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    Exclamation ideal angle for incline bench

    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)
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    30 degree incline I personally prefer.
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    solid dude. same for flys?
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    Anywhere between 45 and 30 degrees for me.
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    I do about 30 degree
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    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,.
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    Originally Posted by Xuaxace View Post
    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,.
    I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!
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    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
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    Originally Posted by Weszy View Post
    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
    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.
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    Watever #2 is on the bench
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    15-30, 45 then the shoulder takes a good part of the load
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    The lowest you can get preferably. 10-15 is probably best, I wouldn't go over 30 or it becomes a delt movement.
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    good responses fellas, I didn't take into consideration the arch of the back as well, so always good to think about. cheers
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