ArticlesReader.com Menu
Newest Articles
Most Viewed Articles
ArticlesReader.com RSS
Submit Article
Login
Signup
Search the articles

Articles Main Categories
Advice
Animals
Automobiles
Business
Career
Communications
Computer Programming
Computers
Entertainment
Environment
Family
Fashion
Finance
Food
Health & Medical
Home & Garden
Humor
Internet Business
Internet Marketing
Legal
Leisure & Recreation
Marketing
Other
Politics
Reference & Education
Religion
Self Improvement
Sports
Technology & Science
Travel
Writing
Subscribe
Receive alert message from us when new articles submitted to our site for free.

Enter your name

Enter your email

Syndicate

















Related Products
Home::Build Muscle

Know Your Muscles - The Chest And Upper Back

Author : Richard Mitchell

Becoming familiar with the muscles that make up your body has more benefits than simply allowing you to talk shop with your training partners. The more familiar you are with the muscles you're working, the better you'll be able to judge what's needed to make improvements. In this article we'll get to know the muscles that make up the chest and upper back.


Although they are two distinct areas, the chest and the upper back will be considered together because achieving a muscular balance between them is crucial, particularly in relation to maintaining good posture. Creating an imbalance between the two is likely to result in injury.


The main muscles found in the chest and uper back are as follows:


1. Pectoralis major - these are the large chest muscles found to either side of the breastbone. Its main job is to bring the upper arm inwards across the body, a movement that is known as horizontal adduction.


2. Latissimus dorsi - this is the largest back muscle that runs from the lower back to the upper arm bone. It pulls the upper arm towards the body and acts as an internal rotator of the upper arm.


3. Trapezius - this muscle runs from the mid spine to the shoulder and then to the neck. Its main role is to faciltiate movement of the shoulder blades.

Richard Mitchell is the creator of the bodybuildingadvisor.com website that provides guidance and information to athletes at all levels of bodybuilding experience. Go to Bodybuilding Advice to learn more about the issues covered in this article.

Spam emails More free articles

Related articles


  1. 3 Biggest Benefits of Strength Training
  2. Celebrity Personal Trainers
  3. Train for the Look You Want
  4. Build 80 Pounds Of Muscle?
  5. 15 Muscle Building Rules for Skinny Guys and Gals!
  6. Are You Too Old to Pump Iron?
  7. “Bodybuilding Sins” That Cause Back Pain and Missed Workouts
  8. Preliminary Isometric Tension Improves the Effectiveness of Dynamic Work by up to 20%
  9. How Proper Calorie Fragmentation Improves Body Composition?
  10. Weight Training Terminology For Beginners
  11. Welcome Back Everyone!
  12. Ab Sculpting Exercise - One Of The Most Productive Exercises For Your Abs That Is Hardly Ever Used
  13. Current Dietary Recommendations in Strength Training
  14. 15 Quick Body Toning Tips
  15. Know All about "Power Push Ups"
  16. 3 Amazing Ways to Shape Up Your Muscles in Less Than 7 days!
  17. "Enough Already! Stop Coming Up With 'New' Weight Loss Programs...
  18. Lift More Now - Weight Less "Forever"!
  19. Personal Trainers with Real People, Real Situations
  20. Personal Lactate Threshold Training
  21. Exercise The Right Way - Barbell Shrugs
  22. Exercise The Right Way - Seated Pulley Rows
  23. Exercise The Right Way - One-Arm Dumbbell Rows
  24. Exercise The Right Way - The Decline Dumbbell Bench Press
  25. Exercise The Right Way - Dumbbell Lunges
More related feeds
Why Does the Weight Come Back
Back Exercises For Beginning Bodybuilders. From a bodybuilder's perspective one of the most important body areas is the back. Not only can it b... Know Your Muscles - The Chest And Upper Back; Women Weight Training Program and Workout!

Most Effective Way To Build Chest Muscles
The main area of the body most people say they would like to improve is the chest. The chest is the most prominent element of the upper body and it contains the largest muscle. Building muscle massin your chest will boost your ...

Does It Help, Does It Hurt? A Look At Training For Baseball And ...
Weakness in these muscles and focusing on strength training for the chest, arms and abdominals will create an imbalance between the front and back of the shoulder girdle (upper body) possibly creating a rounded upper back, forward head ...

Back Training with the Parrillo Pros
If you want to bring up your back muscles the first order of business would be to balance the training template. Leg muscles should be allotted 33% of total training time, front torso muscles (chest, arms, shoulders, abs) should be ...

Feeling Sore After Doing P90X Chest And Back And Plyometrics DVD
Its not that I can’t do them, its just that you use pretty much every muscle in your upper body while doing it. Also, I have not been doing that many chest exercises in the past couple of weeks. With the cardio routine that I have been ...

Tricep Exercises and Alternatives
If you didn’t know, the triceps are the horseshoe shaped muscles at the back of the arm; the antagonist of the bicep. Tricep development is particularly important for upper arm size because the tricep muscles make up 2/3 of the upper ...

Put it Behind You
Use both hands to bring your left knee to your chest. Hold for 10 seconds and then repeat with your right knee. Repeat again, this time bringing both knees up at once. This helps to loosen your lower back muscles. ...

Know Your Muscles The Chest And Upper Back
The more familiar you are with the muscles you're working, the better you'll be able to judge what's needed to make improvements. In this article we'll get to know the muscles that make up the chest and upper back. ...

Six Pack Abs Workouts
Some forms of crunch workouts must be built into any of your six pack workouts. One form is called the super crunch, which is done by raising and bringing together your chest and knees. This form works on the lower and upper abs and ...

Total Trainer - TO Bands - Chest Expander
Should you get a chest expander for home use? It's not a bad idea because they're inexpensive (like the LifelineUSA Chest Expander) and you can use a chest expander for for training your chest, back, legs, triceps biceps and more. ...

 


 

© 2007 articlesreader.com - All Rights Reserved