Yep - I just have to rid myself of man boobs. I have worked out quite a lot previously but in respect to isolating my chest muscles, i see incline press to be far more beneficial than decline bench press.

I know they work out different areas of the pecs, but is there a simple way of gettgin all round development tpo and bottom of the pecs - or is isolation the only way?

hi there, i would recommend doing a variety of chest exercises. do incline/decline/flat bench presses but also incorporate fly's into your program. they definately work for me and people i've spoken to

like the other guy said, variety is good.  but if you have man boobs, it's mostly due to fat, so you've got to ditch some weight.

You already know the answer, all the chest exercises are needed to getting the total devolpment of the pecs.

Flat, incline= mass building exercises

Decline= more shaping than mass building

pec-dec=shaping

cable crossovers=shaping

dumbell flys=shaping

pull-overs=shaping

And not at least, Dips=shaping..........As for the man boob to much fat in your diet. Plus do some cardio, even try some shadow boxing, any motion which incorporates that motion creates fat loss in that area

Remember you can't spot reduce - fat loss is fat loss, so cardio and diet will get rid of a lot of the man boob fat, along with fat from elsewhere on your body.  Chest exercises will simply build up the muscle under the flab, which is no bad thing as long as you're also dealing with the body fat issue.

whatever you do, you need some intensity to melt away that fat.  good luck!