are incline presses REALLY nessecary?

[Yarg!]

bb or db, are they really nessecary or can you build a full chest with just flat barbell/ dumbbell? thnx

 

[[CinnamonBuns]]

i guess it would vary person to person
but ive seen plenty of people with a full chest without doing any incline
so i wouldn't say they are REALLY neccesary

 

[bluejay]

It depends who you ask... Most bodybuilding people I have talked to about this suggest at least a slight incline. Dorian Yates for one thinks incline is far superior for developing chest than flat. I think incline targets the chest more than regular flat bench. With Flat, alot more front delts come into play. My solution is that I do them both (flat & incline) just in case...

 

[Blane]

^^^^^^^ditto.

I used to do incline db's.

I omited them and do shoulders on the same day as chest. I felt my shoulders more doing incline..so it was a natural transition for me. Everyone is diff though.

 

[Chrisco915]

Do we have to diet? Do we have to cardio? Do we have to lift? Is this a serious question? I am seriously floored by things I hear in here some days.

Bluejay brought up the Yates' views on Incline........here they are:

INCLINED TO INCLINES​

It is my opinion that incline and decline presses are better chest stimulators than the flat-bench variety, as well as being safer. As regards incline and decline work, it is often said that the former is for the upper-pec area and the latter is for the lower-pec region. I don't agree with that: In comparison to flat-bench presses, the incline and decline versions afford a much fuller range of movement, which in turn means they are superior for generating all-around pec development. my personal choice as the principal mass builder for pecs is the incline press.​

For this exercise, I set the bench at an angle of 30 degrees: any steeper and the front delts are called into play too much. because chest is a large bodypart and I will be using quite a bit of weight for my main set of incline benches, I do three warm -up sets. the first set is twelve reps with a very light weight; the second is ten reps with about my half my main-set weight; and the final warm-up set is eight comfortable reps with about 70% of my main-set weight. settling myself onto the bench, I take a grip about six inches wider (each side) than shoulder width, and I visualize moving the bar through a full range of motion. that means lowering the bar to touch my upper pecs,before, without bouncing it, pressing it back to arms' length. at that fully extended position, I tense my pecs for a full muscular contraction. to achieve full muscular contraction, imagine that you are trying to push your pecs together. when i reach failure, I'll most often go on to complete two forced reps, although I'll finish off with a couple of rest-pause reps from time to time.​

 

[captainahole]

Do we have to diet? Do we have to cardio? Do we have to lift? Is this a serious question? I am seriously floored by things I hear in here some days.

Bluejay brought up the Yates' views on Incline........here they are:

INCLINED TO INCLINES​

It is my opinion that incline and decline presses are better chest stimulators than the flat-bench variety, as well as being safer. As regards incline and decline work, it is often said that the former is for the upper-pec area and the latter is for the lower-pec region. I don't agree with that: In comparison to flat-bench presses, the incline and decline versions afford a much fuller range of movement, which in turn means they are superior for generating all-around pec development. my personal choice as the principal mass builder for pecs is the incline press.​

For this exercise, I set the bench at an angle of 30 degrees: any steeper and the front delts are called into play too much. because chest is a large bodypart and I will be using quite a bit of weight for my main set of incline benches, I do three warm -up sets. the first set is twelve reps with a very light weight; the second is ten reps with about my half my main-set weight; and the final warm-up set is eight comfortable reps with about 70% of my main-set weight. settling myself onto the bench, I take a grip about six inches wider (each side) than shoulder width, and I visualize moving the bar through a full range of motion. that means lowering the bar to touch my upper pecs,before, without bouncing it, pressing it back to arms' length. at that fully extended position, I tense my pecs for a full muscular contraction. to achieve full muscular contraction, imagine that you are trying to push your pecs together. when i reach failure, I'll most often go on to complete two forced reps, although I'll finish off with a couple of rest-pause reps from time to time.​

The incline of the bench to me is one of the most important part of the exercise. Most benches are far to steep and do work mostly delt. I find as above 30 is the max you should use.

 

[Chrisco915]

Agreed..........I always use the adjustable bench and use DBs.

 

[jroy19]

incline work is the staple to any chest develpment imo

 

[joe d]

icline is a waste of time for me. i do all flat.

 

[SaiBoT]

My chest was built mainly with inclines and dips, only recently I'm into powerlifting stuff so I'm doing flat too. Some people respond well to flats, my joints don't like it that much but since I learned the proper bench pressing technique, I'm getting comfortable with it. And I have to thank to good bro SouthernLord for this.