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Title: Shitty shoulders mean Great chest....Great shoulders mean shitty chest...
Post by: bebop396 on October 15, 2014, 03:32:29 AM
Speak on the reasoning for this...I have my own conclusions...

Prime example? Arnold had a great chest, but subpar shoulders

                       Phil Heath has great shoulders, but subpar chest
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Post by: FermiDirac on October 15, 2014, 03:43:27 AM
What about Coleman? Perfect bodybuild shoulders and pecs.
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Post by: powerbar on October 15, 2014, 04:15:02 AM
My best bodypart is my delts.  I've been critiqued on the national stage as having a shallow chest.  I'd say that in pressing movements people with stronger shoulders end up taking the stress off their pecs. 
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Post by: anabolichalo on October 15, 2014, 04:17:01 AM
what about shit shoulder and shit chest?
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Post by: Wolfox on October 15, 2014, 04:21:58 AM
How are your triceps?

probably tricep pressing.
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Post by: BayGBM on October 15, 2014, 04:24:06 AM
doh!
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Post by: Go F Yourself on October 15, 2014, 04:29:56 AM
Fucking thank you, ive been kicking around this theory for awhile there are two types of builds in this world. Chest dominant, or shoulder dominant. 99% of gym-bros fall into one these two categories.

shoulder dominant bros are usually have absolutely zero lats, walking stick figures. Most hebrews fall into this category.


i swear you take away these decent shoulders on some of these gym bros and they would even look like they had seen a weight in their life.

that being said my theory is poor mind muscle connection on bench/other compounds, recruiting more shoulders than chest.
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Post by: Pray_4_War on October 15, 2014, 04:44:00 AM
I'm chest dominant.  Deltoids = meh.

I've actually quit training chest and I'm prioritizing deltoids to try to bring my physique into balance.
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Post by: CDel19 on October 15, 2014, 05:47:56 AM
AGreed! always been chest dominant -Arnold type sloping shoulders-finally look better after trt and deca:) some of thest guys hit a cycle and/or gh and ONLY have good shoulders lol
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Post by: local hero on October 15, 2014, 05:55:47 AM
The guys with the shoulders tend to have good backs too, at least in my case...

I suffered with shallow chest, I trained it harder everyway imaginable but if the fibres aren't there or they don't respond, not much more you can do
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Post by: Irongrip400 on October 15, 2014, 06:13:31 AM
My best bodypart is my delts.  I've been critiqued on the national stage as having a shallow chest.  I'd say that in pressing movements people with stronger shoulders end up taking the stress off their pecs. 

Why no blue stars?
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Post by: Royalty on October 15, 2014, 06:13:46 AM
There is also this body type division: "Limb Physique" vs "Torso Physique"


Lee Priest (limb) big arms & legs
Lee Haney (torso) big chest & back
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Post by: the trainer on October 15, 2014, 07:16:27 AM
The guys with the shoulders tend to have good backs too, at least in my case...

I suffered with shallow chest, I trained it harder everyway imaginable but if the fibres aren't there or they don't respond, not much more you can do

You need to get the chest muscles tired before pressing, superset pec deck flyes with dumbbell press, as soon as you do the pec deck flyes go straight to the dumbbells without resting using lighter dumbbells getting a deep stretch at the bottom and squeezing at the top.
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Post by: local hero on October 15, 2014, 07:25:54 AM
Fuck me! 17 odd years training and somthing I've never tried, thanks for the tip trainer, now I will have mighty pecs just like you  ::) ::) ::)
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Post by: the trainer on October 15, 2014, 07:41:00 AM
Fuck me! 17 odd years training and somthing I've never tried, thanks for the tip trainer, now I will have mighty pecs just like you  ::) ::) ::)

