Does lifting barbell curls help build a better chest?

Question

I want to get rid of my shaggy pecs! Please help me.

Answer 1

Curls target your biceps not your chest though your chest is involved a little. If you want to build a better chest you're going to need to do bench press and flys (bench or pec deck machine). Try to target more areas of your chest to with incline/decline bench press as well.

Answer 2

Barbell curls will only work pecs to the degree you're NOT isolating your arms during the curl.

Shaggy pecs (if I understand what you mean) are a result of two things:

1) Too much body fat
2) Poor pectoral muscle tone

Aerobic exercise will deal with #1, and bench presses, dumbbell presses, and inclined / declined presses will deal with #2.

Answer 3

Curls do not. Inclined bench press with dumbells (2 short bars) instead of a barbell (benchpress bar) will improve the chest greatly, especially the hard to hit top part of the pectorals.

Answer 4

Curls are for biceps. You want to do bench presses.

Answer 5

bench press and flys are best for Chest.
Curls work almost exclusively the biceps

Answer 6

Type into your search engine "bodyforlife" and look at their exercises for chest, I think you'll like the demos.