Inner Chest

[crxdog]

How do i build up the inner chest? i feel like its not growing like it should. my chest routine comprises of the OMEGA project routine and a couple sets of max weight dumbell press

 

[SouthernLord]

Well...I would say focus on the big basics. Gain overall body mass and your chest will fill out. With that said... Weighted dips will hit your chest at the sternal attachment more than any other chest exercise I have "read". You should be doing weighted dip regardless though imo.

 

[highlander555]

Weighted dips aren't a bad way to go, but my shoulders start feeling a little achy after a few weeks of doing them. I'm sort of a whimp though, so take that with a grain of salt.

 

[Seattleite]

Go heavy on the bench press and weighted dips. You won't need anything else to maximize chest growth. Declines serve no purpose, and inclines involve too much of the shoulders. Don't even get me started on flyes...

 

[crxdog]

Well...I would say focus on the big basics. Gain overall body mass and your chest will fill out. With that said... Weighted dips will hit your chest at the sternal attachment more than any other chest exercise I have "read". You should be doing weighted dip regardless though imo.

I can punch out heavy weight but the inner bit wont catch up or maybe im getting picky? But your right i will get onto the weighted dips as i haven't really been doing many at all.

 

[enigma4dub]

Weighted dips aren't a bad way to go, but my shoulders start feeling a little achy after a few weeks of doing them. I'm sort of a whimp though, so take that with a grain of salt.

twinky soft...... lol

to the original poster, post up some pics if you want some feedback... but chances are your chest is relative to everything else. you cannt isolate your inner chest, you can however make the chest as a whole bigger though.

 

[highlander555]

Man, this reminds me of the "how can I develope my lower bicep" post. I know people will dissagree with me (and they have every right to) but I feel that the muscle is the muscle, and while you can effect the over all shape and size of it, you can't specifically work one part. A muscle contracts as a whole.

The main thing most people need to do to get a great inner chest/bicep peak, or whatever, is just increase the over all size of the muscle. If that sounds too simple, thats becsue it is, but since it isn't a magic bullet people don't want to hear it.

I just know someone is going to come back quoting Arnold in his damned Bodybuilding Encyclopedia to contradict me (and they have the right to I guess). God I hate that book.

 

[crxdog]

Man, this reminds me of the "how can I develope my lower bicep" post. I know people will dissagree with me (and they have every right to) but I feel that the muscle is the muscle, and while you can effect the over all shape and size of it, you can't specifically work one part. A muscle contracts as a whole.

The main thing most people need to do to get a great inner chest/bicep peak, or whatever, is just increase the over all size of the muscle. If that sounds too simple, thats becsue it is, but since it isn't a magic bullet people don't want to hear it.

I just know someone is going to come back quoting Arnold in his damned Bodybuilding Encyclopedia to contradict me (and they have the right to I guess). God I hate that book.

Its not a book bro . . . Its the Bible

 

[Seattleite]

Man, this reminds me of the "how can I develope my lower bicep" post. I know people will dissagree with me (and they have every right to) but I feel that the muscle is the muscle, and while you can effect the over all shape and size of it, you can't specifically work one part. A muscle contracts as a whole.

The main thing most people need to do to get a great inner chest/bicep peak, or whatever, is just increase the over all size of the muscle. If that sounds too simple, thats becsue it is, but since it isn't a magic bullet people don't want to hear it.

I just know someone is going to come back quoting Arnold in his damned Bodybuilding Encyclopedia to contradict me (and they have the right to I guess). God I hate that book.

I hope not because you are right on point. The chest can only be trained as one muscle, which is why I have never bought in to the whole "do inclines to work the upper chest and declines for the lower chest" horse shit. A flat bench press and weighted dips allow you to lift the most amount of weight while targeting the chest primarily. Keep incresing the weight on these exercises and your chest will continue to get larger.

 

[mwm5]

while you can effect the over all shape .

i agree mostly with what you stated besides this. you have no way of changing the shape of a muscle, that is all genetic. you make make it bigger, but the shape is the shape.