What angle should an incline press be?

[Serea]

My bench only goes to about 30-35 degrees. Is incline press supposed to be 45 degrees?

 

[revexrevex]

AT 45 degrees I feel all the stress in my delts. Many standard incline benches (non adjustable are at 45, and I think thats very bad). To me the ideal is 10 - 35, but you should do whatever is more comfortable to YOU.

 

[casualbb]

I've heard from many credible sources that 30 degrees is about the maximum.

-casual

 

[Lee]

yea 30 is the best for me, 45 is more like a shoulder press

 

[vinylgroover]

I use about 30 which is the lowest peg on the adjustable bench.

 

[gettinlarger]

30 degrees should be most comfortable/useful. Anything more will stress the delts.

 

[louden_swain]

Over the years my chest has exploded using a 45 degree incline. .

Many people forget about using the arch deluxe.

 

[blinddeafmute]

I do 30, 45 & flat in my DC training. I feel the most comfortable with 30, the 45 works my shoulders pretty hard. It depends on what exactly you are wanting to target.

 

[Babybull]

#0 is def. better..............dont like shoulder pain!

 

[Backlash]

Hmmm, so what would you guys recommend if the only incline benches in my gym are fixed at 45? I'm doing 5x5 so I don't really want to use dumbbells (can only go up by 10 total and not 5). There's no power rack I can use to rack the bar and put an adjustable bench under it...