As Kourtney Kardashian says, can exercise make your breasts bigger and better?

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Vincent Roche (physiotherapist)

While she has just had a little boy, Kourtney Kardashian is already back at work. She has just published a video on her website extolling the merits of strengthening the pectoral muscles, to firm up her chest. Is this really possible?

Can you get firmer breasts through weight training?

The video, produced by a pilates coach, shows a workout routine focusing on strengthening the pectorals to firm up your chest. In the video, Shannon Nadi, the founder of Hot Pilates studio, explains: “Breasts are not muscles and therefore cannot be toned like glutes and abs, unfortunately so you cannot have bigger and more beautiful breasts this way. However, you can strengthen your pectoral muscles just behind and around this area. Although there are no exercises for your breasts per se, especially for the glandular tissue inside, these pectoral muscle exercises can help.”.

Work your back muscles

“Building muscle is impossible, they are made of fat. Strengthening the pectoral muscles will therefore not help. confirms Vincent Roche, physiotherapist. “On the other hand, exercising allows you to shape up, to have a firmer and more toned body, which is felt on the chest and in its appearance..

According to our physiotherapist, it is therefore preferable to work the back muscles which will pull the shoulders back and put the thorax forward. “Working on the pectorals can possibly avoid the “washcloth” aspect but for this you need to have a very advanced level in bodybuilding, which is not the case for everyone. But in no case will it have the power to raise the chest.” adds the specialist.

“The only muscle that has this function is the platysma muscle, but it is a platysma muscle, which is found at the throat and at the top of the chest. But it actually has little power, due to its finesse.” concludes the expert.

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