I have man boobs! How can i fix my chest?
September 3, 2009 by Shaun
Filed under The Fitness Bug
This has been an on going problem for me, ever since I built my body up for muscle mass. But guess what’s surprising? I have a mesomorph body type; I am in my 20’s, yet my chest is in danger of being classed as having man boobs.
I have yet to fix the problem entirely and I have since had ladies make jokes that I have an A-cup chest… something some ladies don’t even have! This can affect anyone from those who have built muscle to those who want to lose fat. So for all those who have this same problem, read on and together we can all build our chests to how they should really look on a man.
Watch your diet
In general, man boobs would usually exist on those individuals who have 30% body fat or more and their chest would look like this.
Whenever this occurs, on almost any specific part of the body, there isn’t really any solid way to fix it apart from refocusing your diet. One will need to keep their saturated fat intake down. Tomorrow I will be posting ‘Killer foods for fitness (part 2)’. This will cover some of the best foods you can include in your diet to keep the fat off. If you are having real trouble you can always refer to ‘How to increase metabolism‘.
Once you have got your diet under control, you then want to get your body fat percentage down to at least 15% before you start to do any man boob fixing exercises.
What to avoid
If you are currently hitting the gym whether you trying to lose weight or gain muscle, it doesn’t really matter, man boobs are man boobs and you have to get rid of them. Maintaining a good diet is down to you, but in the gym, the one exercise that is regarded as the ‘manhood’ of all chest exercises is what you must avoid.
THE FLAT/ DECLINE BENCH PRESS
Why?
The classic flat or decline bench press exercise mainly focuses on the lower part of your chest (An area that you have already developed). By continuing to do this exercise you are only building up this area more. This will only hamper your efforts in fixing your man boobs and to build the perfect chest. What you need to focus on is,
INCLINE BENCH PRESS EXERCISES
This is the exercise that you want to put at the forefront of all your exercises at this man boob fixing stage. The incline bench press is the exercise that will give the support and structure for your upper chest. Here are the key incline bench press exercises that will work your upper chest.
- Barbell incline bench press
- Dumbbell incline bench press
- Front dumbbell raises
Work your upper back
The key reason for adding upper back exercises to your workout is to create balance. Not only that, it will also,
- Strengthen your ability to bench
- Prevent shoulder problems
- Improve your posture
And best of all, it will give your chest a great side view, making it look bigger!
Once you have finished with those, your chest will have gone from this,
To this


Building a perfectly shape chest isn’t always easy and like most things, it will take hard work and effort on your part. But once you have fixed those man boobs, the key thing is to then find a balance out and work with a variety of exercises to ensure you maintain the chest you have developed. Before I leave you, here is a routine to take away and follow AFTER you have fixed your man boobs.
This workout consists of more sets, more reps and will hit the chest from every angle and will give you the ultimate definition.
- Barbell or dumbbell bench press (flat and incline) 3 sets of 3-5 reps
- Dumbbell or cable fly’s 3 sets of 8-10 reps
- Push-ups – 3 sets of 20-50 reps
Do you have man boobs? Have you managed to fix them?
See you in the comments
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There are lots of exercises which help to get rid of man boobs.
push-up,benchpress,decline bench-press , running also a very good exercise to get rid of man boobs.
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Shaun Reply:
November 12th, 2009 at 5:49 am
Hi Simon
There are many exercises for sure. But The incline bench press is what will target the goal of getting rid of man boobs specifically. Have you had the problem of trying to get rid of them before? If so what did you do?
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