Best exercises for chest volume?

For me and many others, incline presses and flies. I know a lot of guys that will start with flat bench just because they feel they should start with flat bench because its the first exercise so they are feeling the strongest. Ever since I switched from starting with flat bench first and going to incline bench first, my chest has started to thicken up more. Obviously everyone has their own routine, but if you haven't tried before, switch up the order of ur chest exercises and see what that does for ya.
 
I think with guys like me that have longer arms decline and incline work the best. Flat bench seems to hit my shoulders and tris more than anything else
 
I know you are supposed to switch up your routine and stuff but when it comes to chest I always start my workout on Incline. When I first started working out I use to focus on flat bench 1st. I gained good strength but I hated how my upper chest was lagging. Lately I warmup on Hammer Strength Incline presses to get some blood flow into the muscle and warmup my elbow and shoulder joints and tendons. Than I will either do Barbell or Dumbbell Incline presses
 
kingk0ng said:
This isn't true. The chest is one muscle and is worked as a whole. You can the two specific heads of the pec (clavicular, sternal) but to say there's no one specific move for chest development is fictional. Bench presses work every single aspect of the chest.
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I definitely wouldn't claim to be an expert in methods of chest development, but there are actually two separate pectoralis muscles (what people are usually talking about when they are talking about the chest): pec major and pec minor.
 
Make sure you clench your back on your pressing movements as well, it'll put more load on your chest and less on you shoulders.
 
rambofireball said:
I definitely wouldn't claim to be an expert in methods of chest development, but there are actually two separate pectoralis muscles (what people are usually talking about when they are talking about the chest): pec major and pec minor.
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Yeah but pec minor lies deep to pec major, so will have little affect on chest development. Have a look at pec minor from a anatomy book or webpage, you'll see that specificlally targetting this (which isnt possible) will not develop overall chest.

Only thing to note is, is that pecmajor muscle fibers run latitudunally (i.e. side to side, not up and down) and so developing 'inner' chest and 'outer' chest seperatly is not possible. Once a muscle fiber is activated, the whole fiber (from one side to another) is activated, resulting in the entire pac major being developed. However because the fibers run latitudinally, you can target upper and lower pec (clavicle and sternal) with incline and decline
 
Jiigzz said:
Yeah but pec minor lies deep to pec major, so will have little affect on chest development. Have a look at pec minor from a anatomy book or webpage, you'll see that specificlally targetting this (which isnt possible) will not develop overall chest.

Only thing to note is, is that pecmajor muscle fibers run latitudunally (i.e. side to side, not up and down) and so developing 'inner' chest and 'outer' chest seperatly is not possible. Once a muscle fiber is activated, the whole fiber (from one side to another) is activated, resulting in the entire pac major being developed. However because the fibers run latitudinally, you can target upper and lower pec (clavicle and sternal) with incline and decline
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True that.
 
Box Push Up

The slight incline of the boxes emphasizes your lower chest a little more, improving muscle separation and definition in this hard-to-hit area.

Set Up: Place two sturdy 8-10 inch high boxes on the floor about two feet apart- wide enough so that your torso can fit between them - and place one hand on each box in the center. Extend your legs behind you and lift your hips into a push up position, abs tight and head neutral.

Bend your elbows and slowly lower your body toward the floor between the boxes keeping your abs tight and your back straight.
 
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