Incline Press vs. Bench Press

[FIGHTER1980]

I'd think something like Judo would be more beneficial for restraining/protecting yourself in a prison setting.

Is it pretty lax on the resistance you can apply to prisoners?

well to be honest with you probably about 80% of the time I told people to cuff up they did no problem and the other probably 20 % you take them down with a single leg/double leg takedown, rear naked choke, or whatever to get the cuffs on. I never took grappling classes but I've messed around to know some of the basics. I get along with most of them so alot of times out of respect they'll turn around and put their hands together. I go to work for the most part and do my job and am fairly easy to get along with so they know that. Of course some officers use more resistance sometimes and some inmates are straight up assholes you want to use more resistance with when a physical situation arises.

 

[Baconator69**]

I use incline when I want to blast my upper pecs.

 

[Shemhazai]

I've been doing incline instead of regular bench for a couple of years now. I combine it with weighted dips for a somewhat minimalist, but pretty complete upper body pressing workout, hitting shoulders and upper chest with incline bench and triceps and lower chest with dips. I'm a grappler, so I try to spend more time on pulling movements - lots of pull-up and barbell rowing variations - in addition to lower body and core.

 

[JauntyAngle]

Technically I think you Americana'ed yourself. Either way, hope the MRI brings good news (as much as MRI's can bring good news).

It gave me a proper diagnosis- knowing that it was an Americana and not a Kimura helps even more

 

[JauntyAngle]

I've been doing incline instead of regular bench for a couple of years now. I combine it with weighted dips for a somewhat minimalist, but pretty complete upper body pressing workout, hitting shoulders and upper chest with incline bench and triceps and lower chest with dips. I'm a grappler, so I try to spend more time on pulling movements - lots of pull-up and barbell rowing variations - in addition to lower body and core.

You don't have any shoulder problems? Dips and incline bench can both be pretty heavy on them.

 

[FIGHTER1980]

I've been doing incline instead of regular bench for a couple of years now. I combine it with weighted dips for a somewhat minimalist, but pretty complete upper body pressing workout, hitting shoulders and upper chest with incline bench and triceps and lower chest with dips. I'm a grappler, so I try to spend more time on pulling movements - lots of pull-up and barbell rowing variations - in addition to lower body and core.

That sounds like a pretty good idea especially if somebody still wants to strength train but doesn't have hours on end to lift due to time to dedicate to more specifics like grappling or other sports. Thanks for the input, I think I'm going to give that a try. By doing the Incline Press though would it be safe to say I shouldn't do overhead presses to make sure my delts don't get overtrained??

 

[Shemhazai]

You don't have any shoulder problems? Dips and incline bench can both be pretty heavy on them.

Incline bench certainly works the shoulders hard, but I don't feel like it puts any undue stress on them. On the other hand, I used to get problems with my shoulders from regular bench. These days I only do close grip when I revisit flat benching. As for dips, I do them with a pretty close grip. Doesn't put nearly as much stress on the shoulders, IMO.

Also, I do daily exercises for shoulder flexibility. Before I started doing this, I had frequent shoulder problems, now it's been years.

That sounds like a pretty good idea especially if somebody still wants to strength train but doesn't have hours on end to lift due to time to dedicate to more specifics like grappling or other sports. Thanks for the input, I think I'm going to give that a try. By doing the Incline Press though would it be safe to say I shouldn't do overhead presses to make sure my delts don't get overtrained??

Hard to say, really. I've personally found incline bench + dips to be enough, but I have added DB shoulder press for periods and seen decent gains. I don't think I'd do it during a BJJ-intensive period, though.

 

[FIGHTER1980]

Incline bench certainly works the shoulders hard, but I don't feel like it puts any undue stress on them. On the other hand, I used to get problems with my shoulders from regular bench. These days I only do close grip when I revisit flat benching. As for dips, I do them with a pretty close grip. Doesn't put nearly as much stress on the shoulders, IMO.

Also, I do daily exercises for shoulder flexibility. Before I started doing this, I had frequent shoulder problems, now it's been years.



Hard to say, really. I've personally found incline bench + dips to be enough, but I have added DB shoulder press for periods and seen decent gains. I don't think I'd do it during a BJJ-intensive period, though.

Alright thanks for the advice. Best advice I've got on here in awhile. Alot of people give smartass answers to each other on here instead of helpful one's.

 

[DrBdan]

It gave me a proper diagnosis- knowing that it was an Americana and not a Kimura helps even more

Well it's the only submission I know how to do so I wanted to share

 

[FIGHTER1980]

Incline bench certainly works the shoulders hard, but I don't feel like it puts any undue stress on them. On the other hand, I used to get problems with my shoulders from regular bench. These days I only do close grip when I revisit flat benching. As for dips, I do them with a pretty close grip. Doesn't put nearly as much stress on the shoulders, IMO.

Also, I do daily exercises for shoulder flexibility. Before I started doing this, I had frequent shoulder problems, now it's been years.



Hard to say, really. I've personally found incline bench + dips to be enough, but I have added DB shoulder press for periods and seen decent gains. I don't think I'd do it during a BJJ-intensive period, though.

Will you post your routine on here so I can look at it!? I'm curious.....