04-21-21 02:52 PM - Post#909786    

Hi all,

I am the guy, who wrote back in January about training with a stoma. This Sunday I am three month post operation and can slowly start lifting weights again.

I am going to do some sort of bench press in a rack as my press exercise to avoid cleaning the weight for standing presses. Further, push-up is out of the picture for the time being.

Dan and others had mention using incline bench presses instead for flat bench presses for safety. Since I will train alone without a safety rack and the bench press is the only exercise that kills people I think that is a good idea.

But how steep would people say it need to be? Is a low incline sufficient or would you do more of an upright press?

I am going to start out just with the bar (20 kg), but I might as well chose a safe angle from the start.

Regards,
Rasmus Just

04-21-21 06:10 PM - Post#909798    

Mine was stuck at, I think, 45 degrees. I would avoid anything more vertical than that...but, you know, YMMV

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04-24-21 07:11 AM - Post#909858    

I recall both Larry Scott and Lee Haney both favoured a low angle for their incline presses, when training chest. They thought about 25 degrees, I think.

I rarely go above 45, it gets my front delt too much.

Good luck!

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04-24-21 10:37 AM - Post#909859    

Are you worried about shoulder/rotator health or dropping the bar on your neck or ribs?

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04-25-21 10:53 AM - Post#909868    

At the Manhattan IOL Bash Dr. Ken, Dave and Mike Katz all spoke of using a 30 degree angle for bench work. Dumbbells instead of barbells and avoid flat benching entirely.(Barbell or dumbbell.)

From a personal standpoint, I liked a 60 degree bench but it was a full length bench and you stood up because the bench was 6 foot in length. (And I only used dumbbells.)

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04-26-21 07:50 AM - Post#909882    

I like a very low incline. I used to have a flat bench at home. For incline presses, I put two pieces of two by fours under the top end, so that it was about 4" higher than the low end. For me, that was perfect.

Sometimes I've tried higher inclines, but somehow it feels very awkward.

Just try different angles until you find the one that feels best for you.

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04-26-21 01:19 PM - Post#909893    

I did some research on this before building myself an incline bench out of wood.

30 degrees came up a lot so that’s what I made my bench. Don’t even have a flat bench anymore. If I bench, it’s incline only. 30 certainly feels the best on my shoulders and still allows some good weight to be used. Although I just don’t bench often anymore.