What is the best exercise to build your upper chest?

Why is upper chest so hard to build?

Without getting too bogged down in human anatomy, your chest muscle fibres attach to different points on the body. The fibres of the upper chest attach to your clavicle (collarbone), which makes them particularly difficult to recruit.

Why is my upper chest not growing?

The reason your chest isn’t growing is probably because your bench press form is not on point (or you’re not eating enough). If you’re not doing the exercise correctly, you won’t be activating your chest properly. And then your chest won’t grow. It’s really that simple.

Can you actually isolate upper chest?

So to sum it all up, there IS an upper and lower portion of your chest. You can’t isolate them. Every exercise will always hit every part to some extent. But, certain exercises can indeed put slightly more training emphasis on one part than another.

Do I need to isolate upper chest?

However, if you have a lagging chest, for example the upper chest, you should choose isolation movements to focus on that area. Isolation movements are great to give extra volume to a group muscle without creating too much fatigue overall.

What is an isolation exercise for chest?

What exercises isolate the chest?

What exercise hits all chest muscles?

How often should you train your chest?

Training Frequency

You can work your chest up to three non-consecutive days a week. However, if you’re lifting heavy weights (enough that you can only complete six to eight repetitions), you’ll need at least two to three days of rest before you perform the exercises again.

Is 3 chest exercises enough?

You should perform 1-4 chest exercises per workout, with the most optimal range being 2-3 different chest exercises in a single training session. Why? For most lifters, performing any more than 3-4 various movements can result in diminished returns, excessive “trash” volume, and suboptimal quality volume.

How many sets is enough for chest?

The general consensus is somewhere between 8 and 32 sets per week for a given muscle group (like the chest muscles) is what is required to create gains in muscle size and strength.

How many reps should I do for chest?

Use The 5-15 Rep Range Most Of The Time

Instead of only doing the stereotypical 8-10 reps for every set of every exercise, going as low as 5 and as high as 15 will be ideal for generating the three types of stimuli that signal muscle growth (tension, fatigue and damage… details here: How To Build Muscle Fast).

Is it better to lift heavy or more reps?

Generally, exercises with higher reps are used to improve muscular endurance, while higher weights with fewer reps are used to increase muscle size and strength.