Muscle and Fitness Says Decline is the Best for Building Chest Now - WTF?

[Cackerot69]

On an incline press the weak links will almost ALWAYS fail before the chest. Shoulders and triceps are the weak links, putting the bench on an incline will bring the shoulders more into play, and put the chest in its weakest position. The pec (major) primary function is to pull the arm across the chest and downward - therefore a decline press/dips are the best among the presses. A dip/decline press will minimize the weak links (the lats will come into play more, but they are generally not a "weak" link and will not fail before the chest), and put the chest in its strongest position.
Don't buy into that "you can work the upper chest with incline presses and the lower with declines!" crap. This is not possible because of the pecs anatomy. Period.

In case you don't get the point - you should work the chest in its strongest position and minimize the weak links, and do not waste time trying to target the upper/lower chest individually.

 

[Sniperwolf]

Perhaps if your front delts are really strong declines may be good as they take the delts out of the move, however, the range of movement with the declines is small which, in my opinion, doesn't make it an effective lift. You get a greater stretch for the chest using the dumbells on flat or a very low incline presses.

 

[Steelheart]

Dips is where its at for me.
6X weeks 3 sets of dips.

Im 225lbs natural 10% fat.

Overtraining.... WHATEVER!!!!
Extreme...... HELL YEAH!!!!!

 

[Tuna Guy]

Cackerot, science says one thing real world experience seems to say the other.