Craig Smith a while back sent me an excellent calculator for bench press max assessment. 

I am now asking if there is anyone out there that could tell me what to assume a maximum incline bench would be if someone did 3 reps with 250# straight bar incline.  The same question for a 3 reps with 315#.

Thanks!

I would assume that the results provided by your bench press calculator would be virtually the same for your incline bench press.  BTW, I have never heard of a calculation specifically for incline bench.  The most I have heard of are distinct calculators for bench press, squat, and power clean, all of which are obviously relatively distinct movements.  The benchpress and incline bench are obviously very similar movements and should have extremely similar repetition differentials.

Sleeping Dragon wrote: Craig Smith a while back sent me an excellent calculator for bench press max assessment.  I am now asking if there is anyone out there that could tell me what to assume a maximum incline bench would be if someone did 3 reps with 250# straight bar incline.  The same question for a 3 reps with 315#. Thanks!

I train at home, and because I do not have a spotter cant max out very often. So when you figure out yours let me know how to calc mine, my last set of six straight bench is 275 x 6times 

I haven’t maxed out bench in well over a year and rarely do single rep sets on the bench for that reason.

great site punch in weight lifted...reps lifted..press calcuate..pretty accurate   

Weight Lifting, Weight Training, The Pumping Station 1 Rep Max

www.thepumpingstation.com/1repmax.html

Dan, thanks!!!  That is very close to the same thing that Craig sent but it is more liberal in the number of reps and the amount of weight you can punch in.  I will say that the formulas in the calculator that Craig gave me were very accurate to my personal reality for flat bench.  This site you have provided follows the same accuracy. 

I was able to do 315x3 on the incline.  I will try for the max rep within the next couple of weeks and see if I can keep from breaking my sternum.  (I'll have a spotter) Peter, I will put the similarities to the test and I thank you for that input!

Wayne Hill wrote: S McCracken wrote: I train at home, and because I do not have a spotter cant max out very often. Power rack. -Wayne

I know but that cost money, and I am poor. Been thinking of building one I know my gains would go way up being able to fail with big weight.

dWood wrote: great site punch in weight lifted...reps lifted..press calcuate..pretty accurate    Weight Lifting, Weight Training, The Pumping Station 1 Rep Max www.thepumpingstation.com/1repmax.html

Thats amazing I put in my last set of six and it broke down my sets almost to the pound.

What's an "incline bench"?

i don't want to hijack the thread, but since we/you are the topic, I've been meaning to ask if anyone, particularly those who lift alone, does a substitute for incline?

Its my only chest exercise since I think I read on here that it is better for the throwing than flat bench, but without being real strong in the lift (temporary), doing it by myself is a dangerous ordeal (as i found out last night). 

Wayne Hill wrote: S McCracken wrote: Wayne Hill wrote: Power rack. I know but that cost money, and I am poor. Been thinking of building one I know my gains would go way up being able to fail with big weight. If you're serious about that, I recommend you grossly over-build it for safety (e.g., pass the design by someone like me first). A cheap alternative:  use adjustable saw horses, rated for 1000# or more, as safeties in benching and/or squatting.  I've known quite a few people who used them very successfully. -Wayne

I have steal and a welder, If I take a few day off from traininig to build it and then I feel guilty for not hitting weights. 

northsider wrote: i don't want to hijack the thread, but since we/you are the topic, I've been meaning to ask if anyone, particularly those who lift alone, does a substitute for incline? Its my only chest exercise since I think I read on here that it is better for the throwing than flat bench, but without being real strong in the lift (temporary), doing it by myself is a dangerous ordeal (as i found out last night).

I do dumbells for incline for that reason. However DBL can get exp$$$ I have more money rapped up in pairs of 5's - 100's and a rack than my mortgage cost. But when I cant push anymore I just put them down. Plus it takes a bit more muscle to move dbl than a bar.

Push Press is best for the stone.

Do not do this at home, but I can't tell you how many times in my early training years ( when i still benched ) that I had to roll the bar down my chest and stomach and do a sit up in order to bail after a failed rep training alone. I know it's stupid, and I do not recommend. I don't think you could bail on a incline, you need a spotter for sure.

BTW I never had a big bench, I'm talking about rolling less than 315 down.

Been there and done that, also turned one end down and let the weight slide off even more dangerous. young and dumb years ago.

We learn were not indestructible as we get older.

nesa wrote: What's an "incline bench"?

+1

yeah thats pretty much what happened last night. got tired, tried for one more on the incline, missed the peg, and sent the bar down on my chest, but since my bench is inside my cage, i couldn't get the bar down to the safety bars and couldn't bail the weights because of collars and the cage. had to wait with the damn weight on my chest and stomach for 5 minutes before my girlfriend helped me get my hands to one side.  fun adventure! 

so do people do push presses rather than bench or incline bench, or are they just different lifts and I should do them both because they work different parts? 

boy, this is not at all on the primary topic... sorry John 

There is definitely a danger to inclines without a spotter (straight bar).  I don't try that personally.  Dumbell inclines doesn't matter so much.  A cage with enough side adjustments and rods (not racking pins) would take out, only in my opinion, most of the risk with the straight bar.  But Steve's point about $$$ is valid here as well.

If you do have to lift alone as I have many times I don't recommend using collars at all.  I have rolled and rocked weights many times, not proud of this just bullheaded, and collars would have been a death sentence.

My weights are in my barn and the bars maintain just enough rust to keep the plates from sliding too quickly but not inhibiting in times of trouble.  Mostly I lift at work now at lunch time.  I have stacked shipping skids (at the plates) to a height on bench, that is just lower than my chest in the inhaled state.  It's a little clumsy and not 100% safe.

Nobody ever accused me of being right in the head.

Sleeping Dragon wrote:   But Steve's point about $$$ is valid here as well

The $$$ is a big problem I buy dbl's as I need them. When Im strong enough to move to the next weight I buy them.

Magnetic plate - mates help make some ajustments too. They come in 2 1/2 and 5's and they are less exspensive ( one time purchase)alternative than running out and buying the next size up dbl. Great addition to a gym any were 2 1/2 is just enough somtimes.