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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #25 on: April 26, 2025, 02:09:14 AM »
I knew the Arnold sheep would Bite.... :D

I was just curious.

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #26 on: April 26, 2025, 02:11:59 AM »
I was just curious.

curiosity killed the cat ..

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #27 on: April 26, 2025, 02:17:05 AM »
curiosity killed the cat ..

they swing a bit then ok.

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #28 on: April 26, 2025, 03:17:45 AM »
I knew the Arnold sheep would Bite.... :D

Looks great, lower pecs huge. If he lost the muscle the skin would sag.

Look at the following video. It looks like all lower pec, which it isn't of course, but it looks like "he needs to drop lower pec training and just do inclines." He has that little skin crease there under the pec I mentioned, which shows up much earlier in most. If he lost the lower pec muscle the skin would immediately sag more. Muscle is never a weakness, no matter where :D

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #29 on: April 26, 2025, 03:22:09 AM »
they swing a bit then ok.

My Gonads ..yes

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #30 on: April 26, 2025, 03:35:43 AM »
Looks great, lower pecs huge. If he lost the muscle the skin would sag.

Look at the following video. It looks like all lower pec, which it isn't of course, but it looks like "he needs to drop lower pec training and just do inclines." He has that little skin crease there under the pec I mentioned, which shows up much earlier in most. If he lost the lower pec muscle the skin would immediately sag more. Muscle is never a weakness, no matter where :D
The reason i posted the video was i always preferred the Dip over the flat Barbell press, however  nowadays i only do incline work.
just my opinions so not carved in stone as we are all different .. i mean look at "Big" Ro who is a big lad but punches a bag like a little girl.  :D
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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #31 on: April 26, 2025, 03:47:37 AM »
The reason i posted the video was i always preferred the Dip over the flat Barbell press, however  nowadays i only do incline work.
just my opinions so not carved in stone as we are all different .. i mean look at "Big" Ro who is a big lad but punches a bag like a little girl.  :D
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I love the dip, however my pecs are almost nonexistent due to both being torn decades ago. I do dips for the front delts and triceps, and what little pec I have left, gets sore, even my upper pecs. I do dips on machines and when I can't perform a full rep I continue and do short reps in the stretched position until it doesn't move at all. Lots of soreness in delts and upper pecs :D

I know nothing about boxing so I have no idea what good technique is :D

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #32 on: April 26, 2025, 03:54:05 AM »
I love the dip, however my pecs are almost nonexistent due to both being torn decades ago. I do dips for the front delts and triceps, and what little pec I have left, gets sore, even my upper pecs. I do dips on machines and when I can't perform a full rep I continue and do short reps in the stretched position until it doesn't move at all. Lots of soreness in delts and upper pecs :D

I know nothing about boxing so I have no idea what good technique is :D
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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #33 on: April 26, 2025, 05:46:49 AM »
Reg Park said where you lower the bar on a flat bench press to determines the effect on the chest.

To concentrate on the upper pec lower the bar to the neck.

For the lower pec to the nipple line.

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #34 on: April 26, 2025, 07:14:27 AM »
Reg Park said where you lower the bar on a flat bench press to determines the effect on the chest.

To concentrate on the upper pec lower the bar to the neck.

For the lower pec to the nipple line.
yes i believe he did say that & Gironda as you know liked the press to neck but the incline press at a low angle is better ( in my opinion )
again just my opinions  ;)

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #35 on: April 26, 2025, 08:45:45 AM »
the pec line starts disappearing with age, it happens to almost every senior bodybuilder
Should we not train chest at all? I have been debating this.

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #36 on: April 26, 2025, 08:58:36 AM »
Should we not train chest at all? I have been debating this.

You have to continue training the chest to minimize drooping pecs as much as possible.

Sooner or later skin elasticity starts to decline and sarcopenia comes into play.

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #37 on: April 26, 2025, 08:59:31 AM »
Should we not train chest at all? I have been debating this.

Probably makes more sense not to train at all... ;D ;D

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #38 on: April 26, 2025, 09:24:49 AM »

You have to continue training the chest to minimize drooping pecs as much as possible.

Sooner or later skin elasticity starts to decline and sarcopenia comes into play.
Maybe just do pushups to keep everything tight but no heavy work.

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #39 on: April 26, 2025, 10:53:58 AM »
Maybe just do pushups to keep everything tight but no heavy work.

Heavy or light don't matter as far as droop.

Lack of overhead pressing and pulling in proportion to bench pressing wrecks shoulders.

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #40 on: April 26, 2025, 12:08:58 PM »
Heavy or light don't matter as far as droop.

Lack of overhead pressing and pulling in proportion to bench pressing wrecks shoulders.

overhead pressing wreaks shoulders full stop

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #41 on: April 26, 2025, 12:31:59 PM »
No it doesn't.

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #42 on: April 26, 2025, 01:29:12 PM »
overhead pressing wreaks shoulders full stop

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #43 on: April 27, 2025, 05:18:33 AM »
overhead pressing wreaks shoulders full stop
This is basically a modified version of the Dumbbell around the world exercise

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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #44 on: April 27, 2025, 05:23:22 AM »
Dips are probably the best, yet under rated chest exercises.

The downward pushing of a dip is the most intense flex of any chest exercise.
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Re: Incline Bench
« Reply #45 on: April 27, 2025, 05:50:55 AM »
Dips are probably the best, yet under rated chest exercises.

The downward pushing of a dip is the most intense flex of any chest exercise.

fucking bingo  ;D