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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: MB on January 18, 2011, 07:26:22 AM
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We have a seated BB press station that is worthless. When you sit with your back against the pad and unrack the weight, the BB doesn't clear the pins. Why do gym owners buy such poorly designed equipment?
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squat rack. i do my barbell curls there, but the rack's not required.
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This shitty lats pulldown from Sportsart
(http://www.ifitnessdirect.com/images/products/790_l_3.jpg)
- It's pulley is way too long for a full range of motion, even when I adjust the seat to it's lowest position.
- I miss the "iron grip" since the bar has a plastic shell.
- The knee pads are "home equipment quality"
- Since it has a band instead of a cable the movement goes far from flexible
Too bad my gym owner is also the importer of this Chinese crap :-\
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Lol my new gym costs me five bucks a month(community gym). Still couldn't figure out why it was so cheap after about a week it became very clear.
The treadmills have shitty electrical so they ground out or some shit after about 5-7 mins of use, they have one row machine, however all the pads that should keep it from sliding are missing, so your going all over the place as you move. And all the cable machines look like they were the old shit they used in pumping iron(old in 1975 :o) All I can say is if this place don't make me big atleast I can say I'm truly spartan.
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Why dont they make the squat racks a little lower >:(? Anyone 5'8" and shorter wont be able to go ATG, annoying as fuck.
Have a pair of these.
(http://hhttp://conrad.punt.nl/upload/Feest/Feest_plateauzolen.JPG)
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Bench press...who uses that ::) ???
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Cable crossovers ...
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Chains. Hands down.
Only Branch uses them.
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Bench press...who uses that ::) ???
haven't used a bench press since my first couple of years in the gym. never felt it working my chest really well. have used dumbbells ever since.
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Bench press...who uses that ::) ???
My gym has 2 flat, 2 incline & 2 decline benches and almost no one is using them. Back in the day when I started training those benches were like magnets to many gymrats.
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Chains. Hands down.
Only Branch uses them.
Leave Branch alone with his chains ;D
(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6976/branchuseschains.jpg)
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Leave Branch alone with his chains ;D
(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6976/branchuseschains.jpg)
;D ;D
As if it's not enough he rattles with chains while doing dips, now he must mess with the chains even when doing cable cross overs as shown in pic above >:(
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pec deck machine = MOST USELESS!
The whole cable station ::) = second most useless
Smith machine = 3rd most useless
other than that it's all good... all the movements you do with the machinery mentioned above can be done with free weights and more effectively.
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My gym has 2 flat, 2 incline & 2 decline benches and almost no one is using them. Back in the day when I started training those benches were like magnets to many gymrats.
Oh I see plenty of guys using them but only a few arn't doing 1/2 reps ;) :-\
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everything that says hammerstrength...
bench
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pec deck, hack squat, etc.
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pec deck, hack squat, etc.
i use the pec deck for rear delts....that is all..
bench
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A couple of the trainers I see standing around.
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A couple of the trainers I see standing around.
I thought you would say Gene... ;D
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I thought you would say Gene... ;D
BACK OFF!!!
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BACK OFF!!!
:o :o
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everything that says hammerstrength...
bench
You're fucking kidding right? You may send that "crappy" HS stuff to my gym any time
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Oh I see plenty of guys using them but only a few arn't doing 1/2 reps ;) :-\
LOL, but the full ROM vs partials leads to an endless discussion.
If it works for them it's ok
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The Neck Machine ::)
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The Neck Machine ::)
Like this one?
(http://www.sigillarium.com/gallery/bdsm_details01.jpg)
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(http://www.motifake.com/image/demotivational-poster/1001/the-gym-gym-equipment-epic-butt-sexy-chick-nice-demotivational-poster-1263378864.jpg)
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Like this one?
That one looks a little more useful than the one in my gym ;D
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Why dont they make the squat racks a little lower >:(? Anyone 5'8" and shorter wont be able to go ATG, annoying as fuck.
