rounded pecs?

[andy s]

Hello.

Is there a cause for rounded pecs? If I want to try and flatten my chest should I avoid flat bb bench and focus soley on incline lifts and maybe dips?

Someone posted something about this in a thread a month or so back but I cant find it. I also seem to have a quite inverted sternum which makes it look even worse. After injuries earlier in the year I have been focused on my fitness more and been doing alot of push ups in my training. This seems to have done more harm than good. Any advice appreciated.

Cheers.

[I Declare War]

Hello.

Is there a cause for rounded pecs? If I want to try and flatten my chest should I avoid flat bb bench and focus soley on incline lifts and maybe dips?

Someone posted something about this in a thread a month or so back but I cant find it. I also seem to have a quite inverted sternum which makes it look even worse. After injuries earlier in the year I have been focused on my fitness more and been doing alot of push ups in my training. This seems to have done more harm than good. Any advice appreciated.

Cheers.

post some pics of your titties then we can inform.

[andy s]

bahahahaha no thanks! :oops:

[I Declare War]

bahahahaha no thanks! :oops:

The first step on the road to recovery is acceptance. 8)

It's kind of hard to give advice without seeing what's bothering you. Usually the solution is... just to bench more!

[thatwaslight]

you cannot change the shape of your chest (insertions or the way it develops)

[I Declare War]

you cannot change the shape of your chest (insertions or the way it develops)

But... you can htfu and train harder! reason I want him to post pics is that it may not even be that bad... then the advice is "get over it and train as hard as you can"

[crazyfacials]

you cannot change the shape of your chest (insertions or the way it develops)

there goes my dream of fixing my lower pecs

[thatwaslight]

you cannot change the shape of your chest (insertions or the way it develops)

there goes my dream of fixing my lower pecs

i was also thinking this. srs

[Shutupandsquat]

you cannot change the shape of your chest (insertions or the way it develops)

there goes my dream of fixing my lower pecs

i was also thinking this. srs

+ 1 :nod: :shifty: :twisted: :cry: :shock:

[Riccardo]

ITT we have lagging lower chests?, feelsbadman.

I've started incorporating decline into my workouts to try and fix this, after religiously doing dips since forever.

[Android]

Hello.

Is there a cause for rounded pecs? If I want to try and flatten my chest should I avoid flat bb bench and focus soley on incline lifts and maybe dips?

Someone posted something about this in a thread a month or so back but I cant find it. I also seem to have a quite inverted sternum which makes it look even worse. After injuries earlier in the year I have been focused on my fitness more and been doing alot of push ups in my training. This seems to have done more harm than good. Any advice appreciated.

Cheers.

post some pics of your titties then we can inform.

Hahaha nice and easy into the awkward questions I see!!

Everyone's got something "wrong" with them against the ideal flawless physique.

Why not make your Chest so big no-one cares it's outta shape and ugly...there's half a dozen guys on this forum with sunken chests or sternums and pretty good chests so you can do it

[nate225]

Shape is deetermined by genetics, however pecs look rounder when BF is higher - they square up a lot when you lean down.

[Terrymundo]

what about the theory that flys build pec width and pressing for thickness? its something iv heard a few times. I recently have been doing incline flys in attempt to build up upper pec width and i feel its working. anybody else have experience with this?

[Android]

Shape is deetermined by genetics and reaching your genetic potential, however pecs look rounder when BF is higher - they square up a lot when you lean down.

Just remember for years I thought my bicep were inserted halfway up my arm, until I did preacher curls and they developed a much different shape

[thatwaslight]

what about the theory that flys build pec width and pressing for thickness? its something iv heard a few times. I recently have been doing incline flys in attempt to build up upper pec width and i feel its working. anybody else have experience with this?

there is building muscle and there is not building muscle. flys build muscle like pressing does.

[nate225]

Shape is deetermined by genetics and reaching your genetic potential, however pecs look rounder when BF is higher - they square up a lot when you lean down.

Just remember for years I thought my bicep were inserted halfway up my arm, until I did preacher curls and they developed a much different shape

Thanks for editing my post Android! :pfft: :grin:

My 10 cents is that the only change of shape is muscle getting bigger - I've never seen anything to suggest that you can grow a particular part of the muscle? Certainly you cannot change origins & insertions (may be able to thicken up the tendon but not change where it joins the bone).

Changing shape possible with SEO or maybe scar tissue?

what about the theory that flys build pec width and pressing for thickness? its something iv heard a few times. I recently have been doing incline flys in attempt to build up upper pec width and i feel its working. anybody else have experience with this?

there is building muscle and there is not building muscle. flys build muscle like pressing does.

THIS

[soundsgood]

But I thought incline press worked your top pec, declines your lower and flies the width and middle of your pecs :roll:

[nate225]

But I thought incline press worked your top pec, declines your lower and flies the width and middle of your pecs :roll:

Although I'm assuming you're taking the piss SG I guess to an extent you might be able to break more fibres in one area within a muscle therefore influencing its shape??? Never seen anything to prove this but I guess when you do a localised tear it appears in a specific site within a muscle (think tearing a small hole in a piece of steak) rather than the whole muscle being damaged. The scar that then forms can be relatively localised?

