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    How close should your bench and incline bench be?

    In terms of weight? My incline is about 40lbs below my flat bench do I need to start focusing on increasing my incline or does this sound about normal?
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    My incline is significantly less...never really thought about it, but it's probably around 60-75lbs less.
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    My incline bench is not as dramatically different as some, currently only around 30 pounds less then what I do on a flat bench press, however I have been prioritizing incline work for some time by doing incline presses, flyes, cable work, etc. before doing flat or decline movements so I'm relatively close.

    You'll likely receive a lot of mixed answers on this since everyone prioritizes differently.
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    no its cool because aditional muscles are being strained.
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    As your weights increase the difference between the two should grow.
    Shut up and squat. Todays preparation determines tomorrow's achievement.
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    Hard to say it's normal unless we know the actual weights for both. But, in general, the incline will be less than the flat or decline because of the muscles used; the part of the chest that's emphasized with the incline is just smaller.
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