Author Topic: Decline bench - any good???  (Read 7149 times)

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #25 on: April 24, 2014, 09:44:27 AM »
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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #26 on: April 24, 2014, 09:44:30 AM »
For sure......it puts a ton of stress on the shoulders........just can`t be done using big weight unless your joints are made out of Adamantium.

I use a Smith Machine,wide grip,slow rep cadence, and a good mind/muscle connection.

I did it back in my dumb days, and it's one of the reasons I hate the Smith.  Had 225 on the smith (195 in reality?) was an inch below neck and "adjusted" my body mid rep to move up the bar, since it's stationary.  Heard the crack.  So dumb of me.

If I would have warmed up properly, slowed down and lowered the weight, wouldn't have happened is my guess.
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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #27 on: April 24, 2014, 09:45:00 AM »
see Young guys every day in the Gym fucking around with weird cable shit to hit "upper pec"..."middle pecs"..."lower pec".. unless you are a very, very advanced Bodybuilder i do not think you will get any benefit at all. itīs like the Upper and lower ab Thing...BS ::) one flat muscle

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #28 on: April 24, 2014, 09:47:05 AM »
Most guys I have seen doing heavy declines,bounce the weight off their lower ribcage/ diaphragm area.

You can see how much more pec involvement declines to the neck would be just by mimicking the movement from your chair at home...........way more of a stretch on the pecs.

Yeah the belly bounce is as bad as the half rep , decline is already a reduced range of motion so those clowns don't need to reduce and more tension on their pecs.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #29 on: April 24, 2014, 09:47:31 AM »
I did it back in my dumb days, and it's one of the reasons I hate the Smith.  Had 225 on the smith (195 in reality?) was an inch below neck and "adjusted" my body mid rep to move up the bar, since it's stationary.  Heard the crack.  So dumb of me.

If I would have warmed up properly, slowed down and lowered the weight, wouldn't have happened is my guess.
Yeah,you definiately have to leave the ego at the door on these Donny.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #30 on: April 24, 2014, 09:48:22 AM »
Yeah the belly bounce is as bad as the half rep , decline is already a reduced range of motion so those clowns don't need to reduce and more tension on their pecs.
I hear ya` buddy.......been saying this for years.

It`s a brutal ego movement.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #31 on: April 24, 2014, 09:51:31 AM »
Most guys I have seen doing heavy declines,bounce the weight off their lower ribcage/ diaphragm area.

You can see how much more pec involvement declines to the neck would be just by mimicking the movement from your chair at home...........way more of a stretch on the pecs.

I`d advise doing it at the end of a chest workout where lighter weight will feel pretty tough due to the pecs being exhausted from the earlier work performed.


Or,just do fucking Dips!  :D
Wes... guys who are very advanced like you know how to do them. you know what weight to use and just where to hit that sweet spot. Most would be better doing decline press but not to the neck. Itīs like Steve on the Mature thread...his chest-tri workout with his weights used would kill me.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #32 on: April 24, 2014, 09:53:16 AM »


A correctly performed bench to place maximum tension on the belly.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #33 on: April 24, 2014, 09:54:53 AM »
Wes... guys who are very advanced like you know how to do them. you know what weight to use and just where to hit that sweet spot. Most would be better doing decline press but not to the neck. Itīs like Steve on the Mature thread...his chest-tri workout with his weights used would kill me.
I agree in the respect that you have to have a good strong mind/muscle connection........otherw ise,you might as well just throw weight around using sloppy form and momentum, which is a recipe for injury,as well as bypassing stressing the intended bodypart.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #34 on: April 24, 2014, 09:55:58 AM »


A correctly performed bench to place maximum tension on the belly.

That made my stomach tense....ugh....and brutal wrist wraps for bench.
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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #35 on: April 24, 2014, 09:56:48 AM »
Yeah,you definiately have to leave the ego at the door on these Donny.

I'll let this slide this one time.
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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #36 on: April 24, 2014, 09:56:52 AM »


A correctly performed bench to place maximum tension on the belly.
What a moron.

I laughed yet cringed when he put on straps.  :(

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #37 on: April 24, 2014, 09:58:02 AM »
I'll let this slide this one time.
Built in excuse because I`m an old fuck who can`t remember shit!  :D

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #38 on: April 24, 2014, 10:08:15 AM »
I'll let this slide this one time.
Donīt worry fat Boy stick to your Y- Board ::)

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #39 on: April 24, 2014, 10:25:40 AM »


A correctly performed bench to place maximum tension on the belly.

Good everyday moron.

Gets up off the bench and thinks to himself: "I'm the man!"

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #40 on: April 24, 2014, 10:30:16 AM »
wide grip....135 for ungodly amout of reps....till failure. Just for chiseling 

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #41 on: April 24, 2014, 10:30:49 AM »
Donīt worry fat Boy stick to your Y- Board ::)

Fat? Hahahaah.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #42 on: April 24, 2014, 11:25:35 AM »
any good.  I can bench a lot on decline.

They're useless.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #43 on: April 24, 2014, 11:35:38 AM »
Fat? Hahahaah.


Of course that is me fuck wit. listen "Grape Ape" go and Play with your fat Boys in your Cage. when you have an intelligent post then bother me.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #44 on: April 24, 2014, 11:36:50 AM »

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #45 on: April 24, 2014, 11:38:57 AM »
They're useless.

I get a retarded pump off of sets with 185 lbs.

Hardly heavy weight but my chest explodes from these. Why do you not approve?

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #46 on: April 24, 2014, 11:39:05 AM »
Of course that is me fuck wit. listen "Grape Ape" go and Play with your fat Boys in your Cage. when you have an intelligent post then bother me.

Judging by your random use of capitalization and complete lack of punctuation, if I post something intelligent you won't understand it, so I'll pass on bothering you.

Sorry if that's not you, I thought it was.  Please post a real pic to avoid confusion in the future.
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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #47 on: April 24, 2014, 11:46:37 AM »
see Young guys every day in the Gym fucking around with weird cable shit to hit "upper pec"..."middle pecs"..."lower pec".. unless you are a very, very advanced Bodybuilder i do not think you will get any benefit at all. itīs like the Upper and lower ab Thing...BS ::) one flat muscle


I don't think it's that far out donny. It's not one flat muscle. The upper pecs are definitely separate from the lower pecs.

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #48 on: April 24, 2014, 11:48:35 AM »
Judging by your random use of capitalization and complete lack of punctuation, if I post something intelligent you won't understand it, so I'll pass on bothering you.

Sorry if that's not you, I thought it was.  Please post a real pic to avoid confusion in the future.
If you are such an intelligent Guy why do you react like a Tool ?

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Re: decline bench???
« Reply #49 on: April 24, 2014, 11:51:31 AM »
If you are such an intelligent Guy why do you react like a Tool ?

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