PECS please help!

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laulau88

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Heya guys!

Been trying to strengthen my upper body for 3 months now and slowly getting there by doin a number of exercises using dumbells from home!
some thing i have really noticed are my pec muscles are gettin much bigger and i dont want them!! it especially shows from my arm to my chest at the top of my arm pit. i was just wondering how i an avoid using this mucle because i wasnt even aware i was using it! i can only think that i use it when doing bicep curls?

hre are the excercises i mostly do:
lateral raises
bicep curl
bent over rows

i really dnt want to build up this mucles pls help :)

thanks
 
Are the lateral raises to the front or the side? I dont really think that bicep curls will build your chest.
 
i'm not sure how to help but i wish i had your "problem".. :)

i will say that i dont think its those bicep curls. lateral raises would be my best guess. i'll see if i can find some other deltoid exercises for you.

edit: stew beat me to it.
 
lol there to the side! there ugllly!! but nice on guys :p haha

they are hurtin todaaay!! nooo so i guess no more lateral raises for me! i will look on the net too for alternitive deltoid excersises! THANK UUUU :)
 
hmmm? none of those exercises to my knowledge build the pecs. Lat raises work the anterior delts to my knowledge (if you od them on the side)
 
laulau88 said:
lol there to the side! there ugllly!! but nice on guys :p haha

they are hurtin todaaay!! nooo so i guess no more lateral raises for me! i will look on the net too for alternitive deltoid excersises! THANK UUUU :)
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I would stick with side laterals. They work the side heads or outside of your shoulders not the front delts or armpit muscles that you are refering to
 
laulau,
are you a boy or girl, and how old?

if you are a girl and 15-17 hello!!!

if you are a boy, I apologize,,,hehehehehehe


FF'in

better go to bed now!
 
Damn TOO old :yelrotflmao:

Right well i dont have a clue how i am building them up! i guess the only way is to notcie wha muscles i am using before doing the exercises! haha tahnk youuu!

ps. any good home work outs to build lower lats? :)
thanks for ur advice!! :)
 
when you do figure out how you're building them up, i'd like to know. thanks.

lower lats - try bent over rows but instead of how you are doing them now, which i'm assuming, do this:

feet close together, just about shoulder width.
bend forward so your torso is about parallel to the floor.
knees bent slightly, keep your head up and arch your back inwards.
dumbbells hanging at arms' length straight down.

now here's the variation:
instead of pulling straight up to your sides with your elbows out, do the following.

bends your elbows, about 70-90 degrees, and instead of pulling to your sides, you want to pull so that your elbow goes towards the ceiling and the dumbbell ends up by your hips. also keep your elbows close to the body instead of out as in the variation above. keep the elbows locked at that angle throughout the whole motion and focus on squeezing the lower lat towards the end of the rep.

hope that helps.

oh and not too old.. too young!
 
oh boy-- those notes of mine read kinda funny the day after.....

what i meant was if you are a young female, your pecs (concealed by developing breasts) are going to be growing. and the Hello was like DUH, Dinga ling.... not like Hello, nice ot meet you!!!

hahahhhaa

but....
Hello nice to meet you. welcome to the forum. At your age, being a female, you are developing there....

ohhh geezzz... save me here, somebody please!!!

FF
 
flyinfree said:
oh boy-- those notes of mine read kinda funny the day after.....

what i meant was if you are a young female, your pecs (concealed by developing breasts) are going to be growing. and the Hello was like DUH, Dinga ling.... not like Hello, nice ot meet you!!!

hahahhhaa

but....
Hello nice to meet you. welcome to the forum. At your age, being a female, you are developing there....

ohhh geezzz... save me here, somebody please!!!

FF
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so thats what it is!! why didnt i think of that. congratulations laulau, its a rack!
 
