Dr. Stuart McGill: Build a Strong, Pain-Proof Back

8479.59 - 8505.525 Stuart McGill

If I wanted to push you or an object, a heavy door perhaps at the university or at a shopping mall, say I could bench press 300 pounds. Well, I can't anymore, but say I could. The bench press muscle is the pec major. Let's look at the architecture of the pec major. The pec major crosses the shoulder joint, distal to the shoulder joint, to where it connects on the upper arm bone, the humerus.