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upper and mid chest exercises???
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genarr3...i definately agree that genetics predetermines how someone is going to look!
with what i know about bbing, can you help me make sense of your following statement??? thanks!
*you can only change the size of your muscle, not the shape* b/c my ex practiced weight training for years and looked great! but he started working both heads of his biceps and you could see both heads as clear as day when he changed up his workout! he changed the shape of his bicep.
so i agree that you can change the size of a muscle, that is obvious in people everyday. but he also changed the shape of his bicep. in changing his workout, his muscle grew and therefore the shape changed as well in this case.
with what i know about bbing, can you help me make sense of your following statement??? thanks!
*you can only change the size of your muscle, not the shape* b/c my ex practiced weight training for years and looked great! but he started working both heads of his biceps and you could see both heads as clear as day when he changed up his workout! he changed the shape of his bicep.
so i agree that you can change the size of a muscle, that is obvious in people everyday. but he also changed the shape of his bicep. in changing his workout, his muscle grew and therefore the shape changed as well in this case.
Actually I'm wrong - partially wrong, but more wrong then right in answering your question. In an attempt to give you an intelligent reply I discovered that there is in fact an upper chest muscle - Clavical Head.
My statement - you can only change size not shape, is still correct.
But you can work upper chest or your "Upper Pecs" with any incline movement. Because it's a different muscle.
To answer your biceps question yes you can work different areas; there are different muscles there. I actually knew that, but you probably don't believe me.
There's a good anatomy chart at this website:
http://www.exrx.net/index.html
You won't have to put up with uninformed replies from dummies such as myself.
My statement - you can only change size not shape, is still correct.
But you can work upper chest or your "Upper Pecs" with any incline movement. Because it's a different muscle.
To answer your biceps question yes you can work different areas; there are different muscles there. I actually knew that, but you probably don't believe me.
There's a good anatomy chart at this website:
http://www.exrx.net/index.html
You won't have to put up with uninformed replies from dummies such as myself.
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the shape didn't change, the size changed which gave it the illusion of a different shape. The shape of one particular muscle is not determined by the exercise done. Stop reading worthless bodybuilding magazines and open a physiology text book, you'd be suprised how much bullshit is out there.
jeez will people ever learn
wrong. go here:
http://exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html
and scroll down, look on the left side, see where it says pec major? the clavicle part is just one HEAD, not a separate muscle.
http://exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html
and scroll down, look on the left side, see where it says pec major? the clavicle part is just one HEAD, not a separate muscle.
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Well I hate to disagree...
...with you can't change the shape guys, but you can.
Switch to doing nothing but incline (by that I mean 30-35 degrees) work for the next 6 weeks and you will see the difference for yourselves.
Better yet - switch to hacks only for quads and see that sweep pop.
...with you can't change the shape guys, but you can.
Switch to doing nothing but incline (by that I mean 30-35 degrees) work for the next 6 weeks and you will see the difference for yourselves.
Better yet - switch to hacks only for quads and see that sweep pop.
okay...thanks for all of the great repsonses you guys! WOW!
my interpretation of all of this info was that there are different muscles that are generally CATORGIZED into a muscles group (pect major, minor, etc. are considered your chest). you can only increase mass and not shape. but by targeting a specific muscle in that group you can change the size of *that* particular muscle in that certain area therefore giving the illusion of changing the "shape" of the CATORGIZED chest.
is that correct? whew!
anyways...back to the question...do you guys have a favorite exercise for the mid and upper CATORGIZED chest? again, just wanted to know what worked for you guys to help me determine my new chest work out!
btw, my brain hurts!
my interpretation of all of this info was that there are different muscles that are generally CATORGIZED into a muscles group (pect major, minor, etc. are considered your chest). you can only increase mass and not shape. but by targeting a specific muscle in that group you can change the size of *that* particular muscle in that certain area therefore giving the illusion of changing the "shape" of the CATORGIZED chest.
is that correct? whew!
anyways...back to the question...do you guys have a favorite exercise for the mid and upper CATORGIZED chest? again, just wanted to know what worked for you guys to help me determine my new chest work out!
btw, my brain hurts!
