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?