Does anyone do decline chest?

[Timma]

Does anyone notice a difference from doing it? My uncle told me years ago don't bother with them, and he's a big guy. I do them but i don't notice any difference. Should I just do decline flies?

[meat12]

Yeah, I think you need to do decline to have a full looking chest, I've got a buddy who says the same but his chest is uneven because he doesnt do it. To get a full defined chest you need to do flat, incline and decline.

[Timma]

What's better decline bench/db or decline flies? Or should I switch it up?

[meat12]

Switch it up, it's just hitting the chest at different angles. Variety in your workout will shown some nice results

[Timma]

Thanks man. You reply in lightning speed.

[Tinfish]

i switch it up. but mainly i do cable crosses from below.

[meat12]

Originally posted by Timma
Thanks man. You reply in lightning speed.

No prob, yeah any way you can do something different every once in a while will help you out. Yeah like tinfish said try low pulley cable flys even try decline db, decline bb and some db flys. What ever you can come up with

[helix139]

Everyone is different. I didn't grow until I started doing declines! I read somewhere by Bill Pearl, I think... he said declines make the most effective chest exercise. He said to prove this do a simple decline chest movement without any weight and just standing up. Note the difference of chest expansion you get if you do declines vs. incline chest or flat bench? Your chest is harder when you do decline chest. Besides, you work chest with shoulders if you don't put the bench too verticle for presses. And you work chest with dips (as I do with triceps). I just remember when a workout partner and I would do incline chest my shoulders would be screaming and I wouldn't feel it in my chest.

[Stonecold54]

Originally posted by Timma
Does anyone notice a difference from doing it? My uncle told me years ago don't bother with them, and he's a big guy. I do them but i don't notice any difference. Should I just do decline flies?

The three different benches-incline, decline and flat are pretty much the same. pick one that feels comfortable for your genetic structure (shoulders and rotators) and stick with it. for me that is Incline Dumbell press. none of the other traditional bench presses feel comfortable with me. the chest has basically one function-adduction of the arm (bring it in towards the body). that is why flyes and cable crossovers are better in my opinion for mass because they conform more to the actual function of the chest. the other lifts can move more weight because of the tricep and shoulder function but it is also an indirect effect on the pectorals.

PS-don't listen to big guys, those are the ones that grow from looking at weights and never have to learn proper mechanics or theory of exercise. LOL

[Timma]

Well my uncle does have a slow metabolism... hahahaha

I just reread that and it doesn't make any sense. Sorry guys.

[meat12]

Originally posted by stonecold54

PS-don't listen to big guys, those are the ones that grow from looking at weights and never have to learn proper mechanics or theory of exercise. LOL