IronMagazine Bodybuilding Forum


Go Back   IronMagazine Bodybuilding Forum > BodyBuilding & Fitness Forums > Training
What's your chest routine? What's your chest routine?
Photo Gallery Register Members List Videos Blogs Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read

Training Learn proper form, techniques, & routines. Post questions about weight training as it relates to muscle building.

Sponsored by: BigBackGrips.com


What's your chest routine?


Reply
Page 1 of 5 1 2345 >
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 03-15-2005, 03:19 PM   #1
Registered User
 
Leatherface's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 109

What's your chest routine?
What does your chest routine typically look like guys and gals?


"Look what your brother did to the door!"
Leatherface is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 03:54 PM   #2
Registered User
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 318

bench
incline
decline
Machher is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 04:03 PM   #3
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 644
Photos: 5
bench
incline
decline
cables


pumpthatiron is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 04:03 PM   #4
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 644
Photos: 5
i was just wondering if you more experienced people still use dumbells for benching?


pumpthatiron is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 05:04 PM   #5
Registered User
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Foxboro, MA
Posts: 265
Photos: 3
bench
incline
dips/decline (alternate)
flys






reg56 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 05:09 PM   #6
I SeeŠ
Elite Member
 
min0 lee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: The Bronx, NYC
Posts: 32,785
Blog Entries: 3
Photos: 542
bench---once a month I do dumbells
incline----once a month I do dumbells
dips/decline (alternate)
flys---sometimes


min0 lee is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 05:13 PM   #7
Registered User
 
Tommy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 162

Incline Dbell(I use them all the time)
Flat dbell
weighted dips
decline fly's


Every setback is a learning experience,but first you have to see the lesson
Tommy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 05:19 PM   #8
Senior Member
Elite Member
 
ihateschoolmt's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 3,796
Photos: 10
Flat bench
Incline bench alternate db and bb
drop set of some machine I don't know the name of. It is like flys but you sit with your back at 90 degrees.


ihateschoolmt is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 05:25 PM   #9
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 49
Photos: 6
One Week
Flat Bench
Incline flys dumbells
Cables
Dumbell pullovers

Next Week
Incline barbell
Flat dumbell flys
Decline
Dumbell pullovers
live2pump is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 06:43 PM   #10
Myostatin Whore
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Posts: 6,239
Photos: 11
Right now... I throw in mil. press for shoulders

Flat BB Bench 3x6-8
BB Military Press 2x 8-10
Dips 2x6-8
DB Flyes 2x8-10
DB Overheads 2x 6-8
DB Kickbacks 2x10-12


Seanp156 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 07:37 PM   #11
Registered User
 
Goodfella9783's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 4,143

Bench
Incline
Decline
Cables
Pec Deck
Goodfella9783 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 09:22 PM   #12
Registered User
 
myCATpowerlifts's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: The lone star state
Posts: 6,261
Photos: 2
bench alternates between 2 phases i made up all myself
each phase is 1 week lol...


Week 1:
Flat Barbell Bench- 5,4,3,2,1 reps
Dumbell flat bench- 3x5
Barbell incline- 3x4

week 2:
Flat Bench- 4x6-8
Incline dumbells- 3x8
Cable/band crossovers- 3x8

thats excluding my other body parts i do on chest day, such as shoulder and or triceps..
myCATpowerlifts is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 09:23 PM   #13
happy sumo
Elite Member
 
PreMier's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 21,088
Photos: 2
Yesterday it was:
Flat BB Bench(heavy)
Incline Flyes


P-side Inc.

"the post-workout high is more profound than any drug-induced rush imaginable." -Dante B.
PreMier is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 09:47 PM   #14
Registered User
 
Brolly's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 247

Flat bench
Incline bench
Flat dumbells
Incline dumbells
Sitting chest flies on the machine (90degree angle)


Age:18
Weight:191lb, Height:5"11
Bench:315lb
Brolly is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-15-2005, 10:28 PM   #15
Drop and give me 100
 
fUnc17's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Jersey Shore BJJ
Posts: 1,869
Photos: 12
Depends, i try to alternate everything

flat BB
incline BB
decline BB
flat DB
incline DB
decline DB
incline flyes
decline flyes
flat flyes

typically 2 pressing movements and 1 type of fly. or 3 pressing movement and no flyes, or 1 pressing movement and 2 types of flyes

i dont like doing dips for chest, i like them for tri's. and I've used cables before but for some reason they never stuck

DB's make my chest soar the most and i like them because I can control the weight better and squeeze


Athletic Strength & Movement blog
Strength Edge
fUnc17 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 02:51 AM   #16
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 102
Photos: 1
Flat bench DB x 5
Incline DB x 4
Flat bench x 4
Incline bench x 4
Incline Flys x 3
Flat bench Flys x 3
Decline bench x 3
Decline Flys x 3
Cable Crossovers x 4
Pec Deck x 3

Every Monday. Keeps me sore for 6 days every time. Usually I change the order of those exercises around in order to keep my body guessing.
DamnHardGainer is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 05:38 AM   #17
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 49
Photos: 6
Does anyone do pullovers or am I in the minority?
live2pump is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 06:51 AM   #18
Registered User
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 63
Photos: 1
Bench Pressx5
Incline Dumbbell x4
Flat Fly'sx3
Close Grip x4
Skull crushers x 3
Trusted Employe is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 06:59 AM   #19
Crash & Burn
 
