The bench press is an ideal way to develop the pectoral muscles. The bench press with dumbbells is an exercise of isolation which makes it possible to work the pectoral ones while minimizing the intervention of the shoulders and the triceps. It is generally carried out at the end of the session after having previously carried out heavy basic exercises. These will work in an almost isolated way. Indeed...
The slammed push-ups are ideal to work the pectoral muscles, the triceps, the deltoids, but also the trapezoids, and the whole body to a lesser extent. The push-ups are well known to work above all the pectoral muscles (great pectoral and small pectoral) but they also solicit the shoulders, triceps and trapezoids. In reality the muscles...
The barbell bench press is a basic exercise that targets mainly the triceps and pectorals but also the front of the shoulders. The stabilizing muscles are also solicited contrary to the guided bar but it can not be appropriate for everyone according to the morphology of each one. How to carry out the exercise? After having...
This exercise aims to solicit many muscles: the pectoral muscles, the dorsal muscles, the triceps, the serratus major, the rhomboid. Which muscles are requested during the pull over? The Pull over which is an exercise olé-articulare is often regarded as an exercise of musculation essential to integrate into a session of pectoral...
The spread inclined dumbbells is an exercise of isolation which solicits the higher part of the pectoral muscles and in particular the clavicular part, the shoulders and the triceps being little solicited. One generally uses this exercise at the end of the session after heavier basic exercises. Other stabilizing muscles come into play contrary to the exercises with the bar or on the...
https://youtu.be/Uo0TyeKmwmY?list=PLCWubRD1e4Lvt_nUo-hyRx6FyazpP5NAN The limitations of this type of machine, like all guided machines, are The stabilizing muscles are much less solicited than with free loads. How to carry out the exercise? By varying the height of the seat, one can solicit different parts of the pectoral muscles. An adjustment of the seat lower will allow a more important solicitation of the top of the pectoral muscles...
The inclined bench press with a guided bar is a variant of the classic inclined bench press which is carried out thanks to a guided frame which has the advantage of securing the movement and consequently of limiting the injuries. This allows a better concentration on the work of the pectoral muscles, and to work heavy and/or to the failure without the assistance of the...
The bench press with the free bar is a basic exercise in bodybuilding. Less popular than the bench press or the inclined press, it nevertheless allows you to focus on the lower pectoral muscles and to gain strength. How to carry out the exercise ? As its name indicates it, this exercise is carried out on a bench declined...
The barbell bench press is a variant of the classic bench press to build up the pectoral muscles, which is carried out thanks to a guided frame, which has the advantage of making the movement safer and therefore limiting injuries. This exercise of body-building allows a better concentration on the work of the pectoral muscles, and of...
Diamond push-ups : Everything you need to know about this exercise How to do push-ups? How to develop your triceps and the inside of your pectoral muscles without the use of weight training equipment? Diamond push-ups are part of the answer! Many bodybuilders think that you need to develop your biceps to get the best out of your body.
The butterfly machine or pec deck is an isolation exercise used as a warm-up or pre-fatigue exercise, as well as a finishing exercise at the end of the session. It allows you to work with a large amplitude in continuous tension. The butterfly or pec deck provides a good congestion and is often performed in long series. It solicits the upper and lower part of the large muscle.
The seated bench press on the seated pectoral machine is an interesting guided exercise. Why ? because it allows to work heavier without risk and in full safety. It is a good alternative to the bench press with the bar or the dumbbells less traumatizing for the articulations. The limits with this kind of machine like all the guided machines...
It is about an exercise of isolation for the pectoral ones that one carries out thanks to a machine with two low screw pulleys connected to two handles. The shoulders are solicited here little and the triceps almost not. One uses this exercise as well as a warm-up or pre-fatigue. Or also as a finishing exercise to congestion the muscles...
The guided barbell bench press is a variation of the classic bench press, which is performed with a guided frame and has the advantage of making the movement safer. Consequently, injuries are limited on this guided exercise. This allows a better concentration on the work...
Elevated push-ups are a variation on the classic push-up. This muscle-building exercise targets the upper part of the pectoral muscles and the triceps. Slightly more difficult than classic push-ups, this exercise can be used as a replacement for the barbell inclined bench press for those who train...
The dumbbell bench press is an exercise that allows a more natural movement than the barbell bench press. Also called the Dumbbell bench press by our American friends, it is more difficult to perform because of the instability of the dumbbells. It calls upon other stabilizing muscles and requires a certain amount of control and balance....
