Improve chest shape

john_doe25

Over the last few years I've put on a bit of weight, not a huge amount though. (I used to be very lean playing sports and such, but then I got a job sittin on my ass all day). Anyway my nipples have always been far apart, almost in line with the side of my torso. With the bit of extra weight, they point out and look silly when wearing a tee-shirt or anything light. Obviously loosing the weight would fix the problem, but on top of that, are there any exercises I can do to "pull" in my nipples ? So the point more forward than to the side?

Mellor

john_doe25 wrote: »

Obviously loosing the weight would fix the problem, but on top of that, are there any exercises I can do to "pull" in my nipples ? So the point more forward than to the side?

The problem is body fat. Losing weight will solve it. if you are lean it won't matter where your nipples are.

alexsmith

you have bitch tits (GYNO)

Brian?

alexsmith wrote: »

you have bitch tits (GYNO)

How in the name of jaysus do you know that? Its far more likely it's just fat.

OP, losing weight is the only real answer.

john_cappa

alexsmith wrote: »

you have bitch tits (GYNO)

Expand on how you know this? :rolleyes:

Dropping body fat or increasing muscle mass (same thing depending on your perspective) should solve it.

There are no exercises that can pull your nipples in or "shape" or "carve" the muscle. If anyone suggests training the "inner" or "outer" pec ignore them as it is simply not possible.

blah88

Use weighted dips and chin ups as your main push/pull exercises. Reason being, the only way to improve on these exercises is to improve your muscle:fat ratio, unlike say, the bench press where you can improve simply by adding extra weight to your frame.

You'll never see a fat person doing dips or chins with an extra 50kg attached, simply because they have too much excess weight on their body already.

Hanley

blah88 wrote: »

Use weighted dips and chin ups as your main push/pull exercises. Reason being, the only way to improve on these exercises is to improve your muscle:fat ratio, unlike say, the bench press where you can improve simply by adding extra weight to your frame.

You'll never see a fat person doing dips or chins with an extra 50kg attached, simply because they have too much excess weight on their body already.

There's quite a lot wrong with this. I know what you're getting at, but it's not really true or applicable for most.

BigDuffman

blah88 wrote: »

the bench press where you can improve simply by adding extra weight to your frame.
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So if I eat more cake...I can shatter my PB?! Sweet.

Hanley

BigDuffman wrote: »

So if I eat more cake...I can shatter my PB?! Sweet.

Mass moves mass

jive

blah88 wrote: »

You'll never see a fat person doing dips or chins with an extra 50kg attached, simply because they have too much excess weight on their body already.

Wrooooooong!! There's a lad in my gym who's fat but can do dips for reps with 60kg attached. I'd say he's mid 20's bodyfat and probably early to mid 20s in weight (stones, kicking it old school), strong as phuck but still a fatty.

Best way to improve chest shape is to just train it properly. Do flat bench work, incline bench work and decline/dip work. Some people will just have a badly shaped chest genetically, but size will help chest shape in the majority of cases.

Michael 09

Am I right in saying that you can't change the shape of a muscle. All you can do is make it bigger or smaller and that shape comes from your genes?

Sounds like weight loss is the answer here.

blah88

Hanley wrote: »

There's quite a lot wrong with this. I know what you're getting at, but it's not really true or applicable for most.

I'm just basing that off personal experience. I hit a bench plateau before and just experimented with eating as much as possible for a week before trying the same lift again. I ate as much pizza, cake etc as I possibly could and a week later I benched the weight easily. However when I tried to do weighted chins they were much harder than the week before. I just assumed it would be the same with dips.

When you look at gymnasts and people doing weighted muscle ups or other advanced bodyweight exercises they're nearly always in great shape. That's why I was emphasizing dips/chins. Seems to be working for me anyway. I'm losing weight but my chest appears to be growing as I increase the weight on dips each week.

Antisocialiser

You never see a great marathon runner with high bodyfat.

Doesn't mean that long distance running is good for losing it.

Hanley

blah88 wrote: »

I'm just basing that off personal experience. I hit a bench plateau before and just experimented with eating as much as possible for a week before trying the same lift again. I ate as much pizza, cake etc as I possibly could and a week later I benched the weight easily. However when I tried to do weighted chins they were much harder than the week before. I just assumed it would be the same with dips.

That could have been numerous factors causing it, I doubt you'd have caused a substantial enough weight gain in a week to achieve it, but you are perfectly correct in saying that weight gain will help with that sorta stuff and not weight bodyweight.

My position is that I just don't think it's realistic that someone will gain enough fat to see a bench increase and not notice it!!!

When you look at gymnasts and people doing weighted muscle ups or other advanced bodyweight exercises they're nearly always in great shape. That's why I was emphasizing dips/chins. Seems to be working for me anyway. I'm losing weight but my chest appears to be growing as I increase the weight on dips each week.

Yup - gymnasts are savage. BUT you only see the good ones, the ones predisposed to that sort of development and skill, AND they spend thousands of hours doing gymnastics skills to get to that level, so it's not really similar to a few sets of dips every couple of days if you dig what I'm saying?

But absolutely, if it's working for you stick with it.

Hanley

Antisocialiser wrote: »

You never see a great marathon runner with high bodyfat.

Doesn't mean that long distance running is good for losing it.

Yes. Long duration light intensity cardio is a fantastic way to reduce body fat when you with a good diet

deadlybuzzman

Hanley wrote: »

Yes. Long duration light intensity cardio is a fantastic way to reduce body fat when you with a good diet

and to see what a marathon runner with a bad diet looks like, google tank abbott!

SYLT

Don't do decline.

Mellor

blah88 wrote:

Use weighted dips and chin ups as your main push/pull exercises. Reason being, the only way to improve on these exercises is to improve your muscle:fat ratio, unlike say, the bench press where you can improve simply by adding extra weight to your frame.

You'll never see a fat person doing dips or chins with an extra 50kg attached, simply because they have too much excess weight on their body already.

What about increasing your strength without changing muscle:fat ratio?

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

and to see what a marathon runner with a bad diet looks like, google tank abbott!

Tank Abbot is a fat street fighter who ran a marathon once, not a marathon runner. I doubt he even did any significant marathon training for the thing.