Incline Chest Press (Machine)
Trains the chest, with help from the triceps and shoulders. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Incline Chest Press (Machine)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a chest exercise that is, there are 14 on the Chest page.
Muscles worked
What Incline Chest Press (Machine) trains
Technique
How to do the Incline Chest Press (Machine)
- Sit on the incline chest press machine with your feet flat on the floor. Grasp the handles with both hands, elbows facing the floor, palms facing forward.
- Press the handles upward by extending your arms, keeping your elbows slightly bent at the end of the movement.
- Squeeze your chest muscles at the top of the movement and slowly return the handles to the starting position with control, bringing them back to chest level.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your back pressed against the backrest throughout the exercise.
- Focus on engaging your chest muscles throughout the movement.
- Exhale as you press the handles forward and downward, and inhale as you return them to the starting position.
Substitutes
Swap Incline Chest Press (Machine) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Incline Chest Press (Machine) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.