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upper and mid chest exercises???
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MarshallPenniford
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Could someone explain why you can't work the pectoralis minor? And if you can, how, and what would that develop? Thanks!
you can.
are you thinking that the chest is separated into two portion: the top part being the minor and the lower part being the major? if so you're wrong.
The pec major is the whole 'top' muscle sheath, if you will - including the distinct upper and lower regions. The minor is a muscle that runs underneath over the 3rd and 5th ribs.
Any press or flye uses the entire chest complex so you can work the minor.
Also, using inclines puts slightly more stress on the minor, and a well developed minor can 'push up' giving the appearance of a thicker upper chest. Only problem is that the degree of significance that inclines have on the pec minor is so miniscule it's not even worth doing such a worthless, over rated exericse that recruits more shoulder involvement than i'd prefer.
I'll stick with my flat presses and weighted dips thank you very much
are you thinking that the chest is separated into two portion: the top part being the minor and the lower part being the major? if so you're wrong.
The pec major is the whole 'top' muscle sheath, if you will - including the distinct upper and lower regions. The minor is a muscle that runs underneath over the 3rd and 5th ribs.
Any press or flye uses the entire chest complex so you can work the minor.
Also, using inclines puts slightly more stress on the minor, and a well developed minor can 'push up' giving the appearance of a thicker upper chest. Only problem is that the degree of significance that inclines have on the pec minor is so miniscule it's not even worth doing such a worthless, over rated exericse that recruits more shoulder involvement than i'd prefer.
I'll stick with my flat presses and weighted dips thank you very much
Not to mention the pec minor itself is a tiny muscle in comparison to the pec major, so even a 100% size increase (difficult to achieve for any muscle under any circumstances) would probably not have ANY noticeable effects. It's more akin to the serratus anterior muscles in size, but unlike them, it's covered by a much larger muscle. (The serratus can be seen when bodyfat is low, even though their size is small, because there is no other muscle on top of them. But feel for yourself... the serratus anterior will never get 'big'.)
SmooThy5464
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1. I say u cant beat a nice set os deep incline flys
2. deep flat bench flys
I guess u can i say i am a fan of DB flys but they have really helped me alot so i enjoy doing them
2. deep flat bench flys
I guess u can i say i am a fan of DB flys but they have really helped me alot so i enjoy doing them
