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    Question Rib Cage question......anyone have the same problem?

    The area between your chest and your abs, I think it's the Rib Cage, I don't know so correct me if I'm wrong........but what's pissing me off is the fact that my Rib Cage seems to stick out more then my chest,I'm talking about the bone where the upper abs begin.

    I was thinking that maybe I am just lagging behind in my chest, but I don't know.................does this go away if I add more mass?? or if I make my chest bigger??
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    Re: Rib Cage question......anyone have the same problem?

    Originally posted by Endrit
    but what's pissing me off is the fact that my Rib Cage seems to stick out more then my chest,I'm talking about the bone where the upper abs begin.
    I have the same issue, we hate it now, but it will make us look all the better in years to come, look at arnolds ribs for god sakes!!
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    isn't it called your serratus or somthing i think i spelled that wrong.
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    its the solarplexus
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    yeah, i beleive that the seratus are conected to the rib cage from the sides
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    What do you mean it will eventually look better?? Will my chest actually start getting bigger and fill it in or something?
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    dude i think u've got a really good bone structure, that's why. Lotsa ppl would give to have a bigger ribcage like you. Once you get muscle on it it'll be awesome.
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    this is the first time I am seeing my rib cage as a good thing, I hope you're right.......................I wonder if there is any way to work my Rib Cage??

    oh by the way you say I have a good bone structure.......I'm double jointed in my arms..........so double jointed that when I completely lock my arms up it freeks my friends out cause they say my arms look like they've been broken or something......I don't know if that's good bone structure......
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    I have the same problem, but once your chest fully develops , the ribs will lift it up, sorta, and it will look all that more awesome.
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    I have a large ribcage myself.

    Dont worry about it, it is purely genetic. If you are inclined to view it in a negative aspect (which you shouldn't) than thank god that you don'y have the opposite and have a depressed sternum.

    Now considering that your ribcage actually starts just below your two clavicles (collar bones), and goes as low as your upper abs.

    Actually if you push down into your sides approx half way down your upper body, you can palpate (feel) the ends of your 12th ribs.
    INFACT, the 12th rib is not refered to as a 'true rib', but a 'floating rib' because it does not actually attatch to the sternum via costal cartilage.

    Also dont use the term 'double jointed', there is no such thing as being double jointed. You have hypermobile joints, which is not a very good thing, particularly for heavy weight training.
    You have hypermobile joints for several reasons, primarily caused by genetics.

    To suggest that there is two joints where there should only be one is a rediculous concept!

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    i have the same problem except my chest sticks out a little more than my rib cage.
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    i uno but i understand it like your middle of the chest sticks out a little mo?
    if not my fault but if yes it could be a growing failure due to wrong diet in young ages it also can lead to X or O shaped legs and a out-sticking chest or other way.
    im not sure but i suppose its a lack of vitamin d and calcium.
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    Originally posted by Damien
    i uno but i understand it like your middle of the chest sticks out a little mo?
    if not my fault but if yes it could be a growing failure due to wrong diet in young ages it also can lead to X or O shaped legs and a out-sticking chest or other way.
    im not sure but i suppose its a lack of vitamin d and calcium.
    No not a lack of childhood nutrition.

    It is purely genetic.
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    Yup, I consider it a gift now....as I once thought it looked weird.

    I am starting to fill it out, but the same is with me, I would have three levels almost.

    It's pretty much gone now, replaced with muscle (and fat)...and I can tell it makes the upper body look bigger.
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    well arnorl claims that dumbell pullovers expand the chest this might have some truth but he always a had a huge ribcage
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    hey do you mean your sternum sticks out? cuz i got that its called Pectus carinutum and it sucks. all it is is extra cartillege in your ribs that causes it to buckle either in or out. and you guys are saying this is a gift? and it will actually amke you look better when you have a big chest? because i have a low body fat and i already havea 38 inch chest with not even that great of muscle (quite bad actaully)
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    btw any one have pics of it actually looking "good"?? because maybe i dont have enought muscle but i think its the worst flaw on my body and its really ugly
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    Originally posted by bigbuffdan
    well arnorl claims that dumbell pullovers expand the chest this might have some truth but he always a had a huge ribcage
    yeah i mean hard running and heavy breathing from it strengthens the intercostals between the ribs which do in fact expand the rib cage (slightly). Don't know whether pullovers can, though
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    Since when was a 38" chest large?

    When you hit 42", you'll be impressed. (And so will I, I am still at 39" hehe)
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    are you serious you think at about 42 that it will actually look better?? than a normal one, if this is true the you cant imagine how great my intensity will be on chest days lol. becasue i hate my damn pectus and that gives me some hope
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