"When most women approach their trainers with their results wish list, they hope for a firmer stomach, shapelier glutes and thinner thighs. Trainers almost never hear a woman say, "I want a firmer chest." In fact, most females are under the impression that chest training should be left out of the picture!
To these women, chest development should be left to the men. They're afraid chest training will make them less feminine. Ladies, that thought process is junk! Just trash it. If you want a complete program and a body to be proud of, you need to include chest training."
That statement is 100% true! This article goes through the difference myths associated with chest training for women.
Myth 1:
Chest Exercises Will Make My Boobs Smaller.
This is definitely something I've heard from others when I first told others about my training. First of all, I've come from big boobs. This past March, marked my 5 year boobiversary!! I had a breast reduction, so I welcome smaller boobs. What I liked most about the article regarding this myth was that it said, "It's not the muscle that makes their [female bodybuilder's] breasts smaller; it's the extreme diet." I whole heartedly agree with this statement. I know when I was begging my doctors for a breast reduction (since the age of 12--haha...for real!), my doctor would tell me that I just need more exercise to decrease the size of my boobs. I will say that when I lost 70 lbs from running and working out, I did lose in my boobs. The article states that, "Breasts are primarily fatty tissue, so when body fat levels go way down, so do breasts." This makes complete sense.
Myth 3:
Just Do Push-Ups.
This is something I definitely need to get in my head. I tend to think that doing a bunch of push-ups is going to improve my chest muscles. Push ups are really good for you, but they aren't the end-all-be-all of chest exercises.
"Unless you put a plate on your back or find some other way to add resistance to push-ups, they're not going to help you get stronger."
After reading this article, I think I need to add more chest exercises into my week. I could add them in on a Tuesday (Leg Day), so that they are completely rested by the time Saturday rolls around. I find that I am very, very weak in my chest area. The push ups that I did yesterday (4 sets of 10) were extremely hard. After the 2nd set, I had to rest for a minute after doing 5 push ups and then finish the last 5.
The article finished off with some tips for chest training that I thought were good to know:
I wish I could just blog and read articles all day for the rest of my life. There's so much to learn out there, and not enough time to digest it all. Oh, life...
I wish I could learn to live my life in correspondence to this Confucius quote.
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