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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Training Q&A => Topic started by: Donny on September 25, 2013, 08:36:00 AM
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If you could only do 1 chest exercise.. what would you do ? For me Parallel Bar Dips.
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I have one with springs and wooden handles...real old School...bought it from a martial arts mag years ago... ;D
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Seriously, dips are a favorite of mine, too. As with many body weight exercises, there are numerous little subtleties one can use to tweak the movement and customize it to suit their own individual effectiveness. Small adjustments in hand/arm positioning and spacing, as well as postural variance, can yield tremendous impact on the feel dips provide.
Some trainers used to refer to dips as the "squat" for the upper body.
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guys like Jack lalane were outstanding Dippers ;)
http://articles.elitefts.com/training-articles/parallel-bar-dips-old-school-power-builder/
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Any before/after pics to back up this opinion ???
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Any before/after pics to back up this opinion ???
your egg is cooking again Bro... if i ignore you, will you go away ?
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your egg is cooking again Bro... if i ignore you, will you go away ?
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Should this post be on the nutrition board?
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dips, various bench presses= incline,flat,decline,flys, pecdeck,cable crossovers,pullovers alt w/[breathing squats 20-30reps] are all good. select 3 exercises from above and alternate the others and you should build a large chest
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dips, various bench presses= incline,flat,decline,flys, pecdeck,cable crossovers,pullovers alt w/[breathing squats 20-30reps] are all good. select 3 exercises from above and alternate the others and you should build a large chest
in other words don't limit yourself to one movement that being said dips are probably the best. get yourself one of these benches pic'd and i guarentee you will need a larger shirt in 3-4 monthes time[provided you use it of course]
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I know that lots of trainers knock the standard bench press, but I love it for growth purposes. Granted, I perform the movement with dumbbells, which offers a little more freedom of movement as opposed to a barbell.
I also raise my feet off the ground to eliminate posting leverage. I feel like the flat back also reduces the involvement of my lats to a degree. I lower the bells to a point just below where a regular barbell would stop. I pause at the bottom of each rep just long enough to avoid stretch reflex (bounce), and then power up.
This technique, of course, is far from ideal for handling impressive weight, but I feel my chest working much more than when employing more conventional BP form. I believe that my chest has filled out a bit as a result.
I also used to like doing neck presses on a machine, but despite the "feeling," I never noticed much in terms of development.
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Bench press works well for me but i know a lot of people it hits the delts and tris more.
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incline cable flies
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incline cable flies
lol
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lol
i was serious
i tried them recently and it's the best chestercise ever ever
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i was serious
i tried them recently and it's the best chestercise ever ever
how is your chest btw?
your a limb guy, so if you get your pecs and lats to match your arms and legs then that'll be saying something
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Gotta go with dumbbell bench press.
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Always loved heavy weighted dips but I've fucked up my shoulders from doing them.
Dumbell press is my next best option.
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i would say hands down that decline db presses are the best for chest. i use to never do them and decided to try them a couple months ago and have made some good improvements
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incline cable flies
Do them all the time. Hits upper chest amazingly.
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If you could only do 1 chest exercise.. what would you do ? For me Parallel Bar Dips.
feet raised push ups on bars... great angle and ROM... i do them with a weight vest on
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feet raised push ups on bars... great angle and ROM... i do them with a weight vest on
I'd had a feeling you were one of those guys... ::)
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I'd had a feeling you were one of those guys... ::)
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been working a lot of overall strength lately... ran a few spartan races and a tough mudder
i'm 35 so kinda changing up my goals
still powerlifting though just on a reduced schedule
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been working a lot of overall strength lately... ran a few spartan races and a tough mudder
i'm 35 so kinda changing up my goals
still powerlifting though just on a reduced schedule
what's your PR on each lift? and do you pull conventional or sumo?
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what's your PR on each lift? and do you pull conventional or sumo?
