here's my workout and my chest is very big and cut, but it seem my upper chest can't get that line down the center like my middle and lower chest has. here's my chest workout, what do you guys suggest:
incline db chest press-3 sets of 8-10
regular db chest press-""
flyes-3 sets of 10-12
dips-3 sets of 12-15
any suggestions?
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06-19-2004, 09:14 PM #1
how can i get the upper chest line?
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06-19-2004, 10:38 PM #7
Mine is starting to pop out, the line, i usually go lite on incline but sense I am ben goin heavy. It is cummin. I still don't like iNcline.
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06-19-2004, 11:01 PM #8
Re: how can i get the upper chest line?
Originally posted by sho89mtx
here's my workout and my chest is very big and cut, but it seem my upper chest can't get that line down the center like my middle and lower chest has. here's my chest workout, what do you guys suggest:
incline db chest press-3 sets of 8-10
regular db chest press-""
flyes-3 sets of 10-12
dips-3 sets of 12-15
any suggestions?
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06-19-2004, 11:10 PM #9
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06-19-2004, 11:32 PM #11
oh, i thought you ment the upper part of chest, hell i have the dividing line and lines in my chest where the muscle divides (upper, middle, an lower)
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.
James Allen 1849-1925
Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes. That way, you'll be a mile from them, and you'll have their shoes.
--Jack Handey Deep Thoughts
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06-19-2004, 11:43 PM #12Originally posted by MiloMan
Flyes don't do any special job of "working the inner chest". I'll let someone else post the automated inner chest myth response.
There is NO such thing as inner chest or outer chest! The fibers of the chest run horizontally somewhat like a fan shape (http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/issa67abig.jpg). Therefore, you CANNOT target the inner portions more than the outer portions or vice versa because it's IMPOSSIBLE to work a portion of a fiber more than the other and the entire length of a fiber will ALWAYS work at the same degree of stress and that applies to ANY muscle. The supposed feeling you thought you had in your inner chest from certain exercises is just a cramping sensation you got in your tendons by the sternum. A lot of this "inner chest" stuff has to do with GENETICS meaning muscle insertion points and bone structure. Some people's pectorals originate farther from the sternum, which would result in that gap. And your pectorals will usually follow the shape of your ribcage. Your best bet is to get your chest as developed as possible and in time it'll fill out. Lowering your bodyfat will also help a great deal in revealing your inner chest.
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06-20-2004, 06:53 AM #14
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Originally posted by MiloMan
Flyes don't do any special job of "working the inner chest". I'll let someone else post the automated inner chest myth response.
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06-20-2004, 10:45 AM #15
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Originally posted by Danik
I never said they do a special job of working the inner chest, but they do work the chest.aut viam inveniam aut faciam
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06-20-2004, 01:59 PM #16
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Originally posted by MiloMan
Then there's no point in doing flyes, is there? The other lifts (bb db bench, bb/db incline, dips) already work the chest quite well. Flyes are usually done the "the way they feel".
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06-20-2004, 02:01 PM #17
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Originally posted by Danik
Of course there is a point in doing flyes. Every now and then it is a good thing to switch up exercises in order to stimulate the muscles in a different way.If you always do what you've always done, you will always get what you always got.
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06-20-2004, 02:05 PM #18Originally posted by Danik
Of course there is a point in doing flyes. Every now and then it is a good thing to switch up exercises in order to stimulate the muscles in a different way."When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail."
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06-20-2004, 02:29 PM #19
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He isn't though. He has not seen any general improvement in his upper chest, hence the reason for this post. Since that is the case I offered a different way to stimulate that muscle. I don't care if flyes aren't as good at packing on mass as bench press. He needs to do something different to attempt to stimulate the upper chest, then return to bench press. He doesn't even have to take away bench press. He could just add 2 sets of flyes.
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06-20-2004, 03:11 PM #20Originally posted by Danik
He isn't though. He has not seen any general improvement in his upper chest, hence the reason for this post. Since that is the case I offered a different way to stimulate that muscle. I don't care if flyes aren't as good at packing on mass as bench press. He needs to do something different to attempt to stimulate the upper chest, then return to bench press. He doesn't even have to take away bench press. He could just add 2 sets of flyes."When the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail."
-Abraham Maslow
"Ass busting work + consistency + time = results.
Burn that into your head and quit looking for quick fixes and secrets. Because they don't exist."
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06-20-2004, 04:38 PM #21
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Originally posted by dookie1481
If compounds like dips and BP aren't doing anything, I don't think that two sets of an inferior isolation movement will make a whole lot of difference.
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06-20-2004, 04:43 PM #23
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Originally posted by MiloMan
Perhaps if he's worried about definition, he may just not be taking in enough calories. Not enough calories means no added mass, which means not enough muscle mass to form that line.
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i dont compete against you. i compete against myself yesterday, last week, last year
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