Upper Pec
Cable crossover attached at the bottom
Modified Cable Crossover
Incline movements
Incline Press
Lowering the bar to the Clavical (sternal notch)
Pushups when your feet are elevated.
Lower Pec
Any exercises that position your arms behind or to the sides of your torso.
Dip, when leaning forward
Decline movements
Decline Press
Lowering the bar to the lower edge of the pectorals
Inside of Pec
Hold dumbbells with a neutral grip at you sides while lying on a bench and press them straight up and together.
Cable Crossovers (focus on the inner pecs by crossing your hands for a full contraction).
Middle Delts
Dumbbell lateral raises
In order to really hit the middle delts keep the dumbbells at your side and execute the movement with a neutral grip.
When performing upright rows, you should use a wider grip than you normally would to activate the middle delts to a greater extent.
Rear Delts
Bent over lateral raises
You can also hit the rear delts with a pronated grip version of the dumbbell lateral raises.
High-Pulley Lateral Extensions
Behind-the-head shoulder presses
Front Delts
Front Dumbbell raises
When performing shoulder presses use a narrow grip with elbows pointed forward
Lower Lats
Any pulldown, pull-up, or row that involves a reverse grip, especially when a close grip is involved as well.
Reverse Grip Lat Pulldown
Reverse Grip Barbell Row
Chin Up
Upper Lats
Any pulldown or pull-up that involves a pronated grip, especially when a wide grip is involved as well.
Wide Grip Pull-up
Wide Grip Pull-down
Pulling the elbows back during pull-ups and pull-downs will focus on the upper and central portions of the lats
Triceps
Close Grip Bench Press
To emphasize the triceps even more, you can use supinated grip.
your wrists may suffer as a result.
Dips
Your torso should not be hunched forward, as it would be to emphasize the pectorals.
Long head of the triceps
Movements that require you to bring your arms away from your sides.
Skull crushers
Seated dumbbell triceps extensions
To stress the long head to a greater degree on the skull crusher, lower the bar behind your head
Overhand grip when performing triceps extensions
Vastus Medialis
Wide leg stance
This will also stress the adductors to a greater degree
Leg Press
Works hardest when the knee is fully bent
Hamstrings
During the leg press and hack squat
Place feet higher up the pad
During lying leg curls point the toes (plantar flexion) to stress the hamstrings to a greater degree
Gastrocnemius
Standing calf raises
During lying leg curls flex the feet (dorsiflexion) to stress the gastrocnemius to a greater degree
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