Decline Bench Press, is it worth it?

[stewzzz]

as a BB exercise i use decline for close grip for tris, just feels better.

 

[BigBalls]

There was an actual study done on incline , decline and flat bench press.

They used ecg machine where they hooked up electrodes to a persons chest and measure the electronic pulse the muscle produced when doing the different exercises.

the decline actually produced the best results .. only a decline of 15Degrees was enough to stimulate more muscle activity... Flat bench was actually the worst... and doing dumbbells was better that barbbell.

 

[Goosey]

Not worth it, benching with a tight arch puts you in a pretty similar position and is safer and easier. If you fail decline bench without a spotter you're generally in a bit of trouble. And furthermore electro-thingy experiments have shown there to be no difference in activation between flat and decline... and there is no inner chest.

I didn't read any further after reading this, nice mate.

 

[BigBalls]

http://www.aptonovo.com/carlossilvapersonaltrainer/artigos/Eletromiografia%20do%20Peitoral.pdf

this is one study between inclinde and decline .. decline wins

 

[Shrek]

Some decline discussion here too.