Written by Team MD
20 June 2017

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MD Training Camp: Jay Cutler - #1

Thick Chest, Massive Shoulders

 

 

Incline Pressing for Thick Upper Chest

What part of the chest does the cable crossover work when your hands are coming from the bottom, versus hands coming from the top? I’ve read some articles that say when you come from the bottom you work the lower chest, but I’ve also read some that say it’s the opposite— coming from the bottom works the upper chest, and coming from the top works the lower chest. What’s the deal?

I never felt my upper chest working any more using the low pulleys, so I never bothered doing those. If you really wanted to hit the upper chest with cables, you would have to slide an incline bench in between two low pulley cables. I’ve always done my cable crossovers from the high pulleys, and I’m able to activate the upper and middle chest. I don’t ever cross my hands over each other, either. Bringing the hands together is all it takes to get a full contraction of the pecs. Really, cables are just the finishing touch. If you need more thickness in you upper chest, focus more on various incline pressing movements such as a barbell, dumbbells, Hammer Strength or Smith machine.

 

Building Massive Shoulders

Can you recommend a good shoulder workout for a guy who desperately needs more mass in his delts?

Sure, you want to do three to four sets of eight to 12 reps with a routine like this:

1. Overhead press— barbell, dumbbells or machine.

2. Lateral raise— seated or standing with dumbbells, seated machine or cable.
3. Front raise— barbell, dumbbells or cable.

4. Rear delts— on reverse pec deck, with dumbbells, cables or rope pull from a high pulley.

On all the movements, tinker around with the form until you find the very best way for you to do it so that you feel the part of the shoulder you’re supposed to be working doing the work.

 

 

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