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Krinkala
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Posted: 26 November 2005 10:14 am |
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| I've lost 50 pounds and I wanted to know the best exercises to gain pec muscles that might help reduce the sagging. I don't have a gym membership. I have been working with dumbbells at home, do yoga, walking and use an exercise bike. Any ideas?
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RedLeave_85
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| Location: | Amman, Jordan |
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Posted: 8 January 2006 04:14 pm |
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It sensitive issue, so i think you must ask a doctor 
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nevd
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Posted: 8 January 2006 05:31 pm |
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Incline flyes and incline dumbell press are best for the upper pecs (which is what affects the breasts).
Experiment with the best incline. 45 degrees is a good place to start.
NevD 
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gingerb8956
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Posted: 29 March 2006 10:23 pm |
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I don't know what any of these exercises are called but here's my best description...
Arms up and to the side, so elbows will be at a 90 degree angle away from the floor, hands will be up in the air. Swing arms in toward the front of your body...think f squeezing your elbows together (but you don't really touch elbows). That's kind of a bad description hopefully it makes sense.
Arms straight down, backs of hands facinging aways from you, lift up, arms are close to body and your elbows will go out to the sides. Lift until you reach your arms are parallel with the floor. Again...bad description but...
Good old fashioned push ups! Every time I do them I can really the strain in my chest muscles, plus they get the arms and shoulders.
You may want to take a look at this book published by Self Magazine. You can get it on their website. It's just about 70 pages on exercises you do so to strength train and 85% do not involve a gym. I just bought it and I love it!
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OnceUpon-A-ThinGirl
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Posted: 14 April 2006 09:02 am |
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| has anyone tried these excersizes? Do they actually make the sagging less?
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nevd
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Posted: 14 April 2006 11:47 am |
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Don't know about the folk on this forum, but I've seen lots of others use these exercises (especially the incline variety) with great success.
You do need to stick at it, of course. Nothing works overnight, and muscles that haven't been used in years don't react immediately..
But it's worth the effort, as many people I know would attest.
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Krinkala
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Posted: 15 April 2006 04:23 am |
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Since I originally posted this I have lost another 11 pounds for a total of 61 pounds lost and I have kept up my exercise. I still do all my exercise, but I decided to focus more on aerobic activity right now since my first priority is to get to my goal weight. I'm getting close and finally, the inches seem to be coming off where I want them to.
I will concentrate more on building muscle after the weight is off. I have heard after you lose a substantial amount of weight that it can take a year or two of exercise to get your skin to be as tight as you want it. I imagine that is an individual thing which depends on how old you are and how much you have lost and how fast you lost it. I tried to take this slowly and I am generally happy with the results.
I have reasonably good muscle tone now and am stronger than ever. But my skin is a little looser than I'd like in a few places. Since I have lost more weight I am not as busty and am glad about it. That's just less to have to be held up by the muscle I am building and will continue to build. I am making a commitment to do muscle building and toning exercises for the next couple of years and see what that will accomplish.
Anybody else want to make this commitment with me?
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nevd
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Posted: 16 April 2006 04:05 pm |
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Anybody else want to make this commitment with me?
I'm already doing it!
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Slimandslimmerk
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Posted: 13 July 2006 09:56 am |
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Hi! I found three exercises that could help you with your problem. I found it on another site and am copying it here (I don't know if I have the right to do that) but if I link it, it would be spamming??? ) So here it is:
1) Inclined flyes.
2) Inclined press.
3) Pull-over.
I hope it works out for you! Take Care!
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Please read the Posting Guidelines. You can't copy text from someone elses site -- especially without giving them proper credit. You can post the address of the site, just so it's not a link you can click on.
Thanks,
Peter
caloriesperhour.com
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Aquastar48
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Posted: 21 October 2006 07:44 am |
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Excuse me for sounding dumb here but Pecs, are musles under the breast, and the breast tissue is not musles, and when you loose weight the Pec development will not reduce the saggy skin of the breasts,
But never fear, ask your doctor, because there are ways to keep your firmness, or achieve it again, Sugery is only one alturnitive, but it is not developing pecs, but this use and development of the pecs will strengthen your overall muscle structure.
Dee (Aquastar48)
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