Chest exercise without bench? : Weights Forum : Active Low-Carber Forums

#1 ^

Mon, Dec-02-02, 20:59

Squeefmast

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Chest exercise without bench?

I'm moving into a smaller house, and won't have room for my
old weight bench. Can someone recommend a good chest exercise
that I can do with dumbbells, besides bench presses or flyes?

Or are there any well-made benches that can fold up and fit,
say, under a bed or in a closet? TIA.

Squeefmaster

Sponsored Links

#2 ^

Mon, Dec-02-02, 20:59

Wayne S. H

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Re: Chest exercise without bench?

Squeefmaster wrote:

  > I'm moving into a smaller house, and won't have room for my
  > old weight bench. Can someone recommend a good chest
  > exercise that I can do with dumbbells, besides bench presses
  > or flyes?
  >
  > Or are there any well-made benches that can fold up and fit,
  > say, under a bed or in a closet? TIA.

This particular bench,

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/8611.html

came up in another thread recently, but AFAIK no one here
has tried one. I feel you should get one and tell us how it
works out.

There's also this folding bench,

http://www.newyorkbarbells.com/99071.html

but I know nothing about how it works, how sturdy it is, etc.
I haven't been happy with the designs of folding benches that
I've seen, but since I haven't seen this one it could be an
exception.

-Wayne

#3 ^

Mon, Dec-02-02, 20:59

Zeus

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Re: Chest exercise without bench?

"Squeefmaster" <gregross~nospam.nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:_TRG9.43505$sj1.2397761~twister.southeast.rr.com...
  > I'm moving into a smaller house, and won't have room for my
  > old weight bench. Can someone recommend a good chest
  > exercise that I can do with dumbbells, besides bench presses
  > or flyes?
  >
dumbell pushups! regular, incline and decline variations. Use
a couch/chair or whatever you can find as an incline. If you
are too strong for regular pushups, try the one-arm variation.
That will get you sweatin'

#4 ^

Mon, Dec-02-02, 23:57

Steve D. P

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Re: Chest exercise without bench?

Back in my ramen noodle days of college, I used to use a cheap
coffee table as my "flat bench" for dumbell workouts. It
sucked because it was too wide, I couldn't go all the way down
on my bench presses.

At the time, I thought that there was no point in
buying a bench unless I was ready to drop around a
hundred bucks or so. In my senior year, I finally
scraped up about $75 after shipping to win an eBay
auction for a great flat/incline/decline bench that's
as sturdy as anything you'd find in the gym. It's held
up great, and is still what I use at home today.

However, if you're pressed for space, and not benching
300 lbs. of dumbell weight... FUCK IT! Just go to
Wal-Mart and pick up some no-name thing... as I wish I
had done back when I started. The Weider crap with
barbell rack and leg extention attachments are
generally not worth the cash (you can find something
better built for less money online), but a simple
bench for dumbell workouts is a commodity item. I was
is Wal-Mart the other day and saw a perfectly
acceptable flat/incline/decline bench for $29.95,
without the extra shipping expense of buying online
(granted, I live in metro Atlanta... the selection may
be more limited if you like in a small town). Like I
said, I don't know if it's something I'd bench 300
lbs. on... but then again I don't bench 300 lbs.
anyway. It'd be great for the average lifter's
workout, and would fit upright in a corner easily.

#5 ^

Mon, Dec-02-02, 23:57

Lou Lopez

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Re: Chest exercise without bench?

--WebTV-Mail-202-8318 Content-Type: Text/Plain;
Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit

The best bench that is easy to store is the travel bench by
powerblock.Go to powerblock.com and check it out.Also go to
bodylastics.com and check out there website,I think you'll be
suprised at the product.If you lived in northern Calif.I could
get you a travel bench at half price.Get in touch with me if
need be. Good Luck, Lou

--WebTV-Mail-202-8318 Content-Description: signature
Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Text/HTML;
Charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit

<HTML> <IMG SRC=
"http://www.geocities.com/gapno2000/santa/snta2.gif"> <HTML>

--WebTV-Mail-202-8318--

#6 ^

Tue, Dec-03-02, 06:57

Smeagol

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Re: Chest exercise without bench?

"Squeefmaster" <gregross~nospam.nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:_TRG9.43505$sj1.2397761~twister.southeast.rr.com...
  > I'm moving into a smaller house, and won't have room for my
  > old weight bench. Can someone recommend a good chest
  > exercise that I can do with dumbbells, besides bench presses
  > or flyes?
  >
  > Or are there any well-made benches that can fold up and fit,
  > say, under a bed or in a closet? TIA.
  >
  > Squeefmaster
  >

Weighted pressups, I swear by them. Start light though because
you don't want to screw ya back. You also work all sorts of
stableisers too. It's all good.

#7 ^

Sat, Dec-07-02, 20:59

Watson Dav

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Re: Chest exercise without bench?

On Mon, 02 Dec 2002 23:19:22 GMT, "Squeefmaster"
<gregross~nospam.nc.rr.com> wrote:

  >I'm moving into a smaller house, and won't have room for my
  >old weight bench. Can someone recommend a good chest exercise
  >that I can do with dumbbells, besides bench presses or flyes?

Get a couple of VERY sturdy chairs and do dips.

Watson (the pencil neck) Davis

#8 ^

Sat, Dec-07-02, 23:57

Brave Sir

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Re: Chest exercise without bench?

"Squeefmaster" <gregross~nospam.nc.rr.com> wrote in message
news:<_TRG9.43505$sj1.2397761~twister.southeast.rr.com>...
  > I'm moving into a smaller house, and won't have room for my
  > old weight bench. Can someone recommend a good chest
  > exercise that I can do with dumbbells, besides bench presses
  > or flyes?
  >
  > Or are there any well-made benches that can fold up and fit,
  > say, under a bed or in a closet? TIA.
  >
  > Squeefmaster

The pushup! The majority of my chest workout is push-ups
(mainly wide-arms because I'm tall). With protein and
creatine, I've been able to fill it out pretty well.

#9 ^

Sun, Dec-15-02, 21:01

Heavy Meta

Guest

Posts: n/a

Plan:
Stats: //
BF:
Progress:

Re: Chest exercise without bench?

and jumping/clapping pushups for your plyo's

Brave Sir Robin wrote:
  > "Squeefmaster" <gregross~nospam.nc.rr.com> wrote in message
  > news:<_TRG9.43505$sj1.2397761~twister.southeast.rr.com>...
  >
     >>I'm moving into a smaller house, and won't have room for my
     >>old weight bench. Can someone recommend a good chest
     >>exercise that I can do with dumbbells, besides bench presses
     >>or flyes?
     >>
     >>Or are there any well-made benches that can fold up and fit,
     >>say, under a bed or in a closet? TIA.
     >>
     >>Squeefmaster
  >
  >
  > The pushup! The majority of my chest workout is push-ups
  > (mainly wide-arms because I'm tall). With protein and
  > creatine, I've been able to fill it out pretty well.