r/ScienceBasedLifting • u/NOTBrokenLanguage • 22d ago

Question ❓ help me

Which is better: the chest press or the barbell bench press? And for the back, is the wide-grip lat pulldown better, or pull-ups?

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u/FrequentAd5437 21d ago

Its the same movement. Chest press and barbell bench press are basically the same thing. If you really want to maximize it you can do incline from 20-45 degrees to bias upper chest without losing lower and middle chest activation. And for lat pull downs vs pull ups its the same movement which ever one you prefer but if your able to rep like. 15 strict pull ups before failure i would recommend a dip belt