Best Chest Exercises

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@IronOne

Flat paused pressing for a lot of reps.

Since I’ve been pausing flat db bench, my chest has grown tremendously.

Do you pause at the top or at the bottom?
I usually do DB on a flat bench or slightly inclined, always use a neutral (parallel) grip, it reinforces the habit of tucking the elbows when benching, then when I press them up I close the dumbbells together towards the inside. Pausing at the top does add a lot of squeeze.

@usmccds423

No love for dips?

Definitely love for them lol, but I restrict them a bit to since they bug my shoulders. I don’t have much choice of parallel bars in my gym and have yet to find the right hand positioning and angle.
Mind it, they do not HURT my shoulders, they just give me a ton of doms and for 1-2 days after I feel like my shoulders mobility is limited, like the whole shoulder area is tight. I don’t know how to describe it better.

@mertdawg

Where is the shoulder exercise thread?

This one:

Overhead Pressing and Lateral Raises

I think its a combination of things: He isnt HYOOOGE, so obviously he’s a hack For a while there it seemed like T-Nation was releasing an article or Tip by him every day, creating a “new guru” kind of feeling Many of his articles are titled with things that give off a “YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING WRONG, HERES HOW TO FIX IT!” and “WHY ARE YOU LIFTING INSTEAD OF DOING CORRECTIVE EXERCISES!?” vibe A lot of his advice sounds like someone trying very hard to be smart or come up with …