Are Decline Bench Press effectve at all?? Who does them?
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shut the ? up ?
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Man this is a tough question and it will depend entirely on u. I was doing some decline bench presses one time in the gym and a trainer came up to me and told me I was wasting my time cause we don't have a lower chest muscle. Technically, this is correct. He also had a huge chest so I took his word for it. But some believe u can hit the chest a lot better with declines. Personally, since that day I don't do them. I'd rather throw in more sets with incline and flat.
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truth spitter wrote: »Man this is a tough question and it will depend entirely on u. I was doing some decline bench presses one time in the gym and a trainer came up to me and told me I was wasting my time cause we don't have a lower chest muscle. Technically, this is correct. He also had a huge chest so I took his word for it. But some believe u can hit the chest a lot better with declines. Personally, since that day I don't do them. I'd rather throw in more sets with incline and flat.
yea. I haven't done them in years, but I was wondering who incorporates them regularly. -
From my understanding they tighten up you lower chest. AKA haggin man ? .
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don't lift weights but I do decline pushups as part of a series of pushups during my workout.
I don't see myself eliminating them from the equation anytime soon. -
Its good to switch up your work out around. Different angles and going heavy or light are a good way to mix it up.
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there a waste stick to regular benching
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They hurt my shoulderd so I mess with the machines for decline and flys to. Oher then that I I keep it free weights bars and dumbbells.
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I do them every once in a while to switch it up but not on the regular
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Declines are kinda pointless for huge chest but they do help you get them...by helping you increase your flat bench IMO
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I do flat and incline. If you want a hard chest routine throw in some isolation presses.
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I rather do chest dips than decline.
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Decline bench presses have their use, though limited. They don't help to sculpt the chest like many asset, but the positioning does help those with strong anterior (front) delts which would typically overpower the pec muscles in the typical bench press and prevent the person from training to full muscular exhaustion. Decline takes alot of the leverage of the front shoulder muscles out of the equation.
Also dips are ONLY comparable to decline in terms of muscles hit if the person leans FORWARD while performing the exercise. Otherwise its a tricep and to a lesser extent delt exercise. -
I busted a blood vessel in my eye ? with declines.
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mostvigorousone wrote: »I busted a blood vessel in my eye ? with declines.
Do you have a proper breathing technique while performing exercises? -
robdaze151 wrote: »don't lift weights but I do decline pushups as part of a series of pushups during my workout.
I don't see myself eliminating them from the equation anytime soon.
how exactly do you do decline pushups..Im thinking its in the positioning of the hands...lower near your abdomen..am I correct...anyway back to the topic
I do them regularly and my chest is decent...Im content..check the bulk thread..I know I lift more on decline than incline and flat and contrary to whats been posted I do believe they target the lower area of the pec muscles because thats what I feel flexing when I do the decline and also that area is thicker than it was when I wasnt doing them. Having a huge chest is one thikn but if you notice everones chest isnt built the same. some is thicker while others has more width than anything..I do believe is due to the width of the grips on bench and pushups and the angle at which the weight is supplied. at whateva point the weight is focused your body is going to send blood rushing and fibers and tendons are going to be exercised more than any other area. -
Emerald City Rolla wrote: »Do you have a proper breathing technique while performing exercises?
But after the fact I recognized that I lost concentration on my breathing when that issue actually occurred. -
I do decline regularly both bench and free weight. Free weight is way more effective I've virtually stopped bench decline but I've never heard of it being referred to as "pointless." The book I refer to mostly is Arnold's Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding and we all know he got it right. It's effective to attack your chest from different angles though.