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Old 12-19-2006, 06:48 AM
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by working out different areas you can establish more nerve end plates firing off making the work out more efficient.
Could you explain "more nerve end plates firing off"? If you're talking about neural efficiency, then you're getting into the low rep ranges (1-3) and away from the exercises/angles involved. If anything, rotating different angles will keep the CNS fresh (ex. conjugate system). However, I don't think all the angles have a huge role to play in regards to muscle mass though. Going back to Bill Starr's 5x5, which has flat bench twice a week, my entire chest (including upper pecs) grew very nicely without any other angle. This is because the flat bench can stimulate the entire chest. I know some believe flat only stimulates the "middle to middle outer" , and you'll need declines, inclines, flyes, ect, but they're wrong. I'll blame that one on the Arnold S. Encyclopedia!.. That fucking book gets into concentration curls for biceps peak (which is genetic), shaping your chest with cable crossovers (also is genetic), and the list goes on and on..

Efficient to me is the same thing as optimal. Hence is the reason for hitting your muscles 2-3 times a week in order to be efficient [ie cutting out unnecessary exercises, ect associated with once a week splits]. If joe the bodybuilder is absolutely obsessed with the multiple angles (even though the muscle works as a whole), then the most efficient thing he could do would be to devote a different angle each time he hits his muscle.

Example using chest:

Monday (upper 1): Flat Barbell followed by incline dumbbell

Thursday (upper 2): Incline barbell followed by decline dumbbell

Or three full body's to stay efficient:

Monday: Flat whatever

Wednesday: Inline whatever

Friday: Decline whatever

Now, speaking of chest, its primary mover is to pull the arm down and into the body. So in terms of chest activation, according to the EMG readouts, doing decline db presses yield the MOST chest activation. Inclines take some of the load off the pectoralis and transfers it to the anterior delts to a greater degree (more/less depending on degree of incline). So I agree that a few different angles should be deployed, but I disagree that they make the workout more "efficient".

And a definate 'no' to doing it all in a single day, once a week. The main reason being that people will get carried away with this shit in a single day.. Doing something stupid such as putting the incline bench on the lowest setting, doing 2-3 sets, then clicking the next level up, doing a few sets, and working the degrees up until they're almost 90 degrees thinking they need to hit that tiny portion just below the clavicle. LOL!! Trust me, I've seen it a lot.
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Last edited by Darkhorse; 12-19-2006 at 08:06 AM.
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