Cool, but that dude isn’t me.
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Pects aren’t actually supposed to be outstandingly large. As an aesthetic choice there is an emphasis on a “well developed chest” but using function as a proportion, pects are really just a stabilizer and minor flexor.
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Do you think there might be a correlation between drinking too much, and putting on weight from excess calories?
Instead of water weight, for example
Yes, i brought my pecs up with pre-exhaust and the right exercises for my body.
100%.
But I know a lot of alcoholics that don’t eat a lot, don’t have huge belly’s but still have bloat face.
what do you do for the pre-exhaust, and how exhaust are we talking? I’ve been doing the pre-exhaust thing lately but I don’t think I’ve gotten it right yet.
how often do you switch exercises for chest? what type of exercises did your body respond well to?
Oh I REALLY hope this is going to become another pre-exhaust thread…
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Do you hang out with them all day to track their food? Not being sarcastic. America has an eating problem, widely known and accepted, but nobody wants to think they might be part of it.
I eat far less in public with people than I do at home. People get judgey.
Do you think many of them might just carry fat other than their stomachs? Maybe their face/chest/etc?
Especially considering you’d only need like 24 hours to piss out the water you’re retaining from a night if heavy drinking, assuming healthy body
Get into high volume dips. Gymnastics guys can bust out like 30 in a set. Just be able to do like 4x12-15 @ bw. Shits life changing.
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I’ve been incorporating more dips into my routine but my right elbow is not very trustworthy so I have to be careful. I’m assuming you do the chest focused dip correct?
I use dips as my main push movement now. I rotate between that and ohp. Most times when I’m doing dips they’re a little weighted, so I do them more gymnastics style so I don’t fuck my shoulders/elbows.
Tbh no matter how I do dips I get a good chest activation. It’s actually the only exercise I can do in my garage (rip cables) that I really feel my chest.
Ring dips are the only ones I do at BW anymore, but I feel those in my chest the least. Prob cuz I’m busy shaking like a bitch through half the reps.
Dont quote me because I’m a garage gym keyboard warrior, but iirc that means stick to narrower grip and try to keep elbows as close to the body as you can.
This goes a long way with my right shoulder. 6 dislocations and a torn labrum make it suck. Ironmind’s Vulcan Racks let you set up the dip station to whatever width you want. Really helps.
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this is what I do but I feel it mainly in my triceps (another weak area for me I feel) rather than my chest.
I feel like maybe I hit maximum chest activation with decline cable press, and machine flies but you can never do too much weight on those so I don’t see my chest growing with just those.
Do your warm up sets obnoxiously slow with like 80% rom at the top. Do constant tension dips for like 3 sets and you’ll feel it.
How often do you DB press? And for what weight?
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the major chest movements for me are always either barbell or DB. So half the year. I’ll have some isolation stuff incorporated in like cables, machine, dips
I feel like maybe pushups should return to my routine. I’m assuming my main issue has been that from the beginning my benching form and technique were always poor. I worried too much about lifting big weight without the proper shit going on. that developed into bad habits causing my shoulders to take over chest focused exercises and I’ve been trying to snap out of that ever since.
Do em at home on your non chest days. I’ve got one of those cheapie cable sets that I use for laterals and shit while I’m watching TV or doing something mindless like a boring work meeting if I’m working from home.
Look up the progression for doing push-ups with your hands aside your waist. Good way to keep them challenging in low reps for just extra BS work
I have an Every Minute on the Minute program I do. 20 push ups, 50 minutes total. Gets you to 1000. Crazy pump.
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You can check my old log in the BB forum. I did:
Hammer Strength incline bench press
Incline flys
Flat Dumbbell bench press
Dips
I did that for like half a year and it brought up my pecs. I did other stuff before that but not in an attempt to bring up my pecs to be more symmetrical. I never liked changing exercises much, though it’s recommended by some for injury prevention.
People argued on these forums about what pre-exhaust is even though there has been an accepted definition since the 60s, I believe.
It was an amazing era.
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I’m less than 200 lbs. So my opinion means nothing.
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