lower chest exercise to do instead of dips..

[Horns3]

i can't physically do em...are there any other good exercises?

[Calborn]

decline bench

[fishpat86]

cable crossovers but most people think they're shiet

[robvienna]

I've heard dips are a good replacement exercise.




wut?

[HollywoodBody]

flat bench hits your lower pecs just fine man. Hitting upper pecs is more of a challenge and requires a more concious effort to target them.

Just go heavy on flat bench, and then maybe DB flys or cables and you should be solid for lower pecs. If you wanna do declines, do em instead of flat bench. No need for both. I prefer sticking w/ flat tho

[F.Liu]

assisted dips?

[Horns3]

flat bench hits your lower pecs just fine man. Hitting upper pecs is more of a challenge and requires a more concious effort to target them.

Just go heavy on flat bench, and then maybe DB flys or cables and you should be solid for lower pecs. If you wanna do declines, do em instead of flat bench. No need for both. I prefer sticking w/ flat tho

i hit my upper pecs jus fine, i can't hit lower though i can't ever get sore or anything when i go heavy on regular bench so i use dumbells, also so my shoulder won't subluxate lol

[Horns3]

assisted dips?

i can't do dips at all, my labrum's tore in my shoulder, i can't even hardly stand myself up with my arms like that, i had a subluxation yesterday doing pullovers also

[jfindon]

Soreness doesn't mean dick and you can't isolate upper and lower pecs, it contracts as a whole. You can emphasize them slightly more, but any difference will be negligible. Just do flat bench.

[dankydank]

i think rippetoes said something about doing decline dumbell presses if you cant do dips yet in starting strength

[RootedEvo]

i can't physically do em...are there any other good exercises?

Can you do decline bench?
If so, also try Decline DB Flyes.

[Horns3]

Soreness doesn't mean dick and you can't isolate upper and lower pecs, it contracts as a whole. You can emphasize them slightly more, but any difference will be negligible. Just do flat bench.

alright sweet, every time i do chest, welll, most of the time i'm not sore or anything at all, so i feel like i'm not gettin a good workout

[BeastingBeast]

i thought dips worked triceps. oh well

[jfindon]

i thought dips worked triceps. oh well

If you lean forward they hit chest more, if you stay straight they work triceps more.

[Stackz123]

If you lean forward they hit chest more, if you stay straight they work triceps more.

is there any need to do

flat
incline
dips
cable crossovers for chest then?

[dinger8]

is there any need to do

flat
incline
dips
cable crossovers for chest then?

no, no reason to do any chest at all

[jfindon]

is there any need to do

flat
incline
dips
cable crossovers for chest then?

It's fine to do them to change things up every now and then, just don't think you're isolating different parts of your chest when you do them because it's impossible. Do what feels best.