Can anyone tell me what the best free weight exercise is for shaping chest/pectorial muscles? I am not overweight but my pectorials are a tiny bit flabby...just due to no exercise. I'd like to build them and add some definition. I read that the barbell bench press is not as good as an incline dumbell bench press. Any help would be appreciated.
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08-02-2005, 02:27 PM #1
What is Best for shaping chest muscles???
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08-02-2005, 03:32 PM #5Originally Posted by johnmolinda
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08-02-2005, 07:47 PM #8Originally Posted by Defiant1
I think first and foremost if someone's chest seems "flabby" then it's usually a case lowering body fat. But once they've done that, for maximum chest stimulation, and I challenged people on a recent thread to explain to me why it's pointless, stretch and peak contraction exercises like DB flyes and cable crossovers, respectively, are an excellent addition to anyone's chest routine.
It's interesting how someone will ask about targeting inner/outer chest and get shot down in flames (it's genetics, time + mass = results, etc.), but I'll bet good money a lot of those people arguing against flyes and crossovers use similar stretch and peak contraction exercises for other muscle groups to stimulate growth. For some strange reason, they refuse to believe the chest can be further stimulated this way!
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08-02-2005, 08:21 PM #11Originally Posted by W8isGR8
I've no idea why more people don't talk about it because it does an excellent job of putting stress on the pecs and allowing you to carefully concentrate on them. I sometimes do Hammer Strength bench instead of regular bench, namely because I run out of dumbbell weight but still want to isolate each side.
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08-03-2005, 07:53 AM #22
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Incline bench, flat bench, decline bench, flys.... stick mainly with free weights, incorporate some cable work, and throw in some machine work as well (Hammer Strength rocks) A typical wo for me would be 4 free weight exercises, 2 cable exercises, and one machine exercise....
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08-03-2005, 05:38 PM #26
I agree with many of the posts above. Lose some weight and build some size. But since you don't workout at the moment you should lead into it slowly. You can't just start at the gym doing 5 chest exercises and expect to see results. You'll be sore as a *$&$ and your body will hit overtraining straight away.
You should start with an all over body workout 3 times a week to get your body ready for a more serious workout. Do that for a few weeks and then when you're no longer seeing results split your routine into specific body parts. Then you can start doing 2 or 3 then 3 or 4 chest exercises.
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