which one is harder to do?
incline bench or flat bench?
by "harder" i mean, on which one could u do more weight?
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Thread: decline harder than flat bench?
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10-11-2004, 07:54 PM #1SugeKnight
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decline harder than flat bench?
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10-11-2004, 07:57 PM #2Purveyor of Press-ups.
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Flat bench is harder IMO. You can put more weight on the bar with decline but less ROM. Stick with flat and weighted dips.
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10-11-2004, 07:58 PM #3
You can usually flat bench more than either incline or decline. I should say IMO.
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10-11-2004, 08:00 PM #4Purveyor of Press-ups.
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I find Incline the harder.
LOL sory bro i mis-read first post, thought you said "decline", the weakest of the chest angles.Last edited by GGHT; 10-11-2004 at 08:10 PM.
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10-11-2004, 08:46 PM #5Do it. Do it.
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In my experience, I can handle the most weight with decline and the least with incline; flat being in the middle.
32 5'10" 180lbs 10%bf
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10-11-2004, 08:56 PM #6Motivator
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incline hits your chest harder.. but its mostly delts.. there for harder...
you can put up more on flat bench becuase you use more chest in order to mnove the weight...
the most can be put up on decline becuase of the decreased rom..The Iron never lies to you. You can walk outside and hear all kinds of talk, get told that you're a god or a total bastard. The Iron will always kick you the real deal. The Iron is the great reference point, the all-knowing perspective giver. Always there like a beacon in the pitch black. I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds. ~Henry Rollins
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10-12-2004, 08:44 AM #7Registered User
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Decline bench has got a higher number of motor units activated than all other forms so you're able to 'use more muscle'. The rom isn't lowered THAT much i can bench more decline with my back flat against the bench than i can on a flat bench with arch. (i measured the rom, small difference but flat got a lesser rom)
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10-12-2004, 09:26 AM #8Registered User
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For me, incline is definitely the hardest, followed by flat, followed by decline.
I liken decline to arching one's back when doing flat bench. Ya know, like when people arch their back and raise their butt to get up a particularly heavy weight.DOH!
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10-12-2004, 09:29 AM #9Registered User
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Incline - hardest
Flat
Decline - easiest
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10-12-2004, 09:32 AM #10Registered User
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A proper arch is butt and traps/shoulder on bench, lower back pushed up as much as one is capable of doing.Originally Posted by wuddog
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10-12-2004, 10:10 AM #11Registered User
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technically you should be stronger on decline, then flat and finally incline.Originally Posted by SugeKnight
decline involves less rep distance than flat bench...incline involves more shoulders...'focus is the key'
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