Incline Dumbbell Press
Incline DB Press, Incline Press
Chest
Horizontal Push
Compound
Intermediate
Set it up
Set the bench to about 30 degrees, one or two notches up from flat.
Sit down with a dumbbell resting on each thigh, handles parallel.
Kick the weights up one at a time as you lie back.
Set your shoulder blades down and back before the first rep.
What I say while you lift
Press up and slightly together so the dumbbells finish over your collarbones.
Lower until you feel the stretch across your upper chest, then stop.
Keep your wrists stacked over your elbows.
Own the last inch — nothing crashes into the bottom.
What goes wrong
Setting the bench too steep, which turns it into a shoulder press.
Clanging the dumbbells together at the top and losing tension.
Dropping the elbows behind the body and loading the shoulder capsule.
3011
default tempo
Breathe in as you lower, out as you press.
breathing
Before you load it
Bring the dumbbells back to your thighs one at a time and sit up with them rather than dropping them behind you.
Reduce the incline if the front of the shoulder complains; a flat press keeps the load off that position.