Tits- better chest please!

[Sootybaby]

Not got gyne but....

having increased my weight through training and coming off an enforced diet I have come back to 15 stone from 13- hoorah! Problem is that my chest development is a bit bottom heavy. I have always had a tendency to be broad backed and e wee bit saggy in the chest area. What guidence can anyone give to develop upper chest or to tighten the area to give a bit of "lift". I also have had shoulder and tricep injuries that make overhead or behand head motions a little discomforting. But I will try lower weight excercsises in these ranges if that is required.

ps

as a brit these olympics are fantastic! they are bang on for our time zone!

[Sootybaby]

I'm hanging onto your every word here!

[sekcbeast]

if you are trying to work the upper pecs a bit more i would suggest trying incline DB presses, but with your shoulder problems, maybe lessen the degree of the incline. i have found that incline DB presses "stretch" my upper pec better than an incline bench press, causing a tighter feeling.

[JACKAL]

well the obvious answer to developing your upper chest is incline movements. incline bench press, incline dumbell press, and incline DB flyes. prioritize your workout and start with the incline movements first.

is the saggy portion muscle or fat? if its muscle then again focus more on your upper chest with incline movements. if its fat then the obvious suggestion is cardio.

hopefully you can do incline with your injuries. if not then i dont know what to tell you. use machines if you cant do free weight, but good luck to you.

[Sootybaby]

'cos i have one arm stronger than the other(herniated disc in neck means right hand tri's weaker atm) I am only working chest with barbells 'cos don't want to favour left side disproportionately. What about overhead pullovers? I have shied away from these because of the loading on my shoulders. But would a lower weight/higher rep set give more lift to the..erm tits!

I am not overly fatty. 6'2" 15'4 although the bosom damn near disappeared at 13'. Sadly so did the strength!

[JACKAL]

i believe overhead pullovers are more of a back exercise, maybe someone else can confirm this, but i only do pullovers on back day

[jmac2222]

Originally posted by JACKAL
i believe overhead pullovers are more of a back exercise, maybe someone else can confirm this, but i only do pullovers on back day

I found this...

Pullover concentration depend on whether it's straight or bent armed.

"Bent arm pullovers become a version of the French Press or tricep extension and accent tricep development. Substantial difference, as you'll notice." DaveDraper.Com

I fell pullovers in my tis but as the wieght got heavier (over 100) I tore my sholdier. The motion was slow and I didnt feel that I had torn it until a day later. Very painful.

[stiles]

OK I'm going to suggest something that may be controversial. Forget about concentrating on your upper chest and go for overall chest development. Look at this , the clavicular head of the chest is tiny compared to the sternal head. I think that you will be doing yourself a disservice by stressing the shoulder muscle group and clavicular heads of the chest before you get to the meat (sternal head) of the chest. Well that's what I would do.

Good luck with your progress regardless of the path :-)

[Gort]

It may be a good idea to have someone competent check your form.

Many (perhaps most) people have a problem with bench form early on. The most common problem I see is an overly arched back. This tends to emphasize the lower pec and can aggravate back and shoulder problems. If you are doing something like this you may not need inclines to correct the imballance, as your upper pecs will grow faster once they recieve proper stimulation. Correcting form problems on the bench usually allows a jump in weight too since more muscle is applied.