Incline press is a tremendous exercise for
upper chest development, but you probably won't be able to handle as much weight with the incline press as you can with a flat or decline press because the effort is more localized in the upper chest area rather than in the overall pectoral.
That's often what happens when people complain about weak or lagging
upper chest development.
Not exact matches
As they are involved in many of your
upper body exercises (the bench press for example), weak shoulders can also hinder the
development of your
chest and back muscles.
If
development in the lower part of the
chests is lagging, you will notice density in the
upper part, with flat middle part and lagging curvature at the bottom.
Target forearms,
upper back, shoulders, middle back, abdominal,
chest and biceps, calf and hamstring group muscles to ensure an all - round
development of the muscles.
The
upper chest is a MUST to work if you want complete
chest development... and the incline barbell press is a key exercise.
As far as I'm concerned, most people who lack
chest development, do so to their
upper chest.
The reality is weak wrists can limit how much
development you get in
upper body muscles, like the triceps, biceps,
chest, and shoulders, by restricting how much weight you can use.
So speed up your lagging
upper -
chest development with these 8 great exercises that will help you build a set of strong
upper chest muscles to be proud of.
And if you are able to bench more weight, you increase the strain placed on your
chest and your other primary muscle groups being used — which leads to great
upper - body
development.