Tag Archives: Incline

Muscle Group: Chest Barbell Incline Bench Pressing develops the mass and strength of the pectoral muscles (middle and upper regions) and front deltoids. The incline angle of this press hits the upper pecs really hard. You cannot lift as much weight in an inclined position compared to the Flat Bench Press. Lean back on an incline bench. Take hold of […]

Muscle Group: Forearms Grab a dumbbell with your right hand and step to behind an incline bench. Place your entire arm on the incline pad, letting the dumbbell rest on the pad with your arm straight out. Curl your right hand upward as high as possible. Hold this position for a short period and return to starting position. Do the […]

Muscle Group: Shoulders Most people neglect the rear part of their shoulders. Incline Rear Delt Raises allow you to work the rear deltoids with greater isolation. This adds more completeness to your rhomboids (middle back thickness) and rear delts, which also add to back completeness. Lie face down on a tall flat bench or incline bench with a dumbbell in […]

Muscle Group: Shoulders Incline Face Foreword Front Barbell Raises hit both the front and rear delts! Remember the front delts are a weak point in many athletes ability to bench, besides looking better, you will be able to bench more if you utilize this exercise on a consistent basis. Make sure to balance out your front delts by blasting your […]

Muscle Group: Shoulders If you place the bench so that it inclines every so slightly, you will be able to lean back and press more weight than you are normally used to. This will hit your fast twitch muscle fibres that much harder, stimulating major growth in the front and side deltoids! Sit back on an extremely high incline bench, […]

Muscle Group: Triceps 7 time Mr. Olympia, and the man with arguably the best arms ever, Phil Heath prefers using dumbbells to a barbell when it comes to Triceps Extensions. There is a method to his madness: The incline of the bench reduces pressure on his elbows and the dumbbells allow him to see if one tricep is stronger than […]

Muscle Group: Triceps The triceps are a muscle composed of three muscles hence the word triceps. The triceps work opposite of the biceps and attach themselves to our deltoid and below our elbows. Triceps make up 60 percent of our arms and should be given as much attention as our biceps. The close grip on this exercise places a much […]

Muscle Group: Triceps Cable incline tricep pushdowns work your triceps in two ways. The bench eliminates cheating and greater isolates your arms. The triceps are worked from a 45-degree angle, rather than a straight up and down movement. Place an incline bench so your head is under the cable pulley. Take a seat, reach back and grab the bar. Bring […]

Muscle Group: Biceps Incline Face Foreword Reverse Dumbbell Curls hit your forearm flexors, brachialis and the biceps. Since you are laying fixed on a bench your body can’t assist you in bringing the weights up with momentum – making this a strict exercise. Grab a pair of dumbbells with an overhand grip, and space your hands so that they are shoulder-width […]

Muscle Group: Biceps As with any wide grip bicep movement, Incline Inner Bicep Curls attack and thicken the inner biceps. You don’t see this exercise performed at the gyms too often these days. Place a dumbbell in each hand and lie back on an incline bench. The bench only needs to be slightly inclined so your arms can hang behind your body. Keep your […]