The myth of the incline bench
The upper chest, or clavicular chest (head of the pec major) is one of the most sought after muscles to hypertrophy. Many people believe that the incline bench, due to the angle of the load, will place more stress on this body part.
However, according to the Barnett EMG study, this is not the case.
The incline press does not result in greater activation of the clavicular head of the pectoralis major than does the horizontal press.
The study is filled with tons of information and a must read. Thoughts?
EDIT: Looks like I was breaking copyright laws with my link. Here is a link to the journal study.
Posted Dec 1, 2011, 11:20 PM UTC · edited
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