A compound press on an incline bench using a barbell to target the upper chest, front deltoids, and triceps. The incline shifts the load onto the clavicular head of the pecs, the part of the chest that lags on most lifters and defines the upper-chest shelf. It sits naturally alongside the flat bench as the […]
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The incline dumbbell press is a compound upper body press performed on a bench set to roughly 30 to 45 degrees. Angling the torso shifts a greater share of the work onto the clavicular head of the pectorals, the portion of the chest most people find hardest to develop. Dumbbells let each arm travel its […]
A chest isolation exercise on an incline bench using a fly motion to target the upper pectorals. It combines the incline’s upper-chest bias with the fly’s deep loaded stretch, making it the most direct isolation work the upper chest gets. Placed after incline pressing, it finishes the job with light weight and full range.
A chest isolation exercise using low cable pulleys to target the upper chest through an upward fly motion. Sweeping from low to high matches the upward angle of the upper chest fibers, hitting them from a direction no press can. The cables keep the squeeze loaded at the top, which makes the finishing contraction the […]




