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Help with Chest Mass

mattawesome Posts: 141 Joined: 2005/01/13	2005/06/07, 02:28 PM When I was younger, I had a thick chest. As you all know I'm on the mass building program with FT. It seems like my chest is behind the rest of my body. Should I double up on my chest workout's or give it more time? I'm in my 4th week of training, it's taking shape but not as thick as it used to be. -------------- If you can't hang with the big dogs, go your little ass home.
bropie Posts: 1,084 Joined: 2004/12/04	2005/06/07, 02:35 PM try training it with lower reps, ie 6-8 if the rest of your body is around 10 reps, to focus more on size and mass rather than strength and definition
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2005/06/07, 06:47 PM I would think dbs would be better at chest thickness.....just my opinion.......also.....I'd mainly use inclines and declines......you get th emost muscle fibers worked out of those....than flat. again ..jmo If you double up on chest.......double up on back.....ches twon't get much bigger if the back can't support it? make sense....? -------------- gravity is not a law, only a obstacle
mattawesome Posts: 141 Joined: 2005/01/13	2005/06/07, 10:08 PM Good point Andrew -------------- If you can't hang with the big dogs, go your little ass home.
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/06/08, 11:36 AM Chest was my biggest problem also. I worked chest twice per week, prioritzing it always. Use heavy, compound movements. Forget the isolation stuff, stick with benches, flat, decline and incline. Weighted dips are also great(lean forward to hit chest) -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
dvelswk Posts: 192 Joined: 2005/05/07	2005/06/09, 09:01 AM I had a big problem with chest for awhile, what I do now that has helped and worked the best is working out once a week for chest with this routine: -Flat Barbell Bench (4 sets) -Incline Dumbell Bench (4 sets) -Weighted Dips (3 sets) -Flat Dumbell Flies (3 sets)
mattawesome Posts: 141 Joined: 2005/01/13	2005/06/11, 06:21 PM Ok 8 reps, but how many sets, should I increase weight each week or stay around what I'm doing now? -------------- If you can't hang with the big dogs, go your little ass home.
bropie Posts: 1,084 Joined: 2004/12/04	2005/06/12, 02:23 PM try 3-4 sets/exercise.. dont do more than 12-15 total sets for a chest workout. increase your weight to meet your rep needs (ie. you are aiming for 6-8 reps, you do 150 lbs for 8 reps easily, so bump up)