Bench

knightlll SG

What do we say about a gym with only flat bench and no adjustable bench for pressing ?

galapogos SG

A lousy gym.

knightlll SG

Agreed. Will the absence of an adjustable bench affect the planning of a training ? Like not being able to perform some exercises ?

I personally think that horizontal bench press is not as benenficial as incline bench press. Am i right ?

eagle SG

It depends on how you are training. Basically, the chest is divided into 3 parts, upper, middle and lower. Any degree on the incline will be able to target all 3 parts; it only matters which part does more work.

OPT SG

Chest is two parts, pec major, pec minor.

No incline bench - use your imagination instead of complaining about it - I have trained with less before.

knightlll SG

I think one way would be to place 1 or 2 big plates under one end of the bench , so that the bench is now an ' inclined' one. To increase the angle , simply place another big plate under the bench , how about this ?

galapogos SG

1 plate is ok, 2-3 maybe if they're rubberized. However, this won't get you past 5-10deg incline. Any more plates you put there is gonna be dangerous. Just imagine if they slide off while you're in the middle of your bench...and if they're solid metal ones, it isn't hard to imagine them sliding off.

Besides, where will you sit your butt on this bench? There's no seat!

knightlll SG

Agreed. Will the absence of an adjustable bench affect the planning of a training ? Like not able to perform some important exercises ?

galapogos SG

If you can’t switch gyms, just have to make do with what you have. Be creative.

knightlll SG

Thanks to all anyway. Very Happy