Incline Barbell Bench Press
Compound exercise · horizontal push
How to do it
- Lie firmly on the incline bench, pull your shoulder blades back, and grip the bar slightly wider than shoulder width.
- Lower the bar under control toward your upper chest.
- Press it back up until your arms are almost straight and the bar is steady over your upper chest.
Muscles involved
- chest
- 100
- triceps
- 50
- shoulders
- 30
- glutes
- 10
- quadriceps
- 10
- calves
- 5
- serratus
- 5
- obliques
- 5
- forearms
- 5
- hip flexors
- 5
At a glance
- Type
- Compound exercise
- Movement pattern
- horizontal push
- Equipment
- incline bench, barbell
- Variations
- both arms
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