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How to Do Incline Chest Presses

Learn how to do incline chest presses in this free workout video.

Video Transcript

O'kay so I've just showed you some back exercises and now I am going to cover some exercises for your chest. The first is incline chest press so first what you're going to want to do is grab some dumbbells and again start light. Always keep the weight close to you and lean back, lay back on the seat keeping flat against the pad against the seat, bring them right up overhead slow and controlled. Notice I am not knocking out my elbows at the top. Pretty much as a rule of thumb you don't want to lock out your joints. You don't want to lock out your knees and you don't want to lock out your elbows. You just straighten them out but just keep all the tension in your chest. Keep the weight right over the muscle that you are working which is your chest. Incline dumbbell chest press. When you are done just bring them down and set them down on your legs. Again you want to have someone with you. You don't want to get in a position where you are stuck or you've hurt yourself you just need to always be cautious.

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How to Do Incline Chest Presses

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