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Pecs Anonymous
Alright, is "pec shaping" a myth or not?

IE, can you get the origin through judicious application of flyes, the cut on the bottom through dips, and the man cleavage through close grip bench pressing?

Or is it just AAAH FUCK IT IT'S ALL PECS.
>> Anonymous
AAAH FUCK IT IT'S ALL PECS.

Seriously, just bench press.
>> Anonymous
close grip is for triceps, brah
>> Anonymous
>>430713

It's a compound movement. You're still exercising your chest, brah.
>> Anonymous
>>430713

Close grip is still a press, and therefore is still a compound movement. You're still exercising your chest, brah.
>> Anonymous
im a fan of the incline bench press for man boobage reducage brah.
>> Anonymous
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance/question_of_strength_au
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The Parts of the Pecs

Q: Is there really anything you can do to target certain areas of the pecs like upper and lower? For example, incline bench presses hit the "upper" pecs; dips and declines target the "lower" pecs. Any truth to those old bodybuilding beliefs?

A: Actually, there is. Now, you will find some research that says that it's not true, but those studies were done with Radio Shack equipment and aren't reliable.

The truth of the matter is, there's a great percentage of electrical activity in preferential heads of the pectoralis. In other words, the clavicular (upper) portion will be recruited more during inclines, and the sternal (lower) portion will be recruited more during the decline bench press.
>> Anonymous
>>430762

But it's a percentage of the contribution; certain exercises don't target one-hundred percent of the lower or upper pecs. So, the clavicular head still works somewhat during decline presses. The percentage of recruitment is merely shifted with certain exercises.

It's the same with biceps. When someone does incline curls, the long head of the biceps is more recruited, but the short head is still working.

Now, with chest work, the further the hands are up in relation to the center of gravity, the more the clavicular pectoralis is recruited. And the further the hands are near the center of gravity, the more the sternal pectoralis is recruited. So, theoretically, dips will recruit more of the sternal pectoralis than the decline press. In that way, you can think of the dip as an extreme decline press.

All that said, there's no such thing as the middle or inner chest, so obviously that nonexistent area can't be recruited by flyes or pec deck.
>> Anonymous
Interesting. So the best thing to do would be to stack up multiple sets of pexercizes?
>> Anonymous
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They can be big or small. The pecs consist of two fucking muscles. You can't shape them.
>> Anonymous
Dumb fucking myth is dumb.

The only reason (and a valid one) for changing up your bench (flat, incline, decline) is to hit different muscles. Benching is a compound movement.

Benching in different positions will not "shape" your muscles any different, unless you consider making them either bigger or smaller as "shaping".
>> Anonymous
>>430919

This guy's smarter than Charles Poliquin. Everybody listen to him for now on, fuck Poliquin and his advanced exercise knowledge.
>> Anonymous
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This guy has a line in the middle of his chest. I assume its because his pecs are kinda segmented between upper and lower.
>> Anonymous
>>430925
wrong
>> Anonymous
Poliquin is even more of a christ figure than your beloved black jesus, Barack.

just that poliquin d/n write for total fucking noobs, but advanced, professional BBers/athletes. as such, what 'works for them' should not even be on the radar for ANYone here.

as such, both
>>430762
and
>>430919
are correct.
>> Anonymous
>>430925

it's because he has upper and lower pecs and has developed his body to the point where you can see the separation.

you have them too, unless you're an alien.
>> Anonymous
>>430925

franco columbo
>> Anonymous
>>430925

Everyone has that.