I'm 19, and want to know if doing lots of pull-overs will widen my chest ? Some say it's pointless, so is it worth it?
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Keep in mind that males even after they've stopped growing taller, do broaden for a few years afterwards... Extremities are the first thing to grow larger, and the chest is the last thing.
Myself personally having a large rib cage now...
Between 18 and 23 my chest increased about four inches, and my shoulders broadened about the same. I went from having a "Boyish" looking chest to a manly looking chest. while losing fat. And while I did have some physical labor jobs, it sure wasn't all from built muscle.
I would guess that doing chest work, adding muscle and increasing bone density, at this the end of your growing years, might have a little bit of an effect towards increasing your frame size.
As it makes sense that a growing bone, even slow growing, will be stimulated to grow a little larger, by putting more mass on it, and giving it more demanding jobs that it would increase to meet the demands
But regardless it isn't going to be anything really significant.
In my case I come from a background where both sides of my family are big chested. Heck my grandfather, who worked building a railroad, then built houses, and retired as a house painter, died at 6'6" 285 pounds, and damn near had a six pack!
Stupid ectomorphic genes just had to slip into my mix from my grandmother through my Dad to me!
But all the above is just my layman's oppinion/observation.
Nainoa6'4"
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your ribs are attached to your sternum by cartilaginous tissue. it was believed by many old-time bodybuilders (particularly Arnold) that pullovers stretched this cartilage, and could therefore expand the overall size of the rib cage.
as far as whether it's true or not, i don't really have an opinion. :/"Oderint dum metuant." -Lucius Accius
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05-26-2004, 05:50 AM #19
A resounding NO for all the above reasons. If it appears the bodybuilders of old appear to have "wide ribcage frames" it's probably because they also had narrow waists unlike the bloated, distended stomachs of today's bodybuilders. Pullovers (DB, machine or cable) are a great exercise IMO and have their place in a BACK routine versus chest as they primarily work the lats as well as the serratus. Unfortunately because of this old piece of mis-information they are often overlooked as an exercise choice.
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05-26-2004, 09:00 PM #25
Re: Re: Re: Re: Is it possible to widen your rib-cage?
Originally posted by Voluminous Form
Arnold says so and so does Bill Pearl. Two outstanding bodybuilders. Thats enough proof for now.
LOL!
by your above statement you just shot down any remote credability your statement may have had
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05-26-2004, 10:40 PM #26
Many great champion bodybuilders know this. Lee Labrada "another great Champion" believes in expanding the ribcage.
Doctors use pullovers to successfully treat mild cases of Pectus Excavatum (sunken chest). http://www.planetmuscle.com/articles/6_2/labrada.html
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05-26-2004, 11:36 PM #29Originally posted by Voluminous Form
Doctors use pullovers to successfully treat mild cases of Pectus Excavatum (sunken chest). http://www.planetmuscle.com/articles/6_2/labrada.html
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05-26-2004, 11:38 PM #30
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