PR - Decline Bench

[Mike_Rojas]

I made 275... here's the video.

right click, save as
http://216.171.173.34/misc/275Decline.mpg

Then I felt daring and tried 300... not even close.. got about an inch off my chest.

 

[jackangel]

Outta sight.

 

[The Red Dragon]

Nice work man I can't even bench half of that, flat/incline or decline.
Hey what do they mean by bouncing the bar off the chest?

 

[Mike_Rojas]

Hey what do they mean by bouncing the bar off the chest?

I didn't say anything about bouncing the bar off chest... that's a bad technique to use. What I meant was I tried 300... lowered it under control... pushed about 1 inch - but the weight was too heavy and down it came. Glad I had my spotting devices handy, although I should probably use something besides an ice chest...

 

[Mike_Rojas]

Nice work man I can't even bench half of that, flat/incline or decline.

Thanks Red.. As far as your bench goes, just keep at it - you will improve.

 

[PolishHammer1977]

Nice clip. Hope to see more! I like the way you challenge yourself!

 

[Mike_Rojas]

Nice clip. Hope to see more! I like the way you challenge yourself!

Thanks! I know I could have done more than 275... prob 285 or so. That magic number of 300 was just too tempting!

 

[Lee]

excellent work bro

 

[coolcolj]

great

no spotters? what if you failed?

 

[Exodus]

i guess.... ccj missed the next line about missing the 300lbs. lol

congrats on the pr....... decline is fun. i got into because of arnold...... no he never did them(at least not that i know of) but i have always like the way his chest looked, so i worked to try and get it. his main contribution to that was weighted dips...... so i use to do them religiously. all i got was stressed rotater cuffs and stronger bigger.......... shoulders and triceps...... so i started doing decline (essentially the same motion) and it works very well.

X

 

[Mike_Rojas]

great

no spotters? what if you failed?

Didn't you see my ice chest spot device.. LOL. I failed with 300, and let it down on that. But I'm going to get something more stable next time. Wish I had a power rack.

 

[coolcolj]

all you need is some adjustable height supports like the type used by handymen etc

 

[Mike_Rojas]

all you need is some adjustable height supports like the type used by handymen etc

I'll have to make a trip to Home Depot.

 

[Mike_Rojas]

excellent work bro

thanks

 

[sk*]

Congrats!

-sk

 

[Mike_Rojas]

bump so maybe Spatts can comment

 

[Mike_Rojas]

i guess.... ccj missed the next line about missing the 300lbs. lol

congrats on the pr....... decline is fun. i got into because of arnold...... no he never did them(at least not that i know of) but i have always like the way his chest looked, so i worked to try and get it. his main contribution to that was weighted dips...... so i use to do them religiously. all i got was stressed rotater cuffs and stronger bigger.......... shoulders and triceps...... so i started doing decline (essentially the same motion) and it works very well.

X

I love them.. I feel them much more in the pecs than regular bench... seems to get down deep in the muscle if you know what I mean.