Close Grip Incline Bench

[BigBen86]

I'm not sure where I saw this done before but I tried it today because every one was using a flat bench. Is there really any benefit from it. I definitely was benching a lot less I did 225 for 3 reps where as I close grip Flat bench 245 for 6 reps.

[Awesome_Archy]

of course their is. still focusing weight on the tris

[BigBen86]

of course their is. still focusing weight on the tris

well yea weight is still on the tri's . what I meant is would it be beneficial to substitute these in for flat CG bench presses?

[Awesome_Archy]

either way you're stimulating growth, it's more of a personal preference though. personally I like to do close grip on incline because I feel that I incorporate my chest too much on flat.

[BigBen86]

word, thanks for the input AA

[hellomycognomen]

I never liked doing close grip, placed too much strain on wrists. I prefer incline over flat simply because it works the upper pecs more, which is an area that's hard to grow. If you are doing close grip as a compound chest/triceps exercise both incline and flat are good to go. If your main focus is triceps then I would rather go with isolation exercises.

[abstrack]

If you want mass. Close grip incline is very good. I typically never bring the bar all the way down. I keep my elbows close, go about half way or a bit more down and back up. This keeps constant tension on your tris, and keeps your chest out of doing any work.

mass--close grip, skull crushers, db extensions sitting up,, or dips (not fully going below parallel).

if you're looking to shape, get a pump. then isolation exercises like your rope ext, and kick backs.

JMO....

[BigBen86]

I never liked doing close grip, placed too much strain on wrists. I prefer incline over flat simply because it works the upper pecs more, which is an area that's hard to grow. If you are doing close grip as a compound chest/triceps exercise both incline and flat are good to go. If your main focus is triceps then I would rather go with isolation exercises.

I agree with most of what you're saying, but in my years of training I can honestly say doing close grip bench presses have seriously added mass to my triceps vs just doing iso exercises

If you want mass. Close grip incline is very good. I typically never bring the bar all the way down. I keep my elbows close, go about half way or a bit more down and back up. This keeps constant tension on your tris, and keeps your chest out of doing any work.

mass--close grip, skull crushers, db extensions sitting up,, or dips (not fully going below parallel).

if you're looking to shape, get a pump. then isolation exercises like your rope ext, and kick backs.

JMO....

Yea I pretty much agree, I'm going to start to do incline Close grips this week. I'll let the pride go and bring the weight down a little. It'll be worth it to put the extra load on my tri's vs my chest

[gearbox]

I agree with most of what you're saying, but in my years of training I can honestly say doing close grip bench presses have seriously added mass to my triceps vs just doing iso exercises

Yea I pretty much agree, I'm going to start to do incline Close grips this week. I'll let the pride go and bring the weight down a little. It'll be worth it to put the extra load on my tri's vs my chest

I've done both and prefer weighted dips. But I noticed a much better pump on incline vs flat. As said above it takes chest out of the equation for me.