What should I add to my chest routine, dumbbell fly or more push-ups?

[Donald60]

I’ve been doing a standard push-up routine for months, but my chest development seems to have completely stalled. I’m wondering if adding a **dumbbell fly** to my home workouts would help break through this plateau, or if I should just increase my push-up volume instead. I only have a pair of moderate-weight dumbbells, so I’m not sure if that’s enough to make a real difference.

[AlexanderNL]

I tried adding a dumbbell fly after my pushups for a few weeks. The burn was real and my chest felt engaged, but I didn’t see a meaningful size change and my pushup numbers barely moved.

[Stephen19]

In my experience, simply piling on pushups only goes so far. I mixed in tempo and paused reps, tried different hand positions, but the gains were small and short lived.

[Aubrey.R]

Do you think the bottleneck might be nutrition or recovery rather than the chest work itself?

[Tyler10]

I once wandered off and got lost in worrying about forms and reps, then came back to basics and still felt stuck. It’s messy.