Incline or Flat bench which is better

[alvincent]

All I do is smoke myself with incline bar presses and incline dumbbell presses . I switch up power,light and heavy days. Doing my work and waiting 72 hours before hitting it again and just to throw something diffrent at my body I do push-up instead of weights at all. I never do flat at all

Knowledge is power what yall think

[anatole]

Blow ur pecs y attacking them on different angles: decline, incline and flat

[alvincent]

Don't know bro I think incline is the way

[Thor]

Incline is the best base exercise for pec development but you should incorporate many different exercises for fullest development.

[TheRussian]

agreed. gotta keep mixing shit up. i do 3 consecutive flat bench exercises, then 3 consecutive incline. never do decline at all.

[MuGGsy]

if you want to hit the pec the best do dips and decline, yes decline, decline focusses 99% of the weight on your pecs .. not your shoulders and lats that come into play on incline and flat, from personal experience i just do dips decline and flat db press now and I've grown and gotten much thicker on that. just my 2 pennies.

[Buffster]

Originally posted by TheRussian
agreed. gotta keep mixing shit up. i do 3 consecutive flat bench exercises, then 3 consecutive incline. never do decline at all.

Six chest exercises??? Rather much in my opinion, how much sets per exercise?

[LARGELI]

Originally posted by alvincent
Don't know bro I think incline is the way

then why did you bother asking for advice if you think you already "know the way"?

you ask about chest excercises and then when the guys on here throw up their suggestions trying to help you out, you reply like this???? if you think you got all the answers then dont ask the question.

[Stonecold54]

actually people are not specific to certain exercises...exercises are specific to certain people. For example squats are not a good idea for people with long torsos or just plain tall people. the leverage needed is to hard to achieve for a good workout. but you will hear most people say that they are the most effective mass exercise, but if the person cannot perform them correctly or effeciently how will they build mass? my shoulders cannot handle any type of barbell bench press. though every one swears by them as mass exercises. you should do the exercises that are the most effecient for you and that you can feel the best. I use crossovers, Incline DB presses and hammer strength flat for chest. not because someone said they were the best...but because they are the exercises that effeciently load my pectoral muscles.

[Stonecold54]

Originally posted by John ROAR
if you want to hit the pec the best do dips and decline, yes decline, decline focusses 99% of the weight on your pecs .. not your shoulders and lats that come into play on incline and flat, from personal experience i just do dips decline and flat db press now and I've grown and gotten much thicker on that. just my 2 pennies.

I hate to be picky but where did you get the number 99% from? how do you plan on doing a pressing movement without the assistance of your triceps and shoulders? the only semi-isolation movement for the chest would be a 10 degree fly machine with the pad in the crook of your arm instead of in your hand. like the old nautilus 10 degree flye machine.

[Stonecold54]

Originally posted by alvincent
Don't know bro I think incline is the way

your subject line should have been "Which do you prefer incline of decline" and then in the message portion it should have said "I prefer incline for the following reasons...blah blah blah...how about you guys?"

[JACKAL]

we're all entitled to our opinions, but just like stonecold54 said, each body will respond differently. the hardest part is figuring out to what your body responds best. you may think incline's the way to go, but if you try something new, you may experience great growth. be open to all advice.

[MuGGsy]

Originally posted by stonecold54
I hate to be picky but where did you get the number 99% from? how do you plan on doing a pressing movement without the assistance of your triceps and shoulders? the only semi-isolation movement for the chest would be a 10 degree fly machine with the pad in the crook of your arm instead of in your hand. like the old nautilus 10 degree flye machine.

sorry, those are not actual scientific facts, it's just what I've found, so in my opinion thats why :), should've made that alot clearer heh

[bigpetefox]

Decline bench did nothing for me but make my front delts hurt.. All I do for pec is simple:

3 sets each for 8-10 reps

Incline barbell bench

Flat dumbell flyes

Heavy dips leaning forward


Simple, easy, home in time for steak! ;)