Pec Exercise: Incline Dumbbell Press

The incline dumbbell bench press is a great exercise if you are looking to build muscle in your upper chest region. It targets this area and may help actually bulk up and give you a great big chest.

The divergence amidst this exercise and the usual bench press is that you are going to be using dumbbells for this one and likewise you will not be lying flat on a bench press, you will need to use an incline bench. Here is how you do this exercise:

1: Set the bench at an angle of around 30 degrees. Sit on the bench at this angle.

2: You will have to now be lying backward on the bench. Hold out the dumbbells so they are going vertically from the ground, not from your position.

3: Now lower the dumbbells until the handles are level with your chest. Then tardily raise them back up again. This is one rep.

4: Now you need to repeat for the desired number of reps. Ideally you would like to be doing around 2 or 3 sets of amongst 8 and 12 reps for a finish workout. If you cannot do this amount of sets and reps then consider letting down the weight of the dumbbells. If you find doing this number of reps and sets is too easy then consider increasing the weight of the dumbbells.

Quick tip for this exercise: Go slow and make each rep seamless. Do not stop at the top or bottom of each rep just make the motion smooth, do not lock into any position once you have started.

Pec Exercise Incline Dumbbell Press

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