Powerful Keys To A Wide Chest

A wide chest is maybe the single most prevailing mark of power and masculinity in a man.

If you look at a Roman suit of armor, you’ll see that it has that V-taper with a wide chest and slim mid-line. This makes anyone wearing that suit of armor project a masculine power that instills fear in his enemies on the battlefield.

When you build a solid chest, it will make you stand out of the group when you hang out with your buddies. It will automatically fill you with confidence, and just having that V-tapered frame will force people to take you seriously, and will make women go weak at the knees.

Since we were talking on Chest, we not only work on losing chest fat and building a powerful set of pecs, but since our goal is to look powerful, masculine, unstoppable… we must also work on increasing the width of our chest.

As a benefit on the side, if you have man boobs, making your chest wider will force that breast fat to be spread over a greater surface, so your chest looks flatter.

The 2 Keys To A Wide Chest

Most us have no idea how to go about building that perfect chest with excellent proportions and good width. When it comes to building good chest width, there are two important keys you need to keep in mind…

Key #1: Train with a full range of motion (ROM), being sure to stretch the pecs as much as possible at the bottom of the movement.

If you want to increase the width of your chest, then you have to work the outer portion of your pecs by letting the bar go down as low as you can.

O=Outer Pecs, I=Inner Pecs

You train the outer portion of your pecs when you get a full stretch at the bottom of the movement. Training the outer pecs is important for developing maximum chest width.

Where working the outer portion of your pecs increases chest width, working the inner portion of your pecs (near the mid line of your chest) increases chest thickness.

Key #2: Train The Antagonist Muscles

When you train your biceps to be bigger and stronger than your triceps, then your arms will be held bent at rest. If at the same time you don’t train your biceps with a full range of motion by straightening your arms fully at the bottom, then you will not be able to straighten your arms at all.

What ARE The Antagonising Muscles Of The Chest?

The main opposing muscle of the chest is the latissimus dorsi (lats) of the upper back. Where the pectoralis major of the chest pulls your shoulders forward, the latissimus dorsi pulls your shoulders back.

The lats are the main muscles in your back that oppose your chest

The secret lies in growing your upper back muscles just as much as you grow your chest muscles. With large and strong pecs and lats, your shoulders will be held back in a neutral position, and your chest and whole upper body will get wider.