dumbells wit no bench

shappers · 02-05-2006, 12:59 AM

hey guys im starting out!!

im too thin, im 6ft and 10 stone!! so im starting out wth dumbells!! i ave nicely toned chest but i am trying to get them bigger!!

i dont have a bench, so wat is te best excersise wit no bench? im doing 100 pushups a day too...

THanks
S

shappers · 02-05-2006, 01:07 AM

also, How many reps or sets should i be doing? im also working on my biceps!!

flug · 02-05-2006, 01:09 AM

welcome. you could put the plates on your upper back and do push ups.

flug · 02-05-2006, 01:13 AM

Take a look at Gary's routine in the training section.

shappers · 02-05-2006, 01:14 AM

nice idea - you mean in a bag on my back?

when i do my chest inclines or chest flies on the floor, i feel it more in my arms than my chest! makes me think i am not doing enough reps or sets!!

i really want to focus on my pecs at the min

flug · 02-05-2006, 01:23 AM

most presses work the Tri's. Keep your elbows out wide upper arms 90deg to chest.

flug · 02-05-2006, 01:27 AM

sorry misread. maybe not enuf stretch wiv no bench.

shappers · 02-05-2006, 01:31 AM

so how does any old joe who as a small bedroom build their pecs and chest wit no bench? i like the weights on back idea...

i could not find the section about gary's routine area...sorry!!

also, does the chest look stronger with or without the chest hair?

i would love to have the condifedence to walk topless one day

IronJunkey · 02-05-2006, 07:03 AM

Hey! Glad you asked. Just use dumbbells and lay on the ground. its acutally not bad 2 do that, just as long as you contract your shoulder blades all the way up on your ecentric movment. which means when you press up. lift your shoulders off the ground as high as you can and touch dumbbells and squeze while doing so.

***Extreme*** · 02-05-2006, 11:35 AM

Get a solid piece of wood and some bricks or a couple of old car wheels with no tyres on them and place the wood across them, voila - you now have a bench.

Remove the wood and do press ups with your hands on the wheels/bricks and you now can fully stretch your pecs or place your hands on the with your butt betweet the gap and have your feet elevated, use a bucket or another wheel if need be, now you can to tricep dips.

Swap over facing the floor with your feet elevated again and do your press ups, you've now just done some incline work.

Nesseccity is the mother of invention.

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02-05-2006, 01:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
shappers Under Construction Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: manchester Posts: 4 Rep Power:	also, How many reps or sets should i be doing? im also working on my biceps!!

02-05-2006, 01:09 AM	#3 (permalink)
flug Making Progress Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: essex Posts: 113 Rep Power:	welcome. you could put the plates on your upper back and do push ups.

02-05-2006, 01:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
flug Making Progress Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: essex Posts: 113 Rep Power:	Take a look at Gary's routine in the training section.

02-05-2006, 01:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
shappers Under Construction Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: manchester Posts: 4 Rep Power:	nice idea - you mean in a bag on my back? when i do my chest inclines or chest flies on the floor, i feel it more in my arms than my chest! makes me think i am not doing enough reps or sets!! i really want to focus on my pecs at the min

02-05-2006, 01:23 AM	#6 (permalink)
flug Making Progress Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: essex Posts: 113 Rep Power:	most presses work the Tri's. Keep your elbows out wide upper arms 90deg to chest.

02-05-2006, 01:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
flug Making Progress Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: essex Posts: 113 Rep Power:	sorry misread. maybe not enuf stretch wiv no bench.

02-05-2006, 01:31 AM	#8 (permalink)
shappers Under Construction Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: manchester Posts: 4 Rep Power:	so how does any old joe who as a small bedroom build their pecs and chest wit no bench? i like the weights on back idea... i could not find the section about gary's routine area...sorry!! also, does the chest look stronger with or without the chest hair? i would love to have the condifedence to walk topless one day