exercises complement the back, as discussed in the previous article.
There are so many more exercises to consider that involve working the shoulders, such as the Barbell Snatch and the Plank, however, I didn’t include them in this list because they will be discussed in more depth in future articles.
Thanks for reading!
Brad
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