Article: Boost Your Upper Pecs With Reverse Grip

Never thought of reverse grip pec workouts. Might give it a try next week. Anyone try this yet?
 
i've been using reverse grip for my dumb bell presses... with lower weight tho.

you get a much tighter contraction and I can actually see the pump happen.
 
I just started doing reverse grip BP this week because of shoulder issues....just turns out that I needed to up my hood game too haha... nice
 
I can't believe in almost 15 years of lifting I've never used reverse grip for pressing. Can't wait to try it!
 
I like reverse grip for the guillotine press but hurts my shoulder on other pressing movements
 
Tried BB reverse and its too awkward/dangerous with limited my ROM. DB reverse feels fantastic! I feel a dense contraction in my inner and upper pecs. I feel it best decline and incline. Flat is not where its at for my hood!
 
HardCore1 said:
Tried BB reverse and its too awkward/dangerous with limited my ROM. DB reverse feels fantastic! I feel a dense contraction in my inner and upper pecs. I feel it best decline and incline. Flat is not where its at for my hood!
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I noticed when I tried them on flat bench, that I definitely had to reposition and change my grip width as well. I kept a narrower grip and elbows in, lowered the bar further down my torso than typical with a standard grip. Felt pretty good this way.
 
Tried this for the first time as well. I kept my grip a bit on the narrow side since wider hurt my elbows, but one I moved my hands in this became my new favorite exercise. Had to go a little lighter but the activation was awesome.
 
Nice to see the the only way I choose to bench on here, don't know what it is but regular bench puts a lot of stress on my shoulders.
 
TQKenpachi said:
Nice to see the the only way I choose to bench on here, don't know what it is but regular bench puts a lot of stress on my shoulders.
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Reverse grip removes any possible issues with internal rotation, which causes stress on the shoulders.

Pulling the scapular area back and keeping the shoulder blades tight/ shoulders back typically keeps them in the proper position while benching with a regular grip, but this can easily break down under load for many people.
 
I tried it with dumbbells, works perfect on decline. I wouldn't do it on flat bench, but it works on a machine pretty well when finishing out a chest blast.
 
What's a 30% activation increase worth when you have to drop the weight by god knows how much to begin with?
 
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