Well if its that bad then I have no choice but to turn you over to vince basile he will help you get an extra inch on your pecs in the next few weeks.
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=394408.0;attach=428409;image)
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Post by: Natural Man on October 15, 2014, 07:43:28 AM
shitty poster means shitty thread.
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Post by: local hero on October 15, 2014, 08:33:44 AM
Well if its that bad then I have no choice but to turn you over to vince basile he will help you get an extra inch on your pecs in the next few weeks.
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=394408.0;attach=428409;image)

I always wonders with vinces super hypertrophy system, what happens once you've gained that extra inch on your pecs or arms, do you gain more next month or does it stop?..im supprused anabollocko hasn't been kept awake at night pondering it???
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Post by: local hero on October 15, 2014, 08:35:27 AM
I always wonders with Vinces super hypertrophy system, what happens once you've gained that extra inch on your pecs or arms, do you gain more next month or does it stop?..im supprised anabollocko hasn't been kept awake at night pondering it???
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Post by: Big Chiro Flex on October 15, 2014, 08:36:18 AM
The guys with the shoulders tend to have good backs too, at least in my case...

I suffered with shallow chest, I trained it harder everyway imaginable but if the fibres aren't there or they don't respond, not much more you can do

This is my situation exactly. Full round muscle bellies everywhere except pecs. My coach says I have "Centopanni Syndrome."  :(
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Post by: local hero on October 15, 2014, 08:45:01 AM
Scent of panties syndrome is a terrible affliction which leads to fear of hitting side chests...
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Post by: anabolichalo on October 15, 2014, 08:45:44 AM
I always wonders with vinces super hypertrophy system, what happens once you've gained that extra inch on your pecs or arms, do you gain more next month or does it stop?..im supprused anabollocko hasn't been kept awake at night pondering it???
???i never believe the "he may look like shit but he knows his stuff" thing

so i judge a bodybuild advice by his looks


in this case it's fucking shit
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Post by: bebop396 on October 15, 2014, 12:27:58 PM
I had great shoulders...My chest was shit...Even doing chest flyes with dumbells proabably would not have helped...Would not the front delts take over?

Anyways, I did not mind to much...Big shoulders look better in clothes..
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Post by: doriancutlerman on October 15, 2014, 02:34:18 PM
???i never believe the "he may look like shit but he knows his stuff" thing

so i judge a bodybuild advice by his looks


in this case it's fucking shit

You know better than that.

I'd rather take advice from a pencilneck who built himself into something with no or minimal drugs than a dude who bounced a bar off his chest for a couple of years as a teen and looked like Bertil Fox. 



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Post by: SF1900 on October 15, 2014, 02:40:35 PM
Good shoulders and back, shit chest. Nothing I do will make it catch up. And ive tried everything!
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Post by: doriancutlerman on October 15, 2014, 02:43:39 PM
What about Gary Strydom?  Great shoulders, great pecs.

Someone mentioned Haney as a torso-dominant dude.  While that's largely true, he had some big delts on him plus those giant pecs.

And a bunch of people don't give Dorian his due for very big delts and thick pecs.

Franco had good shoulders and pecs.  So did Roy Callendar.  

Nasser had a pretty good chest on him in addition to great delts, and that was before he went nuts with site-injecting all of those panty-sniffer weirdos' semen into his shoulders and arms (yes, Alex, Fallsview and all of your other "stay positive!" chickenshit gimmicks, I'm looking at you).

Branch Warren has good delts and, before the tears, had great pecs.  

There is something to the torso-dominant/limb-dominant bodytype, but plenty of people have built great delts and pecs -- and sometimes, even great arms atop that.  

