Decline Bench Press

[hulk0427]

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Do declines do anything?

When was the last time someone saw a pro do them?

 

[cuts280]

Lot of pro's including Dorian Yates

 

[Papa Lion]

I prefer dips great chest exercise and tri killer. Al had a good point though, if you want that cut line it's gonna come down to diet.... you can see tiny chested guys with very low body fat with a cut line under the pecs.... however I think his statement came out sounding a little sided... you can grow bigger pecs by training them and then you'll also have more of a cut if they are bigger, but diet an cardio will play big roles even then!!

and yes declines "do" something... any exercise does something.... just most prefer to trade out a better exercise ie dips for a lesser form of exercise, training the same muscle groups... ie decline

 

[Hybridtheory2o]

Yeh i would have to say im with papa lion on this one. I scrapped declines awhile ago. I dont like moving a decent amount of weight off of the rack for declines. It makes my shoulders feel funny trying to get the weight up and off the rack by myself it seems to be an awkward movement moving weight from behind ur head to over your chest somewhat like that. So i prefer dips and i think they work more and they get ur triceps good too.

Kind of hard to explain what i just said up above but im sure you guys that still do declines or used to know what im talking about when ur trying to move the weight off the rack in terms of how uncomfortable it can be.