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Posted by: rangers97

is it valid to think that if the bench press is perfomed by lowering the bar to your collar bone area as opposed to around the nipples that you will be focusing on the same area of the chest that the incline bench press is supposed to focus on, thereby eliminating the need to do the incline press?

Posted by: Seanp156

I think you're actually supposed to go lower than the nipples.

Posted by: John Rambo

I'm not an expert, but it doesn't seem too safe to bring the bar down on your collarbone or neck area... just in case you lose control and come down a little harder than you intended.

Posted by: Hillside

I read this in a magazine before. I have done this on a smith machine and you get a real good stretch in your upper pec/delt tie in area. I don't know if i would give up inclines all together but I found this to be a nice addition to change things up once in a while.

Posted by: LAM

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Originally Posted by rangers97

is it valid to think that if the bench press is perfomed by lowering the bar to your collar bone area as opposed to around the nipples that you will be focusing on the same area of the chest that the incline bench press is supposed to focus on, thereby eliminating the need to do the incline press?

bring the bar down to your neck could possible be one of the dumbest things you could do in the gym. there are no benefits to that technique

Posted by: Dante

my shoulders ache just from reading that

Posted by: gopro

I love presses to the neck, but do them on a smith machine, rather than a free bar. The stretch on the pecs is immense, and the feeling you get in the upper chest is intense. I do not replace incline with these, but rather alternate each in and out of my routine.

This is not a good technique to use if you have injured or inflexible shoulders. You should also limit the weight you use on these, although I have admittedly gone up to 3 plates + 25s on the smith...not something I would do very often. Usually I prefer to do these after my chest is a bit tired from 1 or 2 exercises before. Also, make sure to do 1-2 warmup sets before getting into your work sets.

I feel this is a great exercise for improving the thickness of the upper portion of the pecs.

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