Started PHUL recently but flyes irritate my shoulder no matter how light I use the weights. I enjoy pressing exercises and am not fond of isolations. Is this a decent replacement?
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12-30-2018, 06:22 PM #1
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12-30-2018, 06:52 PM #2
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12-30-2018, 07:56 PM #3
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12-30-2018, 08:16 PM #4
Oh sorry. I don't really have an opinion on suitable substitutions.
Incline dumbbell press is a good way to blast the upper chest after exertion on flat barbell. I would have thought it's more for direct targeting (therefor hypertrophy), but dumbbells do require a considerable amount of stabilizing strength.
That being said, flat db bench takes a lot of stabilizing as well. Putting it before your incline barbell, it will hog the energy. Then also, it's kinda silly to do fliyes before your incline barbell.
That's just what it looks like to me. Not sure why incline barbell is on hypertrophy specifically, but maybe they're just mixing up barbells and dumbbells as much as possible. DB flyes hit the chest very directly, so they might just be shaping the workout in order for Flat barbell as king of the jungle with flat db flye being a subsequent lift (isolation following compound) while also not putting them on the same days.We're cookin' with gas now.
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12-30-2018, 09:33 PM #5
I personally prefer db presses over bench presses. I feel they are far superior at activating the pecs. Since your hands aren't fixed to the bar and therefore do not follow a straight path, you can stretch your pecs by opening the elbows at the descent (less than 90 degrees of course), and then contract the pecs by touching the dbs at the top. They are a great exercise.
Por la putamare que me parió.
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12-30-2018, 10:14 PM #6
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12-31-2018, 09:41 AM #7
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12-31-2018, 09:54 AM #8
Maybe.
If you do them with a palms facing(parallel grip) and focus on contracting the pecs instead of moving the weight.
There is no such thing as totally isolating a muscle.
Other muscles always assist the movement one degree or the other.
Flys aren't a a must do movement but in doing them they stretch the pecs a little more because of more range of motion.
I personally like cable type fly movements because of more tension through the top half of the movement that doesn't normally get much work.
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12-31-2018, 10:04 AM #9
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12-31-2018, 01:48 PM #10
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