Bench Press Grip Widths & Muscles Worked! Varying your bench press grip width shifts the focus on different muscle groups. The main muscles involved are the chest, shoulders (specifically the anterior deltoids), and triceps. A narrow grip emphasizes the triceps, but as your grip widens, triceps involvement decreases while chest and shoulder activation increases. A wide grip can actually helps you bench a bit more weight, but it comes with drawbacks—it reduces your range of motion and increases t

Need more than one exercise? Comment “Shoulder” and the robot will send you a link to join our free Shoulder Pain Relief email series. It will give you stretches, massages, and strengthening exercises. This exercise is a great one for people to add into their routine. If you are a desk worker or sit at your computer a lot, you may end up with your shoulders rounded forward and your arm rotating inwardly. Doing this will help to strengthen the external rotator cuff muscles (infraspanatus and tere