I believe you can target specific areas of the chest, hitting that spot however i wouldn't bother, just train the chest as a whole, decline movements work great for the entire chest anyway.
Alot of people have a problem in the lower inner chest where there seems to be a "gap", this is probably just down to their genetics and the length and insertion of the pectorials.
Yes I know the pec is one muscle and that the general consensus is that you can only train it as a whole and not in parts (debatable by both bb and strength communities I know) but thanks to my crappy chest genetics my inner and lower areas are kind of lagging behind.can anyone suggest some chest exercises that might be worth a shot to improve this area? My chest routine currently looks like this:
Flat bb bench: 4 x 5
Incline bb bench: 4 x 8-12
Pec deck: 4 x 8-12
Dips 4 x 10
Sometimes I'll jump on the chest press machine or isolated incline press machine as well
The lower portion of the Pectoralis Major cannot be targeted directly because as you stated earlier motor units work on a all or nothing principle where you recruit the smallest motor units before the larger ones. There is nothing wrong with hitting the muscle from all different angles though. Most people believe that going to an Incline hits the upper region of the Petoralis Major which isn't completely true. In this case you are taking more of the load off the pec major and hitting the pec minor harder which sits up a bit higher which gives most people the impression there targetting the top of there pec major.
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