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Ali p
04-03-2002, 02:15 PM
I've got a 47" chest which at 5'10 i think is fairly impressive. However all the size is the outer half of the pec. In the middle their is a dramatic decrease in muscle mass. This looks okay with clothes on but gets a bit embarrasing when the tops have to come off.
This is what i'm doing:
Flat flyes (pre-exhaust)
Flat bench
Incline dumbell
Incline dumbell fly
Cables
Machine presses (drop set)
If anyone can see what i'm doing wrong please let me know the help would be appreciated.

Gear101*
04-03-2002, 02:20 PM
i've been hitting the bottom of my pecs pretty hard lately.. might think about adding in some decline press and old fastion push-ups..

getripped
04-03-2002, 02:25 PM
Close grip push-ups and barbell bench should help you out.

captaindianabol4kids
04-03-2002, 02:26 PM
ali place! my bro in the house!
id say plenty incline dumbell work,heavy 30degree flyes, close gip inclines!
6-8 reps and finish with cables bro&#33;&#33;&#33; <!--emo&OL--><img src="http://musclechemistry.mantisforums.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/butbut.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='OL'><!--endemo-->



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captaindianabol4kids
04-03-2002, 02:27 PM
please&#33; no more push up ideaS BROS&#33;&#33;&#33;
Who has built muscle not those chippendale things but muscle with push ups&#33;&#33;&#33;
arrghg&#33;&#33;&#33; balh wah&#33;&#33;&#33; &nbsp;:""

AlmostPro
04-04-2002, 07:17 AM
My 2 cents is to ditch the pre-exhaust work and focus on developing more stength - point being that as your one rep maxes improve, this should correlatively increase the amount of weight with which you can perform your actual hypertrophy work-set(s). &nbsp;I mean, 3 work-sets of 10-12 reps with, say, 365 does things to my chest (from a hypertrophy perspective) that I&#39;d never experience were I to prefatigue with flyes, then be forced into benching with a lighter weight. &nbsp;Heavy compound movements do build mass. &nbsp;Anyway, that&#39;s what&#39;s worked for me. &nbsp;Same approach with incline barbell presses could fill you out more, too. &nbsp;On your heavy chest days, alternate between opening with flats and inclines. &nbsp;Definitely, leave the push-ups to John Basdow.

Ali p
04-04-2002, 08:12 AM
Thanks i&#39;ll use all our advice and see what happens.

BStrongBwell*
04-04-2002, 04:50 PM
I&#39;d say do LOTS of incline work, and when doing cables or pec deck, be sure to flex and hold the contraction for a few second.