Bench

• knightlll

  15 Dec 07, 19:14

  What do we say about a gym with only flat bench and no adjustable bench for pressing ?
• galapogos

  15 Dec 07, 21:48

  A lousy gym.
• knightlll

  16 Dec 07, 13:41

  Agreed. Will the absence of an adjustable bench affect the planning of a training ? Like not being able to perform some exercises ?
  
  I personally think that horizontal bench press is not as benenficial as incline bench press. Am i right ?
• eagle

  16 Dec 07, 18:40

  Originally posted by knightlll:

  Agreed. Will the absence of an adjustable bench affect the planning of a training ? Like not being able to perform some exercises ?
  
  I personally think that horizontal bench press is not as benenficial as incline bench press. Am i right ?

  It depends on how you are training. Basically, the chest is divided into 3 parts, upper, middle and lower. Any degree on the incline will be able to target all 3 parts; it only matters which part does more work.
• OPT

  16 Dec 07, 18:44

  Chest is two parts, pec major, pec minor.
  
  No incline bench - use your imagination instead of complaining about it - I have trained with less before.
• knightlll

  16 Dec 07, 21:38

  Originally posted by OPT:

  Chest is two parts, pec major, pec minor.
  
  No incline bench - use your imagination instead of complaining about it - I have trained with less before.

  I think one way would be to place 1 or 2 big plates under one end of the bench , so that the bench is now an ' inclined' one. To increase the angle , simply place another big plate under the bench , how about this ?
• galapogos

  17 Dec 07, 00:12

  1 plate is ok, 2-3 maybe if they're rubberized. However, this won't get you past 5-10deg incline. Any more plates you put there is gonna be dangerous. Just imagine if they slide off while you're in the middle of your bench...and if they're solid metal ones, it isn't hard to imagine them sliding off.
  
  Besides, where will you sit your butt on this bench? There's no seat!
• knightlll

  17 Dec 07, 21:14

  Originally posted by galapogos:

  1 plate is ok, 2-3 maybe if they're rubberized. However, this won't get you past 5-10deg incline. Any more plates you put there is gonna be dangerous. Just imagine if they slide off while you're in the middle of your bench...and if they're solid metal ones, it isn't hard to imagine them sliding off.
  
  Besides, where will you sit your butt on this bench? There's no seat!

  Agreed. Will the absence of an adjustable bench affect the planning of a training ? Like not able to perform some important exercises ?
• galapogos

  17 Dec 07, 23:07

  If you can't switch gyms, just have to make do with what you have. Be creative.
• knightlll

  18 Dec 07, 21:35

  Thanks to all anyway.