In theory, should the weight I press for a decline bench press be more or less than a flat bench press?
PS. Decline of ~15 deg.
Decline bench press
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So normally, for the average person, it's the opposite to incline, which is always less weight than flat?
Strangely enough, there always seems to be someone in the gym doing incline presses. It must be one of the most often performed exercises by the average guy in the gym. It's a good exercise, of course, but I reckon it's something to do with 'mirror muscles'. Much less often do I see people doing back or leg work like pull-ups or squats. And the deadlift, well that's very rare indeed.
Strangely enough, there always seems to be someone in the gym doing incline presses. It must be one of the most often performed exercises by the average guy in the gym. It's a good exercise, of course, but I reckon it's something to do with 'mirror muscles'. Much less often do I see people doing back or leg work like pull-ups or squats. And the deadlift, well that's very rare indeed.
Pressing is a popular exercise. I include it as part of my routine that does include the Deadlift and Squat.
I rotate between incline, decline and flat presses. I discovered (which was confirmed in another post) that if you did flat presses only, your pecs will grow in such a way that it would resemble man-boobs. So I've added inclines.
I don't care much for declines but I do it anyways just for variation and balance to my routine.
I rotate between incline, decline and flat presses. I discovered (which was confirmed in another post) that if you did flat presses only, your pecs will grow in such a way that it would resemble man-boobs. So I've added inclines.
I don't care much for declines but I do it anyways just for variation and balance to my routine.
I never saw the point of decline bench. I always saw flat bench as the most even recruitment of chest muscles, with incline recruiting the usually overworked front deltoids. I only saw decline as a way to add weight to the bar, like the original poster said, though I'm not 100% on why, possibly more tricep recruitment? And chest shape is genetic.
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Why, how much can you dip?toby123 wrote:In theory, should the weight I press for a decline bench press be more or less than a flat bench press?
That's pretty funny, I was in love when I started doing inclines because because I saved time skipping other front delt work.brook011 wrote:I never saw the point of decline bench. I always saw flat bench as the most even recruitment of chest muscles, with incline recruiting the usually overworked front deltoids.