Chest Workouts You Can Do With a Broken Hand
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A hand injury can seriously affect your chest exercise. Many of the most common chest exercises use your hand to a certain extent, which can be unwise if you get hurt in this area. Nevertheless, all hope has not been lost. There are several different exercise methods that can effectively target your chest muscles and allow you to exercise with a broken hand.
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1. PEC deck
exercise machine can help you exercise with broken hands. PEC deck is a good way to aim at the chest muscles without causing excessive pressure on the injured hand.
: keep your forearm on the foam pad of the instrument while ensuring that the injured hand will not touch. Keep your arms together for 1 to 2 seconds. Then, slowly release the pressure and return the forearm to its original position.
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2. Flight of resistance band
activates pectoralis major and pectoralis minor. How to do it: lie on your back on the weightlifting platform. Put a resistance strap under the bench and tie the end of the strap to each of your wrists. Stretch your arms side by side, hands on your chest. Be sure to keep your elbows straight when doing this. When the palms meet, slowly return the arms to one side of the body.
3. Supine drilling can exercise your anterior serratus muscle, which is located at the outer edge of the chest and connected to the ribs. How to do it: lie on your back and attach your wrist to each forearm. Raise your arms above your head and straighten your elbows. Then, bend your shoulder blades forward and hit your hands up on the ceiling. After holding your hands here for 1 to 2 seconds, relax your shoulder blades and lower your hands again without bending your elbows.
4. Resistance band internal rotation
use resistance band to strengthen pectoralis major muscle, which helps to internal rotation of shoulder and several other muscles. How to do it: fix one end of the resistance band on the door and the other end on the wrist of the injured arm. Keep your elbows at a 90 degree angle and rest against your side. Slowly rotate your forearm toward your stomach. When it reaches your abdomen, hold in this position for a few seconds, then release the tension in the bandage and rotate the forearm away from your body.