Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / chest
Plate-loaded incline press
Incline bench, barbell at upper chest, press to lockout without flaring elbows.
Muscles
- Primary
- upper chest
- Supporting
- triceps, front delts
Mechanics
- Pattern
- incline press
- Equipment
- barbell
- Geometry
- 90° Alignment
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Upper chest and anterior delt pressing together; arms lock clean at top.
- Progression
- Add load only after the bar path is consistent and controlled.
- Regression
- Incline dumbbell press — independent arms expose and fix asymmetry.
Watch for
- Elbows flaring to 90° (shoulder stress)
- Bar path drifting too far toward neck
- Bouncing bar off the chest
Substitutions
- Incline barbell press
- Incline dumbbell press
- Seated DB overhead press