Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / push
Incline dumbbell press
Bench at a low incline, dumbbells stacked over elbows, feet planted.
Muscles
- Primary
- upper chest
- Supporting
- triceps, front delts
Mechanics
- Pattern
- incline press
- Equipment
- dumbbell, bench
- Geometry
- 90° Alignment
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Upper chest stretches at the bottom and drives the bells up together.
- Progression
- Add reps first, then move to the next dumbbell pair.
- Regression
- Lower the incline or use a machine press to stabilize the path.
Watch for
- Bench set too upright
- Bells crashing inward at lockout
Substitutions
- Low-incline barbell press
- Incline machine press
- Feet-elevated push-up