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16-Aug-05, 03:21 PM
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If I do incline presses do I need to do flat bench?
I have been avoiding flat bench preses for a while and instead doing inclines. Is that good enough or do I need to do flat presses also?
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16-Aug-05, 03:23 PM
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Hi Drama Queen
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scrap the incline presses and do only flat.
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16-Aug-05, 04:02 PM
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It probablly depends on what your goals are. Is there a reason why you do not like doing flat ones?
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16-Aug-05, 09:47 PM
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I find it best to vary your presses, incline, decline and flat, although if you are to choose one then flat is your general choice.
Linda
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24-Aug-05, 11:50 AM
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do all so you get a nice shape
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24-Aug-05, 11:55 AM
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Hi Drama Queen
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flat bench will give the nice shape - you can't work one part of a muscle and not another.
inclines put more emphasis on front delts, less on pecs.
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Goals: bench - 200; squat - 225; deadlift - 225
27/01/06: bench - 170; squat - 195 (wrapped); deadlift - 210; total - 575; need - 617; to go - 42
"Illegitimi non carborundum"
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24-Aug-05, 01:42 PM
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But it all works together - you want strong delts in order to get a strong chest. Don't only do flats forever or you will get plateaued forever.
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24-Aug-05, 01:55 PM
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Hi Drama Queen
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from what i can tell, the guys who press the big numbers rarely, if ever, do inclined presses. besides, you can mix it up on the horizontal plane: standard barbell press, dumbbell press, speed bench, boards, cable press, chains, bands - lots of room to play in there.
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Goals: bench - 200; squat - 225; deadlift - 225
27/01/06: bench - 170; squat - 195 (wrapped); deadlift - 210; total - 575; need - 617; to go - 42
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24-Aug-05, 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by threenorns
flat bench will give the nice shape - you can't work one part of a muscle and not another.
inclines put more emphasis on front delts, less on pecs.
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Flat is my preferred way. If I really feel some compulsion to do incline or decline in addition to flat work, I grab some DBs and do 1 or 2 sets of 6-8 reps.
Chances are you punish your delts plenty if you have a shoulder component in your routine.
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