Exercise Selection.

[MohawkMuscle]

Anyone know (with science to back them up) which exercises recruits the most muscle fibres?

My List which I have read from Dr. Ellington Darden

Chest- Close grip Decline press

Lats- Curl grip/parralell grip chins/pulldown

Legs- Squats, Romanian DL( got romanian DL from AST-ss)

Shoulders - Clean + Press (got that from steve Davis)

Im looking to pack on some more mass to my 220lbs frame and I just want to focus on a few exercises but I want to choose the ones that work the muscle fully.

 

[zackdarnell]

Anyone know (with science to back them up) which exercises recruits the most muscle fibres?

My List which I have read from Dr. Ellington Darden

Chest- Close grip Decline press

Wouldnt this work the triceps more than chest, with the close grip?

Shoulders - Clean + Press (got that from steve Davis) [/B]

Im not sure if they recruit the most fibers, but they are a great exercise and i would definitely include them.

 

[MohawkMuscle]

close grip... I should of said medium grip.
works triceps but also hit chest much harder over a fuller range of motion.

 

[louden_swain]

I remember in an old (1994) issue of Muscle and Fitness Magazine, that it mentioned that a 30 degree incline press with a medium grip recruited the most muscle fibers out of any other chest exercise.