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Three things You Don't Know About Your Chest
1. You're most likely to rupture your chest muscles in your 20s and 30s. Chalk it up to ego. Tears in the pectoralis major — your largest chest muscle — typically occur in men trying to bench-press more weight than they can handle.
2. Your chest can sabotage your posture. When your chest muscles are tight, they pull your shoulders forward, making you appear hunched instead of tall and straight. Use this doorway chest stretch twice a day to loosen up: Bend your right arm 90 degrees and place your forearm against a door frame. Then push your right shoulder forward until you feel slight tension in your chest. Hold for 30 seconds, then repeat on the other side.
3. Your chest is one of the first muscle groups to atrophy when you stop lifting weights. That's because you rarely stress your chest muscles in daily activities. Think about it: How often do you have to push heavy weight away from your chest? Keep in mind that losing muscle slows your metabolism , which means?
Three things You Don't Know About Your Chest
1. You're most likely to rupture your chest muscles in your 20s and 30s. Chalk it up to ego. Tears in the pectoralis major — your largest chest muscle — typically occur in men trying to bench-press more weight than they can handle.
2. Your chest can sabotage your posture. When your chest muscles are tight, they pull your shoulders forward, making you appear hunched instead of tall and straight. Use this doorway chest stretch twice a day to loosen up: Bend your right arm 90 degrees and place your forearm against a door frame. Then push your right shoulder forward until you feel slight tension in your chest. Hold for 30 seconds, then repeat on the other side.
3. Your chest is one of the first muscle groups to atrophy when you stop lifting weights. That's because you rarely stress your chest muscles in daily activities. Think about it: How often do you have to push heavy weight away from your chest? Keep in mind that losing muscle slows your metabolism , which means?
