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Chief714 · Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 1

I have a question.

Is it true that Dips are a good outer chest workout?
That's what I've been told, but I question it. How is it a full chest work out? Aren't dips more of a Tricep work out?

I can see how dips can put a little work on the pecs, but I don't see how someone should choose dips over lets say flat or incline flies? Or even wide grip bench pressing or push ups to widen their chest.

Any insight would be great. Thanks

J_Flow · Joined: 01 Jan 1970 Posts: 27

Dips are good, but bench press, and flyes are better. It really depends on the person. Every exercise works out different for each person.

swanso5 · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:58 pm Post subject:

nothing works one part of a muscle...the heavier the wt the more muscle you'll stimulate simple as that...in that regard flies are terrible, wide grip will kill your shoulders and so will dips if you don't have the "correct" shoulder make up

heavy bench presses with elbows in and off you go

darius3000 · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 42

swanso5 · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:51 am Post subject:

initially bench presses are the way to go to stimulate as much muscle as possible in the shortest time possible basically...once you have appreciable mass there already then you can experiment with "isolating' area's if you want but from a strength point of view, this does nothing...the wt is the main factor for strength and really who looks at someone and says 'gee, his outer pecs could do with some work"

what to do? depends on goals, training experience, program you're following etc

darius3000 · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 42

initially bench presses are the way to go to stimulate as much muscle as possible in the shortest time possible basically...once you have appreciable mass there already then you can experiment with "isolating' area's if you want but from a strength point of view, this does nothing...the wt is the main factor for strength and really who looks at someone and says 'gee, his outer pecs could do with some work"

Then from an appearance POV, isolating the different areas of the chest would be ok and would actually garner some results?

I've noticed that my left pec isn't as big as my right. It's pretty disappointing. Anything I can do about that?

swanso5 · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:41 pm Post subject:

POV? what??

do db work only to even up...it's probably neural (nervous system doesn't fire as well on that side...possible postural/chiro type problem)

darius3000 · Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 42