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Decline bench question
I started noticing some lop-sidedness in my pecs so I added decline bench to my chest routine to try and correct it. I typically do these on a smith machine and my question is at what point on my chest do I want to bring the bar? I've played around a little and it just doesn't feel like I'm stressing my pecs enough. Thanks!
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below your nipples...but...depends on where's comfy for your shoulders...the higher on my chest I come down, the more I have to rotate my elbows up towards my ears. Try this -- bench about 80% of your max, but try it with your back arched and your ass waaaaay off the bench when you cheat for those last couple reps -- that's approaching what a decline bench is supposed to feel like
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I have noticed too it doesn't feel like im working my pecs much but I can always tell the next day for sure. Try supersetting with dips.
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try DB's instead. the smith machine sucks. IMO..... oh and it should be your stongest DB press so you need to go heavy i mean end of the rack heavy
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Definitely use dumbbells--you can't compensate for a weak side with db's. Why do you think that declines are going to fix lopsidedness?? I would make sure that you really focus on the weak side during chest exercises to make the mind-muscle connection and make sure that you tear down that side as well as possible.
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Sorry, I wasnt clear on this. It's a lopsidedness across a horizontal axis, not a difference between my right and left pec. Thanks to everyone for the advice.
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good luck
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