Upper-Inner Pecs

[bigmag]

Try this out when doing incline db press......on the descention, turn your wrists towards you head and go down untill the weight touch your shoulders (this gives you a really good stretch) then on the ascention, turn your wrists towards your head so that you touch the bottom of the dumb bells together (this gives you a really good squeaze. You also may want to try to widen your grip while doing incline barbell press. Try it out!!!

 

[Tuna Guy]

but maybe you could apply more stress to one area over the other, it would make sense that the fibres closest to the fulcrum (insertion) would be stressed more if that is where most of the stress was applied.

 

[Belial]

but maybe you could apply more stress to one area over the other, it would make sense that the fibres closest to the fulcrum (insertion) would be stressed more if that is where most of the stress was applied.

Not necessarily. Stretched more if it's hyperextended, but the other attachment is still at the far end of the muscle belly. The entire muscle will distribute its contraction to maximize power if you're working at a high enough strength threshold.

In other words, if you're lifting heavy enough, your body is going to use every muscle it possibly can (to their greatest extent possible) to complete the lift. that means, for your bench, all three pectoralis muscles, the anterior delt, the triceps, etc. All of 'em will be working to their max.

 

[Tuna Guy]

not necessarily, but possibly. It would also explain to a certain degree why people get doms when they change exercises, even though the muscle is the same muscle being trained.

 

[Fa2]

So back to the question at hand...

Try some close grip incline bench, on either the smith or incline bench. That exercise really targets the upper-inner region of the chest, let us know if that works for you...

 

[omanaman]

you can't work the inner/outer parts of the chest -- only the lower/mid/upper parts, and yes you can make certain parts grow faster. You just have to find an exercise that seems to hit that area the hardest.

 

[goahead]

As we can see on this on this link, it is NOT the clavicular head but the STERNAL head that comprises most of the inner upper pecs.

http://www.exrx.net/Muscles/PectoralisClavicular.html

I believe that INCLINE PRESSES indeed are a key to upper chest developement, but i believe you need LOW INCLINE PRESSES instead of 45 degree inclines in order to target the most terrain and to avoid too much delt involvement

Here's a nice program

- 15 degree incline BP or SMITH MACHINE 8-6-16 reps
- weighted dips 8-6-16 reps
- 15 degree incline dumbell flyes 8-6-16 reps
- 15- degree incline dumbell presses 8-6-16 reps
- 45 degree benchpress 3 * 10-8 reps
- choose one exercise for 2 sets *10 reps, set immediately followed by wide stance pushups with bodyweight:
> pec deck or
> cable scoops
> cable cross

And regarding the genetic dealt cardz.... it's only after you learned to make the most of your cards that u stumble upon genetic limitations, so GO AHEAD!

 

[Belial]

*slams head against wall repeatedly*


Forget it. lol.

 

[bignate73]

So back to the question at hand...

Try some close grip incline bench, on either the smith or incline bench. That exercise really targets the upper-inner region of the chest, let us know if that works for you...

hmmm.......too easy. ill let someone else.

 

[Belial]

Don't look at me. *grits teeth in frustration*