Incline position

[D Animal]

What postition do you do your inclines in? I see some people do them almost as high as if your doing shoulder press, or do you them a little above regular bench? Don't say like 30 degrees cause that throws my slow ass off.:rofl:

[psyko1]

on a bench with 2 incline positions, i do the one after flat. 30 degrees ;)

[SUBKING]

Ive often wondered this same thing because I always understood it, that if you had it too high, it took the emphasis off your upper chest and put more on your front delts but I see guys at the gym doing it like one notch back from upright and have massive upper chests.

Personally I sawp it up every so often, then you hit it from all angles.

[grifilken]

i do it two notches from the vertical position...it helps me, but i also feel it in my shoulders at times too...

[Thor]

Best to just mix it up. I do it at 3 different angles.

[D Animal]

Whoa theres 3 angles? Which are they?

[6p6]

Arnold swore by 30 degree angles on the incline but a lot swear by the higher position. The best thing to do is switch it up....

[JACKAL]

Originally posted by 6p6
Arnold swore by 30 degree angles on the incline but a lot swear by the higher position. The best thing to do is switch it up....

yeh, see what works best for you, but dont do it constantly. keep your muscles guessing (and growing).

[Thor]

Originally posted by D Animal
Whoa theres 3 angles? Which are they?

In simplest terms the angles can be 15 degrees, 30 and 45. 15 is only slightly higher than standard bench, 30 is normal incline and 45 is high. An adjustable bench should hit all of these. A fixed barbell incline bench may not though, you can use dumbbells or a smith machine with the adjustable bench. I like finishing chest with high angle DB presses with medium weight. Give it a try.

[D Animal]

Sounds good Thor

[Jordan]

question: im trying to work on my upper chest so ive cancelled all flat bench chest work. should i now do more sets of incline or will that over train the upper area?

[grifilken]

3 angles...thanks

[Thor]

Originally posted by Jordan
question: im trying to work on my upper chest so ive cancelled all flat bench chest work. should i now do more sets of incline or will that over train the upper area?

I have been hitting incline a lot and no flat bench and have been putting nice size on my upper pecs, just don't way over do it.

[Jordan]

so if i normally do, say, 6 sets of bench altogether, and i cancel all flat work, should i now do 6 sets incline or add the 3 extra sets to other exersises?

[psyko1]

i personally wouldn't give up flat all together. i'd start with incline presses, incline flys, and flat dbell presses. here's a tip i got from a bro who definetly knows what he's doing. right after you're done with the set, flex your upper pecs for few seconds. do it as soon as you sit up, and after every set.