What degree do you you for incline DBs?

[Gaspari1255]

I've always used 30 degree for DBs on the incline. I see some people using the 45 degree. What do you guys normally use and which is better?

[kaberle_15]

I use every angle until I start working delts

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

2 sets decline
2 sets flat
2 sets 30 incline
2 sets 45 incline
3 sets incline flies
3 sets dips

[Chode Logan]

I stick to 30. I've dislocated my shoulder with the incline at 45 degrees so I've learned that it is not a smart idea to do so.

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

I use every angle until I start working delts

What exactly do you mean? Example of a chest workout?

[kaberle_15]

What exactly do you mean? Example of a chest workout?

When I'm doing incline's I use a different angle every chest wrokout, some days I work with 15 degrees, 30 degrees, 45 degrees and I go up until I feel my delts working more than my chest. Some chest days I will do 2 incline presses in the same day (ex. bb press at 30 degrees and db press at 45 degrees).

[Ronnie Rowland]

10-15 degrees for inclines stopping the bar 1-2 inches from my upper chest.. Anymore of an angle works my front delts more than upper chest.

I would also like to point out that 10-15 degree decline presses hit the bulk of the chest mass the best in most cases.

[Twist]

so how am i supposed to measure the angle of the bench at the gym here?

[xlxBigSexyxlx]

so how am i supposed to measure the angle of the bench at the gym here?

[Gaspari1255]

LMAO...thats great

[VASCULAR VINCE]

10-15 degrees for inclines stopping the bar 1-2 inches from my upper chest.. Anymore of an angle works my front delts more than upper chest.

I would also like to point out that 10-15 degree decline presses hit the bulk of the chest mass the best in most cases.

Interesting thoughts Ron......Phil Hernon from professional muscle forums has the same scoop on declines being top...Phil even states that inclines do not hit the upper chest...Is this true???

[Dukkit]

i do about 30-35 also. anything else really works my shoulders.

since you and i are close to the same height (tall) i would imagine that the same goes for you.

[Ronnie Rowland]

Interesting thoughts Ron......Phil Hernon from professional muscle forums has the same scoop on declines being top...Phil even states that inclines do not hit the upper chest...Is this true???

Not sure what Phil is refering to in regards to inclines not working the upper chest??? Inclines do hit the upper chest for some but not everyone. For some it's mostly front delts. When the back is arched in excess the pec major comes into play. My guess is that phil could mean that inclines do not hit the pec minor. However, this varies from person to person as well.

A properly performed decline press hits both the pec major and the pec minor for many people. The pec minor is small in comparison but gives the illusion of having a larger upper chest.

Clear as mud, eh?

[Dinosaur]

i found my self confortable doing 30 dg any higher than that it makes me feel like doing shoulders.

[DSM4Life]

45.3

[VASCULAR VINCE]

Not sure what Phil is refering to in regards to inclines not working the upper chest??? Inclines do hit the upper chest for some but not everyone. For some it's mostly front delts. When the back is arched in excess the pec major comes into play. My guess is that phil could mean that inclines do not hit the pec minor. However, this varies from person to person as well.

A properly performed decline press hits both the pec major and the pec minor for many people. The pec minor is small in comparison but gives the illusion of having a larger upper chest.

Clear as mud, eh?

What you say makes perfectly good sense Ronnie. They are now are saying pullovers for upper chest instead of inclines....What gives?????

[green22]

I like 30 degree.

[AdamGH]

inclines work fine for my chest. you guys must be mutants I do db inclines for that nice stretch at the bottom and push all the way up till the weights come together.

[Ronnie Rowland]

What you say makes perfectly good sense Ronnie. They are now are saying pullovers for upper chest instead of inclines....What gives?????

Regular pullovers work the serratus and lats! However, swimmers are able to develop their pec minor using the free style stroke that just so happens to simulate a modified pullovers. The swimmers stroke invloves keeping the arms near the ears and working in a short range of movement. The pectoral minor come into play during weight training when you lie back on a flat bench and move the dumbbell upward from the top of the head position. The elbows are inside the planes of your shoulders (not out like regular pullovers). The pectoral minor will move your arms about eight inches before other muscle come into play.

[UberSteroids]

15-20

[Darksyde]

i alter it all the time. sometimes i just put a 1-3 plates under one end of a flat bench just to alter the angle a little bit.