Decline bench press?
 

As part of your chest workout, do you do decline presses ?

At the moment I do them every chest workout, They take more stress away from the delts which is very useful as it helps protect my injured shoulder.
Normally I would just add them every third or forth chest workout.

exclusively
-c

occasionaly , depends on where i want to hit most

i always do it. but i like to do mind on the machine's the ones that let you put 45lb weights on them. i like to start off with 2 plates on each side 2 sets for 12 then on the third set throw another 45lb weight on both sides and do my 3rd and last set for 10.

rarely do them but this thread reminded me about this exercises which must be a part of chest training program.

CC, how are you shoulders reacting when doing this ex?

Decline Press
 

Very sharp pain in both shoulders when I do this exercise. I do the decline fly instead.....no pain from this.

Haven't done them in years....there great for your ego...let you use more weight, because of shorter distance one has to press the weight. I feel it does little for chest development!

It's really strange! When I train I don't feel any pain in the shoulder,
As soon as I finish it kills!!!

once a month for the time being. decline is pretty easy on the shoulders

if i can get on the bench i try and do them everytime i do the chest

I train alone so I won't risk it the idea of the weights comming down and me not being able to push back up scares me :o but biomechanically they do target chest the best and u can do some ridiculous weights.

I haven't done decline In a while.....i might add them to my next 8wk routine

very rarely....

every chest day incline flat decline i feel like i am missing a muscle group.if i dont hit all three den dumb bells dips finish with push ups.:eek:

My shoulder injury keeps me from doing any kind of benificial bench all together. I have to do flies and press machines that dee described.

Love them. Tore my rotator cuff in the army so I have a hard time with incline barbell. Always add decline barbell sets at the end.

'Decline Bench is the most under rated exercise I know of, it was my main mass builder, Bench press is a shitty exercise' - Dorian Yates

I only ever do decline bench press.

Why at the end? Surely it would be better to do them first!

What I mean by end is a good few sets of flat dumbbells, decently heavy to get warmed up first. Not at the end of my workout. Sorry, misspoke. They are the last set of barbell excercises I do for chest.

I've mentioned before but I tore something up in my shoulder in my 20's so I can't jump right into it like I used to. Was trying 365 on the incline, on my 2nd rep I locked out to catch my breath and it felt like the entire arm just sucked right out of the socket. It's not bad now but I still never do incline barbells. Or lockout my arms :)

declines are in every chest workout as i think it has give me better results since changing from flat to decline

I may not always bench on chest day (okay, maybe I do).
But when I do, I like to recline and do declines.😁