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The OUTER Chest Solution (FIX YOUR CHEST)

The OUTER Chest Solution (FIX YOUR CHEST)

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The outer chest or pec muscle is one of those hard to develop areas that many guys become frustrated with. In this video, I-m going to show you how to build wider outer pecs that will stand at attention when looked at from the side. I will give you exact chest exercise techniques that you can use to broaden those pecs and give you a more defined look. Many will say that you cannot specifically target the outer chest, and anatomically they would be correct. The pec major muscle contracts all or none and there is no way to isolate a specific region of the pecs. You can however increase the development of the overall muscle by taking it through a full range of motion and increasing the length of time that the muscle is under tension during the exercises you are doing in your chest workout. When you look at the origin and insertion of the pec major muscle we have to look to the arm and the sternum. The pec originates on the humerus or upper arm bone and insert on the chest bone. In order to increase the amount of tension the pec muscle undergoes you want to increase the range of motion that it contracts through on every rep. This means, you want to safely move these two points as far apart as you can on every chest exercise. In the case of the dip, this is easy to see and more importantly feel. Most of us will perform the dip with our shoulders rounded forward. This limits the range of motion of the pec and most importantly decreases the amount of stretch that you will feel on the exercise. Shift your shoulders back into a safer position and stick your chest out and then perform your dips. This will increase the overall range as well as the tension that is applied to the chest muscle in its longest and stretched position. From here, you want to learn to now increase the time under tension on the muscle in the elongated position. This can easily be accomplished by holding the stretch position for a second or two on every repetition. This doesn-t always have to occur on just dips however. As shown, you can apply this to bench press, crossovers and even pushups as well. When doing bench press, it helps to not think about the motion of your hands moving up and away from your body during the rep but rather what is happening with your arms. When you concentrate on moving your arms down and apart and then back up and together at the top you will find that you get a wider arc and more range of motion on the pecs. Pushups can be done exactly the same way. Don-t just lower your body up and down during each rep of the pushup. Look to spread your chest as wide as you can on every descent and retract your shoulder blades. You will instantly feel the increased tension at the origin of the pec major. Remember once again to hang out a bit in the bottom most stretched position of the exercise and you will definitely see the results start to manifest in better outer chest development. If you are not only looking to get a better outer chest but want to get better upper and lower chest development, it-s time to start training like an athlete. Head to and get the ATHLEAN-X Training System. Chisel an impressive chest and build a complete body in just 90 days with physical therapist and pro athlete trainer Jeff Cavaliere guiding your every workout
Date: 2022-04-22

Comments and reviews: 10


The -pauses- at the bottom of the exercise and slow return to the original position is what we, MUCH older bodybuilders, would term -negative resistance. -
Too many many do their sets as fast as possible, thinking they're doing a good job because they got 8 reps using 300 pounds on the bench. They'd be better off at pausing at the bottom position, as suggested in this video, and S-L-O-W-L-Y returning to the original position. That's the -bathe in it- and -hold it for 2 seconds- part. The muscle needs to become stronger and break down to create a bigger muscle. If you're going thru your reps very fast, you are cheating yourself. Heavy weights, combined with poor form and too rapid reps, will NOT get you what you want. Oh, you'll get development, especially if you're 14-30, but it's the wrong way to do it.
Glad for the benefits of videos. They allow you to see how to do a rep PROPERLY.

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What do you think about isometric exercises for outer chest. With a mind muscle connection I find that putting my arms in the praying position, then extending the elbows so that the hands point towards the floor with wrists slightly below belly button and pressing hands together really targets the outer lower chest. Is this a good exercise? If you push hard, is this overloading?
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I workout at home and don't have many equipment, I do have a bench to do chest press, and also I work with push ups. But through all my years of working out, my chest looks very wide but not so good. It seems that it grows mostly on the outside close to the shoulders and not towards the sternum, I would like to have a more rounded even chest but looks very uneven
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Jeff, I had a partial pec tear of the myotendinous junction on my right pec (grade 2) and there is a noticible deformity from the side I injured vs the healthy side. Any advise on how to minimize this difference as much as possible? Would doing what you dicussed in the video help? Thanks.
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great tips! I'll def add them to my next chest workout. One thing i've always tried to do over the years is to make sure I stretch my chest as wide as safely as possible in all exercises. Arnie talks a lot about how much this stretching can contribute to that barrel like chest!
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Google Vince Gironda + chest (or pecs. He was saying this 70 years ago: ultra wide bench to neck with light weights, dips at the open end of a V-shaped dip station. stay far away from regular benching if you're a bodybuilder because it doesn't build an aesthetic chest.
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On my first day at the gym I passed out and everyone started laughing at me, after that I took me one year to wipe the smile from their faces by building a good physique and also lifting double their weights, anything is possible if you're dedicated
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Whats up, how do you think your daily life may change if within 30 days by today, you could have a flat chiseled chest? It may be possible. Do not kill yourself with push-ups, look for Baker Henistole's internet site preferably instead.
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I know this is an older video, but I wanted to thank you incredibly in terms of scientific accuracy and knowledge, amazing technique, clear rhetoric, and visible musculature to set an example. Fan tas tic work.
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Someone please tell me why my outer pec seems more developed than the middle bit closer to the sternum. Like the top outer corners seem more developed than any other part in proportion to what it should be like
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