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View Poll Results: Which Exercise to Start Chest Workout?
Flat Bench 156 48.90%
Incline Bench 58 18.18%
Flat Dumbbell Press 45 14.11%
Incline Dumbbell Press 51 15.99%
Decline Bench 9 2.82%
Decline Dumbbell Press 2 0.63%
Isolation Exercise or Other 9 2.82%
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Old 03-01-2007, 02:49 PM   #1
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What Exercise Do You Start Chest With
What exercise do you use to start your chest workout? I know its kind of a stupid question but I've always started with flat bench but I'm wondering what kind of success people have with other exercises.
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incline bench - my upper pecs need a lot of work
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Old 03-01-2007, 03:14 PM   #3
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I start with incline DB.
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Old 03-01-2007, 03:16 PM   #4
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incline db
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I change it every week, been training so long if I do the same workout two weeks in a row my body adapts and I will not be sore in wk3.

I rotate something like this

Wk1
Incline DB
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Flat BB
3
Weighted Dips
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Flat DB
5
Repeat
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believe it or not....warm up with db flys
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Old 03-01-2007, 05:44 PM   #7
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Assuming you mean warmups, I usually start and end with Dips.

Not counting warmups, I start with whatever area needs the most work (upper, middle, lower).


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Absolutely kills my workout if i do it within like 3 hours of going to the gym. Interesting idea of doing dips first though; i've never done them anything but last
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Old 03-02-2007, 05:19 AM   #9
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incline benches all the way,
flat benches
since i stopped flt benching about 4 or 5 months ago my chest started improving


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A few rotator cuff exercises
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bench
most of the good strength coaches say to warm up then do your regular bench work and then alternate assistance work regularly. like bench/inlines/pressdowns or bench/dips/skullcrushers. charles poloquin and also westside have exellent routines you can try.
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Push Ups!!
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Straight bench. I like to get it out of the way first.


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Flat bench - the main exercise for chest. You need all your strength for it
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I start with the dumbell presses. As a side note to dsade's comment, I like my masturbation post-workout
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A few rotator cuff exercises

x2. This makes a world of difference for me.
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