Expanding your rib cage with training?

Mellouk89 · November 2020

We all heard the myth that you can expand your rib cage with weight training, particularly with certain exercises like the pull over and chest flyes. I asked Frederic Delavier, the author of Strength Training and Anatomy. He said it is possible if you train while young, while you are still developing.

I found an article that said something similar, if you do these exercises while young you can indeed expand your rib cage. What do you think?

https://www.t-nation.com/training/ribcage-expansion-fact-or-fiction

claireychn074 · November 2020

Uh...what? I’d certainly never heard that, and in the pantheon of body parts I’ve ever thought of expanding (or shrinking) it’s never been my rib cage 😳

If you want to expand your rib cage - you go for it!

Chieflrg · November 2020

I wouldn't put any value on anything published by T-nation. When there might be some truth in a rare article, most of their content isn't worth sifting through.

Mellouk89 · November 2020

It was written in this book by Frederic Delavier and I asked him personally on youtube, he said it is possible if you train while young.

https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/strength-training-anatomy/9780736092265-item.html

I first read it when I was 14-15 I always thought it was true.

sijomial · November 2020

That would have been of interest to a friend of mine 45 years ago.

He had a nickname of "Long John Silver" - due to his sunken chest.

Retroguy2000 · November 2020

Go find the breastplate stretcher, now!

trogalicious · November 2020

Expanding your rib cage with training?

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