Chest exercises and cuff

[anthrax]

I've found that incline DB/BB press put much more stress on the rotator cuff than flat DB/BB press (and decline is the more cuff friendly)

 

[DaveTSI]

thats because its difficult to bring your elbows in close and use tris/chest more, when you incline your elbows tend to flare out more and put alot of stress on the shoulders. be careful and use strict form and youll be ok, as long as your not repping 275-315+ your cuffs will be ok. decline uses lats and tris alot more, not much stress at all on the cuffs.

 

[big4life]

To save on your shoulders you should make sure that your incline bench is set on the lowest setting, around a 30 degree incline. The steeper the incline the more it involves the shoulders.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

I've found that incline DB/BB press put much more stress on the rotator cuff than flat DB/BB press (and decline is the more cuff friendly)

knocking the incline down to 30-45 degrees will help.

 

[anthrax]

My gym have shitty benches and I'm afraid I can't incline them to less than 40 degrees...

anyway, isn't the most important factors the angle between the elbows and the chest (which should be less than 90 degrees) and the forearms towards the feet rather than the head ?

 

[Chambewy20]

My gym have shitty benches and I'm afraid I can't incline them to less than 40 degrees...

anyway, isn't the most important factors the angle between the elbows and the chest (which should be less than 90 degrees) and the forearms towards the feet rather than the head ?

Mine does as well, as a matter of fact, almost every gym I've been in has shitty inclines. You can try putting plates underneath the support directly below the seat, not enough to tip, LOL, but enough to lessen the stress on your cuffs.

 

[anthrax]

Mine does as well, as a matter of fact, almost every gym I've been in has shitty inclines. You can try putting plates underneath the support directly below the seat, not enough to tip, LOL, but enough to lessen the stress on your cuffs.

Good idea !

I'll try that