What exercises besides dips and declined bench can build your lower chest? Should you do declined dumbell exercises?
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Thread: Building LOWER Chest
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09-28-2002, 01:21 PM #1
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09-28-2002, 01:28 PM #2
i would say the best feature, well i have quite a few, buyt a wide chest is something i am proud of. so here is my split and i recomend it greatly.
inc bb
dec db
inc db
flat db flies
that is the best order/exercise compilationi have ever made up. i use it and it is the best. i wouldn't want to ever change it. i will one day but i have been making great gains on it for some time. try it and you will love it. dec db is the best.
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09-28-2002, 02:14 PM #3
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09-28-2002, 02:34 PM #4
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09-28-2002, 06:13 PM #5
why must some smart ass that knows you can't REALLY isolate a chest muscle on the lower side always come in?
bb rule #1. everyone knows that and know one likes to have to say it everytime. there is no point to your smart ass comment. to work the lower chest you aren't going to do incline bench smart guy.
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09-28-2002, 07:24 PM #6
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09-28-2002, 07:28 PM #7
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09-29-2002, 12:38 PM #8
Alright... You asked for it.
And it works... You never look smart.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
"Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him."
-Nietzsche
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09-29-2002, 12:57 PM #9
thats been an ongoing thing on this board for a while whether or not their are different parts to your chest and whether or not you can isolate a part of it better. Scientifically I have no Idea whether or not, but in my opinion yes you can hit certain parts of the chest harder with different angles. just look at a pic of franco columbu, his chest has a cut going right across the middle separating the top and bottom. Im sure Ill get flamed for this though
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09-29-2002, 01:09 PM #10
You can emphasize different parts of a muscle, but you really can't isolate anything. You are still exercising the muscle as a whole. I personally do decline DB press because I feel that it hit my pecs hard, and makes them grow. It may add some size to the lower portion of my pecs, it may not. But I know that it makes my chest as a whole grow, and my lower chest is part of my chest () so it grows too.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
"Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him."
-Nietzsche
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09-29-2002, 01:47 PM #11Originally posted by Melkor
You can emphasize different parts of a muscle, but you really can't isolate anything. You are still exercising the muscle as a whole. I personally do decline DB press because I feel that it hit my pecs hard, and makes them grow. It may add some size to the lower portion of my pecs, it may not. But I know that it makes my chest as a whole grow, and my lower chest is part of my chest () so it grows too.
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10-01-2002, 07:32 AM #12
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10-01-2002, 08:10 AM #13
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10-01-2002, 09:09 AM #14
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10-01-2002, 10:17 AM #15
"just look at a pic of franco columbu, his chest has a cut going right across the middle separating the top and bottom"
That's genetic, it has to do with how and where the pec's are attached to bone. It's the same deal as why Ronnie Coleman has a wide space between his rectus abdominus (abs) and other have perfectly aligned 6-pack ... even though they all do the same exercises.
This is my favorite quote ever on this message board (and it's in this thread)
"i would say the best feature, well i have quite a few, buyt a wide chest is something i am proud of. so here is my split and i recomend it greatly."
Picture a slot machine. That's what I'm doing with my eyes. Good Lord."The difference between the champion and the challenger is that the champion ALWAYS gets up before the count of 10" -- Me
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10-01-2002, 02:51 PM #16
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10-01-2002, 03:05 PM #17Originally posted by MrB
"i would say the best feature, well i have quite a few, buyt a wide chest is something i am proud of. so here is my split and i recomend it greatly."
Picture a slot machine. That's what I'm doing with my eyes. Good Lord.
fuk you. why do people feel the need to be such condecending pricks on this board? i was playing around big guy. i have a wide chest. it looks good. i like my split and i am proud of it. who the flying fuk are you to anything to me? how old are you? why don't you post your age? and heres a fuk you for the road.
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10-01-2002, 03:49 PM #18Originally posted by MrB
This is my favorite quote ever on this message board (and it's in this thread)
"i would say the best feature, well i have quite a few, buyt a wide chest is something i am proud of. so here is my split and i recomend it greatly."
Picture a slot machine. That's what I'm doing with my eyes. Good Lord.
D-Termine didn't I tell you to stay out of the exercise forum you keep making an ass out of yourself. I have a better idea get off of this site because you know zero about bodybuilding. Go back into the misc section were you belong.
Can you believe D-Termine thinks he will be a MOD on these boards one day LOL and I'm going to be President one day LOL what a fool."everyone who knows me knows im just messing around" ~ BPP trying to cover up how much of a moron he is
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10-01-2002, 05:49 PM #19
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10-01-2002, 05:55 PM #20
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10-01-2002, 07:33 PM #21
i like it:d
drewbie thnx for the backing, i think.....
but i don't think that deadlifts build up traps, alot
based upon
i have NEVER read about it
and they don't for ME
but if it works for some people all i can do is say "if it works for you and i am very skeptical"
this whole watching the way i say things is a bitch. i like to type quick and post. i really don't like being so careful with my wording. if i get sloppy it only allows people, well **** packers like wiseguy, to miss quote you and take things like sarcasm out of context. like the bread and butter comment.
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10-01-2002, 08:04 PM #22
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10-01-2002, 09:12 PM #23Originally posted by D-Termine
i like it:d
drewbie thnx for the backing, i think.....
but i don't think that deadlifts build up traps, alot
based upon
i have NEVER read about it
and they don't for ME
but if it works for some people all i can do is say "if it works for you and i am very skeptical"
this whole watching the way i say things is a bitch. i like to type quick and post. i really don't like being so careful with my wording. if i get sloppy it only allows people, well **** packers like wiseguy, to miss quote you and take things like sarcasm out of context. like the bread and butter comment.
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10-02-2002, 12:45 AM #24
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Originally posted by John_Thomas
For crying out loud, I am sick of this 'deadlifts don't build traps' bull****. It is not a direct trapezius exercise, but at the top of the motion there is a 'chest thrust' motion, which feels a bit like a shrug. Shrugs do build traps, therefore they can assist in the development. Its a bit like saying 'chins don't build the biceps' or 'benching won't build your triceps' - it is, and they are, compound movements, and consequently they will all help with various muscle groups. It isn't written anywhere, you just have to think about how the different muscle groups work whilst performing a lift. Now, get over it.
my sentiments exactly.........
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10-02-2002, 02:28 AM #25Originally posted by irpker
There is no lower chest. You have learned bb'ing rule #1.
There are only 2 chest muscle, pectoralis major and pectoralis minor.Last edited by Buff_Daddy; 10-02-2002 at 02:30 AM.
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10-02-2002, 02:29 AM #26
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10-02-2002, 02:54 AM #27
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10-02-2002, 05:30 AM #28
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10-02-2002, 08:08 AM #29
Probably has to do with natural range of motion.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
"Out of damp and gloomy days, out of solitude, out of loveless words directed at us, conclusions grow up in us like fungus: one morning they are there, we know not how, and they gaze upon us, morose and gray. Woe to the thinker who is not the gardener but only the soil of the plants that grow in him."
-Nietzsche
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10-02-2002, 09:04 AM #30
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