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9. Push-Up Hold. Start in a high plank position, shoulders directly over wrists, hands slightly wider that shoulder-width apart. Engage core so body forms a straight line from head to heels.
Pectoral muscles (colloquially referred to as "pecs") are the muscles that connect the front of the human chest with the bones of the upper arm and shoulder. This region contains four muscles that provide movements to the upper limbs or ribs. Deep muscles of the chest, including pectoralis minor, serratus anterior, and subclavius (Gray 1918)
Torso, Back, right/left spinous process: spinous process: lateral sacral artery: posterior branch of spinal nerve: extends/flexes vertebral column: rectus abdominis: 2 1 latissimus dorsi: Torso/Upper Limb, Back, Vertebral column, right/left spinous processes of thoracic T6-T12, thoracolumbar fascia, iliac crest and inferior 3 or 4 ribs
The push-up requires the work of many muscle groups, with one of the primary muscle groups being the chest muscles, the pectoralis major and the minor. [7] These are the two large chest muscles and the main pushing muscle group of the upper body. When pushing and lowering the body during a push-up, the pectoralis major is doing most of the work.
The below chest exercises in particular will work a variety of muscles, including the traditional chest muscles—pectoralis major and minor—plus the shoulders, triceps, upper back, and core ...
See the best dumbbell chest exercises that you can do anywhere to gain muscle and stregnth. ... Then, squeeze your chest to fly the weights back up. Sets and Reps: 3 sets of 10 to 12 reps.
The bony skeletal part of the thoracic wall is the rib cage, and the rest is made up of muscle, skin, and fasciae.. The chest wall has 10 layers, namely (from superficial to deep) skin (epidermis and dermis), superficial fascia, deep fascia and the invested extrinsic muscles (from the upper limbs), intrinsic muscles associated with the ribs (three layers of intercostal muscles), endothoracic ...
The bench press or chest press is a weight training exercise where a person presses a weight upwards while lying horizontally on a weight training bench. The bench press is a compound movement , with the primary muscles involved being the pectoralis major , the anterior deltoids , and the triceps brachii .