Well i am mostly worried about the fat in my chest.Is there any kind of exercise that will really work in the chest area?
Chest..
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Just lose the fat...don't worry about the "magic exercise" everyone is keeping from you.
You can't spot reduce.
If you want to blow the fat away, do this:
1. weight lift 3 to 5 days per week (working your legs will burn the most fat, because muscle turns up your metabolism and legs are where your muscle is). So, do not overlook those glutes and thighs!
2. Break your meals into smaller portions and have 6-8 per day.
3. Drink water (lots of it). Try to drink 8 oz every 30 minutes.
4. Eliminate Trans Fats.
5. Work 3 days of cardio into your routine. Do 45+ minutes (once you are able) in your target heart rate area (~ 75-85% of MPHR).
If you want to increase your pec size, do this:
1. Bench Press.
2. Dumbbell Bench Press.
3. Flyes.
4. Bench Press.
5. Dips.
6. Bench Press.
7. Shoot... Did I mention Bench?
If you were smart, you would do this:
BOTH
Hit your antagonist muscles so you don't get out of proportion (i.e. Lats). And, strengthen you entire core to help out.
-Rip
If you want to blow the fat away, do this:
1. weight lift 3 to 5 days per week (working your legs will burn the most fat, because muscle turns up your metabolism and legs are where your muscle is). So, do not overlook those glutes and thighs!
2. Break your meals into smaller portions and have 6-8 per day.
3. Drink water (lots of it). Try to drink 8 oz every 30 minutes.
4. Eliminate Trans Fats.
5. Work 3 days of cardio into your routine. Do 45+ minutes (once you are able) in your target heart rate area (~ 75-85% of MPHR).
If you want to increase your pec size, do this:
1. Bench Press.
2. Dumbbell Bench Press.
3. Flyes.
4. Bench Press.
5. Dips.
6. Bench Press.
7. Shoot... Did I mention Bench?
If you were smart, you would do this:
BOTH
Hit your antagonist muscles so you don't get out of proportion (i.e. Lats). And, strengthen you entire core to help out.
-Rip
Backmann said:
ummm....what those that mean? im barely 14...
The antagonist muscle is just an opposing muscle group. Like when you work your abs you need to work your lower back too...if one is significantly stronger than the other the weaker one will get injured.
You can also do just good, old-fashioned pushups to build your chest muscle.
I don't know what you normally eat but I really think that just eliminating junk food and pop will help you lose weight/fat at your age.
~teresa
You can also do just good, old-fashioned pushups to build your chest muscle.
I don't know what you normally eat but I really think that just eliminating junk food and pop will help you lose weight/fat at your age.
~teresa
teresand77 said:
Not really, the problems comes from the muscles becoming tight when they are worked, so if you always work your abs and never work your lower back, your abs will be pulling you forward slightly all day, every day. So you'll end up with spinal problems.
If you work your chest and never work your traps you'll end up will a rounded back and your shoulders will roll forward.
Working one muscle without its antagonist causes joint problems, not muscular.
While it is true that the trap is a pec antagonist, the lat is also. Rhomboids as well...Backmann said:
Try doing bentover dumbbell or barbell rows. Now envision doing the exact opposite and you will find yourself working your chest not your shoulders (I assume that the argument involved the deltoids being the antagonist for the lats; which happens to be true as well).
In almost all cases, you can easily find the antagonist by doing a routine you use for a particular muscle and reversing it.