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Best exercise to build pecs?

For a guy who is otherwise very fit, but has proportionally flat pecs, what is the best way to add mass there?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    usuallly with people that have problems building their chest its because their triceps/shoulders kick in and do most of the work when bench pressing

    try this superset

    do flyes(or the pec deck or whatever you have access to) 12 with your 15 rep max weight

    followed by your bench press to failure(you can do it with incline flat or decline bench press)

    this will place more pressure on the chest forcing you to use those muscles more

    so basically 3-4 sets of

    flye and bench

  • 1 decade ago

    Pecs:Heavy bench press after warm up going to the highest weight you can handle for 3-5 reps(with a spotter).Incline press(no more warm ups at this point,you're warm already) for sets of 3-5 reps.Drop the weight for the next few sets for 8-10 reps.DB bench press,Add a few sets of flat flyes and incline flyes 2-3 sets 3 sets of 8-10.Cable crossovers with full contraction at the end of the movement for 3-5 sets of 10 reps.This plan includes all of the positions of flexion.Midrange,stretched and fully contracted.

    Work any body part only once per week in order to heal the microtrauma.It's also important to work ALL of your body parts(yes especially legs) as this stimulus can cause an additional secretion of growth factors.Get protein IMMEDIATELY after your work outs and try every 3 hours to retain a positive nitrogen balance.Stay well hydrated and eat properly (including fruits and vegetables) but get your protein.Creatine works well for strength and cell volumization and is clinically proven as well.

    Proper technique would be to warm up properly,then do your heavier low rep work first,decrease weight and increase reps as you go.If you start with your reps first you'll exhaust yourself and NOT be able to handle the heavy weights that cause hypertrophy.Rep out after your most strenuous work.ALWAYS.

    Side note:Pull ups are for the latisimus dorsi and posterior deltoids.There is absolutely no pectoralis major or minor (pecs)involvement

    Source(s): I've been lifting weights for 22 years and done extensive research
  • 1 decade ago

    Cable croosovers are very good for this. Incline bench press and decline bench press. Pec deck.

    Your workout for chest and triceps should include all of these exercises. 4 sets of each starting at a maximum of 12 reps and gradually increasing the weight and reducing the reps all the way down to 6.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    probably basic bench presses and flies from differing angles.

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  • 1 decade ago

    bench presses and push ups

  • 1 decade ago

    push ups and bench presses

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    uhhh, butterfly press, bench press, push ups, pull ups are really really good for chest, some people call them chin ups

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