Good inner-chest Excerises?

[JesusWalks]

Hey everyone. My inner chest is lagging and I was wondering if there was any exercises out there that stimulate this certain area. My gym doesn't have a pec-deck machine so that's off the list. Thanks a bunch.

[Daywalker75]

Hey everyone. My inner chest is lagging and I was wondering if there was any exercises out there that stimulate this certain area. My gym doesn't have a pec-deck machine so that's off the list. Thanks a bunch.

Close grip presses...cable crossovers standing or lying on a bench, Squeeze at the top of movement...dumbell flyes, Also squeeze at the top of movement.

[-Lucifer]

[TheBroBrah]

Close grip presses...cable crossovers standing or lying on a bench, Squeeze at the top of movement...dumbell flyes, Also squeeze at the top of movement.

You cannot put more emphasis on the inner chest.

[Msaki75]

Hey everyone. My inner chest is lagging and I was wondering if there was any exercises out there that stimulate this certain area. My gym doesn't have a pec-deck machine so that's off the list. Thanks a bunch.

High Pulley cablecrossover ftw, like the guy above said, squeeze at the top of the movement and it works way better

[jaketyler123]

try the search function man. there are 223 threads relating to "inner chest exercises"

[Daywalker75]

You cannot put more emphasis on the inner chest.

Incorrect...
You can't isolate different areas of the chest...whenever yr pec contracts the whole chest contracts. But there is more stress and emphasis on certain areas depending on the exercise/angle you do. For example I mentioned close grip presses, They will make the whole chest contract but the close grip will emphasise the inner pec more as the diagram above shows.

[medjen]

try the search function man. there are 223 threads relating to "inner chest exercises"

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/search...chid=387787951

I still would have guessed more.

[laughin_man]

Incorrect...
You can't isolate different areas of the chest...whenever yr pec contracts the whole chest contracts. But there is more stress and emphasis on certain areas depending on the exercise/angle you do. For example I mentioned close grip presses, They will make the whole chest contract but the close grip will emphasise the inner pec more as the diagram above shows.

no.

[Daywalker75]

no.

http://mdtv.musculardevelopment.com/...-training.html

^THIS^ at 2:20 6 time Mr O Dorian Yates explains what I just posted...you cannot isolate different parts of the chest, But by using different angles you can put more emphasis on different parts of the chest.

Enough said.

[IDNeon]

no.

I guess this is why you have no inner chest.

Placement of grip and angle changes the focus of maximum stress, your body knows to strengthen areas receiving the most stress. This is why bench press builds chest even tho it also involved tricep and shoulder which both contract as the chest contracts.

To think stress doesn't matter and contraction is all that matters is stupid and is probably why you look like a pencil dick.

[socket]

Lol, here we go again. Some say/think you can target certian areas of the chest, some don't.
I'm in the later camp.
That said, the answer everyone agrees with...........

Hit the chest with everything you can, eat, sleep, repeat. No reason to exclude any exercises you have access to. experiment, and find out which techniques/routines work best for you.

[TheBroBrah]

I guess this is why you have no inner chest.

Placement of grip and angle changes the focus of maximum stress, your body knows to strengthen areas receiving the most stress. This is why bench press builds chest even tho it also involved tricep and shoulder which both contract as the chest contracts.

To think stress doesn't matter and contraction is all that matters is stupid and is probably why you look like a pencil dick.

Inner chest comes from low bodyfat, when will people realize that. If it was anatomically possible to "put more emphasis" on the inner chest. You would see people with large bumps sticking out of their "inner chest".

Go ahead and believe that you can hit the inner chest more than another part of the chest, but it's not even possible.

[dizzay20]

There was a study done on mice, which showed that even though damage is incurred at one certain region does not mean that that specific region will grow, the whole muscle grew in equal parts rather than just that specific area. Have to dig up that study.

[Daywalker75]

If you couldnt emphasise different parts of the chest by changing angles and exercises then why do we do a range of different exercises for our chest lol? Why dont we just all stick to doing flat bench then. I know for certain that If go in the gym and do 10 sets of incline only, The next day the upper half of my pecs will be more sore than the lower, Although my whole pec contracted when I did the incline. Same would happen if i went in and did a bunch of heavy decline...the bottom half would be more sore than the upper. Go and try it yrselves...
So how can people then turn around and say you cannot emphasise different parts of the chest when you yrself are probably doing incline flat decline? Why are you doing dips, and crossovers and flyes then lol? What you mean to say is, You cannot ISOLATE different areas of the chest. But emphasise you can! Otherwise we would all only be doing flat bench! LOL

[dizzay20]

If you couldnt emphasise different parts of the chest by changing angles and exercises then why do we do a range of different exercises for our chest lol? Why dont we just all stick to doing flat bench then. I know for certain that If go in the gym and do 10 sets of incline only, The next day the upper half of my pecs will be more sore than the lower, Although my whole pec contracted when I did the incline. Same would happen if i went in and did a bunch of heavy decline...the bottom half would be more sore than the upper. Go and try it yrselves...
So how can people then turn around and say you cannot emphasise different parts of the chest when you yrself are probably doing incline flat decline? Why are you doing dips, and crossovers and flyes then lol? What you mean to say is, You cannot ISOLATE different areas of the chest. But emphasise you can! Otherwise we would all only be doing flat bench! LOL

same reason there are many ways to do cardio rather than just running...?whole body routines revolve around just flat benches and they seem to make the same sort of gains as ppl who do alot of isolations.

