dumbells or barbell?

[trinisagaboy]

im new to the board...i was jut wondering....for a beginner..what is better for building mass on chest....dumbells or barbell?

 

[Rémy!]

Dumbells, more range of motion and secondary muscle recruitment.

 

[NFG123]

go with both

He is right about the increased ROM and there is more stabilizing muscles recruited, but you have to also use barbells. One thing is when you are FIRST starting out, your stabilizers aren't developed enough to use the weight sufficient to fatigue your major muscle groups! So you can't effectively overload your chest using dumbells alone, at first. One more advantage of barbells is most people can use more weight on barbells in most exercises, so you can overload your muscles easier! However, dumbells are extremely important too. You don't want to use just one type-both are result producing for different reasons. I'd try to incorporate a dumbell and barbell movement into every workout!

--New Guy

 

[trinisagaboy]

icic..a little of both...thanks a lot

 

[macDbol]

both

 

[goldenone]

Do both ,they both have good points as stated above.

 

[endpoint]

both........just as long as you stay away from any machines.........especially the smith machine.

 

[gymtime]

As everyone's said, do both. However, if you've never been in a gym before, I'd start out by using bars only for the first couple months. Let your muscles get used to the new workload before moving to dbs.

 

[mattcanning99]

both.

some examples, for dumbbells, chest bench press will recruit more muscle fibers (including stabilizers) making them advantageous, and barbell curls will ensure hand suppination throughout the full range of motion with heavy resistance. it is impossible to get the benefits of both without doing both.

peace

matt

 

[trinisagaboy]

yea..i have been working out for bout a couple months now...anyways...wats wrong wit machines?