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There is a strange thing happening wiht my benchpress.

My flatbenchpress is slowing going down little by little, while my INCLINE benchpress is going up bit by bit.

What's goign on here?
 
Whats your routine look like? Are you doing inclines first in your routine??
 
Maybe the order in which you do your excercises. I find if i do something like shoulder press before a bench my bench is a lot weaker.
 
No, no, no, and no to all.

I am not overtraining, nor am I doing incline benchpress before flat benchpress.

I have a Push/Pull workout routine, where I do Push one day, take one day rest, then do Pull one day, and take another day rest, and so on.

Here's my plan.

Workout A: Push
• Deadlift 4x
• Bench Press/Chest Dip 4x
• Squat 3x
• Incline Bench Press 3x
• Standing Hip Adduction
• Shoulder Press 3x
• Standing Calf Raise 4x
• Bench Dip/Skull Crushers 4x

i dont' know how my diet would affect it. My upper chest is getting stronger while my sternal chest is getting a bit weaker.
 
As you are probably aware of everyone has certain body parts that will respond alot faster than others. You may need to drop incline work for a while and focus on your flat benches till you get that area to respond then slowly start adding incline work back in.
 
Karky said:
deadlift is a pull exersice :p
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hahah i know... a quadricep exercise was suppose to be put in there, and i was looking for a good quad exercise when i read: "Quad exercises may be subtituted with a glute exericise". And Deadlift is a glute/erector spinae exercise so i put it in there
 
Azn_Drag0n said:
Workout A: Push
• Deadlift 4x
• Bench Press/Chest Dip 4x
• Squat 3x
• Incline Bench Press 3x
• Standing Hip Adduction
• Shoulder Press 3x
• Standing Calf Raise 4x
• Bench Dip/Skull Crushers 4x
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You've got three chest exercises. You're over training your pecs.
 
I'm sorry but I don't think you can just simply say he is overtraining. I have never seen someone build in any exercise if they are actually overtraining like he is with his incline.

Moreover, maybe I misunderstood the program but I only count 2 chest dominant exercises: Incline and either supine OR dips.... and either skull crushers or bench dips, which surely are not chest dominant

Dragon, I would be interested in your warm up. I often find that if I don't warm up well enough, while doing my second chest exercise (Or any muscle group) I would always feel much stronger than during the earlier exercise. I'm not sure what you do specifically but maybe try to warm up a little longer or at a slightly higher intensity.
 
CrazyCanuck said:
Incline and either supine OR dips.... and either skull crushers or bench dips, which surely are not chest dominant
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Not dominant, but they still pull in the pecs as a synergist, so the chest doesn't get a break.
 
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