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hey everyone, i have a little problem, iv always been the strong guy in school and iv always been very proud of the fact, but my little brother has been hitting the gym a lot lately and hes catching up fast. i cant let him beat me, i need some advice on how to tighten my chest area, im 20 years old, 6 foot 4 and weight 270 pounds, iv been letting myself go since i graduated high school a year ago. my main focus is going to be the chest area iv always been a little embarrassed about my chest but now that iv gained weight its starting to look bad. iv started doing some bench presses at home but nothing really serious, my max bench right now is 310 pounds, or at least it was my senior year of high school, i doubt that has changed since i never really hit the weights. iv been doing 150 pounds with 4 reps of 10, my first day of doing so left my chest so tired i couldn't do it again for 2 days. would doing less weights a lot of times be better then doing a lot of weight a few times? thnx

define tighten up your chest area.

is it fat? or soft...or....???

I think he's wanting to "tone" the muscles, which is really just a matter of keeping the muscle you got now combined with dropping some bodyfat. That'll give you the "tight" look you're going after. Keep lifting the weights, but focus mainly on your diet.

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You stated that you were so sore that you couldnt work out your chest for the next two days? You shouldn't be working out your chest that often anyway. Higher frequency does not mean more muscle gain and working out your chest is not going to help you lose fat on your chest. There is no such thing as spot reduction. Your body decides where to burn the fat regardless of what exercise you are doing. This is similar to how doing ab crunches will not help your abs show.

If you have not lifted in a while then your muscles have surely atrophied quite a bit. This goes along with the use it or lose it principle. That is probably why you are so sore. You are going to have to build back up to where you used to be. The good news is that your muscle fascias are already stretched and it will be easier to get your gains back then it would if you are just starting out.

My advice is to search around this forum and the net and find a good workout routine. Stick to it and lift hard, eat clean. No junk food, soda, candy. No late night binging. Some cardio might even be helpful for you. Losing fat is easy, having the willpower and knowledge of how to do it is the hard part. good luck

I think you should lower the weight and increase the repetitions

Who is this guy???

Because he gets tired after the training,so whats the point to be so tired that he cannot train full of value

Full of value? Are you making this up?