Incline Bench Barbell Press

Such an inclined position of the bench not only focuses on the upper chest of your body but also on your shoulders front side.
Incline bench barbell press. I have always used incline presses as an auxiliary lift to my bench press program. The incline barbell bench press isn t much different from the traditional one. The pectoral major chest is a fan shaped muscle that extends from the sternum and attaches to the humerus bone of the upper arm.
Range of motion will be compromised if grip is too wide. 2 dumbbells or barbell incline bench angled between 45 and 60 degrees. Retract and squeeze your scapulae together when laying on the bench.
Approach an incline bench press rack that has a barbell set at a comfortable rack height. Lower weight to upper chest. The incline should be set at 30 45 degrees.
Maintain this retracted position throughout the entire lift. Many of you are probably leaving a lot of gains behind when it comes to the incline barbell bench press because of a few simple form mishaps. Also see bench press analysis.
Press bar until arms are extended. Incline bench press. Dismount barbell from rack over upper chest using wide oblique overhand grip.
How to do the incline barbell bench press with proper technique. Lie supine on incline bench. The bench press is an upper body weight training exercise in which the trainee presses a weight upwards while lying on a weight training bench the exercise uses the pectoralis major the anterior deltoids and the triceps among other stabilizing muscles a barbell is generally used to hold the weight but a pair of dumbbells can also be used.