posted February 19, 2000 05:11 PM         

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What is the best for upper chest thickness? im trtying to debate over incline barbells or incline dumbells....what about hammer strength incline presses, are they good too? thanx

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posted February 19, 2000 05:14 PM         

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Try doing barbell first, then follow them by dumbell, this is what Arnold S. did.

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posted February 19, 2000 06:22 PM            

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Do all three. It has worked for me. Dont know how big my chest is but I work chest twice a week. First day: Flat, Second day:Incline
Hope this helps.

P.S. You can never go wrong with dumbells.
(unless its leg day)

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posted February 19, 2000 06:37 PM            

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i like to do incline barbell just because i can use some weight on it. dumbells are awkward to try to put up the weight for me. but by far i get a burn when i do them. i like to do incline flyes as well, but they arent for mass i guess. i dont like the hammer strenght incline so much, would rather use the smith.

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posted February 19, 2000 07:16 PM            

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If you are going to use the incline hammer make sure of one thing .The inthe starting possition the handles need to be at soulder hight not down by your waste! I would rate them in.bar.in dum.in.flys.dips,hammer

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posted February 19, 2000 07:22 PM            

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alot of people who find it difficult to build with barbell presses might want to try incline dumbell presses, incline flyes, and decline presses. Decline kinda gets a bad reputation because usually only pussy ass weak guys do them so them can add some lbs. to their "bragging wieght" I do them extremely heavy as my last exercise cause your delts are already taxed from inclines. this way you do inclines while yer strongest and yet you still lift strong at the end

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posted February 19, 2000 08:30 PM            

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My opinion is as follows;
monday-Squats followed by pull overs, then weighted dips.
thur-incline presses followed by weighted dips.

Don't forget that lats, delts and traps make the pecs look their best.

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posted February 19, 2000 09:43 PM            

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First due incline dumbbells, making sure to explosively contract at the peak of the movement. Then, assuming you're training pecs bi-weekly; perform barbell inclines after 3 days. It will give your stabilizing muscles a slight rest.

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posted February 19, 2000 10:03 PM            

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i agree with squatter on this one upper chest and dips are like cow and chicken no i mean like milk and cows.
they mix really good.
weghted dips if you are up to it are even better when you are used to the exercise and believe me your upper chest will look good.
over the head or pull overs could help expand your chest area some, and the good old wide bench press is also used,

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posted February 20, 2000 01:24 AM            

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Dumbells Dumbells Dumbells...I had shoulder problems with barbells and could never grow til I hit Dumbells..Try it I did. Sounds like an infomercial....but seriously, do 2 warm ups and 3 HEAVY...

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posted February 20, 2000 01:35 AM            

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I change my workout around every 6 weeks or so, but I do chest twice a week. I'll either be doing 3 sets on the flat bench with the last set to failure... then i'll work on my delts for a while... then do incline dumbell press, last set to failure... then a couple of tricep sets with the cables. Otherwise I'll do 3 sets on the inclined bench press with the barbell, then 3 sets on the flat bench with the dumbell. Always do the barbell first though, then use the dumbells to really get the burn.

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posted February 20, 2000 03:26 AM            

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Decline smith machine
Low inline smith "
High incline smith "

Has given me good results over the years

finish off with
dumbell flies
Peck deck
cable crossover

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