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Question by 16 y/o from the USA.	Suggested Answer	Varied angle "flying" and bench presses.
Is there a way to wide the pecs. I have good pecs but they are shaped finda funny, kind of like a "V". I heard some where that you can widen the pecs by doing push ups while leaning on a stole or something. Where your body is higher off the ground. Does anyone know if this is true. I've been doing them for a while and don't see a difference. This there really a way to widen them? You can see my pecs on my profile page. It doesn't look too noticable, but that is because I am leaning over. Thanx for any suggestions.	The pecs are really a flat group of muscles, a bit like the fingers of a hand over the chest, wrist at the top.You can see this on Corey's pic. You CAN exercise different parts of the group by changing the angles of press-ups or dumb bell presses. If you do a bench press flat, as in the animation on the other page, its the main group, but if you incline (head up) or decline (head down) a bench you "hit" different parts of the muscle. Thats what the stool idea does too. I can tell you more, and there may be info on the links from pages linked from the other physical page. Hope to hear from you if you try the incline/decline, Be careful though, you will NOT be able to use the same weight in those positions. Get a guy to "Spot" for you.
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June 10. Hi I been hitting the weights for a while. I do muscleman workout and It's been working really good, but I need help increasing the width of my back. I have very round shoulders and I don't know if it is for the way I sleep or what but I hated. Help me out somebody	This is possibly partly a posture problem, and since the writer is a student DJ that won't help. (bending over the decks) Wide grip chins and lat pulldowns will both widen the back, since they affect the Lats. Make sure in both to use overhand grip, to avoid the biceps doing too much of the work. It may also pay to do straight arm pullovers, lying on a bench with a swingbell (To stretch the ribcage). To get the shoulders back try lateral dumbell raises, either leaning forwards (back straight) or supported on an inclined bench. The single arm version can be done too, supporting yourself with the free arm. The latter should pull shoulders back.
Can Any guy get a six pack? If so, How? (from Nick 19)	The pic I have of Nick shows him to be slim, but with good upper chest, arms and shoulders. The answer is yes. The exercise pages here show several abdominal exercises. The key is in high reps here, and if possible the inclined "Crunch". Use of weights is not required. For further info see the links. Mat has info on this matter. It helps to tense the abs at ANY time, hold for a count of 7 then relax.
Any suggestions for training with no gear or very little? This note has been sent to several guys already. It is NOT intended that you do all the exercises listed every time! Split them over several days. (see the contributor page here for data on that) Any other ideas? Share them if you like please.	Without Weights? It's a bit more difficult to train without weights, but the plan is to use your own bodyweight where possible. As you gain, your weight goes up, thus making the workout harder.  For chest and arms, you can do press ups. Keep your back straight as you do this. You may find it much harder if your feet are on, say a low stool which forces more weight onto your arms. Theres a similar type for triceps where you are supported, facing up, between two chairs, one hand on each, and feet supported at the same level. You lower yourself by bending the arms and then pushing back up. I warn you its a hard one.  If you have a doorway with a cross bar above it with a good hand grip, take a wide spaced hold and raise yourself. You will be using underhand hold probably, so this will affect biceps and lats. (If there are those horizontal beams at school its like raising yourself to "chin" the bar.) This allows under or overhand grip. Try both, you will feel a difference.  Sit ups with BENT legs. Anchor your feet under a heavy item so they don't move and lift yourself so that elbows touch knees. lower, but DONT let your back touch the floor. Repeat till you ache! You can hold a bag on your chest here. See also "crunches" on the web page which are more effective (page4, I think).  Squats for legs.(quads) If you can raise your heels on a wood block (about 50mm or so), lower till knees at 90 degrees and then up again. If you have a bag or something, hold it in front of your chest to add weight.  Calf raises. If you put your toes on the block and raise yourself on it (you'll tilt forwards here so steady against a wall in front of you) and repeat. Raise onto tiptoe in effect, when doing this. The important point after a session (or preferably at bedtime as well) take a protein rich snack or a weight gain supplement. Muscles grow at night as you sleep, so give em some food to work on!
Does the use of heavy weight exercises damage the skeletal frame in growing boys?	Michael Bryan Kelly advises to begin with light weights. He also makes the point re keeping to "form" when doing an exercise and the importance of a "spotter" or partner.	He also points out that many heavy lifters use support, and the number who need bandages etc.
Reference "The Fitness Factor" Michael Bryan Kelly MA., PhD IBSN0-668-05197-3 Arco Publishing. 1981.		For the following entries.
Why start training in early teens? (For any younger guys you know.) It is your last chance to really gain more muscle cells!	The young body actually has cells in an undifferentiated state. Exercise with weights has the effect, only in adolescence of developing these as muscle cells. If you are less active, they develop as fat cells instead!. There is only a low percentage of cells in this state, but clearly it is better for you if they develop as muscle. rather than fat. Thats one reason why an athletic young person retains body form in later life!
Muscle turns to fat when you stop training doesn't it?	Quite definitely untrue. Once the cells have completed adolescent differentiation that's it! Why then do some former athletes put on weight? They eat too much! That sounds daft doesn't it? If they work out or train, they USE a lot of calories (say 350 or more in an hour training session). They must eat well to compensate. If they stop training, but still eat to the same level, Those extra calories add to the fat! The more muscle you gain, the more you must eat to hold onto it, but only if you maintain working out too!
Weight training breaks down muscle, so it then regrows bigger as you recover.	Untrue. It may feel that way when you ache all over, (a result of anaerobic exercise) but that is not what has happened. As you train, the fibres in each muscle gain strength, elasticity and length. Each fibre grows in response to the work you make it do. It needs to have the correct available "food"* material to do this. That is NOT fat by the way. Fat is lost as you exercise because it is used for energy, not to build muscle. * This is where diet and supplements are important.
How is it that my gains were fast at first, but now seem to have stopped?	The initial shock of training (which is why you ached so much) stimulated much growth of the muscle fibres. They are now "used" to the effort involved, and to the pattern of your workouts. The solution is to switch to an alternative exercise, or a different angle to re stimulate the fibres. For example a decline or incline bench press. (Careful, use a lower weight initially)