Your hardest chest area to grow?

[darklight79]

Upper chest too. Had to do a lot of incline work.

[Xuaxace]

my chest is fine overall, but I only really started to fully engage the clavicular head since I started doing guilliotine bench.

[HY314]

What exercise focuses on lower-inner chest?

[MassiveKent]

errthing but its all about to change..

and different angles and leverages will shift the area that is stimulated primarily. thats the nature of the muscle type/shape.

[allancadenhead]

52.5204-53.5517° n, 13.4101-13.9885 ° e

This is mine as well! exactly the same spot lol.

Oddly that's my exact location too!

Yeah seems to be my issue is my top as well, been really focusing on incline flies; I'm scared to do to much weight though since I have a ****ty shouldars (weak!)

We should make a group!

In all seriousness, I'd love some positive! " scientific feedback" on the subject. ( not trying to start some silly Internet brawl). Maby someone can sway my view on this!

An understanding of human anatomy, and some research is we're I stand with my view.( note, I'm pointing out the effects of decline bench in particular).

Here a couple articles I quickly rounded up that back up my claim( unfortunately these are not peer reviewed studies)


http://www.bbpics.com/fitness/articles/chestmyth.html

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

http://worldfitnessnetwork.com/chest...ining-muscles/

That's a good post but most of it is inaccurate (No sources i'm afraid). You're right in saying the chest is devided into 3 muscles (yes 3). Thats Major and Minor.. and don't forget the muscle BEHIND these 2 (refer to text book accordingly).

From what I can see... and feel... movements from a decline basis help lower, and movements from an incline help facilitate upper chest growth. But in general, you are right, both decline and incline will work BOTH upper and lower... but depending on what you do will determine what part you work the most.

good post though. Please flame/neg/abuse if you feel i'm talking out of my ass :L haha

[Evandrus]

Not to create an argument but just wondering from this viewpoint then what would the differences between incline/flat/decline be other than more or less triceps and shoulder involvement?

As others have mentioned, you can tear the muscles of the chest in slightly differant places more efficiently depending on the angle worked. You also will bring in the recruitment of other muscles more or less depending on the type of movement.

[ktothewire]

I learned a lot, seems like there are a lot of people that had to really figure out how to grow their chest. I'm going to write a new routine and try to hit my chest a bit harder than I have been.

Great posts everyone, this will also help many other people I think as well.

[allancadenhead]

I learned a lot, seems like there are a lot of people that had to really figure out how to grow their chest. I'm going to write a new routine and try to hit my chest a bit harder than I have been.

Great posts everyone, this will also help many other people I think as well.

That's not a problem. As it's quite a big muscle, along with quads, I'd say (depending on your goals and assuming you're gaining muscle) hit it hard once a week

if you hit it hard more than once a week makw sure you get the rest in. Most people over do it, over-train, and the wonder why their chest doesn't grow!

Good post

[allancadenhead]

my chest is fine overall, but I only really started to fully engage the clavicular head since I started doing guilliotine bench.

LOVE guilliotine press! So good!

[SpiritFighter]

The lower/outer part of my pecs. Not sure How id hit this (decline flies?) and im not sure if i care

My pecs look like this when flexed (not saying im as ripped as pac)

[Volchek]

My upper chest and I use Decline Bench Press and Decline Dumbbell Flyes.But I also see some good seperation within my lover chest and serratus.