How do you build the chest up near the collar bone?

[Jack Burton]

I need some meat up near the collar bone area, I usually do my inclines on a 30° angle.

Do you think increasing the angle of the incline to 45-55 would work, or would that be to much delt work?

 

[ironmaster]

It's mostly genetics, Jack, but try doing incline dumbbell presses with a pronated grip (palms in). Takes the delts out of it. You will feel it in your upper chest. Do it heavy.

 

[vexed]

trial and error bro... find what works best for your body but I usually do mine at the same angle and recently switched to 40... I am feeling it different... I like it...

 

[Craven Head]

try this shit, it worked great for my little pigon chest:
lay on an incline bench, grab a plate (whatever weight depending on your strength), lay back and lift the plate with your arms just slightly bent, you know, from your waist to straight out in front of your face. Do a bunch of reps see if you get pumped....see if you like it.

 

[natural-mike]

Standing Barbell Military Press, bring the bar to your chest and power it back up, very good for hitting the upper upper chest area, and of course the shoulders...but you knew that..
Peace,
Natural Penis

 

[Slopain]

I think that most of the time people try to go to heavy to impress the boys at the gym and wind up lifting their backs to get better leverage so in the end they are turning the incline into a flat bench by lifting their ass up. Lighten the wait, use dumbells and really concentrate it with good form. No you wont impress billy and bubba, but you want to impress the mirror not the homeys at the gym.

 

[einstein1]

to get full development in terms of the shape of the muscle, don't forget about DB flies. When it gets right down to it, the pec can only fully ( and effectivly) contract with the bench and fly motions. My guess is you have already covered the benching aspect, put more energy into the flies.

 

[rugger]

Military Press

Standing Military. One of my lagging parts and militaries seem to really help "fill out" the area.
Arnold presses seem like a good candidiate too.

Good Luck.

If you try something a get some good results let us know.

Rugger

 

[Hugh Gellatts]

Use a narrower grip than you use for flat benching. The upper pec fibers don't run just horizontal, they are in a somewhat more vertical plane (that is why militaries to the front work). This means that movements that bring the arm up, and not just in from the side of the body will activate them. Other ways to hit the vertical fibers are to do cable flies from the low pulley and scoop upwards. Even heavy front raises will hit the upper pecs.

 

[BIGEDD]

I'm afraid you can only develop as well as the length of your chest is. If your chest muscle isn't the length up to your collar bne you won't get it. But do inclines and make sure you put full conc in contacting the pecs and feeling the muscle expand and contact.