Lower Pec Development - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

gammerlerbelt · 27-03-2004, 11:05 PM

Having been training for about 18 months on a structured basis and due to info gleaned from the site I have made remarkable gains during that time without gear. Just good diet and sensible training. However, I'm a bit disappointed with my lower pecs. I train chest once a week incorporating bench press, incline dbell press, decline dbell press & dbell flys, but have substituted flys with weighted dips recently. I get a bit peeved when I see young lads(I'm 36 and a bit bitter! lol) in the gym with excellent lower pec and some arm development and definition but hardly any other real muscle development. At the moment I feel like a bone rack dripping muscle from everywhere, but the icing on the cake would be to have a slight overhang of lower pec muscle. Anyone able to suggest the best exercises to sort this out. Hope this doesn't sound too vain!

Panthro · 27-03-2004, 11:26 PM

decline bench press, and dips are the best for this matey! I have a similar problem myself...

I also found HEAVY flat bench helps too...

robin_3_16 · 28-03-2004, 12:03 AM

i have this problem too
my lower pecs lack much more then the rest
however all my chest needs work really!

**hackskii** · 28-03-2004, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Panthro
decline bench press, and dips are the best for this matey! I have a similar problem myself...

I also found HEAVY flat bench helps too...

Absolutly.
Declines and dips leaning fwd.
I dont like a overhanging chest myself. Looks like tits and the nipple is too high up with a huge lower chest.
I see it alot but I dont like that look.

**robdog** · 28-03-2004, 11:38 AM

my lower pecs are weak too. i think its a common problem but just keep up the goos work and it will come with time.

robin_3_16 · 28-03-2004, 06:22 PM

my current chest routine is nech incline and flys
how would i make this into a lower pec developing routine?
drop flys maybe
or incline, and do leaning dips or decline?
i am unsure you see
if i add an excercise i am overtraining right?

**hackskii** · 28-03-2004, 06:39 PM

Robin your current chest routine is ok.

robin_3_16 · 28-03-2004, 07:03 PM

thanks mate
just had to check that!

Jock · 29-03-2004, 02:20 PM

I love weighted dips..................

GoldenArrow · 02-04-2004, 08:57 PM

You can't isolate or bring out parts of a muscle. Just add mass/lower body fat.

Sportsup · 06-04-2004, 10:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panthro

decline bench press, and dips are the best for this matey! I have a similar problem myself...

Wot he said

Decline bench and dips.

ONE SMART COOKIE · 21-06-2004, 07:32 PM

When doing dips for the lower pecs only use the lower portion of the dip,that is go all the way down then only come up 4-6 inches,this way the tension ans stretch is kept on the pecs at all times.

You can also do flat flyes with a forward scoop,that being do the first part of the flye as normal lowering out to the sides then as ou come up flye the weights towards your navel then up to over your chest.

Hope this helps.

**Jimmy** · 21-06-2004, 07:54 PM

oh dear cookie, the old lower pec thread!!!!!!

Does it feel like MT yet??LOL

ONE SMART COOKIE · 22-06-2004, 02:00 PM

Just testing the waters jimmy,just testing,lol.

So far enjoying myself.

27-03-2004, 11:05 PM	#1 (permalink)
gammerlerbelt Newbie Trainer Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Worcester UK Posts: 24	Lower Pec Development Having been training for about 18 months on a structured basis and due to info gleaned from the site I have made remarkable gains during that time without gear. Just good diet and sensible training. However, I'm a bit disappointed with my lower pecs. I train chest once a week incorporating bench press, incline dbell press, decline dbell press & dbell flys, but have substituted flys with weighted dips recently. I get a bit peeved when I see young lads(I'm 36 and a bit bitter! lol) in the gym with excellent lower pec and some arm development and definition but hardly any other real muscle development. At the moment I feel like a bone rack dripping muscle from everywhere, but the icing on the cake would be to have a slight overhang of lower pec muscle. Anyone able to suggest the best exercises to sort this out. Hope this doesn't sound too vain!

27-03-2004, 11:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Panthro Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,509	decline bench press, and dips are the best for this matey! I have a similar problem myself... I also found HEAVY flat bench helps too... __________________ "looking at picutres of half naked men dont get you strong. Lets get down to business and go to the gym" - Svend Karlson. 'Viking Power'

28-03-2004, 12:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
robin_3_16 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,461	i have this problem too my lower pecs lack much more then the rest however all my chest needs work really! __________________ Robin

28-03-2004, 11:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
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28-03-2004, 06:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
robin_3_16 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,461	my current chest routine is nech incline and flys how would i make this into a lower pec developing routine? drop flys maybe or incline, and do leaning dips or decline? i am unsure you see if i add an excercise i am overtraining right? __________________ Robin

28-03-2004, 06:39 PM	#7 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,699	Robin your current chest routine is ok. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

28-03-2004, 07:03 PM	#8 (permalink)
robin_3_16 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: england Posts: 1,461	thanks mate just had to check that! __________________ Robin

29-03-2004, 02:20 PM	#9 (permalink)
Jock LEAGUE LEGEND! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: UK Posts: 3,069	I love weighted dips.................. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

02-04-2004, 08:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
GoldenArrow Gym Addict Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: London Posts: 303	You can't isolate or bring out parts of a muscle. Just add mass/lower body fat.

21-06-2004, 07:32 PM	#12 (permalink)
ONE SMART COOKIE Decided to leave due to idiots & and their over inflated egos Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,017	When doing dips for the lower pecs only use the lower portion of the dip,that is go all the way down then only come up 4-6 inches,this way the tension ans stretch is kept on the pecs at all times. You can also do flat flyes with a forward scoop,that being do the first part of the flye as normal lowering out to the sides then as ou come up flye the weights towards your navel then up to over your chest. Hope this helps.

21-06-2004, 07:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
Jimmy UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Forest gym crawley Posts: 4,416	oh dear cookie, the old lower pec thread!!!!!! Does it feel like MT yet??LOL __________________ *To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.* 'Genetics is the science of heredity and variation in living organisms. Inheritance in organisms occurs by means of discrete traits, called genes.'

22-06-2004, 02:00 PM	#14 (permalink)
ONE SMART COOKIE Decided to leave due to idiots & and their over inflated egos Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,017	Just testing the waters jimmy,just testing,lol. So far enjoying myself.