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I do em. But only because I work in an office...at a computer...all fecking day. Shortens my damn pec minor on right side. I do a bit stretching on them before training, then flyes afterward plus another round of stretching. Got nothing out of them in terms of development or anything, though I have never tried to.
Chest flies? Yes, I throw them in between the barbell bench press and dumbbell bench press. They work the chest in a different way and lets my pushing strength recover. You need to be strict with them otherwise you can hurt yourself. Always keep a bend in the elbow and the movement should be that of hugging a tree. Also try not to let the dumbbells touch at the top that extra bit of time under tension.
I do them on and off although a couple of weeks ago I had the same thing as jj80. I tried to go heavy and ever since I have a sharp pain in my shoulder.
Chest flies? Yes, I throw them in between the barbell bench press and dumbbell bench press. They work the chest in a different way and lets my pushing strength recover. You need to be strict with them otherwise you can hurt yourself. Always keep a bend in the elbow and the movement should be that of hugging a tree. Also try not to let the dumbbells touch at the top that extra bit of time under tension.
I always do them after benching to fill the pecs with blood and to stretch them out
I don't want to tear my pecs and they are very weak compared to my other pressing muscles so I like to take precautions
I do them, hold at the bottom for a 2 second count and squeeze at the top. Usually prefer cable crossovers though.
They're a bit like pullovers, plenty of people don't think they do as much as a bb or db press but there's still lots of bodybuilders that swear by them
Yeah I do them. Similar to what steveP and Spartacus said, always with a bent elbow, not letting dumbbells touch at the top in an effort to keep the muscle under tension.
Usually alternate between cable and dumbbell fly. Find both effective.