Pec Work w/o a bench?

Brian Link said:

I've been trapped at my client's place out of town for a while, and
there's no gym nearby. I brought a couple pair of dumbbells, but I
can't figure out how to keep working my pecs without a bench. I've
just been doing pushups, which are not optimum.

Any ideas? Thanks

Flys while lying down on a pair of stools?
Pushups with bags of sand in a knapsack?

Johan Larson

"Brian Link" <[email hidden]> schreef:

Quoted message said:

I've been trapped at my client's place out of town for a while, and
there's no gym nearby. I brought a couple pair of dumbbells, but I
can't figure out how to keep working my pecs without a bench. I've
just been doing pushups, which are not optimum.

Try dips on a solid table.
Put your hands on the edge an face away, and put your feet on a chair.

Use the dumbells for flyes/pullovers while you lie on the floor.

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Pete

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Quoted message said:

I've been trapped at my client's place out of town for a while, and
there's no gym nearby. I brought a couple pair of dumbbells, but I
can't figure out how to keep working my pecs without a bench. I've
just been doing pushups, which are not optimum.

Any ideas? Thanks

fitball can make a good bench

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Quoted message said:

I've been trapped at my client's place out of town for a while, and
there's no gym nearby. I brought a couple pair of dumbbells, but I
can't figure out how to keep working my pecs without a bench. I've
just been doing pushups, which are not optimum.

Any ideas? Thanks

Take a pair (or more) of plates, hold them together from the sides
strictly with side pressure using mostly the base of your palms, IOW,
don't get under or over them. Now do curls up and down. I think you'll
feel those pecs working. This is called a "crush curl." It seems to be
most popular with a kettlebell but you can do it with plates, and if you
drop the weights it can be dangerous to your toes, so don't use much
weight and be prepared to get out of the way. You won't need much
weight on this.

If you try it, let me know what you think of it.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

"Steve Freides" <[email hidden]> schreef:

Quoted message said:

Take a pair (or more) of plates, hold them together from the sides
strictly with side pressure using mostly the base of your palms, IOW,
don't get under or over them. Now do curls up and down. I think you'll
feel those pecs working. This is called a "crush curl." It seems to be
most popular with a kettlebell but you can do it with plates, and if you
drop the weights it can be dangerous to your toes, so don't use much
weight and be prepared to get out of the way. You won't need much weight
on this.

I might add, that the amount of weight in this particular exercise dont
matter that much when it comes to pectoral development. I have strong
suspiciouns to believe that 25 pound plate will give the same effect as 45.
For the pecs, not the biceps, of course...

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Pete

Brian, Do yo have a pair of chairs ? Try Atlas pushups with hand
on each seat. eventually you can raise your feet to a third chair. Then
turn the chairs around and do dips. Then pushups with your feet raised
and your hands on your the handle of your dumbbells for added stretch.
Of you can do chins ether with a removable bar or by putting a towel
under a sturdy door you can do push pull super sets. Five sets of
twenty -five each and your upper body will scream. Be sure to warm up
and stretch afterward. Godspeed, Gabriel

Brian Link said:

I've been trapped at my client's place out of town for a while, and
there's no gym nearby. I brought a couple pair of dumbbells, but I
can't figure out how to keep working my pecs without a bench. I've
just been doing pushups, which are not optimum.

Any ideas? Thanks

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Steve Freides said:

"Brian Link" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I've been trapped at my client's place out of town for a while, and
there's no gym nearby. I brought a couple pair of dumbbells, but I
can't figure out how to keep working my pecs without a bench. I've
just been doing pushups, which are not optimum.

Any ideas? Thanks

Take a pair (or more) of plates, hold them together from the sides
strictly with side pressure using mostly the base of your palms, IOW,
don't get under or over them. Now do curls up and down. I think you'll
feel those pecs working. This is called a "crush curl." It seems to be
most popular with a kettlebell but you can do it with plates, and if you
drop the weights it can be dangerous to your toes, so don't use much
weight and be prepared to get out of the way. You won't need much
weight on this.

If you try it, let me know what you think of it.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com

I lost over 100 lbs in the first week of using kettlebells. I lost 60
lbs the second week and the third week I died. We used the electric,
plug-in model from dragondoor. What do you use?

Brian Link said:

I've been trapped at my client's place out of town for a while, and
there's no gym nearby. I brought a couple pair of dumbbells, but I
can't figure out how to keep working my pecs without a bench. I've
just been doing pushups, which are not optimum.

Any ideas? Thanks

BLink
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You can do flyes, just not with a full ROM. Work up to one handed pushups.

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