NOT true
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You're fucking kidding right? You may send that "crappy" HS stuff to my gym any time
so, you are a beach lifter?
bench
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so, you are a beach lifter?
bench
With 20 years of training under the belt? LOL
+75% of my training is free weight stuff
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That one looks a little more useful than the one in my gym ;D
Doesn't look to useless to me :D
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With 20 years of training under the belt? LOL
+75% of my training is free weight stuff
i have known people that have trained like that and never looked good...dont use that as a reference ;D
i build muscles, i dont pump them....hammerstrength=bullshit to me..
bench
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i have known people that have trained like that and never looked good...dont use that as a reference ;D
i build muscles, i dont pump them....hammerstrength=bullshit to me..
bench
LOL, spot on but I don't complain with my 230lb with decent bf%
Only my previous gym had one HS chest press (HS isn't a mainstream brand in Europe) which felt way better than other chest machines. I include some machines to get a good squeeze at the end of my training, so don't call me a pumper or beachboy LOL
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LOL, spot on but I don't complain with my 230lb with decent bf%
Only my previous gym had one HS chest press (HS isn't a mainstream brand in Europe) which felt way better than other chest machines. I include some machines to get a good squeeze at the end of my training, so don't call me a pumper or beachboy LOL
my gym has all the HS machines....both pin select, and plate loaded....i wish they would get rid of a lot of them and get a lot more free weights..
bench
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my gym has all the HS machines....both pin select, and plate loaded....i wish they would get rid of a lot of them and get a lot more free weights..
bench
HS or not, I'll bet you won't swap with me ;)
(http://washington.bazoon.nl/CW09_Sportsart/admin/MijnDocumenten/Algemeen/sa%20foto's/img_0908.jpg)
(http://washington.bazoon.nl/CW09_Sportsart/admin/MijnDocumenten/Algemeen/sa%20foto's/img_0912.jpg)
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a pair of vintage ironboots, these things belong in a torture chamber.
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I guess it depends on what squat rack you have, the ones in my gym, if I go atg the bar touches the rack. Sucks.. I guess I can start doing a little below parallel..
But on a serious note, this is what you need, a power rack, perfect for free motion squats, deads, presses, shrugs, etc. Only my first gym had one :-\
(http://www.pro-fitness.com/photos/power_rack.jpg)
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But on a serious note, this is what you need, a power rack, perfect for free motion squats, deads, presses, shrugs, etc. Only my first gym had one :-\
(http://www.pro-fitness.com/photos/power_rack.jpg)
If your gym doesn't have one find another place to train...
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HS or not, I'll bet you won't swap with me ;)
(http://washington.bazoon.nl/CW09_Sportsart/admin/MijnDocumenten/Algemeen/sa%20foto's/img_0908.jpg)
(http://washington.bazoon.nl/CW09_Sportsart/admin/MijnDocumenten/Algemeen/sa%20foto's/img_0912.jpg)
wouldnt bother me....the only machine i need is a lat pulldown, and leg press...
bench
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To most, the reverse-hyper but not to me. I rather like it (no homo)
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These things called "squat racks". I have no idea what purpose they serve other than being convenient when I'm doing my 25 sets of curls.
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If your gym doesn't have one find another place to train...
LOL, you should visit the Netherlands
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Yeah a power rack would be awesome, sucks I haven't seen one in any of the gyms I've trained at here in Norway, I usually just squat outside the rack to go atg
the only time i squat inside of a power rack is when i do front squats......i also use it when i do really heavy bench with no spotter...
bench
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wouldnt bother me....the only machine i need is a lat pulldown, and leg press...
bench
You won't recover if you see those machines (notice my first post)
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If your gym doesn't have one find another place to train...
My gym doesn't have one. We squat with stands here. If you miss a lift you just bomb it. Who the fuck needs a rack.
-HTH
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You won't recover if you see those machines (notice my first post)
i only use the lat pull down as a assitance movement...so its not that big of a deal...
i only use the leg press sometimes on rep day when i feel the weight on my knees, and not the muscle...
bench
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My gym doesn't have one. We squat with stands here. If you miss a lift you just bomb it. Who the fuck needs a rack.
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You're blessed for having a decent gym.
My gym owner would kick me out for that, and yes, it's the most "hardcore" gym found in my area.
