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- From: hhll@stein.u.washington.edu (Steven Hodas)
- Newsgroups: misc.fitness
- Subject: Re: Help. Can't do Incline Press.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.034508.21957@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 03:45:08 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Nov19.034508.21957
- References: <1992Nov18.221528.28811@cs.uwp.edu>
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- Organization: University of Washington
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- krueger@cs.uwp.edu (Gerald Krueger) writes:
-
- >Up until a few months ago I was completely ignorant to the fact that
- >flat bench does not work the entire pectorals equally. I found this
- >out when I tried to do incline and could do only about 65% of what I
- >can do on a flat bench. Since then I have adjusted my routine to
- >include some incline. Since I always start using 5 sets of flat bench
- >I think my triceps get tired and can't work the incline as hard. I
- >am reluctant to mess with the initial 5 sets of flat bench because
- >I have seen steady results.
-
- >What is the best way to get my incline up while still working on
- >the flat? It is defeating for me to work with weights on the incline
- >that I left long ago on the flat.
-
- >Will it take as long for my incline to develop as it did my flat?
- >I feel that since the two are closely related it shouldn't take
- >quite as long.
-
- >Currently I work 10-12 sets of a variety of incline/flat exercises,
- >twice a week.
- > All Advice Appreciated,
- > Jerry
-
- I'm certainly no expert (in fact, a rank amateur) but I noticed that if I
- did inclines _before_ flat benching I could do a lot more weight on the
- incline right away, and my weight on the flats, which initially went down
- because I was tiring the muscles on the inclines, went back up to its
- previous level very quickly.
-
- I would also like to put in a plug for doing incline dumbell presses
- rather than barbell presses. They are much kinder to your shoulders and
- seem to do the job just as well.
-
- Steven Hodas
-