Another common exercise I’ve left off the list is any type of decline press. This wasn’t a mistake. The reason I’m shunning this popular exercise is that decline pressing is simply less effective than incline and flat pressing for training the pecs. Due to its reduced range of motion, it causes less stimulation of both the pectoralis major and clavicular pectoralis.24 A common argument for doing decline presses is to work the lowest portion of the pectoralis major, but dips are a far superior exercise for accomplishing this while also training more muscles overall and building upper body
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