cnegotiator
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(robefc @ Jul. 28 2006,13:39)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">cnegotiater - I use the smith machine for incline but you can just as easily use a standard benching bench for flat. Racking the weight each time might seem annoying but actually its fine, as long as you have the height of the supports set just below full arm extension.
I personally would only do 1 set of either flat or incline per workout max-stim style (that's 1/4th of your chest workload!).</div>
I tried regular benching and the way my rotator cuffs and stablizers are the long barbell is very difficult for me to balance and evenly push up. The smith machine stablizes for you so that takes the stress of them which i can do. Dumbbells i can also do because they dont require me to balance a long bar just two small spots which i can push up at an uneven rate if i have to and be ok. I could get this fixed with surgery, but since im done playing baseball it wouldnt be worth it for me to get done just for lifting if i can avoid it.
Also i am doing 2 sets of each because im in a cutting cycle
sucks right? haha
(robefc @ Jul. 28 2006,13:39)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">cnegotiater - I use the smith machine for incline but you can just as easily use a standard benching bench for flat. Racking the weight each time might seem annoying but actually its fine, as long as you have the height of the supports set just below full arm extension.
I personally would only do 1 set of either flat or incline per workout max-stim style (that's 1/4th of your chest workload!).</div>
I tried regular benching and the way my rotator cuffs and stablizers are the long barbell is very difficult for me to balance and evenly push up. The smith machine stablizes for you so that takes the stress of them which i can do. Dumbbells i can also do because they dont require me to balance a long bar just two small spots which i can push up at an uneven rate if i have to and be ok. I could get this fixed with surgery, but since im done playing baseball it wouldnt be worth it for me to get done just for lifting if i can avoid it.
Also i am doing 2 sets of each because im in a cutting cycle