For women the pectoral muscles often get neglected, working your pectoral muscles will strengthen your chest muscles and possibly give your breast a lifted appearance depending on there size. Strength training can be very empowering for women, your pectoral muscles help push, so it can make you feel more capable of defending yourself. From the traditional stereotypes and stigmas around women appearing muscular, you will be able lift, pull and push with it, too. Training your pectoralis major and minor muscles helps improves posture and to stabilize your shoulder joint, better breathing as your chest is attached to your ribs which expands with every breathe. Building muscle around breasts tissue helps to provide more lift and support.
This is a
isolation exercise and targets your sternal lower pectoralis major. As well as your deltoids, supraspinatus.
Although this exercise focus is on the chest it will work the biceps as well.
This
exercise targets your upper pectoral region, its not only a great exercise for
men, its beneficial for female growth as well.
This
exercise target your lower sternal, pectoralis major, iliopsoas and the
obliques. Squeeze your glutes and brace your abdominals throughout the
exercise.
This
exercise focus is on your upper chest muscles and puts more emphasis on the
deltoid muscles of your shoulders (front of your shoulders) and your triceps.
The
stability ball activates core muscles more than standard floor push-ups,
because its being performed on a unstable surface. Targets chest and shoulders
The
dumbbell bench press improves your strength, preparing you to do pull-ups and
push-ups and enhancing your chest (pectoralis major). Your triceps and
shoulders will also be recruited to complete the movement.
This
push-ups use the same amount of upper body muscle activation as toe push-ups.
This exercise is a excellent way of trying to boost your upper body strength,
Your shoulders, chest and triceps.