A new angle

Scott Birdby Scott Bird | December 19, 2004
Filed in DE BENCH , videos , workouts

Row row row...Today I decided to test out the various angles my bench allows (by default - there are many more if I slip something under the feet) with some incline bench pressing. The gradual shift towards shoulder emphasis as the bench is inclined is all the more noticeable when sets are performed at each setting.

In addition to flat and decline settings, the bench (certainly not what I’d buy now, but it’s a worthy workhorse) has adjustable settings at low, medium and steep inclination. These correspond approximately to 15, 30 and 45 degrees respectively.

All incline bench sessions prior to this one have exclusively made use of the steepest setting, however I think a little more experimentation with the other angles is in order.

Following a bit of tricep work I returned to the strange angle of the incline bench press - this time standing, for some bent rows. Together with the Upright rows (video - 4MB, 2min53sec, .wmv) which rounded things off, these are set for a lot more action in future workouts.

DE BENCH
Incline bench press (explosive - using varying heights) 2×10@20kg, 6×3@30kg, 4×3@40kg
Close-grip incline bench press 6,4,4,2@40kg (set up too close on 2nd set)
Dip 10,10,8@bw
Bent row 10@40kg, 2×6@60kg, 2@80kg
Upright row 10,6@40kg


Total time : 44 mins

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