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Tim asked in SportsOther - Sports · 8 years ago

would a decline bench help improve my bench press?

so i've been doing flat barbell bench press for months now and i can't improve my strength. i've been doing this along with incline dumbbell presses (and lately with dips following the incline presses). i have switched my incline somewhere along those days with close grip but no improvement has been made.

i was wondering if switching to decline will help improve strength in my bench press? i was thinking about putting more emphasis on the eccentric portion of the exercise with only 5 reps per set using 3 sets building to my heaviest and throwing in incline barbell bench afterwards (though, i'm considering using close grip instead) thanks.

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  • 8 years ago
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    Try the incline dumbbell press, it's a great way to strengthen each arm, chest, and stabilizer muscles, and it will make you stronger, which should improve your bench press...

  • ?
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    5 years ago

    heavy weights a lot less reps, your chest exercising ought to embody this, a minimum of. benchpress. a million warmup +3 contraptions- entire 4 dumbell press 3 contraptions incline press 3 contraptions, cable flow overs 5 contraptions incline flyes 3 contraptions that is an problem-free chest exercising, with a purpose to achieve a precise bench press you should do staggering activities, now no longer in basic terms bench press. also you need to be doing at a lot 6 reps in accordance to set, and on the in basic terms acceptable rep you should somewhat be equipped to position it up or desire an section, that's for high quality outcome

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