I was wondering what I sould set the angle to on a bench for an ideal incline barbell/dumbbell press.
Dont want to work the shoulders too hard and I wanna target dem upper titties. (no homo)
Thoughts?
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I was wondering what I sould set the angle to on a bench for an ideal incline barbell/dumbbell press.
Dont want to work the shoulders too hard and I wanna target dem upper titties. (no homo)
Thoughts?
30 degree incline I personally prefer.
solid dude. same for flys?
Anywhere between 45 and 30 degrees for me.
I do about 30 degree
15-30 is the best for the "upper chest".
45 is quite anterior deltoid dominant. I still bench on the 45degree one, but my arch makes it somewhere between 15-30 degrees,.
[QUOTE=Xuaxace;872789731]15-30 is the best for the "upper chest".
45 is quite anterior deltoid dominant. I still bench on the 45degree one, but my arch makes it somewhere between 15-30 degrees,.[/QUOTE]
I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!
Thanks for the replies lads. Also, should I be concerned with closer/wider grips for slightly different parts of the chest/tris?
Ive heard some gabbering about this but im not sure if there's alot of truth to it. cheers
[QUOTE=Weszy;872791531]Thanks for the replies lads. Also, should I be concerned with closer/wider grips for slightly different parts of the chest/tris?
Ive heard some gabbering about this but im not sure if there's alot of truth to it. cheers[/QUOTE]
Wider is more chest dominant, while closer is more tricep dominant. Most people do somewhere in between.
Personally I do wide and my chest gets pounded, on the downside, my lockout strength has been letting me down as of late.
45°
Watever #2 is on the bench
15-30, 45 then the shoulder takes a good part of the load
The lowest you can get preferably. 10-15 is probably best, I wouldn't go over 30 or it becomes a delt movement.
good responses fellas, I didn't take into consideration the arch of the back as well, so always good to think about. cheers