Log In

Your email is not your username

Register

If you were a member of the old Bodybuilding.com forums and would like to reuse your previous username, you can request it below. We use your email only for registration and do not store it. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy.

Confirm your email

A registration code was sent to your email. Enter it here.

Welcome

You have successfully setup your account.

Sign in

Quick Navigation Bottom Misc
Forum » Best chest/shoulder exercises to go heavy on?
  1. Results 1 to 11 of 11
  2. Page 1 of 1

Thread: Best chest/shoulder exercises to go heavy on?

post 1613593881 08-15-2020, 01:50 AM
-
#1
  1. Brosnbroccoli
  2. Registered User
  1. Brosnbroccoli
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2012
  4. Age: 31
  5. Posts: 7,896
  6. Rep Power: 21152

Best chest/shoulder exercises to go heavy on?

What up miscers.
I’m looking for some inspiration, and the only exercises I can come up with to go heavy on is:

Barbell bench
Dumbbell bench
Barbell shoulder press
Dumbbell shoulder press

And of course the incline/decline variations.

What other exercises do you do when you go heavy on chest/shoulder day?
Real Madrid, Miami Heat, New York Jets.
post 1613594261 08-15-2020, 02:03 AM
-
#2
  1. ChangeOfStyle
  2. Registered User
  1. ChangeOfStyle
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Jul 2013
  4. Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia
  5. Age: 30
  6. Posts: 11,293
  7. Rep Power: 85259
Weighted dips with 3 second negative and incline DB press
if you need someone to chat with, don't hesitate to shoot me a PM.
post 1613597551 08-15-2020, 04:11 AM
-
#3
  1. jk202
  2. Registered User
  1. jk202
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Oct 2013
  4. Age: 37
  5. Posts: 10,589
  6. Rep Power: 117458


These poop on all other lateral variations. You can do them standing single arm, but this provides more stability with load on both sides
post 1613598071 08-15-2020, 04:37 AM
-
#4
  1. Brosnbroccoli
  2. Registered User
  1. Brosnbroccoli
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2012
  4. Age: 31
  5. Posts: 7,896
  6. Rep Power: 21152
Originally Posted By jk202⏩


These poop on all other lateral variations. You can do them standing single arm, but this provides more stability with load on both sides
Will try, thanks brah!
Real Madrid, Miami Heat, New York Jets.
post 1613598361 08-15-2020, 04:46 AM
-
#5
  1. jk202
  2. Registered User
  1. jk202
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Oct 2013
  4. Age: 37
  5. Posts: 10,589
  6. Rep Power: 117458
Originally Posted By Brosnbroccoli⏩
Will try, thanks brah!
People here **** on it, but it takes 15 seconds to go find a bench. I still get random rep comments lol "love the lateral thing you posted"

I haven't done a DB lateral in like 3 years
post 1613598461 08-15-2020, 04:52 AM
-
#6
  1. jk202
  2. Registered User
  1. jk202
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Oct 2013
  4. Age: 37
  5. Posts: 10,589
  6. Rep Power: 117458
Smith machine is also hugely underrated for both. I have low incline smith for chest on 1 pull day and high incline smith shoulder press on the other. Easy to setup bands for a better load profile
post 1613598661 08-15-2020, 05:09 AM
-
#7
  1. Ironface
  2. CEO 10k/year
  1. Ironface
  2. CEO 10k/year
  3. Join Date: Jan 2013
  4. Posts: 19,220
  5. Rep Power: 83303
Originally Posted By Brosnbroccoli⏩
What up miscers.
I’m looking for some inspiration, and the only exercises I can come up with to go heavy on is:

Barbell bench
Dumbbell bench
Barbell shoulder press
Dumbbell shoulder press

And of course the incline/decline variations.

What other exercises do you do when you go heavy on chest/shoulder day?
Honestly I wouldn’t do heavy db bench...not only is it awkward to get into position but IMO barbells are better for going heavy. DBs should be for higher volume/hypertrophy work.

Also it’s way too easy to cheat when doing heavy DB’s. On barbell bench it’s easy to gauge range of motion - either the bar touched your chest or it didn’t. With DB’s, you have to be mindfully aware to make sure your DB’s are going lower than where your chest would be (the only reason to use DB’s is to get a deeper stretch; if you’re only bringing them down to chest level, you have defeated the purpose of the exercise).
*Deadlifts pants after taking a chit crew*
*Typos can go fucl themselves crew*
*Nice miscer crew*
*Loves reps, hates negs crew*
*Faps before workout crew*
*12+ hours of sleep crew*
*Faps during workout crew*
*Hates onions crew*
*Faps after workout crew*
*No fap crew*
post 1613598701 08-15-2020, 05:11 AM
-
#8
  1. yokris
  2. Swole User
  1. yokris
  2. Swole User
  3. Join Date: Jan 2013
  4. Location: Norway
  5. Age: 32
  6. Posts: 562
  7. Rep Power: 875
If you don't go heavy on Decline Barbell, you're missing out. Only shoulder exercise I go "heavy" on, in a sense of weight wise, would be seated DB presses. I go heavy on everything, but delts consists of small muscles so strict form in that sense is heavy to me and healthy
Signature
post 1613600471 08-15-2020, 06:12 AM
-
#9
  1. Brosnbroccoli
  2. Registered User
  1. Brosnbroccoli
  2. Registered User
  3. Join Date: Feb 2012
  4. Age: 31
  5. Posts: 7,896
  6. Rep Power: 21152
Originally Posted By Ironface⏩
Honestly I wouldn’t do heavy db bench...not only is it awkward to get into position but IMO barbells are better for going heavy. DBs should be for higher volume/hypertrophy work.

Also it’s way too easy to cheat when doing heavy DB’s. On barbell bench it’s easy to gauge range of motion - either the bar touched your chest or it didn’t. With DB’s, you have to be mindfully aware to make sure your DB’s are going lower than where your chest would be (the only reason to use DB’s is to get a deeper stretch; if you’re only bringing them down to chest level, you have defeated the purpose of the exercise).
It works well for me, and getting the dumbbells into position isn’t an issue - granted I only do incline with 38 kgs, so when I get stronger it might become an issue.

I will definitely start throwing some sets of smith machine presses into my workout! Havn’t used the smith machine in years.
Real Madrid, Miami Heat, New York Jets.
post 1613600511 08-15-2020, 06:13 AM
-
#10
  1. TooMuchofaBro
  2. Banned
  1. TooMuchofaBro
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: May 2020
  4. Age: 56
  5. Posts: 3,018
  6. Rep Power: 0
Dips / thread
post 1613600731 08-15-2020, 06:16 AM
-
#11
  1. CR89RA
  2. Banned
  1. CR89RA
  2. Banned
  3. Join Date: Sep 2019
  4. Posts: 1,189
  5. Rep Power: 0
Originally Posted By ChangeOfStyle⏩
Weighted dips with 3 second negative and incline DB press
Dips are a ****er. I always get shoulder pain so stopped doing them as it was affecting my bench press.
Quick Navigation Top Misc
Bookmarks
Digg.com
Digg
del.icio.us
del.icio.us
Stumbleupon.com
StumbleUpon
Google.com
Google
Facebook.com
Facebook
Posting Permissions
  1. You may not post new threads
  2. You may not post replies
  3. You may not post attachments
  4. You may not edit your posts