Back muscles vs pectoral muscles

[nrwillia]

My back muscles develop at a faster rate than my pectoral muscles. When I see my front half in the mirror I'm always disappointed and pray my abs (which have taken a few years off) come back. Is there a technique or any other method of results to bring my front torso up to par with my back? Can anyone one psyche me into better development?

[BILLYGRINGO]

Originally Posted by nrwillia

My back muscles develop at a faster rate than my pectoral muscles. When I see my front half in the mirror I'm always disappointed and pray my abs (which have taken a few years off) come back. Is there a technique or any other method of results to bring my front torso up to par with my back? Can anyone one psyche me into better development?

Well i don't know if I can PSYCH you into doing anything that would be up to you. First off depending on what you training schedule looks like, you might start by not training back so heavy.

I have a few friends that are the same way they train back like once every 2 weeks becaus eif they did it every week they'd look like a friggin turtle.

To bring up lagging areas you might try having you ususal "chest" day then thru out the course of the week hit your chest a few other times with some medium weight and 15-20 reps, I have found that if you have lagging body parts they may not respond to the usual 3-4 sets for 10-12 reps But maybe 2 sets of 15-20 on leg and back training days.

Now alot of this will depend on your age and speed of recovery, age because generally speaking 17-26 yr olds may and tend to recover a lot quicker than say a 30-40 year old

It will also depend on diet, are you getting enough proteins / aminos / vitamins.

So i guess if you want more advice you need to be specific as to what you actual routine looks like. be realistic and you'll get realistic answers

cool ?

good luck

[bigbench]

Yea, post up your routine and let us take a look at it. Also, dont forget that genetics play a huge part in which muscles grow faster and how fast they grow. Just like some guys arms grow so fast, but their back and chest might not. Or their chest grows, but not the back. It doesnt mean they are working out incorrectly, it is just that they have a tendency to grow faster in particular areas so they need to tweak their routines to correct the problem

[role model]

Everybody has lagging bodyparts, for me its biceps and quads/hams. I tried everything in the book and the only thing that helped was hitting your lagging bodyparts 2x a week while once a week for everything else.
Also for chest try a few dumbell only workouts and see what happens.

[jasthace]

A lot of workout routines are designed for maximum power and weight in the hope stimulating maximum muscle gain.{these workouts aren't for everybody!}
The problem is that they tax heavily the joints & tendons { particularly chest } so may not be performed regularly enough to achieve muscle growth ,
I.E If you dont have super heavy duty joints and tendons,they may/ will tire and strain before muscle can be regularly,adequately and consistently stimulated to achieve growth.
This is why I think it is a good idea to train these weaker areas more moderately and regularly
working the muscle with key exercises that target the muscle without straining joints and tendons.
The best exercises that I know of for specifically targeting the chest with minimal joint tendon stress are the slightly declined dumbbell movements.
I prefer a rep ranges between 30-16.{ lower rep/higher weight on appointed days}
What I do when targeting a muscle group is to stimulate it with a regular " pump/wake up" sets on "other" workout days.
Then on the appointed day/s for training that specific muscle group it is already Primed.
This is a great way of shaping and filling the muscle out and achieving quality muscle gains.
I think it is a truer form of bodybuilding,rather than the power lifting desperate ego type that we've all been guilty of.{myself in particular}