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    Quote Originally Posted by XChris1632X View Post
    This is also the same kinda thing as above, I do hamstring curls just not everyweek. It is one of the things I change up as to not overwork the legs and cycle in some different workouts. I throw a lot of different workouts in, the ones I posted are just an example of one week.
    If it's working, then keep it up by all means
    I do have a question about working arms twice a week though. What is the easiest way to realize if you are overworking them? My Tricepts have great recovery time, hence the reason I can just wait a few days after chest and touch on them again. My bicepts however do not seem to recover fast at all but usually feel alright come Friday to do back.

    My arms feel pretty sore and take forever to fully heal once they've been overworked, but they are by far slowest healing muscles... At one point I had dedicated one day of the week just for arms and even then, anything over 4 exercises with 4 sets for either bi's or tri's and I would not be back to 100% for nearly 2 weeks and that was while taking it easy the rest of the time... If your biceps take longer, you probably should reduce your sets and exercises... I've seeng good growth since I switched to working them on back day after I'm finished with back and only do 2 exercises of no more than 4 sets a piece... Tri's after shoulders and I do the same thing... sometimes I may do 3 sets of 3 exercises though... My tri's heal faster than bi's
    Thanks for all the insight.


    Quote Originally Posted by MAD MATT View Post
    I thought the chest was one muscle. Maybe im wrong and should shut up, but hitting the chest from different angles ie declines wont make the lower chest change shape. The chest grows as a whole muscle and not in different directions.
    Hitting the chest from different angles most certainly affects which parts of it are targeted... Decline hits the lower portion and mid portion more, while incline hits the upper portion more... Changing your grip will change which part of your chest you target more directly as well... Look at it like this... How much can you bench on flat or decline? How much can you bench on incline? I'm willing to bet your incline is noticably less right? The reason... the chest is composed of two muscles... Pectoralis major and minor... Minor is located at the top of your chest and is smaller than the major... Look at a pro bber when they do there most muscular pose.... Notice the large crease that goes through both sides of there chest about 2/3 of the way up it... that's where the muscles are separated...
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    Quote Originally Posted by fit4ever180 View Post
    Hitting the chest from different angles most certainly affects which parts of it are targeted... Decline hits the lower portion and mid portion more, while incline hits the upper portion more... Changing your grip will change which part of your chest you target more directly as well... Look at it like this... How much can you bench on flat or decline? How much can you bench on incline? I'm willing to bet your incline is noticably less right? The reason... the chest is composed of two muscles... Pectoralis major and minor... Minor is located at the top of your chest and is smaller than the major... Look at a pro bber when they do there most muscular pose.... Notice the large crease that goes through both sides of there chest about 2/3 of the way up it... that's where the muscles are separated...
    Sorry to be post in this thread off topic, but many believe that this is a myth. And theres alot of evedence to prove the myth. If what your saying is right then if i spend the next 10 years doing decline presses only for chest then my lower chest would be huge and out of proportion? If this can be done for the chest then what about the same for the quads? I think i should start a thread to thrash this out

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    Quote Originally Posted by MAD MATT View Post
    Sorry to be post in this thread off topic, but many believe that this is a myth. And theres alot of evedence to prove the myth. If what your saying is right then if i spend the next 10 years doing decline presses only for chest then my lower chest would be huge and out of proportion? If this can be done for the chest then what about the same for the quads? I think i should start a thread to thrash this out
    its never isolated. the other parts of the chest are used as well. just the emphasis changes on position and hand grip. would it grow out of proportion? i wouldnt think so. unless you add steroids to the mix maybe a little bit. the body is pretty good at keeping you balanced imo.

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