[quote]BodyBldgBabe wrote:
D Public wrote:
you are new to training, so dont look into things so much…
if you want a strong bench, than train flat bench. If you want to do inclines, you can do incline bench after flat bench.
its that simple…
Im the beginner and do not want to step on anyone’s toes, so please feel free to tell me to shut up at any time, however, I wanted to respond to this and I hope it’s half way intelligent…
Back to the point of the article I mentioned before…
In having a successful heavy flat bench you must have shoulders to push the weight. Therefore its imperative to have strong front delts. If the guy never strengthens his shoulders more then likely his flat bench will not progress as quickly or an heavy as it could.
The incline bench uses more than the front delt. That’s why his incline is stronger.
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It depends if he just wants the number to go up or if he wants to develop his chest. If chest then I would reccomend continuing benching as long as it leaves his chest sore. The weight will go up eventually.
If he wants just the number to go up then front delt and tricep work should be included, but speaking from a hypertrophy standpoint that wouldn’t be as beneficial to his chest