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Compound · Horizontal push
Incline Dumbbell Press
Incline Dumbbell Press is a compound horizontal press movement for the chest. Keep your shoulder blades pinned, own the bottom position, and drive the weight away in a straight, repeatable path. Your shoulders and triceps assist throughout, and the loaded stretch at long muscle length makes it a strong hypertrophy choice.
Primary muscles
Chest
Secondary muscles
Shoulders and Triceps
Equipment
Dumbbell
Movement pattern
Horizontal push
Type
Compound (multi-joint)
Substitutions
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Incline Barbell Press
Same horizontal push pattern · also trains the chest.
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Dumbbell Bench Press
Same horizontal push pattern · also trains the chest.
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Machine Chest Press
Same horizontal push pattern · also trains the chest.
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