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Best Chest Exercise

BEST CHEST WORKOUT

  • FLAT BENCH WITH DUMBELLS

    Votes: 31 20.4%

  • FLAT BENCH WITH THE BAR

    Votes: 49 32.2%

  • INCLINE BENCH WITH DUMBELLS

    Votes: 27 17.8%

  • INCLINE BENCH WITH THE BAR

    Votes: 13 8.6%

  • DIPS

    Votes: 13 8.6%

  • DUMBELL FLYES (flat, incline, decline)

    Votes: 12 7.9%

  • DECLINE BENCH WITH DUMBELLS

    Votes: 3 2.0%

  • DECLINE BENCH WITH THE BAR

    Votes: 3 2.0%
  • Total voters
    152
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rolinhgh

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WHAT DO U GUYS THINK IS THE BEST CHEST EXERCISE
FLAT BENCH WITH DUMBELLS
FLAT BENCH WITH THE BAR
INCLINE BENCH WITH THE BAR
INCLINE BENCH WITH DUMBELLS
 
you can say whoever built a great chest by doing whatever......... but they started with flat barbell........ period

X
 
Try incline cable flyes! They fucking rock. You get the most stress on your muscles at the contracted position, unlike normal db flyes. Great pump :D
 
MONSTAR

dont give up on incline.

try THEM with dumbells and see if you like them best!?!?!?

just and idea

X
 
After Viewing Results

Well after viewing results of poll, had to reply since the majority voted for flat db presses. Any incline movement is far superior to a flat movement. db incline press or barbell incline press better than any flat movement. anyone that lifts and competes and is successful will tell you that 70% of your chest work should be incline movements and they would be correctamundo~~
 
TheGame,
Thats wierd, I've always felt that incline uses too much delts to fully isolate the pecs. I find the decline takes a lot of the shoulders out of the exercise, although I'm still a fan of the flat bench pressing.
 
Like exodus said everyone built what they have by starting off with the barbell bench. However, I would have to vote for staright bench DB's, more of a stretch, and unlike incline DB's, there is less emphasis on your delts.
 
TheGame2001-
You must be confused bro.. I used to swear by inclines too for thickening up my pecs but theyre simply more of a delt press rather then a pec press.. stick to flat and decline movements bro.

:cool::cool:
 
Incline Barbell, they bring into effect exclusively your upper chest, and do some type of decline fly as a finish to get the rounded look.
 
Here is the way I see it. Incline movements are better because your chest is angled when viewed from the side. On an incline bench your chest is parallel to the floor so is stimulated better.
 
here's what i have to say on this:

I did decline bench w/straight bar, decline fly's, and flat bench fly's and my chest was screaming when i was done. i have never felt that much of a burn before, i wonder why i never did decline work before. my routine for the next few weeks will consist mostly of decline work, incline aggrevates my shoulder too much (tendonitis) and flat bench well i'm just a pussy cause i think i'll drop the weight on myself. LOL, just kidding, i did all flat bench work before so time to flip it up.

phil
 
DaCypher said:
TheGame,
Thats wierd, I've always felt that incline uses too much delts to fully isolate the pecs. I find the decline takes a lot of the shoulders out of the exercise, although I'm still a fan of the flat bench pressing.
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Then they arent being done correctly. The incline should be no more that 30%
 
This surprises the shit out of me to see "Dumbell Flyes" rated so low in this poll. It's not #1, but it could easily be in the #2 slot.

Sure, bench presses give me a solid chest base ...but nothing brings out the outer sides of my pecs more than the flyes. You can feel them tearing at your pec muscles and you have more control on the amount of reps you can do.

Bench press may rule, ...but aesthetically, I think flyes will add a more dramatic shape to your pecs regardless of your pec size.

Birdman
 
If we're going to talk 'chest' let's look at one of the best chests of all time (hard to argue Arnold had a great chest). Here's what his chest workout looked like....I think variety is always key in building a great chest.

Arnold Chest Pic
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper932/stills/406cd55c3e05f-61-1.jpg

ARNOLD'S ALL-OUT CHEST-BACK WORKOUT

Bench presses * 1 30-45

Bench presses 5 20-6 +
Wide-grip behind-the-neck chins 5 15-8 +

Incline barbell presses 5 10-15
T-bar rows 5 10-15

Flat-bench dumbbell flyes 5 10-15
Wide-grip barbell rows 5 10-15
(performed standing on a block
for better range of motion)

Dips 5 15
Close-grip chins 5 12

Stiff-arm pullovers 5 15-20
Iso-tension contractions
(finishing exercise)


Reference: Chest master: how Arnold Schwarzenegger built the best chest of all time and how his training philosophy can work for you | Flex | Find Articles at BNET

P.S. Though must admit this guys chest looks pretty good to (Victor Richards)
http://www.joe0.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/victor-richards2.jpg
 
Did arnie do this routine throughout the entire year? No rests between reps and sets??? WTF?
 
Posts that have any sort of flaming in them will be deleted and you'll be given a warning. This is not chat. People are here to learn. Please make sure you understand that.
 
Here are my chest excercises-

Incline(30 deg) dbs
Incline(30 deg) smith
Flat Hammer Strength

Different excercise each workout. DC style.
 
rolinhgh said:
WHAT DO U GUYS THINK IS THE BEST CHEST EXERCISE
FLAT BENCH WITH DUMBELLS
FLAT BENCH WITH THE BAR
INCLINE BENCH WITH THE BAR
INCLINE BENCH WITH DUMBELLS
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I like INCLINE and FLATBENCH DB presses.
 
For me, I get the best burn on the pec deck. If I didn't have that machine, I'd go with incline & decline (and flat) dumbell flys. Barbell press is great, but for me, it doesn't isolate the pecs as well as flys, and my delts & triceps will exhaust before the pecs do, so I can't get my pecs to exhaustion with the barbell. Barbell bench pressing is also in my routine, but if I have to cut a workout short, I'll give up the bench but do the pec deck that day.

Charles
 
kx250rider said:
For me, I get the best burn on the pec deck. If I didn't have that machine, I'd go with incline & decline (and flat) dumbell flys. Barbell press is great, but for me, it doesn't isolate the pecs as well as flys, and my delts & triceps will exhaust before the pecs do, so I can't get my pecs to exhaustion with the barbell. Barbell bench pressing is also in my routine, but if I have to cut a workout short, I'll give up the bench but do the pec deck that day.

Charles
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Pec deck is for girls bro...it's like doing barbell curls in the squat rack or doing situps on that ugly colorful ball in the gym....please get off that machine and burn it....get soma carosine and burn that sucker
 
the_alcatraz said:
Pec deck is for girls bro...it's like doing barbell curls in the squat rack or doing situps on that ugly colorful ball in the gym....please get off that machine and burn it....get soma carosine and burn that sucker
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LMAO!!!

My chest routine at the moment is simply Flat DB, Incline BB, Dips. Maybe a set or two of Incline Flyes to finish off. Seems to be working well, I love going heavy on the flat DB press.
 
deep dips and flat DB Presses if we're talking about chest size

deep dips and flat BB presses if we're talking about chest strength
 
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