[Tomohawk92]

If you couldnt emphasise different parts of the chest by changing angles and exercises then why do we do a range of different exercises for our chest lol? Why dont we just all stick to doing flat bench then. I know for certain that If go in the gym and do 10 sets of incline only, The next day the upper half of my pecs will be more sore than the lower, Although my whole pec contracted when I did the incline. Same would happen if i went in and did a bunch of heavy decline...the bottom half would be more sore than the upper. Go and try it yrselves...
So how can people then turn around and say you cannot emphasise different parts of the chest when you yrself are probably doing incline flat decline? Why are you doing dips, and crossovers and flyes then lol? What you mean to say is, You cannot ISOLATE different areas of the chest. But emphasise you can! Otherwise we would all only be doing flat bench! LOL

tha fuk is wrong with these people. qft

[TexAss]

In before "There is no inner chest"



Oh, wait...











Nevermind.

[Daywalker75]

Personally ive always hit my chest from an array of different angles to great success so im not too fussed, I dont have any problems building any part of my body, Ive been training long enough to know what works and what doesnt. But I do get a laugh when I see 17 and 20 year old kids coming on here and telling people how to train lol...or guys replying with one liners instead of explaining as to why you disagree with a particular post. Or the guy that has a lot of know how but doesnt have a pic up of what he has actually achieved in the gym...All quite amusing.

[SquatTilYouDrop]

lol...or guys replying with one liners instead of explaining as to why you disagree with a particular post....All quite amusing.

What's wrong with one liners....

[TexAss]

or guys replying with one liners instead of explaining as to why you disagree with a particular post.

When a topic is as beaten to death as this one is, one liners are appropriate. Especially when, as mentioned above, a simple search would have revealed said repeated beating.

[Defiant1]

same reason there are many ways to do cardio rather than just running...?whole body routines revolve around just flat benches and they seem to make the same sort of gains as ppl who do alot of isolations.

lulz.


ya think so.....huh?

[spirit3530]

lol @ this thrad

OP, your form and hand spacing is suboptimal.


You can stress different areas of each bodypart. However individual muscle insertions determine shape of the muscles.

[Alex2010]

i agree, 17 and 18 year old 140lb kids shouldnt not be saying anything, especially when you have no chest. as neither should i rly cause my chest sucks. but u gotta admit people wouldnt be talking about developing inner chests if it hadnt work for at least 1 person right? they didnt jus make that **** up

[GetEven]

I used to do flat bench only when I started working out, and literally had no upper/inner chest. Started doing incline flyes and dumbbell presses, started to fill out upper/inner chest. Hmm...
I don't care how many of you say you can't isolate inner chest, your broscience is nothing compared to real results.

[-Lucifer]

If you couldnt emphasise different parts of the chest by changing angles and exercises then why do we do a range of different exercises for our chest lol? Why dont we just all stick to doing flat bench then. I know for certain that If go in the gym and do 10 sets of incline only, The next day the upper half of my pecs will be more sore than the lower, Although my whole pec contracted when I did the incline. Same would happen if i went in and did a bunch of heavy decline...the bottom half would be more sore than the upper. Go and try it yrselves...
So how can people then turn around and say you cannot emphasise different parts of the chest when you yrself are probably doing incline flat decline? Why are you doing dips, and crossovers and flyes then lol? What you mean to say is, You cannot ISOLATE different areas of the chest. But emphasise you can! Otherwise we would all only be doing flat bench! LOL

Reps on recharge.

[chocolatemilk]

You cannot put more emphasis on the inner chest.

Age: 18
Stats: 5'8", 145 lbs

[aliquis]

Incorrect...
You can't isolate different areas of the chest...whenever yr pec contracts the whole chest contracts. But there is more stress and emphasis on certain areas depending on the exercise/angle you do. For example I mentioned close grip presses, They will make the whole chest contract but the close grip will emphasise the inner pec more as the diagram above shows.

Yeah it's on a picture so it must be true.

The muscles end/fasten at the middle and you can't do **** about it so that's it. Either you get bigger pecs or you don't.


I won't get into a theoretical discussion about it in general and shouldn't mention anything because some people will most likely disagree. But:
Can you put focus on different muscle? Yes.
Can you put focus on different heads of the same muscle? I guess so.
Can you put focus on different muscle fibers? No idea, don't seem totally unreasonable?
Can you put focus on different parts of the same muscle fiber/direction? Doubt it.
Can you put focus on different parts of the same muscle cell? No way =P

[aliquis]

http://mdtv.musculardevelopment.com/...-training.html

^THIS^ at 2:20 6 time Mr O Dorian Yates explains what I just posted...you cannot isolate different parts of the chest, But by using different angles you can put more emphasis on different parts of the chest.

Enough said.

And Kevin Levrone listen to that rubber-vegan-static-training-raw-food-omg-the-aminoacids-in-sprouts-man but he must know all about training because he has grown.


And at 2.20 he doesn't say 5hit about using different angles, he says you can't isolate parts of the chest, will contract it all and will build at all places.

So where does it really support your claims? Listen to it again maybe?

[ThickAsABrick]

Reps on recharge.

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