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HugoGym
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 Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject: Pectoralis Muscles!! |
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How can i get a big pectoralis muscle?
what exercise do i do?  |
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Boss Man
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Bench Pressing, I find Dumbbells are better, but some like Barbells.
Should be okay with Pec Deck, Crossovers, and also things like Push-ups, Chins, and Miltary Press. |
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swanso5
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| work up to doing 20 perfect push ups before anything |
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HugoGym
Joined: 22 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| swanso5 wrote: | | work up to doing 20 perfect push ups before anything |
so i do 20 puch ups before any exercise?
thank you for the help |
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Boss Man
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| No he means be able to do those before hitting the weights, not 20 push-ups before each exercise, if you do that you'll be physically stuffed I would imagine. |
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swanso5
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:21 pm Post subject: |
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pefect push ups
- chest to floor
- arms at a 45 degree angle from torso in bottom position
- shoulder baldes tucked in and down
- bum squeezed
- lower back / pelvic floor in neutral
- continous reps
- no hip sagging
if you can;t do them like this then you'll struggle to bench press a dime |
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vamp
Joined: 01 Jan 1970
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| swanso5 wrote: | pefect push ups
if you can;t do them like this then you'll struggle to bench press a dime |
nice way to put it lol. |
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HOUSTON TEXAN
Joined: 06 Jan 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Get a 320lb bench like me...then pull your pectorial muscle...only 7 more weeks left until chest exercises woo! |
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vamp
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| HOUSTON TEXAN wrote: | | Get a 320lb bench like me...then pull your pectorial muscle...only 7 more weeks left until chest exercises woo! |
Ouch, no envy here! |
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HOUSTON TEXAN
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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But the fact that I will have a higher bench than most even after 8 weeks of no chest exercises still makes me happy  |
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vamp
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| HOUSTON TEXAN wrote: | | But the fact that I will have a higher bench than most even after 8 weeks of no chest exercises still makes me happy |
LOL |
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darius3000
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| HOUSTON TEXAN wrote: | | But the fact that I will have a higher bench than most even after 8 weeks of no chest exercises still makes me happy |
Wow..that's a lot you benched (even though it did mean an injury). I jumped for joy when I could do 2 reps at 225, and of course most built guys can do 225 for many reps. It was a benchmark for me and I'm really not that concerned about getting much stronger in the bench. I'm a big guy (6'3") with long arms and bench has never been my favorite. I like dumbbells better and I can do the 90's for a few reps.
I've been focusing on assisted pullups, chinups, and dips. It's the best thing I ever did for my workout routine. Muscles are popping up all over the place. Soon I'll be able to do unassisted dips and maybe someday unassisted pullups. |
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swanso5
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| can you do unassited reps of dips and chin ups? if so then do many sets of low reps (10 x 2 etc) and increase 1 rep each week or something...you'll get better at actually doing them, not training the same muscles but with different movements |
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darius3000
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Well, no, not really, not without a spotter. I'm too bottom heavy and not strong enough for the unassisted pullups. For dips, though, I could probably do 3 unassisted. And yes I do need to increase cardio. I found some neat jumprope workouts that include pushups and situps in the video section of shapefit and will try these.
[quote="swanso5"]can you do unassited reps of dips and chin ups? if so then do many sets of low reps (10 x 2 etc) and increase 1 rep each week or something...you'll get better at actually doing them, not training the same muscles but with different movements[/quote] |
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swanso5
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why more cardio?? do inverted rows, not push ups for those workouts...you're probably imbalanced (back vs chest) already so no need to make it worse...sit ups are no good either, try lunge variations
do negative reps and isometric holds for chins... |
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