instead of declines?

[Tinfish]

just learned that most people say that declines are worthless? damn that was 1/4 of my chest workout. what do you guys do to work your lower pecs?

 

[louden_swain]

Parallel Dips work well, especially if you lean forward.

 

[gymtime]

Declines are not worthless, just not as good as flat or inclines, IMO. Fuck what others say. If it works for you, keep doing them.

 

[gettinlarger]

Well, if they WORK for you, don't stop.

Weighted Dips are a hell of an exercise though ...

 

[needsize]

I'd have to say my lower chest is pretty fully developed and I've never done decline, my whole routine consists of heavy flat, then a few incline exercises

 

[louden_swain]

By the way, declines are a good exercise.

 

[RipDsel]

I like doing bent forward cross over cables, with hanldes at the bottom of the machine, the first time i did it was about a year ago, and i felt a burn in my lower pecs like nothing else i've ever done....

 

[gsxr600]

i love declines...wikked way to hit the chest from another angle.

 

[DrBones]

I'm not a big fan of declines... just something I never really got into.... But like everybody else is saying.. if it is something that is working for you, why bother messing with it?

 

[vinylgroover]

They are ok, but most do them on too steep an angle and it just ends up becoming a shoulder exercise. Work on a decline of around 30 degrees.

 

[scruples]

does anyone else find themselves stronger on decline than flat?? i do, but i think a lot has to do w/the reduced ROM on decline vs. flat...

 

[ThePolishHammer]

Dips are wicked for your lower pecs.
but i did wayyy too many of them, and there just not as fun as they used to be. So i moved to decline for something new. Even though dips probably are better for me. I needed to switch it up.

 

[WarriorPL]

I've never benefited from decline, so i think it's worthless.

Try cable crossovers from below or some nice heavy weighted dips.

 

[crew9]

Weighted dips are where it's at

 

[Crossword]

Whenever I do BB declines I don't get much out of it. I'm not sure where the BB should touch my chest. I get better results w/ DBs. Unfortunately, I have trouble getting in position when I start using heavier DBs, so I have to go for my reps.

BTW, is there a good way to get in position for decline press w/ heavier DBs by yourself?

 

[needsize]

Myself, i've always found cable cross overs to be a waste of time, i dont see how they can possibly stimulate the muscle enough to force growth. I do incline flyes instead with a working weight usually around the 85-90lb dumbells for 8-10 reps, i dont see how cables could ever duplicate that kind of stress on the muscle

 

[big4life]

Cable crossovers are more for definition than growth. Maybe include dips if you're not doing them.

 

[Ozzymt]

weighted dips are great. you could try doing some heavy negatives as well on inclines and flat if you got a good spotter. Negatives are great for hypertrophy