Pause Incline Bench Press (Barbell)
Trains the upper chest, with help from the triceps and front delts. You need a barbell. 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.
Technique
How to do the Pause Incline Bench Press (Barbell)
- Lie on an incline bench with your feet flat on the floor and your back pressed firmly against the bench. Grasp the barbell with an overhand grip, hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Unrack the barbell and hold it directly above your chest with your arms fully extended. Engage your core and keep your shoulders retracted.
- Slowly and with control, lower the barbell to your upper chest, pausing for 1-3 seconds when it lightly touches your chest.
- Press the barbell back to the starting position, fully extending your arms. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Exhale as you press the barbell up and inhale as you lower it down.
- Avoid locking your elbows at the top of the movement to reduce strain on your joints.
- Focus on engaging your chest, shoulders, and triceps throughout the movement.
Muscles worked
What Pause Incline Bench Press (Barbell) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Pause Incline Bench Press (Barbell)
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 upper chest exercise that is, there are 24 on the Upper Chest page.
Substitutes
Swap Pause Incline Bench Press (Barbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Pause Incline Bench Press (Barbell) 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.