Incline vs Decline vs Traditional bench press?

[11101]

Incline> flat > decline
Decline gonna give you too much lower chest work. I'd rather do weighted dips than decline but then again I never do it so I can't speak on it too much. But from what I've seen incline and flat will give you the best results.

 

[Bledswole]

Incline> flat > decline
Decline gonna give you too much lower chest work. I'd rather do weighted dips than decline but then again I never do it so I can't speak on it too much. But from what I've seen incline and flat will give you the best results.

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

Incline is a bytch

 

[Tom Foolery]

Back in the day I was never a fan of decline. Didn't like the shape it gave my chest.

I would just do some decline cable fly just to strengthen and shape.

Incline and straight is a must.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

The Decline bench press acttally activates more of your pectoral fibers than the incline or flat bench. It even recruits your lats so you got some major muscle groups putting in work (hence it being the stronger lift)

That said I never do it because that shyt is awkward as hail

 

[Nintendough]

All three, flat dumbbells and some push-ups as a finish.

 

[Serious]

Didnt read but if you want a bigger chest, you should do all three. I would recommend do these three variations of pushups as well.

 

[OneTimeforTheMind]

Incline Bench First
Weighted Dips Second
Hammer Incline or Horizontal Press

I dont flat bench anymore, I rather do weighted dips, pushups or hammer incline to get the middle part of chest

 

[NeilCartwright]

From personal experience, dont do decline, slight flat work, and incline should be the primary work.

Been in the game going on 8 years and im paying for my mistakes from back when i started

Make sure your grip is wide enough also so that you are actually working your chest and not having the triceps do all the work

 

[Zyne]

Decline isn't really that necessary imo. I stick with flat barbell bench, flat + incline dumbbell bench, and dips.

 

[1-8-7-Skillz]

I do em all

 

[Point Blank]

Id rather do incline dumbbells.

 

[Inspect Her Deck]

All 3. I do dumbbell presses usually and only do bench when I'm 5x5ing. But all 3 variations for sure. Throw in some push-ups and some machine flies (or some other variation) and you are good to go.

 

[Waterproof]

You want a bigger, stronger chest you should do everything from Incline, Decline, Flat bench, Hammer Strength Machines, Flyes ect, dumbbells, barbells. Use different angles also to hit the whole chest

 

[Bobby Lashleys eyebrows]

Decline gives you moobs. Incline and flat ftw.