Phoenix87's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Conn.
Posts: 83
Photos: 3
Flat Bench with DB
Incline with DB
DB flys
Cable Standing Fly
or Chest Dip
I like to use mostly DB because I work out alone and don't need a spotter.
I also think it isolates the pecs better....
Phoenix87 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 07:04 AM   #20
Crash & Burn
 
Phoenix87's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Conn.
Posts: 83
Photos: 3
Quote:
Originally Posted by live2pump
Does anyone do pullovers or am I in the minority?
With DB's or Bar??? I take it your doing them straight arm to work the chest rather than the tri's.
Phoenix87 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 11:37 AM   #21
Registered User
 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Florida
Posts: 49
Photos: 6
With db's!

I'm talking about lying on the bench pependicullary (making a T) and extending the dumbell almost to the ground and bringing it back up just over your head.
live2pump is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 12:57 PM   #22
LAM
Gym ratt/Part-time pimp
 
LAM's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 7,384
Photos: 2
Quote:
Originally Posted by live2pump
Does anyone do pullovers or am I in the minority?
I do them on back day.

my chest routine usually consists of a incline movement, decline movement and a db fly movement. at most I do about 8 working sets


Dumbest statement made in the Anabolic Zone for Nov

TBD

-----------------------------------------------------

What you talking about Willis ?
LAM is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 01:02 PM   #23
Registered User
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Posts: 317

i do pullovers on back days


flat bench
db bench
decline flys


~The only way to truly understand your physique is by years of trial and error. Appreciate the journey. There is absolutely no short cut to mastery~

stats:
Sex: Female
Age: 16
Height: 5'7 1/2
Weight: 199.5 lbs
::The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it-as long as you really believe 100 percent.::
Premiere is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 01:33 PM   #24
Obsessed
Elite Member
 
M.J.H.'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Delaware
Posts: 3,587
Photos: 12
My chest workout usually has the following exercises:

- decline bench presses
- flat DB flyes
- incline bench presses
- flat DB presses

In no specific order.


Stats!
23 years old, 5'11.5", 206 lbs., ~8% bodyfat

380/455/655 bench/squat/deadlift (current)
405/495/675 bench/squat/deadlift (goals)

The M.J.H. Chronicles
M.J.H. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 01:37 PM   #25
Registered User
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 644
Photos: 5
Quote:
Originally Posted by DamnHardGainer
Flat bench DB x 5
Incline DB x 4
Flat bench x 4
Incline bench x 4
Incline Flys x 3
Flat bench Flys x 3
Decline bench x 3
Decline Flys x 3
Cable Crossovers x 4
Pec Deck x 3

Every Monday. Keeps me sore for 6 days every time. Usually I change the order of those exercises around in order to keep my body guessing.
36 fukin sets!... no wonder you think you're a "hardgainer"... overtraining like WHOA. You need to learn a lot.


pumpthatiron is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 02:12 PM   #26
do work son
 
soxmuscle's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: I will eat your face
Posts: 8,286
Photos: 10
Flat BB x 3
Incline BB x 1
Decline x 1
Cable Flies x 1


Age: 20 | Height: 5'7" | Weight: 150 lbs | Penis: 12 inches
soxmuscle is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 02:23 PM   #27
on a constant bulk
Elite Member
 
westb51's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: coming for that #1 spot
Posts: 384
Photos: 4
BB bench x3
db incline x3
bb decline x3
Plate loaded press x3
Mac flys x3
Vert mac press x3


this is now, i can't change tommrrow
if i can't change today
westb51 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 03:19 PM   #28
Registered User
 
BIGDAVE's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Bonnie Scotland
Posts: 37
Photos: 8
Flat bench (barbell)
Incline (dumbbell)

and sometimes decline with barbell or dumbbell.


Raised like a Pitbull,
My heart pumps nitro.

Age-28
Weight-252lbs
Best Bench-415lbs
Best Squat-495lbs
Best Deadlift-515lbs
BIGDAVE is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 04:40 PM   #29
I SeeŠ
Elite Member
 
min0 lee's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: The Bronx, NYC
Posts: 32,785
Blog Entries: 3
Photos: 542
Quote:
Originally Posted by DamnHardGainer
Flat bench DB x 5
Incline DB x 4
Flat bench x 4
Incline bench x 4
Incline Flys x 3
Flat bench Flys x 3
Decline bench x 3
Decline Flys x 3
Cable Crossovers x 4
Pec Deck x 3

Every Monday. Keeps me sore for 6 days every time. Usually I change the order of those exercises around in order to keep my body guessing.
Holy overtraining!


min0 lee is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 03-16-2005, 05:10 PM   #30
LAM
Gym ratt/Part-time pimp
 
LAM's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 7,384
Photos: 2
Quote:
Originally Posted by min0 lee
Holy overtraining!
to say the least. I would love to see the level of intensity that is used to perform 36 sets.


Dumbest statement made in the Anabolic Zone for Nov

TBD

-----------------------------------------------------

What you talking about Willis ?
LAM is offline   Reply With Quote