Thread: Incline Bench Press???

Are you kidding me?
The Upper Chest and Triceps!

Incline press is great for building upper chest. Arnold and Franco loved it so who are we to say their wrong

i fucking love incline bench (barbell only), it just feels so natural to me, IMO its the best mass exercise next to dips and will give you that plate armor chest.

He's 5' 4".

oh really?? i thought he's 6'8"

there are two different pectoralis in your chest the upper and the lower so yes it works a completley diffent set of attachments in your chest. Just make sure you don't use to much of an incline becuas then your frontal delts become primary and your upper pectoralis secondary.

I have horrible shoulders from more dislocation that any person needs in there lifetime i have found the inclines stregnthen and stabalize a the entire front of of my glenoid fascia. If i am permantly injured and it make me feel better it has to help prevent injury in the healthy allowing you to safely move more weight in your bench press

I hate barbell incline, cuz the benches at my university gym for incline bench are too steep and focus too much on the shoulders. I do dumbbell incline instead on an adjustable angle bench at about 30*.

My chest routine is ALWAYS:
2-3 Heavy sets barbell flat bench
2-3 Heavy sets dumbbell incline bench

All I do for warmup is 3 reps at half what I am aiming for, then 1 rep about 10lbs under what I am going to do... then I go into the 4-6 heavy sets. I get very sore every week and my bench has gone 50lbs since christmas.

i think i like incline better than flat bench.

Originally Posted by P-funk

i think i like incline better than flat bench.

I agree, its more comfortable a motion, still get a good pec tear.

I hate barbell incline, cuz the benches at my university gym for incline bench are too steep and focus too much on the shoulders. I do dumbbell incline instead on an adjustable angle bench at about 30*.

My chest routine is ALWAYS:
2-3 Heavy sets barbell flat bench
2-3 Heavy sets dumbbell incline bench

All I do for warmup is 3 reps at half what I am aiming for, then 1 rep about 10lbs under what I am going to do... then I go into the 4-6 heavy sets. I get very sore every week and my bench has gone 50lbs since christmas.

Benches for incline at my current gym are very steep, I do them anyway, just not a lot of sets. I like to start my first rep with a pause, why I dont know.

Originally Posted by slider

there are two different pectoralis in your chest the upper and the lower so yes it works a completley diffent set of attachments in your chest. Just make sure you don't use to much of an incline becuas then your frontal delts become primary and your upper pectoralis secondary.

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