Doing barbell bench presses may not work your chest optimally, unless you hit the genetic lottery and everything works wonders for you. For most lifters out there, the barbell bench press is not a chest exercise at all, rather a deltoid or a triceps exercise. This is because the chest muscles (pectorals) have a whole lot of functions and when you do barbell bench presses they can choose between transverse flexion or transverse adduction movements. These two movements seem similar, but they’re not the same since they are very much differentiated by the position of your elbows when you perform

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