Comments on: How To Build Up Your Upper Chest

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:02:39 +0000

Need my password, cannot get TA 2.0! Im freakin out! HELP!

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:13:47 +0000

@Sandeep. That sounds fine. Alternate which dumbbell goes in front at each rep OR if you want to prioritize one pec over the other, keep THAT arm to the back at each rep.
@Dustin. It’s sweetened by the protein powder itself which is sweetened with sucralose.
@Dave. If you are confused over the form, let me know which part and I’ll try to explain it better.
@Darrin. Exactly. And I only incline the bench to the lowest point above flat that my bench will go. When you go higher you start to involve the shoulders more and more.
@iRobot, Bill, Keith. Thanks guys!
Mark

By: Sandeep

Sandeep — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:55:27 +0000

Hey Mark, a small problem….the dumbells i have are quite wide so when im performing my incline dumbell press im unable to create a conventional A shape as the sides of the dumbells hit each other at about a straight armed position. is it advisable to twist my arms inwards at the end so that the dumbells meet parallel to one another creating an A shape?

its either this or i buy some smaller dumbells!

Hope you can help

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:54:55 +0000

Hey Mark, I was lookin at your proghurt and was wondering if the yogurt was artificially sweetened or what. Also how much do you use of each ingredient and what are the net carbs of that yoghurt. THanks

By: dave

dave — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:56:44 +0000

any chance you could post this again with a set of videos to demo the motions you’re describing?

i’ve only used dumbbells for chest for years because i had surgery in one arm eons ago, still have a plate in there, and so physically that arm is stronger – the bells allow for me to balance and avoid shifting weight with a bar approach…byproduct is that my chest developed well because i was always focused on slow and steady reps with clean form over brute weight – meaning that i never bench above my body weight, typically focus instead on the “pinch” at the top of the incline reps – and never lower below my shoulders either…

By: Darrin_lean_muscle

Darrin_lean_muscle — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:34:11 +0000

Cool. A recent paper in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning tested the value of incline vs close grip for “upper” pec development and they found that the narrow grip itself is more influential than the bench angle. A little counterintuitive, but it was a peer-reviewed article…

They didn’t test the idea of “partial” reps, but that’s a great idea…

By: iRobot

iRobot — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:25:01 +0000

Great tips. I actually just got done working my chest. I did incline dumbbell presses, but haven’t been incorporating touching them at the top of the exercise. I will from now on. Thanks for the heads up!

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 23:04:42 +0000

Great timing with this post. I was just wondering if I could find some better exercises for this body part. I will try them and let you know my results. Thanks!

By: Keith D

Keith D — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:36:49 +0000

You hit the mark for me with this post.

For me it’s the top of my left pec that is less developed than my right… so I can just reverse your instructions.

Thanks for the tip.