making your chest stand up more

[Stillgoing]

I get comments/asked about my chest all the time... its definitely freaky. My advice... always start your chest workout with incline press. Dumbells preferably.

Absolutely agree. My chest was a weak point compared to my traps/shoulders which were always huge (for me). I was not doing enough incline. I got my chest where it needed to be through heavy incline movements. I now do mainly incline. Flat just gets the shoulders too much. Especially barbell. Start with incline bb or db every workout. I do 3 chest exercises, and atleast 2 of them, sometimes all three are inclines.

 

[JG1]

What do you guys think of pre-exhausting the pecs first with an isolation excersize in order to bring it up if lagging?

Something like:
incline flyes
incline d-bell presses
dips

 

[Stillgoing]

What do you guys think of pre-exhausting the pecs first with an isolation excersize in order to bring it up if lagging?

Something like:
incline flyes
incline d-bell presses
dips

Pre-exhaust doesn't work for me. For me: more weight = more size. So, I want all energy into heavy lifts. I do the Dorian type workout with 4-6 sets per bodypart, all of them 6-12 rep range, with constant emphasis on increasing weight. For those that do more sets, pre-exhaust might work.

 

[jubei]

What rep range to you guys feel is best for adding size to chest?

 

[JG1]

Pre-exhaust doesn't work for me. For me: more weight = more size. So, I want all energy into heavy lifts. I do the Dorian type workout with 4-6 sets per bodypart, all of them 6-12 rep range, with constant emphasis on increasing weight. For those that do more sets, pre-exhaust might work.

whats a typical chest workout like for you....excersizes and reps?

 

[Stillgoing]

whats a typical chest workout like for you....excersizes and reps?

Chest Workout #1:

Incline Barbell or Incline Smith Machine 2 sets 6- 10 reps
Flat dumbell press 2 sets 6-10 reps
Incline dumbell flyes 1-2 sets 6-10 reps
Cable crossovers 1 set 6-10 reps

Chest Workout #2

Incline dumbell press 2 sets 6-10 reps
Incline Machine (can't think of the name of it) 2 sets 6-10reps
Incline dumbell flyes 2 sets 6-10 reps

Nothing complicated. Work each bodypart once per week, plenty of rest between sets and an all out focus on putting more weight up than the last time.

 

[tiger88]

Wouldn't you need 5 sets?

sorry 5 sets of 20 sorry for my math error

 

[Euriskan]

For a thick chest, nothing puts the thickness on like Incline DB presses. For thickness I like to use more of a powerlifter form i.e. dumbells close in to chest. Can handle more weight, and doesn't screw with my shoulders. Once the thickness is good, will change up to a Bodybuilder form i.e. dumbells out wide.

People aren't really fond of upright rows, but they help with pec/delt seperation.

 

[jubei]

I like upright rows but use them for traps/shoulders. I really like dumbells. Does anybody see a problem with this routine:

Flat Dumbell Press: 5 sets; 6-8 reps + dropset
Incline Dumbell Press: 4 sets; 6-8 reps
Inclind Barbell Press: 4 sets; 8-10 reps
Incline Dumbell Flyes: 4 sets; 8-10 reps
Flat Dumbell Flyes: 4 sets 6-8 reps

I do this once every 5-6 days BTW.

 

[Debaser]

Wow, I haven't seen this much misinformation in a single thread in a long time.