When you perform a bench press you are activating a full range of muscles.
Difference between incline decline and flat bench.
And the common belief is that the incline bench press focus on your upper pecs the decline focuses on lower pecs and that the flat bench does a bit of each.
Because the incline chest press puts more stress on your upper pec it develops this muscle group more while the flat bench tends to build mass over the entire pec.
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While the incline bench helps to give your pecs a flatter and less round look some say that the decline helps to build size especially since the lower pec muscles jut out more adding more mass to those areas will help your chest look larger and even increase strength.
Obviously your chest muscles are being engaged primarily.
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The decline bench press differs from the traditional bench press in that the bench has been lowered or declined to a lower angle typically between 15 and 30 degrees.
As it turns out this isn t really true.
For the incline press the upper pecs will receive the greatest stimulus.
They looked at how emg ratings differed from a flat competition wide grip bench to a bench press with narrow and medium grip along with a 25 degree incline and decline.