chest exercise with curl bar.

[Omegachi]

what kind of exercise can i do on the curl bar to focus the workout on my chest? (i don't have a bench to do bench press)

 

[Omegachi]

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[Rudee]

If you don't have a bench, one of the best chest exercises you can do is wide grip dips between 2 chairs. Grab a couple sturdy chairs and place them about 3 feet apart. Dip slowly and concentrate on the stretch you will get in the pecs. If you place the chairs too close together you will not get the same stretch from the pecs, so keep the chairs a good distance apart.

 

[LongCoolMother]

Originally posted by: Rudee
If you don't have a bench, one of the best chest exercises you can do is wide grip dips between 2 chairs. Grab a couple sturdy chairs and place them about 3 feet apart. Dip slowly and concentrate on the stretch you will get in the pecs. If you place the chairs too close together you will not get the same stretch from the pecs, so keep the chairs a good distance apart.

are these similar to push ups?

you can try them with elevated feet.

 

[Rudee]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother

Originally posted by: Rudee
If you don't have a bench, one of the best chest exercises you can do is wide grip dips between 2 chairs. Grab a couple sturdy chairs and place them about 3 feet apart. Dip slowly and concentrate on the stretch you will get in the pecs. If you place the chairs too close together you will not get the same stretch from the pecs, so keep the chairs a good distance apart.

are these similar to push ups?

you can try them with elevated feet.

Certainly you've heard of dips before, haven't you? Completely different from pushups. Dips involve lifting your entire bodyweight. Pushups only involve about 2/3rds of your bodyweight. Dips are much harder and more productive for the upperbody.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: LongCoolMother

Originally posted by: Rudee
If you don't have a bench, one of the best chest exercises you can do is wide grip dips between 2 chairs. Grab a couple sturdy chairs and place them about 3 feet apart. Dip slowly and concentrate on the stretch you will get in the pecs. If you place the chairs too close together you will not get the same stretch from the pecs, so keep the chairs a good distance apart.

are these similar to push ups?

you can try them with elevated feet.

dips

 

[Argo]

There isn't much you can do for your chest if you don't have a bench. Even if you had a bench, curl bar concentrates more on your triceps, than chest. I think the best exercise for you is plain ol' pushups.

 

[element]

Originally posted by: Argo
There isn't much you can do for your chest if you don't have a bench. Even if you had a bench, curl bar concentrates more on your triceps, than chest. I think the best exercise for you is plain ol' pushups.

I don't see how pushing a curl bar off your chest is any different than doing push ups or bench press, but I'm a noob @ workouts so I'm probably misunderstanding.

 

[HamSupLo]

buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

 

[StageLeft]

If you can't do dips, other than pushups you're basically SOL for working your chest. I've personally never gotten any chest workout out of all of the dips I've tried, though a lot of people swear by them. Must be my build. Similaraly I can't do regular deadlifts, and have to sumo-style them. I suck.

 

[ThaPerculator]

Well, it wouldn't be a 'GOOD' chest workout, but you can do presses with your curl bar, but just try to go as wide out on the bar as you can. Also you might want to try doing some half-assed form of flys with whatever loose plates you have. Aside from that, you don't have too much to work with.

You might want to try to supercompensate your chest by weakening your tri's first so your chest has to pick up the slack.... for example..

Do some overhead tricep extensions or skull-crushers until fail before you try doing the above mentioned presses. If your triceps are weakened out, your chest will have to kick in more to lift the same kind of weight.

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

If you're pumping 250/hand like I do, they do.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: element®

Originally posted by: Argo
There isn't much you can do for your chest if you don't have a bench. Even if you had a bench, curl bar concentrates more on your triceps, than chest. I think the best exercise for you is plain ol' pushups.

I don't see how pushing a curl bar off your chest is any different than doing push ups or bench press, but I'm a noob @ workouts so I'm probably misunderstanding.

What I think he meant was that the way the curl bar is designed was meant to focus more on your biceps/triceps (depending on the excercise). If you placed your hands in the normal spot for bench press then it should work the same area as a normal bar would.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

If you're pumping 250/hand like I do, they do.

Amateur. I do 250/hand as warmups.

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

Anything done with free weights is better with a spotter. Plus this guy might go till faliure and drop it on his head. Personally I need one because my shoulder can rotate too much in the joint and actually come close to popping out so I need to be very carefull when I raise anything heavy over my head.

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

Anything done with free weights is better with a spotter. Plus this guy might go till faliure and drop it on his head. Personally I need one because my shoulder can rotate too much in the joint and actually come close to popping out so I need to be very carefull when I raise anything heavy over my head.

That's true. You're more safety conscious than I am. I'd probably just drop it on my head and shrug it off

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

Anything done with free weights is better with a spotter. Plus this guy might go till faliure and drop it on his head. Personally I need one because my shoulder can rotate too much in the joint and actually come close to popping out so I need to be very carefull when I raise anything heavy over my head.

That's true. You're more safety conscious than I am. I'd probably just drop it on my head and shrug it off

Yep, you shrugged off that hit to the head when you were baby. You can do it again

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

Anything done with free weights is better with a spotter. Plus this guy might go till faliure and drop it on his head. Personally I need one because my shoulder can rotate too much in the joint and actually come close to popping out so I need to be very carefull when I raise anything heavy over my head.

That's true. You're more safety conscious than I am. I'd probably just drop it on my head and shrug it off

Yep, you shrugged off that hit to the head when you were baby. You can do it again

Whatever it did, it gave me much better taste in cars than it did for you. :evil:

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

Anything done with free weights is better with a spotter. Plus this guy might go till faliure and drop it on his head. Personally I need one because my shoulder can rotate too much in the joint and actually come close to popping out so I need to be very carefull when I raise anything heavy over my head.

That's true. You're more safety conscious than I am. I'd probably just drop it on my head and shrug it off

Yep, you shrugged off that hit to the head when you were baby. You can do it again

Whatever it did, it gave me much better taste in cars than it did for you. :evil:

Sadly if not for the internal injuries you'd understand the error in your tastes Ever seen a monkey eat his own poo? Or a dog? Silly things don't know what's good for 'em!

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: azazyel

Originally posted by: jooksing
buy two 45 lb dumbbells and do dumbbell presses...the curl bars should only be for your arms

DO not do this unless you have a spoter!

I would recommend getting some push up stands. That way you can go down further than you normally could using palm on floor. Also, try it with you feet on a chair so you can get more of an incline.

Dips are great! Unfortunately I have ticepts from hell so they end up doing more work than my chest.

Dumbbell presses need a spotter?

Anything done with free weights is better with a spotter. Plus this guy might go till faliure and drop it on his head. Personally I need one because my shoulder can rotate too much in the joint and actually come close to popping out so I need to be very carefull when I raise anything heavy over my head.

That's true. You're more safety conscious than I am. I'd probably just drop it on my head and shrug it off

Yep, you shrugged off that hit to the head when you were baby. You can do it again

Whatever it did, it gave me much better taste in cars than it did for you. :evil:

Sadly if not for the internal injuries you'd understand the error in your tastes Ever seen a monkey eat his own poo? Or a dog? Silly things don't know what's good for 'em!

Not unlike most Nissan owners. Sh!t_Quality! Sh!t_Resalevalue! I think all that time in Canada with the poor quality air and smog must have given you mental retardation.