Anyone????

[Riccardo]

There is no top pec, middle pec lower pec per se, however there are two origins of your pec that can be thought of as two heads, the sternocostal head ("lower pec") and sternoclavicular head ("upper pec") the fibers run in slightly different directions for each of these heads and are activated differently during various exercises.

EMG data shows that the sternoclavicular head ("upper pec") is activated more during an incline bench press. Fibers in the sternocostal head ("lower pec") is activated slightly more in a decline press.

Also for anyone interested, a wider grip does not mean more pec activation. Infact a slightly narrower grip for an incline press means more activation.

Now whether or not the increased activation leads to increased growth in that particular area, I can not be 100% sure, however it would seem that this is indeed the case and there would more likely than not be evidence out there to prove this.. I just cbf looking :grin:

[thatwaslight]

There is no top pec, middle pec lower pec per se, however there are two origins of your pec that can be thought of as two heads, the sternocostal head ("lower pec") and sternoclavicular head ("upper pec") the fibers run in slightly different directions for each of these heads and are activated differently during various exercises.

EMG data shows that the sternoclavicular head ("upper pec") is activated more during an incline bench press. Fibers in the sternocostal head ("lower pec") is activated slightly more in a decline press.

Also for anyone interested, a wider grip does not mean more pec activation. Infact a slightly narrower grip for an incline press means more activation.

Now whether or not the increased activation leads to increased growth in that particular area, I can not be 100% sure, however it would seem that this is indeed the case and there would more likely than not be evidence out there to prove this.. I just cbf looking :grin:

Raped!

[musclenz]

There is no top pec, middle pec lower pec per se, however there are two origins of your pec that can be thought of as two heads, the sternocostal head ("lower pec") and sternoclavicular head ("upper pec") the fibers run in slightly different directions for each of these heads and are activated differently during various exercises.

EMG data shows that the sternoclavicular head ("upper pec") is activated more during an incline bench press. Fibers in the sternocostal head ("lower pec") is activated slightly more in a decline press.

Also for anyone interested, a wider grip does not mean more pec activation. Infact a slightly narrower grip for an incline press means more activation.

Now whether or not the increased activation leads to increased growth in that particular area, I can not be 100% sure, however it would seem that this is indeed the case and there would more likely than not be evidence out there to prove this.. I just cbf looking :grin:

OMG not this again :grin: I believe that through all the theory & bio mechanical function of the pecs, Soundsgood has restated what is generally the accepted norm, that incline work hits the upper chest (lets just say there is one ) & decline hits the lower pecs & helps flatten them out. The other factor that could be given some credence is that the lengthening of the spine by stretching can assist in the straightening of the spine & allow for the pecs to sit higher over the abdomen. So posture plays a part here. Try doing some hanging off a cable rack or pull up bar, reverse Swiss ball & notice how much higher & flatter your pecs sit after the spine is realigned.

[lemon]

But I thought incline press worked your top pec, declines your lower and flies the width and middle of your pecs :roll:

Although I'm assuming you're taking the piss SG I guess to an extent you might be able to break more fibres in one area within a muscle therefore influencing its shape??? Never seen anything to prove this but I guess when you do a localised tear it appears in a specific site within a muscle (think tearing a small hole in a piece of steak) rather than the whole muscle being damaged. The scar that then forms can be relatively localised?

Anyone????

I like to think this as well. Riccardo being right scientifically. But I like to think still to myself for placebo affect if anything. A Fly will work the inner part of my chest more as its the way the muscle is contracting as opposed to bench for instance.

[thatwaslight]

But I thought incline press worked your top pec, declines your lower and flies the width and middle of your pecs :roll:

Although I'm assuming you're taking the piss SG I guess to an extent you might be able to break more fibres in one area within a muscle therefore influencing its shape??? Never seen anything to prove this but I guess when you do a localised tear it appears in a specific site within a muscle (think tearing a small hole in a piece of steak) rather than the whole muscle being damaged. The scar that then forms can be relatively localised?

Anyone????

I like to think this as well. Riccardo being right scientifically. But I like to think still to myself for placebo affect if anything. A Fly will work the inner part of my chest more as its the way the muscle is contracting as opposed to bench for instance.

no. flys do not work your inner chest more. lol

[Riccardo]

Trying to work different fibers within a muscle is one thing.. but to work different PARTS of fibers??? I think your clutching at straws (or fibers) mate.

[lemon]

no. flys do not work your inner chest more. lol

you're not helping my placebo effect.

Trying to work different fibers within a muscle is one thing.. but to work different PARTS of fibers??? I think your clutching at straws (or fibers) mate.

if your saying this from what I said? I didn't mean that?