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But on a serious note, this is what you need, a power rack, perfect for free motion squats, deads, presses, shrugs, etc. Only my first gym had one :-\
(http://www.pro-fitness.com/photos/power_rack.jpg)
We have this in my gym...I use it for straight bar curls 8)
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The gym I used to go to that just closed had this awful plated-loaded Hammer Strength horizontal bench press machine. It stressed the hell out of my shoulders (in a bad way). Maybe I was using it wrong.
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Ab machines...
They are useless as fuck.
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You're blessed for having a decent gym.
My gym owner would kick me out for that, and yes, it's the most "hardcore" gym found in my area.
Well they are bumper plates and we train on weightlifting platforms, so it's not comparable to a normal floor/plates. I can tell you this I never want to train in a "normal" gym again. :P
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8)
Hope those glasses are hata blockas ;D
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Hope those glasses are hata blockas ;D
I also put those arm bands you hang for abs on them ;D
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nautilus neck
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Why dont they make the squat racks a little lower >:(? Anyone 5'8" and shorter wont be able to go ATG, annoying as fuck.
LOL! like you even know what the squat rack looks like! hgahaha
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Well they are bumper plates and we train on weightlifting platforms, so it's not comparable to a normal floor/plates. I can tell you this I never want to train in a "normal" gym again. :P
My previous place was like that; a good old weightlifting club. Yet the owner of the place even complained when I left too many plates on the leg press and went nuts when I put a Disturbed CD in the player, LOL.
Main reason that I left the club was because of the crappy dumbbells plus that most of them were less than 65lb.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UTZz8o5jlvE/SzNBX58oqGI/AAAAAAAAAg8/rY4lfL56QpA/s400/Groep.jpg)
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At least Vince Goodrum isn't complaining...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UTZz8o5jlvE/S7oFxeadsyI/AAAAAAAAAjk/Plek2_iBz60/s320/tanddrukken.jpg)
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Our personal trainers...
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At least Vince Goodrum isn't complaining...
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UTZz8o5jlvE/S7oFxeadsyI/AAAAAAAAAjk/Plek2_iBz60/s320/tanddrukken.jpg)
That's easy when you have a training partner like Vissy.
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We've just had a new piece of equipment installed in Temple Gym - it's a Hammer shoulder press machine but it's angled at a weird incline so you're pushing kind of behind you. The handlebars are also at a strange angle which don't agree with your wrists - you need a spotter to get the damn thing started no matter how light the plates are loaded on either end. It's bizarre - the manager paid about £1,100 for the piece of shit and nobody uses it. We've been begging for new dumbells for years as people keep chucking them on the floor and breaking them.
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Talking about expensive stuff -almost- no one is using... we have this hacksquat / deadlift machine. As you can notice it has no shoulder pads so you need a Kazmaier-grip if you want to perform some serious hacksquats. Second disadvantage is that you start in a bent position. The platform could be a painful one if you walk against it :-X
I'm about the only one in the gym who use it, great for shrugs.
(http://cessource.com/admin/Content/ProductImages/CES6f1e12b0c86945b88595be838b7f9266.jpg)
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nautilus neck
Blasphemy !! :(
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pec deck machine = MOST USELESS!
The whole cable station ::) = second most useless
Smith machine = 3rd most useless
other than that it's all good... all the movements you do with the machinery mentioned above can be done with free weights and more effectively.
peck-deck is the greatest chest movement ever
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We have this in my gym...I use it for straight bar curls 8)
I hate you >:(
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We have this in my gym...I use it for straight bar curls 8)
Seriously i saw a big ass white dude and a little mexican get into it over that. Mexican was using the squat rack for curls or something and white dude was waiting a bit too long.. it got a little physical too.. But i stopped the white dude from killing the mexican because i didnt want him charges with a hate crime
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Seriously i saw a big ass white dude and a little mexican get into it over that. Mexican was using the squat rack for curls or something and white dude was waiting a bit too long.. it got a little physical too.. But i stopped the white dude from killing the mexican because i didnt want him charges with a hate crime
This post is worthless without pics.
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Chains. Hands down.
Only Branch uses them.
I use them for bench, squats and deads.
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How do you kill a Mexican? Throw a quarter off a cliff!