Poor Ronnie.  Time has every man's number.
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Post by: tom joad on October 15, 2014, 02:48:17 PM
i've got barn door shoulders but have never been able to build a great chest.
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Post by: thebrink on October 15, 2014, 03:00:13 PM
This is my situation exactly. Full round muscle bellies everywhere except pecs. My coach says I have "Centopanni Syndrome."  :(

Coach lol. You mean your drug adviser...
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Post by: TheShape. on October 15, 2014, 08:13:14 PM
Serge Nubret had both but small legs.
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Post by: Parker on October 15, 2014, 08:27:36 PM
Serge Nubret had both but small legs.
They all had small legs back then, but here is one pic that was before the 76 Mor. O, I think, where Weider pulled a fast one on him.
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Post by: Primemuscle on October 15, 2014, 08:31:13 PM
When Arnold was young, there was quite a noticeable slope to his shoulder structure. Do you suppose this body type enjoys better chest development?
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Post by: Army of One on October 15, 2014, 10:26:42 PM
Booty has a shitty chest
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Post by: bebop396 on October 16, 2014, 05:03:23 AM
Booty has a shitty chest

 ;D
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Post by: Palpatine Q on October 16, 2014, 06:24:44 AM
i thickened up my pecs after decades of training by taking the triceps and delts out of the picture.


Pec Deck. but you don't press with your elbows and forearms, i don't feel shit when i do that.

grab the bottom of the pads with your hands, flare your elbows out, and DON"T make a wide swinging motion like you normally would. keep the motion tight, the pads should never be more than a few inches in front of your chest. and just "open and close" the machine. it should be linear, not circular. Elbows out and squeeze.  think more that you're pulling the handles in with your pecs, than pushing them with your arms

And I move the seat up and down....and grab different parts of the pads to hit upper and lower.



My theory is that Bad body parts are bad because biomechanically, you are set up where it's hard to get a good "feel" for them,  you lose tension on the muscle, or dominant muscles take the workload.

what I try and do is figure out ways around it.
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Post by: Army of One on October 16, 2014, 06:28:07 AM
i thickened up my pecs after decades of training by taking the triceps and delts out of the picture.


Pec Deck. but you don't press with your elbows and forearms, i don't feel shit when i do that.

grab the bottom of the pads with your hands, flare your elbows out, and DON"T make a wide swinging motion like you normally would. keep the motion tight, the pads should never be more than a few inches in front of your chest. and just "open and close" the machine. it should be linear, not circular. Elbows out and squeeze.

And I move the seat up and down....and grab different parts of the pads to hit upper and lower.

Have you ever had occasion to have a shitty chest, Groink?
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Post by: Palpatine Q on October 16, 2014, 06:30:07 AM
Have you ever had occasion to have a shitty chest, Groink?

Why no Army, but I do know someone who you can ask about that sort of thing  :D
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Post by: ether on October 16, 2014, 10:32:02 AM
It's not shoulders and chest, it's TRICEPS and chest.
Big TRIS shitty chest and vice versa.

Any even the great Ron Coleman was a victim.

Although the ONE pic with his horseshoe will surely surface now.

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Post by: Ron Harrigan on October 16, 2014, 03:58:41 PM
Booty has a shitty chest

It is eggscellent really.
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Post by: Parker on October 16, 2014, 05:23:00 PM
It's not shoulders and chest, it's TRICEPS and chest.
Big TRIS shitty chest and vice versa.

Any even the great Ron Coleman was a victim.

Although the ONE pic with his horseshoe will surely surface now.


Ronnie Coleman Didnt have bad triceps.  The long and lateral heads were not as prominant as the medial head. Sergio had big lateral and long head, and a great chest. So did Serge Nubret.

There are different variables. For instance, Levrone and Phil have similar shaped triceps and similar shaped chest and delts. Flex Wheeler had great tricep shape, but didn't have a great chest. Shawn Ray and Eddie Robinson had very good tricep shape and great chests.
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Post by: Pet shop boys on October 16, 2014, 05:31:04 PM
What about Coleman? Perfect bodybuild shoulders and pecs.

he could be the exception .
 

 YIP WOOOSSSHHHHHHH
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Post by: Parker on October 16, 2014, 05:49:26 PM
he could be the exception .
 

 YIP WOOOSSSHHHHHHH
joel Stubbs  has great shoulders and chest as well.
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Post by: anabolichalo on October 18, 2014, 12:52:19 AM
It is eggscellent really.

she one fine lady with huge juicy melons