Chest exercises

**Doublebase** · 01-31-2007, 06:59 AM

I have a flat bench in my home gym. I need some other exercises to do for chest. Flat bench really nails my shoulders. What else can I do to sort of isolate my chest? Push-ups also hit my shoulders hard. I want to do an exercise that chest hits my chest.

**Bakerboy** · 01-31-2007, 07:59 AM

Exercises you could try:

Uni-lateral DB bench press
fly's
Medicine ball chest passes to a wall or a partner
Decline DB bench press

**Doublebase** · 01-31-2007, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Bakerboy

Exercises you could try:

Uni-lateral DB bench press
fly's
Medicine ball chest passes to a wall or a partner
Decline DB bench press

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I do not have any DB's yet. I'm saving for power blocks. I guess I could do flys with 25lb plates.

**Witchblade** · 01-31-2007, 10:13 AM

Dips, pullovers, incline.

**Doublebase** · 01-31-2007, 10:39 AM

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Dips, pullovers, incline.

Yes I need something to dips on also. Can you link me something that explains pullovers? My bench does not incline. I am getting a stand alone bench that declines and inclines in the future.

**tucker01** · 01-31-2007, 10:41 AM

Pullovers - http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...BPullover.html

**Doublebase** · 01-31-2007, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by IainDaniel

Pullovers - http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...BPullover.html

Excellent. I have seen them before. They look like would hit your lats also.

**Bakerboy** · 01-31-2007, 11:37 AM

Another cool one is incline pushups - narrow grip or weighted
You can do them one arm at a time too.

**Witchblade** · 01-31-2007, 12:24 PM

You can do dips behind the back.

**Doublebase** · 01-31-2007, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by Witchblade

You can do dips behind the back.

Yes but they just hit my triceps really hard.

**Witchblade** · 01-31-2007, 12:28 PM

Try widening your grip.

**mike456** · 01-31-2007, 01:16 PM

if your going to incorporate pullovers into your program make sure you put a pulling exercise such as face pulls to balance them out

**Witchblade** · 01-31-2007, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by mike456

if your going to incorporate pullovers into your program make sure you put a pulling exercise such as face pulls to balance them out

Could you elaborate on that?

**Doublebase** · 01-31-2007, 01:29 PM

Originally Posted by mike456

if your going to incorporate pullovers into your program make sure you put a pulling exercise such as face pulls to balance them out

My chest and back routine will look like this:
back: dl, bent over rows, pull - ups
chest: flat BB bench, some type of push- up, pull- overs

**Bakerboy** · 01-31-2007, 01:33 PM

Doublebase are you planning to start a journal?

**Yanick** · 01-31-2007, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by Witchblade

Could you elaborate on that?

I second that. Not arguing but i've been out of the loop for a while so there may be something i'm not aware of.

**Doublebase** · 01-31-2007, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by Bakerboy

Doublebase are you planning to start a journal?

I was thinking about it. The thing is I work on the road a lot and that pretty much puts a stop to all my weight training. I haven't been out on the road in 2 months so I have been training really hard. I have a show coming up in 2 weeks and I will be gone for 10 days. Ah maybe I'm just belly aching over nothing. I will ponder the journal idea a little more. Thanks Bakerboy.

**CowPimp** · 01-31-2007, 09:03 PM

Have you tried a 1 and a half bench press? You lower the bar, bench press half way up, lower it again, then bench press all the way up.

**Doublebase** · 02-01-2007, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by CowPimp

Have you tried a 1 and a half bench press? You lower the bar, bench press half way up, lower it again, then bench press all the way up.

I have done them in the past. I will try that.

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