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« on: March 16, 2011, 06:00:23 PM »
i never see many people do it. any thoughts on this exercise?  i do cgbp and the incline seems to target triceps the same way as the flat cgbp. i dont have incline bench in my routine. so this would be a nice way to hit my upper chest while keeping the exercises i have in my routine the same. i would just modify this one to incline instead of flat.
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    « Reply #1 on: March 17, 2011, 03:31:05 AM »
    The reason why this isn't as popular is mainly because usually for most people they can bench more flat than they can incline, i guess comfort may be a factor in incline close grip bench press, with the secondary targets being more of the upper chest and extra work to the shoulders, where as a flat bench hits the whole chest. Triceps shouldn't have much of an effect in terms of 1 angle hitting it more than the other, considering your using a correct grip width.
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    « Reply #2 on: March 17, 2011, 04:09:59 AM »
    Quote from: guitarslave on March 16, 2011, 06:00:23 PM
    i never see many people do it. any thoughts on this exercise?  i do cgbp and the incline seems to target triceps the same way as the flat cgbp. i dont have incline bench in my routine. so this would be a nice way to hit my upper chest while keeping the exercises i have in my routine the same. i would just modify this one to incline instead of flat.
    As CGBP is primarly a triceps exercise, I don't know if you would actually get that much results for your upper chest.
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    « Reply #3 on: March 17, 2011, 07:59:09 AM »
    I'll be honest, I've bene thinking a lot about this one aswell. Just because it would increase ROM a lot. However people are weaker at their incline press, so not sure whether incline CGBP would be a good alternative.
    Try it out and report back? Tongue
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    « Reply #4 on: March 17, 2011, 10:54:46 PM »
    hmm will do ruben.. sure it wouldn't hurt to experiment. i wonder if my upper is getting hit enough with chest dips though as it is..hmmmm
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    « Reply #5 on: March 17, 2011, 11:07:31 PM »
    Chest dips would work your lower pecs more, I'm pretty sure.
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