decline problem

KMA_2 · 27-Nov-05, 02:10 PM

I do decline db bench press the problem is that the bench I managed to get is somthing like 75deg not 45deg....is that a problem or it will do more or less the same??

**threenorns** · 28-Nov-05, 03:24 PM

75 degrees how? if it's a bit more level than it would normally be, that's fine. if you're practically standing on your head, then no - it's not the same.

KMA_2 · 28-Nov-05, 07:18 PM

my bad I ment incline for decline it fit's....the incline should be 45deg

gcs118 · 03-Dec-05, 10:12 AM

Ideally the incline should be even less than 45 degrees. At that point it's too much shoulder and not enough chest.

**threenorns** · 03-Dec-05, 11:07 AM

20 degrees is ideal, 30 degrees max.

gcs118 · 03-Dec-05, 12:27 PM

I've heard that before three...just curious if you had any studies/facts if it's just what's been passed down from experience?

**threenorns** · 03-Dec-05, 12:34 PM

that's what it says on the MaxOT site and also what a couple pro trainers (good ones) say - i never actually researched it.

it makes sense, though: the pectoralis major only had so much of a range. after that, the pectoralis minor kicks in. the problem with the pectoralis minor is that they don't abduct the arms - they shrug the shoulders forward. therefore, it's the front delts that have to take over the main job of abducting the arm from the pectoralis major.