Flat bench vs. incline

[Jusemol]

I had a question about the differences and advantages of doing flat bench press vs. incline. I know it do that my gym who is a cop and he only does incline. I asked him why and he said because they are better they hit the shoulders much more directly
is this true and would it be pointless to do flat bench press going forward

 

[SteveSmi]

inclines hit the shoulders more due to the angle, militaries even more

i do not recommend either lift knowing now what i do. your shoulders simply do not need to be slammed this much. just about every upper body lift hits the shoulders already so we over train them as it is

your buddy will end up with a torn shoulder if he doesn't already have it

 

[going2cycle]

I had a question about the differences and advantages of doing flat bench press vs. incline. I know it do that my gym who is a cop and he only does incline. I asked him why and he said because they are better they hit the shoulders much more directly
is this true and would it be pointless to do flat bench press going forward

I do both flat and incline and decline bench
wanna hit all parts of my chest right

 

[CEO]

bros i use both benches for chest

 

[ROIDDERS]

do flat and incline both daily

 

[QuadSweep]

flat incline and decline all target chest and shoulders

 

[Ulter]

do all bench presses at once

 

[e2]

i do only incline bench

 

[2Thick]

flat and inclide pretty much the same imo

 

[StevenDarwinMD]

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[Mobster]

I had a question about the differences and advantages of doing flat bench press vs. incline. I know it do that my gym who is a cop and he only does incline. I asked him why and he said because they are better they hit the shoulders much more directly
is this true and would it be pointless to do flat bench press going forward

Mid chest (flat) vs upper chest (inc)

 

[JasonPriest]

try declines and balance things out

 

[BodyMonster34]

bro in military we do lot of incline real men

 

[ballin2504]

To me if your chest is lacking incline will definitely help

 

[RoySimpson]

Its important to mix it up!

 

[Mike_wh00]

Flat is garbage and most pros don't. Incline builds the chest alotmore

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

Just different angles to work different parts of the chest.