Inner Chest

[mamias20918756]

Which excersises work better the iner chest?
I know that flyes, crossover and pec-deck seem to work a lot, but which really is the best to do?

[onehundredk]

Which excersises work better the iner chest?
I know that flyes, crossover and pec-deck seem to work a lot, but which really is the best to do?

close grip bench/ dumbell press...are the best for gettin your "cleavage"

[mamias20918756]

i had noticed that presses worked my inner chest good enough but i didn't really knew that they do affect it for sure, thanks...Close grip bench seems to work more on triceps than chest, not my favourite....

[n4529359]

using the full range of motion is the best way to go ..

considering the muscle fibres are all in parralell you can't specifically target the center of the chest

[Tren Bull]

doing cable flys for the fullest range of motion possible, and doing peak concentrations at the end works pretty well

[Flexor]

doing cable flys for the fullest range of motion possible, and doing peak concentrations at the end works pretty well

Cables flyes is not a mass exercise. It will only help bring out the final striations after the mass has been built. For the inner chest there is no other way to go than just doing a very good, rounded chest routine.

[S.P.G]

Cables flyes is not a mass exercise. It will only help bring out the final striations after the mass has been built. For the inner chest there is no other way to go than just doing a very good, rounded chest routine.

agreed.......

[Tren Bull]

i think it depends on genetics, i havent done standard bench press in over 4 years, but my chest is still one of my dominant muscle groups, and thats from doing lots of flys at all different angles

[MASTER]

i think it depends on genetics, i havent done standard bench press in over 4 years, but my chest is still one of my dominant muscle groups, and thats from doing lots of flys at all different angles

Yeh def bro, I read one pro only does flyes for chest, i think it might have been bob chick actually.

[HUNTER1]

flyes with FULL ROM and dumbell presses w/ FULL ROM.

[Doc.Sust]

i think it depends on genetics, i havent done standard bench press in over 4 years, but my chest is still one of my dominant muscle groups, and thats from doing lots of flys at all different angles

that may be a mistake, flat press to failure with various grips is a great way to put on huge size, pressing is a major muscle movement, flyes are not even close and do not recruit any where near as many muscle fibers as a press and thats a fact.

[Tren Bull]

dont get me wrong, im not saying that pressing movements aren't good, i just prefer flys because they give me good results, and also because triceps are a bigger priority to me than my chest. if i only do flys, i can save my tris for more tricep extensions

[Flexor]

that may be a mistake, flat press to failure with various grips is a great way to put on huge size, pressing is a major muscle movement, flyes are not even close and do not recruit any where near as many muscle fibers as a press and thats a fact.

Precisely. That is why cable crossovers are a complete waste of time unless you already have a massive chest and you are not looking for mass anymore. Flyes are a weak way of working the chest, and yet everyone feels the need to incorporate them, even though varying your grip and elbow position on a flat, decline and incline bench is far more productive. People often forget about dips, which is probably the most useful chest exercise there is as it pulls the lower pec in a competely different plain of motion to a flye.

[Doc.Sust]

dont get me wrong, im not saying that pressing movements aren't good, i just prefer flys because they give me good results, and also because triceps are a bigger priority to me than my chest. if i only do flys, i can save my tris for more tricep extensions

what you said makes very little sense to me, if you would press first you would need to do less tri work overall because you would be fatigueing the muscles with the press motion, the tri would still get enough "work" and you would have to less work not soley focusing on a minor muscle ranges of motion. your train of thought is backward on this, trust me, don't ever neglect a major muscle movement so you can do more auxillary work if you want the best results

[Doc.Sust]

Precisely. That is why cable crossovers are a complete waste of time unless you already have a massive chest and you are not looking for mass anymore. Flyes are a weak way of working the chest, and yet everyone feels the need to incorporate them, even though varying your grip and elbow position on a flat, decline and incline bench is far more productive. People often forget about dips, which is probably the most useful chest exercise there is as it pulls the lower pec in a competely different plain of motion to a flye.

agreed!!!

[Papi93]

In corporating db presses into your chest routine will give you a fuller ROM and will allow you to hit the medial pecs. I observed this in a weight training vid by Physiotherapist Paul Chek.
On a muscle anatomy chart, I have read that the sternal pecs can be worked with db or barbell pullovers. The clavicular pecs are stimulated by presses and flyes.

My opinion is that you need to concentrate on presses with barbells and dumbbells to develop the hypertrophy you desire. A combination of both will produce optimal results. IMO, don't worry about single-joint movements, when you lack the mass that you desire.

[Flexor]

In corporating db presses into your chest routine will give you a fuller ROM and will allow you to hit the medial pecs. I observed this in a weight training vid by Physiotherapist Paul Chek.
On a muscle anatomy chart, I have read that the sternal pecs can be worked with db or barbell pullovers. The clavicular pecs are stimulated by presses and flyes.

Bit of an old thread Papi

You say medial pec, you must be referring to the clavicular. On the flat bench both the clav and sternal pec work at much the same levels according to EMG. However, incline and overhead presses stimulate the clav and not the sternal, whilst decline, dips, close grip pullups and pullovers all stimulate the sternal but not the clav. Its best to do exercises that involve both, as well as exercises that concentrate on one and not the other.