Inner Chest-Genetics?

derekisdman · 01-20-2004, 11:40 PM

I'm just curious about this as well. But why on sites like www.exrx.net under excercises for chest they list the Pec as Sternal, Clavicular, minor etc. then have different excercises listed to work that part of the muscle? For example under Clavicular the only exercise they have listed is Incline press.

**Prince** · 01-20-2004, 11:58 PM

sure, there is also the pec minor, but the pec major is the main visible muscle in the chest.

I am not saying that you should not hit the pecs from every angle, I believe that you should.

cpa55 · 01-21-2004, 07:45 AM

OK, so does the incline press target the clavicular head? I understand that incline works the whole chest, but does it put more emphasis on the clavicular head?

**P-funk** · 01-21-2004, 07:47 AM

no, actually the clavicular portion of pec major is active during all three bench presses (flat, incline, and decline). On the incline you are just getting more anterior delt. On the decline you are getting both the clavicular and sternocostal portion of pec major.

cpa55 · 01-21-2004, 08:05 AM

p-funk, I hate to be so dense, but I would really like to build-up my upper chest and the exrx.com site shows the clavicular head being worked by doing incline press. If they are wrong, then I won't concentrate on inclines. I understand that any press movement works the pec, but they show that inclines work the muscle that I really want to target.

Tha Don · 01-21-2004, 09:18 AM

you want a bigger upper chest do inclines

its common sense, lol

**P-funk** · 01-21-2004, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cpa55
p-funk, I hate to be so dense, but I would really like to build-up my upper chest and the exrx.com site shows the clavicular head being worked by doing incline press. If they are wrong, then I won't concentrate on inclines. I understand that any press movement works the pec, but they show that inclines work the muscle that I really want to target.

man, I am not saying that the clavicular portion of pec major is not working during inclines. It is working during any bench press so it doesn't matter you "upper chest" (clavicular portion) will grow on either exercise. All I am saying is that the inclines will recruit a bit more anterior delt than the other benches becasue of the angle and the plane of motion you are working in (see my post on the planes of motion on the page back).

01-20-2004, 11:40 PM	#31
derekisdman RAWR! Elite Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,294	I'm just curious about this as well. But why on sites like www.exrx.net under excercises for chest they list the Pec as Sternal, Clavicular, minor etc. then have different excercises listed to work that part of the muscle? For example under Clavicular the only exercise they have listed is Incline press.
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01-20-2004, 11:58 PM	#32
Prince the one & only Administrator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Colorado Posts: 33,981 Blog Entries: 25 Photos: 320	sure, there is also the pec minor, but the pec major is the main visible muscle in the chest. I am not saying that you should not hit the pecs from every angle, I believe that you should.
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P-funk Patrick Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: AZ Posts: 30,625	no, actually the clavicular portion of pec major is active during all three bench presses (flat, incline, and decline). On the incline you are just getting more anterior delt. On the decline you are getting both the clavicular and sternocostal portion of pec major.
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01-21-2004, 07:45 AM	#33
cpa55 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: alabama Posts: 50	OK, so does the incline press target the clavicular head? I understand that incline works the whole chest, but does it put more emphasis on the clavicular head?

01-21-2004, 08:05 AM	#35
cpa55 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: alabama Posts: 50	p-funk, I hate to be so dense, but I would really like to build-up my upper chest and the exrx.com site shows the clavicular head being worked by doing incline press. If they are wrong, then I won't concentrate on inclines. I understand that any press movement works the pec, but they show that inclines work the muscle that I really want to target.

01-21-2004, 09:18 AM	#36
Tha Don Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Nottingham, England Posts: 3,826 Photos: 33	you want a bigger upper chest do inclines its common sense, lol