Lower Chest Development

Training Bodybuilding
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[quote]animal x wrote:
DanErickson wrote:
animal x wrote:
FightingScott wrote:
This is making more sense now. I’d be willing to bet that your upper chest is toned while your lower chest is flabby because there’s fat on your lower chest. I’m not calling you fat. I’m just saying fat forms on your lower chest long before it forms on your upper chest.

Your chest development is probably doing alright. You just can’t tell because your lower chest development is hidden.

Everything I’ve said is totally wrong if your 45’ Bench Press max and your flat Bench Press max are the same.

haven’t done flat pressing in a long time coz of an old shoulder injury that gets aggravated when i do. instead, i use the vertical hammer strength machine. i can do 200lbs on a good day, while for db presses i can get 140lbs.

thanx for your input bro, i’ll give it a few more months and see whats up…

Kind of offtopic, but how the hell are people about to dumbbell press so freakin much??

I was trying dumbbell pressees the other day, and my max was 40 lbs. I can bench more then 80, but the problem comes in because the dumbbells need to be curled first before getting into the postition for benching them. With regular bench press you dont have to do this because the bar is already above you, so no curling is required. Am I missing somethign here???

140lbs = combined weight for both arms. thats 70lb dbs each arm, bro.

however, regarding raising the dbs for pressing: u gotta cheat a bit, kick the dbs up with your knees. that make sense? u can have someone to help it up too.[/quote]

Ah ok, i am going to try that, thanks for the tips.

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If you’re 5’7" 236 lbs and use 70lbs dumbbells to DB Bench, you likely have a relatively high body fat percentage.

If you decrease your bf% enough, you will have less “mushy” lower pecs.

You don’t necessarily have gyno, but clearly have body fat there.

Unless you are using 140lbs dumbbells for DB Bench, in which case I stand corrected. From your statement about 200 lbs on the vertical press though, this doesn’t seem probable.

Lifting weights doesn’t magically turn fat into muscle.

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Decline press? I heard it’s easier on the shoulders, though I’ve done precious little of it myself.

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[quote]EatSleepLift wrote:
If you’re 5’7" 236 lbs and use 70lbs dumbbells to DB Bench, you likely have a relatively high body fat percentage.

If you decrease your bf% enough, you will have less “mushy” lower pecs.

You don’t necessarily have gyno, but clearly have body fat there.

Unless you are using 140lbs dumbbells for DB Bench, in which case I stand corrected. From your statement about 200 lbs on the vertical press though, this doesn’t seem probable.

Lifting weights doesn’t magically turn fat into muscle.[/quote]

gotcha man. thanx for your cents. :slight_smile: