Chest exercises for definition only

[todoveritas]

Hi Mac! Just curious...With your naturally large chest develpment, are you naturally strong there as well? I would give anything to have your problem. No matter what pec exercises I do, my delts and triceps overpower my chest development.

 

[Mac173]

Hi Mac! Just curious...With your naturally large chest develpment, are you naturally strong there as well? I would give anything to have your problem. No matter what pec exercises I do, my delts and triceps overpower my chest development.

It's been so long since I've even tried to max out on chest at all, so I couldn't even tell you.
I did rep out 40 reps on incline w/ 135 just fooling around the other day and that was after my tricep workout.
It's funny that what you have you don't want, all I want is some normal sized calves.
Another thing w/ a large chest and a thick back is that it takes alot away from your arms. Mine are coming up on 18", but I don't think they look nearly that big, especially from the side.

 

[JimBoy]

Same problem w/ calves. My quads blow up and cut like crazy but my calves don't at all which makes them look even smaller. Good luck there!!

As far as chest defenition I recently changed my chest workout dropping decline and flys for dips and cable flys (kept flat and incline) and my chest is cutting up nice.

 

[mattrich]

i have a similar problem, big chest and it looks kinda low. another problem i have is my tri's grow more than my bi's. i train bi's twice a week and tri's only once a week and not really heavy and they still over power the bi's!
and same as you my shoulders(mainly traps) grow like weeds when i bulk.

 

[Nelson Montana]

Chest sag (unless it's fat) is from more skin than muscle. How old are you? You need to put MORE muscle into your pecs to fill them out. People say to avoid working the lower pecs but that's what fills them out and lessens sag. Avoid flat benches which produce a "bunchy" look.

 

[Mac173]

Chest sag (unless it's fat) is from more skin than muscle. How old are you? You need to put MORE muscle into your pecs to fill them out. People say to avoid working the lower pecs but that's what fills them out and lessens sag. Avoid flat benches which produce a "bunchy" look.

I'm 25.
So you're saying just stick w/ decline or incline also.
I was also thinking higher rep range due to the fact that I'm mainly looking for some definition rather than size.

 

[Mac173]

i have a similar problem, big chest and it looks kinda low. another problem i have is my tri's grow more than my bi's. i train bi's twice a week and tri's only once a week and not really heavy and they still over power the bi's!
and same as you my shoulders(mainly traps) grow like weeds when i bulk.

I pretty much have all those problems also.
Tri's do overpower bi's, but not by much and traps are quite developed even though I never train them either.

 

[Powerbuilder333]

I can't imagine not training a bodypart at all. My traps grow high easily so I don't shrug, but they get plenty indirect work from all the heavy basics I do.
You might try incline flys done between low double pulley's for high reps.

 

[Mac173]

I can't imagine not training a bodypart at all. My traps grow high easily so I don't shrug, but they get plenty indirect work from all the heavy basics I do.
You might try incline flys done between low double pulley's for high reps.

I focus on my weak points. No need to train a bodypart if it already overpowers another.
Incline flys, another good exercise.

 

[Nelson Montana]

What's also good for your purposes is isometric work -- tensing, flexing, contracting, making the muscles as "hard" as possible. This keeps them tight without adding bulk or stress to the shoulders. It's an old school method but it has its place.