Overview

The incline barbell bench press is a compound exercise that works the chest, shoulders, and triceps. The incline shifts the work to the upper pectoralis major. Set the incline to a 20 to 35-degree incline from horizontal.

Description

• Lay supine on the incline bench.
• Take a medium, shoulder width, grip on the bar.
• Remove the bar from the rack.
• Bend your elbows and lower the bar to the upper chest.
• Press the bar until the arms are extended.
• Repeat.

Mistakes

• Bouncing the bar off the upper chest.
• Lifitng the feet off the floor when raising the bar.