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- Path: sparky!uunet!tessi!allen
- From: allen@tessi.com (Allen Warren)
- Subject: Re: Help. Can't do Incline Press.
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.171906.25163@tessi.com>
- Organization: Test Systems Strategies, Inc., Beaverton, Oregon
- References: <1992Nov18.221528.28811@cs.uwp.edu> <ratner.722133517@ficus.cs.ucla.edu>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 17:19:06 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- ratner@ficus.cs.ucla.edu (Dave "Van Damme" Ratner) writes:
-
- >But secondly, I know
- >of no one whose max on incline press equals their max on flat bench,
- >probably because incline uses more delt than flat. [Can anyone on
- >the net?] So don't get so disappointed so quickly.
-
- I can *almost* do as much on the incline as on flat bench. I'm only
- lower by 20-25 lbs. on incline, but then, I've got pretty good
- strength in my delts.
-
- >Secondly, if you want to increase your incline press, I would change
- >your routine so you do it first, when you are fresh, and then
- >move to flat bench. I did this about a year ago, and am pleased
- >with the results.
-
- Also, on the days you're doing bench, don't do biceps. If you work
- on bi's on the same day, one or the other will suffer, depending on
- which you do first.
-
- >Of course, you won't be able to do as much
- >on the flat bench as you used to when you did it first, but just live
- >with it --- don't worry about how you look or what other people think
- >of the weight you are doing in the gym.
-
- When I started weightlifting 5 years ago, I was 140 lbs. and had really
- no muscle to speak of. Now I'm 193, but haven't forgotten the first
- year of my training when I always wore sweatshirts because I was
- self-concious about my small frame.
-
- allen
-