How important is Decline bench?

[Gaspari1255]

Personally I think you're doing yourself a disservice.



Decline presses recruit and stimulate more musculature than incline presses, so your rationale makes no sense.

Furthermore, stimuli causes muscle gain... 'weight' is redundant.

So what if your decline/incline poundage in said workout goes down?

It would 'go down', because you've laid down some heavy and exhausting stimulation prior to those lifts.

Intensity isn't measured in numbers.



If you acknowledge that your chest is average, why would you stick to doing the same thing over and over again in the hopes that some day maybe it'll have a different effect?

That's counter-intuitive.

Thanks. Never thought about it like that. Do you think it would be better if I did Decline, Flat, Incline in that order for a few weeks?

[Narkissos]

Thanks. Never thought about it like that. Do you think it would be better if I did Decline, Flat, Incline in that order for a few weeks?

It could be.

I'd try it for at least 6 weeks though.

That's generally when most people start to adapt to a change in stimuli.

[Gaspari1255]

It could be.

I'd try it for at least 6 weeks though.

That's generally when most people start to adapt to a change in stimuli.

Will give it a whirl. Thanks for the help.