Sentences with phrase «pectoralis muscles»

The technique involves placing tissue expanders (interim implants) under the skin on top of a woman's pectoralis muscles after her breast tissue has been removed.

You may have already noticed some boys starting to get chest muscles (called the pectoralis muscles or pecs for short).

When a plastic surgeon performs a breast augmentation, they place the inert implant either beneath the milk producing tissues or deep to the pectoralis muscle.

The sternal - costal head of the pectoralis muscle originates at the lateral manubrium, the six sternum costal cartilages and the eternal oblique aponeurosis and it inserts at the humerus.

Your arms should be long enough allowing your pectoralis muscles to cover the full range of motion with maximum strength, achieving full fatigue before the other muscles get involved.

Many trainees perform cable crossovers believing they will bring out striations in the pectoralis muscles.

There are several smaller muscles also which support the pectoralis muscles.

Incline bench tears up the upper pecs and provides great definition along the collarbone.Decline bench rounds out the lower areas of the pecs, tightening up the lower curve of the pectoralis muscle.

One of the most common causes of back pain is the chest, or pectoralis muscles being overly tight.

It occurs in the quadriceps (front of the thigh) and hamstrings (back of the thigh), the anterior tibialis muscle (front of the leg) and calf muscles (including the gastrocnemius and posterior tibialis), the pectoralis muscles (upper chest and front shoulder) and latissimus (back of shoulder and spine), and so on.

The DB Bench Press and all of its variations is an open chain multi joint upper body movement that primarily recruits the pectoralis muscle groups along with contribution from the triceps brachii, anterior deltoid with assistance from all muscles attaching to the scapulae and abdominal wall to ensure proper movement of the scapulae and the humeral head within the glenoid fossa of the scapula.

That will help you train multiple areas within your pectoralis muscles.

If you think about the pectoralis muscle, it starts «here,» and inserts «here,» and as it flexes, there's a centerline effect.

The military press uses similar muscles to the bench press but as you are stood vertically it virtually removes the pectoralis muscles from the movement which then makes it weaker as a strength exercise.

Sticking with the bench press as an example, it may only consist of the pectoralis muscles, the deltoids and the triceps but the pectoralis is a massive muscle (comparatively for the upper body) but this explains why it is one of the best measures of upper body strength there is available.

With doing this you are using the pectoralis muscles, the triceps and the deltoids (you are also using the latissimus dorsi (the back) to bring the bar down in a controlled manner on the descent phase).

Primarilly involves the pectoralis muscles, deltoid and other muscles connecting the upper extremities to the abdominal muscles.

The second advantage of the cable over dumbbells is that you can bring your arms either toward your abdomen or toward your head (or anywhere else between these two points) to change the angle at which the pectoralis muscles work.

Try this chest stretch to help loosen up your pectoralis muscles and help get your shoulders back in line with your body.