Incline, Decline and Flat Bench Press differences?

Hi
What is the difference between the Incline, decline and flat bench press?
I know how each of them is performed, but I mean what is the difference as to the muscles worked? or is it just preference?
Thanks for your help :)

the more declined it is, the less shoulders and the more lats (if you can get the feel for using lats in bench)

the higher the incline the more delts and less chest

obviously, if you think about it, if you incline it enough it becomes a military press which is a delt move




the range of motion also gets longer as you incline it more.....a decline is shortest range of all



your strength should be highest at the decline, then gradually weaken as you go to flat, then incline, then overhead etc

The more the incline the more upper chest and then shoulders. The more decline the more lower chest.

Ok thank you both. Thanks John for the in-depth description. It makes sense now :)

[QUOTE=musclemage]Hi
What is the difference between the Incline, decline and flat bench press?
I know how each of them is performed, but I mean what is the difference as to the muscles worked? or is it just preference?
Thanks for your help :)[/QUOTE] the difference is the elevation in the height and the diferent types of muscles bieng worked, ut whr=w=en you are inclined your are mainly working the deltoids, or shoulders mind you,=, but a flat bench press is mainly working the chest or pectoralis maor, and triceps if you do clode grip it will focus more on tri's trust me i used to be skinny as well, it will be very quick for you to get lean quickly i would try doing doing squats llike a front squat with your feet forward shoulder width apart and do like a dead likft then at chest point, rool it up on your palm and do a military pres then come back down in a deadlift stance. good luck

[QUOTE=Uriel_da_man]The more the incline the more upper chest and then shoulders. The more decline the more lower chest.[/QUOTE] actually it barely works the lower chest you would have to do a lot of dips and it would actually work the tri's.

[QUOTE=Uriel_da_man]The more the incline the more upper chest and then shoulders. The more decline the more lower chest.[/QUOTE] actually it barely works the lower chest you would have to do a lot of dips and it would actually work the tri's.

[QUOTE=John Prophet]the more declined it is, the less shoulders and the more lats (if you can get the feel for using lats in bench)

the higher the incline the more delts and less chest

obviously, if you think about it, if you incline it enough it becomes a military press which is a delt move




the range of motion also gets longer as you incline it more.....a decline is shortest range of all



your strength should be highest at the decline, then gradually weaken as you go to flat, then incline, then overhead etc[/QUOTE]

JP is the man!!!

[QUOTE=chicagoamfm]actually it barely works the lower chest you would have to do a lot of dips and it would actually work the tri's.[/QUOTE]
wtf?

look at the differences in your back arching during the three...incline has less, followed my flat, followed by decline. Less back arch (not eliminating, just keeping it natural), more pec involvement.

Thanks everybody who contributed, very helpful :)

This sounds like a very stupid question - and it is:

What is the difference between your lats and delts? lol i thought they were the same :(

Thanks and sorry for the silly questions :)

delts are your shoulders if u don't know & lats are the big slabs of muscle at the side of your back

PS u should do more incline than flat to make chest fully developed

[QUOTE=BigApple89]delts are your shoulders if u don't know & lats are the big slabs of muscle at the side of your back

PS u should do more incline than flat to make chest fully developed[/QUOTE]


Ok thanks mate that clears it up :)
Also thank you for telling me about doing more incline than flat - I didn't know that :)

Thanks for everything.

[QUOTE=John Prophet]
your strength should be highest at the decline, then gradually weaken as you go to flat, then incline, then overhead etc[/QUOTE]

Really? I'm the opposite!

[QUOTE=chicagoamfm]actually it barely works the lower chest you would have to do a lot of dips and it would actually work the tri's.[/QUOTE] forget what i wrote here

[QUOTE=John Prophet]the more declined it is, the less shoulders and the more lats (if you can get the feel for using lats in bench)

the higher the incline the more delts and less chest

obviously, if you think about it, if you incline it enough it becomes a military press which is a delt move




the range of motion also gets longer as you incline it more.....a decline is shortest range of all



your strength should be highest at the decline, then gradually weaken as you go to flat, then incline, then overhead etc[/QUOTE]


i dunno if u actually hit your latswhile doing ANY kind of benchpress....seeing as how you actually have to PULL wight to your body to work out the lats.......could be wrong though

[QUOTE=jpadilla]i dunno if u actually hit your latswhile doing ANY kind of benchpress....seeing as how you actually have to PULL wight to your body to work out the lats.......could be wrong though[/QUOTE]


Maybe the lats are worked in the negative part of the movement?

[QUOTE=jpadilla]i dunno if u actually hit your latswhile doing ANY kind of benchpress....seeing as how you actually have to PULL wight to your body to work out the lats.......could be wrong though[/QUOTE]
Doesn't make sense to me either, but the lats do get worked when you do benchpress, in some of the vids I've seen you can see their lats working as they do it.

Check out the strength training anatomy book, you are actually using a lot of your musclez to push a weight up, however the chest would be the big daddy in this one.

[QUOTE=musclemage;12152630]Hi
What is the difference between the Incline, decline and flat bench press?
I know how each of them is performed, but I mean what is the difference as to the muscles worked? or is it just preference?
Thanks for your help :)[/QUOTE]

Always remember, every machine has it's own special purpose.

[QUOTE=chicagoamfm;377732711]Check out the strength training anatomy book, you are actually using a lot of your musclez to push a weight up, however the chest would be the big daddy in this one.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=chicagoamfm;377733161]Always remember, every machine has it's own special purpose.[/QUOTE]

This thread is almost [b]3 years old[/b].

3 years old, to chime in with worthless posts, to add to his already retarded posts from 3 years ago. :rolleyes: