Reply With QuoteYou cant target your inner pec.. The pectoral grows as a whole. So you will just have to keep working at it, and add more size overall.
Why does my chest do this?
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11-30-2004, 09:17 PM #1Registered User
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Why does my chest do this?
Hey Guys, im new to the forum and I've searched for similar posts but I cant find any. I've been benching for about six months now and the center of of chest wont grow. Upper and lower do fine, but I cant seem to target my center chest. Is it my technique? If anyone has tips please help. Here's a pic of what im talking about here
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11-30-2004, 09:19 PM #2happy sumo ELITE MEMBER
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Sorry to say, but this is true. Genetics determine the shape of one's muscle.
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12-01-2004, 03:26 PM #4Member ELITE MEMBER
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Are you guys sure, because i though u can target every part, my friend who was fat once did a lot of crunchs and spot reduced his stomach....
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12-01-2004, 03:30 PM #5Functional Lifting = Life
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Well your abdominal area is made up of a whole series of abdominal muscles, each individual muscle grows as a whole, but it's possible to focus on the upper or lower part of the series. Your chest, however, is basically a unit that grows as a whole.
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If you are referring to the "six pack" (Rectus abdominus), then you are wrong. The rectus abdominus is one muscle. You cannot target portions of this muscles. Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin
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12-01-2004, 03:39 PM #7happy sumo ELITE MEMBER
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12-01-2004, 04:06 PM #8Drinking buddy
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Think about what you are saying. If you had of said, "my friend wanted to target the middle two muscles of his six pack and it worked. You should see him, it looks like he has a couple of huge tumors in his gut". Now that remark would have been relavent to the question. Originally Posted by tryintogetbig
Are you guys sure, because i though u can target every part, my friend who was fat once did a lot of crunchs and spot reduced his stomach....
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12-01-2004, 04:14 PM #9Fueled by Testosterone MODERATOR
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I think he was kidding anyway. Originally Posted by Newt
Think about what you are saying. If you had of said, "my friend wanted to target the middle two muscles of his six pack and it worked. You should see him, it looks like he has a couple of huge tumors in his gut". Now that remark would have been relavent to the question.The only time it's bad to feel the burn is when you're peeing...
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12-01-2004, 05:06 PM #10Stay puffed, baby.
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12-01-2004, 05:37 PM #11Drinking buddy
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I was too.
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12-01-2004, 06:40 PM #12Functional Lifting = Life
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It figures that the one time I don't add "I don't have too much experience so correct me if I'm wrong", I'm wrong! Sheesh...
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sorry i will try to be more sarcastic next time
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12-01-2004, 08:28 PM #14Senior Member ELITE MEMBER
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Maybe try working your upper chest. Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts
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12-01-2004, 08:30 PM #15Cutting sucks.
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its all genetics, dude. my right pec does that but my left doesnt. its odd. the only thing you can do is continue to get bigger so its less noticeable.
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12-01-2004, 08:35 PM #16J-Freak
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I would recomnd doing flys either on a machine or free weights I like the machine better because I feel the burn in my inner chest better and less in my shoulders. Do middle reps(about 8-10) with as much weight you can do and still keep good form. Thats my two cents.
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12-01-2004, 08:37 PM #17Cutting sucks.
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YOU CANT WORK JUST ONE PART OF THE CHEST. IT CONTRACTS AS A WHOLE. Originally Posted by sweatshopchamp
ssc, the reason you dont feel it in the shoulders is because the anterior deltoid has a large role in bench pressing, even moreso in incline pressing, but not near as much while doing flyescutting sucks.
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