Not Feeling Chest Presses in Your Chest?
Try these four tweaks to maximize your efforts with this movement!
Michelle walks us through her 4 tips to help feel chest presses where we want them - in our chest!
“Why don’t I feel chest presses in my chest?”
This is a fairly common question or observation I get from clients and Straight UP Strong members - “why am I feeling chest presses in my shoulders and triceps instead of my chest?”
The answer is that the muscles of you shoulders and triceps are compensating due to the non-optimal angles and alignment of our joints during the pressing and lowering motions that make up the chest press.
So what can you do?
A few small tweaks of this movement can make a really big impact! Watch the full video with link above and think about these four small but mighty tweaks you can make right now!
Shoulder angle at 45 degrees (think of lines from your head to elbows forming an arrow)
Elbow angle at 90 degrees, wrists over elbows
Pull shoulder blades back and down, creating an arch with your lower back. Avoid rolling your shoulders forward as you press
Warm up before your training session with chest opener movements.
When you try these tips, comment below and let me know how it works and what questions you have! What other movements would you love support with?