Is it Really Possible to Lose Breast Size from Chest Exercises?
It’s funny how you sometimes get
the same question from several people within a period of two-three days.
This week was like that, two women in separate contexts being afraid of
training their chest because they thought it would reduce their breast
cup size.
Let me repeat (again!) : spot reducing is not possible.
Training one body part will not burn the fat off
that area. This is true for the abs, and it is equally true for the
breasts. The only thing that could reduce your cup size ladies, is if
you carry mostly fat and burn that off by drastically reducing your
overall body fat percentage. Those who have larger glands will retain
most of their cup size, but could still go down one cup size. Could...
not will, by the way.
What we will all do, is go down in
the circumference size of the bra; so it’ll be a good investment to go
to a lingerie store and get fitted properly after an important fat loss.
It costs a little more than picking up a bra at the local supermarket,
but you’ll be certain of your new size and can go back to the
supermarket for more than the one expensive one (that you can keep for
special occasions).
Now that you know that chest exercises will not
reduce breast size per se, properly training the pectorals will add lean
and firm muscle beneath
the breasts, giving them (back) the perkiness of their younger years.
You may laugh, but when I first discovered the Pec Deck machine, I found
it really helped with the “lift” of the breasts, and dubbed it “The Bra
Machine” (told you you’d laugh).
Then I dared try the barbell bench
press!
There isn’t really any area of the
gym that ladies should feel they don’t belong.
Hit the bench press; go
for the T-bar rows, use any machine or free weight you want.
The only
thing is to remember most men are somewhat stronger so you will most
likely have to start with lower weights – although I do use heavier
weights than some men … sorry guys if your ego didn’t like that!
The next question I get quite often is “what program should I use? Which is best?”
There is no best program. There are
some lousy ones, some ridiculous, some fairly useless but harmless, and
a good few really good ones.
My recommendation is that you find between
2 and 4 different programs that you like, that you enjoy doing and have
fun with; and alternate them on a 13-week basis throughout the year –
12 weeks training, one week off; switch to another program.
It took me 3 years to find three
programs I really enjoy.
One was sent me by a colleague, one is
self-made, and the third from a member of my old gym who taught me the
basics and then some.
But I own about 10-20 different books and
programs, it took some sifting through them all to end up with these
three – and I may still switch to a fourth if I decide to.
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