there's no such thing as LOWER CHEST! Grrr!!!

[NeinLives]

I SEA what you did there...

I'm 23 now and was 17 when this thread was fresh. Nice to unearth history every now and again, I suppose.

Strong bump INDEED!

[Mtguy8787]

wow... oldest bump Ive seen up to now..

[sunny1346]

doesnt a flat bench press work the whole chest the sternal head and the clavical head and even the pec minor.

becuz u cant tense the pec minor and pec major seperately i assumed that when u bench press it also hits the pec minor so i dropped flyes outa my workout.... i never liked isolation anway

and yes i know this thread is 9 years old

[_OZ_]

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Save yourself the trouble and study anatomy charts.

[SDFlip]

and yes i know this thread is 9 years old

this thread is 9 years old

[chazzy1864]

this thread is 9 years old

No brah, this thread is nine years old.

[mikey-86]

I'm 23 now and was 17 when this thread was fresh. Nice to unearth history every now and again, I suppose.

Strong bump INDEED!

ha and now you're 26

[x-LeanMass-x]

I have argued this on the last boards and I refuse to get into it again... so I will say this... use all the variations... decline flat and incline.

Exactly. It can't hurt to incorporate them all. Do decline every other week or so. Mix up your angles and grips. I too am looking for that slab look though with the line underneath. I think it just comes with mass..

[TheStreetKing]

ok you guys, some of you are totally gonna disagree with me, but listen up. As stated in one of the earlier posts, the chest muscle consists of two main parts. There is NO separate lower chest muscle. If you look at a bodybuilder with massive pecs, the line you see underneath the chest is an illusion. It happens because the chest muscles are so heavy that gravity pulls them down, which causes a crease, which looks like lower pec definition. I know for a fact that a lot of the pros don't bother with bull**** decline benches, however incline bench presses are beneficial since they do target the upper head of the chest.

let the argument begin.

Strong Bump

[kanis999]

If anyone is still interested in the debate, watch this video of Dorian Yates.

http://videos.bodybuilding.com/watch...r-chest-biceps

He is "somewhat" of a pro and he doesn't seem to think decline bench is BS. He instructs users of the video to decline instead of flat because it moves the arms along the path that the pec major naturally pulls: accross and DOWN the chest. Decline works the biggest muscle of the chest directly. I also find that it is much safer on the joints, which is a huge plus.

[youngwiz]

This thread was started when I wad 8 years old

[DJAuto]

I cannot believe this business is still going on, 11 years later.

Oh wait, yes I can.

[marcb80]

[TheDarkKnight27]

There's no upper chest either. Decline stresses the lower fibers more, incline stresses the upper fiber more. simple as.

[Solarwile]

Time for some more bump. thx.

[CertifiedMuscle]

It is true that there are only two muscles in your chest. Pectoralis major and minor. These can be worked by incline and flat presses. Flat presses work some of both while incline works mainly the minor and decline works mainly the major.

Wrong. Looks like someone needs to re-visit anatomy & physiology 101. Incline Press works the upper fibers of the pectoralis major. The pectoralis minor is underneath the pec-major and doesn't contribute much to the lift.

What you're thinking of is the CLAVICULAR and STERNAL portions of the pectoralis MAJOR.

[acrawlingchaos]

Wrong. Looks like someone needs to re-visit anatomy & physiology 101. Incline Press works the upper fibers of the pectoralis major. The pectoralis minor is underneath the pec-major and doesn't contribute much to the lift.

What you're thinking of is the CLAVICULAR and STERNAL portions of the pectoralis MAJOR.

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[Xuaxace]

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strong this

[Conxnut]

Resurrected !

my grandma has a lower chest

Lol

[my_name_is_bob]

i sea what you did there...

sea people!!!!

[400Lb Gorilla]

i think this thread has pretty much run its course.