Chest getting bigger but thats it

[eric22]

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I have gained 10lbs on a power based workout but all the weight seems to have gone to my chest . Plus my chest llooks got of strange, not like a muscular one.

What could I do different so that the weight I gain does not to my chest but shoulders, arms, back and legs where I need it? I am doing the big lifts but the chest grows real easy plus I tend to gain fat.

 

[sardonicone]

What does your routine look like? Are these supposed to be before/after pics?

 

[beerdrinker]

You won't grow everything at the same rate or at the same time. The chest and the traps are usually the first things that start changing the most.

 

[eric22]

No all at the same time. I started leaner but lighter. 6 ft 175 up to 185lbs


Pretty much a 3x5 routine 3 days a week focusing on the big lifts squats, deads, bench. Add in a few sets of curls and lateral raises along with chin ups and some rows.

What does your routine look like? Are these supposed to be before/after pics?

 

[stevius]

I only started to grow when I got my technique right- I avoided squats for many years, and my legs stayed thin on a diet of leg press and leg extensions etc. It wasn't until I learned how to squat good, below parallel that the gains started.

The muscles I contract the best are the ones I can feel, so if you can squeeze your muscles and make them hurt without weight that's a good sign of a strong mind to muscle connection. It's really a matter of training efficiency. Until you can achieve decent intensity with perfect technique the muscle won't grow so well if at all in my experience.

I define training efficiency as the ability to generate force through the nervous system. The nervous system is worked through heavy weight and proper technique. (Sorry to lecture you, if you knew this already but I assume you're new to training.)

It could be useful to get some videos up on the net so you can get even more feedback. In the meantime you just got to keep practicing- keep your muscles under tension so you get to feel what's going on?

(BTW, superb frame and rib cage you got there- a good solid base)

 

[needtogetaas]

What does your routine look like? Are these supposed to be before/after pics?

same

 

[Kabeetz]

I knew a girl who had the same exact problem.

Turns out her breast implantation surgery was the cause.

 

[eric22]

Thanks, I appreciate the kind words and I do appreciate any advice I can get. I have been lifting for awhile but obviously what I am doing needs work.

For the time and effot I put into training and diet I feel like I should be stronger and have a better physique. I do eat a lot of protein and I eat clean above maintenance so the diet is not the problem.

Funny you say the muscle you can feel more because I always feel my chest. I feel it when I do pull ups, any types of presses and even rows. I feel the muscle I am trying to work but for some reason my chest gets action on a lot of lifts.

I only started to grow when I got my technique right- I avoided squats for many years, and my legs stayed thin on a diet of leg press and leg extensions etc. It wasn't until I learned how to squat good, below parallel that the gains started.

The muscles I contract the best are the ones I can feel, so if you can squeeze your muscles and make them hurt without weight that's a good sign of a strong mind to muscle connection. It's really a matter of training efficiency. Until you can achieve decent intensity with perfect technique the muscle won't grow so well if at all in my experience.

I define training efficiency as the ability to generate force through the nervous system. The nervous system is worked through heavy weight and proper technique. (Sorry to lecture you, if you knew this already but I assume you're new to training.)

It could be useful to get some videos up on the net so you can get even more feedback. In the meantime you just got to keep practicing- keep your muscles under tension so you get to feel what's going on?

(BTW, superb frame and rib cage you got there- a good solid base)

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

I say just keep lifting, maybe cut back on your refined sugars and breads some. Your chest is a bit fatty, but you also seem to build it fast too- a problem that many long to have.

Dont sweat it, and enjoy the frame you have.

 

[Lee]

Youre still pretty small, dont worry, youll fill out with time.

 

[eric22]

What are your thoughts on not doing any chest at all? When I trained chest hard and my bf was higher it looked silly. I think I store almost all my fat in my stomach and chest and add any size to the chest along with the fat and its a bad look. If I could add some more size anywhere else it would balance it out and then I could try and gain a lot more weight.

Youre still pretty small, dont worry, youll fill out with time.

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

What are your thoughts on not doing any chest at all? When I trained chest hard and my bf was higher it looked silly. I think I store almost all my fat in my stomach and chest and add any size to the chest along with the fat and its a bad look. If I could add some more size anywhere else it would balance it out and then I could try and gain a lot more weight.

No, don't try an isolate an area. Stick to FULLBODY lifts, make sure you work everything. Don't create a weakness for yourself intentionally. I wouldn't *focus* on chest, but don't neglect it either. Try switching to Incline BP, or weighted dips. Will bring up shoulders/arms/upperchest.

 

[ghettostudmuffin]

Also keep in mind that everyone's chest is different. My lower, outer and inner pec develope very fast, but my upper pecs are a weak point. Maybe focus on Incline bench over flat bench.

My chest has always been one of the first things to blow up after coming from a layoff, and I've never had a great connection to it when doing chest exercises nor do I usually get any kind of decent pump in it.

 

[eric22]

Thanks guys
Incline bench seems to be a popular choice so I will go with that. Now would it best to keep it at a 45 degree angle or is that more like working shoulders twice if you are doing db shoulder presses as well?

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

Thanks guys
Incline bench seems to be a popular choice so I will go with that. Now would it best to keep it at a 45 degree angle or is that more like working shoulders twice if you are doing db shoulder presses as well?

I would do 30 degrees....the higher the angle the less it works your chest.