Upper Chest

[TexasBig]

I know this may not be the most appropriate forum for this post but I wanted to get y'all's help. I cannot seem to find an exercise to really work my upper inner chest. I try to get that area sore with incline flies, incline press, pec-deck, low cable crossovers, but nothing seems to be hitting there. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[BigGuns2]

Try supersetting incline cable flies with incline dumbbell flies.

 

[supertech69]

All your incline movements will hit that area. for upper chest you should be doing the upper pulleys on cables. By playing with your stance, you should find he optimum position to hit your chest. Often times, I see people just trying to move as heavy a weight as they can. The idea is to do a weighted flex of your chest. Try starting light & controlling your movement so you can actually contract your chest when you get to the point where you have your hands together hold it for a second then do it again. The same thing goes for dumbell flies. Those are stretching movements. Incline dumbell presses are great, maybe you're not going at a high enough angle. Try going at around a 35-40degree angle. I go slightly more of an angle than the standard incline bench. which I believe is 35deg. Sounds like you've got the right exercises for the most part, try working on form & don't let your ego control how much weight you do.....Supertech

 

[frorider6]

check the training board. I have a similar thread.

 

[growin']

Flat Bench, wide grip, lowered to neck, elbows pulled back, 12-15 reps. Give that shot. Keep reps high, as this is not a great range of movement for the shoulder, heavy weights at this angle would be pretty stupid.

 

[frorider6]

I think I'm going to keep a shoulder width grip on incline bench for another couple weeks, then switch to a close grip for my inclines.

 

[TexasBig]

Thanks for y'all's help!

 

[Team Punishment]

DO incline dumbell presses but keep the weights together, parallel, going down and up, so that the top of the dumbells, are facing your face, this reall hits the inside of the upper chest, do sets of 10-12. If you dont understand what I mean email me I will try to explain it better

 

[frorider6]

DO incline dumbell presses but keep the weights together, parallel, going down and up, so that the top of the dumbells, are facing your face, this reall hits the inside of the upper chest, do sets of 10-12. If you dont understand what I mean email me I will try to explain it better

Palms facing, gotcha. Interesting..... I stopped using dumbbells because it was getting hard to pop the 85s (soon to be more) up into place, especially since I don't normally have a spotter. I might give those a try. Thanks