whats decent weight on incline dumbell presses?

[SLick]

what would you guys consider respectable weight with this excercise...lets say at a 35-40 degree angle??? Just curious cause i never trained them heavy before...

[rob3412]

Originally Posted by SLick

what would you guys consider respectable weight with this excercise...lets say at a 35-40 degree angle??? Just curious cause i never trained them heavy before...

if done correctly, 110,120 pretty decent,

[PDP]

That all depends bro, if you weigh 400lbs 100's ain't shit. But if you are a buck 50 then that's a fair amount. I'd say if you can do your body weight for at least ten perfect reps then you are doing okay.

[SLick]

ive been training 12 years so I know what im doing pretty much...but to be honest, I havent trained heavy in years cause ive always gotten nice results going moderate to light with high reps....also, never really did dumbell incline presses cause it was hard for me to really naill my upper chest like with the smith machine or even incline press....but now since im dieting, for some reason my chest is lagging more than ever and alot of people reccomend that i give this excercise a try and go heavy...now, i set the bench to the second notch up....the first is a very slight incline...maybe 20 degrees...the second is between maybe 35-40...i bring the weight down along side of my upper chest..no boune...and try and bring up above eyes....shoulder pinched and rolled back against bench...now, how do u keep ur wrists???do u have the bar resting so that you have it against the bone instead of wrists back??? and how should the elbows be???? ive heard so many different answers...

[juicecravin]

Originally Posted by PDP

That all depends bro, if you weigh 400lbs 100's ain't shit. But if you are a buck 50 then that's a fair amount. I'd say if you can do your body weight for at least ten perfect reps then you are doing okay.

i hope you arent saying your bodyweight for each arm...seeing that you said "100's aint shit" that is what it seems like you mean to me. im 5'7" 230 and i think that if you are pushing 100s for each hand you're doing fine at my size, 120s are good - and this is with me flat benching 415 so im far from weak.

[SLick]

i do about 110s for strict 8....havent done them in a long time before today...but it was confusing cause i only do 225lbs on the incline press for 8....and 110s for 8 is stronger than the bullshit 225 for 8....i was i was surprised it went that easy for me...im 5ft11 and 210lbs now...and dieting.....

Originally Posted by juicecravin

i hope you arent saying your bodyweight for each arm...seeing that you said "100's aint shit" that is what it seems like you mean to me. im 5'7" 230 and i think that if you are pushing 100s for each hand you're doing fine at my size, 120s are good - and this is with me flat benching 415 so im far from weak.

[SLick]

I probably shouldnt be even worrying about it...

[PDP]

Originally Posted by juicecravin

i hope you arent saying your bodyweight for each arm...seeing that you said "100's aint shit" that is what it seems like you mean to me. im 5'7" 230 and i think that if you are pushing 100s for each hand you're doing fine at my size, 120s are good - and this is with me flat benching 415 so im far from weak.

Exactlty, 115 for you is good (230/2) You probably have shorter arms so that will help your lift too....

There are too many factors but a good indictor is bodyweight...

[Diablo570]

Originally Posted by Bigkarch

What is heavy is realitive to you AGAIN. To me 315 on incline is easy. To you it may not be. Does that make you weak. No. Dont depend on what others are doing. Do your best and increase. Actually pounds dont mean shit, unless you are an experinced power lifter.

Just out of curiosity BK, how many reps are you hitt'n @315, inclined?
It better be a lot you 300 pounder, cause Im at 5-6reps and I weigh 205lbs (5'7"). :-)

[AnabolicAnimal]

"the weight is only a means to an end, it is but a tool used" maybe it's the cyp talking but this thread is making me want to do chest today....