How many sets to build mass?

[WantNoFatAssHo!]

When it's chest day, I always do about 22-28 sets for my beloved pectorialis major.
5-6 bench press
5-6 incline dumbbell press
4-5 pullover
4-5 crossover cable
4-6 incline dumbbell flyes

Now I red that a pro workout only had about 10 sets for the pec.

I've seen good gains doing this over the past 1 and a half years, but am I throwing away time doing so many sets?

 

[Bigsatan13]

3 sets of each exercise, 10-8-6 reps heavy weight. Eat!

 

[Scotsman]

I do 9-10 sets for chest. If I were you I would drop either the cable crosses or the flyes as they are redundant. Or you could rotate them and do one each time you work out but not in the same workout. Also I don't think pullovers do much for the chest more a back and tricep workout. Also like Bigsatan13 said drop a couple sets off the remaining excercises.

 

[Ingram]

22-28 Holly shit!! WAY TOO MUCH! If your trying to gain mass you have to lift heavy weights. There is no way you are lifting heavy now.

Flat bench 3-4
Incline dumbell 3-4
Decline/Dips (optional) 3
Flys/Cables 3

Try something like this with heavy weights. Some people might even say what I’ve listed here is overtraining.

 

[WantNoFatAssHo!]

Okay, I got some new thoughts here.

As for weight, I do 2 to 4 reps in the bench press, 3-5 for the dumbbell presses and 4-8 for the remaining exercises.

All sets to failure, last set of each exercise with cheat.

I get a training ache thats out of this world, if I put my finger to any place on my chest one of the following four to five days it REALLY hurts.

I always wait 7 to 8 days between my chest training days. If i'm still sore then more days.

I've gained 17 pounds for my 1RM bench. (143 obout a year ago to 160 now). And visually the pecs have much more mass and definition.

I'm thinking of cutting the sets to maybe around 15, but should I/could I train the pecs more often if I do so?

Peace

 

[ARN]

Just wondering...

3 sets of each exercise, 10-8-6 reps heavy weight. Eat!

How does doing 10-8-6 ( increasing the weight as your lower the reps )reps compare to doing 8-8-8 reps for 3 sets at the same weight? I'm doing the latter, so am I doing more of a toning workout than a bulking one?

 

[DONALDuckY]

Re: Just wondering...

How does doing 10-8-6 ( increasing the weight as your lower the reps )reps compare to doing 8-8-8 reps for 3 sets at the same weight? I'm doing the latter, so am I doing more of a toning workout than a bulking one?

^BUMP

 

[sysopt]

To arn and donald duck: Research claims that you'll be stronger more quickly when you change the weight because of the need to continuously improve motor skills.

 

[Welsh power house]

i do 6 sets max for the chest....3 on the bench, 3 sets of dips.....is there any reason to do more?
No, you will prob do more bad than good after 20 sets!
Training is the easiest part of it, just keep it simple, the diet is the hard part!

 

[AMP 33]

For mass I think you will get the best results from 8 sets. Flat Barbell Press 4x12 10 8 6 and flat flyes 4x 15 12 10 8