Incline vs Decline

[Killa_ken]

Press ups, which one works the most chest area?

 

[@if ®afiq]

They both target different parts of the pecs. Incline will give you greater volume on the top part (harder to achieve) and decline will give mass to the lower part. To have a good chest you should do both.

 

[Reeve]

They both target different parts of the pecs. Incline will give you greater volume on the top part (harder to achieve) and decline will give mass to the lower part. To have a good chest you should do both.

in terms of pressups isnt it reversed?? im assuming when a person does a decline pressup their feet are in a higher postion than their body/head when they are 'relaxed' if thats the right word

so decline would work upper pecs more and incline would do the opposite.

also because of the angle of the body im assuming decline would be harder overall as more of the persons body weight would be focussed down their arms as opposed to being focussed through their feet??

didnt we have an article posted recently about how much stress each type of bench press put through the muscles, although pressups and becnpresses arent exactly the same its still the same type of movement. if i remember correctly flat was better for lower pecs than decline and incline was better for upper pecs(sorry i dont know the names ).

anyway like @if ®afiq was saying it would be better to do both(or just flat and decline if my information is anything to go by which it probably isnt)
alternatively you could just alternate between all 3

dunno why i wrote all that drivel but i may aswell post it now

 

[@if ®afiq]

in terms of pressups isnt it reversed?? im assuming when a person does a decline pressup their feet are in a higher postion than their body/head when they are 'relaxed' if thats the right word

I didn't think of that - good point.

 

[Morba]

in terms of pressups it doesnt really matter, unless you are adding some weight on your back.
pressups (as standard) are not mass builders.