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Chest Training

Everything is coming together better than I ever would have imagined last year at this time… all but my chest. Not bad, but not exactly what I was shooting for. I do bench presses, dumbbell flies and pushups, but it’s a very slow process compared to everything else. Any suggestions?

One-arm or two-arm cable-crossovers and focused flies on low inclines are tops for building, shaping and defining (and good luck plus hard work).

Forward-leaning dips help, low-pec focused stiff-arm dumbbell pullovers are a neat addition, various-degree incline dumbbell presses beat bench presses — safer, healthier, smarter for solid muscle mass.

Avoid declines, they only add to the dreaded hang in your pecs future.

Eat right, eliminate estrogen, burn fat and be happy.

dd

Posted on March 10th, 2010 in Aging Well,Bodybuilding by Dave Draper