inner chest problems

[Game Dog]

I'm having trouble with getting my inner pecs to grow. I usually do all my compound exercise movements then dumb bell flies and pec deck but still having problems. any advice???

[Mr I]

sounds like you answered your own question, put an inner chest movement first for a while; cable flys upward motion a la Marcus Ruhl, close grip bench elbows out thats sorta thing

[dfc]

Agree put it in the begining of your training for that day weak point traing,like my rear delts need work so on delt day i satrt my workout with rear delts while Im fresh and Im not worn at all so I can eally focus on them and feel them alone instead of at the end when my whole delt area is pumped up already

[Bouncer]

there really is no "part of your chest exercise" and chest movement works the whole chest.

[dfc]

my chest responds best to incline presses with the bar,if I do flat presses its with DBs due to my delts comming into play. One of my favorites is weighted dips leaning forward. I dont get much from flys for some reason. I have noticed that doing pushups between sets has helped me a bit

[Gluesniffer]

there really is no "part of your chest exercise" and chest movement works the whole chest.

I thought there was pectoralis major and pectoralis minor, which of course has nothing to do with this thread.

[Shibby]

I thought there was pectoralis major and pectoralis minor, which of course has nothing to do with this thread.

Anatomically yes, but functionally no. You can make slight adjustments to move the center point of the stress, but I feel that's over thinking it and where lifting starts loosing it's fun.

[Gluesniffer]

Hmm, so is that to say that incline work is not necessary?

[Konitz]

there really is no "part of your chest exercise" and chest movement works the whole chest.

This is the truth right here I had the same problem I tried every different kind of chest exercise I could think of and my middle of my chest wouldn't grow; or at least I thought it wasn't. I have a really wide chest and the muscle just had to grow from the outer chest to the inner I will say the best exercise for my chest is I put the bench on about a 15 degree incline then do my fly's. Also I let my arms drop as low as possible like I am trying to have the dumbbells touch the floor, then I bring them up making sure they are directly over my head but I don't let them touch I stop when they are about a two feet away from each other so my chest muscles are still working. I have seen significant growth with that exercise.

[Game Dog]

Thanks for the feed back guys

[Game Dog]

I also read that the difference in the way you turn your wrists in or out can have a different been trying that

[Mr I]

I also read that the difference in the way you turn your wrists in or out can have a different been trying that

look what Konitz and Bouncer are saying comes down to this, as put by Kerry kayes or something like, if you do a set of flat bench for multiple say 10-15 reps to failure, even though its an excarcise more associated with mid and lower pecs you will be forced to recruit the upper chest as well as when fibres begin to fatigue others are recruited.

By that logic you can pick one excercise per bodypart, and to a point Mike Mentzer did just that.

Personally though I prefer to hit the muscle from at least two different angles per bodypart and you can direct the initial focus on the area of fibres your trying to stimulate. Ergo if you hit the inner chest when the pecs are warmed but fresh you can concentrate to force in that area, while you have maximum mind to muscle control.

[Bouncer]

look what Konitz and Bouncer are saying comes down to this, as put by Kerry kayes or something like, if you do a set of flat bench for multiple say 10-15 reps to failure, even though its an excarcise more associated with mid and lower pecs you will be forced to recruit the upper chest as well as when fibres begin to fatigue others are recruited.

By that logic you can pick one excercise per bodypart, and to a point Mike Mentzer did just that.

Personally though I prefer to hit the muscle from at least two different angles per bodypart and you can direct the initial focus on the area of fibres your trying to stimulate. Ergo if you hit the inner chest when the pecs are warmed but fresh you can concentrate to force in that area, while you have maximum mind to muscle control.

what he said ^

i like hitting from different angels etc.. upper, mid etc. but you cant hit just middle chest.

[Konitz]

also, try this I go flat db press, then I increase the incline and another set; then increase the incline some more and do my last set.