Sentences with phrase «deltoids during the bench press»

Intervention — any acute study assessing the muscle activity of the deltoids during the bench press exercise

Not exact matches

Studies have shown that the deltoids are much less involved during the decline bench press, compared to the horizontal bench press.

Since the front deltoids are a very small muscle compared to the huge pectoralis major of the chest, it stands to reason that during the bench press the deltoids of your shoulders will fatigue way before your chest even starts to get a proper workout.

EMG studies reveal that the front deltoids receive the same stimulation as the pectoralis major of the chest during the flat bench press.

Comparing four different angles of the bench used during the narrow grip bench press, Barnett et al. (1995) found a main difference in anterior deltoid muscle activity between -18 degrees and the other steeper angles (0, 40 and 90 degrees).

McCaw & Friday (1994) also found that the middle deltoid muscle activity was significantly greater during the free - weight bench press compared with the Smith machine version.

For example, middle (but not anterior) deltoid activation tends to be greater during free weight bench presses compared to Smith machine bench presses (Schick et al. 2010).

In contrast, McCaw et al. (1994) found greater middle deltoid muscle activity during the free weight bench press compared with the machine bench press at 60 % 1 RM but not at 80 %, although in both cases the middle deltoid muscle activity was approximately half that of the anterior deltoid.