How do I make the bottom of my pecs cut and defined?

(bb|[^b]{2}) — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:15:45 -0800

Can I shape and define my lower pecs without doing bench presses? I've been working out consistently for the last four months, and I'm mighty proud of the toning I've achieved on my upper arms and between my pecs - my cleavage, as it were. The bottom of my pecs, however, are still gently sloping towards my abs... and I don't like that. I want them to be cut and defined, but how do I target the bottom of those suckers?

I'd like to keep using the same low-impact equipment I have available, which is: my body weight, a chin-up bar, two push-up bars, and an exercise ball. Is it possible to target that area with my meager exercise arsenal?

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adrober — Fri, 28 May 2004 16:32:44 -0800

Might manboobs ever become bodacious pecs? [More inside...] The bane of my genetic existence are two fleshy mounds on my chest---the same fleshy mounds you will find on my father, my brother and my late grandfather. It is the curse of the family manboobs.

These aren't fat-related manboobs. I'm actually quite skinny--people constantly comment on it--yet I still stare down at my chest when wearing tight fitting clothes (or even not so tight fitting clothes) and see two fleshy lumps poking out for the world to mock and ridicule.

My friends tell me I'm crazy, that I don't have manboobs. But my friends are liars. I have manboobs.

My question, though, involves working out. I've been working out a lot this year. Not a ton, no. But I've done a relative amount of chest exercises as well as some good regular running on the treadmill. My body is starting to come together. I'm like a newfangled Fabio, except a Fabio with manboobs.

And that's the thing. I'm starting to think that genetic manboobs (as opposed to weight-related manboobs) don't follow the rules of hard work yielding good results. The shape of my manboobs is disconcerting. Looking down at my chest, starting at the left side, they slope upwards at the first hill of my chest "M" (as in my chest looks like the letter M) and then come back down in a much wider arch. It's unnatural. And I don't think chest exercise or push-ups will cure it.

Has anyone else cured their genetic manboobs? Any glimmer of hope?

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