chest size

ogre
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26 May 2008 21:03 #3771 by ogre

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I battle to put size on my chest ,i have stopped using barbells and changed to all d/bell workouts any advice,or is it just going to be one of those body parts thats a bitch to get growth out of

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Netro
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26 May 2008 21:24 #3774 by Netro

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Bro, it's all about form and isolation. Genetics is crap as some say. Concentrate on your form and isolating your pecs and stick to the bread and butter exercises like weighted dips, flat, incline and decline bench etc. The was a great link that I had, will see if I can find it again

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ogre
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26 May 2008 21:32 #3776 by ogre

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Thanks will give it a try

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Empire
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27 May 2008 07:18 #3783 by Empire

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i have the same problem as u ogre,i have a dense chest but i lack width and its not very square at the bottom of the pec,i have to stick to flat and incline bench as i have an ac joint issue which limits me from doing dips and there is no bloody decline bench in my gym for me to do decline,why oh why

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acidkidsa
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27 May 2008 08:46 #3784 by acidkidsa

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I have the same problem as all of you. Everything on me grows like weeds.. Except my chest.. I have tried so many different things but nothing works.

I weight 84 I bench +-90 . But nothing. Tried bringing them down slower to diffenent parts of my chest .

For wieghted dips I add a exra 20kg on , and still see nothing after months of training....

I think my problem is genetics... Maybe injecting directly into my pecks might work?

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dodge
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27 May 2008 09:20 #3787 by dodge

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looks like we all have the same problem. But i solved a little bit of the problem mixing up my chest routines (ie: doing some of the other exercises that you usually don't do. By training chest twice a week. and my the biggest help was when you do dumbbell presses: when you bring the dumbbells up to the apex turn them in toward each other. It adds that little extra bit of umff! that really made a BIG difference in my chest size and shape.

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acidkidsa
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27 May 2008 10:29 #3791 by acidkidsa

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Hmmm shot dodge.. Will try that.. hope it works

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admin
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27 May 2008 12:47 #3795 by admin

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I'm gifted with a very strong upper body, but very weak legs... there was a time when I benched more than I could squat.
I found that if I alternate between heavy and light weights every week I get better results. I did light bench presses yesterday with only 100kg's and I'm very sore today...

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acidkidsa
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27 May 2008 13:19 #3799 by acidkidsa

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I was thinking of doing exactly that.. One week light , one week heavy..

Maybe that is the trick?

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tiburon
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04 Sep 2008 15:29 #5872 by tiburon

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my chest is my weakest and smallest bodypart! i hav big arms,shoulders and back so in training i find they over take... after 3 moonths off my entire body is weak so now its time to push my chest for growth as much as possible! does anyone actually believe in site injections? esp into chest? i kno its a bit desperate but just a query!

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Netro
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04 Sep 2008 15:38 #5873 by Netro

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Your chest lags because of bad form, period. First get your form right and then look at site injecting.

One of the main causes of bad form is trying to go to heavy, that's why you say your other stronger parts take over to compensate for the weight you cannot push with your chest.

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tiburon
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04 Sep 2008 15:40 #5875 by tiburon

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the problem is i keep perfect form, i've had a guys watch me and only on my last set do i go heavier and lose my form a bit. sorry realised i worded that last one a bit wrong so reworded it...my boss walked in lol so had to b quick haha!

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ogre
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04 Sep 2008 15:50 #5879 by ogre

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my delts would get so pumped every time i trained chest i felt my chest had not been trained at all.I have now started my chest workouts by pre-exhausting my delts,seems to be working .

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tiburon
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04 Sep 2008 15:59 #5881 by tiburon

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initially i got that so i started pinching my shoulder blades at the bottom of the movement and keeping them there and going deep with every excercise! now its better my chest feel it but still no size...problem i cant do dips my shoulders feel like they wanna pop(left shoulder rotator cuff) think i might start focussing more on flat dumbell and bench than anything to get initial size going!

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ogre
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04 Sep 2008 16:13 #5884 by ogre

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That is another thing i have started doing,more dbell press less bbell it seems to have helped

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tiburon
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04 Sep 2008 16:23 #5885 by tiburon

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yes it definately does help!

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soloR
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04 Sep 2008 16:31 #5886 by soloR

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Ever since I quit the barbell for my chest work, I've built a bigger and stronger chest. While the shoulders and chest are still the weakest parts of my body, I've managed to induce some decent hypertrophy.

I had an AC problem that I cured with some rotator cuff movements and concentrating on retracting my scapulae during chest and shoulder movements. Well the AC problem isn't cured, I just manage to avoid it by putting by body in a good position before I strain against a weight.

In my case dips and heavy dumbbells were the miracle cure to my chest problems

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tiburon
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04 Sep 2008 16:34 #5887 by tiburon

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i gotta find a way to do dips then...

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soloR
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04 Sep 2008 16:38 #5888 by soloR

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If you struggle with shoulder pain, it may be worth your while acclimatising on those assistance machines till your whole upper body can co-ordinate the movement. In the meantime you'll look like sissy, but its worth it when you start adding plates to your bodyweight. Try it you'll see. just don't hurt yourself.

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jackrabbit1
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05 Sep 2008 11:38 #5915 by jackrabbit1

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Ogre, if thats a pic of yourself on the profile i'd say youre doing pretty goooooood!!!!

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MxT
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05 Sep 2008 11:57 #5916 by MxT

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Ja dude jeez ur built like o Mofo- Work on incline dumbells and even incline bar. Weighted dips. Will help with thickness on the top of the peck.

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tiburon
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05 Sep 2008 12:00 #5917 by tiburon

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definately! i would be in heaven if my chest looked like that lol

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ogre
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05 Sep 2008 12:52 #5918 by ogre

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Thanks,thats exactly what i have started doing incline dbll presses and dips they have made a difference.

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tiny
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12 Jun 2009 16:06 #15554 by tiny

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From my experience,the best way to give a full pump to your chest is to do various pushup routines between bench and dip sets.

check this out to correct your bench technique:

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Killer Home Chest Workout with 10 Pushup Variations

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