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[HighIntensity]

i notice from time to time, that my upper chest is more defined than my lower chest, so i try and build it up...

right now im doing weighted dips and decline presses

i like dips because in some aspects i listen to the hype i have always heard bout them, since i started lifting 5 years ago i have always heard weighted dips, i love what they do for tries but my chest is never sore from them

any other sugg.s lower chest

 

[Rico]

Weighted dips are my favorite and have helped me more than any other exercise mainly for LATS. Up the weight until it hurts to crank out 8 good dips. I started adding 25 pounds about a year ago which didn't do shit and now am up to 3 sets of 8 with 90 lbs. and it is really starting to kick in.

 

[Rico]

Weighted dips are my favorite and have helped me more than any other exercise mainly for LATS. Up the weight until it hurts to crank out 8 good dips. I started adding 25 pounds about a year ago which didn't do shit and now am up to 3 sets of 8 with 90 lbs. and it is really starting to kick in. Decline presses never did anything for me...stick to flat and incline.

 

[Si|vio]

change your avatar and your chest will look just right

 

[HighIntensity]

im doing weighted dips at 100 pounds at 9 reps...

and Si|vio lets not have to take this outside,,,

my chest is nice enough

 

[MrMuscle]

damn..im doing regular dips on 220 pounds.looking forward to when i can add some weight thats not my own. 100 more pounds sounds sweet.

 

[havoc]

Weighted Dips are a great way to slowly degenerate your shoulder girdle and cause unneeded nerve, tendon and ligament pain. Yes the lower chest is targeted, but shoulders and tris play a HUGE role in this exercise which is something that should be avoided. Flat flyes, presses done with proper execution and a methodical manner will solve your chest problems along with time and patience. Stay away from the Decline(complete garbage).

The above is my opinion, if you disagree, then thats wonderful. peace

 

[omar]

i incorporated dips into my workout a long time ago, and it made my chest huge! it's a great exercise, i dont need them anymore, i am focusing hard on my upper chest! I lack that big time

i used to do weighted dips w/ like 70 lbs for reps, but i think that doing a hundred dips w/o weight gave me better results in terms of size and definition
and l go low, i rweally go for the stretch! and then come back up, and w/ weight it didnt feel right, so becareful!
peace

omar

 

[WODIN]

I do a couple of sets of dips, with out weights for a warmup. I've never used them as part of a core workout for chest.

 

[casavant]

Used to love them, now they mess with my shoulders too much.

 

[HighIntensity]

thanks for the advice boys...

 

[special_bill]

so what about this...

from years of flat benching, ive developed a respectable lower chest and frontal delts...now they are out of proportion...maybe i should cut out weighted dips...but damn i love them...but when havoc talks, i listen, cause he is really big and cut and has his hair fashioned in a most modern fashion....

 

[fistfullofsteel]

Re: so what about this...

but when havoc talks, i listen, cause he is really big and cut and has his hair fashioned in a most modern fashion....

LMAO

 

[Pamela]

Re: so what about this...

But when havoc talks, i listen

Because he is The One! "Matrix"

 

[kronk]

any other sugg.s lower chest

Bro, try some decline, one handed dumbell presses. Go flat bench as well and really concentrate on good form and breathing. One handed dumbell presses have made a huge difference for me.

 

[HighIntensity]

One handed dumbell presses

i think im going to throw these in my workouts again...

why do you say one handed though?

 

[theoak01]

maybe try leaning more forward and it might work your chest more then your tri's

 

[HighIntensity]

oak i do lean foward...and i think the dips are messing up my already bad shoulders

 

[kronk]

i think im going to throw these in my workouts again...

why do you say one handed though?

By using only one arm (I guess I should have said one arm) you are better able to isolate the specific pec muscle. You will also depend much less on your deltoids and tris. This is also great if you have one pec that is lagging. This is the best excercise I have ever found for pecs. I usually do it as a finishing move, cause you cant do as much weight with one arm.

 

[theoak01]

ic,then i guess your best bet is what the other guys said declines etc

 

[malhavoc]

By using only one arm (I guess I should have said one arm) you are better able to isolate the specific pec muscle. You will also depend much less on your deltoids and tris. This is also great if you have one pec that is lagging. This is the best excercise I have ever found for pecs. I usually do it as a finishing move, cause you cant do as much weight with one arm.

So do you hold on to both dumbells but only move one at a time?

 

[OMEGA]

Weighted Dips are a great way to slowly degenerate your shoulder girdle and cause unneeded nerve, tendon and ligament pain. Yes the lower chest is targeted, but shoulders and tris play a HUGE role in this exercise which is something that should be avoided. Flat flyes, presses done with proper execution and a methodical manner will solve your chest problems along with time and patience. Stay away from the Decline(complete garbage).

The above is my opinion, if you disagree, then thats wonderful. peace

how do you feel about cable flys?