worth doing chest 2x week if lagging?

[Elite_Fry]

my chest is lagging.. is it worth trying to work them 2x week?

 

[saint808]

you can try that... or you can post up your routine and see if anyone can critique it... chest is my ultra weak point on my body too... but given enough time and you can overcome your genetics.

 

[genarr3]

There's nothing inherently wrong with training chest twice a week. Do one heavy, one light workout.

Give it a try, that's how we find out what works best for us.

But keep in mind sometimes less is more.

 

[saint808]

when i changed strictly to cables and dumbells for my chest workout i made more progress... huck reccomended it a long time ago and it worked for me... prolly due to to the enormous stretch i give when doing reps.

 

[Hugh Gellatts]

you can do it twice a week...just don't make barbell benching movements the focus of both workouts...if you have to do them both workouts, do them light and at the end of the 2nd workout (after the db stuff and flies). also lower shoulder pressing volume...you can just rely on laterals and rev pec deck for a while.

 

[Bulldog_10]

Don't do it twice a week. Just change up your routine. Ideally you should change your routine (whether it be changes to intensity OR volume) every 4 weeks. Your body adapts to a training routine after just 2 weeks, thus gains tend to slow down.

Do a search on periodization...I'm sure something will come up. It seems that most people spend too much time in the hypertrophy stage doing 4 sets of 10-12 reps (or pyramiding). While they should be adding weight and decreasing reps, and then decreasing weight a bit and doing higher reps...In a cyclic fashion, changing it up every two-4 weeks...

 

[HansNZ]

Well if you can recover quickly enough to do 2 chest routines a week, then why aren't you already doing this?

If you want some advice a little bit of information would be helpful.

Firstly: Do you have broad shoulders and long arms?
Secondly: Do you have well developed triceps?

People with broader shoulders and longer arms tend to have weaker chests. Also if you have well developed triceps then these often take much of the load when you are doing chest, so pre-exhausting triceps at the beginning of your workout will allow your chest to do more work.

I also recommend some compound movements such as dumbell flyes followed immediately by bench press (incline, flat, or decline).

 

[rj420]

I feel like I get much better gains by seperating my incline and flat/decline days.

Workouts are done every 5 days

Ex.
Monday
Incline barbell- 4 sets of 6
Incline DB fly- 2 sets of 8-12
machine incline press superset w/ incline cable fly- 1x to failure

Saturday
Flat barbell- 4 sets of 6
Decline DB press- 2x 8-12
pec-dec fly supersetted w/dips- 2x to failure

Not exactly twice/week, but more than once/week. I'm using strength periodization on the barbells, adding 5lbs. each workout. To do this though, you need to start out with something kind of light that you know you will be able to rep 6 times for 4sets easily. Then each week add 5lbs. until you can't hit 4x's of 6 anymore. Now you'll be stronger, bigger and it'll be time for a new training program.

 

[Slider]

Ya it’s a fine idea but don’t I SAY DON’T over do dips if they are in your exercise as I sprained my right pec and it bruised and swelled like a bad case of gyno. Back down to just about normal but will be light chest for the next 2wks.

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[Elite_Fry]

yeh i got broad shoulders.. my triceps are normal