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Leg extension and smith machine.
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I use them for bench, squats and deads.
I use them like Rampage does for decorative purposes. Intimidates all the short guys in the gym.
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We have one of those machines with a thick band attached to a motor that spins around and is mean to 'shake the fat off your body'
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The handle you flush the toilet with. :)
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BACK OFF!!!
x2
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all the cybexes.
a onesided preacher bench with no spider option.
I always hated the hammer strength decline press.
dumbbells that have been broken many times, re-welded, and now weigh differently than each other. (our 85s are lighter than the 80s)
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I hate Pec Decs.
I hate the abductor/adductor machine with the ugly women who drape towels across their nasty crotches.
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people ;D
(http://markyoungtrainingsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/zqrtk.jpg)
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peck-deck is the greatest chest movement ever
pec deck tryes hard to mimmick dumbell flys, and THEY are the "greatest" by far compared to that silly machine.
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pec deck, hack squat, etc.
pec deck supersetted with dips is a great finisher for chest...a HUGE pump...
i used to think the stretch station at my old gym was useless, until I started using it for various angles...
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I think I have you all beat. My gym is pretty good overall, which makes it surprising when you look over in the corner and see not one, but TWO of these things:
(http://www.multifamilyexecutive.com/Images/MFE080101050L1_tcm23-97129.jpg)
A fully automated "personal trainer" and multipurpose gym station, all in one. I guess you're just supposed to sit down, press a button, and do your entire workout. I've never seen a single person use them. I don't think they even turn on anymore, actually.
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i only use the lat pull down as a assitance movement...so its not that big of a deal...
i only use the leg press sometimes on rep day when i feel the weight on my knees, and not the muscle...
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WHAT CAUSES THIS?!? This has been happening to me BIG TIME the last couple of weeks. Seriously pissing me off. I think maybe it's cause I fried my quads, since it started happening after I had a really good, draining leg day.
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(http://www.multifamilyexecutive.com/Images/MFE080101050L1_tcm23-97129.jpg)
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ;D
Gyms today are just pathetic!
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We have one of those machines with a thick band attached to a motor that spins around and is mean to 'shake the fat off your body'
lol
one of these things ?
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.thatsfit.com/media/2009/01/mv1950myth05.jpg)
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This post is worthless without pics.
no cameras in the gym fag.. whats your deal newb
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pec deck supersetted with dips is a great finisher for chest...a HUGE pump...
i used to think the stretch station at my old gym was useless, until I started using it for various angles...
You could just superset db flyes with dips though. I don't know about the pec-deck, maybe its just the one in the gym I go to that sucks...it hurts my shoulder joint and I don't feel it in the chest.
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I don't know why people are slating pec-deck - the ones I've used in various gyms over the years have been alright. Obviously they're more of an isolation exercise but I've found room in my chest workouts to use them at the end for a good overall pump.
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I don't know why people are slating pec-deck - the ones I've used in various gyms over the years have been alright. Obviously they're more of an isolation exercise but I've found room in my chest workouts to use them at the end for a good overall pump.
Problem with pec decs is not all of them are smooth and alot of them are hard on the shoulder joints.
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lol
one of these things ?
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.thatsfit.com/media/2009/01/mv1950myth05.jpg)
can you visualize certain posters here using that thing...
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Problem with pec decs is not all of them are smooth and alot of them are hard on the shoulder joints.
fixed... them shits delayed my RC recovery by a year i think.. and they actually weakened the orgin of my pectoralis minor.. For me.. i go with bench flys with a modified movement.. i dont go with fill ROM... i use heavy weight and go half way..
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lol
one of these things ?
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.thatsfit.com/media/2009/01/mv1950myth05.jpg)
My previous gym had one. When I compare it with my GF, it's advantage is that it gives you a free back massage (read: don't have to do the dishes)
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You could just superset db flyes with dips though. I don't know about the pec-deck, maybe its just the one in the gym I go to that sucks...it hurts my shoulder joint and I don't feel it in the chest.
Most people sit too low. I'm pretty tall (6ft) but when I adjust the seat to a high position I get a perfect squeeze in my chest without any pain in the delts.