Chest workouts

[pmac928]

Chest is one of my favorite body parts to train. I just want to hear what everyone does for their chest workouts as I'm. Always willing to switch things up and do what works for others.
Chest- flat bench 6 sets pyramid up in weight until the fourth set where I do a double drop set. Last 2 sets I go light with a super wide grip and high reps. Incline dumbell press ss with incline flyes. 4 sets. Hammer strength incline press 4 sets. Decline bench 4 Sets. Cable crossover 3 sets. On the last set I always do drop sets.

 

[element00]

Yeah I like training chest also but thats a lot of sets IMO. My old man chest can't handle that volume. Well in fact my shoulders would give way first. I like to keep my chest routines basic. 3-4 bench, 3 dbell press and flyes. Mixing up the angles. At the moment trying some whole body workouts so even less working sets more regularly
How often do you train chest?

 

[HuckingFuge]

I like to start a different angle each week. that way I'm equally strong and developed for a fuller and stronger chest.

 

[pmac928]

Onl

Yeah I like training chest also but thats a lot of sets IMO. My old man chest can't handle that volume. Well in fact my shoulders would give way first. I like to keep my chest routines basic. 3-4 bench, 3 dbell press and flyes. Mixing up the angles. At the moment trying some whole body workouts so even less working sets more regularly
How often do you train chest?

only 1x a week. I've actually been trying to change it up a bit I'd rather do more reps and shorter rest with a comfortable weight. I always want to be sore te next day, and it seems to be working.

 

[weighted chinup]

Weighted Dips & Incline Barbell Bench

It's a really good combination that puts a little more emphasis on your overall arm development. I enjoy doing this way more than flat+incline and feel like it facilitates more growth in both your chest and triceps.

Incline should be done with 15 degree incline rather than a 45 degree. If your gym doesn't have adjustable incline benches for barbell incline you can arch your back on the seat to lower the incline slightly. This works really well and its actually very safe even with heavy poundages.

IMO 45 degree incline is too high and puts too much emphasis on front delt whereas 15 degree hits your pec better.

If you do enough volume I find these 2 lifts to be more than enough for your overall chest development. Throwing in a fly of some kind is a good idea as well. I also find it important to balance out your chest training with adequate volume for back training as well.

I prefer shorter rest periods as well for all of my sets.