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Okay over here we're going to do what we call incline bench press. It's the bench obviously
that's inclined, it's going to work on your chest and at the same time it's actually going
to work on your triceps as well. The primary goal of this exercise is the chest. Upper
chest development, your going to lay down, make sure your back is flat. Don't arch your
back or anything like that. Keep your back flat tightly against the pad. You can put
your knees up if you'd like, your feet up like this. That takes the pressure off your
back. Lay back, there's a little thing that you want to be able to grab, just a little
wider than your shoulder width. Grab it here like this, you can put them around this way
or that way, it doesn't really matter. I prefer this way. It doesn't make a difference as
far as exercise. Go from here, bring it up slowly, slowly bring it down. You want to
touch the chest, feel the chest, and bring it up. You don't want to bring it up like
to where you lock your elbows in. Keep your elbows bent at all times. You bring it down,
slowly inhale like a cylinder, bring it up to here. Do not bring it up like this, you're
just going to lock in your elbows and put too much pressure on your joints. You don't
want to do that. Bring it down, just slowly, and bring it up, down, and make sure you keep
breathing throughout. You should be able to do at least eight to twelves reps. Again,
you always want to warm up with light weight, and you increase the weight as you get warmer
and stronger. Why are you doing the incline bench? It works in the upper chest development
which is usually harder than the other part of the chest. That's why it's good to do this
part. Most people have problems getting upper chest development, and that's why you want
to do this thing. It's also actually less pressure on your shoulders, believe it or
not when you do this one as opposed to flat. Not many people do flat bench press anymore.
They used to back in the seventies, but they are paying the price today. So you bring it
in, slowly touch your chest, just bring it just here. You don't want to bring it down
to here, but bring it just below your chin. Touch your chest and bring it up. And, when
you're done, just gently put it back. There you go. That was easy, right?