Why Does My Chest Take The Longest To Gain Muscle?

[louis_7]

all throughout my life i never had a chest. i wa sone of those scronny kids back in the day untill i started working out 6 months ago on a consistant basis like 5 times a week. if seen a huge improvement in my chest but im seeing my arms and shlouders seem to be gettin bigger at a faster rate. What should i do? Mabe do chest trice a week? Any tips?

[jimmybody]

all throughout my life i never had a chest. i wa sone of those scronny kids back in the day untill i started working out 6 months ago on a consistant basis like 5 times a week. if seen a huge improvement in my chest but im seeing my arms and shlouders seem to be gettin bigger at a faster rate. What should i do? Mabe do chest trice a week? Any tips?

maybe your not eating enough?

[FightingIrish98]

Whats your chest routine look like? Do you do weighted dips?

[Hager]

beat the living **** out of your chest, and beat the living **** outa the weights. your chest will grow. i had to do this for mine. i would do a regular workout, like i did for everything else, and i wouldnt see any gains. so i stacked it. decline bench, flat and incline bench, cable crossovers, flys, dumbell presses, and some dips here and there. i would always warm up with a couple sets of 10 pushups, id go as much weight as i could do for 8-10 reps, keeping things as strict as i could. your chest will grow. alot of people have the same problem with biceps, or so i hear. chest and biceps can be...in some cases...the hardest muscles to build. but hey...any muscle can be that way. it varies for each person.

[Richie88]

Lots of pec flys

[callmeG]

try 3 set incline db press, then 5 set flat bench, then 3 set decline db bench, then dips and can throw flys in and db pullover, try that in 6-8 rep range, you'll feel it

[louis_7]

Whats your chest routine look like? Do you do weighted dips?

my diet is pretty good to be hounest.
I do seated dips when i do tris mostly

chest routine: week one

flat bench 155 X 3 X 10-12
incline bench 135 X 3 X 8-10
decline bench 155 X 3 X 10-12
cable flys 20 X 3 X 12-15

week two
flat bench 60 X 3 X 10-12
incline bench 50 X 3 X 10-12
decline machine 50 ( each side ) X 3 X 10-12
medicine ball incline flys 12 X 3 X 12-15

I do weighted dips and regular dips wen i do tris
And i do sets of pushups before bed.
-close grip 3 X 15
-wide grip 3 X 15
-diamond grip 3 X 15

(around 5-7 times a week before i go to bed)

[CMoneyFreshh]

Absolutley kill it. Start thinking your going to kill it before you even leave for the gym. Get motivated and go in there and bang sh!t out!!

[louis_7]

beat the living **** out of your chest, and beat the living **** outa the weights. your chest will grow. i had to do this for mine. i would do a regular workout, like i did for everything else, and i wouldnt see any gains. so i stacked it. decline bench, flat and incline bench, cable crossovers, flys, dumbell presses, and some dips here and there. i would always warm up with a couple sets of 10 pushups, id go as much weight as i could do for 8-10 reps, keeping things as strict as i could. your chest will grow. alot of people have the same problem with biceps, or so i hear. chest and biceps can be...in some cases...the hardest muscles to build. but hey...any muscle can be that way. it varies for each person.

I wil start doing that. didnt wanna push myself to hard cause i no alot of chest is shoulders if u start adding to much weight. you no what i mean?

try 3 set incline db press, then 5 set flat bench, then 3 set decline db bench, then dips and can throw flys in and db pullover, try that in 6-8 rep range, you'll feel it

i sure will try that. have it copied and now bout to paste somewhere. thanks

[CMoneyFreshh]

Oh and use lots of dumbbells. The isolation will help so much.

[lefthookright]

I wil start doing that. didnt wanna push myself to hard cause i no alot of chest is shoulders if u start adding to much weight. you no what i mean?

No not if you have proper form and tuck your shoulders. Plus Bench is a compound it works anterior deltoid chest and triceps if you wanna just completely isolate your chest go do some flys or grab a pec dec

[JOSEF RAKICH]

all throughout my life i never had a chest. i wa sone of those scronny kids back in the day untill i started working out 6 months ago on a consistant basis like 5 times a week. if seen a huge improvement in my chest but im seeing my arms and shlouders seem to be gettin bigger at a faster rate. What should i do? Mabe do chest trice a week? Any tips?

Bro if everything else is gaining but your chest is not, its most likely due to your form. Which results in you not actually hitting your chest hard enough therefore not ripping enough muscle fibres to promote muscle growth in that particular msucle. (chest)

You might be doing chest exercises but because of your form other muscles are probally taking over such as your anterior deltoids and triceps.

Take a read of this and watch the video below on how to use perfect form on increasing stress applyed to your pectorials and limiting other secoundry muscles taking over or helping out as much.

Here is proper benching form on how to increase stress on the pectorials and limit front deltoid and tricep involvement.

- Drop your traps and shoulders down

- Pinch your shoulder blades together

- Puff your chest up

- Drop elbows down slightly under the nipple.
(by having your elbows up high at 90 degrees like how most people bench you will notice much less stress is being applyed to the chest and the front deltoids are being worked much more. Also lowering your elbows will increase your bench, just take a look at how the power lifters bench all with there elbows low, the higher your elbows the more front deltiod involvement, the lower your elbows the more chest involvement)

- Dont lock out or roll the shoulders.
(if you follow the steps above you shouldent be able to roll your shoulders anyway, but its always best to stop short just before lock out. Why? When locking out the stress is removed from the pectorials and placed on the elbow joints, also the top ROM of the bench press is more triceps and front deltoids, thats why when you see pros benching like Ronnie Coleman you notice he dosent lock out his elbows)

- If using dumbells slightly rotate your thumbs upwards
(put your hands out infront of you and turn up your thumbs just a little, this is the angle you want to hold the dumbells at, so that even less deltoid is being involved, this is why i prefer DB over BB)

Follow these steps and it will hit your chest.

Also watch this video by Charles Glass, he explains quite good on how to have maximum stress on the chest and limit your front delt and tricep involvement.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/glasscut3.htm

[JOSEF RAKICH]

No not if you have proper form and tuck your shoulders. Plus Bench is a compound it works anterior deltoid chest and triceps if you wanna just completely isolate your chest go do some flys or grab a pec dec

Good post, reps on re-charge. But flys and pec deck also involve the anterior deltoid as a secoundry muscle.

[incubus08]

I too have this problem but it's starting to come along. TIME is the key

[JOSEF RAKICH]

I too have this problem but it's starting to come along. FORM is the key

Fixed.

[louis_7]

thanks a ton for that video. realy helped me out. I new most of the stuff its just those little points that change everything.

[Gmedlo]

You've only been lifting for 6 months. You weigh 165 pounds. Your chest is probably growing just as much as the rest of your body. Eat until you get to a respectable body weight, are lifting respectable weights, and have a respectable physique; until then, don't complain about how your chest "Takes the longest to gain muscle".

[Gt3x24x7]

Genes to have hard time building chest?