Incline for big bench

[spicewood1990]

Been forced into using the incline bench the past week due to this utter ******* PT using the flat bench for 60minutes + just annihilating his clients with endless drop sets

anyway being that i havnt incline benched in over 2 years i found that my chest has been FRIED although tricep stimulation doesnt seem to be quiet the same

anyone ever switched to incline in place of flat bench for a prolonged period of time then returned to flat bench to find your numbers have gone up?

(goals are primarily to bring up the big 3)

[cbm369]

I have had same issues before with people taking a long time on the flat bench in the gym i go to.

Typically, I will go and do some heavy DB presses on a flat bench instead. But to answer your question, yes, periodically, I will switch between incline/decline benching for one - two weeks in place of flat benching for that week. Not really a prolonged period of time, but I've yet to see any negative effects on my flat bench. It's numbers are still progressing.

[ecchastang]

My incline and flat have always corresponded pretty well. I can't say the same for OHP. You should be fine, and if you don't feel like you are getting tricep stimulation, then just add some accessory work afterwards.

[Trolltongue]

I know a lot of people like to do incline as one of their main bench accessory/variation, but on the flipside I also know a lot of people who have really blasted their incline bench and increased it by 50-100 lbs and seen no carryover to their competition bench.

[kmc06005]

It's not a bad idea to do a 6 week or so cycle with a close variation like close grip, wide grip or incline etc. to bring up a weakness, but you do need to work flat bench back into your training before too long because there will certainly be a point of diminishing returns.

[spicewood1990]

some food for thought, guess its depends what areas your lacking in

and for someone like myself who hasnt incline benched in nearly 2 years ive woken up today with ridiculous doms in my chest

perhaps its an area im lacking in, might try switching out a couple of my flat bench sessions for incline as a poster above suggested

reps on recharge

[Ownster8932]

Why not just have incline as the main supplemental movement after flat bench? I just don't really see why it has to be one or the other. Depending on how many times you do bench per week, maybe add another day. Or if you do say 3 day, then you could do 1/3 days with incline as your main and flat as the main supplemental and the other days the other way around. I bench twice/week and I just do flat and then incline on both days.

[Balkanwot]

I love flat and incline the same and do them. But I feel other chest exercises hit my pecs the most. And my pecs respond very well

[spicewood1990]

im thinking about throwing it in the split, i bench twice per week and press once and then switch around the following week

i was just interested to see if anyone found that incline benching brought up their flat bench

doesnt need to be either or but for myself im mainly interested in bringing up the big 3 more so than i am aesthetics

i definitively found it burnt the chit out of my pecs

[lancs_hotpot]

Go to the PT and ask what kind of PT spends this long on one exercise? Do you even know what youre doing? Hopefully his client will leave him and you'll get the bench. Or just tell him to **** off.

[spicewood1990]

Go to the PT and ask what kind of PT spends this long on one exercise? Do you even know what youre doing? Hopefully his client will leave him and you'll get the bench. Or just tell him to **** off.

tempted to today, i went in there raring for the opportunity to say to him that i want to use the bench in between his 27 sets but sadly he was 'training' (i use that term loosely) one of his clients to deadlift if he adopts the same methods as he does for bench then that guy can kiss his back goodnight

i imagine hell start losing clients when they all start getting RC issues and shoulder impingements.

im sure some people exaggerate about this kind of stuff but i chit you not he has them benching pyramiding up to singles then all the way back down failing on EVERY set, then he has them do negative failures in a drop set fashion and then as if all that bollox wasnt enough he peels all the plates off the bar then pushes down on it whilst they push up easing his force on each rep so that theyre shoulders, chest, triceps and more importantly joints are FUKED! the guys full potato