widen my chest!

[Robboe]

No, soreness does not indicate growth.

 

[Tuna Guy]

No it doesnt but it would imply that a different segment of muscle has been used.

Doms is characterised by unaccustomed exercise, if say a certain muscle performs a certain function then when i change exercises for that muscle there should be no soreness as it is accustomed. This is not the case.

 

[Robboe]

Maybe so, but there still is no localised growth.

 

[Tuna Guy]

I agree that science says that this isnt so, but real world experience would seem to indicate the opposite.

 

[Robboe]

So you are saying that you can make your upper chest grow more than your lower chest?

Come on, don't be silly. Muscles grow in uniform.

You said that it implies that a different segment of muscle has been used - the chest grows as a whole no matter what. If not, then your muscles would be all lumpy and uneven.

 

[Tuna Guy]

within reason.

A muscle fiber does not run the whole lenghth of a muscle. I do agree with you, but when a muscle contracts the whole muscle contracts, but if 2 exercises are performed for the same muscle then these elicit soreness in different areas which would imply that this area had not been stressed sufficiently in the other exercise.

Can i also add that most of my training revolves around few exercise, just the basics.

 

[jakethemus]

Why has no one mentioned wide grip incline and bench presses? I don't care about all this science shit. Inclines make my upper chest sore, declines make my lower chest sore and wide grip benches make the outside of my chest sore. Since I switched to wide grip benches my chest has gotten wider and looks better so ill keep doing them.

 

[Robboe]

Hahaha, ah man, these brits are making us look like a right bunch of idiots...

 

[jakethemus]

Are you calling me an idiot? Your telling me that if someone did exclusively flat movements all their life and another guy only ever did incline movements their chests would grow the same? Assume the two people are genetically identical.

 

[jakethemus]

Whats the matter is that question to hard for you?