Incline Bench worth the trouble?

[Grantsdu]

Me training buddies just went out and bought metal and made a very nice incline bench. There wanting to use it alot and I'm all for it if it will help my bench. I know it will help build my upper chest which needs it badly but I'm more concrened with maxing m bench out. If it is worth using what kind of lifts should I be doing on it. Just stright benching? Dumbells? What about a cambered bar for incline? I had thought about that but didn'tknow if I would mess anything up or not.

 

[R CRUSHER]

incline narrow presses can help your bench. i guess if you have weak front delts regular inclines can help. from a PL perspective. never tried cambered bar inclines.

for BB'ing the a necessity

 

[Grantsdu]

I know it will help define my pecks, upper espically. I need that bad right now but if its not really going to help my bench I won't try to hit it as hard. We have just changed routines and we do them 2 nights a week. Mondays we go heavy, 3 sets, 8, 6, 4
Thursdays 3 sets of 10 with BD's and bands. May not do anything but hurt my bench, if it does that I will know to rop them all togehter.

 

[SANDMAN5150]

mmmm........

I don't know but I have really found that incline press has helped me get stronger on bench after really focusing on form and feel the ROM on this I really see and feel the difference I actually use it as a power movement......I really dont flat bench at all....after doing this for a 1 year I was stuck at 375 on flat now...I push it on incline for 3 and and pushin 405 on flat for a very strict rep.

my $.02

Live strong live well..

 

[BigWh1tey]

when i was training westside , close grip inclines had great carry-over to flat bench . Now I do MM and the incline bench is used to rest on while waiting for my turn on the flat bench

 

[Grantsdu]

I hate doing incline, I guess mainly because I'm week at it but I think I will give it a try for a while and see if I can tell any improvements in it.

 

[Savage]

I heard that incline close grip is an excellent supplementary exercies with Westside for the RAW lifter.

 

[spongey]

Yes, what most people dont realise is that the bench shirt changes the mechanics of the bench press.

 

[clint]

inclines will not help your competition bench at all...they will only teach you poor form and cause you to push back over your face... imo , leave the inclines to the BB'ers


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[Grantsdu]

my week point is my tris and I feel like I have been getting a good workong on my tris when inclining. I never do on flat bench, boards, anything.