Armpit Muscle!

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:35 pm

Hi, I am wondering what is the best work out to tighten up the muscles close to the arm pit.. i think its chest but the chest excersizes im doing arent helping out that area.
advice is apreciated
thanks

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:26 pm

i'm not sure if is hould be looking at a very "skin like" like picture of a 14yr old but...

are you talking lats (below armpit) or tri's (above armpit under the arm)?

lats - pull ups, chin ups, pulldowns

tri's - push ups, bench presses, shoulder presses

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 6:32 pm

I'm talking about the area off the chest muscle that connects into the shoulder

Bingley69 · Post by **Bingley69** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 8:46 pm

Do one-arm dumbbell rows, lat pull downs. And if you try chest flyes they might help but it will hit more chest but may still help the area you want.

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:14 pm

Thanks

HoustonTexan · Post by **HoustonTexan** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:16 pm

There really isn't an armpit muscle...all you can do is lower .

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:24 pm

okay thanks

body fat is currently 13.9.. how much should i lower it by

HoustonTexan · Post by **HoustonTexan** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:35 pm

laurenwilcox wrote:okay thanks
body fat is currently 13.9.. how much should i lower it by

I'm not entirely sure but I think that's pretty low for a girl. I would just focus on putting on some muscle and see you stay about the same.

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:36 pm

hummm.. okay.. so for that area should i train the chest and shoulders... or what??

HoustonTexan · Post by **HoustonTexan** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:47 pm

Well you should train like swans has told you on here, fullbody workouts 3x a week and HIIT. You can watch your fat drop by doing your squats, deads, and pullups it's surprising really.

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:52 pm

ya... i would read it... but it is so long... haha, and i work out 5-6 times a week so i am on a diferent kind of plan. ya, squats are favorite and i like deadlifts to.. but upper body is pretty weak still so i can only do a few pull ups.

HoustonTexan · Post by **HoustonTexan** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:55 pm

Well that will increase over time. Also, men are usually top-heavy bottom weak and women are usually leg over upper. So you're normal.

laurenwilcox · Post by **laurenwilcox** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:26 pm

okok... thats good to know

Boss Man · Post by **Boss Man** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:58 pm

Avoid Lat-pull downs, they're unnatural.

The reasons are .

1. The person has to tip their head forwards, potentially pushing some of the Cervical and maybe a few Thoracic Vertebrae outwards, where some of the stress and tension woud go.

2. The person pulls the Deltoids, (shoulder muscles), beyond 180 degrees, into a more tensed position, then go through the movement with a more stiffened or tensed motion range.

3. The person does both of those.

For those reasons it's best to avoid that exercise.

swanso5 · Post by **swanso5** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:26 pm

avoiding pulldowns because of reasons that are beyond me but advocating smith machine squats? bossman you've lost me buddy...

pulldowns can easily and should be, to the front anyway so no cervical movement there or mininal...they should be exactly the same as a pull up...

again it's the person doing the exercise, not the actual exercise