15 Degree Incline Bench Press
It also works the anterior.
15 degree incline bench press. Fly 15 degree incline dumbbell pronated grip duration. 30 is more beneficial than 45 as it results in the same upper pectoralis activation but 30 resulted in great lower pectoralis activation. Db bench press 60 degree incline neutral grip duration. For instance if you decide to press at 90 degree angle you won t be doing the incline bench press.
After a recovery break participants with performed six reps of the bench press at angles of 0 30 45 and 15 degrees to familiarize them for the next session. Below is a makeshift. And if you re curious you ll get the same muscle activation from a smith bench. Kilo strength society 2 042 views.
Any higher can risk targeting the wrong muscles and strain your shoulders though there are people who swear by 45 degrees. Set up the bench at an upright angle of around 15 30 degrees. However an angle for incline bench press i e. As such when doing incline bench press the angle of a bench can be set between 15 and 45 degrees.
However in an incline bench press the bench is set to 15 to 30 degrees on an incline. For a barbell bench press you ll need a squat rack with an adjustable bench in it. The higher the incline of the bench the greater dependency on the shoulders. This targets your upper pecs instead.
In a small 2010 study with 15 participants published by the journal of strength and conditioning research kinesiology researchers found that the clavicular head of the pecs was most active at a 44 degree incline which makes that 45 degree bench a pretty safe bet. Set a bench so that the incline is roughly 15 30 degrees vertical within a power rack. When the bench is set at an incline 15 to 30 degrees you activate your shoulders more since it s comparable to a shoulder press. Also because of the angle of the bench this exercise puts less.
You ll have to experiment to see what feels right.