How to Grow your CHEST! Best Exercises & Training Routine!

What's up guys and welcome to the 'How to Grow' series on my channel! This series will cover all of the major muscle groups of the body, giving you a detailed look on the anatomy, structure, and functions of all the muscles it consists of. Today's episode focuses on the chest.
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00:00 Intro
00:19 Chest Anatomy & Function
Your chest is made up of 2 portions: the pectoralis major and minor. However, only the pec major can be seen superficially. This muscle contains 3 different sections: an upper, middle, and lower.
00:58 Origin & Insertion
All 3 divisions of the chest converge into the same insertion point called the intertubercular (bicipital) groove, and thus they all perform the same function: horizontal adduction. However, they all originate at different points: including the clavicle, sternum, costal cartilages, and rectus sheath: Thus, they can all be emphasized by pressing your arms at different angles.
01:29 3 Muscles of the Chest
The upper portion of fibers (clavicular head) run upwards, so it is best to press your arms at an upward angle. The lower portion (costal head) run downwards, so it’s best to press your arms at a downward angle. The middle fibers (sternal head) run horizontally, so it’s best to press your arms perpendicular to your body.
02:25 Exercise Guide
02:38 Upper Chest Exercises
First is the incline bench press. When setting this up, don’t angle the bench too high, one or two notches above parallel is fine. Tuck your elbows in roughly 30-45 degrees, and press up and back with the intent of bringing your biceps together instead of your hands. Always go as far down as you comfortably can.
Next is the upper chest press. When choosing the equipment, make sure the machine converges and brings your hands closer together. If not, do this on a cable machine with a bench angled 60-75 degrees, with the attachments adjusted so that your arm path is upwards and aligned with the resistance.
Finally is the cable press around. Stand a bit closer to the machine, then bend your elbow and press further across your body.
05:28 Middle Chest Exercises
First is the flat bench press. The execution here is nearly identical to the incline bench press.. Just make sure to allow your scapula and humerus to move naturally, and avoid trying to keep your shoulder blades pinned back the entire time.
Next is the chest fly. Use a small elbow bend at the beginning to reduce the involvement of your biceps, and fully extend your arms at the end to fully shorten the pec. This can be done with a pec machine or cables, but not with dumbbells as there simply is no tension at the top when your chest is contracted.
Finally is the cable press around. Stand a bit closer to the machine and use a bit more elbow bend to press further across your body.
07:13 Lower Chest Exercises
First is the dip. Make sure to maintain a slight lean forward throughout the entire move, don’t swing back and forth, or keep your body too upright. To do this, contract your abs and depress your shoulders, and go as far down as you comfortably can.
Next is the lower chest press. This can be done with a converging machine for the lengthened position, cables and a bench for more mid position, or a wide cable stack for more shortened position.
08:52 Training Routine
In order to construct a complete chest training program, you need to be pressing at all 3 angles in order to work all 3 of these portions.
09:06 Sets, Reps & Volume
As a general guideline I’d recommend anywhere from 10-20 working sets per week, with your heavy pressing movements performed in a lower rep range and your cable isolations in a higher rep range.
09:56 Exercise Selection
I recommend combining 1 or 2 compound movements with 1 or 2 isolations, so that you’re not nearly as fatigued for the rest of your workout.
10:21 Sample Routines
When creating a routine, always sequence your exercises by priority. So if you are looking to grow your upper chest, do an upper chest exercise first.
11:03 Outro
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About Me: I'm a college student with a passion for fitness hoping to make it my career. I started training in early 2019 and have devoted a big portion of my life to it ever since. Now, with the help of this amazing community I've been blessed to be a part of, I will try my best to give back the information I've learned for those hoping to embark on a journey of their own.
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Could you do a full run through of the workouts you do on each day? E.g. push, pull, legs

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Thank you!

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8:26 I got pointed out at the gym for doing this variation, saying it's "wrong", I started doing it because it felt comfortable for me to keep my arms closer to my body like you do on a dip machine for example. I'm glad I'm not reinventing the gym and that I was actually doing something legit. Of course every time I will do this I will get the looks but whatever. Thanks for showing all these exercises.

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Glad I could help 🙌

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Thank you!

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Best vid ive seen so far ab the chest :D Most people just say prioritize Incline DB Press but the anatomy part really helped

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Pls , pls make more vids like this. Even though I know most of this stuff , I still learned some new stuff and you also make it sound more interesting.

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This has to be one of the best and most helpful videos I have ever seen🔥

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I appreciate that my bro ♥

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Thank you! 🙌

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Great video!!!

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I‘d love to see such a video for the back. Thank you for the knowledge!

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This was fantastic and really helpful.. pls do one for back and legs💪

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I’m beginning to get so fixated on weight lifting that I’m actually loving it

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Tbh the quality of this vid surprised me That's arguably on Sean Nalewanyj and Jeff Nippard's level seriously i love how you explained every detail without overexplaining it and focusing on what's important + the sample exercises... This is just a masterpeice keep up the amazing work brother

[@MaxEuceda7]

Thank you so much man 🙌

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Loved this video, please do for more muscle groups!

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I appreciate that!

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What's up Max! Could you do one of these for the back?

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Yes was about to comment this

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@@andyarellano8438 Fr...there are so many muscles in the back so it'll be an interesting video!

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Pull-ups and rows are enough to me

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Working on a shoulder one currently, then I'll do back next!

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This video was amazing Max, and also fun to watch, will you also cover the back in one of these longer videos?

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As a math student i couldnt understand biomechanics of chest but he explained it very well!

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I support for all muscle videos!

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Great video man, it was nice to see you grow from you back in the day promoting the fucking hex press, to making full educational videos with detailed descriptions and options. Only pet peve is that dumbells don't actually allow for a greater range of motion in the "lengthened" position with chest presses, since the dumbells are so large that you have to stop short of what you could be able to with a barbell or cables. Apart from that, this is probably one of, if not the most detailed and well done videos you have ever made :)

[@KevinHumble92]

Thank you so much! Now i know what workout to take out for my chest and shoulder days! No more hex press. But my volume for chest is high. I do 4 sets of 10 db press, incline db press. Then i do 4 sets of upper chest cably flys, and lower chest cable flys. Then i finish off with incline chest press machine and fly machine. But ive been doing my chest press wrong. Still learning how to activate my chest. But this video helped a lot. I hope to see gains in the next months ahead 🙏🏽

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Hi Max, Thank you for the video is very well made and informative, just a suggestion could you also do one about the calories intake like when u want to be in deficit or bulking pretty please 🙏🏽

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Mate I think you should make this a full series it would be so helpful and I love the new longer video format

[@MaxEuceda7]

It is! I've already made 3 other videos 😄

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Loved this video very informative and helpful thank you!!

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Hey max thank you for this!! Hoping for legs and cake on next video 💪🏽

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These "How to grow" Videos are so good and helpful for me, are you planing to do these for every muscle group?