Any alternative to chest fly..?

shrek · 03-19-2008, 06:33 AM

I've been doing the same chest routine for my first eight months of training...lat bar pulldowns, flat barbell press, then inclined barbell press, incline dumbbell flyes, dips and butterflies to finish...
I'm looking for a change in this routine...is there any different exercise that can replace the chest fly temporarily?

DOMS · 03-19-2008, 06:36 AM

If you've been doing the same routine for 8 months, you're probably better off change the whole of your routine and not just one of the exercises.

UFC rocks · 03-19-2008, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by shrek

I've been doing the same chest routine for my first eight months of training...lat bar pulldowns, flat barbell press, then inclined barbell press, incline dumbbell flyes, dips and butterflies to finish...
I'm looking for a change in this routine...is there any different exercise that can replace the chest fly temporarily?

first of all lat bar pulldowns are a back exercise not a chest one.

as for chest there is only really 3 things you can do they are:

pressing exercises (compound) - weather its incline, decline, flat, barbell, dumbbell.

flyes (compound) - weather its incline, decline, flat, dumbbells, cables, machines.

dips (compound).

you are asking if there is a different exercise to replace the flyes, flyes are a isolation exercise for the chest and there are know no other exercises other than flye type ones which isolate the chest. but you could try cable cross overs, its still a flye type movment, but its a change so it could help.

but like DOMS said, if you have been doing the same routine for 8 months you really need to change the whole routine.

UFC rocks · 03-19-2008, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by UFC rocks

first of all lat bar pulldowns are a back exercise not a chest one.

as for chest there is only really 3 things you can do they are:

pressing exercises (compound) - weather its incline, decline, flat, barbell, dumbbell.

flyes (isolation) - weather its incline, decline, flat, dumbbells, cables, machines.

dips (compound).

you are asking if there is a different exercise to replace the flyes, flyes are a isolation exercise for the chest and there are know no other exercises other than flye type ones which isolate the chest. but you could try cable cross overs, its still a flye type movment, but its a change so it could help.

but like DOMS said, if you have been doing the same routine for 8 months you really need to change the whole routine.

i ment isolation, sorry.

clayu86 · 03-19-2008, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by shrek

I've been doing the same chest routine for my first eight months of training...lat bar pulldowns, flat barbell press, then inclined barbell press, incline dumbbell flyes, dips and butterflies to finish...
I'm looking for a change in this routine...is there any different exercise that can replace the chest fly temporarily?

From my personal experience its best to change a routine up no longer than every 2 months. If you stay in them too long it is very easy to plateau....and your muscle fibers seem to get used to the same routine. You need to show them different movements so they can learn to grow better. Your body is the student and you are the teacher. That for some odd reason sounded really gay...but oh well it completes the illustration.

shrek · 03-19-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by UFC rocks

first of all lat bar pulldowns are a back exercise not a chest one.

as for chest there is only really 3 things you can do they are:

pressing exercises (compound) - weather its incline, decline, flat, barbell, dumbbell.

flyes (compound) - weather its incline, decline, flat, dumbbells, cables, machines.

dips (compound).

you are asking if there is a different exercise to replace the flyes, flyes are a isolation exercise for the chest and there are know no other exercises other than flye type ones which isolate the chest. but you could try cable cross overs, its still a flye type movment, but its a change so it could help.

but like DOMS said, if you have been doing the same routine for 8 months you really need to change the whole routine.

ok let's say we change the whole thing...

i cud use dumbbells in presses instead of bars(though i've found them a little harder to maintain balance in)...
and for flyes, how about switching to flat or a more inclined bench than the one i'm using...i mean, it'd still be a fly and would it make the necessary difference to my routine?

P.S. is lat bar pulldown a back exercise even if we pull it on the front?

Doublebase · 03-20-2008, 09:11 AM

What is with all the fly exercise questions recently?

UFC rocks · 03-21-2008, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by shrek

P.S. is lat bar pulldown a back exercise even if we pull it on the front?

yes its still a back exercise, the clue is in the name PULLDOWNS, its a pulling exercise and pulling exercises work the back and biceps.

03-19-2008, 06:33 AM	#1
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03-20-2008, 09:11 AM	#7
Doublebase Lightweight, Ya Buddy! Elite Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Philly Posts: 6,550	What is with all the fly exercise questions recently?