Which chest exercise actually hits your pecs hardest?
We ran five chest exercises through surface EMG and ranked them by measured pec response. The winner surprises most lifters.
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EMG tested.
The training arguments everyone has, settled with the signal instead of opinion.
Wide vs narrow lat pulldown: we measured the lats
Wide grip for width, close grip for thickness — the gym truism, checked against the activation data.
Smith machine vs barbell bench: what do your pecs say?
Fixed bar path or free weight — which one puts more of the load through the chest? The EMG has an answer.
Repsense is a training-analytics tool, not a medical device. Results are relative indicators for training.