Do Declines Shape the Pec Lower?? Have ur say

[buddy28]

Do they?? My buddy told me incline db work ur upper chest and creates a thicker upper chest. Declines, apparently stretch the pec downward .......

thoughts??

 

[bignate73]

this is search material.

but opinions will vary from everyone, enjoy the theories.

 

[theoak01]

i feel it works my upper pecs but i dont think it stretchs the pec or shapes it,thats genetic stuff

 

[gymtime]

I think that if someone were to do incline bench only for a year, his chest would look pretty much the same as if he had done flat or decline only for a year. Your chest looks the way it does genetically, not much you can do to "sculpt" it. You can make it bigger or smaller, like any other muscle, but that's it.

I think when most people talk about "building up the lower chest," what they really need to do is reduce the fat that often resides there.

I'm not saying that the various incline levels are useless at all. I do all of them myself. But only because I believe that that is part of a thorough chest workout. Not because I'm trying to hit one specific portion of the chest. It's all one muscle after all.

 

[Belial]

Gymtime said it. If anybody disagrees, I might be forced to say "You're wrong".

 

[gymtime]

Belial, if this high praise continues, my arrogance will become limitless. You ready to have that on your conscience?

 

[Belial]

Rest assured I will bring you back down to earth as soon as you slip up.

I'll be watching.....

 

[Lord_Suston]

Gymtime I got to say you got it right....
There is no way from the angle of decline that would allow you to shape your chest, since there are only two muscles in your chest pectoral minor and major. And they grow outward and ventracally, doing various exerceise only ephasize the different muscle leverage scheems in your chest. I'm pointing this out only for chest though.

 

[buddy28]

Gymtime , Lord, Belial

Can i ask your weight, body type, and how long uve been lifting?

 

[buddy28]

oh yea, can u also add how much muscle mass uve gained since u first starting lifting?

 

[gymtime]

I'm 6'1', run between 215 and 220. Not sure what you mean by body type. I've been lifting regularly for about eight years.

It's difficult for me to measure how much muscle mass I've gained in that time. My whole purpose in working out was weight loss. Any muscle gains were cool, but not the main idea. I'm actually smaller now, weight-wise, than I've ever been since high school.

I know that I am quite a bit stronger than I used to be. That I can tell from my lifts over the years. It's also a little easier to open that goddamm peanut butter jar. But I measure my results mostly by stuff like how my clothes fit, what I see in the mirror, weight, bf%, that kind of thing.

 

[Belial]

Does it matter? I actually have my complete training journal on the web, but it nevertheless is completely meaningless. I study physiology and human biomechanics, I'm a personal trainer...

5'11", 195, ~6%. I've careened up and down far too many times in the past, due to various reasons which I'd rather not share, but my current stats are after being back in the game seriously for a year. (My latest "down" prior to this had me at 155 pounds)

My chest has never changed shape, by the way.

gymtime, I just realized something else. You're an old man. Tell me, is Ensure good for bulking?


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[Cackerot69]

If you angle the bench just right, you can make your pecs in the shape of bin laden.

 

[Belial]

That would take far too many inverted decline flyes, cack. I doubt anyone has that kind of patience.

 

[buddy28]

I wanted to know ur stats, cause some guys bodytypes are more conducisve towards building a big chest.

Thanks for ur help .....Im going to stick with the declines, they leave my chest pretty sore

 

[gymtime]

gymtime, I just realized something else. You're an old man. Tell me, is Ensure good for bulking?


.....

Yeah, you just keep baiting me junior. It is of no use as I still bask in the glow of your recent praise.

 

[jstrong20]

their have been studies that show incline only slightly recruits more upper pecs. The same study said decline doesnt stress lower pecs any better than flat bench.

 

[Lord_Suston]

My stats are 5'8" at about 185 at 10% (yeah I know I have had a rough semester). I had an average build at first, but right now i am leg heavy due to a lot of Boxing and sprinting. Oh yeah I have been lifting for about 4 years and started off at 155, i did reach 215 at 9% but Man was I juice to the gills.....