What is the best exercise for chest?

Blackhammer
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03 Jul 2013 13:57 #143269 by Blackhammer

What is the best exercise for chest? was created by Blackhammer

Hi,

I would like to know what are by far the best exercise to build one's chest?

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Jaxcs
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03 Jul 2013 14:18 #143274 by Jaxcs

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Mine is dumbbell Bench press as I have a better range of motion and less stress on the shoulder's

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Lee2011
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03 Jul 2013 14:33 #143277 by Lee2011

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Icline dumbell and barbell press

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crawler
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03 Jul 2013 14:34 #143279 by crawler

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Weighted dips

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Oupa
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03 Jul 2013 16:38 - 03 Jul 2013 16:38 #143302 by Oupa

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It takes a long time to build nice pegs....

Some info

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manery
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03 Jul 2013 17:07 - 03 Jul 2013 17:07 #143313 by manery

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My chest routine.

1 warm up set flys (light)
3 sets flys - 10,8,6 (heavy)
4 sets bench press - 10,8,6,4 (heavy)
3 sets incline dumbell press - 10,8,6,4 (heavy)
3 sets peck deck - medium-light weight, hitting failure each set.

Try that out, my chest responded well to this routine :woohoo:

"There is no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A" - Phil heath

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manery
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03 Jul 2013 17:10 - 03 Jul 2013 17:10 #143314 by manery

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And I will sometimes turn my last set on the bench press into a massive drop set.

"There is no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from plan A" - Phil heath

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VonD
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03 Jul 2013 18:11 #143321 by VonD

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Basics
flat bench
Incline bench

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Witwolf
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03 Jul 2013 18:31 #143323 by Witwolf

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VonD wrote: Basics
flat bench
Incline bench

Agreed. Key is to find the right weight. Too heavy and you're gonna start using your shoulders and lats to push. Incline and flat, but switch between dumbells en barbell, and around this add your flyes, pec deck, cable crossover or whatever.. Eventually start adding drop sets, super sets, giant sets. Tear your chest up, rest and eat, repeat. In no time you'll have armour plated pecs. (This is coming from someone who had a ironing board for a chest).

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Jaxcs
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03 Jul 2013 20:32 #143330 by Jaxcs

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I agree with witwolf I tried to go to heavy once on bench press and lost form and now I am stuck with a missed up shoulder . So it forced me to focus on more form with less weight and I squeeze and stretch every rep and I actually started to make gain's in my pec's.

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VonD
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03 Jul 2013 22:33 #143336 by VonD

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People forget that that the positive and negative motion are equally important the negatave maybe even more important to focus on

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j1pvt
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07 Jul 2013 20:09 #143615 by j1pvt

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Apparently one arm pushups are excellent for chest..
Havnt got around to dropping this into my routine yet,
Its a difficult excercise.

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j1pvt
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07 Jul 2013 20:10 #143616 by j1pvt

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Oupa wrote: It takes a long time to build nice pegs....

Some info

Pictures always work best for me.. ;-)

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