Thread: Incline versus flat bench

I love incline 30-45 degree angle. But fot to mix things up and do decline. Db incline flys developed my upper chest the best and are my fav chest exercise

What's flat bench? :-D

Yeah I have always been more of an incline guy. I also try to work decline in somehow if it's feasible at whatever gym I'm at. I rarely do flat anything anymore. Maybe flies just for a change.

I never flat bench anymore. I like to do incline presses followed by decline presses and then I'll finish off by doing flat flyes or sometimes incline flyes. I'll occasionally do Hammer Strength seated bench presses and machine flyes to switch things up, but never flat bench presses. I also have very long arms, which likely benefits me a great deal while doing the decline presses because I still get a good range of motion in the exercise.

Originally Posted by Mfire

Dumb question, what's a false grip?

Sometimes called thumbless or thumbs over grip. Not wrapping thumbs around the bar

That's the grip I use almost exclusively on a straight bar exercise

id try using dumbells instead of a bar for amonth or 2,,,add rubber bands and add excersises,fro stretching,,,and on inclines keeping close to chin as possible,,,this helps from using as much shoulder,,,

thumbless grip "suicide grip used to be my thing" I switched to gripping it real hard actually trying to snap the bar like a spaghetti noodle fresh out of the box. It helped me to stay tighter throughout my whole body.

I do prefer incline over flat bench for overall chest development. i like a 35-40 degrees angle and like to touch the bar as high as i can toward the top of my chest. Almost to the throat.