Incline chest vs shoulder press
In a recent newsletter, you mention both shoulder and chest incline dumbbell press. I’m not clear about what the difference might be in those two moves.
The steeper the incline, the greater the load on the shoulder regions. Conversely, the lower the incline the more the pecs are engaged.
As a young lifter, I quickly discovered barbell inclines were murder on my shoulder cage, and dumbbells were just right — powerful muscle engagement in cleaning the weights into position and more control in directing action toward power-groove and away from injury.
The bench press is a universally favorite exercise and hard to resist, but is famous for developing severe and lifelong shoulder problems. Works okay — injury to musclebuilding ratio — if it is executed as a thoughtful exercise and not a blood-spurting-from-the-eyes power movement. Trouble ahead, safety and longevity first.
Blast to last… Bomber
- Dave Draper Posted on October 28th, 2009 in Shoulder Issues, Weight Training by Dave Draper