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Ilovetolift
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Hello, I'm pretty far into my 5x5, I'm just wondering how much of an incline there should be? I feel it a lot in my front delts.
BiggT
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45 degrees is pretty standard for most incline benches. You will feel inclines a lot in the shoulders. Think of it as half-way between a flat bench and an OHP. Any press is actually 'shoulder girldle' work. It still blows my mind when people will call flat/incline/decline 'chest' exercises. So, don't worry if you feel it in the shoulders, it is all good.
Protobuilder
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Just one quick pointer -- pin your shoulders back and down, keep a tight arch, tight stomach (take a deep breath) and keep the upper/mid back locked tight . . . this really helps me from being a "pure shoulder" bencher. I benched a long time just using delts, pretty much b/c I kept my elbows flared out and my back wasn't tight at all . . . since making an effort to try more of a "powerlifting" style, I'm getting stronger and my chest is getting more activation during bench. Shoulders still obviusly get hammered, but I was doing almost a pure shoulder bench. And my chest reflects that. LoL
Chambewy20
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Protobuilder said:
Good advice dude, I'm a powerlifter bencher but my friggin incline has always sucked ass. I'll try some of your advice on one of my off weeks, sad when your nephew who's in high school can smoke you on inclines, so I just smoke his ass on everything else.
Tweakle
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my gym bench is 45 degrees, my shoulders won't take this so I put a step & 2 spacers under the stand at the front elevating it to about 35 degrees (give or take)
Its quite an ego blow to go from benching in the mid 400's to doing 15 reps with 255 on the incline but my shoulders feel a lot better now than they did 3 months ago.
Its quite an ego blow to go from benching in the mid 400's to doing 15 reps with 255 on the incline but my shoulders feel a lot better now than they did 3 months ago.
