Incline Bench Press : The Best Exercise For Your Shoulders

What Is The Incline Bench Press?

     The incline bench press is a variation of the standard bench press that targets your shoulders and upper back. It’s an excellent exercise for building overall strength, gaining size, and mass in your shoulders and upper back muscles.

Benefits For Using Incline Bench Press :

• It's a great exercise to use when you're looking to build overall strength, gain size, and mass in your shoulders and upper back muscles.
• It targets your shoulders and upper back, making it an excellent exercise to use when you have shoulder problems or arthritis.
• You'll be able to lift more weight than with the standard bench press.

Equipment Needed :

     This exercise is done with the bench press, but you can also do it on an incline bench. You’ll need a bench with safety bars and a flat or decline surface. You’ll also need a barbell.

How To Perform The Incline Bench Press Exercise :

• To perform the incline bench press, lie on your back on an incline bench with your feet flat on the floor. 
• Place your hands just outside your shoulders, palms facing down. 
• Keep your elbows tucked in close to your body. 
• Press up so that the weight is resting on your chest and the barbells are fully extended above you. 
• Pause for a moment at the top of the movement, then slowly lower back down.

What Muscles Are Worked?

     One of the best things about the incline bench press is that it can target a wide range of muscles. It works your arms, shoulders, chest, and core. It also helps strengthen your rotator cuff and scapular stabilizers while working your triceps.

     The incline bench press primarily targets your deltoids, lower trapezius, rotator cuff muscles, latissimus dorsi, and serratus anterior. However, it also works the biceps and the pectoralis major in order to stabilize the shoulder.