Press Reverse grip bench or leaning: What is best for developing the upper chest?
by admin on Feb.04, 2012, under Exercise, Uncategorized
The defense: The bodybuilders have been doing the incline bench press for decades to develop the upper chest. Prosecutors: Research on the incline bench press and bench press with reverse grip press suggest that the reverse grip can be the best in the construction of the upper chest.
Press 23 Reverse grip bench or leaning: What is best for developing the upper chest?
evidence
Australian researchers reported in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that when test subjects preformed the incline bench press, Gynexin muscle activity in the upper chest was only 5% more than the activity in the upper chest when you the flat bench press.
Canadian scientists found that when people used to physical exercise and weight lifting bench made the reverse grip, muscle activity in the upper chest was 30% higher than when doing flat bench press with normal grip.
THE VERDICT:
The Bench Press Reverse Grip
Because muscle activity is a measure of the amount of muscle fibers that are being used during an exercise, the bench press with reverse grip seems to be a better exercise for the upper chest in a comparison of incline bench press. To refer to the upper chest, start your chest workout with 3 or 4 sets of bench press with reverse grip. And then move on to the incline bench exercises.
