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Chest workout - NEED HELP!!!

Bellman24

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Ok so my chest is lacking, I can lift a fair amount but my pecs don't really look like the rest of my body. I have been working out seriously for a 6 years! I'm 29, 6'3, 245 so here's my routine, anyone that wants to critique feel free!!

Flat Bench
Warm up - 200 x 8-10
Sets 5
270 x 10
280 x 8
290 x 6
305 x 4
270 failure

Incline Flyes
4 Sets ( I go light with high reps)
70 x 16 - 20
80 x 15
70 x 16 - 20 then drop immediately
65 x failure

Incline Dumbbell
4 Sets
90's x 8-10
110's x 8
120 x 8
130 to failure (130 is as high as my gym has)

Cable Crossovers
3 sets
90 x 12
100 x 12
110 x 12

Every other week I throw in decline.

My chest feels fatigued after I do this but I'm not really seeing results. Am I doing enough??

Cable Crossovers
 
If your looking for chest development workout. YOu must try the Omega workout for a two month run. It's well worth the effort and it works really really well. You can find it in the stickies in the forums.
Give it a honest run and you will be amazed with the results.
 
Start doing 200 pushups everyday in addition to your regular workouts. Try it for a month and take a week off at the end before starting again. You should notice a difference in the way your chest looks at the end of the first break!
 
Start doing 200 pushups everyday in addition to your regular workouts. Try it for a month and take a week off at the end before starting again. You should notice a difference in the way your chest looks at the end of the first break!


No. Do NOT do 200 push ups everyday on top of your regular workout. Your chest certainly will look different. It's called overtrained, under-rested and teh suckz.


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Try this on your flat bench, but the technique is focusing on all pec. Going for 4 reps at 305 has to involve your arm and delt strength a lot moreso, and although heavy on the pecs does work, your pecs definitely do not become the primary focus when working with a real heavy weight relative to your own strength. Tee mind cannot focus strictly on pec while using super heavy weight. The focus shifts to the arms because of the heavy load.

Using some lighter weight, while emphasizing the pecs exclusively, will result in better development in size. Trust me on this, if you do higher reps and mentally focus exclusively on the pectorals pushing the weight, you will grow the chest.

Also, the movement isn't rep and pause. Keep constant tension on your chest. Do not complete a rep and hold the bar at the top for any amount of time, the bar hits it's height and immediately goes into the next rep without stopping while keeping the bar controlled. You WILL hit failure very fast doing constant tension method, so careful on how heavy you go. That's why my suggestions will reflect that.


I also can do 305 for 4, and even 5, but this last month I have not done one rep over 225lbs and my chest has GROWN and developed more than the previous 2 months using heavy weight. I didn't put your weight that low(225) to start with, but give this a whirl. I am assuming you are going to hit in the 16-18 reps your first set. That's what we are looking for with constant tension. You should get super pumped, and your chest will hurt like a son of a bitch the next day.

Remeber, the mental focus is this: When you are under the bar, the mind is focusing on the chest. The chest needs to do EVERYTHING. All the arms do is hold the bar. Your arms do not press the bar up, the chest contracts inward to make the arms extend the bar raises as a result of this. That's how you have to think of it.

You can also uses a slightly more narrow grip too, which allows for greater contraction.

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Ok so my chest is lacking, I can lift a fair amount but my pecs don't really look like the rest of my body. I have been working out seriously for a 6 years! I'm 29, 6'3, 245 so here's my routine, anyone that wants to critique feel free!!

Flat Bench
Warm up - However you want to go.

Sets 6
255 x Failure = (maximum reps)
255 x Failure
235 x Failure
225 x Failure
205 x Failure
185 x Failure


Incline Flyes
4 Sets ( I go light with high reps)
70 x 16 - 20
80 x 15
70 x 16 - 20 then drop immediately
65 x failure

Incline Dumbbell
4 Sets
90's x 8-10
110's x 8
120 x 8
130 to failure (130 is as high as my gym has)

Cable Crossovers
3 sets
90 x 12
100 x 12
110 x 12

Every other week I throw in decline.

My chest feels fatigued after I do this but I'm not really seeing results. Am I doing enough??

Cable Crossovers

The amount of work you have been doing is enough work. I would do flys after all of your pressing work is done. Try the constant tension method I suggested just one time. If you did really focus the work in the pecs, you will be really sore. Plus it's a fresh routine which in and of itself gives results as long as you go hard.
 
Thanks Buffguy, I did your change this week and my chest felt alot more fatigued then usual. I was thinking about switching to Omega's chest workout and just totally shock my chest by getting away from my regular routine, I'm still undecided. I read many good things about it. I was going to wait until my cycle was done to change my routine but I"m not sure. Change on cycle and maybe add alot more size or change after cycle and keep more or my chest gains while off. I'll keep it like this for now I guess.
 
I think that a stint of volume training is awesome if you have been lifting heavy a long time.

Also, I did Omegas chest routine and applied the same pronciples at all my other excercises for 10 weeks. When I went back to lifting heavy...I was actually a lot stronge.

It build LBM great as well. try omegas workout once bro
 
Thanks Buffguy, I did your change this week and my chest felt alot more fatigued then usual. I was thinking about switching to Omega's chest workout and just totally shock my chest by getting away from my regular routine, I'm still undecided. I read many good things about it. I was going to wait until my cycle was done to change my routine but I"m not sure. Change on cycle and maybe add alot more size or change after cycle and keep more or my chest gains while off. I'll keep it like this for now I guess.


How many reps did you hit on your first couple sets?
 
I am running Omegas pamphlet, the first two weeks I thought my body was toxic with all the acid in the muscles!
 
DaBuffGuy I hit 26 on the first set which tells me that in my original routine I don't think I was pushing myself enough apparently. It was a little weird hitting the same weight to failure but it certainly worked well. I know that I can probably increase my one rep max thats for sure but haven't really tried all that hard, so my bad!! But I did change my routine like you suggested and it worked well. My Chest is what lacks, I used to compete in Comp's and I always lost out/ didn't place as well because of my chest!! Like I said maybe I wasn't pushing as hard as I could!!
 
you'll find any change to a routine will shock you cns. i have 5 different chest workouts and im always down to try something new. your body will adapt to any workout with amazing speed, so keep it guessing by changing things up. this will help you become a more well rounded lifter and create some serious gains in size and strength. sounds like you are on your way.....happy lifting
 
DaBuffGuy I hit 26 on the first set which tells me that in my original routine I don't think I was pushing myself enough apparently. It was a little weird hitting the same weight to failure but it certainly worked well. I know that I can probably increase my one rep max thats for sure but haven't really tried all that hard, so my bad!! But I did change my routine like you suggested and it worked well. My Chest is what lacks, I used to compete in Comp's and I always lost out/ didn't place as well because of my chest!! Like I said maybe I wasn't pushing as hard as I could!!

Man, if you hit 26 reps at 255 lbs then you need to bump the weight up to 275 the next time and follow the same technique. How was the soreness in the chest?
 
Yeah I hurt the next day and for me it's usually 2 days after that I feel it the most, and really it was the same soreness as usual. The day of though, my chest was fatigued but I guess it's because of the change in my workout obviously. About 2 years ago, my chest was way behind, since then it's come along but not where I want it to be. I used to juice and competed in some comp in Canada but did it naturally for the last almost 4 years. I personally feel my chest is lacking, and it's clear I am not pushing it enough, for sure!!
 
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