Help with chest development
dyrewol
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I've been lifting to lose weight since October 2011. I was 261 then and today around 238. I hope to be under 200 again. I've had considerable gains in strength but I feel my chest develpment is lagging behind. My shoulders and arms are very firm while my chest is still mush. Is the common? . I work in cardio after each workout.
I changed my workout to this about a month ago.
Looks like this M-W-F
flat bench 5x5
incline bench 5x5
wide grip hammer strength. Gives a great pump. 5x5
peck deck 3x10
military press 5x5
DB back flies 3x10
triceps pull downs 3x10
T-Th
Squats 5x5
Leg Press 5x5
dead lift 5x5
seated row 5x5
lat pull down 5x5
shrugs 1x as many as I can
DB lateral raises 3x10
DB curls 3x10
Hammer curls 3x10
I changed my workout to this about a month ago.
Looks like this M-W-F
flat bench 5x5
incline bench 5x5
wide grip hammer strength. Gives a great pump. 5x5
peck deck 3x10
military press 5x5
DB back flies 3x10
triceps pull downs 3x10
T-Th
Squats 5x5
Leg Press 5x5
dead lift 5x5
seated row 5x5
lat pull down 5x5
shrugs 1x as many as I can
DB lateral raises 3x10
DB curls 3x10
Hammer curls 3x10
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I've been lifting to lose weight since October 2011. I was 261 then and today around 238. I hope to be under 200 again. I've had considerable gains in strength but I feel my chest develpment is lagging behind. My shoulders and arms are very firm while my chest is still mush. Is the common? . I work in cardio after each workout.
I changed my workout to this about a month ago.
Looks like this M-W-F
flat bench 5x5
incline bench 5x5
wide grip hammer strength. Gives a great pump. 5x5
peck deck 3x10
military press 5x5
DB back flies 3x10
triceps pull downs 3x10
T-Th
Squats 5x5
Leg Press 5x5
dead lift 5x5
seated row 5x5
lat pull down 5x5
shrugs 1x as many as I can
DB lateral raises 3x10
DB curls 3x10
Hammer curls 3x10
Are you sure it is not a layer of fat making it look that way? Fat doesn't come off evenly, so it may be a matter of allowing your body fat % to go down more. Personally, I would ditch much of the isolation exercises and focus on squats, deadlifts, overhead presses, bent over rows, and bench. I really like the Stronglifts 5x5 personally.0 -
drop the volume and up the intensity. lift heavy.
you're doing like 30 sets of chest excercises, and thats completely unneccessary.
hit a compound lift heavy as hell, then pick a supplemental lift and do that.
At the most you should bench 2x per week. Personally I think you should do 1 day for bench, 1 for overhead, 1 for squats, 1 for deads, similar to the 5/3/1 layout. Works great and keeps you from overdoing it.0
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