Chest
Pectoralis Major
Basics
The chest muscles are two large, fan-shaped muscles that attach the center of the ribcage to the middle of each upper arm bone. When one of them activates, it will pulls the arm from the side closer to mid-section of the body (similar to clapping your hands with straight elbows).
In this video, I'll cover the basic information about the chest muscle, it's form and function, the best exercises to train the chest, some of the most common injuries, and more.
Form and Function
Chest Exercises
Any pressing [TBL to /learn/movement/movement-patterns/press] motion will cause the chests to activate. The most common exercises for chest press are organized in the table below. You can click on any of them to navigate to our exercise library and examine them in detail.
Exercise Name | Detail #1 | Detail #2 |
|---|---|---|
Machine chest press | ||
Barbell bench press | ||
Dumbbell bench press | ||
Cable chest press |