Thread: big traps big arms huge shoulders SMALL CHEST?

my chest and back and shoulders are growing like fuck! i just with my arms would keep up man its driving me nuts! they dont do the rest of me justice guess its genetics... piss me rite off..ill get them MASSIVE tho even if it kills me! i might start training my bis and tris together switch things up a bit...

Originally Posted by jimm

my chest and back and shoulders are growing like fuck! i just with my arms would keep up man its driving me nuts! they dont do the rest of me justice guess its genetics... piss me rite off..ill get them MASSIVE tho even if it kills me! i might start training my bis and tris together switch things up a bit...

Try not training them at all, may be that they are getting hit so hard with chest and shoulders and back and are not recovering. Many weeks I actually skip biceps and triceps completely.

OKAY i get the point train more

I get it train twice a week and my genetics are fucked !!!!

Originally Posted by Anabolic5150

Try not training them at all, may be that they are getting hit so hard with chest and shoulders and back and are not recovering. Many weeks I actually skip biceps and triceps completely.

Makes sense as they are used in the compound movements! ill give it a go for a few weeks see how it goes.. i was doing a back bis, chest tris, push pull kinda routine for a while but past cuple of weeks iv gone back to 1 body part a day and im growing more with it i like hitting my tris tho after a chest session i always get that soreness the next day in my tris its just my bis i can never seem to get that same soreness the next day in them! im gonna do what you said and just not train my bis atall for a week or 2, maybe i have been over training them.

Originally Posted by jimm

Makes sense as they are used in the compound movements! ill give it a go for a few weeks see how it goes.. i was doing a back bis, chest tris, push pull kinda routine for a while but past cuple of weeks iv gone back to 1 body part a day and im growing more with it i like hitting my tris tho after a chest session i always get that soreness the next day in my tris its just my bis i can never seem to get that same soreness the next day in them! im gonna do what you said and just not train my bis atall for a week or 2, maybe i have been over training them.

In all my time training I have never had my biceps get sore, ever. My triceps at times will ache for days, my biceps get nothing. They have a good peak and roundness/fullness to them but they are never sore. So I don't think that's a good indicator of effective training.

Another thing to try is this, on triceps or biceps day, do one exercise for 3 sets and call it a day. Many times I've had my bicep training all planned, I get through 2-3 sets of say barbell curls and I'm done. At that point I just say screw it and stop. They've been pounded enough, let em rest.

thats actually not it at all guys. i apologize, that shit wont happen again. i needed some posts so i did that
apologize for the confusion

Originally Posted by ANIMALHOUSE

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Originally Posted by Anabolic5150

In all my time training I have never had my biceps get sore, ever. My triceps at times will ache for days, my biceps get nothing. They have a good peak and roundness/fullness to them but they are never sore. So I don't think that's a good indicator of effective training.

Another thing to try is this, on triceps or biceps day, do one exercise for 3 sets and call it a day. Many times I've had my bicep training all planned, I get through 2-3 sets of say barbell curls and I'm done. At that point I just say screw it and stop. They've been pounded enough, let em rest.

Interesting, i thought it was just me i mean sometimes they can feel sort of pumped the next day but its not like a soreness hard to explain but yeah i think ill give that a go.. gonna go heavy on the days i train them and just do 3 sets! try it out for a few weeks see what that does for me.

Maybe you can't grow big chest? I can't grow big arms.

Originally Posted by feinburgrl

Maybe you can't grow big chest? I can't grow big arms.

No such thing as "can't". Its more about what may take longer or what you are genetically predisposed to respond to. I have amazing bicep peaks, but short insertions, and mediocre triceps. I beat the mutherfuck out of both muscle groups, for 30 yrs mind you, and still kinda mediocre tris, but they are getting there. Same w/ legs. I respond great in upper body / back / shoulders (chest is mediocre while we're talking about it), but really, its only been in the last 2-3 years I've felt my legs were anywhere on par w/ my upper body. (Also keeping in mind I started competing in 2000.)

Also as I think about my weaker muscle groups - I work harder to visualize particular muscles engaging on chest, quads & tris.

sassy69 Have you heard of genetics?

Originally Posted by feinburgrl

sassy69 Have you heard of genetics?

There's what you're born with, and there's what you do with it.

There's a tiny percentage of people who have the perfect combination of genetics, work ethic/time spent, ability to do it like a business who make it to a pro card or whatever is the top of the top of your choice sport. But I can spend a year of my life pointing you to examples of people w/ mediocre to shit genetics who have accomplished physiques that make most people green w/ envy.

sassy69 go ahead and give some examples.

I've got a similar issue with my forearms. They've always been lagging and they tend to cramp up easy on compound movements because of it. I know for my forearms they are genetically my worst bodypart, and just don't recover well so it's usually overtraining for them. This may be the case for your chest.

If not, try pre-exausting. Do a set of flies then go right into widegrip bench or something like that. Should hit your chest a bit more than anywhere else

Genetics can only be played so much. We all have the genetics to grow proportionately with proper training and diet. The body loves symmetry so it will definately grow in proportion to the rest of your body. I personally like to train legs 2x's weekly to get a really good GH release. Seems to work for me. Some old ass bodybuilder told me that your body will your legs in growth. I have trained with a bench only competitor and he plateued on his bench. Myself and some other friends encouraged him to train legs hard and his bench did go up significantly!

Originally Posted by feinburgrl

sassy69 go ahead and give some examples.

Two friends off the top of my head:

FitSuzanne

Bodybuilders.com - Amateur Fitness Competitor Of The Week: Amanda Victoria! Pics, info and more!

And a guy who continues to amaze - my current coach, Shelby Starnes - has placed in top 5 or won his weight class in 3 different classes at the national level.
http://www.shelbystarnes.com/bio.html
If you talk to him, he'll tell you he started life as "the fat kid".

And while we're at it, how about the old folks who are still making changes to their physiques? This lady STARTED BB at 72, she's now 86.

^ she is right, it's just a matter of finding the right combo to make it all come together. Genetics are shape, insertion and attachment points. All muscles can grow with adequate training, rest and most importantly nutrition/supplementation...

I feel like this is something a little dbol cant help ahaha nahhh jk im hitting chest on tuesday ill make a log of what i do for you all to grade

make sure you are actually feeling your chest work. Everything might look good on paper but if you're not feeling it than it is useless.

you got it brother