Incline Flys - Do they exsist?! - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

cha1n · 08-04-2008, 11:08 PM

Hi,

last friday i randomly decided to do incline flys instead of an incline press and it hurt my chest like never before (in a good way i think).

Anyway, i was checking some of the muscle directories (www.exrx.net) and i can't find it listed as an exercise and i haven't seen anyone mention them in their work outs.

So my question is, are they an inferior exercise hence they are not popular?

Thanks

**Nytol** · 08-04-2008, 11:09 PM

I think they are good done right and heavy.

cha1n · 08-04-2008, 11:12 PM

Thanks for the reply.

I'm not sure where to check for correct technique, i guess it's the same as regular flys? I still kept my arms vertical i guess that's right, i'm not sure about how low to go though..

**Nytol** · 08-04-2008, 11:18 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEC8ZuCXCR4

This is how I do them, not the best set I've ever done, but you get the idea, all the stress is on the upper pecs.

cha1n · 08-04-2008, 11:25 PM

Well you're aboviously doing them a hell of alot heavier than i was, but i keep the albow angle less acute than that and there is hardly any movement at my elbow joint similar to this:

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/...nal/DBFly.html

Am i doing them wrong? Yours look more like what my dumb bell presses look like, i guess it's something to do with the outward rotation in the motion that makes it a fly is it? They look like they're doing their job whatever they are!

**Nytol** · 08-04-2008, 11:36 PM

If I keep my arms straight, then I only feel them in the front delts, not on the pecs at all, I did not do flyes at all for years, until I saw Lee Priest do them like that in a DVD, so tried them and they worked a treat.

If you watch a lot of BB'ers training DVD's, Dorian etc, you'll see more of a bend at the elbow.

My DB presses, have the end of each DB touch my front delt at the bottom to full lock out at the top.

wogihao · 08-04-2008, 11:40 PM

I like to do them with cables.

**Nytol** · 08-04-2008, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wogihao

I like to do them with cables.

:jerk:

cha1n · 08-04-2008, 11:45 PM

I agree that my front delts were worked really hard (they are still aching now from Friday!) i'll give this technique a go Friday, it might allow me to lift a bit heavier aswell.

Do you recommend playing with the angles a bit to get a good balance between working the pecs and delts, or is it a specific angle for the technique you use? Thanks

**Nytol** · 08-04-2008, 11:46 PM

45-50 degree works for me, any lower and it does not hit my upper pecs, I do not feel my front delts at all at the higher angle.

Mrdaveyk · 12-04-2008, 10:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nytol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEC8ZuCXCR4

This is how I do them, not the best set I've ever done, but you get the idea, all the stress is on the upper pecs.

that looks more like a DB press to me

my flys are done wide like im going to hug some fat bird

like this mad head here ^^

im talking incline of course, am i doing it wrong nytol or just different technique/muscle group?

cha1n · 12-04-2008, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nytol

If I keep my arms straight, then I only feel them in the front delts, not on the pecs at all, I did not do flyes at all for years, until I saw Lee Priest do them like that in a DVD, so tried them and they worked a treat.

If you watch a lot of BB'ers training DVD's, Dorian etc, you'll see more of a bend at the elbow.

My DB presses, have the end of each DB touch my front delt at the bottom to full lock out at the top.

I asked him the same question, he answered it further up the thread ^^^

**Nytol** · 13-04-2008, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mrdaveyk

am i doing it wrong nytol or just different technique/muscle group?

No such thing as doing it wrong really mate, if you are isolating your pecs then that is the point, so do what ever feels best, as I said if I keep my arms straighter, the stress is only on the front delts, doing them the way I do hits the pecs perfectly, for me.

cha1n · 13-04-2008, 02:14 PM

Let's be honest, look at his avatar. He obviously knows what he's doing!

Mrdaveyk · 14-04-2008, 08:58 PM

thats not him in his avatar, thats me

number one stalker/fan ill give him credit!

hehe na cheers buddy!