I want big pec muscles. (By the way, I'm a 17 year old female). I'm working the hardest on my chest press. Those muscles under my relatively small bust make it look bigger. And believe me, I can use all the help I can get. I'm hopelessly skinny.
 
spicypumpkin said:
I want big pec muscles. (By the way, I'm a 17 year old female). I'm working the hardest on my chest press. Those muscles under my relatively small bust make it look bigger. And believe me, I can use all the help I can get. I'm hopelessly skinny.
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The road to your goal, is gaining knowledge of calories and nutrition within a diet proportioned to your age, wgt, hgt, and gender, which includes associated activities. Then developing a scheduled training plan per week (which allows recuperation time) that compliments this clean diet. When both are developed, then the key is consistency and then watching, looking, and being very mindful, of your bodily responses to your diet and training stimulous.

And, when your body is feeling bum, or you dont feel like training I recommend taking a look at these potential cause factors (I posted this in Beths journal):


Nutritional factors can play a role. Calorie consumption can play a role as well as recovery factors, in a feeling like this. In addition, to consuming enough water. In other times, it can "be the body" just being plain lazy, but your mind is wanting to run the indy 500. What I am saying is there could be some variable here causing your situation.


This is one reason, I like training journals (where you input your feelings, along with the training and rest times), and another reason I like diet journals. One can use this to "sometimes" pin point possible problems.

If your body just isnt responding the way you want, then the "current" circumference of stimulous (diet and training, rest), isnt working (and I am assuming one is being consistant here), and a journal can "sometimes" provide "priceless" feed back, in my opinion.



I wish you the best in your goal.


Best wishes,


Chillen
 
Chillen said:
The road to your goal, is gaining knowledge of calories and nutrition within a diet proportioned to your age, wgt, hgt, and gender, which includes associated activities. Then developing a scheduled training plan per week (which allows recuperation time) that compliments this clean diet. When both are developed, then the key is consistency and then watching, looking, and being very mindful, of your bodily responses to your diet and training stimulous.

And, when your body is feeling bum, or you dont feel like training I recommend taking a look at these potential cause factors (I posted this in Beths journal):


Nutritional factors can play a role. Calorie consumption can play a role as well as recovery factors, in a feeling like this. In addition, to consuming enough water. In other times, it can "be the body" just being plain lazy, but your mind is wanting to run the indy 500. What I am saying is there could be some variable here causing your situation.


This is one reason, I like training journals (where you input your feelings, along with the training and rest times), and another reason I like diet journals. One can use this to "sometimes" pin point possible problems.

If your body just isnt responding the way you want, then the "current" circumference of stimulous (diet and training, rest), isnt working (and I am assuming one is being consistant here), and a journal can "sometimes" provide "priceless" feed back, in my opinion.



I wish you the best in your goal.


Best wishes,


Chillen
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Hmm, I don't recall specifically asking for advice. I was just giving an example of myself. When I said I could use all the help I could get, I meant in the chest department. I think you misunderstood. I should have been more clear, sorry. No amount of weight training will give me the stereotypical big breasts that go with my thin frame. (Most of the women who are as skinny as I am and have big breasts have had plastic surgery.) I've given up on having them, so now I'm focusing on making my pecs bigger. I'm doing a good job of it too, thank you very much.

Sorry if you misunderstood. I realize that your intentions were good.
 
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spicypumpkin said:
Hmm, I don't recall specifically asking for advice. I was just giving an example of myself. When I said I could use all the help I could get, I meant in the chest department. I think you misunderstood. No amount of weight training will give me the stereotypical big breasts that go with my thin frame. (most of the women who are as skinny as I am and have big breasts have had plastic surgery.) I've given up on having them, so now I'm focusing on making my pecs bigger. I'm doing a good job of it too, thank you very much.

Sorry if you misunderstood. I realize that your intentions were good.
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Fair enough, I back off.
 
I just edited my post. It's hard to show feelings through text. I wasn't trying to come across as harsh. I apologized for not being clear enough.

You're okay, you don't need to back off.
 
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