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max258
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posted April 12, 2000 05:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for max258     Edit/Delete Message
My question is that if you do more incline than flat will you get stronger on your flat bench.

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Quadzilla43
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posted April 12, 2000 11:51 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Quadzilla43     Edit/Delete Message
Probably not, but your chest will look much better. A good plan that i do is do incline barbell or dumbell first, then go on to flat bench barbell, but do pauses. in pauses, you let the bar rest for 2 seconds, then press it up. dont let the weight just fall either. get a 2 second negative, and let the bar sit on your chest for 2 seconds, keeping ur body tight, then explode up. its much harder to push weight up when its on a deadstop, so ur regular bench will go up. do inclines first in ur workout 2 times, then do flat bench first on the third. youll see that ur flat bench will go up dramastically.

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brandon
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posted April 14, 2000 12:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for brandon   Click Here to Email brandon     Edit/Delete Message
Yes, your flat bench press poundages will go up, even if you only do incline presses, although not as much (or as fast) as if you were to train with flat presses.

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MaxMuscle
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posted June 13, 2000 01:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for MaxMuscle   Click Here to Email MaxMuscle     Edit/Delete Message
If you want to gain strength on your flat bench press, stick with the flat bench press. Incline presses won't help too much. At least I didn't find so.

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Steelsoldier
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posted June 13, 2000 01:41 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Steelsoldier     Edit/Delete Message
Best way to gain power in a certain movement is to take time off from it.

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MrMuscle
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posted June 13, 2000 12:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MrMuscle   Click Here to Email MrMuscle     Edit/Delete Message UIN: 70512967
A combinatin between both types of exercises is the best way to go. Nobody wants you to do JUST incline, or JUST flat. do 1-2 exercises of each type and you will get good gains.

if you reach a plateu then you might want to change around what type of exercise you do first in your routine..flat or incline.

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nobu
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posted June 13, 2000 06:24 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for nobu   Click Here to Email nobu     Edit/Delete Message
doing incline is very important f you care about your body being porportioned right. you need those nice 2 lumps on your upper chest, it looks pimped, especially when wearing a beater. i had a friend that just did flat and decline, and his chest lookes like boobs, no joke. a good set of pecs always must include that upper pec extrusion.

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