You don't use it and you will lose it (Incline Bench Dumbell Press)

[blueeyes35148]

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I guess the old saying is true that if you don't use it you will lose it. I hit the old routine once again from 2 years ago last night and did better than I thought.

Incline Bench Dumbell
45 X 10
60 X 10
70 X 10
70 X 10 with strugle on the last 3

5 min rest.

Flat bench Dumbell
60 X 10
65 x 10
70 X 8

I know that I reached 100's once before and I am determined to do it again.

[bodyhard]

If you are doing 70lbs incline and flat for 8-10 reps you could get 100lbs if you structure your working sets accordingly.

[Do_Somethin]

Latest update;;;;
I guess the old saying is true that if you don't use it you will lose it. I hit the old routine once again from 2 years ago last night and did better than I thought.

Incline Bench Dumbell
45 X 10
60 X 10
70 X 10
70 X 10 with strugle on the last 3

5 min rest.

Flat bench Dumbell
60 X 10
65 x 10
70 X 8

I know that I reached 100's once before and I am determined to do it again.

Decline?

[blueeyes35148]

If you are doing 70lbs incline and flat for 8-10 reps you could get 100lbs if you structure your working sets accordingly.

I have been out for the past two years with injury and life so my wife and I have just started again the end of November. I have been taking it easy (scared about re-injury) so it has been little by little. I think I will be back very soon.

[blueeyes35148]

Decline?

Been taking it easy starting back up, so I have not hit much on decline yet. I will work more on it in the comming weeks.

[bodyhard]

I have been out for the past two years with injury and life so my wife and I have just started again the end of November. I have been taking it easy (scared about re-injury) so it has been little by little. I think I will be back very soon.

Ahh OK, I see.

[ChicagoWineGeek]

After a 3 week holiday with no gym time, I was back on Monday and curious to see how I would do...

Flat Bench DB

50lb warm up 15 reps
70lb 12 reps
80lb 12 reps
90lb 8 reps
95lb 6 reps

Determined to get to the 100s

Incline Bench DB
Already warmed up
70lbs 12 reps
75lbs 10 reps
80lbs 8 reps

Not bad for the start to the new year! How much am I missing out by not doing decline bench?

[blueeyes35148]

After a 3 week holiday with no gym time, I was back on Monday and curious to see how I would do...

Flat Bench DB

50lb warm up 15 reps
70lb 12 reps
80lb 12 reps
90lb 8 reps
95lb 6 reps

Determined to get to the 100s

Incline Bench DB
Already warmed up
70lbs 12 reps
75lbs 10 reps
80lbs 8 reps

Not bad for the start to the new year! How much am I missing out by not doing decline bench?

Excellent job CWG.....

[m314]

Not bad for the start to the new year! How much am I missing out by not doing decline bench?

Decline always felt awkward and uncomfortable to me. I do just fine with overhead press, incline bench, flat bench, and dips as my compound pushing exercises.

Good job with the lifts. You'll get to the 100s before you know it. I'm still working my way back to the 120s on flat bench and the 100s on incline after 2 arm surgeries last year.

[ChicagoWineGeek]

My chest work consists of flat DB bench, then incline bench cable crossovers, incline DB bench, then standard stand up cable crossover. That's it for my chest routine. 90lbs - 110 lbs on each arm for the cable cross exercises. Not going for bodybuilding, just want to look good at the pool with the kids. I don't think I need to add decline bench. Off topic, just hit a PR on lat pulldowns today. 12/10/10 reps, very controlled and smooth movement on lat pulldown machine at 190 lbs. Pretty psyched for a guy that gets to the gym 5 -6 times a month tops. Per a previous post, I'm at my limit here due to grip strength. Can't hold on to the bar for 8+ reps when I put 200lbs on the bar.

Thanks for listening.

[blueeyes35148]

Nice stats for someone with a loss in grip strength. I would love to see what your stats would be if you were not limited CWG.