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i don't do pissing contests anymore... high enough
i have always pulled conventionally in comps but have pulled sumo as part of training
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I have a terrible chest and have never really tried to develop it but I "feel" the chest most with the dips that allow me to get the greatest range of motion and a close grip incline bench. I'll let you know how I get on in a few months
Flies, whatever the equipment or angle never really felt shit. Not even a pump. If I want a pump I just crank out a few 20 rep sets with dumbbell bench presses
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If I had to choose one movement for chest and do it until the end of time, it would be the incline barbell press. Hands down, the most important chest exercise in my personal chest workout.
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Always loved heavy weighted dips but I've fucked up my shoulders from doing them.
Dumbell press is my next best option.
same here. My DS had the largest pecs I've ever seen and he said all he does is push ups. Literally watched him crank out 100 with a recruit standing on his back.
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same here. My DS had the largest pecs I've ever seen and he said all he does is push ups. Literally watched him crank out 100 with a recruit standing on his back.
i agree push ups i love too. I do them after 4 hard sets of Dips and it really hits my pecs ;D i then do a few sets of flys... push ups with feet raised,close,wide ...great exercise
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i would say hands down that decline db presses are the best for chest. i use to never do them and decided to try them a couple months ago and have made some good improvements
I recently started doing them too and also noticed some improvement and I just really like the way they feel and not stress on the shoulders
I've been working out for 30 years and never did this exercise (neither bb or db)
I still do incline BB first in most workouts but then instead of going to incline DB is I started doing decline DB (with just a slight decline) and it feels really good and you get a great stretch and contraction at the top.
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I too have shoulder issues with flat bench and dips but incline and push up seem to work just fine. If I want to put more emphasis on my lower pecs I'll incline my body with feet on the floor and have my 10yr old sit on my shoulders the do 2-3 sets to failure. works really well to be honest
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I too have shoulder issues with flat bench and dips but incline and push up seem to work just fine. If I want to put more emphasis on my lower pecs I'll incline my body with feet on the floor and have my 10yr old sit on my shoulders the do 2-3 sets to failure. works really well to be honest
Decline press is great ;) and safe for shoulders
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If you could only do 1 chest exercise.. what would you do ? For me Parallel Bar Dips.
(30 degree) incline smith machine presses
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Decline BB for me. As some others have already said, seems to be the only bench press I can get away with out shoulder pain. Sticking with BB at the moment to try and get my strength back up a bit, but DB hits them very well too.
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It seems so many eventually have shoulder issues with the flat and incline barbell press. Dumbbells are safer but the decline just takes off the stress off the that shoulder tendon. I just could never do that exercise on my own. I would hate to get stuck by myself. It seems conventional wisdom says inclines for the upper chest and declines for lower. Personally when I think of the kinesiology of how the pecs function they are fully working upper and lower in the decline which I know goes against common bro science.
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Personally when I think of the kinesiology of how the pecs function they are fully working upper and lower in the decline which I know goes against common bro science.
I've always believed similar about dips. I feel dips in the lower pec area, but also at the pec-delt tie-in, which is considered upper chest area.
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I've always believed similar about dips. I feel dips in the lower pec area, but also at the pec-delt tie-in, which is considered upper chest area.
I find decline+dips are outstanding ;D I FEEL my chest. Not just pumping a heavy bar off my chest. Barbell flat press is a chest ex true but over rated. When i Train chest with Dips,push ups, flat flyes my upper chest is also sore the next day.
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Thread Over
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Favorite.... incline dumbell press
I mix up every workout, but always incorporate them.
Dips are my 2nd favorite chest exercise.
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Superset flat bench flyes for high reps- 12-15 reps - with low rep weighted dips, say 50's for flyes and a top set of four 45's strapped to my dipping belt, great pump on the last set with max weight and reps combined, but it can be hell on the shoulder girdle so I do it every other week for heavy chest work.
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Favorite.... incline dumbell press
I mix up every workout, but always incorporate them.
Dips are my 2nd favorite chest exercise.
x2,,staple in my chest workouts each week..