For
more chest emphasis you can lean forward by flexing at the hip and holding your legs out in front of you and instead of simply pressing your way out of the bottom, try to squeeze / pull your way up.
Not exact matches
Placing your hands wider than shoulder width will engage
more of your
chest fibers, while placing them narrower than shoulder width will shift the
emphasis to your triceps.
You can lean your
chest further forward if you want to place
more emphasis on your
chest, or you can remain fully upright if you want to target your triceps
more.
As the angle increases
more emphasis is shifted to the shoulder and deltoid and away from the
chest muscles.
Going below parallel works the delts
more than
chest, whereas staying at parallel (or even slightly above) puts
more emphasis on
chest.
The further you lean forward the
more emphasis is put on your
chest and shoulders in the movement.
Leaning
more forward will place
emphasis on your
chest and leaning back will place
emphasis on your triceps.
Close grip barbell bench press is similar at first glance to the regular bench press, but bringing your hands close together on the bar places far
more emphasis on the triceps and anterior deltoids than on the
chest.
This will be harder because it puts
more emphasis on your shoulders, which are usually weaker than triceps and
chest.
The higher your feet, the
more of an
emphasis on your shoulders and triceps, and less on your
chest (thus the greater difficulty).
You could also put
more emphasis on
chest and back exercises in one workout of the week, if you want to build
more muscle in those areas.
Most gyms have a decline bench, and when you perform a
chest press on a decline, you will place
more emphasis on the lower portion of the
chest / pectoralis major.
This changes the angle that you perform the push - up so that you are slightly putting
more emphasis on the shoulders and less on the
chest.