Upper Chest Machines

jcmusic · Apr 13, 2024

I am trying to work my upper chest and wanted to know which machines are best ?
I am 66 years old and train 3 days a week a full body routine.

CJ · Apr 13, 2024

jcmusic said:
I am trying to work my upper chest and wanted to know which machines are best ?
I am 66 years old and train 3 days a week a full body routine.

Try them all out and see what works for you. It's an individual thing.

jcmusic · Apr 13, 2024

Well I was using one but, I am feeling it in my front delt and shoulder.
Am I doing something wrong?

Diesel59 · Apr 13, 2024

jcmusic said:
Well I was using one but, I am feeling it in my front delt and shoulder.
Am I doing something wrong?

Which one did you use?

Send0 · Apr 13, 2024

jcmusic said:
Well I was using one but, I am feeling it in my front delt and shoulder.
Am I doing something wrong?

keep your shoulders back throughout the entire ROM, and as you lower the weight push your chest up as if you're trying to meet the bar/your hands with your chest.

When your shoulders roll forward, you tend to feel it mostly in front delt.

CJ · Apr 13, 2024

jcmusic said:
Well I was using one but, I am feeling it in my front delt and shoulder.
Am I doing something wrong?

Send0 said:
keep your shoulders back throughout the entire ROM, and as you lower the weight push your chest up as if you're trying to meet the bar/your hands with your chest.

When your shoulders roll forward, you tend to feel it mostly in front delt.

Absolutely true.

And/or you may simply have your elbows too high. Try lowering them down to 45° and see if there's a difference.

Most tend to perform push-ups correctly. Do some of those, if you feel those in your chest, be aware of how your shoulder doesn't roll forward, and elbow positioning. Mimic that on a machine, start off light for a few weeks to program that movement pattern. You're initially going to want to default to how've you been performing the movement.

BigChief1 · Apr 14, 2024

Smith machine if u got your heart set on machines. Can go from incline to decline with all angles in between. Can also increase weight with 2.5’s on each side.

Diesel59 · Apr 14, 2024

BigChief1 said:
Smith machine if u got your heart set on machines. Can go from incline to decline with all angles in between. Can also increase weight with 2.5’s on each side.

I feel like the Smith Machine tears up my shoulders no matter what angle I try. Almost any Hammer Strength, ARSENAL or Matrix chest machine feels more natural to me.

ccpro · Apr 14, 2024

My shoulders have always been dominant over chest especially on incline, thought I had good form? I'd go crazy on the pec deck/flies, your chest will definitely get hit!

jcmusic · Apr 14, 2024

Diesel59 said:
Which one did you use?

I think it's called a Hammer Machine.

jcmusic · Apr 14, 2024

ccpro said:
My shoulders have always been dominant over chest especially on incline, thought I had good form? I'd go crazy on the pec deck/flies, your chest will definitely get hit!

I tried this machine this morning, I think I will stay with it for awhile.

BigChief1 · Apr 14, 2024

Diesel59 said:
I feel like the Smith Machine tears up my shoulders no matter what angle I try. Almost any Hammer Strength, ARSENAL or Matrix chest machine feels more natural to me.

I do smith incline and I love it. My gym doesn’t have any hammer strength or any other plate loaded machines.

Diesel59 · Apr 14, 2024

jcmusic said:
I think it's called a Hammer Machine.

Does it look like one of these?

BigChief1 said:
I do smith incline and I love it. My gym doesn’t have any hammer strength or any other plate loaded machines.

I wish I liked it. I just can't find a position I like.

Your gym sounds super old school.

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