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Thread: Is incline bench safer for the shoulders?

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    Default Is incline bench safer for the shoulders?

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    In the third edition of the book on page there's a sentence regarding the incline bench press:

    The elbows’ position directly under the bar will place the point of contact on the chest, at a place that is even with the shoulder joints. The humeral angle –
    which does not approach 90 degrees of abduction – does not produce any shoulder impingement, as the bench press does.

    Does this mean that the shoulder has a lower chance of being impinged on the incline bench?

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    Maybe, depending on the individual's shoulders. They always hurt mine.

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