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Аннета Эссекс » 12 May 2017, 18:14
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Swinging the pectoral muscles at home without exercise equipment

The most effective chest workout requires sports equipment: benches, barbells, dumbbells and various exercise equipment. All this is a must in every gym. For those who, for whatever reason, do not have the opportunity to visit the gym, it will be interesting to learn how to pump pectoral muscles at home.
The pectoral (pectoral) muscles consist of the following symmetrical groups, each of which includes:
Large pectoral muscle. It has a fan-shaped shape and is located on the front surface of the chest.
Small pectoral muscle. It has a triangular shape and is located in the upper chest under the pectoralis major muscle.
Serratus anterior. Located in the anterior chest wall.
The large and small muscles provide adduction and flexion of the arms in the shoulder joint, as well as partially turning the arms inward. The chest is conditionally divided into upper, middle and lower sections. They also highlight the inner part, which can be pumped separately. The middle part actively works with any exercises, and the lower and, especially, the upper parts require an accentuated load. Chest training is very energy-intensive, so it can be used to burn excess fatty tissue.

Home workouts
A tight work schedule, business trips, inconvenient location of the gym, unwillingness to work out in a team and a number of other arguments can become reasons not to visit the gym, but should not become reasons to refuse a beautiful and strong figure. You can do it with no less success at home. Of greater importance is not the place of employment, but the diligence and determination of the athlete.

Next, we will figure out how to pump up the pectoral muscles at home. Beginners often have difficulty composing a program, but as you gain experience, the problems will disappear.
Training mode
When asked how many times a week you need to pump the pectoral muscles, the answer is simple: you can’t train daily. Any strength exercises for the chest, performed every day, can harm a beautiful figure. During training, the muscles actively work and receive many microtraumas, after which time is needed for the restoration of muscle fibers, the production of protein, which will form a new muscle mass. Systematic overload of the pectoral muscles will not give good results.

If the muscles continue to hurt a lot, training should be postponed until the discomfort stops. That is why the optimal amount is one to two workouts per week. The total number of sets for all chest exercises should be from 4 to 8. For beginners, one or two exercises of 2-3 sets will be enough.

Pushups
It is quite enough to do push-ups regularly to pump up the pectoral muscles. In fact, this is a variation of the bench press and here it is also possible to shift the load to the upper or lower chest by changing the angle of the body. It’s no secret that push-ups from the floor are an excellent general developmental exercise. Not only the pectoral muscles are worked out, but also the deltas and triceps muscles of the hands, ensuring the proportional development of the upper body. Additionally, there is a contraction of the abdominal muscles, and in a static position, the muscles of the legs and back are involved.

You can limit yourself to push-ups if you want to pump up your chest at home, but there is no desire or time to do the rest of the exercises. The effect, although small, will still be felt after a few weeks of regular training.

Narrow push-ups
Pushups узким хватом можно применять для развития силы и проработки внутренней части груди. The starting position in this case, as with ordinary push-ups, but the hands must be placed in such a way that the fingers of one hand slightly touch the fingers of the other. When performing, it is necessary to lower yourself until the chest touches the hands, and before moving up, maintain a second pause.

Push-ups on stools
A more effective way to pump up the pectoral muscles with push-ups is as follows. You need to put 2 stools about shoulder width apart. Take the starting position, as with push-ups from the floor, only place your hands on stools, and your legs on another elevation, for example, a sofa or chair. At the same time, place your palms slightly wider than your shoulders.

Dropping as low as possible between the stools, perform 3-4 sets of 10-12 push-ups. Breaks between sets should be approximately 2-3 minutes. If the exercise is too easy, do not increase the number of repetitions, it is better to use additional weights. To do this, you can use, for example, a backpack with books.
Push-ups with forward bend
The essence of the exercise is to position the legs above the level heads. To do this, take emphasis on outstretched arms, placing them shoulder-width apart. Put your feet on a stool, sofa or other available elevation. This exercise targets the upper chest, as well as the triceps and delts.

As for how to pump your chest correctly, when doing push-ups from the floor, try to spread your elbows to the sides in order to provide more load to the chest muscles, and not to the triceps. Thus, you can pump up your chest faster with push-ups.
Dumbbell press lying on the floor
Another effective way to pump up the pectoral muscles at home is the dumbbell bench press. In the absence of an athletic bench, you can perform it on the floor.

Starting position:

Take dumbbells and lie down on the floor.
Bend your knees.
Stretch your arms with dumbbells up, palms forward.
Technique:

As you inhale, slowly lower your arms until your elbows touch the floor.
After a pause, while exhaling, raise your arms with dumbbells to the starting position.
Recommendations:

Try to spread your elbows out to the sides to maximize the use of the pectoral muscles.
Lower your arms slowly so as not to hit your elbows on the floor.
Finally, I would like to note that the right decision would be to purchase a folding athletic bench. This will allow you to perform isolated exercises with dumbbells and help you pump up your chest more effectively at home.

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