pressing movements overrated for chest?

[gresendat]

Hey I had a question, I am learning about compound lifting and working the chest. I have a bird chest, I will freely admit that but I am working on it. Doing a lot of workouts from bench press, to pushups, to machines. My question is is the secret to a wider chest really pressing movements or can you build a chest up without it just by training overall?

 

[Chez21]

Bird chest= avoid machines! Push all day for big chest

 

[stevesmi]

i built my chest at a young age from a bird chest using the hammer press. i have no clue what would have happened had my gym had a bench press but i would imagine my results would have been better. that is where i would go

 

[the_alcatraz]

I suggest hammer press and wide grip bench press to deal with the small chest issue, works for me and hammer pushing too

 

[BodyMonster34]

bro do 5x5 program on chest

 

[SteveMobsterG]

Start with a fix to the 'birdcage'. Expand the chest with pullovers (the breathing kind).

 

[MasonicBodybuilder]

Bench press and dumbbell press are going to be great options for you.

 

[ballin2504]

It’ll grow. Keep training hard and dont slack on incline. It’s helped my chest tremendously

 

[Tazz]

dumbell press