Q: In your early ebooks, you include the incline press for upper-pec development. Doug Brignole continues to say it’s worthless for chest mass. Do you agree, or do you still include it in?
A: Damn, you’re trying to get me to play defense. But after seeing and hearing Doug’s point of view and analysis, I have to agree with him. Seems I wasted lots of time and energy on inclines—although it no doubt helped my front delts…
He recently showed this graphic to make his point…
As you can see, even at a 30-degree incline, the upper arms trace an arc that moves toward the chin, not the upper chest.
You want the lever, your upper arm, to move toward the target-muscles origin, in this case the sternum, or breast bone, not the chin…
Notice that the A line indicates that a flat-bench press is better for engaging the highest fibers than an incline. Between A and B would be most efficient for engaging the majority of pec fibers—top to bottom.
And dumbbells or cables will provide a better line of force and range of motion than a barbell.
Bottom line: a dumbbell decline press or cable chest press is best for a massive chest.
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Steve Holman
Former Editor in Chief, Iron Man Magazine
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