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Illustration of the Incline Dumbbell Press: Stretch at the bottom, stop short of touching the bells at the top.
compound · Horizontal Push

Incline Dumbbell Press

Incline Dumbbell Press is a compound horizontal push movement for chest, using Dumbbells and Adjustable Bench. It also works front delts and triceps. 4 sets of 8-12, 2 min rest.

Primary muscle
Chest
Equipment
Dumbbells and Adjustable Bench
Difficulty
Intermediate
Sets and reps
4 × 8-12
Rest
120s
Force
push

How to do it

  1. 1
    Set up

    Bench at 30 degrees - any steeper and it becomes a shoulder press.

  2. 2
    The cue that matters

    Stretch at the bottom, stop short of touching the bells at the top.

  3. 3
    Work it

    4 sets of 8-12, resting about 2 minutes between them.

Muscles worked

Chest does most of the work. Front delts and triceps take the rest.

Chest exercisesfront deltstriceps