Looking to train your lower pecs but not sure you've nailed down the correct exercises for this? Here are three exercises to include in your next upper body day, according to a bodybuilding personal trainer. Developing muscle and definition in the lower pecs through strength training is a good way to create a fuller chest and will improve your performance in upper body exercises. But as bodybuilder and certified personal trainer Alain Gonzalez shared in a recent YouTube video, "For many of us the lower portion of the chest is the most difficult area of the pecs to build".
Thankfully, he didn't leave us in the dark about building out the lower pecs. Instead he said there are only really three exercises you need build a set of rounded pecs and they don't involve push ups or decline presses. Gonzalez' exercises do require access to gym equipment including a barbell, dumbbells and a cable machine.
But don't worry if you don't have a gym membership. You can still build chest muscle at home with a pair of the best adjustable dumbbells and these dumbbell chest exercises . What are Coach Gonzalez' Lower Pec Exercises? According to Gonzalez, the pectoralis major, commonly referred to as the chest muscle, is composed of two main heads: the upper (clavicular) head and the lower (sternocostal) head.
"That said if you look at certain textbooks you'll see the lowest portion of the pecs is divided into a third head, the abdominal head," coach Gonzalez explains. "While the entire chest is re.