Going to give this a go, intuitively, and anatomically doing an incline DB press for the upper fibers always made sense like this to me, especially after trialing modified HSPU on gymnastics rings like this. However, seemingly all fitness influencers want to proclaim a 15 - 30 angle with a pronated grip, stating anything higher is almost exclusively a front delt exercise....which I just couldn't understand where they were coming from

@Flexibility.Maestro

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I’m not sure where people got that idea from, but I’ve heard similar statements being made. It’s just anatomically incorrect. The high incline position places our upper chest fibres completely perpendicular to the line of force, which is the DBs we’re pressing. And by using a more neutral grip, it helps to keep the elbows slightly more tucked in, which allows our arm path to follow a similar sort of trajectory to our upper chest fibres. This exercise has helped me grow my upper chest massively, so don’t let some influencer who says differently convince you not to use it, especially if you’ve intuitively found that it works well for you!🙌🏼