Chest

[Sigil]

Just wanting to know peoples' opinions. With perfect form on either exercise, what do you think works better for chest exercises: Dumbbells or Bench press?

On another note, what is this Plasmavol shit everyone is talking about?

[Karlnold]

I guess dumbells allows you somemore freedom for shaping but they work best combined...

"Plasmavol!" is the most potent anabolic compound known to man...

[short gorilla]

There is no best. Use both. Alternate week to week or in a single session.

[Rahf]

Use both.

Use plasmavol in conjunction with chest exercises to REALLY get that pump!

[Syn]

just use plasmavol... you'll have a huge thick defined chest in no time

[short gorilla]

One thing I like to do is do a set of bench, then immediately do dumbell press with less weight and double the reps. I keep the dumbells handy by the bench so I can keep doing it between regular bench press sets. The pump feels pretty good, but you can't go real heavy on your bench this way. I like training with high volume though, so that's cool.

[Phil D]

try dumbell flyes aswell

[Skippy]

Are there any natural ways of developing chest muscles?

by natural I mean just using your body, no weights.

[Rahf]

Plasmavol is damn natural..

Otherwise, use the stickied thread for push-ups.

[Sigil]

Is this what I should get:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/nx/plasma.html

[Syn]

yes... buy a case!!

[TKD_Lee]

I trained chest so hard Monday that on my drive home, I had to scratch my nose... and I couldn't bring my hand up far enough. Crazy.

The workout we did was something like this:

Started warm up with ab exercises then began chest.

Yoga ball pushups (hands on the yoga ball, crazy stabilization required)
2 sets of 15

Incline bench press
4 sets: 12 7 7 9(or to failure)

Using dumbells, laying flat on your back pushing straight up
3 sets: 9 9 12

Using dumbells, incline flys
4 sets: 9 9 12(or to failure, I did 20)

Uneven pushups
2 sets of 15, alternating sides in between

I know I'm leaving something out, that was straight from memory. If I really am leaving something out, I'll post corrections tomorrow. Also, I don't know the correct terms for some of the exercises, so forgive me.

[chicanerous]

Are there any natural ways of developing chest muscles?

by natural I mean just using your body, no weights.
Have you ever heard of push-ups?

Also, your body cannot tell the difference between a bodyweight exercises and a weight-training one. Resistance is resistance. There is nothing magical or more "natural" about bodyweight.

[compleks]

Doesn't bodyweight training make you become bruce lee?

[DeeJay]

Plasmavol is great.

[chicanerous]

Doesn't bodyweight training make you become bruce lee?
That has been alleged.

[kristo]

I think Bruce Lee actually used Plasmavol in addition to pushups. That's how he got his abs and lats. No joke.