Incline Machine Chest Press Variations
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How To: Incline Machine Chest Press Variations Exercise Demonstration Video and Guide
The Incline Machine Chest Press is an alternative to free weights that also targets your upper chest.
I like to use the incline chest press machine as an activation exercise to warm up my chest muscles before I target them with compound exercises using free weights.
To get started:
- Ensure the seat is adjusted so you can firmly plant your feet into the ground, with your knees at a 90 degree angle.
- Sit down with your back flat against the pad.
- If I’m doing this as an activation exercise, I like to do single arm incline machine chest presses while keeping the opposite arm extended in an isometric hold to really get the blood flowing to both sides independently.
- To do this, grab the handles with both hands, contract your chest, then press the handles away from your body by extending your arms and flexing your chest.
- While keeping one arm extended, bend the elbow of the opposite arm and complete the reps with a single arm first.
- Once you complete your reps on one side, keep that arm extended, then repeat the single arm chest press on the other side.
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